Seeing Other People's Steam Accounts: The Christmas Caching Catastrophe

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  • @krich451
    @krich451 9 ปีที่แล้ว +7274

    I may or may not have panicked and angrily emailed a German man demanding my account back. sorry German dude.

    • @unvergebeneid
      @unvergebeneid 9 ปีที่แล้ว +668

      +krich451 Well, now he at least knows who saw that page full of recommendations for kinky Japanese games ;)

    • @liquidminds
      @liquidminds 9 ปีที่แล้ว +349

      +Jimmy De'Souza Most likely he did. Most gamers are

    • @liquidminds
      @liquidminds 9 ปีที่แล้ว +169

      Jimmy De'Souza In germany it's usually english for all and then another language. Usually French, Spanish or italian.
      Not everyone speaks it well of course, but a vast majority does at least understand basics.

    • @ArgoIo
      @ArgoIo 9 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      +liquidminds Not in the former GDR part of Germany. Most people over there didn't have English in school.
      And though most people of my age had it at school, many of my peers at university struggle with it.

    • @TegusTitan
      @TegusTitan 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      +sk0g CSGO Productions We used to learn 2 starting in 2nd grade but then they cut it to fit budgets. Now we learn 2 starting in 6th or 9th

  • @zachdurocher1166
    @zachdurocher1166 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8626

    "You can't sell someone a game they already own"
    EA: hold my business model

    • @redmondhenry398
      @redmondhenry398 4 ปีที่แล้ว +63

      Bathesda**

    • @Ethorbit
      @Ethorbit 4 ปีที่แล้ว +225

      @@redmondhenry398 Bethesda*

    • @fnerXVI
      @fnerXVI 4 ปีที่แล้ว +114

      Activision can be added to that list too. If I buy CoD I shouldn't have to buy a damn battle pass to get GUNS IN COD THAT I SHOULD ALREADY HAVE.
      I wouldn't complain so much if they did like a challenge to unlock it. I don't wanna pay 60 dollars for stuff that's already in the game

    • @N3rdZon3
      @N3rdZon3 4 ปีที่แล้ว +53

      Reminds me of the time that Need for Speed had an in-game button that directed you to the Playstation storepage to buy the game you are currently playing and therefore already own

    • @LSK2K
      @LSK2K 4 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      If a good game is released by a company I don't like then I simply just pirate it.

  • @SH4M4N_YT
    @SH4M4N_YT 9 ปีที่แล้ว +3068

    Loved how you started and ended with "Chinney Reckon". Thank you for explaining this whole debacle.

    • @MarkTurnerChromium
      @MarkTurnerChromium 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      +The One He's been commenting that on every post.....

    • @Jwend392
      @Jwend392 9 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      +dued27 So, it's the Northern English version of "Cool story, bro?"

    • @qwertyTRiG
      @qwertyTRiG 9 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      Yes. For something that was doubtless done in a hurry, it's a very well constructed video.

    • @MrSkinnyWhale
      @MrSkinnyWhale 6 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      The man's a storyteller

    • @therealbobmayo5065
      @therealbobmayo5065 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Cornelius Gustafason thx for using “debacle” its been a long time since i’ve seen that word.

  • @Meegoue
    @Meegoue 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2041

    3:02
    That was the moment I realized that the word "server" comes from "serve"....

    • @dansaunders1655
      @dansaunders1655 4 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      Nice

    • @Tentin.Quarantino
      @Tentin.Quarantino 4 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      Same. For shame

    • @de_anubis
      @de_anubis 4 ปีที่แล้ว +127

      Here I am in 2020 and because of this comment I just found out...

    • @majsketchup
      @majsketchup 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@de_anubis me too :/

    • @woffe8094
      @woffe8094 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      How. I know it's a joke but how.

  • @PunkDuck
    @PunkDuck 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1836

    Hey Tom! Thanks for the video explaining the issue. I was actually one of the guys at the MCR Creator day, great panel!

    • @Lord_Reset
      @Lord_Reset 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Yo PST boi!

    • @kafkabigmon
      @kafkabigmon 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Yo its punkdunk

    • @frostingwithcookies7938
      @frostingwithcookies7938 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      out of all people in a tom scott comments you wouldnt be one id think id see

    • @JamSa85
      @JamSa85 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Chinny Reckon

    • @NoSaysJo
      @NoSaysJo 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      No one cares

  • @markl76
    @markl76 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4092

    I guess you could call this problem..........................
    A cache 22

  • @coal6tamarack2374
    @coal6tamarack2374 9 ปีที่แล้ว +474

    People claiming that "someone" bought a load of shitty games on their accounts aren't necessarily lying, the might be just stupid. I had the brilliant Idea of adding some shitty games to someone else's wishlist and as I saw today, they endet up on mine. So if somebody tried to screw a random user by buying al lot of games for them, they might just have bought them for themselves and with their own money. Some might call this karma...

