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TaShadan
Profile Joined February 2010
Germany1978 Posts
May 19 2014 07:14 GMT
#161
G+? No thx!
Yes its even worse if you are german... GEMA go to hell plz!
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BreAKerTV
Profile Blog Joined November 2011
Taiwan1658 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-05-19 07:38:17
May 19 2014 07:14 GMT
#162
On May 19 2014 16:02 urboss wrote:
You guys do realize that YouTube's streaming service is miles better than twitch?

Youtube is not 60 FPS capable if I recall correctly.

If I had to guess, I would say that maybe youtube would allow twitch streamers to stream independently while using youtube in and of itself as a back-up.

EDIT: I meant to say use youtube as an archiving system.
Retired caster / streamer "BingeHD". Digital Nomad.
urboss
Profile Joined September 2013
Austria1223 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-05-19 07:27:17
May 19 2014 07:17 GMT
#163
On May 19 2014 16:14 BreAKerTV wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 19 2014 16:02 urboss wrote:
You guys do realize that YouTube's streaming service is miles better than twitch?

Youtube is not 60 FPS capable if I recall correctly.

If I had to guess, I would say that maybe youtube would allow twitch streamers to stream independently while using youtube in and of itself as a back-up.


It wasn't 60 FPS capable, but they changed that.

Edit:
nvm, it seems that live streaming is still in 30fps
Anyway, the technology is there, so this should be easy to fix.
Chylvain
Profile Joined July 2012
France43 Posts
May 19 2014 07:28 GMT
#164
I'm Okay if Youtube buy Twitch, only if they don't delete the Kappa face. :D
"No GG, No Skill", that's why I never say "gg".
Pandemona *
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-05-19 07:33:43
May 19 2014 07:32 GMT
#165
Im all for this, finally we will get some decent fucking European servers and it will improve the lag everyone other than Americans get when watching a stream when there is a LOL tournament on.
Finally!!! Im pretty sure YouTube/Google whoever wont even touch the layout or anything, maybe add more things to link it to YouTube but it is going to be nothing to do with YouTube imo apart from an affiliate source to eachother. Twitch on its own generates money like YouTube does.

Also the big part of this is whether the Justice system even allows this to happen as YouTube and Twitch is pretty much 90% of the internet streaming market lol? That is going take a while to go through if at all?

Also, lol Microsoft was bidding for it ;o oh gosh. That probably would of been a cool outcome to see what they would of done to it haha

Glad it didn't go to someone like Zuckerberg though, probably would of switched to Afreeca if that happened

And yeah gz to Twitch guys on becoming millionaires :D
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SigmaoctanusIV
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States3313 Posts
May 19 2014 07:34 GMT
#166
I honestly didn't notice a difference when they bought youtube and I probably won't notice when they acquire twitch.
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Torte de Lini
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Germany38463 Posts
May 19 2014 07:34 GMT
#167
So many cynics lol.
https://twitter.com/#!/TorteDeLini (@TorteDeLini)
YuiHirasawa
Profile Joined August 2012
Japan220 Posts
May 19 2014 07:38 GMT
#168
Maybe the kpop integration into sc2 streams will be easier that way.
Fun things are fun
Lonyo
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
United Kingdom3884 Posts
May 19 2014 07:39 GMT
#169
On May 19 2014 16:08 Jaaaaasper wrote:
Its really not...

Pause and rewind. Less laggy in Europe.
Lower res and frame rate.

I would take live pause and less lag over res and fps. And I do every time I watch LCS. The YouTube experience is enough better. Live pause and rewind is amazing. Never miss the start of an event. Start watching 30mins "late" and skip all the breaks to catch up over time.
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Drigger
Profile Joined November 2011
254 Posts
May 19 2014 07:41 GMT
#170
Oh please no

Youtube is completely unwatchable here is germany without a proxy since half the content is being blocked due to "copyright violations" ... I dont want this to happen to twitch ;_;

SamuelGreen
Profile Joined August 2013
Sweden292 Posts
May 19 2014 07:42 GMT
#171
These are some great news!
BreAKerTV
Profile Blog Joined November 2011
Taiwan1658 Posts
May 19 2014 07:42 GMT
#172
On May 19 2014 16:34 SigmaoctanusIV wrote:
I honestly didn't notice a difference when they bought youtube and I probably won't notice when they acquire twitch.

