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I haven’t watched Jobst’s videos for a while. I was in understanding that the lawsuit was about cheating allegations. At least that’s what Jobst implied. It seems that wasn’t the case after all. It was about (false) claims Jobst made in a video published in 2021.
Overall I think that Jobst went way too far with Billy Mitchell.
Billy Mitchell isnt the record holder. Twin Galaxy removed his records from the leaderboard and put it in an archive.
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.
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.
Does anyone have the video where Jobst makes the claim that Mitchel drove Smith to suicide?
Billy Mitchell can sue people all the live long day and win or lose it doesn’t make him less of a clown.
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.
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.
The King of Kong is a great documentary I encourage everyone to watch. Whole thing is on YT and other sites
Mitchell is a jackass, but he’s a pretty fair jackass with actual gaming skills. Libel him at your own risk.
Yeah but that’s not the issue apparently.
Everyone assumed Jobst was being sued for claiming Mitchell was a cheater. Turns out it was because he claimed Mitchell was drove another YouTube to suicide.
We’ve been taken for a ride and Jobst had been purposely avoiding taking about what the lawsuit was actually about.
Unfortunate. It still doesn’t change the fact that Billy Mitchell is a huge loser.
Silly Bitchell
As if Mitchell can BE defamed.
This one time he truly was. April Fools came kicking ass this year…
implied that Mitchell’s settlement with Smith involved the latter paying him a large sum of money, ultimately leading to his suicide in 2020. Jobst also claimed in the video that Mitchell had “expressed joy at the thought” of Smith’s death. It was this—and not any claim about the legitimacy of Mitchell’s Donkey Kong scores—that prompted Mitchell to sue Jobst.
Yeeeah… I’m coming in to this situation cold, aside from seeing King of Kong years ago. Billy is without question an asshole, but saying he was happy about a suicide AND that the suicide was linked to his lawsuit, are both pretty clear cut examples of defamation.
As it turned out though, Mitchell very much did joke about Apollo Legend committing suicide years before it actually happened. https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queensland/video-game-champion-regrets-jokes-about-death-rumour-20240917-p5kbd9.html ( https://archive.is/sYEwg )
Meh. According to the source you posted, that exchange was simply “my wife found two reports that Apollo Legend committed suicide. If it’s true, I will not shed a tear. I will try to suppress a smile or a giggle.” Yes, considering Apollo’s eventual death, it’s shitty, no doubt.
However, according to your source, that was in a private text to an unidentified party, who I presume is affiliated with Mitchell either socially or professionally. It wasn’t a public post, and it wasnt directed to Apollo. It doesn’t even state that Mitchell hopes that it is true. Just that he’s not going to be broken up about it. I’ve said far more inflammatory shit with regards to the barons of the American insurance industry. Does that mean that I should be found culpable for the death of Brian Thompson? I sure hope not.
Caveat: I only read the source you posted, so perhaps there’s wider context I’m missing.
It was supposed to be private between Mitchell and someone else in the scene. I don’t mean to say that it makes Jobst’s big claim true, just that Mitchell isn’t entirely absolved and Jobst wasn’t completely wrong on everything either.
The 118 page court judgment is online (I can’t expect anyone to read it) and in general, the court sides with Jobst on most things, it’s just that none of it really applies to the big “caused Apollo’s suicide” claim Mitchell actually sued over. That’s on a different level.
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.
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 on it, then padding out those videos with ads and petty attacks/lame jokes, all the while asking for more donations. I stopped watching early on.
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”