    • @Liggliluff
      @Liggliluff 4 ปีที่แล้ว +195

      This makes perfect sense actually. Because it was just a cache, that means you saw the wrong page, but you were still logged into your real account. So when you go to the settings, buying something, adding something to the wishlist. All those requests you make are pushed to your own account; not the account shown in error.
      It's like putting a sticker with a different number onto your credit card, then going to the store and buying with it thinking you're taking money from someone else's card.

    • @Someone-ro5ct
      @Someone-ro5ct 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@Liggliluff That's a good analogy

  • @skeptale
    @skeptale 4 ปีที่แล้ว +343

    "There's no point in trying to sell someone a game they already own"
    *Todd Howard chuckles in the distance*

    • @GumSkyloard
      @GumSkyloard 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jmoger When GTA VI is released.

    • @kennethtimorang8343
      @kennethtimorang8343 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Todd: ' *hey* '

    • @darkgrundi9543
      @darkgrundi9543 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      so all FIFA games in a nutshell

    • @kennethtimorang8343
      @kennethtimorang8343 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@darkgrundi9543 yep

    • @Zack_Wester
      @Zack_Wester 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      need to cheak but I thin steam does at time suggest game that you already own (it will say in library).

  • @ronbergeron9298
    @ronbergeron9298 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2804

    steam is always trying to sell me games I already own

    • @lrkrdufkihdhsjsdddk
      @lrkrdufkihdhsjsdddk 6 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      Download tf2

    • @Karameleon
      @Karameleon 5 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      buy Skyrim

    • @gamedirection_us
      @gamedirection_us 5 ปีที่แล้ว +55

      When you own over 2000 games its hard to fill your feed with "good" new titles you don't already own.

    • @guardrailhitter
      @guardrailhitter 5 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      Guessing you only own hentai games.
      Maybe some visual novels

    • @hotsauce-ud1by
      @hotsauce-ud1by 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      GuardrailHitter why would they only own hentai games and visual novels??? Are you dumb or something?

  • @DungeonsandRoses
    @DungeonsandRoses 4 ปีที่แล้ว +809

    “It’s Christmas, and I’m home with my family”
    How very 2015 of you

    • @MsZsc
      @MsZsc 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Rood

    • @tyj0e
      @tyj0e 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      you didnt visit your family for Christmas in 2020? sounds like a you problem tbh

    • @rusty9705
      @rusty9705 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Don’t mind me, just… *crying*

    • @LawandOrderCyraxxVictimsUnit
      @LawandOrderCyraxxVictimsUnit 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Nice flex

    • @muhammadHassan-kj1jy
      @muhammadHassan-kj1jy 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ayo, dont jinx it for this year

  • @GoldphishAnimation
    @GoldphishAnimation 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1633

    Hey Tom, no chance you'd see this, but do you play video games, or does coding just take up your day?

    • @TomScottGo
      @TomScottGo  9 ปีที่แล้ว +2172

      Neither! I haven't played video games in years (Portal 2 was the last one, I think, and that's five years old now). Coding's some of my day, but lately TH-cam's been taking up more and more time!

    • @Archey6
      @Archey6 9 ปีที่แล้ว +267

      +Tom Scott shame

    • @comady25
      @comady25 9 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      +Nostro200 I would also be interested in something like this, how they work, etc.

    • @ThePenne12
      @ThePenne12 9 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      +Nostro200 it's nowhere near programming related (like saying that stealing money is related to the company that makes pennies) but it's still interesting

    • @joel9240
      @joel9240 9 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      +Nostro200 Honestly you're not going to be able to make your own cracks without a lot of work. Most cracks made today are made by groups of fairly skilled programmers, and more recent software is becoming increasingly difficult (or even impossible) to feasibly crack.

  • @TristanAlricMusic
    @TristanAlricMusic 9 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    Well, I have to admit: the second thing I thought of when learning of this Steam bug - right after "oh God does that mean that everybody can see my - oh wait no I'm not logged in, let's not log in" - was "I wonder if Tom Scott's gonna make a video about this".
    Love your stuff, as always!

    • @The_KingDoge
      @The_KingDoge ปีที่แล้ว +2

      seeing you here is a trip, great work on the bug fables ost!

  • @DasVERMiT
    @DasVERMiT 9 ปีที่แล้ว +525

    All the claims that people had stuff bought on their accounts are complete BS. As you said, the pages were just returning errors if you tried to change anything and credit card numbers were not leaked in full, just the last two digits. It was a pretty massive screw up, but thankfully it wasn't nearly as bad as it could have been.

    • @Freecell82
      @Freecell82 9 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      +DasVERMiT It's more than enough information to trick some moron in a call centre into resetting your accounts and giving access to people who shouldn't have it.

