Seeing as the HD stream failed to work properly during EVERY match that I was interested in watching live in season 2, no fucking way am I paying for a pass this time around. That was $20 thrown out the window since I ended up watching the live SQ stream and not a single VOD.

After this season, if feedback on the HD stream is positive, I'll consider it for the next one.

Eeeegor

Australia809 Posts

November 19 2010 04:19 GMT

#84

Just bought mine - supporting eSports ftw

Blackfoot

3 Posts

November 19 2010 04:27 GMT

#85

Just bought it!

Nick_54

United States2230 Posts

November 19 2010 04:30 GMT

#86

No, I can watch a good portion of the games for free. I really don't think buying a tick is supporting e-sports like everyone thinks. Supporting Blizzard and Gretech doesnt mean supporting e-sports to me. Looking forward to another good season.

TimeOut

Germany1277 Posts

November 19 2010 04:35 GMT

#87

No. I got the Season 1 and 2 tickets, but I'm not as interested in Season 3 (don't know why).

Another reason is the horrible horrible quality of the HQ stream here in Europe. I had to watch SQ test every time, so I got nearly nothing out of my season pass, except for VoDs when I overslept or had something important to do.

Just having access to the (actually very good) VoDs is not worth the money for me at the moment, so I used it for something more important.

PuercoPop

Peru277 Posts

November 19 2010 04:37 GMT

#88

I won't buy a Ticket. I'll wake up at 4:00 am. That way I promote healthy habits AND save $15 :puh

Corvette

United States433 Posts

November 19 2010 04:49 GMT

#89

I wish I could afford it, if i had money sitting around then i would

gogogadgetflow

United States2583 Posts

November 19 2010 04:50 GMT

#90

Bought a ticket because the higher quality stream rocks. It's also a steal just to get all the vods for $15 so I don't see how anyone can pass this up.

crazeman

664 Posts

November 19 2010 04:50 GMT

#91

I never had a problem getting on the HQ stream if I woke up on time. If I woke up 30 minutes late I'd have to refresh/spam the site until I got a working stream.

I'm going to get the S3 ticket just because I enjoy the HD vods enough. Before I got the season 1 ticket, I was forcing myself to stay up until 5-6am to watch it live and it wasn't really worth it to do that every day. Plus the HD vod quality is so much better than the HD stream that I actually enjoy watching the vods more than the stream (but I miss the live TL chat when I watch the vods

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antas

Indonesia300 Posts

November 19 2010 04:52 GMT

#92

I was planning to buy it for the GSL 2 since Nada and Boxer playing, but looking at the timing and schedule I couldn't see if I can watch them all, so I forfeited it.

GSL 3 and so on I don't think that I will buy any of that, although I might change my mind later, and might buy ticket for finals (depend on who's on the final). I don't think that I have enough time to watch it, and I have so many things to do other than watching .. .. ...

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like playing Starcraft II on ladders ^^

desRow

Canada2654 Posts

November 19 2010 04:53 GMT

#93

bought it but sucks that theres barely any toss to represent

guN-viCe

United States687 Posts

November 19 2010 04:59 GMT

#94

i find replays are better than VODs, ive always thought this, since bw. i realize im in the minority tho =D

Nexic

United States729 Posts

November 19 2010 05:05 GMT

#95

I'll probably buy one. I did in S1 but skipped S2, this season really has my interest with all the foreigners.

Badred

Canada129 Posts

November 19 2010 05:07 GMT

#96

I've bought one for every season so far. The VOD quality has improved so much since the first season, and I don't even watch the live streams (2am is a little too late/early for me), so it's totally worth it for me personally.

whomybuddy

United States620 Posts

November 19 2010 05:12 GMT

#97

http://www.gomtv.net/2010gslopens3/vod/1280 Watch this GSL 3 Preliminary. Syj vs JeonHoSeong . These 2 players are pretty good. Just like watching fruitdealer vs boxer game @_@. Now go and buy the GSL 3 ticket

Barett

Canada454 Posts

November 19 2010 05:13 GMT

#98

I have bought Season 1 and 2 in the past, but this season with almost no Protoss playing I decided not to buy it. I'm going to focus more on playing my self rather then watching ZvT over and over. Ill jsut have to wake up really early to watch Ret play!

Holy.BR

Brazil67 Posts

November 19 2010 05:14 GMT

#99

When you watch soccer, nfl or any other sport on tv they are free, highest resolution possible, professional comentators and so many more other advantages over paying 20 dollars for a gsl ticket that lasts 1 month. Gom tv could use western ads like what they do with ustream on the intervals instead of not showing anythink like what they do now a days. Paying 20 dollars for this is not much i know, but the main problem with it is that it feels unfair for me to pay that money to something that doesn't deserve it, the service is good and the players are fine, but compared to the fifa world cup for example it is far behind, in the other hand compared to a movie which costs 40 bucks id get way more entertainment out of gom. Maybe when gomtv becomes a bit more accessible and with a fairer cost i will definitely look towards it.

Maybe korean starcraft 2 scene should try to reach a wider market before trying to make big sums of money out of it.