G2A Isn't Just Worse Than Piracy... It's Also Very Stupid And Embarrassing (The Jimquisition) 

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.

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

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!!

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

DaemonCaedo1 g2a sends you a recipe via email when you buy.

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.

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?

"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"

We definitely need a follow-up. Factorio is fun, and their devs deserve to *pillory* G2Arseholes.

Worldwide release?

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.

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.

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.

“When you’re a wrestler, but *really* need a dude to sit on your face”

@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.

But is he your best friend?

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!

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

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.

"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.

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

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.

*sarcastic applause followed by raspberry*

"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. "

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

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?'

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.

he's so perfect he's got a rating of 92.5!

technopoptart, out of 5! 🤣🤣

We'll never forget that purple fat bastard!

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.

Well they were waiting for reports on a private email they haven't told anyone about so really it's the developers faults.

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.

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.

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.

but it's over priced... hmm I wonder if it's on G2A?

@@knifeyonline lmao

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.

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.

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 :(

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."

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.

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.

"We struggle with your definition of grey", basically.

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

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

G2A's real talent lies in being able to bullshit itself as much as it bullshits everyone else.

😂😂😂😂

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.

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Never trust a Slav.

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.

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....?

I miscomprehended “liable” as “viable” and was concerned.

Knows*

@@SixHolyStrings He thinks he'd blow our minds, but he knows it's all worthwhile.

Same. It's nice knowing that they're getting around though, great band!

AAA is the only thing G2A should be used for. If you overdo it, the corporations will shut it down eventually. There is only victory. But why would anyone buy a fine $15 or $20 indie title that is likely at a half price already, via G2A, that I don't get. All of it is typically DRM free anyway, and can be pirated just as easy, if you can't or won't pay.

Buying anything on G2A prolongs their lifetime. Even buying AAA games help them hurt indies.

​@@SpudMackenzie And it facilitates credit card theft, which-even in an age of fraud protection-can still hurt the people whose cards were stolen, not to mention do you _really_ want to be _helping_ credit card thieves?

@@SpudMackenzie Exactly. Propping them up for any reason hurts everyone.

@@SpudMackenzie I've used G2A before, but never for games, only for digital extras that quite simply are not for sale elsewhere, that's I believe a valid use of the marketplace and the type of keys that are not resold via credit card fraudsters, but it still feels bad supporting G2A at all.

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.

Daimando idk how to do that though. Game keys have existed forever. They weren’t required back in the days of physical releases, but they still existed. I had all my sims 2 expansion packs registered with their keys

Isn't Valve already cranking down on them? Like, the whole connecting deal you're talking about, I've seen it on Humble Bundle with Steam as well. I can either claim it for myself with my Steam account, or claim it as a gift.

Yes, if needed, remove game keys. Those who can't afford the damn games should just pirate them.

Daimando this will kill off humble monthly for me. I get so many games I already have. If I can’t give the keys out what’s the point of buying it anymore?

The reason they started the whole Game Key thing in the first place was for security. Guess that backfired.

Zatanna probs mind wiped him

Is it next week?

Do do

What if I wanna go up?

@@imdone8243 You'll receive a smack down.

Truly. "Work with us and we might stop fraudulently obtained copies of your game from veing bought in our store" sounds a lot like "If you pay up we might be willing to stop our associates from targeting your business", doesn't it

I just noticed them right before I saw this comment... they are pretty awesome lol

i wonder how much issue 1-11 has risen in price.