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On March 15 2011 12:25 mcmartini wrote:1. Gom has always said to watch the live stream you must use Gom player and it's windows only. 2. You pay for the VOD's i think this has been mentioned more than 100 times over every thread moaning and whining about stream issues and crashes, the stream is a bonus they never once guarantee it will be seamless. 3. http://www.gomtv.net/faq/view.gom?conid=52755 >>> 'GOMTV Streamer‘ transfers at a faster rate as the number of Live Stream viewers increase, assuring you with more stabilized usage of the stream. Since downloading the above add on I have had no issues with the stream, not 1. I have had issues with my account not logging in and they were solved with a simple email in about 10 minutes. It is quite clear those using the vlc work around are not contributing to the stability of the live stream and then people complain about crashes so of course Gom wanting the stream to be more stable restrict this access which encourages (forces) people to use gomplayer. The fact is Gom have been straight up about restrictions and rules since day 1, however everyone wants their restream or to use vlc player therefore going around the rules put in place. If you have a problem installing on windows email Gom see what they say they are quite quick to reply in my experience, support@gomtv.net. And if you run linux or mac and unable to watch the live stream read the above or wait for the vods and if you don't want to do that dual boot, those look likely to be your only options till gom for mac and linux arrive.
So because of these reasons it's ok when gomtv at their discretion thinks it's ok to hard restart the stream server in the middle of a match because their admins are filtering out other players just to force everyone to buy Microsoft products? The HQ stream (the one you don't get for free despite your vod claim) didn't work for quite some time last night after they did that. Even towards the end there were folks that couldn't even get the gom player to work for them. Sure sounds like they are real nice guys to me. 
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I'm sorry, but Tasteless mentioned in the GOM BW Season 3 that they were working on a Mac player. What happened to that? I have bought every single season pass, but on occasion when I can watch a live match without sacrificing a normal schedule, I'd like to.
Could GOM give us a statement on whether or not they are going to develop an OSX player? If not, fine, but at least remove any false hope we might have.
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On March 15 2011 13:44 Baarn wrote:Show nested quote +On March 15 2011 12:25 mcmartini wrote:1. Gom has always said to watch the live stream you must use Gom player and it's windows only. 2. You pay for the VOD's i think this has been mentioned more than 100 times over every thread moaning and whining about stream issues and crashes, the stream is a bonus they never once guarantee it will be seamless. 3. http://www.gomtv.net/faq/view.gom?conid=52755 >>> 'GOMTV Streamer‘ transfers at a faster rate as the number of Live Stream viewers increase, assuring you with more stabilized usage of the stream. Since downloading the above add on I have had no issues with the stream, not 1. I have had issues with my account not logging in and they were solved with a simple email in about 10 minutes. It is quite clear those using the vlc work around are not contributing to the stability of the live stream and then people complain about crashes so of course Gom wanting the stream to be more stable restrict this access which encourages (forces) people to use gomplayer. The fact is Gom have been straight up about restrictions and rules since day 1, however everyone wants their restream or to use vlc player therefore going around the rules put in place. If you have a problem installing on windows email Gom see what they say they are quite quick to reply in my experience, support@gomtv.net. And if you run linux or mac and unable to watch the live stream read the above or wait for the vods and if you don't want to do that dual boot, those look likely to be your only options till gom for mac and linux arrive. So because of these reasons it's ok when gomtv at their discretion thinks it's ok to hard restart the stream server in the middle of a match because their admins are filtering out other players just to force everyone to buy Microsoft products? The HQ stream (the one you don't get for free despite your vod claim) didn't work for quite some time last night after they did that. Even towards the end there were folks that couldn't even get the gom player to work for them. Sure sounds like they are real nice guys to me.
You got "force everyone to buy Microsoft products" out of "working on a Mac version"?
Besides, GOM is a business. What do you expect? It's not like people with season tickets are entitled to watch a guaranteed live stream, anyway. That's how business works.
