Slow news day.........

Small company that no one cares about to begin with being stupid to get some spot light.   I have to agree lip sync singing is not "creative" in my mind its 12 year oldish.  Granted I don't view raid fraps etc as very creative either but I have seen more creativeness come from those videos than a 12 year old lip syncing to opps I did it again.  (Leroy and More Dots More Dots come to mind).

"as we have already seen action from popular video game companies against videos such as these"

 

Are You Sure?

Oh, Vimeo...

our stories stand alone no matter the landscape.  We are the creatives wandering the beautiful commercial worlds that become our landscapes.

Through avatar eyes we tell our stories in creative layers over the virtual landscapes where we play. These are the backgrounds of our stories. We express ouselves in our movement, actions and timing.  Our story stands alone as creative expression.  We are still the creative layers of the canvas.  We are; we express; we stand as creatives. 

 

 

 

 

www.guba.com

 

Additionally, I'm quite disappointed by some of the comments made by the Vimeo staff, particuarily in the 'Skate' subthread by e-flix- they all come off as very smug and elitist, refusing to see eye-to-eye gamers, almost as if they view them as beneath them, and like games aren't "worthy" of Vimeo's attention.

Certainly if they're going to come out with stuff like "Please use a camera to shoot and edit some non-game originated videos and show us your skills." (dalas verdugo)

A lot of the user posts aren't much better, cetrainly with their use of "YouTube" as an insult, and branding all gamers as immature.

The decision I can deal with, it's their company to do what they want with, but given the way they've handled it I really hope it comes back and bites them on the arse.

/b

Here's what you do:

Turn your walkthroughs into machinimas.

Problem solved.

Where do you draw the line?

I am a big fan of team roomba's video on vimeo, they are the ones that do team fortress 2 griefing for hilerous effect, and while this can hardly be called creative expression its still quality entertainment and bloody funny.

 vimeo its sux if make whis desision !!!

if they are worried about being sued they should close up shop as a vid hosting site....

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Nevermind, there already is a thread. I jumped the gun a tad.

Nobody is aware of it.  Nobody uses it.  I'd wouldn't be suprised if Vimeo did this on purpose to drum up press for themselves.

God dammit, Vimeo was my favorite video hosting site. It loaded fast and the quality was excellent.

And what did I used to watch on it? These things called "Lets Play!"s, where people would play a game with commentary. They were great to watch, and all the other sites that people used to host either used that terrible DivX player that more often than not doesn't work or a page so full of ads that Firefox would throw a fit.

Dammit Vimeo, that was the only reason I visited your site.

well i do not care about vimeo. and i think my pc game play videos and walk through's are more creative then poor reality tv junk and people trying to be cute or be seen or noticed or looking for a date and friend lists. and if the videos are with in time and size limits what does it matter if it is a game video or not. if they are being viewed a lot means more traffic on its site. common sense stuff.

ha ha game play videos are a pretty large market. and its redord programs made just for us gamers. so vimeo is kind of silly really. and i can care less about them or a stupid frame of mind. a video is a video period. i make and post my videos for study and to help my game play as real war rooms would and or sports teams and players would. i can see things i may have missed while playing and learn maps etc. and my videos have helped others that was stuck in a game. most folks that view my videos are in the 45- 60 year old age range. vimeo just spit in the faces of them folks. i post for my self not for others or for comments ratings or friends. my 5 minute videos average 55mbs. i use ZDSOFT Game Recorder. youtube has the worst play back on the net. but it is practical and user friendly and has play list functions. other sites have better players but no play lists or album functions. no way to orginize your videos. so. until i can find a site with near same features and a better player than youtube. i guess i am stuck with it.. have fun see ya

1 more lil bit of info and then im gone. the pc gamer alone pushes the pc hardware market. mother boards cpu's and video cards. computer tech flips every few month right now. and 98% of all of it is geared to the high end gamer. you dont need the most new tech to run a server or surf the net or for general multi media stuff or chat and look for a date or porn site or reality video garbage. ha ha vimeo trips me out and to hell with them.

and another thing. any pc game worth a crap already has demo record built in. just they take forever to convert to say avi and then file sizes are huge. and if you wanted to post the videos on line you have to convert or resize them to more small file sizes etc. thus the 3rd party game recorder's. real time conversion and smaller file sizes. vimeo sucks..