Poll: Do you like the Jim Inquisition show?

[i7omahawki]

The fact that he's been sitting crying on Twitter and calling anyone who doesn't like the show an "ignorant ****" pretty much destroys any credibility he will ever have here.

Contributors should either STFU about the comments they get, or man up and respond to their critics here. Whining about it on another website makes him look like a prick, a cowardly, immature prick who can't cope with criticism.

And it is incredibly unprofessional.

Y'know, bagging on the Escapist forumers is silly behavior on my part. They can keep hating, I'll keep creating. Thus balance will occur.

Also, I did not focus enough on the people who LIKED it, and sent me awesome messages. You people are fuckin' ace potatoes!

Yeah, what a fucking dick bag.

Think he was talking about this one, and his quote is in context.

Jim Sterling@
@NSLtSwayze Yep! With the irony being that they're making themselves look like some proper ignorant cunts.

 

[LawlessSquirrel]

I don't enjoy it, and I find it hard to watch. If other people feel otherwise, good for them, I wouldn't go so far as to say it has no appeal at all.

But on a personal level, I think I can find everything offered much better elsewhere on this very site. I wouldn't say it should be cancelled, but I wouldn't notice if it was. It just doesn't cater to my preferences enough to attract me as a viewer nor keep my interest.

He hasn't brought up anything I haven't seen before and presents it in a way I don't like, therefore he has no appeal to me.

 

[JoJo]

Here's a few of Jim's comments on Twitter about those who critised his videos, I'll let them speak for themselves:

Haha, so the Escapist's elite are saying I am a sexist for daring to suggest that men have evolved to find breasts attractive

At least they can't whine that my opinion is "just like Extra Credits" now. Oh wait, they did that too! Fucking morons

To be fair, a lot more of 'em are warming to me. Once the proper elitist cunts restrain themselves and stop watching, we can all be happy.

It's not a criticism of Extra Credits, more a criticism of the thick-headedness of some of the forumites

Yep! With the irony being that they're making themselves look like some proper ignorant cunts

I think it's because Extra Credits and ZP use drawings. The bright colors probably distract their brains

Yep, pretty much. Their criticisms have become so insular and ridiculous that I've given up trying to appeal to them

Link: http://twitter.com/#!/jimsterling

Why should we respect this man if he won't respect us?

 

[weker]

Here's a few of Jim's comments on Twitter about those who critised his videos, I'll let them speak for themselves:

Haha, so the Escapist's elite are saying I am a sexist for daring to suggest that men have evolved to find breasts attractive

At least they can't whine that my opinion is "just like Extra Credits" now. Oh wait, they did that too! Fucking morons

To be fair, a lot more of 'em are warming to me. Once the proper elitist cunts restrain themselves and stop watching, we can all be happy.

It's not a criticism of Extra Credits, more a criticism of the thick-headedness of some of the forumites

Yep! With the irony being that they're making themselves look like some proper ignorant cunts

I think it's because Extra Credits and ZP use drawings. The bright colors probably distract their brains

Yep, pretty much. Their criticisms have become so insular and ridiculous that I've given up trying to appeal to them

Link: http://twitter.com/#!/jimsterling

Why should we respect this man if he won't respect us?

Because the escapist started it, with these awful lets get rid of him threads.
From all his tweets they all seem fair, the escapist is an open community normal and one of the best, but for some reason becuase they dont like his show and think it should be banished into the dark.

I dont get why you have to say it should be here if you dont like it, I dont like or watch most the shows and I dont say get rid of them. All in all I enjoy it therfore it should not be stopped.

Should I start threads asking for shows to be removed it only seems fair?

 

[Ris]

At the moment I think a poll like this is fairly redudant because:

a) the first 5 episodes of any show are rarely representative of quality or content, if looking at other Escapist shows are anything to go by.
b) He seems to have a following from around the web (most notably Destuctoid), which means that potentially he could up Escapist's readership. That alone is reason to give him a chance; so take the poll after some of his fans have migrated here, factor in how many new users he's pulled in, and then try and calculate his success.
c) it's obvious from his strapline and persona that he's supposed to rile you, so people can check "no he's horrible" box all they want; if at episode 10 they're still faithfully watching and spewing bile in the comments, I'd say that they should consider his show a hit.

