Seeing Other People's Steam Accounts: The Christmas Caching Catastrophe

On Christmas Day, someone at Steam changed a setting and brought down their whole games platform. I wasn't expecting to do a video this Christmas, but when enough people tweet me, it turns out I can be convinced...
(I should note: while Steam have officially confirmed "a caching problem", I've got no privileged information about the specifics. It's possible (but unlikely, I think) this was a misconfiguration at Akamai, or a bizarre server bug that happened to exactly match a much more likely caching misconfiguration error!)

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  • @zachdurocher1166
    @zachdurocher11664 жыл бұрын

    "You can't sell someone a game they already own" EA: hold my business model

  • @redmondhenry398

    @redmondhenry398

    4 жыл бұрын

    Bathesda**

  • @Ethorbit

    @Ethorbit

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@redmondhenry398 Bethesda*

  • @fnerXVI

    @fnerXVI

    4 жыл бұрын

    Activision can be added to that list too. If I buy CoD I shouldn't have to buy a damn battle pass to get GUNS IN COD THAT I SHOULD ALREADY HAVE. I wouldn't complain so much if they did like a challenge to unlock it. I don't wanna pay 60 dollars for stuff that's already in the game

  • @N3rdZon3

    @N3rdZon3

    4 жыл бұрын

    Reminds me of the time that Need for Speed had an in-game button that directed you to the Playstation storepage to buy the game you are currently playing and therefore already own

  • @LSK2K

    @LSK2K

    4 жыл бұрын

    If a good game is released by a company I don't like then I simply just pirate it.

  • @krich451
    @krich4518 жыл бұрын

    I may or may not have panicked and angrily emailed a German man demanding my account back. sorry German dude.

  • @unvergebeneid

    @unvergebeneid

    8 жыл бұрын

    +krich451 Well, now he at least knows who saw that page full of recommendations for kinky Japanese games ;)

  • @liquidminds

    @liquidminds

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Jimmy De'Souza Most likely he did. Most gamers are

  • @liquidminds

    @liquidminds

    8 жыл бұрын

    Jimmy De'Souza In germany it's usually english for all and then another language. Usually French, Spanish or italian. Not everyone speaks it well of course, but a vast majority does at least understand basics.

  • @ArgoIo

    @ArgoIo

    8 жыл бұрын

    +liquidminds Not in the former GDR part of Germany. Most people over there didn't have English in school. And though most people of my age had it at school, many of my peers at university struggle with it.

  • @TegusTitan

    @TegusTitan

    8 жыл бұрын

    +sk0g CSGO Productions We used to learn 2 starting in 2nd grade but then they cut it to fit budgets. Now we learn 2 starting in 6th or 9th

  • @Meegoue
    @Meegoue8 жыл бұрын

    3:02 That was the moment I realized that the word "server" comes from "serve"....

  • @dansaunders1655

    @dansaunders1655

    4 жыл бұрын

    Nice

  • @Tentin.Quarantino

    @Tentin.Quarantino

    4 жыл бұрын

    Same. For shame

  • @de_anubis

    @de_anubis

    4 жыл бұрын

    Here I am in 2020 and because of this comment I just found out...

  • @majsketchup

    @majsketchup

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@de_anubis me too :/

  • @woffe8094

    @woffe8094

    4 жыл бұрын

    How. I know it's a joke but how.

  • @markl76
    @markl768 жыл бұрын

    I guess you could call this problem.......................... A cache 22

  • @something.icantrememberany1365

    @something.icantrememberany1365

    5 жыл бұрын

    That one hurt.

  • @its_elkku135

    @its_elkku135

    5 жыл бұрын

    I felt that in my heart

  • @njones420

    @njones420

    5 жыл бұрын

    nice Cappo... ;) great-minds and all that..

  • @markl76

    @markl76

    5 жыл бұрын

    Do you own a cappuccino?

  • @nathanielcrowell822

    @nathanielcrowell822

    4 жыл бұрын

    Whhheeeeeezzzzzeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

  • @ronbergeron9298
    @ronbergeron92987 жыл бұрын

    steam is always trying to sell me games I already own

  • @lrkrdufkihdhsjsdddk

    @lrkrdufkihdhsjsdddk

    5 жыл бұрын

    Download tf2

  • @Karameleon

    @Karameleon

    4 жыл бұрын

    buy Skyrim

  • @gamedirection_us

    @gamedirection_us

    4 жыл бұрын

    When you own over 2000 games its hard to fill your feed with "good" new titles you don't already own.

  • @guardrailhitter

    @guardrailhitter

    4 жыл бұрын

    Guessing you only own hentai games. Maybe some visual novels

  • @hotsauce-ud1by

    @hotsauce-ud1by

    4 жыл бұрын

    GuardrailHitter why would they only own hentai games and visual novels??? Are you dumb or something?

  • @ExoShaman
    @ExoShaman8 жыл бұрын

    Loved how you started and ended with "Chinney Reckon". Thank you for explaining this whole debacle.

  • @MarkTurnerChromium

    @MarkTurnerChromium

    8 жыл бұрын

    +The One He's been commenting that on every post.....