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On March 15 2011 14:03 Zeke50100 wrote:Show nested quote +On March 15 2011 13:44 Baarn wrote:On March 15 2011 12:25 mcmartini wrote:1. Gom has always said to watch the live stream you must use Gom player and it's windows only. 2. You pay for the VOD's i think this has been mentioned more than 100 times over every thread moaning and whining about stream issues and crashes, the stream is a bonus they never once guarantee it will be seamless. 3. http://www.gomtv.net/faq/view.gom?conid=52755 >>> 'GOMTV Streamer‘ transfers at a faster rate as the number of Live Stream viewers increase, assuring you with more stabilized usage of the stream. Since downloading the above add on I have had no issues with the stream, not 1. I have had issues with my account not logging in and they were solved with a simple email in about 10 minutes. It is quite clear those using the vlc work around are not contributing to the stability of the live stream and then people complain about crashes so of course Gom wanting the stream to be more stable restrict this access which encourages (forces) people to use gomplayer. The fact is Gom have been straight up about restrictions and rules since day 1, however everyone wants their restream or to use vlc player therefore going around the rules put in place. If you have a problem installing on windows email Gom see what they say they are quite quick to reply in my experience, support@gomtv.net. And if you run linux or mac and unable to watch the live stream read the above or wait for the vods and if you don't want to do that dual boot, those look likely to be your only options till gom for mac and linux arrive. So because of these reasons it's ok when gomtv at their discretion thinks it's ok to hard restart the stream server in the middle of a match because their admins are filtering out other players just to force everyone to buy Microsoft products? The HQ stream (the one you don't get for free despite your vod claim) didn't work for quite some time last night after they did that. Even towards the end there were folks that couldn't even get the gom player to work for them. Sure sounds like they are real nice guys to me. You got "force everyone to buy Microsoft products" out of "working on a Mac version"? Besides, GOM is a business. What do you expect? It's not like people with season tickets are entitled to watch a guaranteed live stream, anyway. That's how business works.
No it's not how business works. Like what if this happened on a ppv stream and people couldn't watch it? You think everyone would just be ok with it cause shit happens or because the admins gotta stop those shady mac/linux users? All this shows is unprofessionalism on gomtv's behalf. They could've waited between matches to restart. Oh and gl seeing that mac client anytime in the next decade.
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I'm a Windows user mainly, but I have a Macbook Pro as well.
It's ridiculous for ANY business to do this, they should want as much clientelle as possible. The VODs don't have advertisements in them, and you can watch them on a Mac. Why shouldn't you be able to livestream the same way?
If it's a simple case of just having sponsor logos around to keep them happy, then why not just put some logos in a bar under the main screen viewer or something? You can even open the sponsors site by clicking on the logo or something! It's not actually tough to code. The part that's tough to code is the video streaming / encoding, and that's done already. Pull your shit together GOM, I get to watch but I hate that others don't get to.
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On March 15 2011 14:16 Baarn wrote:Show nested quote +On March 15 2011 14:03 Zeke50100 wrote:On March 15 2011 13:44 Baarn wrote:On March 15 2011 12:25 mcmartini wrote:1. Gom has always said to watch the live stream you must use Gom player and it's windows only. 2. You pay for the VOD's i think this has been mentioned more than 100 times over every thread moaning and whining about stream issues and crashes, the stream is a bonus they never once guarantee it will be seamless. 3. http://www.gomtv.net/faq/view.gom?conid=52755 >>> 'GOMTV Streamer‘ transfers at a faster rate as the number of Live Stream viewers increase, assuring you with more stabilized usage of the stream. Since downloading the above add on I have had no issues with the stream, not 1. I have had issues with my account not logging in and they were solved with a simple email in about 10 minutes. It is quite clear those using the vlc work around are not contributing to the stability of the live stream and then people complain about crashes so of course Gom wanting the stream to be more stable restrict this access which encourages (forces) people to use gomplayer. The fact is Gom have been straight up about restrictions and rules since day 1, however everyone wants their restream or to use vlc player therefore going around the rules put in place. If you have a problem installing on windows email Gom see what they say they are quite quick to reply in my experience, support@gomtv.net. And if you run linux or mac and unable to watch the live stream read the above or wait for the vods and if you don't want to do that dual boot, those look likely to be your only options till gom for mac and linux arrive. So because of these reasons it's ok when gomtv at their discretion thinks it's ok to hard restart the stream server in the middle of a match because their admins are filtering out other players just to force everyone to buy Microsoft products? The HQ stream (the one you don't get for free despite your vod claim) didn't work for quite some time last night after they did that. Even towards the end there were folks that couldn't even get the gom player to work for them. Sure sounds like they are real nice guys to me. You got "force everyone to buy Microsoft products" out of "working on a Mac version"? Besides, GOM is a business. What do you expect? It's not like people with season tickets are entitled to watch a guaranteed live stream, anyway. That's how business works. No it's not how business works. Like what if this happened on a ppv stream and people couldn't watch it? You think everyone would just be ok with it cause shit happens or because the admins gotta stop those shady mac/linux users? All this shows is unprofessionalism on gomtv's behalf. They could've waited between matches to restart. Oh and gl seeing that mac client anytime in the next decade.