    • @DasVERMiT
      @DasVERMiT 9 ปีที่แล้ว +66

      No it's not... How would you even know where the random user had other accounts? You wouldn't. Then you don't have their name or their address. You only have 2 digits of a credit card, not 4 which is pretty much the bare minimum everyone takes. Don't be silly.

    • @shaneoshea7991
      @shaneoshea7991 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +DasVERMiT You can get into an E-mail account pretty easily without the password.

    • @DestinyAwaitsChannel
      @DestinyAwaitsChannel 9 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      +Freecell82 This is not the year 1998. There's no call centre that actually accepts that limited information.

    • @NomoregoodnamesD8
      @NomoregoodnamesD8 9 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      If you had your paypal account linked with steam, your Pay Pal email would have been displayed under your billing information

  • @frailty7280
    @frailty7280 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    seeing a snapshot of the steam homepage in late 2015 was an absolute treat thank you tom

  • @michaels.5721
    @michaels.5721 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1473

    Gotta love the "yes I already asked Nerd3"
    edit: oh look, 1200 likes after 4 years for some reason

    • @vidblogger12
      @vidblogger12 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Michael S.
      I would think the “happy with their face on camera” bit doesn’t really fit Nerd3, but then again I don’t actively follow him.

    • @adamhoskin5903
      @adamhoskin5903 5 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      @@vidblogger12 Literally just about every one of the 450 videos on his second channel overtly show his face...

    • @jackhulatt4811
      @jackhulatt4811 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@adamhoskin5903 they don't but ok

    • @Vextrove
      @Vextrove 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Nice profile pic

    • @oswaldfigglebottom
      @oswaldfigglebottom 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@Vextrove horrible profile pic

  • @1AmGroot
    @1AmGroot 4 ปีที่แล้ว +65

    6:38 It's sad that one of the requirements has to be "not a terrible human being"...

    • @Shoxic666
      @Shoxic666 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Sauciety

    • @mykhaylo3972
      @mykhaylo3972 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@Shoxic666 we live in a susiety

  • @eoghan887
    @eoghan887 9 ปีที่แล้ว +136

    3kiksphillip! It looks like you two would get on together perfectly

  • @JakeXLS
    @JakeXLS 9 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    This video was great. Everything explained so neatly and tying the end to the beginning was absolutely lovely. I'm gonna just have to marathon all your videos now.

  • @MakotoTheKnight
    @MakotoTheKnight 9 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    I think the only thing missing was the phrase "idempotent". Requests that are eligible for caching are generally ones that are idempotent; that is, the data you get back generally won't change regardless of what state you're currently in. Overall, good video, and Happy Holidays.

  • @wiet111
    @wiet111 9 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I love how these videos on the one hand make me feel like a total idiot (I don't know anything about computers or the internet), but on the other hand manages to make me understand what is going on after a while.

  • @alexwolfeboy
    @alexwolfeboy 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    I love watching these videos. Even today, they're very useful. I'm a programmer myself, and watching these videos are great ways to make sure I don't make the same silly and devastating mistakes. I've made a few of these dumb mistakes before, and this channel (and others like it) are very entertaining and educational too.
    Personally, I use caches for static data. My websites are nearly always dynamically loaded. So if I was running steam, the basic boilerplate website would be sent to your browser (cached), and your browser would start running some JavaScript. This JavaScript would start loading in all the dynamic content. So, it might call the server asking for the top 100 games, and this data would be cached since top 100 won't change often. If it asked for recommended games, this data would be cached, but cached for that user only. By having all my pages split into static and dynamic content, I can cache a lot of the website. Like the page to buy a game, I can cache nearly all of the website, the image, the description, the price, all that. I just won't cache the portion that says if the game is purchased or not.

  • @immortalsun
    @immortalsun 5 ปีที่แล้ว +88

    I'm surprised that Steam only had 10K games in 2015 and has 30K games now. I thought it was in the millions.

    • @realcartoongirl
      @realcartoongirl 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      it not easy to make games

    • @martinator9480
      @martinator9480 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      It costs 100$ to publish a game.

    • @AAAAAAA-nh7jv
      @AAAAAAA-nh7jv 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@martinator9480 The *what*

    • @martinator9480
      @martinator9480 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@AAAAAAA-nh7jv or 100 euro, but AFAIK steam deals in dollars (5$ to verify your steam account)

    • @g76agi
      @g76agi 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@martinator9480 steam deals in whatever your local currency is if they support it, euro, rubels, pesos, dollars, etc.

  • @FUNSTUF456
    @FUNSTUF456 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I really like this channel, I really appreciate the way you go about everything with out the screaming, shouting, swearing, hating, I just really appreciate that.

  • @TheLaptopLagger
    @TheLaptopLagger 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    "yes I already asked nerdcubed he's busy" still makes me smile to see that.

