• Log InLog In
  • Register
Liquid`
Team Liquid Liquipedia
EDT 18:05
CEST 00:05
KST 07:05
  • Home
  • Forum
  • Calendar
  • Streams
  • Liquipedia
  • Features
  • Store
  • EPT
  • TL+
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Smash
  • Heroes
  • Counter-Strike
  • Overwatch
  • Liquibet
  • Fantasy StarCraft
  • TLPD
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Blogs
Forum Sidebar
Events/Features
News
Featured News
Team Liquid Map Contest #21 - Presented by Monster Energy7uThermal's 2v2 Tour: $15,000 Main Event14Serral wins EWC 202549Tournament Spotlight: FEL Cracow 202510Power Rank - Esports World Cup 202580
Community News
Weekly Cups (Aug 4-10): MaxPax wins a triple6SC2's Safe House 2 - October 18 & 195Weekly Cups (Jul 28-Aug 3): herO doubles up6LiuLi Cup - August 2025 Tournaments5[BSL 2025] H2 - Team Wars, Weeklies & SB Ladder10
StarCraft 2
General
RSL Revival patreon money discussion thread Team Liquid Map Contest #21 - Presented by Monster Energy #1: Maru - Greatest Players of All Time Rogue Talks: "Koreans could dominate again" Weekly Cups (Aug 4-10): MaxPax wins a triple
Tourneys
RSL: Revival, a new crowdfunded tournament series Enki Epic Series #5 - TaeJa vs Classic (SC Evo) Sparkling Tuna Cup - Weekly Open Tournament SEL Masters #5 - Korea vs Russia (SC Evo) ByuN vs TaeJa Bo7 SC Evo Showmatch
Strategy
Custom Maps
External Content
Mutation # 486 Watch the Skies Mutation # 485 Death from Below Mutation # 484 Magnetic Pull Mutation #239 Bad Weather
Brood War
General
New season has just come in ladder StarCraft player reflex TE scores BW General Discussion BSL Polish World Championship 2025 20-21 September BGH Auto Balance -> http://bghmmr.eu/
Tourneys
KCM 2025 Season 3 [Megathread] Daily Proleagues Small VOD Thread 2.0 [ASL20] Online Qualifiers Day 2
Strategy
Simple Questions, Simple Answers Fighting Spirit mining rates [G] Mineral Boosting Muta micro map competition
Other Games
General Games
Stormgate/Frost Giant Megathread Total Annihilation Server - TAForever Nintendo Switch Thread Beyond All Reason [MMORPG] Tree of Savior (Successor of Ragnarok)
Dota 2
Official 'what is Dota anymore' discussion
League of Legends
Heroes of the Storm
Simple Questions, Simple Answers Heroes of the Storm 2.0
Hearthstone
Heroes of StarCraft mini-set
TL Mafia
TL Mafia Community Thread Vanilla Mini Mafia
Community
General
US Politics Mega-thread Things Aren’t Peaceful in Palestine The Games Industry And ATVI Russo-Ukrainian War Thread The year 2050
Fan Clubs
INnoVation Fan Club SKT1 Classic Fan Club!
Media & Entertainment
[Manga] One Piece Anime Discussion Thread [\m/] Heavy Metal Thread Movie Discussion! Korean Music Discussion
Sports
2024 - 2025 Football Thread TeamLiquid Health and Fitness Initiative For 2023 Formula 1 Discussion
World Cup 2022
Tech Support
Gtx660 graphics card replacement Installation of Windows 10 suck at "just a moment" Computer Build, Upgrade & Buying Resource Thread
TL Community
TeamLiquid Team Shirt On Sale The Automated Ban List
Blogs
The Biochemical Cost of Gami…
TrAiDoS
[Girl blog} My fema…
artosisisthebest
Sharpening the Filtration…
frozenclaw
ASL S20 English Commentary…
namkraft
from making sc maps to makin…
Husyelt
Customize Sidebar...

Website Feedback

Closed Threads



Active: 659 users

[D] GSL Stream/Vod Pricing - Will you buy? - Page 9

Forum Index > SC2 General
Post a Reply
Prev 1 7 8 9 10 11 22 Next All
Falcon_Power
Profile Joined December 2008
Canada26 Posts
September 01 2010 17:46 GMT
#161
I dont post often but i just want to say that I am a big sc2 fan but there is no way I am paying for it even if I have the money.

I rather have low quality free with ads.

