G2A Isn't Just Worse Than Piracy... It's Also Very Stupid And Embarrassing (The Jimquisition)
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G2A has been humiliating itself recently. After years of ducking criticism, the grey market key reseller is finally unable to dismiss accusations, and its response has been hilariously sad.
Let Sterling, the Super Heavyweight Supervillain, take you through G2A's shady practices and ridiculous deflections. Oh my... let the Star Eater show you.
#G2A #Piracy #Fraud #PC #JimSterling #Videogames #Jimquisition
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"Surprise mechanic" needs to be your tag team partner 😃
counterdebate yes
@@balotelli5572 although I do feel "pride and accomplishment" that you've answered and agree with me I still want to know when I'll get my CAR BACK!😂
@@balotelli5572 I suppose you have an extended family since EA said Surprise Mechanics - plural
@@balotelli5572 How SUPRISING to see you here!
Simile, sweet, sister, sadistic, surprise, Service, surprise mechanic man
This is like a bank robber going on trial and saying "I'm not the only bank robber out there so you shouldn't arrest me because more bank robbers will still exist"
Weirdly that justification is unironically used by a lot of criminals. "If I don't [bad thing], someone else will".
It is like a bankrobber arguing that he is not a bankrobber, he is just a guy parking outside a bank with a mask on, waiting for his friend that also happens to wear a mask (and having a gun carrying license) to drive him to a friend that happens to have an Italian accent, that also happens to have a lot of business and friends. And if he would not be there then and there, they would find an other driver (or just call an uber).
Someone is gonna rob banks, might as well be me :D
The siren song of Reaction channels too. "There are people out here commiting murder but you're going to attack little old me for stealing content from other users?"
funny though, I bought a game from G2A a year or so ago that was bought with a stolen credit card. The only part of the interaction that I considered unethical was my interaction with GOG. My interaction with G2A to get a refund was quick and easy. Also... if you're a dev that creates 26000 keys and puts them out there without seeing any money then, yeah of course it's your fault and you're obviously morally challenged in the first place.
Sometimes I worry for Jim.
Then I realize he's just embracing what he wants to do and enjoying it, with little concern for what others think of him.
Lucky bugger.
it gets him out of the house, and lets him have some fun in a safe way
it's also good way to spice up these episodes
he's just Entirely Vibing and i can respect that
I honestly kind of envy him. He’s an @$$, but he at least seems to be doing something he enjoys.
@@twilitlloyd7167
He's an @$$, but he's an internet A double cash we need
They stated they'll repay any chargebacks that can be PROVEN TO HAVE BEEN SOLD on G2A. In other words, all they have to do is say "We don't believe those were sold on our website" and that's all there is to it.
DaemonCaedo1 g2a sends you a recipe via email when you buy.
Sterdust absorbed Android 17 to achieve his Semi-Perfect Form, I see.
Next he will absorb Android 18 and become.... Sterfect.
Wait, how can you be Semi-Perfect? You're either perfect or you're not me. There's no gray area.
Perfect Ster!
Do you believe your own hype?
@@asimplenobody7797 I AM THE HYPE!
Yes!!
G2A: "It's impossible for fraudulent activity to happen on our platform."
Also G2A: "Oh hey, I see you're using G2A, wanna buy a subscription to G2A Shield to protect you from fraudulent activity?"
It's not illegal to sell insurance, even of it doesn't exist.
G2A mobster 1: Nice keys you've got here. We wouldn't want anything to happen to them... Capiche?
G2A mobster 2: What my partner means it would be such a shame if anything happens to them. Oops, sorry about that, but you see what I mean? Anyway, about our protection prices...
@@TheRealCatof "Protection Racket".
The shield doesn't offer extra protection it's just an upsell
@@chaython sad truth here, many have commented how even with shield they couldn't get a valid key.
8 months later, surprising no one, Factorio's devs have not received their money as of now.
We definitely need a follow-up. Factorio is fun, and their devs deserve to *pillory* G2Arseholes.
"GAAAAAAYS upon the silver-plated face"
Jim is living his best life
“When you’re a wrestler, but *really* need a dude to sit on your face”
"Ironically NOT taking a Faustian deal"
You should be proud of that one Jim
I don't get it (NA education)
Faust is a classical novel where a man makes a deal with the devil. A Faustian bargain or deal is a "deal with the devil"
@@Happyheartmatt it's a reference to old literature. A Faustian deal is essentially a deal with the devil.
