Sundance's twitter= "HQ Stream issues - we're going to offer refunds to folks who would prefer that to the free pass for Columbus. Details to follow"

Sorry if its old, can never really tell with the timestamps on twitter

Tef

Sweden443 Posts

April 02 2011 21:44 GMT

#4988

The saddest thing is that I could host this event in my apartment (internet-wise), it would be very tight and cozy ^^. I thought they had fibre connections at the stadiums tbh.

biomech

Germany380 Posts

April 02 2011 21:44 GMT

#4989

kytten

United States163 Posts

April 02 2011 21:44 GMT

#4990

Does this julie person know anything about starcraft 2?
Please say she does.
*cringe*

riboflavin

United States226 Posts

April 02 2011 21:45 GMT

#4991

On April 03 2011 06:43 AeonStrife wrote:

Show nested quote +

You're only asking for it....

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And that, my friends, is how we get a pedobear reference into a SC2 LR thread. Well played everyone.

/thread

provrorsbarn

Sweden766 Posts

April 02 2011 21:45 GMT

#4992

so nobody at the actual event is watching sc2? or are they just standing behind computer screens and watching ppl play

Yaotzin

South Africa4280 Posts

April 02 2011 21:45 GMT

#4993

Dunno why anyone is still blaming Blizzard. They are actually playing games - MLG just aren't streaming them.

Daystar

United Kingdom33 Posts

April 02 2011 21:45 GMT

#4994

Grubby lost, dunno the score

Somnolence

Lithuania127 Posts

April 02 2011 21:45 GMT

#4995

On April 03 2011 06:44 Mouzone wrote:
Could this possibly be the biggest fail of a tournament ever? (at least from a viewer perspective)

I can't think of any worse at least.

Well last time in Dalas they had to postpone the finals between TT1 and Jinro, so the worst is yet to come

Hrrrrm

United States2081 Posts

April 02 2011 21:45 GMT

#4996

On April 03 2011 06:35 the8bit wrote:
If it is a computing issue, then I have no idea why they didn't go with a more flexible solution like:

http://aws.amazon.com/ec2/

if its a server issue, then it makes me wonder if they have consulting/contracting with a major networking company such as Cisco. Its not like this scale of bandwidth usage is immeasurably big, it pales in comparison to any major corporate website.

Hell if location was an issue, they should setup a stable server somewhere in the US, upload streams there then use that location as their server base. I can only imagine that they have everything running directly to the venue and that they probably didn't invest in an architected solution. With the amount of viewership they have and the fact that connectivity is their major crux, this should be a no brainer.

At the very least, someone needs to tell the MLG head that they need to hire someone who actually knows how to run a business

When Sundance (CEO of MLG) was on State of the Game and they got to the topic about streaming it was funny to hear him talk about renting satellite trucks in order to have a higher quality stream. This was several months ago so one can only hope that he talked to someone that actually had one iota of a clue but from this weeks performance it seems like he didn't and everyone suffers for it.

All they literally have to do is partner up with justin.tv or own3d.tv or ustream and they would be fine. I honestly don't know why they haven't.