I'm with this guy.

But recently Nintendo threw a fit over YouTube awarding CPM to people who used Nintendo titles to increase their channel's viewership. So, youtube started giving all of that CPM money on youtube straight to Japan's pockets. Amazingly Nintendo did not try to do any such thing to twitch.tv. No lawsuits or threats or statements of that nature.

I'm thinking everyone's biggest concern would be something like that happening to streamers - their money being taken from them at any given moment.
Retired caster / streamer "BingeHD". Digital Nomad.
endy
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Switzerland8970 Posts
May 19 2014 07:51 GMT
#173
Twitch service is already awful in China because they don't have local servers/nodes, but if it becomes a part of Youtube, then it will simply be blocked.

No more snipealot
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Kleinmuuhg
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Vanuatu4091 Posts
May 19 2014 07:54 GMT
#174
I just hope I dont get to experience the same unavailable due to copyright nightmare that I see in youtube
This is our town, scrub
ReboundEU
Profile Joined September 2010
508 Posts
May 19 2014 07:59 GMT
#175
I don't feel comfortable knowing google will buy twitch honestly. Even tho they have all the $$ in the world i have a feeling they will do more harm to what we came to love and use almost daily, than good.

But from a business point of view, if i were Twitch, i would sell it in a heartbeat. I mean come on..1 billion....that's more 0''s then most can count.

So yea...let's not forget Twitch is a business first.
U MAD BRO?
BreAKerTV
Profile Blog Joined November 2011
Taiwan1658 Posts
May 19 2014 07:59 GMT
#176
On May 19 2014 16:51 endy wrote:
Twitch service is already awful in China because they don't have local servers/nodes, but if it becomes a part of Youtube, then it will simply be blocked.

No more snipealot

I also wanted to bring this up. This is a big issue as well, but you might want to try looking in to douyu.tv, endy. I've heard that I can stream to this channel from outside of China and may one day be able to provide English broadcasts to it if you guys should want it.
Retired caster / streamer "BingeHD". Digital Nomad.
ReboundEU
Profile Joined September 2010
508 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-05-19 08:07:43
May 19 2014 08:05 GMT
#177
Why would it be blocked? Twitch will continue as is because it's streams don't go against regulations. It streams games (MAYBE block some of those games). What u see now from twitch in China should still work.

Youtube is a whole other beast. You can put videos there lifetime and can cover ANY subject possible including delicate ones for which some countries may feel it's a bad thing. We don't want them politicians to feel threatened by the "internet truth" don't we? Twitch is just for games.

I honestly don't see how Twitch could ever be blocked in China as long as it continues doing what it did so far. Only difference now is u will see more adds then a teleshopping channel and also G+ integrated hardcore in it.

What i truly wonder even tho i am not a streamer myself, is how this move will influence stream payment and so on. Will they decrease/stay/increase? do the conditions change and so on. Personally i think the biggest impact will be on the streamers themselves who a big majority of them earn their living from streaming.
U MAD BRO?
Attunga
Profile Joined August 2010
Australia41 Posts
May 19 2014 08:06 GMT
#178
I just hope Microsoft never gets hold of it, I love watching Twitch as I work away in Linux
ReboundEU
Profile Joined September 2010
508 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-05-19 08:12:08
May 19 2014 08:08 GMT
#179
@Attunga ....it's a website...even if microsoft got its hands on it..how can they change a website in such a way to not work with your OS? Even then what would their benefit be from that because this site relies strictly on viewer numbers. That's a dumb statement sry.
U MAD BRO?
Lonyo
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
United Kingdom3884 Posts
May 19 2014 08:11 GMT
#180
On May 19 2014 17:08 ReboundEU wrote:
@Attunga ....it's a website...even if microsoft got its hands on it..how can they change a website in such a way to not work with your OS? That's a dumb statement sry.

I hope Google doesn't get their hands on it. I like watching Twitch on my Windows computer and if Google bought it then it would obviously go Chrome/Android only. Also I wish I had Skype for android. Also I wish Microsoft websites worked outside IE.
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