When they introduced the pay option, I wondered if videogames would be added back in. I think only half their staff realizes they have customers.

PTD

I take this point to humbly suggest you use the following, an except from the loving Mr. Skullhead, one of the site admins for Kingdom of Loathing, giving his thoughtful insights about those who were unhappy with their most recent promotion:

Arashmin, and those who share the sentiment below, fuck you. Fuck each and every one of you. Fuck you sleeping, fuck you waking up, fuck you standing, fuck you lying down. Fuck the horse you rode in on, the groom that brushed its mane, and the blacksmith that made its shoes. Fuck your mother, your father, any siblings, and any other living members of your family tree. Fuck you.

THAT sounds more like the Michael I know :)

Then I found Vimeo’s official statement (backup link). Okay, they do note the resource limitations. But what they say first is, “The Vimeo staff does not feel that videos which are direct captures of video game play truly constitute ‘creative expression’.” Vimeo can get bent. Sure, straight video of a game is pretty low creative expression. But with adding commentary, or information on how to play, editing to highlight interesting moments, or having someone tag along in a MMOG solely to act as a cameraman is absolutely creative expression. By their standard the nightly news frequently isn’t “creative expression.”

Oddly, if they would have simply omitted the first point and said, “We’re poor, backlogged, and video game videos are a huge chunk of the problem. Sorry, we need to ask you to leave for the good of the service as a whole,” I wouldn’t be so annoyed at them.

I see they’re partially based out of ‘Portland’, and given they’re smug enough not to indicate which Portland I’ll presume they means Oregon instead of Maine. As a transplant from the east coast, I can vouch for Portland’s supersaturation of pretentious prats.