 

[funguy2121]

Eh. Vitriolic ranting is everywhere I look these days. I watched the first episode; read: made myself watch it to justify not watching it again, just to make sure there wasn't some hidden gem I was missing or something. I'm already kind of overloaded with negative ranting. This guy's show is definitely not my thing. From the comments I've read, it seems that most people don't like his show very much.

This. Does everyone have to try to be Bill Hicks/Sam Kinison/Denis Leary?

 

[weker]

The fact that he's been sitting crying on Twitter and calling anyone who doesn't like the show an "ignorant ****" pretty much destroys any credibility he will ever have here.

He is not really crying and the "ignorant" comment is right, the escapist is ignorant becuase they dont like a show so it has to be removed.

 

[Damura]

The first episode came out of nowhere and discussed a topic I didn't realise anybody cared about. It was okay I guess.

 

[JoJo]

Here's a few of Jim's comments on Twitter about those who critised his videos, I'll let them speak for themselves:

snip

Why should we respect this man if he won't respect us?

Because the escapist started it, with these awful lets get rid of him threads.
From all his tweets they all seem fair, the escapist is an open community normal and one of the best, but for some reason becuase they dont like his show and think it should be banished into the dark.

I dont get why you have to say it should be here if you dont like it, I dont like or watch most the shows and I dont say get rid of them. All in all I enjoy it therfore it should not be stopped.

Should I start threads asking for shows to be removed it only seems fair?

In my opinion calling your critics "fucking morons" or "proper elitist cunts" isn't respectful or nice, if a regular user on this site called another user that they're be put on probation if they're lucky, worse if they're not. As a contributer he should be above that sort of thing, just because a few users (most critics including myself are keeping it civil) are over-acting doesn't mean he is entitled do the same.

 

[Ris]

Here's a few of Jim's comments on Twitter about those who critised his videos, I'll let them speak for themselves:

Haha, so the Escapist's elite are saying I am a sexist for daring to suggest that men have evolved to find breasts attractive

At least they can't whine that my opinion is "just like Extra Credits" now. Oh wait, they did that too! Fucking morons

To be fair, a lot more of 'em are warming to me. Once the proper elitist cunts restrain themselves and stop watching, we can all be happy.

It's not a criticism of Extra Credits, more a criticism of the thick-headedness of some of the forumites

Yep! With the irony being that they're making themselves look like some proper ignorant cunts

I think it's because Extra Credits and ZP use drawings. The bright colors probably distract their brains

Yep, pretty much. Their criticisms have become so insular and ridiculous that I've given up trying to appeal to them

Link: http://twitter.com/#!/jimsterling

Why should we respect this man if he won't respect us?

Because the escapist started it, with these awful lets get rid of him threads.
From all his tweets they all seem fair, the escapist is an open community normal and one of the best, but for some reason becuase they dont like his show and think it should be banished into the dark.

I dont get why you have to say it should be here if you dont like it, I dont like or watch most the shows and I dont say get rid of them. All in all I enjoy it therfore it should not be stopped.

Should I start threads asking for shows to be removed it only seems fair?

I agree. While it was a really dumb thing to do to respond like that on twitter, I can't say that forum-goers are being very open-minded. We're only 2 episodes in and already people are trying to get his show removed. I can think of at least two shows on Escapist that I can't get 30 seconds into without wanting to throw things at the cast/presenter, but I don't go ranting about it in the comments and demand that the show be removed.

And the comparisons are pretty retarded, come on. How is he anything like Extra Credits?

 

[gamer_parent]

I'd say judging by the amount of threads about him he's definitely provoked discussion. But I get that's not what you mean.

I think you mean he doesn't entertain you (and a lot of other people). He does entertain me (and a lot of other people). That's what's pissing me off about this hate directed at him a lot of it is:

"I don't care if other people like him, I don't so I want him off the site completely. Because I'm too much of a spoiled, entitled shit to just not watch something I don't like. If I can't enjoy it no one can!"

(That's not aimed at you BTW, just the general tone of people saying he should go.)

fair enough. But I do think then, it is prudent for Escapist staff to figure out whether or not he is truly working as an entertainer. And if the feedback on him is positive enough, hey, maybe he should stay, despite the wide amount of hate. (Controversy generates buzz, after all) But then this necessitates to us having to give feedback. As such, I don't think it's wrong for people who don't like him to say so. (which, I don't think you have said, but I believe that was my original intention for posting)

 

[Sakurazaki1023]

Here's a few of Jim's comments on Twitter about those who critised his videos, I'll let them speak for themselves:

snip

Why should we respect this man if he won't respect us?

