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iaretehnoob
Profile Joined June 2004
Sweden741 Posts
September 01 2010 11:38 GMT
#201
can anyone clarify how long a season is?!

If I understand correctly then this 64 player tourney is a season and there will be 2 more seasons this year alone?!
shannn
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Netherlands2891 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-09-01 11:40:04
September 01 2010 11:38 GMT
#202
A well thoughtfull and business person would now make a market of actually buying "keys" from GomTV for their streams and make a contest in which they'll be able to attract a lot of viewers/contestants which can be advertised again.

While I'm writing and thinking about this GOMTV should do this so they can actually get more viewers and lower the prices of the tickets which means even more income in the end lol.

Much like the thread about the Guest passes and some people who made a contest and so many people were replying etc.

Such greedy people there are and also at the same time generous people

Edit:
On September 01 2010 20:38 iaretehnoob wrote:
can anyone clarify how long a season is?!


If I understand correctly then
It's a monthly tournament as in the winner of each monthly tournament can win 85k if I'm not mistaken.
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewpost.php?post_id=6321864 Epic post.
gaggar
Profile Joined July 2009
Canada118 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-09-01 11:40:48
September 01 2010 11:40 GMT
#203
I would've gone for free streams for standard definition, and paid for HD, but oh well.

It's Gom's loss. They're limiting their own market from a get go.
Devolved
Profile Joined April 2008
United States2753 Posts
September 01 2010 11:41 GMT
#204
$50 total to watch it live and have access to VODs for an unspecified amount of time for a single 64 person tournament? Get real. Very few people will pay anywhere near this much to watch other people play video games.
$♥$
Derogatory
Profile Joined April 2010
Netherlands31 Posts
September 01 2010 11:41 GMT
#205
Aaah it's a shame, they need to ofcourse gain something if they're giving away such huge money prizes.

Hopefully someone out there will stream the stream of gomtv.
Put your rear in the gear
Ghardo
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
Germany1685 Posts
September 01 2010 11:42 GMT
#206
why not run one season without charging so people can get a good impression of what they'll be buying later on? the old free gom streams spread like wildfire over the internet when tasteless was still casting - do you suppose this will be the same with pay-to-view streams? not at all.
why not get a huge userbase FIRST and then let them pay for it when they are hooked? I don't see the advantage of your business model.
Mairu
Profile Joined August 2010
United States222 Posts
September 01 2010 11:44 GMT
#207
On September 01 2010 20:38 SteeJanS wrote:
This almost certainly means no advertisements on the stream. It also means much higher stream quality for those of us who will pay, because there will be not be thousands of leechers on the free stream.

I bet there will still be advertisements!

The pricing for this is ridiculous. $50 to be able to watch all the matches in a month? For a new game? The pricing structure for this is completely unreasonable. With those prices I'd expect the stream & VOD quality to be 1920x1080. ESL's premium stream quality wasn't great but at least the cost wasn't totally unreasonable. They aren't going to be making their money off of foreign streamers, and I doubt Artosis & Tasteless are getting paid well enough to warrant a price this high.

I probably would have paid to go up from free to premium quality as I've done for both MLG & ESL but for $50, no thanks (and let's face it, since the games are in Korea the chances of me being able to be awake during the times of all the games is very low, forcing me to pay for VODs)
Thurokiir
Profile Joined June 2010
United States779 Posts
September 01 2010 11:45 GMT
#208
This is distressing =(.
Tahts halo dont worry
bRuTaL!!
Profile Joined August 2010
Finland588 Posts
September 01 2010 11:45 GMT
#209
On September 01 2010 20:29 Ummbeefy wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 01 2010 19:42 bRuTaL!! wrote:In summary, TL dont expect this scope of a tournament to be free. Dont be greedy. You dont expect to go into movietheaters for free or U2 concert to be free either.



Well, yes actually I would a expect a U2 concert to be free. Similar to the GSL I cannot see myself paying either at any price. So if Bono wants fans, he gives free concerts. If GSL wants viewers they provide a free stream. And yes, we have became that accustomed to free streams since, well you know, every other tournament in the world for every other game provides free streams to its customers and fans.