    • @ajemajh
      @ajemajh 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      OH i get the joke

  • @HarmLess7
    @HarmLess7 9 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I have no idea who are you are Tom, and I'm not big into your subject matter above gaming quiet a bit myself but you have the nicest delivery of any human being I have ever seen. Listening to you is like liquid velvet for my ears. Merry Belated Christmas and Happy New Year! Much love from Southampton

    • @HarmLess7
      @HarmLess7 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Henry Ley I take that back I love all your content!!

  • @furian7626
    @furian7626 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Probably the best and simplest explanation of a computer/server issue I have ever heard. Kudos.

  • @Enclave.
    @Enclave. 8 ปีที่แล้ว +179

    Not a terrible human being in or near London? That's a tall order friend, a tall order!
    I'm just kidding, I loved the time I spent working in London :P

    • @DrLennieSmall
      @DrLennieSmall 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      London is great in small doses but after living in and later leaving London it is good to meet friends but the endless blocks made me miss home where I could walk 3 minutes to miles of open fields and woods or a quick drive to family owned land to drive heavy machinery. The tibe is fast and easy but after an event when someone yelled bomb I was nervous. The people are nice when you get to meet them or in an emergency but on average are unfriendly, in the countys you nod and greet strangers, London is too busy for that.

    • @nextlaunch1
      @nextlaunch1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@DrLennieSmall although as someone who lives in the middle of Devon, not bring able to do anything without driving somewhere can get a bit tiresome

  • @Edward135i
    @Edward135i 9 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    How does such a young man, have such a wise and mature voice? I'm 25 and still sound like a kid.

  • @deneb_tm
    @deneb_tm 9 ปีที่แล้ว +81

    So... I know of a TH-camr that matches the requirements (not sure about where he lives though; his accent sounds British, anyway), but I don't personally know him...
    His channel is called A+Start, I hope I'm not completely wrong about him being British.

    • @festo1239
      @festo1239 9 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      son of a glitch!

    • @deneb_tm
      @deneb_tm 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +Spider Hunter12 Yup.

    • @deneb_tm
      @deneb_tm 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Tweeted him about it. God damn the 140 character limit is annoying.

    • @deneb_tm
      @deneb_tm 9 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Welp, he said he doesn't live anywhere near London anymore. Too bad.

    • @festo1239
      @festo1239 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      +InfinityCraft oh

  • @369951369951
    @369951369951 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love that you not only explain it but make a well written explanation not just a thrown together one

  • @Zemnmez
    @Zemnmez 9 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    6:18 might be worth mentioning that the cached data includes a csrf token which is used to authorize the post request. Without it, any website can tell steam that you want to buy a game using your cookie and thus it was possible until they invalidated the sessionids that someone could have bought games with your account.

  • @tylerisawolf2286
    @tylerisawolf2286 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Just when you forget about the start of the video, he brings it back at the end. Great video.

  • @SeazonHDx
    @SeazonHDx 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    There was a time where any user could ask for a password change with the secret questions, even a wrong answer would let you ask for a password change. (thought the video would be about that :D)

  • @Sylocat
    @Sylocat 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love that you specified "Not a terrible human being" at the end there.

  • @BadgerFall
    @BadgerFall 9 ปีที่แล้ว +77

    Try Lewis Brindley from the Yogscast, he or someone else there might be what you're looking for. They have a business email on their website :)

    • @bacontf2
      @bacontf2 9 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      +Happy Heavy They're based in Bristol, aren't they? That's quite a way's away from London.

    • @DanTheStripe
      @DanTheStripe 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      +Happy Heavy I might be wrong here (I haven't watched the Yogscast for years) but isn't YogTowers in Bristol?

    • @BlackHoleMan77
      @BlackHoleMan77 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      +bacon Yes but that's only 2-3 hours drive from London - closer than you're gonna get with most other youtubers.

    • @chumprock
      @chumprock 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      +MrBadgerMoustache Easy train ride! I think Hybridpanda from Yogs would be a good fit as well.

    • @TheTinFoiHub
      @TheTinFoiHub 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      +chumprock Definitely, Panda would be great.

  • @TechyBen
    @TechyBen 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thumbs up for working so hard and getting a video up even during the holiday weekend.

  • @Her_Imperious_Condescension
    @Her_Imperious_Condescension 8 ปีที่แล้ว +113

    i see ferreros in the background
    lucky bastard

  • @tomthumb1322
    @tomthumb1322 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    Paul aka "Squirrel" meets all of these requirements and has an IT background. Love your vids, keep it up.

  • @LightclanGamingchannel
    @LightclanGamingchannel 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Goddamn this guys voice is so soothing.

  • @JGD_CZE
    @JGD_CZE 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks TotalBiscuit for signal boosting this great, succint and understandable explanation that is very useful for less computer savvy people!