  • @Jwend392

    @Jwend392

    8 жыл бұрын

    +dued27 So, it's the Northern English version of "Cool story, bro?"

  • @qwertyTRiG

    @qwertyTRiG

    8 жыл бұрын

    Yes. For something that was doubtless done in a hurry, it's a very well constructed video.

  • @MrSkinnyWhale

    @MrSkinnyWhale

    6 жыл бұрын

    The man's a storyteller

  • @therealbobmayo5065

    @therealbobmayo5065

    5 жыл бұрын

    Cornelius Gustafason thx for using “debacle” its been a long time since i’ve seen that word.

  • @_skeptile_
    @_skeptile_4 жыл бұрын

    "There's no point in trying to sell someone a game they already own" *Todd Howard chuckles in the distance*

  • @GumSkyloard

    @GumSkyloard

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@jmoger When GTA VI is released.

  • @kennethtimorang8343

    @kennethtimorang8343

    3 жыл бұрын

    Todd: ' *hey* '

  • @darkgrundi9543

    @darkgrundi9543

    3 жыл бұрын

    so all FIFA games in a nutshell

  • @kennethtimorang8343

    @kennethtimorang8343

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@darkgrundi9543 yep

  • @DungeonsandRoses
    @DungeonsandRoses3 жыл бұрын

    “It’s Christmas, and I’m home with my family” How very 2015 of you

  • @MsZsc

    @MsZsc

    2 жыл бұрын

    Rood

  • @tyj0e

    @tyj0e

    2 жыл бұрын

    you didnt visit your family for Christmas in 2020? sounds like a you problem tbh

  • @rusty9705

    @rusty9705

    2 жыл бұрын

    Don’t mind me, just… *crying*

  • @LawAndOrderCyraxxVictimsUnit

    @LawAndOrderCyraxxVictimsUnit

    2 жыл бұрын

    Nice flex

  • @muhammadHassan-kj1jy

    @muhammadHassan-kj1jy

    2 жыл бұрын

    Ayo, dont jinx it for this year

  • @coal6tamarack2374
    @coal6tamarack23748 жыл бұрын

    People claiming that "someone" bought a load of shitty games on their accounts aren't necessarily lying, the might be just stupid. I had the brilliant Idea of adding some shitty games to someone else's wishlist and as I saw today, they endet up on mine. So if somebody tried to screw a random user by buying al lot of games for them, they might just have bought them for themselves and with their own money. Some might call this karma...

  • @Liggliluff

    @Liggliluff

    3 жыл бұрын

    This makes perfect sense actually. Because it was just a cache, that means you saw the wrong page, but you were still logged into your real account. So when you go to the settings, buying something, adding something to the wishlist. All those requests you make are pushed to your own account; not the account shown in error. It's like putting a sticker with a different number onto your credit card, then going to the store and buying with it thinking you're taking money from someone else's card.

  • @Someone-ro5ct

    @Someone-ro5ct

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Liggliluff That's a good analogy

  • @PunkDuck
    @PunkDuck8 жыл бұрын

    Hey Tom! Thanks for the video explaining the issue. I was actually one of the guys at the MCR Creator day, great panel!

  • @Lord_Reset

    @Lord_Reset

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yo PST boi!

  • @kafkabigmon

    @kafkabigmon

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yo its punkdunk

  • @frostingwithcookies7938

    @frostingwithcookies7938

    3 жыл бұрын

    out of all people in a tom scott comments you wouldnt be one id think id see

  • @JamesSanderson85

    @JamesSanderson85

    3 жыл бұрын

    Chinny Reckon

  • @NoSaysJo

    @NoSaysJo

    3 жыл бұрын

    No one cares

  • @michaels.5721
    @michaels.57218 жыл бұрын

    Gotta love the "yes I already asked Nerd3" edit: oh look, 1200 likes after 4 years for some reason

  • @vidblogger12

    @vidblogger12

    5 жыл бұрын

    Michael S. I would think the “happy with their face on camera” bit doesn’t really fit Nerd3, but then again I don’t actively follow him.

  • @adamhoskin5903

    @adamhoskin5903

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@vidblogger12 Literally just about every one of the 450 videos on his second channel overtly show his face...

  • @jackhulatt4811

    @jackhulatt4811

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@adamhoskin5903 they don't but ok

  • @Vextrove

    @Vextrove

    4 жыл бұрын

    Nice profile pic

  • @oswaldfigglebottom

    @oswaldfigglebottom

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@Vextrove horrible profile pic

  • @TristanAlricMusic
    @TristanAlricMusic8 жыл бұрын

    Well, I have to admit: the second thing I thought of when learning of this Steam bug - right after "oh God does that mean that everybody can see my - oh wait no I'm not logged in, let's not log in" - was "I wonder if Tom Scott's gonna make a video about this". Love your stuff, as always!

  • @The_KingDoge

    @The_KingDoge

    Жыл бұрын

    seeing you here is a trip, great work on the bug fables ost!

  • @DasVERMiT
    @DasVERMiT8 жыл бұрын

    All the claims that people had stuff bought on their accounts are complete BS. As you said, the pages were just returning errors if you tried to change anything and credit card numbers were not leaked in full, just the last two digits. It was a pretty massive screw up, but thankfully it wasn't nearly as bad as it could have been.