Glad you liked the comment Jim. I became a patron literally right before I made it. Keep up the good work.
Was he the guy to got turned into a insect?
“We have written an unbiased article about how everything we do is really great and also we are really handsome”
-G2A
"oh the money is just a thank you gift for publishing an article about how great G2A is"
-G2A
i heard g2a was really handsome
Why, quite as if you'd ask electronic arts why people hate electronic arts.
"We all have really really big dicks too, make sure to highlight that part of the unbiased article"
I tell you right now, that "Key Blocker" will be a paid service.
Why is the comic book being sold in US cents. Should be sold in Pound Sterling!
Worldwide release?
0:16 "GAZE UPON THE GOLD-PLATED FACE OF PERFECTION, you terrestrial pedestrian!!"
Thanks, I heard it as "GAYS UPON THE GOLD" and was aroused by Star Eater
Proposal: someone make a fighting game out of all of Jim's personas.
Brilliant gimmick sir
This is just glorious!
Me and the boys when we destroy pro wrestling.
"We have written an unbiased article..."
-The company with the most bias to one side of the issue, 2019
I see they're using the Sonic the Hedgehog fan definition of "unbiased". ;-)
Nobody who claims they’ve got an unbiased viewpoint is telling the truth.
"I've come to ruin wrestling"
I don't know, in some cases, WWE seems to be able to do that pretty good themselves.
You got to give G2A credit they some how found a way to make their business practices worse than piracy to the point indie games developers have to tell their customers to pirate their games instead of getting them through G2A.
Just bought something on G2A yesterday. Sincerely hope the developer gets fucked
@@PanzerVII-df8hg it will if enough of us do it.
Or game devs can just disable all of those keys that were sold like Ubisoft does, as such said gamers that brought the keys are able to get refunded and purchase the game elsewhere.
I wonder..If you have the company telling people to PIRATE their games..Is it still theft?
@@daveno8432 Yes
"If I stop burglarizing houses then someone else is just gonna do it instead."
@meg50 You're doing them a service really!
judge : "If I stop throwing burglars to jail, then other judge will just gonna do it instead."
Or game devs can just disable all of those keys that were sold like Ubisoft does, as such; said gamers that brought the keys are able to get refunded and purchase the game elsewhere.
Megaupload (owned by Kim Dotcom) was taken down by the United States Government, people just moved on to another file sharing site, later on Kim Dotcom set up another file sharing site called Mega.
@meg50 Calm down Jack the Ripper.
I actually got into a flame war on Facebook after making a mention to Jim Sterling's "Devs would rather you pirate their game" video on the specific article talking about that prewritten article and I had people actually defending G2A saying it's just angry developers wanting more money. Then when I had the link to the video up, they *LITERALLY* gave no evidence about devs being secretly upset, but said the video I linked had nothing factual and I needed to post better facts. Then when I posted 3 articles, including one article breaking down how to make risk-free money off of G2A, I was ignored with one person even telling me he's ignoring what I'm digging up because he "doesn't like it."
SOMEONE PLEASE TELL ME I WAS BEING TROLLED. G2A CAN'T HONESTLY HAVE ACTUAL SUPPORTERS.
Whenever there's a cheap option, no matter how unethical, there will always be people defending it.
Sorry to tell you as much as i enjoy jims videos the one in question isn't factual... its hearsay.... Why do you think most if not all of this is happening on twitter? there is actually no proof of fraud..... its all hearsay,.....
@@heronator That makes me wonder, though, why they don't just pirate it then, which costs nothing, when they're told it's better for the devs than G2A. Piracy is literally better for everyone than G2A is...except G2A themselves, which leads me to think maybe G2A is paying people to praise them. :s
No, some folk do not like others highlighting problems. You get labelled as a entitled whiner. It doesn't matter what the problem is or how you spoke about it. They take issue and will slag you off.
@@Shawnchapp Ah, yes, ye olde ignorant refrain of "if there was any proof, someone would have taken legal action by now!"...except for the glaring issues of 1) lawsuits aren't free and if you're out $6600 it doesn't make sense to engage in a $100k worth of litigation 2) law is not perfect, *enabling* fraud might not technically itself be fraud if you aren't pre-emptively aware that fraud is happening... it's a legal *grey area* , hence *grey market* , they're not "black market", because they aren't openly operating wholly outside of the law, but they are on the fringe of it. So even if someone decided to take...someone to court, there's a decent chance that G2A's lawyers would be able to argue that, since they neither stole the credit cards nor "knew" that the goods they were selling were stolen, they have no financial responsibility and the victim has to go and sue the credit card thieves...whoever they are.
