EPTGOM concedes, will provide free LQ stream - Page 17
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Devolved
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SilentCrono
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Deadlyhazard
United States1177 Posts
On September 04 2010 07:23 Zocat wrote: And to watch football (soccer...) each weekend I have to pay 32€ a month. HD version costs even more. 240$ for half a year. So 20$ for SC2 is not that expensive. People said they paid 10$ for the MLG weekend. Well.. that's 40$ a month - even more of a "ripoff" than gomTV... If you dont want to pay - watch the free stream. Yeah, the quality sucks. But it is good enough. To the "just ustream / livestream" - yeah. And then we get something similiar to day9s show #170 (?) where nothing works for ~45mins. And gomTV just says "we deliver the stream to ustream/livestream, the problem is at their end, not our buisness". Wonder what reactions they would get then.... :O Doesn't cost money to watch soccer/football for me, in the States. Other than cable of course. But that gives access to a ton of channels, not just one sport. | ||
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Devolved
United States2753 Posts
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KuroN3ko
Malaysia154 Posts
On September 04 2010 06:33 Archerofaiur wrote: But they are screwing us much less than before. If you close your eyes it almost feels like there making love to us  Haha, you are hilarious :D | ||
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laziboi
Canada9 Posts
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SilentCrono
United States1420 Posts
edit: nvm i figured it out. but the audio is really fucked up. edit again: audio fixed now | ||
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Crushgroove
United States793 Posts
On September 04 2010 05:39 Sfydjklm wrote: Okay lets approach it from a bit of different angle that is less controversial. A half a year subscription to UFC high quality video vault costs 60 bucks. 60 bucks for half a year. 60 bucks for half a year Gom is screwing you, fools. I don't think this is relevant either. If you have as many viewers as the UFC, and as many OTHER sources of income (e.g. ticket sales, ppv television, merchandising, ad buys) then you can create an economy of scale in which its acceptable to make very minimal profits from internet vods. Compared to Gom's situation, Gom should be charging even more than they are if they want to make profits at a level which will sustain good gaming entertainment and competition for years to come. | ||
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Fier0
United States10 Posts
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Prophecy3
Canada223 Posts
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floor exercise
Canada5847 Posts
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MaestroSC
United States2073 Posts
On September 04 2010 09:51 floor exercise wrote: People are going to realize that the only way to watch the games without paying is to get up at 5 in the morning. As far as I am concerned we're still get shafted pretty hard by Gom. I imagine someone will put them on youtube but will TL allow it? since u live in canada... you had to do the same thing to watch the world cup/olympics. Sorry the world doesnt revolve their schedule around your time zone... Earthshattering concept I'm sure. | ||
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blabber
United States4448 Posts
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kariido
Saudi Arabia179 Posts
Their low quality stream is reminiscent of how internet video content was in the late 90s, we're in 2010 FFS. | ||
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Trinton07
United States70 Posts
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cz
United States3249 Posts
On September 04 2010 09:55 mnofstl007 wrote: since u live in canada... you had to do the same thing to watch the world cup/olympics. Sorry the world doesnt revolve their schedule around your time zone... Earthshattering concept I'm sure. His point is that VODs are not available. For the Olympics and World Cup they are (TV replays matches all the time). Also the last Olympics were in Canada. | ||
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Kenny
United States678 Posts
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kariido
Saudi Arabia179 Posts
On September 04 2010 10:37 Kenny wrote: The video quality they are offering is so terrible..might as well not watch to begin with. I hate being picky but like others have stated, us people that stream do so at 1500+ kbps. Even a stream at 700kbps would be totally manageable for GOM from both a logistic and financial standpoint. They can stream the thing on livestream or ustream if they're that self conscious about streaming costs. | ||
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floor exercise
Canada5847 Posts
On September 04 2010 09:55 mnofstl007 wrote: since u live in canada... you had to do the same thing to watch the world cup/olympics. Sorry the world doesnt revolve their schedule around your time zone... Earthshattering concept I'm sure. This is one of the dumbest posts I have ever seen I am aware of how timezones work. The point I was trying to convey was that vods are far more valuable to people outside of Korea than the ability to watch the games live for free. This concession of a free, horrible quality stream is marginalized even more so by the time zone difference. The community has for the longest time thrived on vods of Korean games than on the ability to watch them live. Only the relatively dedicated few watch games live unless they start early in Korea like proleague. Traditionally we post these vods, however given the new interest by Gom in foreign fans, TL might be against allowing youtube or some other means of redistribution of the vods without everyone paying Gom their $20 if they want to see the games. Do you understand now? None of these concepts are quite as earth shattering as timezones, which you have indicated a profound grasp on, so I'm sure if you take your time you can understand the issue that I am raising. | ||
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kariido
Saudi Arabia179 Posts
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