Because the escapist started it, with these awful lets get rid of him threads.
From all his tweets they all seem fair, the escapist is an open community normal and one of the best, but for some reason becuase they dont like his show and think it should be banished into the dark.

I dont get why you have to say it should be here if you dont like it, I dont like or watch most the shows and I dont say get rid of them. All in all I enjoy it therfore it should not be stopped.

Should I start threads asking for shows to be removed it only seems fair?

In my opinion calling your critics "fucking morons" or "proper elitist cunts" isn't respectful or nice, if a regular user on this site called another user that they're be put on probation if they're lucky, worse if they're not. As a contributer he should be above that sort of thing, just because a few users (most critics including myself are keeping it civil) are over-acting doesn't mean he is entitled do the same.

I concur completely. I managed to force myself through both episodes of his show, and while I think it's not particularly funny or insightful, I don't hate the show for it's content. What I do hate about the show is that it's providing a negative image that people can associate with gamers. Does the Escapist benefit from associating itself with a troll who can't be bothered to do anything but rant and draw shitty graphics with MS Paint? Should the Escapist really pay someone to make inferior content while calling their user base "ignorant elitist cunts"?

If you can't respect your employer and you can't respect the opinions of your viewers, then you don't deserve any respect in return.

 

[Custard_Angel]

My complaint with Jimquisition isn't that his show "goes too far" or whatever.

I get that its meant to be satirical, but I take issue that it just isn't very good satire.

I don't walk away from his videos thinking "that was funny" or "that was interesting". I walk away thinking "that was pointless".

With Moviebob and Extra Credits around the show seems entirely superfluous and I feel the bandwidth would be better spent hosting something different. Get a sketch comedy troupe together or something. It can't be any worse than what is currently available.

Unless you get something like nigahiga or Fred (fothermucking) Figglehorn on The Escapist. In which case I would leave the site forever because it would prove that the people in charge of this site have no taste, nor grasp of humour.

I'm not calling myself a master satirist by any means, and I imagine that my own efforts to do a similar show would be of lower quality, but I would say that surely there is someone out there who can do a better job than this...

Side gripe: Why does the Daily Drop exist? I get that its dirt cheap to do and really, really, really, really fucking easy to make (step 1: pick up random object, step 2: drop random object), but seriously... Is it just a way to say "videos posted daily"?

 

[i7omahawki]

I was saying the one I quoted came later, it's an admission he was wrong to attack Escapists... Also are you saying mine are out of context?

Well yeah, it was a stupid move on his behalf, and evidently he thinks so do. That doesn't change the fact that he did it though, just because he's realised it.

And no, I wasn't saying yours were out of context, I was just a bit suprised myself that 'ignorant ****' is literally the words he used. I thought that that might have been an embellishment, but no.

 

[Amondren]

The first one I thought was crap and turned off after a minute but the second one was a bit better but its still not that good.

 

[Daddy Go Bot]

Jim's a self-inflated dick with a severe case on unwarranted self-importance. So no.

Oh, and he's a terrible reviewer as well.

 

[Les Awesome]

He says things that has been said a zillion times already
and still manages to screw them up!

also extra credits, zero punctuation and moviebob have excellent presentation
and are hosted funny charismatic people but with jim we're left with
his sandpaper voice,annoyingly unfunny pictures and a shot of his "beloved" mug

so all in all F*&k you jim

 

[Harbinger_]

Replied to one of these threads yesterday... Saw this one so I thought I better go see what it's all about....

Short answer? its good. The second ep was quite funny, made some good points. It's not my favorite thing on here but it's a good addition.

I think he should keep making shows. I'll watch them.

My question is... if you can't stand him... WHY OH WHY OH WHY do you concern yourself with it? Don't like it? CLOSE THE WINDOW! then proceed to say to yourself, "Wow, I didn't enjoy that. Meh who cares, let's go watch something I DO enjoy instead and never think about it again."

I concerned myself with it the first time when I tried to watch an unreleated video and a huge ad surrounded the screen and after watching that unrelated video I either had to click on the link to watch that Jimqusition stuff or close the window altogether. Not a good first impression.

 

[hedges1001]

basically i dont believe he's the kind of guy you should listen to but rather read. also its just like podcastle as in annoying and he abuses the music of final fantasy 9