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tehbone
Profile Joined November 2011
Germany4 Posts
February 21 2012 21:04 GMT
#221
paid already 30$ for the one year stream access. I'm not going to pay another 30$ for a weekend of qualification
MyTHicaL
Profile Joined November 2005
France1070 Posts
February 21 2012 21:31 GMT
#222
Just an embarassment. MLG and GOM, their prices are ridiculous compared to normal tv channels, they should attempt to get the money purely from sponsers not from the fans - there was never any question of payment for starcraft 1 VODs why is this different now? I will never pay to watch starcraft, especially not at these ridiculous prices.
Added to the fact that this completely screws over any/all gold mlg members zzz.
Flamingo777
Profile Joined October 2010
United States1190 Posts
February 21 2012 21:52 GMT
#223
On February 15 2012 11:24 Love and Justice wrote:
If I pay for the MLG PPV will there still be commercials?

MLG does all of their commercials in the breaks between action anyways. Previously, aside from a higher quality stream, even if commercials were removed (Although I don't know if they were, or not) the only difference would be staring at an audience while commercials ran, or simply watching the commercials, both of which aren't entertaining.
TerransHill
Profile Joined February 2011
Germany572 Posts
February 21 2012 23:59 GMT
#224
Wow, according to this poll MLG is going to lose 77% of their viewers. Looks like this completly backfires on them.
Respect my authoritah!!
TLsc3
Profile Joined January 2011
Australia11 Posts
February 22 2012 01:03 GMT
#225
good idea to try out something new but little too expensive. I would pay if it would be like $30 something for whole year (2012).
I have GOM yearly subscription & I'm getting most out of it GSL. They are thinking it like UFC but its not UFC. esports is still new to outer world so hmmm not so sure.........and fuck slasher-You are doing great I'm proud of U.
hell no rules here we are trying to accomplish something
Akash1223
Profile Joined March 2011
United States91 Posts
February 22 2012 01:10 GMT
#226
With current variety of tournaments out there, I can't imagine why anyone would pay to watch any tournament, including MLG and GSL. You can watch a big tournament for free with top players basically every other week; not to mention lesser tournaments like online cups or whatever and streams. There's way to much high quality free starcraft to ever warrant paying for it.
BearStorm
Profile Joined September 2010
United States795 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-02-22 02:33:19
February 22 2012 02:32 GMT
#227
Since this is the first of many events that will probably be PPV, I really just want to see how much quality content they can offer (that is within their control). If they can deliver an experience that unlike anything I have witnessed in the past then maybe I will consider it in the future. I wouldn't mind paying if they offered the ability to follow specific players, and did pieces where you can really get to know the players instead of interviews that are filled with fluff.

Also to all the people who are trying to compare this with GOM. You need to realize that MLG has been providing free replays/vods where as GSL does not. So it all comes down to which you value more, vods or stream. Personally I think people are not giving MLG enough credit for the quality content they have been providing for free. Also this event is much better compared to Arena of Legends instead of the GSL. So please, reconsider your opinion if you are pissed off and up in arms against MLG.
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Kaitlin
Profile Joined December 2010
United States2958 Posts
February 22 2012 06:52 GMT
#228
On February 22 2012 08:59 TerransHill wrote:
Wow, according to this poll MLG is going to lose 77% of their viewers. Looks like this completly backfires on them.


Did everyone who voted in that poll pay for their content previously ?
TerransHill
Profile Joined February 2011
Germany572 Posts
February 22 2012 11:20 GMT
#229
On February 22 2012 15:52 Kaitlin wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 22 2012 08:59 TerransHill wrote:
Wow, according to this poll MLG is going to lose 77% of their viewers. Looks like this completly backfires on them.


Did everyone who voted in that poll pay for their content previously ?


Maybe not everyone but they atleast watched commercials, spread the word etc. Growth is way better than a few people who buy a ticket for 20$. If MLG/esports gets bigger, it gets more attractive to sponsors, more people are going to purchase premium stuff etc.

I can understand that they probably need cash badly, but there have to be other ways. With this 20$ PPV they're committing suicide.
Respect my authoritah!!
darkxzzy
Profile Joined February 2011
Germany31 Posts
February 22 2012 12:04 GMT
#230
all complain about the prices but i think thats right cause gomtv is cheap i mean look how many think they do for the community now even talkshows...

but 20 bucks for 3 day ??
MattyClutch
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United States711 Posts
February 22 2012 15:54 GMT
#231
On February 22 2012 15:52 Kaitlin wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 22 2012 08:59 TerransHill wrote:
Wow, according to this poll MLG is going to lose 77% of their viewers. Looks like this completly backfires on them.


Did everyone who voted in that poll pay for their content previously ?