But here well I guess ill just take the restream.

They should have done like IEM or MLG.
No sacrifice, no Victory.
Nilaus
Profile Joined March 2010
Denmark159 Posts
September 01 2010 17:50 GMT
#162
This is the internet, so people expect stuff to be free. Either from the provider or from another source of more shady origin. GOMTV really should know better than that, since they made a name for themselves by providing free-as-in-beer streams and VODs.

Maybe we should blame Artosis and Tasteless, maybe their exorbitant fees is the true reason GOMTV needs to rake in the money from the foreigners.

I sincerely hope that GOMTV will react to this outrage, if not then maybe Blizzard will tell GOMTV that they are alienating their fans this way.
bokchoi
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
Korea (South)9498 Posts
September 01 2010 17:50 GMT
#163
Does anybody know how the OGN re-broadcasting is going to work? If its not super-delayed I'm sure people will just restream/upload those so it'll be fine.
Qwerty.
Profile Joined May 2010
United States292 Posts
September 01 2010 17:50 GMT
#164
Can we save the VODs from OGN? As we can that content, in Korean, for free...
SuperGnu
Profile Joined August 2010
Sweden240 Posts
September 01 2010 17:51 GMT
#165

My point on keeping VODs stands, but you hypocrites can't say you want e-sports to succeed and then not pony up the cash.


Sponsors, sponsors and sponsors, thats what makes sports big, not how much the viewers pay.
And sponsors will not support the sport if no one is watching it.
From: TL.net Bot; This is a Warning! - Your posting sucks. Try to work on that. - Thanks in advance for your cooperation, KwarK
Scrubwave
Profile Joined July 2010
Poland1786 Posts
September 01 2010 17:56 GMT
#166
--- Nuked ---
Postaldude
Profile Joined September 2009
Sweden180 Posts
September 01 2010 18:00 GMT
#167
On September 02 2010 02:44 Pezo wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 02 2010 02:36 Gentso wrote:
On September 02 2010 02:35 junkacc wrote:
On September 02 2010 02:25 0neder wrote:
On September 01 2010 22:48 0neder wrote:
MAYBE if you could KEEP the VODs. wtf are you doing Blizzard?

My point on keeping VODs stands, but you hypocrites can't say you want e-sports to succeed and then not pony up the cash.


You hypocrites say you want Blizzard to crush KeSPA and then not pony up the cash.


For all the other sports I enjoy I support it just by watching it for free.


In those other sports, if you want to watch them you have to pay, unless you watch it illegally. So you can't really compare them.

As many have said for SC2 atm, i can watch a free stream of Tournaments i.e. the GO4SC2 going on right now or watch a free stream of MLG and ESL. This difference is i can pay for HD if i want to. Which as others have said i feel far more willing to do that. Rather than GomTV forcing us to pay stupid prices for a new service with no quality guarantee



You are wrong about having to pay to watch. I can pretty much mention any normal sport or esport thas been available for free to some extent
You must construct additional pylons
RHoudini
Profile Joined October 2009
Belgium3627 Posts
September 01 2010 18:03 GMT
#168
Who will pay when there's plenty of free SC2 content available... ?
Lee Jae Dong fighting!
Skeyser
Profile Joined June 2010
Canada219 Posts
September 01 2010 18:04 GMT
#169
On September 02 2010 02:44 Pezo wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 02 2010 02:36 Gentso wrote:
On September 02 2010 02:35 junkacc wrote:
On September 02 2010 02:25 0neder wrote:
On September 01 2010 22:48 0neder wrote:
MAYBE if you could KEEP the VODs. wtf are you doing Blizzard?

My point on keeping VODs stands, but you hypocrites can't say you want e-sports to succeed and then not pony up the cash.


You hypocrites say you want Blizzard to crush KeSPA and then not pony up the cash.


For all the other sports I enjoy I support it just by watching it for free.


In those other sports, if you want to watch them you have to pay, unless you watch it illegally. So you can't really compare them.



Pretty sure I can legally watch football, hockey, baseball etc for free
Teken
Profile Joined July 2010
United Kingdom35 Posts
September 01 2010 18:05 GMT
#170

heh only 1000 pepole vote... but still im happy that there is 94% for NO :D

make this post most popular, lets say 100000 votes :D.

