How Did the Jerma X Star Beef Occur

"The sensible people that really appreciate what you're doing don't even comment on videos, so you never even know. And that's not just for me. Like, if you appreciate anybody who does stuff on the internet, I guarantee you they don't get enough people telling them that they actually matter. It just doesn't happen. Be a nice person. There's enough mean people. "

―STAR_

Steven Serge, also known as STAR_, Ster, or Niichts, is a YouTuber and Twitch streamer formerly known for his Team Fortress 2-centered content.

STAR_ was once considered one of, if not the most influential TF2 players on the internet. He also has made various videos with Jerma, such as the "Jerma is Mad" series, and continues to be one of his greatest friends and rivals.

History [ ]

Not much is known about Ster's personal life. He was "born in New Jersey" and currently lives in Texas. He dropped out of high school to pursue his dream of becoming an artist. Though he mostly does streaming now, he still occasionally does art too.

He allegedly has a grandpa named Longbeard the Turtle. He is also married to Ashley Lange, who can be heard in some of his old videos from back when they were dating. According to Jerma, they have four children with a fifth on the way, all of whom are named Greg.

Ster's first video on his YouTube channel was uploaded in January 2011, the same year Jerma began his channel. At first he simply provided tips and strategies for Team Fortress 2, but later developed a sense of humor and a somewhat manic and enthusiastic personality. His channel thrived on TF2 throughout the early 2010s, and he began collaborating with others such as Ma3la or Tagg, and most importantly Jerma. His videos included casual live commentaries along with more produced videos such as the "Jerma is Mad" series. For a while, he played TF2 competitively, though his teams never had any notable successes. He also had non-TF2 related series, such as "Basically" where he takes a broad look at random media including games and TV shows, or "Story Time" where he doodles in Photoshop and tells casual stories from his life.

However, after a while Ster began to burn out on Team Fortress 2, as is normal. He stopped making as much TF2 content in 2015, admitting that he didn't enjoy the game anymore and moving onto more Overwatch-focused content instead. He was fairly dramatic about this "retirement" and bashed certain whining fans for always bothering him to make TF2 content, which made many fans grow resentful, and he lost much of his popularity soon afterwards. Many fans felt that he was "betraying" the community that had launched his YouTube career in the first place, wanting him to continue making TF2 videos. Despite this backlash, Ster persevered on YouTube for a while with relatively high success until 2016, when he moved primarily to Twitch streaming which he does now on a regular basis. It would be three years before he finally released another video on his channel in 2019.

In 2021, Ster uploaded a video finally answering many questions from the past five years. In it, he explained the negative effects that YouTube culture and the very vocal part of his TF2 fandom had on his mental state, throwing him into a wicked depression. Because of this, he had almost given up on YouTube to focus solely on Twitch. However, he also clarified that in the future he would still upload videos every now and then when he saw fit (including Dungeons & Dragons highlights from his Twitch channel).

Relationship with Jerma [ ]

The Beginning [ ]

STAR_ began his channel shortly before Jerma did. Jerma said that he found his channel and was inspired by his videos of Team Fortress 2 and Diablo II to try making his own, resulting in the creation of his own channel. After building up his channel for a while, Jerma reached out to Ster and they formed a friendship together.

YouTube Days [ ]

Jerma and Ster's first official video together was of them playing Tribes: Ascend in 2012. They collaborated many times over the years, and became something like a power-couple in the Team Fortress 2 realm of YouTube. Ster has stated that he loves how genuine and hilarious Jerma is, but finds it difficult to compliment him or express his feelings.

They predominantly played together in TF2 and GTA IV videos, which became famous for moments such as the "Jerma is Mad" series and "the Truck Punchline". In Ster's videos, Jerma often ended up being the butt-monkey of the jokes, and he seemed like a sidekick of sorts. However, fans loved the two pretty much equally, and their combination made for some great comedy. They also played many other games such as Bloody Trapland, The Duck Game and R.I.P.D. The Game. One can often find Jerma and Ster randomly speaking in each other's videos, as the two would normally share a Skype call to allow the other to make random comments on the other's video during recording.

Both Ster and Jerma moved away from TF2 and YouTube to focus on Twitch streaming around the same time in 2015. They maintained contact and would occasionally play games live together.

"Falling Out" [ ]

According to a stream in February 2017, one day Ster's wife Ashley cancelled a doctor's appointment to play Dungeons and Dragons with Ster and Jerma. However, Jerma backed out soon before their arrangements to have Dinner instead. Ster, frustrated, explained that whenever he tried to make plans with Jerma, something got in the way and "somehow makes it as hard as possible for me, so I'm done". Ster didn't reference Jerma for most of the year after the incident, and when he did, he mostly insulted him for allegedly ruining their friendship.

Jerma later confirmed that they were in contact since the incident. Jerma also stated the two had "moved on", and he overall behaved gracefully about the issue. Many fans of both creators disagreed about who really was in the wrong, but one thing was clear - everybody wanted Sterma back.

Everybody Wants to See This Happen [ ]

On July 21st, 2018, Jerma streamed Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin, a mysterious fan called Jerma's phone and started backseating him live. The mysterious fan was using a voice changer, and passed by the window several times before climbing in. The figure wore a black cloak and a white mask, and hijacked the stream from Jerma and started playing. Eventually Jerma tore off his mask, revealing the perpetrator to be none other than Ster. He had come for the $184,000 that Jerma owed him, and the two had a brief argument over the matter before Jerma reluctantly paid him $90,000, but kept $10,000 in his desk. Ster then asked Jerma to accompany him to a local water park, and he eagerly accepted, their friendship renewed. On August 1st, 2018, Jerma streamed Human: Fall Flat with Otto, Etalyx and Ster - their first stream together since the reunion. They now occasionally stream playing games together.