    • @JGD_CZE
      @JGD_CZE 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Random Person Nope.
      They werent hacked. DoS is as much of a hack as harsh words are bombs...
      They were overloaded and their caching service was badly implemented. This video exactly explains what happened next.

    • @JGD_CZE
      @JGD_CZE 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Random Person Dude, do you even know what DoS attack is? Apparently not, so just stop.

    • @JGD_CZE
      @JGD_CZE 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Random Person Well you manage to be complete idiot in just few seconds so I will leave you at that :D

    • @tf2scoutpunch175
      @tf2scoutpunch175 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Sad looking at this now

  • @rhydianlewis2867
    @rhydianlewis2867 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Disney+ managed to go one better. A nice big breach that meant that someone else logs into your account, changes the names of your family members, and starts adding their favourite content to your lists.

  • @matthew1337
    @matthew1337 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great video, fantastic explanation. I really appreciate the effort you put in to these videos Tom. Have a great new year.

  • @eyewarsx
    @eyewarsx 7 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    I remember this. I was so confused , because I wanted to add some money to buy something and each time I clicked my vallet someone elses name showed up and their money. I never got to buy whatever it was I wanted that day :(

  • @peanutismint
    @peanutismint 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    Chinny Reckon!!!! Brilliant Tom. Had forgotten all about that. Have a great Christmas!!

  • @TomBaldwin2483
    @TomBaldwin2483 9 ปีที่แล้ว +291

    What about Dad³? ... Oh "*smart* and *not sweary/shouty*" well I guess I answered my own question :)
    Serious answers though:
    TotalBiscuit (EDIT: Didn't know he moved)
    TheMightyJingles
    Hat Films (EDIT: Yes they can be "sweary")
    EDIT:
    FrankieonPC (Not sure where he lives, and he won't show his face)
    2kliksphilip/3kliksphilip (Again not sure where he lives)

    • @themimsyborogov42
      @themimsyborogov42 9 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      +Tom Baldwin hat films????? NOT sweary shouty

    • @Meb8Rappa
      @Meb8Rappa 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      +Tom Baldwin Wait, what? Since when did Hat Films stop swearing?

    • @WynantsJari
      @WynantsJari 9 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      +themimsyborogove42 they're smart guys, they know when to shut up

    • @arpyzero
      @arpyzero 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +Tom Baldwin TotalBiscuit doesn't live in Britland, though!

    • @TomBaldwin2483
      @TomBaldwin2483 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      RandomPanda0 That would explain his rather late steaming times.

  • @apainintheaas
    @apainintheaas 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    The two youtubers/streamers I personally really like are The Mighty Jingles and Quickybaby. I do not know their excact living area except that it is in Britian. Nor do I know their shedule. However they do qualify for the rest of the criteria. They are very famous within the World of Tanks community to the extent of being guest commentators for the World of Tanks Grand Finals in Poland. They are gentleman. And some of the most decent poeple I know. The biggest example is the charity event quickybaby organized which raised over 22 thousend pounds. Jingles also helped with this. I think they are amazing, but that is just a personal opinion.
    Next to that thanks for taaking the extra time of on christmas for this video

  • @fergochan
    @fergochan 5 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    Does anyone know if Tom ended up making that vid with a streamer?

    • @snvvbl
      @snvvbl 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      i guess not

  • @DenkyManner
    @DenkyManner 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    4 years ago. Time flies even when you aren't having fun.

  • @andrewrosene6511
    @andrewrosene6511 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    "It is Christmas, I'm home with my family."
    Not this year.

  • @luciusneochojin307
    @luciusneochojin307 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    I'd like to recommend TotalBiscuit. He's a very intelligent game journalist who would probably be ideal for anything you are planning. Big fan for a long time, keep up the funny and informative videos! Really enjoy the Citation Needed series too!

  • @Nelsonisaacs1
    @Nelsonisaacs1 9 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    What about Enter Elysium, I think he lives near london and is pretty cool.

    • @Danish_raven
      @Danish_raven 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Nelson Isaacs yeah EE is a great streamer

    • @OkenWS
      @OkenWS 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +Nelson Isaacs I thought this. He'd be happy to be in a video and he's not a dumbass. He is, however, semi incommunicado right now. Don't know how long for, mainly because I can't be arsed to find out.

    • @grahamrich9956
      @grahamrich9956 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      I second that notion.

    • @grahamrich9956
      @grahamrich9956 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +Firstname Lastname What makes you say that?

    • @anyoutube9525
      @anyoutube9525 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      I support this

  • @tendercomrade2330
    @tendercomrade2330 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    a TH-camr that fits that description is surely ashens. he's brill, and I lovely bloke.

