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MLG Spring Arena Dates Announced - Page 12

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GohgamX
Profile Joined April 2011
Canada1096 Posts
March 05 2012 20:01 GMT
#221
I'm happy to see the dates announced. Thanks MLG
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BanditX
Profile Joined February 2012
United States78 Posts
March 05 2012 20:49 GMT
#222
On March 06 2012 00:19 Benjamin80 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 06 2012 00:08 nutzizme wrote:
this is why i was skeptical about purchasing the winter arena, because now were gonna see mlg transition over to the pay only product. unfortunately for them, their product isn't enough to make me keep dishing out 20s per weekend. the production value isn't any more than i can view for less from tournaments such as dreamhack.

and as far as the whole "supporting esports" shit goes.....me giving my money to mlg doesnt help the "esport" at all.
what has mlg done for the esport with my 20 bucks? they decide they want another 20, and then another and then another.
its not like mlg is bringing in big sponsors to the sc2 community or anything, all theyre doing is convincing people that their product is superior to others, and worth 20$ for a weekend. unfortunately in my eyes, it is not.

/jumps off the mlg train.

ps. im not a cheap fuck, ive paid for many GSL's, season 1 of nasl, and that horrorshow of a mlg in dallas.


I dont mind the PPV I think its a fun idea and it needed to be tryed. However when that is sayd im against the so called referral program. MLG did the same thing to the halo scene and it completly destroyed the scene.

Its a really good business model but a really bad growth model.

The problem are if MLG gets so much power of the referral program that they can influence players and teams to participate in other tournaments.

It seems MLG is playing hardball and it will only hurt the growth of the scene.



At least 2 people are getting at what I was trying to say. but bit less aggressively than I was. Thanks guys
ODKStevez
Profile Joined February 2011
Ireland1225 Posts
March 05 2012 20:52 GMT
#223
So exciting. MLG <3
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Kernen
Profile Joined July 2011
United States84 Posts
March 05 2012 21:54 GMT
#224
I don't mind the frequency if the quality is as good as the first winter arena. I feel like 10 dollars is the perfect amount to charge for this, as well as a free low quality stream.
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Perseverance
Profile Joined February 2010
Japan2800 Posts
March 05 2012 22:24 GMT
#225
On March 06 2012 06:54 Kernen wrote:
I don't mind the frequency if the quality is as good as the first winter arena. I feel like 10 dollars is the perfect amount to charge for this, as well as a free low quality stream.


I don't like the idea of a free low quality stream, it's better for people to just pay the $10-$15 for the premium content and leave the free LQ stream for the live events they do around the US.
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pezit
Profile Joined October 2010
Sweden302 Posts
March 05 2012 22:26 GMT
#226
I'm guessing this isn't aimed towards the european crowd at all, but I'll still leave my thoughts on it. $20 is too much when it's incredibly late here and on top of that and probably the biggest reason I won't be paying is that twitch is extremely unstable for europe, the last arena was literally unwatchable for me because of streams lagging.
whereismymind
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United Kingdom717 Posts
March 05 2012 23:04 GMT
#227
I guess many people paid $20 after all, if Sundance says it was success
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Deathtrooper
Profile Joined March 2010
Canada38 Posts
March 12 2012 18:05 GMT
#228
Where specifically in New York? I live in Toronto Canada, and am curious about making a cross-border trip to see my first live MLG!
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LovE-
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United States1963 Posts
March 12 2012 18:19 GMT
#229
On March 13 2012 03:05 Deathtrooper wrote:
Where specifically in New York? I live in Toronto Canada, and am curious about making a cross-border trip to see my first live MLG!


The arenas do not have a live audience, unless they announced that these will have a very very limited number of tickets?
LovE.311 (NA) || @LovE_Sc2
Pudge_172
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States1378 Posts
March 12 2012 18:21 GMT
#230
I didn't pay $20 for Winter and I won't pay $20 for these either.

I'm have a Gold Membership and no I won't pay $15 with the discount.

I can't sit and watch enough of the event to justify spending more than $4.99. I think MLG might have overshot the momentum they had and taking away the free LQ stream will prove to be a mistake. IEM/DH/IPL all have a free stream and there are enough good players to go around. My eyeballs will be on a free stream most of the time, but I will watch what I've already paid for with my Gold Membership and most likely will let it renew itself later this year.
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darkscream
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
Canada2310 Posts
March 12 2012 18:36 GMT
#231
On March 03 2012 02:49 WigglingSquid wrote:
I am dubious about the frequency. One per month seems a bit excessive to me, both for viewers and players; it also kind of loses the whole "special event" feeling.
With that said, best of luck.