Well based on the current votes they are going to get over $45k just from TL viewers. That said I have MLG Gold for the year and I think I am going to pass on this, so some of us that payed previously won't be signing up for this. It just seems a bit much to me. I pay them for a year of MLG and the very first event they have they want another $15-20 from me? For just a weekend event? I could get a lot more bang for my buck from the GSL or NASL (both of which I have).
Nihn'kas Neehn
CROrens
Profile Joined May 2007
Croatia1005 Posts
February 22 2012 16:25 GMT
#232
On February 21 2012 03:58 jarf1337 wrote:
This thread makes me want to buy multiple tickets. The good things in life aren't free.


any other sport is
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CROrens
Profile Joined May 2007
Croatia1005 Posts
February 22 2012 16:29 GMT
#233
On February 19 2012 16:12 Ownos wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 19 2012 08:29 slammered wrote:
do other sports fans have to pay to watch their sport? no, commercials, advertisements, and charisma all get them their funding.


Yes?


no. here TV is free, and I watch sports on TV, dont you?
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WeavingHarp9
Profile Joined June 2011
Sweden23 Posts
February 22 2012 17:17 GMT
#234
free TV? thats not bad, not many countries got that :O most countries pay for a tv license and most for different getups like cable/satellite channels etc.. But its ALOT cheaper then this thats for sure(considering what you get out of it you could almost call it free I suppose ~~)
6pool much!?
blackone
Profile Joined November 2010
Germany1314 Posts
February 22 2012 19:10 GMT
#235
It's waaaaaaay too expensive imho. 20$ is about what I pay for TV per month. 30 days, 24 hours, hundreds of channels. It's also more than a month of MLB.tv costs which gets me a full month of baseball (that's around 400 games of a sports). 20$ for one weekend of MLG isn't in the "wow, that's kind of pricey" range for me, it's in the "lol wtf this is a joke, right?" range.
Vash_SC2
Profile Joined January 2012
United States122 Posts
February 22 2012 19:22 GMT
#236
This poll shows how out numbered we as adults 18+ with jobs are...against these silly little children who haven't worked ever. T.T
"Own-ed" - CatZ
Vash_SC2
Profile Joined January 2012
United States122 Posts
February 22 2012 19:23 GMT
#237
On February 22 2012 21:04 darkxzzy wrote:
all complain about the prices but i think thats right cause gomtv is cheap i mean look how many think they do for the community now even talkshows...

but 20 bucks for 3 day ??

ummm what about ufc....$60 for 3-4 hours?
"Own-ed" - CatZ
blackone
Profile Joined November 2010
Germany1314 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-02-22 19:32:25
February 22 2012 19:30 GMT
#238
Correct, there is one (two if you count pro wrestling) sport out of thousands that's more expensive.

On February 23 2012 04:22 The_Stampede wrote:
This poll shows how out numbered we as adults 18+ with jobs are...against these silly little children who haven't worked ever. T.T

That's the single worst strawman I have ever read in TL. Really? Everybody who thinks it's too expensive doesn't work? I don't care if 20$ isn't much in the grand scheme of things, I'd also not pay 20$ for a bubblegum, even though I like bubblegum and I could spare 20$.
saulinsky
Profile Joined February 2012
2 Posts
February 22 2012 19:54 GMT
#239
I think it's important to look at this from a historical perspective. Baseball started out with many different professional leagues, and before that, teams were developed very locally. For the longest time, Baseball was an extremely affordable past time to engage in and the development of the system of games was very localized. Now, MLB dominates baseball.

Here's my point, I can get content from many different leagues in starcraft for free. MLG is one league, why should I have to pay money to watch the MLG tournament, as opposed to the plethora of other leagues that have content for free with the same players?

dAPhREAk
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Nauru12397 Posts
February 22 2012 20:06 GMT
#240
On February 23 2012 04:54 saulinsky wrote:
I think it's important to look at this from a historical perspective. Baseball started out with many different professional leagues, and before that, teams were developed very locally. For the longest time, Baseball was an extremely affordable past time to engage in and the development of the system of games was very localized. Now, MLB dominates baseball.

Here's my point, I can get content from many different leagues in starcraft for free. MLG is one league, why should I have to pay money to watch the MLG tournament, as opposed to the plethora of other leagues that have content for free with the same players?


you dont have to do anything. its a market system. if you dont feel MLG's price is reasonable, then don't pay it. if enough people agree with you, they will lower or eliminate the price for next time (or they will just stop producing this type of content). however, if enough people are willing to pay for it, then you can continue to watch the other tournaments for free (assuming they don't adopt MLG's PPV model), and those of us who are willing to pay will get to keep enjoying higher-end content from MLG for a price (hopefully higher end).
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