1. This isn't a PPV stream, so that doesn't matter
2. It's not shady Mac/Linux users. Stop acting like it's specifically non-Windows users who are being targeted. Acting like people are being victimized to further your standpoint doesn't exactly work. From the looks of it, plenty of people are using VLC, which directly hurts GOM.
3. Like GOM is the only company who has been unprofessional. Who knows what their rationale could have been for restarting the server?
4. Yeah, thanks. I don't really care, thought, since I neither use a Mac nor do I believe I was ever promised an immediate client.
I'm not saying that GOM is all good. They pretty much suck, but people are whining about things they weren't promised nor entitled to while pretending like both are true.
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On March 15 2011 14:32 Zeke50100 wrote:Show nested quote +On March 15 2011 14:16 Baarn wrote:On March 15 2011 14:03 Zeke50100 wrote:On March 15 2011 13:44 Baarn wrote:On March 15 2011 12:25 mcmartini wrote:1. Gom has always said to watch the live stream you must use Gom player and it's windows only. 2. You pay for the VOD's i think this has been mentioned more than 100 times over every thread moaning and whining about stream issues and crashes, the stream is a bonus they never once guarantee it will be seamless. 3. http://www.gomtv.net/faq/view.gom?conid=52755 >>> 'GOMTV Streamer‘ transfers at a faster rate as the number of Live Stream viewers increase, assuring you with more stabilized usage of the stream. Since downloading the above add on I have had no issues with the stream, not 1. I have had issues with my account not logging in and they were solved with a simple email in about 10 minutes. It is quite clear those using the vlc work around are not contributing to the stability of the live stream and then people complain about crashes so of course Gom wanting the stream to be more stable restrict this access which encourages (forces) people to use gomplayer. The fact is Gom have been straight up about restrictions and rules since day 1, however everyone wants their restream or to use vlc player therefore going around the rules put in place. If you have a problem installing on windows email Gom see what they say they are quite quick to reply in my experience, support@gomtv.net. And if you run linux or mac and unable to watch the live stream read the above or wait for the vods and if you don't want to do that dual boot, those look likely to be your only options till gom for mac and linux arrive. So because of these reasons it's ok when gomtv at their discretion thinks it's ok to hard restart the stream server in the middle of a match because their admins are filtering out other players just to force everyone to buy Microsoft products? The HQ stream (the one you don't get for free despite your vod claim) didn't work for quite some time last night after they did that. Even towards the end there were folks that couldn't even get the gom player to work for them. Sure sounds like they are real nice guys to me. You got "force everyone to buy Microsoft products" out of "working on a Mac version"? Besides, GOM is a business. What do you expect? It's not like people with season tickets are entitled to watch a guaranteed live stream, anyway. That's how business works. No it's not how business works. Like what if this happened on a ppv stream and people couldn't watch it? You think everyone would just be ok with it cause shit happens or because the admins gotta stop those shady mac/linux users? All this shows is unprofessionalism on gomtv's behalf. They could've waited between matches to restart. Oh and gl seeing that mac client anytime in the next decade. 1. This isn't a PPV stream, so that doesn't matter 2. It's not shady Mac/Linux users. Stop acting like it's specifically non-Windows users who are being targeted. Acting like people are being victimized to further your standpoint doesn't exactly work. From the looks of it, plenty of people are using VLC, which directly hurts GOM. 3. Like GOM is the only company who has been unprofessional. Who knows what their rationale could have been for restarting the server? 4. Yeah, thanks. I don't really care, thought, since I neither use a Mac nor do I believe I was ever promised an immediate client. I'm not saying that GOM is all good. They pretty much suck, but people are whining about things they weren't promised nor entitled to while pretending like both are true.