As it turns out, Ster admitted here that he and Jerma had made up the same night of the falling out, but never mentioned it publicly. They had also been planning a "reunion" stream for quite a while, but never had a chance to make it work until many months later. It was also revealed that Ster's occasional shit-talking of Jerma during this long period was in preparation for the reunion stream, to subtly "hype" it. It wasn't really part of some grand plot - they just kept getting busy and forgetting to get together to do it. However, because the stream was continually pushed back, Ster's beef with Jerma began to look more and more sincere, making many long-time fans begin assuming things. But the past is the past - for now, the boys are back in town.

Water Park Twitter Poll [ ]

A Twitter poll post (after the water park event) was made by Ster saying "Should you be friends with someone who sprays sunscreen in your mouth?", and Jerma made a comeback poll saying "Should you be friends with someone that has you go down the water slide claiming 'there's still time, relax', only to have an employee drop a bar in front of you telling you they're now closed, while you watch your friend scream in glee down the water slide?". This is them referencing their aforementioned trip to the water park.

Jerma Watches Ster Watches "Definition of a Jerma Joke" [ ]

After Ster streamed himself watching his own old videos, Jerma decided to watch the video himself, making two layers of commentary. Jerma recognized that Ster was egging him on in the video, triggering him to do the coffee cheetos chicken joke, almost like he had programmed him to do so. Ster also sincerely complimented Jerma, confessing that Jerma is so good at making things funny that it discouraged Ster from making his own videos. However, Jerma retorted that Ster's videos have much better editing and are some of the funniest videos he's ever seen.^[1] In his following stream on the 29th November 2019, Ster watched Jerma's Reaction to his Reaction video. He pointed out, that he does not believe Jerma rating his videos as 11 out of 10: "They're 8 out of 10 and he knows it". He was also seriously thinking about publishing the Definition of a Jerma Joke live on stream, but decided not to. It would be weird to publish such an old video (which would still trigger a notification) without having a follow up.^[2]

Ster's Jerma Impression [ ]

In 2020, Ster did an impression of Jerma on stream. He pretended to seriously injure himself breakdancing on the floor. This of course was a reference to Jerma's back injury and the green screen stream in which he made the problem worse by breakdancing, which was shortly before he took a four month medical hiatus. Jerma saw the video and said "yeah he's a funny guy, nice form by the way."^[3]

Who Will Replace ME? [ ]

Ster and Jerma on the Jerma replacement panel.

Due to his long history with Jerma, Ster made a perfect candidate for the judge panel during the Who Will Replace ME? stream, along with Jerma himself, Ludwig, and Dr. Shmoixen. He spent the entire time making vaguely flirtatious comments to Jerma while making some important points about what being a new Jerma would take.

Once #13 was chosen as the new Jerma, Ster watched as Jerma fought him on-stage. Supposedly confused in the kerfuffle, Ster shot the real Jerma (whilst admitting he knew who was the real Jerma all along ) and dragged him away, allowing #13 to finally take over the channel.

In the Ring [ ]

The Jerma Rumble [ ]

STAR_ was present in this Rumble, though he looks absolutely nothing like his real-life appearance. This version is an African gentleman wearing some sweet casual clothes. Jerma used to do this often to play around with the running gag that people didn't know what Ster looked like at the time. He does fairly well, and is eventually eliminated by Danny Devito.

Jerma Rumble 2 [ ]

At Jerma Rumble 2, STAR_ had the honor of being the very first contestant in the line-up of wrestlers, and this time entered the ring in an astronaut helmet with a matching white tracksuit and gold chains. He was eliminated by Grandpa about five minutes into the Rumble.

Jermania 2014 [ ]

Ster was not a participant in Jermania 2014, but he was part of the audience during Grandpa's Gauntlet match where Grandpa gets angry at him. Ster was having none of that, punched Grandpa in the face, and left the stadium irritated.

Jerma Rumble: Live Action [ ]

Ster himself does not explicitly appear, but he plays the role of the Christmas Tree in the Jerma Rumble - Live Action. He is eventually eliminated by the Giant Rat.

Gallery [ ]

Trivia [ ]

STAR_'s nickname "Ster" is a play on his last name, Serge. By removing the G and the "E" suffix at the end, but combining it with his internet name, "ster" is the result.
- Conversely, it may be a combination of his first and last name, constructed by using the "St" in Steven and the "er" in Serge, thus "ster".
STAR_ started his YouTube channel on May 30th, 2007. The first video on his channel is a tutorial on how to play carefully as the Scout on TF2, uploaded January 22, 2011, although many fans have stated that he had uploaded videos earlier than that.
Ster is younger than Jerma by 4 years, 11 months.
It has been confirmed by that Ster indeed played The Christmas Tree in Jerma Rumble - Live Action. He even kept the costume, and has shown the mask on his stream.
Ster played Dr. Digestion in the first Rat Movie, and played Michael's father and the birthday mixtape voice in Rat Movie 2.
Ster competed in the Overwatch World Cup for Team USA in 2016.
Ster really loves to play ping-pong, and even plays in casual tournaments.
Ster has never played Super Mario 64.
Ster was once sued by Jerma and lost easily. This was due to Ster not having a lawyer.

References [ ]

↑ Jerma Watches Ster Watches "Definition of a Jerma Joke"
↑ Ster Watches "Jerma Watches Ster Watches "Definition of a Jerma Joke"": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9oAtrbCE-M&t=64s
↑ Vive Night's at Freddy's - Jerma Highlights by SuperDazza

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