  • @Freecell82

    @Freecell82

    8 жыл бұрын

    +DasVERMiT It's more than enough information to trick some moron in a call centre into resetting your accounts and giving access to people who shouldn't have it.

  • @DasVERMiT

    @DasVERMiT

    8 жыл бұрын

    No it's not... How would you even know where the random user had other accounts? You wouldn't. Then you don't have their name or their address. You only have 2 digits of a credit card, not 4 which is pretty much the bare minimum everyone takes. Don't be silly.

  • @shaneoshea7991

    @shaneoshea7991

    8 жыл бұрын

    +DasVERMiT You can get into an E-mail account pretty easily without the password.

  • @DestinyAwaitsChannel

    @DestinyAwaitsChannel

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Freecell82 This is not the year 1998. There's no call centre that actually accepts that limited information.

  • @NomoregoodnamesD8

    @NomoregoodnamesD8

    8 жыл бұрын

    If you had your paypal account linked with steam, your Pay Pal email would have been displayed under your billing information

  • @GoldphishAnimation
    @GoldphishAnimation8 жыл бұрын

    Hey Tom, no chance you'd see this, but do you play video games, or does coding just take up your day?

  • @TomScottGo

    @TomScottGo

    8 жыл бұрын

    Neither! I haven't played video games in years (Portal 2 was the last one, I think, and that's five years old now). Coding's some of my day, but lately KZread's been taking up more and more time!

  • @ArcheysGames

    @ArcheysGames

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Tom Scott shame

  • @comady25

    @comady25

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Nostro200 I would also be interested in something like this, how they work, etc.

  • @ThePenne12

    @ThePenne12

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Nostro200 it's nowhere near programming related (like saying that stealing money is related to the company that makes pennies) but it's still interesting

  • @joel9240

    @joel9240

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Nostro200 Honestly you're not going to be able to make your own cracks without a lot of work. Most cracks made today are made by groups of fairly skilled programmers, and more recent software is becoming increasingly difficult (or even impossible) to feasibly crack.

  • @frailty7280
    @frailty728011 ай бұрын

    seeing a snapshot of the steam homepage in late 2015 was an absolute treat thank you tom

  • @1AmGroot
    @1AmGroot4 жыл бұрын

    6:38 It's sad that one of the requirements has to be "not a terrible human being"...

  • @ToxicBastard

    @ToxicBastard

    3 жыл бұрын

    Sauciety

  • @mykhaylo3972

    @mykhaylo3972

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@ToxicBastard we live in a susiety

  • @immortalsun
    @immortalsun4 жыл бұрын

    I'm surprised that Steam only had 10K games in 2015 and has 30K games now. I thought it was in the millions.

  • @realcartoongirl

    @realcartoongirl

    4 жыл бұрын

    it not easy to make games

  • @martinator9480

    @martinator9480

    4 жыл бұрын

    It costs 100$ to publish a game.

  • @AAAAAAA-nh7jv

    @AAAAAAA-nh7jv

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@martinator9480 The *what*

  • @martinator9480

    @martinator9480

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@AAAAAAA-nh7jv or 100 euro, but AFAIK steam deals in dollars (5$ to verify your steam account)

  • @g76agi

    @g76agi

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@martinator9480 steam deals in whatever your local currency is if they support it, euro, rubels, pesos, dollars, etc.

  • @eoghan887
    @eoghan8878 жыл бұрын

    3kiksphillip! It looks like you two would get on together perfectly

  • @MakotoTheKnight
    @MakotoTheKnight8 жыл бұрын

    I think the only thing missing was the phrase "idempotent". Requests that are eligible for caching are generally ones that are idempotent; that is, the data you get back generally won't change regardless of what state you're currently in. Overall, good video, and Happy Holidays.

  • @TheLaptopLagger
    @TheLaptopLagger5 жыл бұрын

    "yes I already asked nerdcubed he's busy" still makes me smile to see that.

  • @ajemajh

    @ajemajh

    3 жыл бұрын

    OH i get the joke

  • @JakeXLS
    @JakeXLS8 жыл бұрын

    This video was great. Everything explained so neatly and tying the end to the beginning was absolutely lovely. I'm gonna just have to marathon all your videos now.

  • @wiet111
    @wiet1118 жыл бұрын

    I love how these videos on the one hand make me feel like a total idiot (I don't know anything about computers or the internet), but on the other hand manages to make me understand what is going on after a while.

  • @Edward135i
    @Edward135i8 жыл бұрын

    How does such a young man, have such a wise and mature voice? I'm 25 and still sound like a kid.

  • @alexwolfeboy
    @alexwolfeboy4 жыл бұрын

    I love watching these videos. Even today, they're very useful. I'm a programmer myself, and watching these videos are great ways to make sure I don't make the same silly and devastating mistakes. I've made a few of these dumb mistakes before, and this channel (and others like it) are very entertaining and educational too. Personally, I use caches for static data. My websites are nearly always dynamically loaded. So if I was running steam, the basic boilerplate website would be sent to your browser (cached), and your browser would start running some JavaScript. This JavaScript would start loading in all the dynamic content. So, it might call the server asking for the top 100 games, and this data would be cached since top 100 won't change often. If it asked for recommended games, this data would be cached, but cached for that user only. By having all my pages split into static and dynamic content, I can cache a lot of the website. Like the page to buy a game, I can cache nearly all of the website, the image, the description, the price, all that. I just won't cache the portion that says if the game is purchased or not.