The complaints in this thread are legitimate. Actually it is like a ppv stream when you aren't getting the HQ stream outside of hacking which hurts gomtv in many more ways than not using their player since they don't have one in the first place available. Surely they will lose subs if they keep this up. No there have been many others and the stream was smooth last night until they restarted it. Sure you don't use mac or linux os that's why you are here defending gomtv. Cause why do you care? If you disagree with statements here than why are you posting here since this doesn't affect you at all? Just have nothing better to do?
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On March 15 2011 14:55 Baarn wrote:Show nested quote +On March 15 2011 14:32 Zeke50100 wrote:On March 15 2011 14:16 Baarn wrote:On March 15 2011 14:03 Zeke50100 wrote:On March 15 2011 13:44 Baarn wrote:On March 15 2011 12:25 mcmartini wrote:1. Gom has always said to watch the live stream you must use Gom player and it's windows only. 2. You pay for the VOD's i think this has been mentioned more than 100 times over every thread moaning and whining about stream issues and crashes, the stream is a bonus they never once guarantee it will be seamless. 3. http://www.gomtv.net/faq/view.gom?conid=52755 >>> 'GOMTV Streamer‘ transfers at a faster rate as the number of Live Stream viewers increase, assuring you with more stabilized usage of the stream. Since downloading the above add on I have had no issues with the stream, not 1. I have had issues with my account not logging in and they were solved with a simple email in about 10 minutes. It is quite clear those using the vlc work around are not contributing to the stability of the live stream and then people complain about crashes so of course Gom wanting the stream to be more stable restrict this access which encourages (forces) people to use gomplayer. The fact is Gom have been straight up about restrictions and rules since day 1, however everyone wants their restream or to use vlc player therefore going around the rules put in place. If you have a problem installing on windows email Gom see what they say they are quite quick to reply in my experience, support@gomtv.net. And if you run linux or mac and unable to watch the live stream read the above or wait for the vods and if you don't want to do that dual boot, those look likely to be your only options till gom for mac and linux arrive. So because of these reasons it's ok when gomtv at their discretion thinks it's ok to hard restart the stream server in the middle of a match because their admins are filtering out other players just to force everyone to buy Microsoft products? The HQ stream (the one you don't get for free despite your vod claim) didn't work for quite some time last night after they did that. Even towards the end there were folks that couldn't even get the gom player to work for them. Sure sounds like they are real nice guys to me. You got "force everyone to buy Microsoft products" out of "working on a Mac version"? Besides, GOM is a business. What do you expect? It's not like people with season tickets are entitled to watch a guaranteed live stream, anyway. That's how business works. No it's not how business works. Like what if this happened on a ppv stream and people couldn't watch it? You think everyone would just be ok with it cause shit happens or because the admins gotta stop those shady mac/linux users? All this shows is unprofessionalism on gomtv's behalf. They could've waited between matches to restart. Oh and gl seeing that mac client anytime in the next decade. 1. This isn't a PPV stream, so that doesn't matter 2. It's not shady Mac/Linux users. Stop acting like it's specifically non-Windows users who are being targeted. Acting like people are being victimized to further your standpoint doesn't exactly work. From the looks of it, plenty of people are using VLC, which directly hurts GOM. 3. Like GOM is the only company who has been unprofessional. Who knows what their rationale could have been for restarting the server? 4. Yeah, thanks. I don't really care, thought, since I neither use a Mac nor do I believe I was ever promised an immediate client. I'm not saying that GOM is all good. They pretty much suck, but people are whining about things they weren't promised nor entitled to while pretending like both are true. The complaints in this thread are legitimate. Actually it is like a ppv stream when you aren't getting the HQ stream outside of hacking which hurts gomtv in many more ways than not using their player since they don't have one in the first place available. Surely they will lose subs if they keep this up. No there have been many others and the stream was smooth last night until they restarted it. Sure you don't use mac or linux os that's why you are here defending gomtv. Cause why do you care? If you disagree with statements here than why are you posting here since this doesn't affect you at all? Just have nothing better to do?
You were warned that the stream only works on the GOM player and that the player only works on Windows. Simple as that.
People argue here cause the affected Mac users feel entitled to something they were never promised. Better to start polls and forum threads about the situation of the Mac GOM Player instead of this nonproductive " GOM is anti mac/Linux" junk.
