Why I hate Jim Sterling.

[CrazyCapnMorgan]

If I spoke to people on here like he speaks to everyone. I'd be banned.

You can't allow someone to post videos on the escapist of them being an arrogant douchebag who takes the mick out of people and then suspend posters for doing exactly the same thing.

This. This is the biggest reason I don't watch his crap.

This is another thing I'm quite puzzled by. I'm pretty sure that one of the main rules of The Escapist forums is "Don't be a Jerk." Yet, even some of his descriptions below the video come off as pretty jerk-ish. I'm not entirely convinced that some rules are enforced towards their contributors because they ARE contributors, although that one time where Extra Credits got suspended for a week by posting "First!" on their own comment section for one of their videos was not only funny as hell, but also somewhat refreshing to see that it could potentially happen to anyone here.

 

[FuktLogik]

He has a hostility towards people with opinions different from his.

Sounds a lot like the guy who started this thread.

 

[piratejames]

I like Jim's videos. Definitely the sort of way that some of the issues in gaming need to be explored. In some ways, he's like an incredibly sarcastic, satirical and vain version of Extra Credits with a God complex. You're well entitled to your opinion, but I'm willing to bet that there has got to be a vast number of this sort of thread. Someone in the Escapist liked him enough to give him a feature here and I'm very glad they did, or else I'd have missed out on the Jimquisition.

If Jim's not your thing, I guess the best thing to do is not watch him. I would recommend coming back every once and a while though, your opinion might change on him

 

[garfoldsomeoneelse]

You have been successfully trolled in the name of publicity, have a nice day.

 

[mireko]

You can't allow someone to post videos on the escapist of them being an arrogant douchebag who takes the mick out of people and then suspend posters for doing exactly the same thing.

That's just, I don't even know what that is.

To be fair, they've addressed this in the forum rules:

Regardless of what some of our content creators may say, do or provoke within their videos or articles, this does not give members the ability to act in the same way. They are entertainers and if they brought their language or flaming into the forums, they would be held accountable, just as any other forum member of The Escapist would be.

Not saying that this makes it okay, I'd rather stay neutral on the matter.

 

[lordlillen]

You do realise it's an act right? He kinda took the piss out of people like you in one of his vids.

TBH, I don't particularly enjoy him. But I'm not going to make a thread pissing and moaning about it.

One thing I will say however.

If I spoke to people on here like he speaks to everyone. I'd be banned.

You can't allow someone to post videos on the escapist of them being an arrogant douchebag who takes the mick out of people and then suspend posters for doing exactly the same thing.

That's just, I don't even know what that is.

i think the word your looking for is hypocrite (i think thats how its spelled)

 

[evilstonermonkey]

People are still complaining about Jim? Here's a suggestion - don't watch things that you know you don't like, and they will no longer annoy you. Pull on your big kid pants and grow up.

 

[Phlakes]

Well thats just like your opinion, man.

Win.

OT: If the OP is being sarcastic, his post is also full of win, and I would applaud him. Actually, I'll just assume that it is sarcastic and save my face from a serious palming.

 

[an874]

Personally, I tend to agree with most if not all of his opinions, however I find his delivery annoying (largely due to his voice), I hate the end of his videos where he says some stuff which leads into "Thank God for me," and the power outage episode he did was undeserved considering he did not have nearly enough good will with us to pull something like that.

 

[Mr Pantomime]

Ever heard of voting with your feet? I know its the internet, but same basic idea. If Jim doesnt get the views he needs, he will get cancelled. Its happened to better shows than his. So stop watching his shows if you dont like them. Nothing is making you click that link.

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/jimquisition/3642-Nintendo-of-America

And if he doesnt get cancelled, youre obviously in the very vocal minority. Deal with it. As long as noone is holding you down and forcing you to watch it, you really arent affected by it.

 

[katsumoto03]

I honestly disagree. I absolutely hated him from watching the first episode, but have loved his stuff since the Call of Duty episode.

 

[Lt. Vinciti]

Jim Sterling.

Assholish, egotistical, unfunny douchebag who should have never gotten any sort of position in the gaming media.

The way he continually "jokingly" asserts his opinions as fact, such as in this article [http://www.destructoid.com/the-irrefutable-undeniable-official-top-ten-sonic-games-204593.phtml] ("Sonic Colors on the Wii was sub-par nonsense and that's scientific fact, proven by science.")

Bullshit, Jim.

Don't tell me you are joking, because I know with 100% certainty that you really do think that you opinions are fact and that the 98% of online reviews praising the Wii version of Colors are wrong. The DS version was a half-assed afterthought, and you know it.

He has a hostility towards people with opinions different from his, and as a result, he tends to attract sycophantic morons who do nothing but eat his shit up.

At least Yahtzee has the decency to admit that his opinions are just that, opinions.

This is new...was going for a couple weeks back..

Now for a:
What is the deal w/ MLP?
Do you dislike ZP when it disses your shit?
You just got a VD from the last character in a game you played, Which fake name do you use for the meds?
and
Something to do w/ TF2 being F2P and how you feel unwelcome

On Topic:
You
Dont
Have
To
Watch
It
!

 

[Kahunaburger]

Honestly, I have no idea how people can work up the enthusiasm to hate Jim Sterling. He's just kinda meh. It's not even like he's anywhere near as controversial as he thinks he is.

 

[Cenequus]

A Sonic game good? Stop joking please.

As for Jim he's ok even if I only watched his first 2-3 episodes since I'm not into that kind of shows to actually follow them.

I also don't understand why should someone explain each time that what he's saying s his opinions even(especially)when doing a review(which he isn't atleast on his escapist show). I'll assume you're from US since I see this too often: Is your school sistem so fucked up to people don't understand that people hae different opinions and there aren't good or bad opnions? How hard it is to understand something like that.

 

[PureIrony]

OK, Ill admit that he is grating in his first two episodes, but its obvious that Jim Sterling as we see him is a persona: in the latest episode, he even drops it to be on equal grounding with his audience. The same can be said of Yahtzee, though that line is particularly hard to draw.

Also, its strange, but I find his rather over-the-top arrogance to be somewhat endearing. Call me insane if you want.

Anyway, I'll end the same way I end every comment on threads like this: don't like it? Fine. But I don't like hearing you whine about it.

 

[Vonnis]

I think his show is brilliant. If it isn't your kind of humour, don't watch it. If you still haven't realised it's all an act, even after he made this incredibly obvious in the "too cool to be cool" episode, I'm surprised you haven't yet forgotten how to breathe.
As for any hypocrisy on the escapist's part... wow. You can't tell the difference between letting a guy act like an arrogant ass in his videos (in such a way that it's very obviously an act) and letting people be asses to each other on the forums? Again, how do you remember how to breathe?

 

[Clive Howlitzer]

What is a Jim Sterling?
-EDIT-
Oohhh, its that guy from Jimquisition. I think the show sucks but I just don't watch it so who cares?