Unfortunate. It still doesn't change the fact that Billy Mitchell is a huge loser.
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Silly Bitchell
Mitchell sucks, but falsely claiming that he drove a person to suicide is a dick move to say the least.
As soon as I heard that line in the video, I thought to myself, "oh no Karl, that might have been a bridge too far."
It's unfortunate but Karl really thought to himself, "I'm going to say the most inflammatory shit about the most litigious person on the internet, and because Billy is such a huge loser I can't fail!"
The annoying thing is that Mitchell is going to use this to falsely claim he has been cleared of cheating allegations. Dude is an insufferable cunt.
pcgamer.com with the spineless headline which should have read "Donkey Kong cheater Billy Mitchell"
Billy Mitchell is an asshole and Karl Jobst is yet another YouTube outrage peddler, just video game flavored this time. I have a hard time mustering sympathy for either of them.
Billy Mitchell can sue people all the live long day and win or lose it doesn't make him less of a clown.
Jobst was pleading for donations to help fight the lawsuit for a long time. Constantly making videos about it to get more viewers, sympathy and money. All to then run his mouth costing him the case.
Edit: Turns out Jobst was running his mouth the whole time. With so much donated money on the line, it was important to communicate the details of the case accurately but Jobst failed to do so. He made a lot content about it (monetized and sponsored) but was too arrogant about his chances of winning. IMO not as serious, careful or tactful as he should have been throughout.
Edit x2: Monday-morning lawyering from me but I stopped watching Jobst a long time ago because I just wasn't on board.
I stopped watching the day i looked in the description for more info on the topic, and it was only for sponsor-of-the-month. Felt like the prioroty was sponsor, while the gameplay/story is in the back seat.
Similar experience for me. I was interested in the case at first cause I was hoping Billy Mitchell might face some consequences for his vexatious approach to litigation. Using threats of lawsuits to silence critics etc. But soon in it became clear to me that Jobst was using any excuse to make content, then padding out those videos with ads and petty attacks/lame jokes, all the while asking for more donations. I stopped watching early on.
Wow, but I thought Billy Mitchell was that cheaty guy
He still is a cheater.
The lawsuit wasn't about him cheating (he was). It was about a claim that he drove someone to suicide (he didn't).
The award is based on the suicide claim and not the cheating claim.
Wait, he lost? How
The article makes it pretty clear. Jobst always implied the lawsuit was over the cheating allegations, which wasn't the case. He claimed in one of his videos that Mitchell drove another Youtuber to suicide by suing him and forcing him to pay a large sum of money. As it turns out, that Youtuber didn't have to pay anything at all. The settlement was just to take his existing videos down and not make any further videos about Mitchell. Honestly seems justified to me and not a good look for Jobst.
Ah, so Jobst was just lying to his audience for years about it all. I always thought he seemed kinda sus.
I hope he makes a video exposing himself for a cheater
So did they not commit suicide, or was Jobst just wrong about the exact circumstances leading up to it?
No the dude did, and basically said in his final video that it was because of the lawsuits
I don't think that is true. In his final video (Source, trigger warning of course) he mentioned his failing health, chronic pain and a perceived betrayal by the speedrunning community. Not a word about the lawsuits in there.
I could be misremembering as I haven’t watched anything about it in a long while, maybe it was in a post? He kind of alluded to recent things caused financial hardships and with his health issues he couldn’t continue? I’ll have to watch the video again
Edit - You were right, he said he had some financial hardships and health issues. Billy ultimately got no money from him, but I don’t think it’s a far leap to suggest lawyers fees may have been part of that hardship
I mean, my money's on you misremembering, or having that thought implanted by repeated coverage of Jobst claiming that to be the case. After all, any such statement would be Exhibit A in Jobst's defense. Considering the results of the suit...I'm gonna guess such a statement doesn't exist.
I see
The King of Kong is a great documentary I encourage everyone to watch. Whole thing is on YT and other sites
He has a wife, kids and a house, now he's going to have to pay $600k and his wife will probably leave him along with the kids because he wouldn't shut up about a Donkey Kong court case.
Billy Mitchell isnt the record holder. Twin Galaxy removed his records from the leaderboard and put it in an archive.
Does anyone have the video where Jobst makes the claim that Mitchel drove Smith to suicide?
WTF
Deffo cases are truth defense here in Australia FYI for added context.
Hello you absolute legends!!! Happen to have an extra $230,000 you want to send me? Until next time you absolute legends!!!
I've never liked Jobst. His "Hello you absolute legends" opener always rubbed me up the wrong way.
"Absolute legend" is is just an Aussie saying. Nothing bad about it. Calling someone a legend is very common in lots of parts of Australia.
I have nothing personal against him, but I can't watch his videos because the way he speaks is too distracting.
Same here, in addition to him pushing drama I couldn't care less about and padding out his videos