Only the first arena for sc2 was ppv. The latest one was free aswell i believe.
I guess they finaly realised asking for money in a world dominated by free streams doesnt work.

Pibacc

Canada545 Posts

August 03 2012 21:18 GMT

#42

Edit: Never mind, I'm dumb

AsnSensation

Germany24009 Posts

August 03 2012 21:20 GMT

#43

yay 1 month free elobuff lets see if this shit is worth it^^

so pumped for tsm vs blaze

MooMooMugi

United States10531 Posts

August 03 2012 21:22 GMT

#44

Never heard of Bacon Lovers Are Crazy Kool

but that is one sick team name LOL

3 Lions

United States3705 Posts

August 03 2012 21:28 GMT

#45

sorry I may have missed it, but why can't Westrice attend the event?
edit: nvm, Elementz just said he went on a planned vacation lol

AsnSensation

Germany24009 Posts

August 03 2012 21:29 GMT

#46

The casterlineup is great btw. Finally Quikshot gets to cast a liveevent, I really enjoyed the events Deman has been casting past several months and Dan Feel Dinh is great in general.

NeoIllusions

United States37500 Posts

August 03 2012 21:31 GMT

#47

Deman is so nice to listen to. :3

Chiharu Harukaze

12112 Posts

August 03 2012 21:34 GMT

#48

On August 04 2012 06:22 MooMooMugi wrote:
Never heard of Bacon Lovers Are Crazy Kool

but that is one sick team name LOL

Bacon is a big deal in the Riot EU Office and in Skype Chat. I'd share some of them with you guys but I'd get into trouble hehe

Jyvblamo

Canada13788 Posts

August 03 2012 21:35 GMT

#49

I'm not sure these Jen & Barb commercials are reaching their target audience...

Venien

United Kingdom161 Posts

August 03 2012 21:36 GMT

#50

The reason the MLG summer arena's are free now is because of the absolute killing they made off of the previous ones + Raleigh. Hence they dropped it being a mandatory PPV and are giving people the option, hoping they can maintain a steady profit whilst getting a wider audience & thus, hopefully, more money from HD passes.

It's a good idea, as a poor student I'm avoiding HD passes till the grand finale of it all in November, but, eagerly awaiting this to get under way after this break.

Chiharu Harukaze

12112 Posts

August 03 2012 21:38 GMT

#51

On August 04 2012 06:31 NeoIllusions wrote:
Deman is so nice to listen to. :3

Ikr? Especially the combo of Deman and JoeJoeMillerMiller!

Doctorbeat

Netherlands13241 Posts

August 03 2012 21:45 GMT

#52

Black vs Curse game 1:
FP/FB for Curse.

Bans:

Black:
Ahri
Shen
Alistar

Curse:
Riven
Soraka
Lee Sin

Picks:

Black:
Sona
Malphite
Corki
Karthus
Nocturne

Curse:
Rumble
Ezreal
Morgana
Blitzcrank
Shyvana

JBright

Vancouver14381 Posts

August 03 2012 21:45 GMT

#53

Game 1
Curse.na vs. BLACK

Bans:
Riven        Ahri
Soraka        Shen
Lee Sin        Alistar

Picks:
Rumble              Sona / Malphite
Ezreal / Morgana        Corki / Karthus
Blitzcrank / Shyvana        Nocturne

AsnSensation

Germany24009 Posts

August 03 2012 21:47 GMT

#54

Black with the OP Noc,Malph,Karthus combo lets see how this pans out.

Blitzcrank vs sona should be amazing as well.

edit: lol i was wondering all the time what they would show on dr pepper streams because unlike sc2 first person view doesnt rly make sense but they have the infamous astro voicechat yay! cant wait to listen to TSM and blaze^^

Doctorbeat

Netherlands13241 Posts

August 03 2012 21:49 GMT

#55

On August 04 2012 06:47 AsnSensation wrote:
Black with the OP Noc,Malph,Karthus combo lets see how this pans out.

Blitzcrank vs sona should be amazing as well.

It'll depend on how well Elementz can land those hooks

Rumble vs Malph should be a very favourable matchup though, especially if Rumble goes the spell pen build with Guise Sorc Shoes rushed.

Welp, Malph got FB moneys because Saint rushed in a bush that Elementz could have hooked out of.

A bit of lags too, sadly

NeoIllusions

United States37500 Posts

August 03 2012 21:50 GMT

#56

How do you lose a level 1 fight with blitz?!?

NeoIllusions

United States37500 Posts

August 03 2012 21:53 GMT

#57

It's not just stream lag. It's server lag too. l0l

MooMooMugi

United States10531 Posts

August 03 2012 21:54 GMT

#58

Didn't Deman say it was the spectator's graphics card?

nojitosunrise

United States6188 Posts

August 03 2012 21:55 GMT

#59

On August 04 2012 06:36 Venien wrote:
The reason the MLG summer arena's are free now is because of the absolute killing they made off of the previous ones + Raleigh. Hence they dropped it being a mandatory PPV and are giving people the option, hoping they can maintain a steady profit whilst getting a wider audience & thus, hopefully, more money from HD passes.

It's a good idea, as a poor student I'm avoiding HD passes till the grand finale of it all in November, but, eagerly awaiting this to get under way after this break.

It's free now because of the sponsorship from full sail unversity.

Doctorbeat

Netherlands13241 Posts

August 03 2012 21:55 GMT

#60

On August 04 2012 06:54 MooMooMugi wrote:
Didn't Deman say it was the spectator's graphics card?

That would be very unprofessional. You would think MLG would playtest everything first...