"Well, nice to know G2A admits that the problem they claim not to be a problem is a problem that won't stop being a problem even if they stopped being the problem."
*sarcastic applause followed by raspberry*
I love the Factorio devs, they don't fuck around. They believe in their product enough to not discount it during sales and they price fairly based on what they feel is good value. If what I've heard about them is true they definitely have the receipts and G2A better be ready to pay up.
I wonder if it works out for them. Maybe Factorio is unique enough (its rating surely is) for that but statistically most games are more profitable when they discount on sales due to sheer volume of purchases.
For those wondering about the games.
The first one is called Totally Reliable Delivery Service (there is only a beta version currently, the online mode was only available for 2 weeks which has since passed, single-player and couch co-op are still there and it's free).
The second was Descenders.
Third was Pandemic Express (the steam reviews seem to mention a lack of players sadly).
Last but not least was Factorio.
Thank you! The pandemic express looks fun and I was hoping someone down here would give the title lol
@@MrMophead41001 Me too was looking for it ended up psoting a comment asking what it was... sadly seems to me like dead by reading the steam reviews. Damn shame! cos it looked fun
You're a star man. Descenders looks sweet as well!
Friendship ended with Sterdust
Sterling is my friend now. 💫
But is he your best friend?
G2A really knows a lot about the theft that they say doesn’t exist on their platform.
A lot.
SterDust evolves into... Sterling - Perfect!
Gaze upon its Perfect glory, or die in its "KO! Perfect!" magnificence!!
he's so perfect he's got a rating of 92.5!
technopoptart, out of 5! 🤣🤣
We'll never forget that purple fat bastard!
Silver Age Jim is fine, but I personally can't wait for Dark Age Jim's brooding and narration.
What about the loot box age Jim xD
Rob Liefeld or Frank Miller?
@@darastarscream
The look from liefeld, the dialog and behavior from miller.
@@darastarscream I don't think Jim has the physical dexterity to make himself look like a human drawn by Liefeld or Miller
@@Feasco To be fair, I'm not sure _anyone_ does.
Terrestial Pedestrians, lol what an insult! Thank god for Jim!
Still better than that G2A rep who probably was punished with a promotion.
@@Marinealver promotion?? but how will he be fired if he's promoted??
@@darthXreven should we not hear from him again we know he was sent to China for surprise organ donations. Lol
"The Super-Heavyweight Super-Villain"...I like it. In fact, I like it so much...I may have to steal it.
We don't even have a name for the guy is he the CEO's son
Remember when seizure warnings used to flash by on game startup?
why dont we do that with "dont buy from G2A"
The dev costs would be cheaper than even a small portion of the fraud costs.
Problem there is they could get sued for slander, since they technically aren't doing illegal and the devs would be intentionally trying to ruin their business/reputation.
Now parodies are fair game, if they wanted to put something like a crooked flea market in their game they could get away with it.
Not really, if they just state that they do not want their userbase to purchase the game from an unauthorized retailer (in this case G2A), without stating any reason why, it's not slander because they aren't saying anything negative about the company.
@@ZombieBarioth They are facilitating fraud, I would think that this would allow a developer(s) to start a court case against them. Honestly this almost seems like a weak attempt to emulate the mafia...
@@jakec3824 jus the mention of an "unauthorized" seller will be considered in most places as an uncompetitive practice and rightfully so
@@Xamdify a court case wont solve anything. a handful of developers MIGHT get a small degree of compensation for what has happened. Not what is happening or will continue. After the event, reguardless of if the devs lost, which is very likely because G2A only facilitates trades for 3rd parties, G2A will be seen as paid their dues, and will continue as-is.
If their media coverage and the industry that keeps them in product destroys them on a level like what happened to payless shoes, not only does it remove G2A but it serves as a staggering warning for future imoral spawn.
Makes me wonder if ‘rogue employees’ are actually the ones running half the bots on g2a.
They are the ones running pretty much 99% PR for companies. The "employee went rogue and we fired him/her now" whenever PR disaster strikes is extremely common.