  • @phabelgreene7875
    @phabelgreene7875 9 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    "I already asked nerdcubed, he's busy." I'm laughing so hard

  • @BigMoTheBlackDragon
    @BigMoTheBlackDragon 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    Always at least "good" videos. Most times they are great.
    2 videos in 1, thanks for the heads up about Steam.
    Bonus on the Chiny Wonder part (I think that's what you said, I have a cold I'm getting over). Here in the U.S., back in the 80s, we used Sike. That's how most spelled it. Sometimes I saw it spelled (years later in books) as Psych, or Syke. Which, you can understand where it came from. As in, "Are you trying to mess with my mind and psych me out?" We just said "sike". Usually, drawn out, with an elongated "si" & a very hard "k".

  • @djneffii
    @djneffii 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    ok youtube, you dont have to show me this video again. it was 5 years ago, ok?

  • @Bormeir
    @Bormeir 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    You're quick!
    My steam store page was in Russian yesterday, but I didn't think much of it. Interesting stuff...

  • @JohnJohnson-jr6hp
    @JohnJohnson-jr6hp 8 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    This is why you use Steam Gift Cards.

    • @caijones156
      @caijones156 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      John Johnson yes

    • @itsjustlogiqal935
      @itsjustlogiqal935 8 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Gift cards... where you take money that's accepted anywhere, and make it so you can only use it in one place. Yes, genius! ...

    • @caijones156
      @caijones156 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Do you even know what steam is?
      Trollioioioioiol

    • @JohnJohnson-jr6hp
      @JohnJohnson-jr6hp 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes I do. I was noting how the hacking is dangerous, and as such, you should purchase Steam Gift Cards/

    • @JohnJohnson-jr6hp
      @JohnJohnson-jr6hp 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah, but that doesn't change the fact a hack like this could happen. No chance of such problems with cards. Security upon security. You make a good point.

  • @GrandHighGamer
    @GrandHighGamer 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Probably worth mentioning that everyone trying to check their account details to see if they were safe... we're ensuring that their account details page got cached too, hence people being able to see full names, addressed, and the last 2-4 digits of their card numbers. Whoops.

  • @willhendrix86
    @willhendrix86 9 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    TotalBiscuit, The Cynical Brit - 2M+ Subscribers
    Good Guy with a subjective, thoughtful approach to game reviews and lets plays.

    • @JohnDCrafton
      @JohnDCrafton 9 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      +William Hendick Lives in the U.S.

    • @Waarr909
      @Waarr909 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      +William Hendick I dont think he matches the things Tom wrote ^^ he is pretty much the most shouty/sweary Person on this Planet but ye he does awesome subjective and Thoughtful game reviews and game shows on Twitch :)

  • @samroberts7229
    @samroberts7229 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I watch this every year now, its a minor tradition.

  • @jdave1157
    @jdave1157 9 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    +3kliksphilip ?
    For the collaboration

  • @darthalpha1525
    @darthalpha1525 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    The Mighty Jingles matches all of the requirements you set for a TH-camr. He does lots of fun stuff! :)

  • @SawedOffLaser
    @SawedOffLaser 9 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    So, my Steam account was not online during this shitstorm, would that mean my info is pretty much safe? I changed my password (via the steam client), so I know it is secure in that regard.

    • @GwresYnKernow
      @GwresYnKernow 9 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      +Sawed Off Laser Indeed, if you weren't online when all this was going on (like me :D), your account info was never requested (unless you've got a much bigger problem!), and thus never cached, and thus not even potentially viewed by anyone else.

    • @wolf7115
      @wolf7115 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Sawed Off Laser
      Should be, yeah.

    • @knauz21
      @knauz21 9 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      +Sawed Off Laser as long as you didn't view any store pages logged into your account during this time you are safe.

    • @101Andu101
      @101Andu101 9 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      +Sawed Off Laser Even if you were online during the happening your info would still be pretty much safe.
      The only problem would have been getting a bit more spam on your main email address

    • @knucklesamidge
      @knucklesamidge 9 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      +GwresYnKernow
      If it cached 1 request every minute for less than an hour (let's say 50 minutes), then only 50 people's personal details were leaked. If it was 100 servers then 5,000 people. There could have been five hundred thousand requests in that hour so the odds of it being you in that time frame is maybe 1:1000

  • @doctorpc1531
    @doctorpc1531 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Lathland! He lives in Manchester, which is.. almost London. He is a bit more of a technical gamer, most certainly not a terrible human being and his accent is to die for. (seriously, that alone makes his videos worth-a-while).

  • @carlo9697
    @carlo9697 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    this was three years and now in my recommended exactly three years later on Christmas 2018 good job yt🤦‍♂️

  • @Gigaamped
    @Gigaamped 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I learned a lot about how the internet works in this video. Thanks!

  • @petermarsh4578
    @petermarsh4578 9 ปีที่แล้ว +63

    You asked Nerdcubed? BUT HE LIVES IN CANADA

    • @jobicade
      @jobicade 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      +Peter Marsh (breadloaf64) Does he? He was in advent calendar videos with Ashens this year.

