[GSL] About GSL Streams and VODs - Page 64

On September 02 2010 23:14 Mikilatov wrote:
TorcH went from being huge unknown to an absolute beacon of foreigner hope in like 1 week, haha. <3

On September 02 2010 23:24 esperanto wrote:
Thanks djwheat and torch.

Hopefully they come to a good solution for everyone. Foreign esports community is still growing (and its growing fast) cause its community based and ppl offer there work non (or low) profit, because of that alot new ppl get hooked and then they consider paying for quality products. Only pay would kill this development.

Its like instead of milking the cash-cow GOM-TV is slaughtering it, what u get is beef.

On September 02 2010 23:03 oBlade wrote:
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They have to charge us because the stream commercials will probably all be aimed at Koreans, like last time we watched GOM, and us watching those is sort of irrelevant.
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On September 02 2010 22:25 djWHEAT wrote:
I woke up this morning with an email from TorcH. He has somehow managed to get a meeting with the GOMtv CEO in regards to the streaming responses. I quickly mailed back because it sounded like the meeting was this very early this morning but it's now been postponed until tomorrow.

I honestly have no idea if this is just a "we'll listen but that's about it" type of meeting, or if they are serious about finding a solution, but I'm going to unload a ton of contacts and suggestions to TorcH to see if they would be willing to go with anything.

Thanks to TorcH for looking out and hopefully something can come from it.

UPDATE: I've sent TorcH an email with a ton of suggestions and I've also mailed the founder of UStream to try to get something to happen here. I don't know if this is all for show or what... but it sounds like the massive amounts of criticism has them at least paying some attention.

On September 02 2010 23:47 GoDannY wrote:


True, but if they have a seperat english-bases stream, couldnt they use multinational ads there? Things like airlines, beer, cars and stuff are part of world-wide business in most cases, right?

On September 02 2010 23:51 cavalier3024 wrote:
Here's my doomsday scenario:
*GOMTV will struggle in its first few seasons, suffering from a dwindling subscriber base and decreasing profit.
*Trying to increase their popularity, GOMTV will not allow any other sc2 tournaments to take place. This action will end up giving opposite results, as the community will outrage at GOM's decision.
*Still unable to cover their expenses, GOMTV will address Blizzard and demand actions.
*In an attempt to increase GOMTV's popularity, Blizzard will declare all sc2 VODS and commentaries illegal. HD&Husky and Day9 will be removed from the air, along with any other sc2 stream or commentary. The only way to watch sc2 will be through GOMTV's paid services, and sc2 will lose a huge portion of its popularity.

I dont say that this will happen (hope its not), but with the way sc2 is going this days i wont be surprised..

On September 02 2010 23:51 cavalier3024 wrote:
Here's my doomsday scenario:
*GOMTV will struggle in its first few seasons, suffering from a dwindling subscriber base and decreasing profit.
*Trying to increase their popularity, GOMTV will not allow any other sc2 tournaments to take place. This action will end up giving opposite results, as the community will outrage at GOM's decision.
*Still unable to cover their expenses, GOMTV will address Blizzard and demand actions.
*In an attempt to increase GOMTV's popularity, Blizzard will declare all sc2 VODS and commentaries illegal. HD&Husky and Day9 will be removed from the air, along with any other sc2 stream or commentary. The only way to watch sc2 will be through GOMTV's paid services, and sc2 will lose a huge portion of its popularity.

I dont say that this will happen (hope its not), but with the way sc2 is going this days i wont be surprised..

On September 02 2010 23:47 GoDannY wrote:


True, but if they have a seperat english-bases stream, couldnt they use multinational ads there? Things like airlines, beer, cars and stuff are part of world-wide business in most cases, right?

On September 02 2010 03:50 djWHEAT wrote:


I'm more than happy to admit when I'm wrong or perhaps spoke too soon. So take it for what it's worth.

On September 02 2010 23:51 cavalier3024 wrote:
Here's my doomsday scenario:
*GOMTV will struggle in its first few seasons, suffering from a dwindling subscriber base and decreasing profit.
*Trying to increase their popularity, GOMTV will not allow any other sc2 tournaments to take place. This action will end up giving opposite results, as the community will outrage at GOM's decision.
*Still unable to cover their expenses, GOMTV will address Blizzard and demand actions.
*In an attempt to increase GOMTV's popularity, Blizzard will declare all sc2 VODS and commentaries illegal. HD&Husky and Day9 will be removed from the air, along with any other sc2 stream or commentary. The only way to watch sc2 will be through GOMTV's paid services, and sc2 will lose a huge portion of its popularity.

I dont say that this will happen (hope its not), but with the way sc2 is going this days i wont be surprised..

On September 03 2010 00:44 NoobSkills wrote:
@Too_MuchZerg - there are streams which make that method complicated.

They should however try to make money by streaming at a high rate of speed. NO LAG. And the highest quality they can afford. Then give an option along the lines of...
20 Dollars - an event
100 Dollars - a year
250 Dollars - lifetime

not saying those should be the exact prices, but if they're struggling for cash and they promise me a lifetime membership for 250 I'd jump on it.

Again none of this seems to be final yet. If they pull it together tho I'd gladly pay to watch the events.

On September 02 2010 23:47 GoDannY wrote:


True, but if they have a seperat english-bases stream, couldnt they use multinational ads there? Things like airlines, beer, cars and stuff are part of world-wide business in most cases, right?