"I'm not saying G2A are lying. But I dont bloody believe them"
XD
"I can't prove it, but why wouldn't it be that?"
Now I wonder where the legal differnce is, because Jim makes it sound like ther is one, but I don't see it.
@@deamon6681 Simple, one is a belief, the other a declaration. One the may sue him for if he can't prove it.
@Jürgen Hans
Hard evidence I would imagine.
Since what G2A is doing technically isn't illegal and its the seller who's at fault you would have to somehow prove they're purposely looking the other way. Otherwise ir could be considered libel.
@@andrewvescovi2755
But if I say, "I don't believe you", that implies that I think you are lying.
I'm loving this new outfit for Sterling
Looks like one of the boys from the "me and the boys" meme
At this rate he'll have his own stable of Sinister Six knock offs.
Not enough gold, me thinks.
@@shrub8644 Electro, essentially
I love how you mentioned factorio. That's where I saw this G2A crap, it was a post on steam from the developers. I love that damn game!
but it's over priced... hmm I wonder if it's on G2A?
@@knifeyonline lmao
I love the fact that Jim has a Spider-Man style closet full of alternate suits! Between his standard outfit, the Duke, the steam cleaner, sterdust, and now the sterling one, he has quite the collection. Too bad he doesn't have a jimsaw outfit. If he ever discovers the mysterious madman's identity, perhaps he will claim the outfit as a trophy!
Edit: fixed some typos
G2A needs its own "Oh Ubisoft" or "FucKonami News" segment.
G2A GTFO?
Also , Oh Bethesda, they shit the bed again...
“Go away, G2A” ?
Not original, I know, but it rhymes somewhat.
G2A A2M
How about 'G2AGAIN?'
It seems that G2A has since released a statement that nobody contacted them regarding their refund offer.
_HMMMMMMMMM._
Well they were waiting for reports on a private email they haven't told anyone about so really it's the developers faults.
Glad to see you continuing our boi Total Biscuit's crusade against g2a
Agreed! And may he rest in peace
I didn't always agree with TB but it's really sad what happened to him and his family :(
I'm predicting G2A is going to try to get out of paying Factorio by claiming they don't have enough "proof" that G2A is responsible and thus not qualified to get the money.
Also, thanks for mentioning a couple of good indie games, I'm always on the look out for good indie games. :)
G2A telling an indie dev to "work with them" is like a mob boss asking you to walk into the back room so you can "discuss" things... I'd pass on that lol.
"But, now you come to me, and you say: "Don Corleone, give me justice." But you don't ask with respect. You don't offer friendship. You don't even think to call me Godfather. Instead, you come into my house on the day my daughter is to be married, and you ask me to do murder for money.
"
I'm not a thief. People just don't understand my business model!
As much as I want to agree with you. Ebay has a similar model, you can become a seller and sell your item and get a chargeback losing your item and your money if you don't take the correct precautions and Ebay won't do a shit about it or the person in question closes up shop after you buy the item and you lose your money. Fucking oath.
It's not a robbery. It's a surprise withdraw.
Pirates were not thieves, but the copyright cartels, including indies, didn't comprehend what piracy was: a counter to monopoly power removing the power to negotiate.
Also do you think if I stopped stealing now, the problem of theft would just go away?
@@Slash-XVI Yes.
If this is Sterling's silver age, I can't wait until he hits the dark age, because then he can become a full-on Zant cosplay.
The Bear ghost in the opening was incredible to hear! They are a local band here where I live, fantastic stuff!
Edit: edited to fix the when debacle.
How about when you don't live?
@@pandafox947 I laughed at this more than I should have.
@@Omegacalgar glad I brought some humour to your day 😉
@@pandafox947 Well when you dont live you dont care.
good luck on your wrestling matches Jim. hope you win and don't get terribly injured.
G2A : our employee will face strict consequences ! He will be banned from the coffee room for a week.
François Bergmans ~GASP~ Not the coffee room!!!
Banned from the coffee room?
If the coffe machine also makes hot chocolate, it’s a fate worse than death!
It's actually a contract worker; he was probably fired.
BTW G2A.co has a 3d office tour.
@@chaython You are saying that as if it was actually a rogue individual and not something planned and directed by the higher-ups. Obviously they knew what they were doing but somehow didn't expect it to backfire. They claimed a rogue agent to try to save face.