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On March 15 2011 15:04 karpo wrote:Show nested quote +On March 15 2011 14:55 Baarn wrote:On March 15 2011 14:32 Zeke50100 wrote:On March 15 2011 14:16 Baarn wrote:On March 15 2011 14:03 Zeke50100 wrote:On March 15 2011 13:44 Baarn wrote:On March 15 2011 12:25 mcmartini wrote:1. Gom has always said to watch the live stream you must use Gom player and it's windows only. 2. You pay for the VOD's i think this has been mentioned more than 100 times over every thread moaning and whining about stream issues and crashes, the stream is a bonus they never once guarantee it will be seamless. 3. http://www.gomtv.net/faq/view.gom?conid=52755 >>> 'GOMTV Streamer‘ transfers at a faster rate as the number of Live Stream viewers increase, assuring you with more stabilized usage of the stream. Since downloading the above add on I have had no issues with the stream, not 1. I have had issues with my account not logging in and they were solved with a simple email in about 10 minutes. It is quite clear those using the vlc work around are not contributing to the stability of the live stream and then people complain about crashes so of course Gom wanting the stream to be more stable restrict this access which encourages (forces) people to use gomplayer. The fact is Gom have been straight up about restrictions and rules since day 1, however everyone wants their restream or to use vlc player therefore going around the rules put in place. If you have a problem installing on windows email Gom see what they say they are quite quick to reply in my experience, support@gomtv.net. And if you run linux or mac and unable to watch the live stream read the above or wait for the vods and if you don't want to do that dual boot, those look likely to be your only options till gom for mac and linux arrive. So because of these reasons it's ok when gomtv at their discretion thinks it's ok to hard restart the stream server in the middle of a match because their admins are filtering out other players just to force everyone to buy Microsoft products? The HQ stream (the one you don't get for free despite your vod claim) didn't work for quite some time last night after they did that. Even towards the end there were folks that couldn't even get the gom player to work for them. Sure sounds like they are real nice guys to me. You got "force everyone to buy Microsoft products" out of "working on a Mac version"? Besides, GOM is a business. What do you expect? It's not like people with season tickets are entitled to watch a guaranteed live stream, anyway. That's how business works. No it's not how business works. Like what if this happened on a ppv stream and people couldn't watch it? You think everyone would just be ok with it cause shit happens or because the admins gotta stop those shady mac/linux users? All this shows is unprofessionalism on gomtv's behalf. They could've waited between matches to restart. Oh and gl seeing that mac client anytime in the next decade. 1. This isn't a PPV stream, so that doesn't matter 2. It's not shady Mac/Linux users. Stop acting like it's specifically non-Windows users who are being targeted. Acting like people are being victimized to further your standpoint doesn't exactly work. From the looks of it, plenty of people are using VLC, which directly hurts GOM. 3. Like GOM is the only company who has been unprofessional. Who knows what their rationale could have been for restarting the server? 4. Yeah, thanks. I don't really care, thought, since I neither use a Mac nor do I believe I was ever promised an immediate client. I'm not saying that GOM is all good. They pretty much suck, but people are whining about things they weren't promised nor entitled to while pretending like both are true. The complaints in this thread are legitimate. Actually it is like a ppv stream when you aren't getting the HQ stream outside of hacking which hurts gomtv in many more ways than not using their player since they don't have one in the first place available. Surely they will lose subs if they keep this up. No there have been many others and the stream was smooth last night until they restarted it. Sure you don't use mac or linux os that's why you are here defending gomtv. Cause why do you care? If you disagree with statements here than why are you posting here since this doesn't affect you at all? Just have nothing better to do? You were warned that the stream only works on the GOM player and that the player only works on Windows. Simple as that. People argue here cause the affected Mac users feel entitled to something they were never promised. Better to start polls and forum threads about the situation of the Mac GOM Player instead of this nonproductive " GOM is anti mac/Linux" junk.
No it worked on vlc until gomtv decided to make it difficult to do so recently because they want to force everyone onto windows since they can't compile a client to work for mac/linux users. I'm not saying they are anti anything but it does make you wonder. Gomtv has made no announcement about a mac version of their player publicly to anyone outside korea. So what kind of discussion can anyone have outside of speculation for something that isn't tangible yet?