Wasn't the point of splitting apart the main events, the fact that it was too crazy to run so many tournaments in a year?

the solution to that.. is running more tournaments in the year?


sounds like everything we heard was bullshit, and the reason they spaced the main circuit events was so that they could compartmentalize and sell more shit to us.
mki
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
Poland882 Posts
March 12 2012 18:49 GMT
#232
MLG CONSISTENTLY plans their events at the same time of other events. Just throwing this out there - interpret it how you like...
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seiferoth10
Profile Joined May 2010
3362 Posts
March 12 2012 19:01 GMT
#233
On March 13 2012 03:49 mki wrote:
MLG CONSISTENTLY plans their events at the same time of other events. Just throwing this out there - interpret it how you like...

Sigh, you're making Europe look bad. I don't think they appreciate it.
LovE-
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United States1963 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-03-12 19:03:20
March 12 2012 19:02 GMT
#234
On March 13 2012 03:49 mki wrote:
MLG CONSISTENTLY plans their events at the same time of other events. Just throwing this out there - interpret it how you like...


Sigh... MLG and DH announced the events ON THE SAME DAY.
LovE.311 (NA) || @LovE_Sc2
Shellshock
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States97277 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-03-12 19:05:26
March 12 2012 19:04 GMT
#235
On March 13 2012 03:49 mki wrote:
MLG CONSISTENTLY plans their events at the same time of other events. Just throwing this out there - interpret it how you like...

If you're talking about Dreamhack or whatever I believe it was said earlier in the thread that the dates for both tournaments were announced on the same day so there's no way mlg could have known. They aren't trying to steal views from other tournaments. It seems everyone has similar ideas for what weekends are good

Edit nvm you changed ur post
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mki
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
Poland882 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-03-14 03:00:26
March 14 2012 02:56 GMT
#236
On March 13 2012 04:04 Shellshock1122 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 13 2012 03:49 mki wrote:
MLG CONSISTENTLY plans their events at the same time of other events. Just throwing this out there - interpret it how you like...

If you're talking about Dreamhack or whatever I believe it was said earlier in the thread that the dates for both tournaments were announced on the same day so there's no way mlg could have known. They aren't trying to steal views from other tournaments. It seems everyone has similar ideas for what weekends are good

Edit nvm you changed ur post


I didn't change anything, I meant what I wrote. DH now, Assembly recently and there was another event before I'm not going to search about. They could change it by communicating with event organizers. Others somehow don't run into the same issues (and if they do nowhere near as often). Besides I added - interpret it as you like... don't blame me on my opinion, I'm just putting something out there for people to consider.

On a side note: are there qualifiers for the spring arena?
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StarVe
Profile Joined June 2011
Germany13591 Posts
March 14 2012 03:21 GMT
#237
IEM New York was the other event they "couldn't avoid".
Redox
Profile Joined October 2010
Germany24794 Posts
March 14 2012 03:27 GMT
#238
I dont care about the date conflicting with Dreamhack.
I would not watch MLG anyway due to the hefty price, so I wont be missing out on anything.
Off-season = best season
Parcelleus
Profile Joined January 2011
Australia1662 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-03-14 04:27:36
March 14 2012 03:45 GMT
#239
MLG = meh.
*burp*
schaf
Profile Joined August 2010
Germany1326 Posts
March 17 2012 14:19 GMT
#240
On March 06 2012 00:19 Benjamin80 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 06 2012 00:08 nutzizme wrote:
this is why i was skeptical about purchasing the winter arena, because now were gonna see mlg transition over to the pay only product. unfortunately for them, their product isn't enough to make me keep dishing out 20s per weekend. the production value isn't any more than i can view for less from tournaments such as dreamhack.

and as far as the whole "supporting esports" shit goes.....me giving my money to mlg doesnt help the "esport" at all.
what has mlg done for the esport with my 20 bucks? they decide they want another 20, and then another and then another.
its not like mlg is bringing in big sponsors to the sc2 community or anything, all theyre doing is convincing people that their product is superior to others, and worth 20$ for a weekend. unfortunately in my eyes, it is not.

/jumps off the mlg train.

ps. im not a cheap fuck, ive paid for many GSL's, season 1 of nasl, and that horrorshow of a mlg in dallas.


I dont mind the PPV I think its a fun idea and it needed to be tryed. However when that is sayd im against the so called referral program. MLG did the same thing to the halo scene and it completly destroyed the scene.

Its a really good business model but a really bad growth model.

The problem are if MLG gets so much power of the referral program that they can influence players and teams to participate in other tournaments.

It seems MLG is playing hardball and it will only hurt the growth of the scene.



so what happened to Halo? care to elaborate?
Axiom wins more than it loses. Most viewers don't. - <3 TB
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