It is like during the cold war, russians would try to cover up their fuckups by claiming to their citzens a western spy did it. While USA would try to cover their mistakes as russian spies. Because who could verify that?
There is no one to punish, they just made that up as a PR move.
when I first heard about G2A 2 years ago I was like. Yeah, sketchy third party game seller based out of Eastern Europe that sells GTA money for a fraction of their real price seems legit
Never trust a Slav.
11:01
"I know we're seen as a grey marketplace, but the way we see it - and the way our team sees it - there's nothing really grey about it."
Hmm, this sounds familiar...
"We think loot boxes are completely ethical and we think they're fun!"
oh...
"We struggle with your definition of grey", basically.
When’s our Sterling Movie, Marvel?
He deserved a spot in Endgame.
I see what’s happening here: Jim is preparing a team of alter ego heros to save gaming (and wrestling) for all of us, because we’re to lazy. Thank god for him.
It seems like G2A would be a perfect partner for Epic.. I wonder if Tim is taking contact?.
As bad as Epic's practices are when it comes to their storefront, they can't hold a candle to what damage G2A has done to the industry.
When people promote pirating over a 3rd party, you know something went wrong
That 100 devs signing up to the key blocker...that's just to drum up business.
Either 100 devs sign up to G2A, in which case G2A gets money from them. OR
100 devs don't sign up and G2A can say "Well we offered help but no-one took us up on it. I guess the problem isn't that bad, huh."
The whole thing feels like "We'll stop stealing your cars if you give us your car."
This whole insurance thing is nothing more than ransom. I wouldn't be surprised if G2A was actively encouraging resellers to target the publishers who don't pay into their shakedown. Honestly, is this even legal?
We’ll stop breaking your legs if you give us protection money
G2A already has a system in place to flag kegs already in their system. If your keys were flagged as previously sold on G2A your account is frozen until you can prove payment.
@@evillecaston G2A resellers target the games that the most people will buy no matter the publisher.
@@evillecaston Literally everything you said is a lie or baseless.
The shield is a scam to trick wary buyers into getting something they don't need.
I bought over 100 games without the shield and had zero issues.
G2A is like if you took EA's amorality and Konami's incompetence baked together with a hearty dose of regret
So....they're Digital Homicide?
@@Maganac1 Almost for the Digital Homicide recipe you swap regret with 600 parts of Blithering Ego
What’s with valves ignorance?
@@AH-bf4md What?
There is no regret though. They make too much money for regrets. At this point if it's not intentional it's the most stupid thing I've seen continue on for years without major repercussions.
"special thanks: Jim's big ego" that's some seriously honest credits.
As someone who wants to be an Indie Game Developer, sites like G2A are genuinely scary.
Having tons of copies of my game sold...or should I say STOLEN, and me not seeing a cent from it could result in whatever company I wanted to set up become bankrupt or overwise not able to recoup the costs of developing said game.
Last time I was this early everyone still liked Bethesda.
Wow.
That's painfully true.
Is it worth buying Skyrim if I'm just supporting those fuckers?
EA Malicious Sneaky and Greedy
G2A Malicious Stupid and Greedy
The sandwich that’s a very good question but at least skyrim is a decent rpg game unlike the mistakes that are fallout 4 (only get that for the mods and fallout Miami) and fallout 76 (never fucking buy this game or support them for this.)
@@thesandwich5321 I mean, buy Oblivion/Morrowind on GoG, so you'll support those fucker but you'll also support CD projekt's good platform and Bethesda older, arguably better, games.
Sterdust has fallen, SERLING has arrived and he has a star on his face so he should totally be taken seriously damn it! At least taken more seriously than anything said by G2A.
God damn I wish totalbiscuit could have seen this g2a meltdown
On the other hand, and this might sound cruel, I'm somehow glad he doesn't have to see what this industry turned into these past years. It's an utter shitshow, and I personally think that no one deserves to see such a clusterfuck.
@@coxsquad I'm glad he's dead :)
@@MissiGNO000 Dude.....
@@MissiGNO000 What did he do to you....?
Jim sterling, just out of god damn love for it, gives the entire amateur wrestling scene more exposure then anyone else and i love it.
I love seeing jim excited at things he enjoys.
IS THAT BEAR GHOST'S STARKILLER I HEAR IN THE INTRO? EXCELLENT tastes, Mr. Sterling.