  • @HarmLess7
    @HarmLess78 жыл бұрын

    I have no idea who are you are Tom, and I'm not big into your subject matter above gaming quiet a bit myself but you have the nicest delivery of any human being I have ever seen. Listening to you is like liquid velvet for my ears. Merry Belated Christmas and Happy New Year! Much love from Southampton

  • @HarmLess7

    @HarmLess7

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Henry Ley I take that back I love all your content!!

  • @Enclave.
    @Enclave.7 жыл бұрын

    Not a terrible human being in or near London? That's a tall order friend, a tall order! I'm just kidding, I loved the time I spent working in London :P

  • @DrLennieSmall

    @DrLennieSmall

    5 жыл бұрын

    London is great in small doses but after living in and later leaving London it is good to meet friends but the endless blocks made me miss home where I could walk 3 minutes to miles of open fields and woods or a quick drive to family owned land to drive heavy machinery. The tibe is fast and easy but after an event when someone yelled bomb I was nervous. The people are nice when you get to meet them or in an emergency but on average are unfriendly, in the countys you nod and greet strangers, London is too busy for that.

  • @nextlaunch1

    @nextlaunch1

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@DrLennieSmall although as someone who lives in the middle of Devon, not bring able to do anything without driving somewhere can get a bit tiresome

  • @FUNSTUF456
    @FUNSTUF4568 жыл бұрын

    I really like this channel, I really appreciate the way you go about everything with out the screaming, shouting, swearing, hating, I just really appreciate that.

  • @rhydianlewis2867
    @rhydianlewis28673 жыл бұрын

    Disney+ managed to go one better. A nice big breach that meant that someone else logs into your account, changes the names of your family members, and starts adding their favourite content to your lists.

  • @Her_Imperious_Condescension
    @Her_Imperious_Condescension7 жыл бұрын

    i see ferreros in the background lucky bastard

  • @wanderingrandomer

    @wanderingrandomer

    7 жыл бұрын

    It ain't Christmas without 'em!

  • @Her_Imperious_Condescension

    @Her_Imperious_Condescension

    7 жыл бұрын

    WanderingRandomer or easter or my birthday

  • @CorecrafterChanel

    @CorecrafterChanel

    7 жыл бұрын

    The Atomic Cherry in germany u get a x20 box for +-1€

  • @albertosaurusrex6854

    @albertosaurusrex6854

    5 жыл бұрын

    Theres a tidepod on the tree

  • @eebrohim7001

    @eebrohim7001

    4 жыл бұрын

    Flex

  • @LightclanGamingchannel
    @LightclanGamingchannel8 жыл бұрын

    Goddamn this guys voice is so soothing.

  • @matthew1337
    @matthew13378 жыл бұрын

    Great video, fantastic explanation. I really appreciate the effort you put in to these videos Tom. Have a great new year.

  • @369951369951
    @3699513699518 жыл бұрын

    Love that you not only explain it but make a well written explanation not just a thrown together one

  • @SeazonHDx
    @SeazonHDx2 жыл бұрын

    There was a time where any user could ask for a password change with the secret questions, even a wrong answer would let you ask for a password change. (thought the video would be about that :D)

  • @JohnJohnson-jr6hp
    @JohnJohnson-jr6hp7 жыл бұрын

    This is why you use Steam Gift Cards.

  • @caijones156

    @caijones156

    7 жыл бұрын

    John Johnson yes

  • @itsjustlogiqal935

    @itsjustlogiqal935

    7 жыл бұрын

    Gift cards... where you take money that's accepted anywhere, and make it so you can only use it in one place. Yes, genius! ...

  • @caijones156

    @caijones156

    7 жыл бұрын

    Do you even know what steam is? Trollioioioioiol

  • @JohnJohnson-jr6hp

    @JohnJohnson-jr6hp

    7 жыл бұрын

    Yes I do. I was noting how the hacking is dangerous, and as such, you should purchase Steam Gift Cards/

  • @JohnJohnson-jr6hp

    @JohnJohnson-jr6hp

    7 жыл бұрын

    Yeah, but that doesn't change the fact a hack like this could happen. No chance of such problems with cards. Security upon security. You make a good point.

  • @DenkyManner
    @DenkyManner3 жыл бұрын

    4 years ago. Time flies even when you aren't having fun.

  • @furian7626
    @furian76268 жыл бұрын

    Probably the best and simplest explanation of a computer/server issue I have ever heard. Kudos.

  • @eyewarsx
    @eyewarsx7 жыл бұрын

    I remember this. I was so confused , because I wanted to add some money to buy something and each time I clicked my vallet someone elses name showed up and their money. I never got to buy whatever it was I wanted that day :(

  • @andrewrosene6511
    @andrewrosene65113 жыл бұрын

    "It is Christmas, I'm home with my family." Not this year.

