"The Real Game Awards" requires pay to vote, does this look legit or like a scam?
(www.therealgameawards.com)
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That's fair enough, I have only incidental knowledge of sidescrollers through razorfist, not enough to trust them implicitly but that's personal choice for everyone.
I would say that someone being politically aligned with me doesn't preclude them from being dishonest or greedy, so I still have to maintain some healthy skepticism
I don't blame you for being skeptical. The reason I don't think he is scamming is because it would blow up everything else he does on youtube and whatnot. It would be a pretty small payout to destroy his credibility that he depends on for his "day job". He doesn't strike me as that short sighted.
The awards may end up being a shitshow because he doesn't know what he is doing, but it wouldn't be intentional.
If anything it's less scammy than "The Game Awards" or almost any other GameJourno (or any-Journo) stuff. It's up front, pay and get a vote.
I don't even know who were talking about, but has that ever stopped any other YouTuber?
He is a games journalist from way back when they actually cared about games. He has been around forever. He is pretty vocal about being on our side. He has been shitting on Kotaku, Ubisoft, SBI etc. consistently.
I am usually the one around here with the heavy skepticism, but this is one case where I will go against the flow. From what I have seen, Craig is way more ourguy than people like Sargon.
I'm joking and not trying to cast any doubt on this guy individually. Just poking fun at the constant stream of examples of YouTubers doing self-sabotaging shit to make a couple quick bucks.