Vimeo Hates Video Games
Marc Kusnierz | Wednesday, July 23, 2008 at 8:04AM 
And they hate you too! Vimeo has just recently updated their upload rules and now they won't allow any videos showing video games, unless they are Machinima. Apparently all other game videos lack creativity and take absolutely no work to be made, not to mention that these videos are sometimes big in size and they don't like that. They do give each member a weekly upload limit so you should be allowed to upload whatever you want with the space you got. Apparently they are just too good for mere video games and all current videos that break this rule will be deleted starting on September 1st of this year (and new videos will be deleted right away). Here is their explanation broken down in a simpler, juvenile way...
1) Your videos are boring and not creative.
2) Your videos are too big and we hate you.
...I find it a bit funny that they complain about the size of game videos, but I've seen numerous HD movies that are close to 500MB (the weekly limit) and last under 30 seconds. Maybe they should try helping people with video compression instead of just deciding to completely ban a certain genre of video. If you didn't steal the video from another site, then you created it. They shouldn't ban something because they think it lacks creativity. I've seen 10 second HD videos of flowers, too many. I don't really consider that to be creative or original.
Thankfully I decided to leave Vimeo a few months ago and I've never looked back. Apparently they never really wanted me in the first place if this blog (and especially some of the member comments) mean anything. Good luck in the flower filming business.
Reader Comments (3)
Wow, got out of there in the nick of time, huh?
Pretty lame. That upload limit really hurts people with websites that need more space. Vimeo will always be a 2nd-rate video site, and this will just push them down further.
It really makes no sense to say that game videos are slowing down their system when everyone has the same size limit. It's also a bit of a slap in the face to gamers and makers of game videos...
I know it happened months ago, but I still love stumbling upon forums where people whined about this. People recording videos of themselves playing video games are calling Vimeo a second-rate video site. I call them second-rate filmmakers, and even that would be a stretch.
Get a camera, learn how to work with lights, and make something real.