  • @peanutismint
    @peanutismint8 жыл бұрын

    Chinny Reckon!!!! Brilliant Tom. Had forgotten all about that. Have a great Christmas!!

  • @TechyBen
    @TechyBen8 жыл бұрын

    Thumbs up for working so hard and getting a video up even during the holiday weekend.

  • @BadgerFall
    @BadgerFall8 жыл бұрын

    Try Lewis Brindley from the Yogscast, he or someone else there might be what you're looking for. They have a business email on their website :)

  • @bacontf2

    @bacontf2

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Happy Heavy They're based in Bristol, aren't they? That's quite a way's away from London.

  • @DanTheStripe

    @DanTheStripe

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Happy Heavy I might be wrong here (I haven't watched the Yogscast for years) but isn't YogTowers in Bristol?

  • @BlackHoleMan77

    @BlackHoleMan77

    8 жыл бұрын

    +bacon Yes but that's only 2-3 hours drive from London - closer than you're gonna get with most other youtubers.

  • @chumprock

    @chumprock

    8 жыл бұрын

    +MrBadgerMoustache Easy train ride! I think Hybridpanda from Yogs would be a good fit as well.

  • @TheTinFoiHub

    @TheTinFoiHub

    8 жыл бұрын

    +chumprock Definitely, Panda would be great.

  • @DenebTM
    @DenebTM8 жыл бұрын

    So... I know of a KZreadr that matches the requirements (not sure about where he lives though; his accent sounds British, anyway), but I don't personally know him... His channel is called A+Start, I hope I'm not completely wrong about him being British.

  • @festo1239

    @festo1239

    8 жыл бұрын

    son of a glitch!

  • @DenebTM

    @DenebTM

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Spider Hunter12 Yup.

  • @DenebTM

    @DenebTM

    8 жыл бұрын

    Tweeted him about it. God damn the 140 character limit is annoying.

  • @DenebTM

    @DenebTM

    8 жыл бұрын

    Welp, he said he doesn't live anywhere near London anymore. Too bad.

  • @festo1239

    @festo1239

    8 жыл бұрын

    +InfinityCraft oh

  • @samroberts7229
    @samroberts72293 жыл бұрын

    I watch this every year now, its a minor tradition.

  • @Sylocat
    @Sylocat8 жыл бұрын

    I love that you specified "Not a terrible human being" at the end there.

  • @fergochan
    @fergochan4 жыл бұрын

    Does anyone know if Tom ended up making that vid with a streamer?

  • @snvvbl

    @snvvbl

    4 жыл бұрын

    i guess not

  • @Zemnmez
    @Zemnmez8 жыл бұрын

    6:18 might be worth mentioning that the cached data includes a csrf token which is used to authorize the post request. Without it, any website can tell steam that you want to buy a game using your cookie and thus it was possible until they invalidated the sessionids that someone could have bought games with your account.

  • @imfrommanndame
    @imfrommanndame8 жыл бұрын

    Watching this for four minutes, I started to think about the Altinn failure a few years back, and sure enough, you didn't fail to mention it!

  • @tylerisawolf2286
    @tylerisawolf22868 жыл бұрын

    Just when you forget about the start of the video, he brings it back at the end. Great video.

  • @phabelgreene7875
    @phabelgreene78758 жыл бұрын

    "I already asked nerdcubed, he's busy." I'm laughing so hard

  • @djneffii
    @djneffii3 жыл бұрын

    ok youtube, you dont have to show me this video again. it was 5 years ago, ok?

  • @HCvertigo
    @HCvertigo8 жыл бұрын

    Good video. Have a merry Christmas and a happy New Year!

  • @GrandHighGamer
    @GrandHighGamer8 жыл бұрын

    Probably worth mentioning that everyone trying to check their account details to see if they were safe... we're ensuring that their account details page got cached too, hence people being able to see full names, addressed, and the last 2-4 digits of their card numbers. Whoops.

  • @carlo9697
    @carlo96975 жыл бұрын

    this was three years and now in my recommended exactly three years later on Christmas 2018 good job yt🤦‍♂️

  • @JamesKICKASS1
    @JamesKICKASS18 жыл бұрын

    I was thinking nerd 3 when reading the list 😂

  • @9182justin

    @9182justin

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Blunk Inator People need to beg Dan for a colab with Tom. It would be amazing.

  • @HWGuyEG

    @HWGuyEG

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Blunk Inator Dan Nerd3 or Larry Bundy are great options.

  • @benjaminconsterdine2077

    @benjaminconsterdine2077

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Blunk Inator Same

  • @mrp7874
    @mrp78742 жыл бұрын

    You know it's a UK Christmas when you've got the ferrero rocher out

  • @tendercomrade2330
    @tendercomrade23308 жыл бұрын

    a KZreadr that fits that description is surely ashens. he's brill, and I lovely bloke.