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On March 15 2011 15:25 Baarn wrote:Show nested quote +On March 15 2011 15:04 karpo wrote:On March 15 2011 14:55 Baarn wrote:On March 15 2011 14:32 Zeke50100 wrote:On March 15 2011 14:16 Baarn wrote:On March 15 2011 14:03 Zeke50100 wrote:On March 15 2011 13:44 Baarn wrote:On March 15 2011 12:25 mcmartini wrote:1. Gom has always said to watch the live stream you must use Gom player and it's windows only. 2. You pay for the VOD's i think this has been mentioned more than 100 times over every thread moaning and whining about stream issues and crashes, the stream is a bonus they never once guarantee it will be seamless. 3. http://www.gomtv.net/faq/view.gom?conid=52755 >>> 'GOMTV Streamer‘ transfers at a faster rate as the number of Live Stream viewers increase, assuring you with more stabilized usage of the stream. Since downloading the above add on I have had no issues with the stream, not 1. I have had issues with my account not logging in and they were solved with a simple email in about 10 minutes. It is quite clear those using the vlc work around are not contributing to the stability of the live stream and then people complain about crashes so of course Gom wanting the stream to be more stable restrict this access which encourages (forces) people to use gomplayer. The fact is Gom have been straight up about restrictions and rules since day 1, however everyone wants their restream or to use vlc player therefore going around the rules put in place. If you have a problem installing on windows email Gom see what they say they are quite quick to reply in my experience, support@gomtv.net. And if you run linux or mac and unable to watch the live stream read the above or wait for the vods and if you don't want to do that dual boot, those look likely to be your only options till gom for mac and linux arrive. So because of these reasons it's ok when gomtv at their discretion thinks it's ok to hard restart the stream server in the middle of a match because their admins are filtering out other players just to force everyone to buy Microsoft products? The HQ stream (the one you don't get for free despite your vod claim) didn't work for quite some time last night after they did that. Even towards the end there were folks that couldn't even get the gom player to work for them. Sure sounds like they are real nice guys to me. You got "force everyone to buy Microsoft products" out of "working on a Mac version"? Besides, GOM is a business. What do you expect? It's not like people with season tickets are entitled to watch a guaranteed live stream, anyway. That's how business works. No it's not how business works. Like what if this happened on a ppv stream and people couldn't watch it? You think everyone would just be ok with it cause shit happens or because the admins gotta stop those shady mac/linux users? All this shows is unprofessionalism on gomtv's behalf. They could've waited between matches to restart. Oh and gl seeing that mac client anytime in the next decade. 1. This isn't a PPV stream, so that doesn't matter 2. It's not shady Mac/Linux users. Stop acting like it's specifically non-Windows users who are being targeted. Acting like people are being victimized to further your standpoint doesn't exactly work. From the looks of it, plenty of people are using VLC, which directly hurts GOM. 3. Like GOM is the only company who has been unprofessional. Who knows what their rationale could have been for restarting the server? 4. Yeah, thanks. I don't really care, thought, since I neither use a Mac nor do I believe I was ever promised an immediate client. I'm not saying that GOM is all good. They pretty much suck, but people are whining about things they weren't promised nor entitled to while pretending like both are true. The complaints in this thread are legitimate. Actually it is like a ppv stream when you aren't getting the HQ stream outside of hacking which hurts gomtv in many more ways than not using their player since they don't have one in the first place available. Surely they will lose subs if they keep this up. No there have been many others and the stream was smooth last night until they restarted it. Sure you don't use mac or linux os that's why you are here defending gomtv. Cause why do you care? If you disagree with statements here than why are you posting here since this doesn't affect you at all? Just have nothing better to do? You were warned that the stream only works on the GOM player and that the player only works on Windows. Simple as that. People argue here cause the affected Mac users feel entitled to something they were never promised. Better to start polls and forum threads about the situation of the Mac GOM Player instead of this nonproductive " GOM is anti mac/Linux" junk. No it worked on vlc until gomtv decided to make it difficult to do so recently because they want to force everyone onto windows since they can't compile a client to work for mac/linux users. I'm not saying they are anti anything but it does make you wonder. Gomtv has made no announcement about a mac version of their player publicly to anyone outside korea. So what kind of discussion can anyone have outside of speculation for something that isn't tangible yet?
Yes it did work on vlc when they specifically ask you to use gomplayer. so they got rid of the vlc workaround I see no problem with this as they are still doing exactly what they originally said. You're not entitled to anything other than the VOD's and the fact that they cancelled the vlc work around on a stream they outright said it not guaranteed does not change the fact you're entitled to nothing if you don't do things the way they want.
