EPTDid you buy an MLG "HQ" pass? Other MLG opinions? - Page 2
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Nydus905
Australia5 Posts
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Rokusha
United States207 Posts
On April 02 2011 20:25 crazeman wrote: oh how quick we are to forget.... I'm a GOMTV fanboy and I'd be the first person to admit that GOMTV was complete shit when they first started with the GSL. Remember how nobody can even open the LQ or HQ stream because it would hit the (super low) cap? That and stream was prone to dying randomly and I literally had a list of 10 different server opened on notepad so I can swap between them whenever they crashed. and there was a time where europeans had a lot of problems watching their stream because it would lag like hell. GOM is doing a lot better now, but they had a lot of problems when they started too. MLG has been running for years and almost every time I would watch there was always some technical problem. Plus why didn't the MLG SC2 people anticipate this? They must have checked out other tournaments where tens of thousands of people would watch at the same time. | ||
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Tumba1
United States102 Posts
On April 02 2011 14:16 ChThoniC wrote: If you think providing a poorer service for more immediate revenue is good business, you have a lot to learn. Exactly! This is what I was going to tell him. MLG is obviously taking advantage of die hards they will pay to watch just out of pure love for SC2. Bad business choice for sure. Why is it bad business? Because people like me with disposable income still expect a certain production quality. I don't care if it's day 1 of the event or not. Hire smarter people so your stuff works, now that is GOOD business. NOW MLG has a REPUTATION for BAD streams. Once you develop a bad rep in something pertaining to entertainment it is hard to come back. Just ask Vanilla Ice. So MLG right the ship before it ends up sinking in a sea of wrong.. I also heard NASL is $25 for 3 MONTHS! If they have the production quality of GOM I will be pleased. I heard the temp. CEO of MLG on state of the game. He sounds like he is in way over his head. | ||
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JingleHell
United States11308 Posts
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shannn
Netherlands2891 Posts
MLG right now reminds me of GSL 1 so I'll be waiting till next time I watch the streams if it's good or not to buy the HQ pass. From what I gather so far from others is that they've had issues for years when it comes to streaming so this already isn't good publicity to me as it seems they don't listen to the customers or atleast try to improve their streaming services. Everyone gets their chances so I'll just wait untill next MLG event. | ||
Milkis
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JingleHell
United States11308 Posts
We're currently experiencing some internet issues in Dallas. The tournament is on hold while we work this out. We apologize for the delay. That's from the live blog on the SC2 Stream. The COD and Halo streams don't seem to be suffering from this major infrastructure trouble that tiny podunk town seems to have. They're still running pretty well smooth. Soooo, since SC2 is their lowest priority, MLG will be my lowest priority as far as events to support. Edit for update: MLG Statement about the issues. The highlight: Last night, as we began our live broadcast, our site crashed due to high traffic. Following the site restoration, our streams remain difficult to access. We offer our sincere apologies for the issues you experienced last night and are continuing to experience. Notice the direct implication that all the streams are broken, and SC2 isn't being singled out to keep the other games going? This is the exact opposite of the case as far as I can tell, as every time the SC2 stream dies for more than a few seconds, I check at least one shooter stream, and they're still up. MLG is giving SC2 fans the middle finger, and insulting us by trying to feed us this. | ||
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ChThoniC
United States536 Posts
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Sermokala
United States14176 Posts
I've personally never had any real problem with this though. Its a growing company thats really trying out there to grow something big. I've always ALWAYS have been able to see the Sunday stream in perfect condition. I even remember the bad old days before they even had a stream. They've always posted their vods for free so you can catch up if you missed Friday night. I went onto the stream and it was just fine after a couple refresh's and the same with today. I consider this a good thing considering the massive hits mean that esports have grown a lot. I can understand if you feel bad about wasted money but they've already said that everyone gets another pass for the next event. | ||
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shavi
United States127 Posts
On April 02 2011 20:25 crazeman wrote: GOM is doing a lot better now, but they had a lot of problems when they started too. Yea, but MLG isn't just starting, they streamed last year as well. $10 for how many matches have been streamed (and longer than that for non-sc2 related things)? Like 5 the first day and a handful today? The price is well over industry standards for HIGH QUALITY production. I understand production for this won't be as high and that of course there will be more issues, but they're charging more than any other company is for the games currently and they're putting forth the worst product. | ||
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ChThoniC
United States536 Posts
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Nazeron
Canada1046 Posts
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ChThoniC
United States536 Posts
On April 05 2011 08:24 Nazeron wrote: I bought an HQ pass and i was extremely displeased with the stream, i think there were 6 series that were casted live on friday and 3 live series casted on saturday with a few replays being cast that day as well. sunday i didnt even get to see any of the games because i finally got fed up with waiting for them to fix something every game. i think it was a good idea to make it just standard qualitiy so at least you could see the games but the reason i bought the HQ pass in the first place is because i cant see wtf is going on in the games because the SQ stream is terrible. i still have not seen the sunday games and im pretty upset about that considering that mlg said they would get the vods up as soon as possible. i really hope they dont mean that they will restream the matches all over again because i dont want to have to sit here and wait for certain games i would really just like to pick the games of players i enjoy watching. Have you tried asking for a refund? You werent delivered the product you thought you were getting, and they ended up wasting a lot of your time. If you do this, please post the response here. I want to know if MLG cares about their customers or if they care more about your $10. | ||
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Treetop
United States140 Posts
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