Yes it is. I licensed it from them ages ago and can *finally* start using it!
I was just listening to Blasterpiece yesterday and this really threw me for a loop. A very pleasant loop
thank you for the title, I knew i had to seek it out after the video finished
Necromancin' Dancin' is my personal favorite. I think I listened to it on loop for at least a week.
i never thought id hear the day when a dev tells me that piracy isn't that bad, it could be g2a
The sad thing is, there's nothing new about this. G2A has been selling illegitimate games for years, and not even the "please pirate it instead" angle is new.
And given its history I doubt anything will change in the future either, this controversy will die out, G2A continues to profit off of fraud and theft until a new controversy arises after a couple of years and the cycle starts again
@@exantiuse497 A couple of months more like. We only seem to care for a hot minute and then life goes on because we like, have to pay rent and stuff. Sad but true.
They are not saying it's not that bad, just that G2A is worse. Just like nothing ever is made better by pointing out that something worse exists.
@ "If you're gonna be a cheapskate, at least don't make us lose money." It's like the saying we have down here: "if you're going to fuck me in the ass, *at least* give me a kiss when you're done."
Here is one for g2a.
Amazon was found guilty for enabling the sale of a defective third party product. And it was a higher us court, that revoked a judgement from pensilvania.
Meaning that there is already a legal precident that makes storefronts like g2a liable.
Was discussed on the lawfull masses channel.
I miscomprehended “liable” as “viable” and was concerned.
Is that "Oh my, yes!" that Sterdust keeps saying a reference to Stepford from _Technobabylon_ by Wadjet Eye? Because I hope so. Because I adore that character.
"I am born perfect"
I see what you did there
I was expecting Super Villain Sterling to german suplex a personification of G2A in the intro. Not dissapointed, just hopeful for a follow up episode ('-' )
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Would really appreciate a list of the games you used footage from throughout the video.
I appreciate it would be extra work and I appreciate you already do a lot of work for these videos however I think some of the gameplay footage you showed off is awesome! and I would love to know what the names of the games featured are.
The content of the video was fantastic, keep up the good work, fuck G2A, sad to say I have bought from them in the past and can whole-heartedly commit to not doing so again.
"Worse than piracy" doesnt make sense when piracy is justified in most cases
G2A: *Tried to fraudly promote itself by trying to get promoted by not being a sponsor*
People: Wait... Thats illegal.
Law: Eh.
if I was the FBI or IRS I'd be looking into G2A big time.....
I bet it wouldn't be that big a deal for either to find criminal activity to prosecute on or even to shut em down completely......
I think the black market is a necessary evil but the grey market should have no place in society.....
by allowing the grey markets you are saying okay it's okay to be shady as F and it's okay to sorta rob people in round about ways then pass it off as legit business.....
@@darthXreven "I think the black market is a necessary evil but/.../"
Uhhhhh, Hold up a minute. Can you run that by me again? Not sure I understand your view here. It sounds self-contradictory. Please elaborate.
@@darthXreven "I think the black market is a necessary evil but the grey market should have no place in society....."
What?
@@darthXreven G2A and the IRS are always fighting
@@jon9828 I don;t share the same morals as all the brainwashed/indoctrinated, i honestly see even so called white businesses as corrupt meaning legit banks or all the coprporations IMO are corrupt, politics are corrupt cus nobody really stands for anything anymore and it's not really about supporting criminal activity but about saying that sometimes crime looks cleaner than the "clean business tactics" shoot me, burn me, insult me, it matters not, I see so much wrong in the world that most choose to just ignore...it's not a simple black, grey and white issue, it's a red, blue & green issue, it's brown yellow and pink etc you get the point, it's a complex issue that nobody here has a solution to....
and even so called illegal businesses have a purpose but the grey who choose no side but claim to be good should be shut down
“... coming to a town near you (if you are in one of two towns)!”
For real, my good man, I don't get your wrestling bit... well... not even a bit.
But I admire your passion regarding this facette of your personality and hope you're having a god damn blast in that ring.
Keep up the amazing work of shedding light on these incredibly shady corporations.
Love your channel.
The eyebrows on Sterdust's new mask are just glorious.
I just noticed them right before I saw this comment... they are pretty awesome lol
Man I need to keep up with this latest Echo Fighter of Jim. They seem cool.
