On March 21 2015 18:23 FFGenerations wrote:
is there a restream of afreeca or a way to watch it without lag? i am in the uk and its always buffering every few seconds

There are four restreams (Snipealot) running at the right sidebar. Its in the non-featured section (maybe it should re-feature it so people can easily see it). Try one here and see if it does the trick.

Qikz

United Kingdom12024 Posts

March 21 2015 15:38 GMT

#543

On March 21 2015 18:23 FFGenerations wrote:
is there a restream of afreeca or a way to watch it without lag? i am in the uk and its always buffering every few seconds

I have a weird situation with afreeca. Some streams I have no lag atall like Ssaks even at peak times, but people like Hossic are really laggy until they dc me, reload and they're fine.

Stratos

Czech Republic6104 Posts

March 21 2015 15:48 GMT

#544

If afreeca is lagging for you you should try to watch through the afreeca player. For me both options occasionally buffer but I often get one lagging hard with the other performing flawlessly.

2Pacalypse-

Croatia9527 Posts

March 21 2015 15:57 GMT

#545

Afreeca lagg depends on your "luck" and which routing you get from their CDN servers. You could try to "fix" it by refreshing incessantly, until you get a server and routing which doesn't lagg. Took me like 20 refreshes today to watch the Hosic stream.

FFGenerations

7088 Posts

March 22 2015 00:12 GMT

#546

oh my bad, i never checked the non featured stream list

thanks for the tips all

c3rberUs

Japan11286 Posts

March 22 2015 02:38 GMT

#547

No wonder. Sometimes I do think I get lucky with F5ing the page lol.

@Stratos, what afreeca player?

amazingxkcd

GRAND OLD AMERICA16375 Posts

March 22 2015 02:45 GMT

#548

On March 22 2015 11:38 c3rberUs wrote:
No wonder. Sometimes I do think I get lucky with F5ing the page lol.

@Stratos, what afreeca player?

there's the afreeca client that you can download (requires you to install a shit load of malware/bloatware) so that you don't need a web browser to render the stream for you. I don't really see the difference in that since one can just watch the snipealot streams if they lag too much with the current afreeca options

afreecaTV.Char

United States337 Posts

March 22 2015 06:16 GMT

#549

I asked someone about the lag, but the only way for me to get a detailed answer is if I know the location of the person and the stream they are trying to watch. I'm lagging trying to watch Bisu from SoCal right now, so I'll ask about it tomorrow when there is someone in the office.

There are a ton of things that can cause the lag though, distance, internet speed, the BJ's settings, and the chat server. Something that use to work pretty well for me was watching through the mobile app. Even on 3G it wouldn't be so bad.

+ Show Spoiler +

There is also the snipealot channels

prech

United States2948 Posts

April 13 2015 18:12 GMT

#550

On March 05 2015 05:30 prech wrote:
Looks like (P)

Snow is off to the military (i.e. conscription) -- sad day for the already small progamer community

Silver lining is he's only 21, just shy of 22, so hopefully Snow has a chance to continue gaming in ~2 years

Afreeca post
Facebook post

Snow in service -- fans shared a few pictures on his Afreeca

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lemmata

468 Posts

April 17 2015 04:03 GMT

#551

Jaedong apparently made an appearance... Bermuda Toss says that Jaedong has considered coming to the Afreecan continent after his contract expires for a brief stay before the army...

Probemicro

3708 Posts

April 17 2015 04:45 GMT

#552

On April 17 2015 13:03 lemmata wrote:
brief stay before the army...

didnt bisu say that more than a year ago too lol

amazingxkcd

GRAND OLD AMERICA16375 Posts

April 17 2015 05:01 GMT

#553

Jaedong apparently made an appearance... Bermuda Toss says that Jaedong has considered coming to the Afreecan continent after his contract expires for a brief stay before the army...

OH LAWD JEEZZUS, PLEASE MAKE THIS HAPPEN

prech

United States2948 Posts

April 17 2015 05:27 GMT

#554

Thanks, lemmata. In this case, hope Jaedong continues to underperform for Evil Geniuses

BigFan

TLADT24920 Posts

April 19 2015 00:02 GMT

#555

On April 17 2015 13:03 lemmata wrote:
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Jaedong apparently made an appearance... Bermuda Toss says that Jaedong has considered coming to the Afreecan continent after his contract expires for a brief stay before the army...

oh wow, amazing news if it comes true! We need more Zergs, not that we don't have some strong ones atm. Followup question will be, will flash follow? lol.

c3rberUs

Japan11286 Posts

April 19 2015 02:06 GMT

#556

after his contract expires for a brief stay before the army...

Didn't a certain other S-Class player say this before?

I don't even know what to say if this becomes true. o.o

QuickStriker

United States3694 Posts

April 19 2015 02:26 GMT

#557

I believe the whole statements about preparation for army or resting before army or retiring due to army (then not go to army for a year or more) are basically a PR type excuse that most Korean males tend to say. Not that they actually do mean it at that time but rather sometimes it's better to say just that than the actual excuse (ie. displeasure of certain games, team relationship drama, etc).

Currently under South Korean law, military service requires for South Korean male citizens between the age of 18 to 35.

What that means is that technically Bisu or any other progamers can easily wait till they're in their early 30s to go to military service (which is still years and years away). But it is often frown upon to go military way later into your age than earlier on.

In the end, it's more of a preference when you want to do your military duty but typically most Korean males go into conscription between 2nd and 3rd year of college/university. So people would typically goof around first 2 years of their studies, go to military, come back with discipline to finish up their degrees.

There are also those who go to military service immediately after high school graduation or after obtaining a college degree. So all-in-all, South Korean military service consist a wide range and variety of ages between 18 to 35.