  • @NoHezii
    @NoHezii8 жыл бұрын

    3kliksphillip

  • @Number1tnfan683

    @Number1tnfan683

    5 жыл бұрын

    Ahagan99 why did you out his name

  • @Number1tnfan683

    @Number1tnfan683

    5 жыл бұрын

    Ahagan99 2kliks is better

  • @vipoff3309

    @vipoff3309

    4 жыл бұрын

    Sorry but kilsphillp is better than both

  • @soopcanwastaken

    @soopcanwastaken

    3 жыл бұрын

    sorry but freekliksphilip is just objectively better

  • @ajemajh

    @ajemajh

    3 жыл бұрын

    volvo pls fix

  • @foxdropLoL
    @foxdropLoL8 жыл бұрын

    Hey Scott! Nice video, very well explained. I even understood over half the words! I'm no bigshot KZreadr but I live in Essex (about an hour outside London) and I'm a gaming KZreadr/streamer. I believe I would match your criteria and would love to discuss maybe doing a collab with you! I hit you up on Twitter too, Cheers mate, Merry Christmas.

  • @6ringsofsteel

    @6ringsofsteel

    8 жыл бұрын

    +foxdropLoL - Be a Better League Player ah foxdrop, what a surprise

  • @AntiGravityC9

    @AntiGravityC9

    8 жыл бұрын

    Somebody I've never heard of, never thought I'd see you here! What a surprise.

  • @Joost10054

    @Joost10054

    8 жыл бұрын

    I can vouch for this guy. Have been a fan for over a year!

  • @look3248

    @look3248

    8 жыл бұрын

    +foxdropLoL - Be a Better League Player YES, I advice working with Foxdrop! He is both intelligent and funny!... as well as pretty skilled at the ol' video games ;) ;)

  • @SAMAKUS

    @SAMAKUS

    8 жыл бұрын

    *no bigshot youtuber I think you have maybe around 50k Actually has around 440k -_-

  • @Dacijo
    @Dacijo3 жыл бұрын

    Look at all them Rochers, such extravagance

  • @apainintheaas
    @apainintheaas8 жыл бұрын

    The two youtubers/streamers I personally really like are The Mighty Jingles and Quickybaby. I do not know their excact living area except that it is in Britian. Nor do I know their shedule. However they do qualify for the rest of the criteria. They are very famous within the World of Tanks community to the extent of being guest commentators for the World of Tanks Grand Finals in Poland. They are gentleman. And some of the most decent poeple I know. The biggest example is the charity event quickybaby organized which raised over 22 thousend pounds. Jingles also helped with this. I think they are amazing, but that is just a personal opinion. Next to that thanks for taaking the extra time of on christmas for this video

  • @jdave1157
    @jdave11578 жыл бұрын

    +3kliksphilip ? For the collaboration

  • @petermarsh4578
    @petermarsh45788 жыл бұрын

    You asked Nerdcubed? BUT HE LIVES IN CANADA

  • @jobicade

    @jobicade

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Peter Marsh (breadloaf64) Does he? He was in advent calendar videos with Ashens this year.

  • @Pikiller24

    @Pikiller24

    8 жыл бұрын

    +NukeDuck He took the bus everyday from Canada to get to Ashens' place.

  • @jcooper_

    @jcooper_

    8 жыл бұрын

    It was just a joke of his. If you watch his videos from the past year or so, it's very clear he's still in the UK, and probably still in the London area. Just in his own apartment now.

  • @velocityra

    @velocityra

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Peter Marsh (breadloaf64) Your first mistake was believing him when he said he moved :P

  • @CoffeeOnRails

    @CoffeeOnRails

    8 жыл бұрын

    Poor Wot :( all alone

  • @doctorpc1531
    @doctorpc15318 жыл бұрын

    I was waiting the whole time for this video.. :P

  • @EmilyRobinsonShotgunEm
    @EmilyRobinsonShotgunEm8 жыл бұрын

    Wow this is a really great explanation, thank you so much!

  • @Nelsonisaacs1
    @Nelsonisaacs18 жыл бұрын

    What about Enter Elysium, I think he lives near london and is pretty cool.

  • @Danish_raven

    @Danish_raven

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Nelson Isaacs yeah EE is a great streamer

  • @OkenWS

    @OkenWS

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Nelson Isaacs I thought this. He'd be happy to be in a video and he's not a dumbass. He is, however, semi incommunicado right now. Don't know how long for, mainly because I can't be arsed to find out.

  • @grahamrich9956

    @grahamrich9956

    8 жыл бұрын

    I second that notion.

  • @grahamrich9956

    @grahamrich9956

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Firstname Lastname What makes you say that?

  • @anyoutube9525

    @anyoutube9525

    8 жыл бұрын

    I support this

  • @TomBaldwin2483
    @TomBaldwin24838 жыл бұрын

    What about Dad³? ... Oh "*smart* and *not sweary/shouty*" well I guess I answered my own question :) Serious answers though: TotalBiscuit (EDIT: Didn't know he moved) TheMightyJingles Hat Films (EDIT: Yes they can be "sweary") EDIT: FrankieonPC (Not sure where he lives, and he won't show his face) 2kliksphilip/3kliksphilip (Again not sure where he lives)

  • @themimsyborogov42

    @themimsyborogov42

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Tom Baldwin hat films????? NOT sweary shouty

  • @Meb8Rappa

    @Meb8Rappa

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Tom Baldwin Wait, what? Since when did Hat Films stop swearing?

