I have bought every season and will continue to do so as this is really the only big money tournament that is very available. Most of the other foreigner tournaments don't have live streams and VODs which sucks.

Pervect

1280 Posts

November 19 2010 02:53 GMT

#42

I watch every game live and bought a ticket every season... It is higher quality and I like to think I'm supporting something I enjoy so hopefully it will continue in the future and I can continue to enjoy it.

Fa1nT

United States3423 Posts

November 19 2010 02:53 GMT

#43

On November 19 2010 11:48 Lucid90 wrote:
that's 15 bucks a month.. Which is 225 a year... And I don't even get any replays, Just 2 casters casting it... nty. I'd much rather download free replays than watch a game being casted, most of which is just talk before the game.

I also think it should be free, only with a lot of advertisements, cause im not paying for that shit.

15$ a month is 50C a day, you can make that just "borrowing" money from friends ^^

"Hey mark, got a spare 50C?"

Next day, "John, can you lend me 50C man?"

50C is so insignificant that nobody remembers, if you are THAT cheap :p

Remember, you spend that much money a month on other stuff anyway, lights, flushing toilets, gas

JasperGrimm

Canada100 Posts

November 19 2010 02:54 GMT

#44

I never watch live, so the membership is amazing for me... So many games to watch in HD! Love it, will be purchasing every following season

BlackMagister

United States5834 Posts

November 19 2010 02:55 GMT

#45

Gotta focus weeks of school, going to have a friend in the army visit after school is over, holidays and didn't have time to watch all of the games in season 2. I want to watch it, willing to buy the ticket, but have more important things to do.

dano101

Canada92 Posts

November 19 2010 02:56 GMT

#46

buying for third straight season. the quality and service has improved every time and I'm guessing it will be either on par or better than last seasons

Enzyme

Australia183 Posts

November 19 2010 02:58 GMT

#47

I have bought a ticket ever season thus far and have enjoyed the VODs immensely. The timezones aren't too terrible here, but especially during the Ro64, I just don't have the time to spend sitting around watching 7 hours of Starcraft straight, so the VODs are great at letting me watch them at my own pace or skipping games I don't care to watch.

I do have problems with the live stream but it has generally been watchable and I've watched both finals live, though I did have to watch the LQ stream unfortunately to avoid buffering issues.

I think given the amount of content and that the money goes to support GOM and Tastosis makes the $15 worth it. Material has been free in the past, but it was mostly low quality (bit-rate wise) and required English commentators to dub the Korean streams.

I don't see $15 as a ridiculous amount of money, but given that video games here are $100AUD not $50 USD, and $15AUD = $15USD essentially, $15 to me is probably a lot less than $15 to people in the states. This being that to me $15 is 15% of a video game, whereas in the states it is 30% of a video game in comparative buying power.

kmhuey

United States34 Posts

November 19 2010 02:59 GMT

#48

This is my 3rd purchase. I watched the first season live but then decided turning into a night owl when I was still in school was a bad idea. I enjoy the pass because I can watch the games after classes are over. That more than makes it worth the cost in my opinion.

nGBeast

United States914 Posts

November 19 2010 02:59 GMT

#49

i bum off a friends account

Brad`

Canada548 Posts

November 19 2010 03:01 GMT

#50

Yes, third ticket.

Dunno if I'll buy it when it goes up to $50 because thats actually a decent amount of money compared to $15. The stream and vods are listed as two as seperate items, so if it allows me to just buy the vod pass in the future I'll probably do that.

I dont watch a ton of games live so I'm not going to pay an extra $20 for a service I dont really use.

danbel1005

United States1319 Posts

November 19 2010 03:03 GMT

#51

Not sure if Im doing it this GSL, but definitely ill start buying those tickets next Season.
Great Stuff from GOMtv.net thats for sure, being a fan of GOM for a couple of years now.

Tevinhead

United Kingdom470 Posts

November 19 2010 03:03 GMT

#52

I bought the first 2 seasons. Although I'm a live watcher and the HQ stream lags for me. So I'm probably going to pass this time. If they fix the HQ stream I'd buy it without fail though.

Crais

Canada2136 Posts

November 19 2010 03:04 GMT

#53

I bought every one so far, and will keep doing it!

koslain

United States70 Posts

November 19 2010 03:04 GMT

#54

I wake up and record then watch it through out the day...sometimes I dont have enough HDD space and I miss entire matchups. After that I delete the files

superarmy

New Zealand422 Posts

November 19 2010 03:07 GMT

#55

Have long watched the free stream, but with so many foreigners in this one, I've finally purchased a ticket. Also means I dont have to worry about a full stream when I get home late from work (GSL starts at 11 PM here)

Trentelshark

Canada385 Posts

November 19 2010 03:08 GMT

#56

GSL virgin here....first time has been purchased

sjschmidt93

United States2518 Posts

November 19 2010 03:12 GMT

#57

Yup. I've bought all three seasons.

Heosat

Australia481 Posts

November 19 2010 03:13 GMT

#58

Yes, for semi-obvious reasons.

Wargizmo

Australia1237 Posts

November 19 2010 03:14 GMT

#59

I bought 1 and 2, but I I'm probably not going to buy 3 since the HD scream was too lagged to watch for the entire last season and I don't really have that much use for the Vods since it's in my timezone anyway.