Edit: Besides the VOD's of course - which I guess I have to remind you, they delivered.
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Dear GOMtv.net Users:
First, we want to apologize for not making the announcement sooner.
There have been some concerns regarding the recent inability of non-Windows users to access the live stream
by means other than GOM Player.
As we have mentioned previously, please understand that we do not support such methods as they could generate unforeseen techinical issues and security issues that affect our service management stability for GOMtv.net.
Such issues thus affect the users watching live broadcasts via GOM Player negatively.
GOM Player for MAC is in its stability testing stage and will be released soon in order to service the MAC OS users.
Thank you for your understanding.
GOMtv.net
http://www.gomtv.net/2011gslsponsors2/news/62826
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Note. This ticket guarantees only VOD service of GOMTV.NET. Members who purchase a ticket, are able to watch HQ live service, however, live stream may lag or be cut off due to different circumstances of each viewer.
From the season ticket page. You're paying for the vods not the stream, the stream isn't even guaranteed according to them.
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The issue seems to be with the "GOMTV Streamer" specifically rather than the player in general. Even with older versions of the Windows GOM Player any links generated won't work. If you remember a while ago they moved the standard SQ stream to the paid section and replaced it with a "Test" stream that required GOMTV Streamer. I was still able to watch the stream with the version of GOM Player I've had installed since the SC1 broadcasts using the VLC method, but since yesterday even that doesn't work anymore.
So this isn't about wanting to exclude non-Windows users or forcing people to download the GOM Player. It appears that they just want to use your bandwidth. Personally I find it a little bit hypocritical to ask for money to "support the stream" in order to watch VODs when they're basically forcing you to support the stream anyway through P2P methods.
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I'm pretty shocked GOM hasn't already made Mac compatibility. I didn't know that was the case. There's alot of Mac users out there now, and I'm sure SC2 has a sizable mac player base considering Blizzard has always been Mac compatible.
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On March 15 2011 17:21 Blackk wrote:
How about wine?
I can run the GomPlayer, but when I put in the URL and try to open it, it crashes, so no luck there atm either.
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On March 15 2011 13:40 AlBundy wrote:Show nested quote +On March 15 2011 13:26 ShyRamen wrote:
they are supporting the foreign community with all their moves(...)
(...)not supporting these communities is just dumb and I do think this is one of their dumbest moves so far
Please get your shit straight and stop using "dumb". Makes YOU look dumb. More seriously GOM is doing what they can, OK ? They're developping a MAC player so that you poor victimized and discriminated MAC users can watch GOM broadcasts. What more do you want? This "debate" is getting nowhere. I guess some people love to argue for the sake of arguing.
oh man, you can't read the whole thing, can you ?
those 2 sentences are not contradicting, you look like a giant idiot for putting those together 
what i meant is that ON ONE HAND they do a lot of moves that support the foreign community (like seeding code A Players, having the foreign gom practice house etc.etc.) BUT on the other hand they are not supporting a pretty vaste player base composed of MacOS and Linux users, therefore the argument used by another user that posted before me something like "Korea is a Windows based country" is not valid and that is what I was trying to explain him.
It seems that GOM had a very nice focus on the foreign community so this pro-actively blocking alternative methods of watching the live cast goes against their own foreign-community supporting actions. get it now frenchie ? or still confused ?
P.S. Also... it's not just Mac users, it's ANY other users they should support (like Linux) so even if I could be happy that they are developing a Mac GOM player I still can't believe they are so slow at supporting alternative OS
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It's pretty easy to say that some people should be happy not being able to watch the stream, when you are able to connect to the same free stream without any problems.
Thanks for your understanding.
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On March 15 2011 18:09 ShyRamen wrote:It seems that GOM had a very nice focus on the foreign community so this pro-actively blocking alternative methods of watching the live cast goes against their own foreign-community supporting actions. get it now frenchie ? or still confused ?
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As we have mentioned previously, please understand that we do not support such methods as they could generate unforeseen techinical issues and security issues that affect our service management stability for GOMtv.net.
Such issues thus affect the users watching live broadcasts via GOM Player negatively.
You don't know what security/network/bandwidth problems may arise from using unsupported 3rd party programs so stop acting like it's not a big deal and trying to victimize yourself and others.
There's a huge difference between wanting to support and help foreigners to the scene and blocking 3rd party programs that interfere with the security, balance and control of the stream servers.
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