Them for sure they gonna change their minds.
do whatever its takes to be the best
Piy
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
Scotland3152 Posts
September 01 2010 18:05 GMT
#171
tbh I wouldn't mind commercials and no fee. That would be a-ok with me.
My. Copy. Is. Here.
Kennigit *
Profile Blog Joined October 2006
Canada19447 Posts
September 01 2010 18:08 GMT
#172
I would get the paid stream if it meant no commercials. Obviously this is not the case - funny that OGN's free stream will be higher bitrate too 0_o
teamsolid
Profile Joined October 2007
Canada3668 Posts
September 01 2010 18:09 GMT
#173
Wait... this is only for HQ right? LQ VODs and stream are still available no?
krazymunky
Profile Joined June 2008
United States727 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-09-01 18:10:05
September 01 2010 18:09 GMT
#174
On September 02 2010 03:08 Kennigit wrote:
I would get the paid stream if it meant no commercials. Obviously this is not the case - funny that OGN's free stream will be higher bitrate too 0_o


they need to clarify the whole season thing.

season = 1 year. ill pay $50
season = 6 months. maybe...(depending on the quality and lag on the stream)
season = 1 month. gg. watch korean stream for free please
life of lively to live to life of full life thx to shield battery
krazymunky
Profile Joined June 2008
United States727 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-09-01 18:11:01
September 01 2010 18:10 GMT
#175
On September 02 2010 03:09 teamsolid wrote:
Wait... this is only for HQ right? LQ VODs and stream are still available no?


nope $20/$30 is for LQ and HQ streams and vods

nothing is free for GSL.
life of lively to live to life of full life thx to shield battery
Shikyo
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Finland33997 Posts
September 01 2010 18:11 GMT
#176
3% on a teamliquid hardcore community.

Seems like my approximation of 1-1.5% or total potential watchers was really overestimated, I guess 0.5% would be more accurate.
League of Legends EU West, Platinum III | Yousei Teikoku is the best thing that has ever happened to music.
Clipped
Profile Joined August 2010
France122 Posts
September 01 2010 18:11 GMT
#177
On September 02 2010 02:22 junkacc wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 02 2010 02:19 TheYango wrote:
On September 02 2010 01:12 smileyyy wrote:
On September 02 2010 01:09 awesomoecalypse wrote:
I can see Blizzard's hand in this. Gom never did this kind of thing before. I guess it's in their contract with Blizz. Blizz MADE them do it.


Yes, because something bad has happened related to Starcraft, is MUST be Blizzard's fault. We have no evidence or rationale for thinking this, but that doesn't matter, because its Blizzard so EVERYTHING is their fault!





Please. If you're going to make accusations like that, you're gonna have to provide some more evidence than "Blizzard is teh Satan!!1!"


On the subject of the thread...

No, no I will definitely NOT be paying that. And it strikes me as a poor business decision--why not offer up a lower quality stream, probably with ads, for free or at a significantly cheaper price point, then offer premium service with hd and no ads for those who are willing to pay?


Well if they can sell some shity ponny for 25 or some stupid mappack for 15$. Why shouldnt they try to charge 20$ for a stream ? .
I dont like this at all and I will never pay money for this lol. So this is the shit why theyre killing PL and BW off ? rofl. Haven fun trying.

Except the money goes to GOM, not Blizzard. Unless Blizzard is getting a significant cut of that $20, Blizzard's best interest would be for these streams to be free, because it provides more advertising for SC2. And I'm sure they'd rather have people buying $60 copies of SC2 rather than get a $5 or $10 cut (if they'd even get that much) from each stream buyer.



You don't know that. In fact the reason the price is so exobitant may be because Blizz takes a huge cut.
IEM had a free stream. It's got nothing to do with Blizzard, Gretech is just being greedy and/or their business model has been done by a 5 year old kid.
GiftPflanZe
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
Germany623 Posts
September 01 2010 18:11 GMT
#178
Won't pay it,this is bullshit
...
MaestroSC
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
United States2073 Posts
September 01 2010 18:11 GMT
#179
this kinda ruined my excitement to watch... figures tastosis commenting would cost me $20... ill just wait for the SC2 Blizzcon tourney and then ill get to talk with em after the matches.
teamsolid
Profile Joined October 2007
Canada3668 Posts
September 01 2010 18:12 GMT
#180
On September 02 2010 03:10 krazymunky wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 02 2010 03:09 teamsolid wrote:
Wait... this is only for HQ right? LQ VODs and stream are still available no?


nope $20/$30 is for LQ and HQ streams and vods

nothing is free for GSL.