  • @WynantsJari

    @WynantsJari

    8 жыл бұрын

    +themimsyborogove42 they're smart guys, they know when to shut up

  • @arpyzero

    @arpyzero

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Tom Baldwin TotalBiscuit doesn't live in Britland, though!

  • @TomBaldwin2483

    @TomBaldwin2483

    8 жыл бұрын

    RandomPanda0 That would explain his rather late steaming times.

  • @XDarkGreyX
    @XDarkGreyX4 жыл бұрын

    Wait, this was in 2015? Damn, time flies.

  • @dragoncrystal24
    @dragoncrystal248 жыл бұрын

    thank you so much for doing this! it's really helpful

  • @SawedOffLaser
    @SawedOffLaser8 жыл бұрын

    So, my Steam account was not online during this shitstorm, would that mean my info is pretty much safe? I changed my password (via the steam client), so I know it is secure in that regard.

  • @GwresYnKernow

    @GwresYnKernow

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Sawed Off Laser Indeed, if you weren't online when all this was going on (like me :D), your account info was never requested (unless you've got a much bigger problem!), and thus never cached, and thus not even potentially viewed by anyone else.

  • @wolf7115

    @wolf7115

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Sawed Off Laser Should be, yeah.

  • @knauz21

    @knauz21

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Sawed Off Laser as long as you didn't view any store pages logged into your account during this time you are safe.

  • @101Andu101

    @101Andu101

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Sawed Off Laser Even if you were online during the happening your info would still be pretty much safe. The only problem would have been getting a bit more spam on your main email address

  • @knucklesamidge

    @knucklesamidge

    8 жыл бұрын

    +GwresYnKernow If it cached 1 request every minute for less than an hour (let's say 50 minutes), then only 50 people's personal details were leaked. If it was 100 servers then 5,000 people. There could have been five hundred thousand requests in that hour so the odds of it being you in that time frame is maybe 1:1000

  • @bardosibence
    @bardosibence8 жыл бұрын

    Have you asked +ThatMumboJumbo yet? :)

  • @hiveinsider9122

    @hiveinsider9122

    8 жыл бұрын

    this, and someone else suggested xisuma.

  • @DarkFoxDK

    @DarkFoxDK

    8 жыл бұрын

    +HiveInsiderComments Xisuma doesn't want his face on camera though. ;)

  • @hiveinsider9122

    @hiveinsider9122

    8 жыл бұрын

    DarkFoxDK I know. ;) (that is, now I do, when I posted that I didn't.)

  • @Monkeyb00y

    @Monkeyb00y

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Bence Bárdosi Sent him this on Twitter :)

  • @bleuthoot

    @bleuthoot

    8 жыл бұрын

    hmm

  • @test_pilot
    @test_pilot8 жыл бұрын

    Wow, I would love a Tom Scott + Nerd³ video in the future! XD

  • @ChickenSundae
    @ChickenSundae7 жыл бұрын

    2 years later and I completely remember when this happened.

  • @willhendrix86
    @willhendrix868 жыл бұрын

    TotalBiscuit, The Cynical Brit - 2M+ Subscribers Good Guy with a subjective, thoughtful approach to game reviews and lets plays.

  • @JohnDCrafton

    @JohnDCrafton

    8 жыл бұрын

    +William Hendick Lives in the U.S.

  • @Waarr909

    @Waarr909

    8 жыл бұрын

    +William Hendick I dont think he matches the things Tom wrote ^^ he is pretty much the most shouty/sweary Person on this Planet but ye he does awesome subjective and Thoughtful game reviews and game shows on Twitch :)

  • @Lutranereis
    @Lutranereis8 жыл бұрын

    Ha, glad I read the whole thing because Nerd Cubed would be the best person to go with in my opinion. It's unfortunate that he's busy.

  • @tomthumb1322
    @tomthumb13228 жыл бұрын

    Paul aka "Squirrel" meets all of these requirements and has an IT background. Love your vids, keep it up.

  • @Bormeir
    @Bormeir8 жыл бұрын

    You're quick! My steam store page was in Russian yesterday, but I didn't think much of it. Interesting stuff...

  • @lolfaceno3980
    @lolfaceno39804 жыл бұрын

    "You can't sell someone a game they already own" EA: *Truth is... It was rigged from the start.*

  • @BanterEdits
    @BanterEdits8 жыл бұрын

    I would suggest Josh (RageGamingVideos) as you have already asked Nerd³ :D

  • @58LostMarblesOfficial
    @58LostMarblesOfficial8 жыл бұрын

    This was so informative thank you so much!

  • @FireAllOfEverythingAtOnce
    @FireAllOfEverythingAtOnce8 жыл бұрын

    Always at least "good" videos. Most times they are great. 2 videos in 1, thanks for the heads up about Steam. Bonus on the Chiny Wonder part (I think that's what you said, I have a cold I'm getting over). Here in the U.S., back in the 80s, we used Sike. That's how most spelled it. Sometimes I saw it spelled (years later in books) as Psych, or Syke. Which, you can understand where it came from. As in, "Are you trying to mess with my mind and psych me out?" We just said "sike". Usually, drawn out, with an elongated "si" & a very hard "k".