You know your business model is trash when people start advocating for more piracy in the games market.
Well when you're essentially middleman for the video game equivalent of high seas pirates selling their booty; it makes sense devs would just say please just cut out the middleman.
Game Developers, not just any people. The actual Devs would rather you pirate them.
That's a huge red flag.
It's kind of like G2A is selling gasoline to people who they've been told are possibly arsonists..
And then when peoples houses get burned down they just keep selling more gasoline.
it's a good business model. the problem is with the morals and ethics of it.
@@JewTube001 Two words that don't exist in todays capitalist society.
whats the name of the game @ around 4:30 ?
Just recognized Bear Ghost in the background in your wrestling promo section. Excellent taste, sir.
... There's a staaaaar man waiting in the sky! He'd like to come and meet us, but he thinks he'd blow our minds.
Knows*
@@SixHolyStrings He thinks he'd blow our minds, but he knows it's all worthwhile.
We can do better than 'Sterling'. Let's get out heads together:
Starling? The North Ster?
Glad to see the package came on time!
Now he's Sterlaris! The Tyrant Sun, Son!
Or he's come up with his own name so he doesn't step on any toes, legally speaking. Probably a better idea than mine.
12:34 what are the CG yetis from?
I don't usually comment until after watching the whole video, but...
BEAR GHOST?? Really? You already had my heart Jim, this is too much. Bear Ghost is so damn good.
You can't write an unbiased article ABOUT YOURSELF.
G2A's real talent lies in being able to bullshit itself as much as it bullshits everyone else.
😂😂😂😂
Any way we could get a list of games from which the footage was taken?
Particularly interested in the game that looks to be a multiplayer survival shooter at 13:20, looks really fun.
"I know some of you enjoy professional wrestling"
No, Jim... Not since the days when the E was an F, so please continue wrecking it.
Loving the new intro style, very nice change of pace, and a welcome one. Thank God for Jim, for providing comedic entertaiment while providing trustworthy information about the "gamming" industry. :)
Did not expect to hear Bear Ghost in the beginning of a video today but I'm glad I did.
Same. It's nice knowing that they're getting around though, great band!
Since you will be nearby, come up to Huntsville for Hamacon that weekend! I would love to see you, oh great Sterling one!
What game was that at the end of the video from 17:49?
where can I buy these sterling comics?
Does the fact that you used a ska song in the background mean that we have officially entered the 4th wave explosion? 😍😍
Did you model the Sterling persona after Electro from the "me and the boys"-meme on purpose or was that accidental? I mean if there was a corny Spider Man villain to base your (other) super villain persona on, I would have expected Mysterio.
What’s that gameplay being shown during this video of?
The one with all those shiny black fellows chasing the player and their companions.
Bear Ghost was the last thing I was expecting to hear in a Jim Sterling video today
So this unnamed employee wrote the article, contacted 10 media outlets, and was going to pay to have the article published out of his own pocket? That's some rogue.
People have a hate boner for G2A for some strange reason.
@@TheRealCatof The "Strange reason" is evident if you actually bothered to watch the video.
The employee was named. He is a contract worker for G2A his company which was contracted would pay for the marketing costs from its budget.
@@SirusDiarota It's called fake news.
@@TheRealCatof booooo
Costume, song and production are some of the best I’ve seen. Thank the sters.
What was the horror-like game with a train that appeared on the background? It looked interesting
Man, Evil Star really went south after his Justice League Unlimited appearance
Zatanna probs mind wiped him
Jim, do do something to celebrate your 300th episode, don't forget like you did your 200th.
Is it next week?
Do do
What were the games were playing in the background?
How can you even buy a code for reselling on Steam? I mean where do the keys come from in the first place? Never understood that
>says he can't talk about wrestling in the game of thrones episode
>creates this skit
Nature finds a way? Starling finds a way?
That argument about "cashing out ASAP" doesn't make any sense. Buying the games is what cashing it out ASAP is. Do they think the thieves have to spend several months BUYING the keys as well?
Not like they needed to sell all the keys anyway. Criminal would be more than happy with a quick 500$ gain. They are just overinflating it to 5000 so it look better on their end. In reality you'd be dumb suddently buying 5000$ on a single stolen card.
Did they think game companies wouldn't go: "Ok, here's the evidence of fraud. Now pay up!" 🤣
What's the game footage around the 18-minute mark?