Okay that's ridiculous lol. No way I'm gonna pay, I'll just watch the Korean stream or a restream of the English one.
Prev 1 7 8 9 10 11 22 Next All
Please log in or register to reply.
Live Events Refresh
Next event in 1h 55m
[ Submit Event ]
Live Streams
Refresh
StarCraft 2
Nathanias 210
ForJumy 58
CosmosSc2 23
StarCraft: Brood War
Britney 17558
ggaemo 75
soO 54
NaDa 26
Stormgate
UpATreeSC227
Dota 2
syndereN260
Pyrionflax175
Heroes of the Storm
Liquid`Hasu467
Other Games
fl0m1138
C9.Mang0391
ZombieGrub73
PPMD66
Sick31
Organizations
Other Games
BasetradeTV34
StarCraft 2
angryscii 32
Blizzard YouTube
StarCraft: Brood War
BSLTrovo
sctven
[ Show 18 non-featured ]
StarCraft 2
• StrangeGG 61
• musti20045 40
• davetesta32
• IndyKCrew
• AfreecaTV YouTube
• intothetv
• Kozan
• sooper7s
• LaughNgamezSOOP
• Migwel
StarCraft: Brood War
• HerbMon 30
• Pr0nogo 3
• STPLYoutube
• ZZZeroYoutube
• BSLYoutube
League of Legends
• Doublelift3901
Other Games
• imaqtpie2066
• WagamamaTV537
Upcoming Events
Replay Cast
1h 55m
LiuLi Cup
12h 55m
Online Event
16h 55m
BSL Team Wars
20h 55m
Team Hawk vs Team Sziky
Online Event
1d 12h
SC Evo League
1d 13h
Online Event
1d 14h
uThermal 2v2 Circuit
1d 16h
CSO Contender
1d 18h
[BSL 2025] Weekly
1d 19h
[ Show More ]
Sparkling Tuna Cup
2 days
WardiTV Summer Champion…
2 days
SC Evo League
2 days
uThermal 2v2 Circuit
2 days
BSL Team Wars
2 days
Team Dewalt vs Team Bonyth
Afreeca Starleague
3 days
Sharp vs Ample
Larva vs Stork
Wardi Open
3 days
RotterdaM Event
3 days
Replay Cast
4 days
Replay Cast
4 days
Afreeca Starleague
4 days
JyJ vs TY
Bisu vs Speed
WardiTV Summer Champion…
4 days
PiGosaur Monday
5 days
Afreeca Starleague
5 days
Mini vs TBD
Soma vs sSak
WardiTV Summer Champion…
5 days
Replay Cast
6 days
The PondCast
6 days
WardiTV Summer Champion…
6 days
Liquipedia Results

Completed

Proleague 2025-08-13
FEL Cracow 2025
CC Div. A S7

Ongoing

Copa Latinoamericana 4
Jiahua Invitational
BSL 20 Team Wars
KCM Race Survival 2025 Season 3
BSL 21 Qualifiers
WardiTV Summer 2025
uThermal 2v2 Main Event
HCC Europe
BLAST Bounty Fall 2025
BLAST Bounty Fall Qual
IEM Cologne 2025
FISSURE Playground #1
BLAST.tv Austin Major 2025

Upcoming

CSL Season 18: Qualifier 1
ASL Season 20
CSLAN 3
CSL 2025 AUTUMN (S18)
LASL Season 20
BSL Season 21
BSL 21 Team A
RSL Revival: Season 2
Maestros of the Game
SEL Season 2 Championship
PGL Masters Bucharest 2025
MESA Nomadic Masters Fall
Thunderpick World Champ.
CS Asia Championships 2025
Roobet Cup 2025
ESL Pro League S22
StarSeries Fall 2025
FISSURE Playground #2
BLAST Open Fall 2025
BLAST Open Fall Qual
Esports World Cup 2025
TLPD

1. ByuN
2. TY
3. Dark
4. Solar
5. Stats
6. Nerchio
7. sOs
8. soO
9. INnoVation
10. Elazer
1. Rain
2. Flash
3. EffOrt
4. Last
5. Bisu
6. Soulkey
7. Mini
8. Sharp
Sidebar Settings...

Advertising | Privacy Policy | Terms Of Use | Contact Us

Original banner artwork: Jim Warren
The contents of this webpage are copyright © 2025 TLnet. All Rights Reserved.