  • @BrotherBloat
    @BrotherBloat8 жыл бұрын

    Total biscuit! (aka cynical brit)

  • @themimsyborogov42

    @themimsyborogov42

    8 жыл бұрын

    +BrotherBloat I don't think he lives in london anymore

  • @danielchiverton4168

    @danielchiverton4168

    8 жыл бұрын

    +BrotherBloat In or near London

  • @GwresYnKernow

    @GwresYnKernow

    8 жыл бұрын

    +themimsyborogove42 He lives in North Carolina. Not exactly local. :p

  • @Bouche4Dag

    @Bouche4Dag

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Daniel Chiverton He lives in the US nowadays

  • @awaara6341

    @awaara6341

    8 жыл бұрын

    +themimsyborogove42 Hes in North Carolina nowadays.

  • @TeuCat
    @TeuCat7 жыл бұрын

    I was going to say Nerd3, dammit.

  • @Gigaamped
    @Gigaamped6 жыл бұрын

    I learned a lot about how the internet works in this video. Thanks!

  • @asparadog
    @asparadog3 жыл бұрын

    I can imagine his parents saying "c'mon Thomas, put your toys away".

  • @shauryagupta8930
    @shauryagupta89303 жыл бұрын

    come on people of 2020, lets talk about google services this december

  • @lorebassplayer7303
    @lorebassplayer73034 жыл бұрын

    INPS 2020

  • @Valery0p5

    @Valery0p5

    4 жыл бұрын

    Anche peggio, basta aggiornare la pagina per vedere l'anagrafica di qualcun altro...

  • @Banshun
    @Banshun8 жыл бұрын

    Monsieur, with these Rocher you're really spoiling us

  • 8 жыл бұрын

    Can't wait for the collaboration.

  • @omarabdelkadereldarir7458
    @omarabdelkadereldarir74584 жыл бұрын

    80% percent on aoe2 is a fantastic deal though..

  • @Plain1nsane
    @Plain1nsane8 жыл бұрын

    I live in Christchurch and I game stream is that close enough? I have about 3 viewers Kappa

  • @ShadsPlays
    @ShadsPlays8 жыл бұрын

    I totally remember chinny reckon. And Jackanory. I also wish I had enough of a following to be useful for your collaboration mentioned at the end. Great video - another sub gained.

  • @MorRobots
    @MorRobots8 жыл бұрын

    Tom, this was my real Christmas gift this year l. surprise video from you. :)

  • @kolepage6863
    @kolepage68637 жыл бұрын

    One take😳

  • @Oziji
    @Oziji8 жыл бұрын

    I'd try GradeAunderA

  • @KateRin-MotherDearest

    @KateRin-MotherDearest

    8 жыл бұрын

    +That Fat British Kid he's a bit sweary, and also doesn't do face cam, right? He ticks the other boxes though, I think... I swear he mentioned streaming somewhere at some point, but that might just be me getting people mixed up.

  • @azai.mp4

    @azai.mp4

    8 жыл бұрын

    +NeoSpade I've seen him stream for a moment, yes. Don't remember seeing a facecam, though.

  • @ColHogan-le5yk

    @ColHogan-le5yk

    6 жыл бұрын

    HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA Oh, your serious?

  • @johnielus8682
    @johnielus86828 жыл бұрын

    *reads the requirements* 'Oooh! I know, NerdCubed. Oh.'

  • @yesitsdawid
    @yesitsdawid8 жыл бұрын

    Hi Tom! I know that you probably won't see this, but I love your videos and I want to say thank you for spending your time making them.

  • @GLRaema
    @GLRaema8 жыл бұрын

    If your requirement wasn't "in or near london" I would have suggested Totalbiscuit (TotalHalibut on youtube). Maybe you can have him on a skype call :D Another person that (as far as I know) actually lives in london is Sacriel (twitch.tv/sacriel and sacriel42 on youtube). He has a decent following and might be up for some collabs.

  • @seniru4608

    @seniru4608

    5 жыл бұрын

    Comment has not ages well 😞

  • @rider6982
    @rider69827 жыл бұрын

    Hey nice! You said $2 as 2 Bucks! #AussiePride

  • @bjaef

    @bjaef

    7 жыл бұрын

    Crinja 300 Bucks is also an american word.

  • @imthemistermaster

    @imthemistermaster

    7 жыл бұрын

    Apollo Skyline id say Americans say bucks more than dollars.

  • @themanthemitchthelegend6183

    @themanthemitchthelegend6183

    7 жыл бұрын

    imthemistermaster the reason Americans call them bucks is because back when America was the "new world" they traded livestock, not money, so I'd agree, bucks IS an american thing

  • @HeyJD123
    @HeyJD1238 жыл бұрын

    I like your Christmas costume! It goes just with the festive colours.

  • @luciusneochojin307
    @luciusneochojin3078 жыл бұрын

    I'd like to recommend TotalBiscuit. He's a very intelligent game journalist who would probably be ideal for anything you are planning. Big fan for a long time, keep up the funny and informative videos! Really enjoy the Citation Needed series too!

  • @tf2scoutpunch175

    @tf2scoutpunch175

    Жыл бұрын

    Sad what happened to him