    • @Pikiller24
      @Pikiller24 9 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      +NukeDuck He took the bus everyday from Canada to get to Ashens' place.

    • @jcooper_
      @jcooper_ 9 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      It was just a joke of his. If you watch his videos from the past year or so, it's very clear he's still in the UK, and probably still in the London area. Just in his own apartment now.

    • @velocityra
      @velocityra 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Peter Marsh (breadloaf64) Your first mistake was believing him when he said he moved :P

    • @CoffeeOnRails
      @CoffeeOnRails 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Poor Wot :( all alone

  • @doctorpc1531
    @doctorpc1531 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    I was waiting the whole time for this video.. :P

  • @foxdropLoL
    @foxdropLoL 9 ปีที่แล้ว +357

    Hey Scott! Nice video, very well explained. I even understood over half the words!
    I'm no bigshot TH-camr but I live in Essex (about an hour outside London) and I'm a gaming TH-camr/streamer. I believe I would match your criteria and would love to discuss maybe doing a collab with you! I hit you up on Twitter too,
    Cheers mate, Merry Christmas.

    • @6ringsofsteel
      @6ringsofsteel 9 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      +foxdropLoL - Be a Better League Player ah foxdrop, what a surprise

    • @AntiGravityC9
      @AntiGravityC9 9 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Somebody I've never heard of, never thought I'd see you here! What a surprise.

    • @Joost10054
      @Joost10054 9 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I can vouch for this guy. Have been a fan for over a year!

    • @look3248
      @look3248 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      +foxdropLoL - Be a Better League Player YES, I advice working with Foxdrop! He is both intelligent and funny!... as well as pretty skilled at the ol' video games ;) ;)

    • @SAMAKUS
      @SAMAKUS 9 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      *no bigshot youtuber
      I think you have maybe around 50k
      Actually has around 440k
      -_-

  • @ZacharyDaveyLambert
    @ZacharyDaveyLambert 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    NOOO! TOM AND NERDCUBED COULD'VE COLLABED BUT DIDN'T?! I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THAT DAY FOR SO LONG!

  • @Lutranereis
    @Lutranereis 9 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Ha, glad I read the whole thing because Nerd Cubed would be the best person to go with in my opinion. It's unfortunate that he's busy.

  • @NoHezii
    @NoHezii 9 ปีที่แล้ว +292

    3kliksphillip

    • @Number1tnfan683
      @Number1tnfan683 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Ahagan99 why did you out his name

    • @Number1tnfan683
      @Number1tnfan683 5 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Ahagan99 2kliks is better

    • @vipoff3309
      @vipoff3309 5 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      Sorry but kilsphillp is better than both

    • @soopcanwastaken
      @soopcanwastaken 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      sorry but freekliksphilip is just objectively better

    • @ajemajh
      @ajemajh 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      volvo pls fix

  • @MorRobots
    @MorRobots 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    Tom, this was my real Christmas gift this year l. surprise video from you. :)

  • @JamesKICKASS1
    @JamesKICKASS1 9 ปีที่แล้ว +60

    I was thinking nerd 3 when reading the list 😂

    • @9182justin
      @9182justin 9 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      +Blunk Inator People need to beg Dan for a colab with Tom. It would be amazing.

    • @HWGuyEG
      @HWGuyEG 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +Blunk Inator
      Dan Nerd3 or Larry Bundy are great options.

    • @benjaminconsterdine2077
      @benjaminconsterdine2077 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +Blunk Inator Same

  • @yesitsdawid
    @yesitsdawid 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hi Tom! I know that you probably won't see this, but I love your videos and I want to say thank you for spending your time making them.

  • @bardosibence
    @bardosibence 9 ปีที่แล้ว +101

    Have you asked +ThatMumboJumbo yet? :)

    • @hiveinsider9122
      @hiveinsider9122 9 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      this, and someone else suggested xisuma.

    • @DarkFoxDK
      @DarkFoxDK 9 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      +HiveInsiderComments Xisuma doesn't want his face on camera though. ;)

    • @hiveinsider9122
      @hiveinsider9122 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      DarkFoxDK
      I know. ;) (that is, now I do, when I posted that I didn't.)

    • @Monkeyb00y
      @Monkeyb00y 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +Bence Bárdosi Sent him this on Twitter :)

    • @bleuthoot
      @bleuthoot 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      hmm

  • @HCvertigo
    @HCvertigo 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    Good video. Have a merry Christmas and a happy New Year!