U2 doesnt need anymore fans, they can sell out 50,000-100,000 audience venues, theyre not going to make more money with a free concert even if theres 10x more people there. And why would GSL care about viewers who are not going to pay (like you)? Only reason other tournaments give free stream is to get the to buy the premium one or theyre way to small to get anyone to pay for premium or have infrastructure to provide one. And I agree that free low quality stream with the option of a reasonably priced premium quality stream would be the best way to go. If your not willing to pay at any price then your just a freerider, no company really cares if you watch or not.
Tasteless: "What was it Hans Solo was frozen in? Kryptonite?" Artosis: "Lol, no. Thats the stuff that hurts Batman."
Highways
Profile Joined July 2005
Australia6105 Posts
September 01 2010 11:45 GMT
#210
Pricing should've been like:

- Low quality stream and Low quality VODs free
- High quality stream and High quality VODs $20/month
#1 Terran hater
Frankon
Profile Joined May 2010
3054 Posts
September 01 2010 11:47 GMT
#211
On September 01 2010 20:38 iaretehnoob wrote:
can anyone clarify how long a season is?!

If I understand correctly then this 64 player tourney is a season and there will be 2 more seasons this year alone?!


According to website. A season is over 150 sets.... So its one torunament
Zakka
Profile Joined August 2010
Netherlands762 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-09-01 11:49:44
September 01 2010 11:47 GMT
#212
20 dollar is expensive, but worth it in my opninion. How will e-sports ever evolve if people won't pay to watch it? I am disappointed in the community.

Do you guys have any idea how much a pay per view cost for an UFC-event? And that's only a couple of hours.

I happily paid 10 dollar for the MLG stream (Which was really good) and will pay for this one if the quality is good!

If I can be assured that the quality will be good, then i'm sold.
Amsterdam
Talic_Zealot
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
688 Posts
September 01 2010 11:48 GMT
#213
I really do feel like crying. This is fucked up. At least let the price be reasonable for a low quality stream. ...this just fucked up my whole day
There are three types of people in the universe: those who can count, and those who cant.
iG.Zeep
Profile Joined May 2008
Mexico253 Posts
September 01 2010 11:50 GMT
#214
wtf is this total bullshit, fukin madness --;

is TL going to ban/takedown re-streams? >.<
life of lively to live to life of full life thx to shield battery
poNji
Profile Joined April 2010
Netherlands90 Posts
September 01 2010 11:51 GMT
#215
I'm very much considering buying this. What worries me though is the connection from EU to KR, that might make the 20$ anything but worth it. Any thoughts on this?
Official GLHF.tv Fanboi - http://www.GLHF.tv/
rlagksquf
Profile Joined May 2010
New Zealand153 Posts
September 01 2010 11:52 GMT
#216
I am happy to pay $20 for the high quality stream but won't pay a single cent for a freaking VOD!
Teken
Profile Joined July 2010
United Kingdom35 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-09-01 11:56:57
September 01 2010 11:56 GMT
#217
im definetly not gonna pay for it, if they want to charge for low quality stream ? them sorry fu GLS ill just wait for the vod's to show up for some torrent site , simple as that , HUGE hoolywood companies can't do nothing about it, u think gom tv can do something about it ?


or even more simple restreaming...

do whatever its takes to be the best
Deleted User 47542
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
1484 Posts
September 01 2010 11:57 GMT
#218
Charging loyal viewers $$ to watch a stream sure will help esports grow.
Mumblee
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Canada256 Posts
September 01 2010 11:57 GMT
#219
That's too bad. I paid for GOMTV Season 3 since it was nice to be able to download the vods, but I also did it because I thought GOMTV was the little guy that I was helping out. Now I feel like I'm being extorted and I probably just won't watch.
Alou
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States3748 Posts
September 01 2010 11:57 GMT
#220
And I just got my entire day ruined. I won't be watching this if I can't do it for free. Don't have the money to spend on SC2 streams unfortunately.
Life is Good.
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