  • @lolfaceno3980
    @lolfaceno3980 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    "You can't sell someone a game they already own"
    EA: *Truth is... It was rigged from the start.*

  • @mrp7874
    @mrp7874 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You know it's a UK Christmas when you've got the ferrero rocher out

  • @shauryagupta8930
    @shauryagupta8930 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    come on people of 2020, lets talk about google services this december

  • @test_pilot
    @test_pilot 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Wow, I would love a Tom Scott + Nerd³ video in the future! XD

  • @BanterEdits
    @BanterEdits 9 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I would suggest Josh (RageGamingVideos) as you have already asked Nerd³ :D

  • @ShadsPlays
    @ShadsPlays 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    I totally remember chinny reckon. And Jackanory. I also wish I had enough of a following to be useful for your collaboration mentioned at the end. Great video - another sub gained.

  • @BrotherBloat
    @BrotherBloat 9 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Total biscuit! (aka cynical brit)

    • @themimsyborogov42
      @themimsyborogov42 9 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      +BrotherBloat I don't think he lives in london anymore

    • @danielchiverton4168
      @danielchiverton4168 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      +BrotherBloat In or near London

    • @GwresYnKernow
      @GwresYnKernow 9 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      +themimsyborogove42 He lives in North Carolina. Not exactly local. :p

    • @Bouche4Dag
      @Bouche4Dag 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +Daniel Chiverton He lives in the US nowadays

    • @awaara6341
      @awaara6341 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      +themimsyborogove42 Hes in North Carolina nowadays.

  • @Liggliluff
    @Liggliluff 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    (5:35) Norwegian tax returns are public anyway. In Sweden, you can check someone's income, taxed amount. I'm not sure about tax return though, but that's at least a thing in Norway.

    • @InventorZahran
      @InventorZahran 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I wonder if Swedish people are more open to discussing their income with each other as a result...

  • @omarabdelkadereldarir7458
    @omarabdelkadereldarir7458 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    80% percent on aoe2 is a fantastic deal though..

  • @sapph42
    @sapph42 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    I've never seen Jon from Many A True Nerd put his face on camera, but I think he fulfills all the other requirements. Might give him a shout.

  • @TeuCat
    @TeuCat 8 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I was going to say Nerd3, dammit.

  • @shortcutDJ
    @shortcutDJ 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    ik keep upvoting this content, video after video. Can't help it. It's that good

  • @Plain1nsane
    @Plain1nsane 9 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I live in Christchurch and I game stream is that close enough? I have about 3 viewers Kappa

  • @fletcherst-germain6608
    @fletcherst-germain6608 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    the description for the gamer throws out all the best youtube gamers though, in my opinion at least.

  • @GLRaema
    @GLRaema 9 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    If your requirement wasn't "in or near london" I would have suggested Totalbiscuit (TotalHalibut on youtube). Maybe you can have him on a skype call :D
    Another person that (as far as I know) actually lives in london is Sacriel (twitch.tv/sacriel and sacriel42 on youtube). He has a decent following and might be up for some collabs.

    • @seniru4608
      @seniru4608 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Comment has not ages well 😞

  • @HeyJD123
    @HeyJD123 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    I like your Christmas costume! It goes just with the festive colours.

  • @rider6982
    @rider6982 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Hey nice! You said $2 as 2 Bucks! #AussiePride

    • @bjaef
      @bjaef 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Crinja 300 Bucks is also an american word.

    • @imthemistermaster
      @imthemistermaster 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Apollo Skyline id say Americans say bucks more than dollars.

    • @themanthemitchthelegend6183
      @themanthemitchthelegend6183 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      imthemistermaster the reason Americans call them bucks is because back when America was the "new world" they traded livestock, not money, so I'd agree, bucks IS an american thing

  • @asparadog
    @asparadog 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I can imagine his parents saying "c'mon Thomas, put your toys away".

  • @superspaacesyrup1479
    @superspaacesyrup1479 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I guess you could call it a cachtophe
    i will leave now

  • @Great.Milenko
    @Great.Milenko 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    I was wondering why steam was in russian for me at certain points yesterday, thanks tom! :)

  • @Oziji
    @Oziji 9 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    I'd try GradeAunderA

    • @KateRin-MotherDearest
      @KateRin-MotherDearest 9 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      +That Fat British Kid he's a bit sweary, and also doesn't do face cam, right? He ticks the other boxes though, I think... I swear he mentioned streaming somewhere at some point, but that might just be me getting people mixed up.

    • @azai.mp4
      @azai.mp4 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      +NeoSpade
      I've seen him stream for a moment, yes. Don't remember seeing a facecam, though.

    • @ColHogan-le5yk
      @ColHogan-le5yk 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA
      Oh, your serious?

  • @kenstr321
    @kenstr321 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    2:01 is that not why cluster servers where made? Even with that, a cookie still has to check (user side) if the user has similar page request loaded from the user side cache. Now as you say if the personal information was sent and didn't match Steam has a bigger issue then personal info being displayed they have a massive issue with how there with authentication service within the cache system works.

  • @kolepage6863
    @kolepage6863 8 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    One take😳