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noD
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-Archangel-
Croatia7457 Posts
On March 14 2011 22:42 CTStalker wrote: Don't post ignorant bullshit like this. Really disappointed in gom. Not supporting mac/linux for live viewing is one thing, but actively blocking user work-arounds? ridiculous Yes, of course I am the ignorant one. Maybe you should read a bit about this. Start with this one: http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_os.asp - this link says my statement is true including vista users having more users. When we then add that Macs are mostly used by professionals and not kids that play games we really get the reason why GOMTV should not care about Mac. I forgot about Linux but their numbers are also not big enough for GOM to care that much, although their users might be more willing to watch GOM. | ||
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dcemuser
United States3248 Posts
Edit: Just saw it was changed on March 14th. :< That really sucks, I was using VLC over GOM Player because, well... VLC is straight up better. | ||
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insta
216 Posts
gosh stop hypin so much and get an ordinary comp ! User was temp banned for this post. User was warned for this post | ||
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Eleaven
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Rannasha
Netherlands2398 Posts
On March 15 2011 00:39 insta wrote: gosh stop hypin so much and get an ordinary comp ! I have an 'ordinary comp' that I use during GSL broadcast-hours. Still no GOM Player available for my preferred operating system that I use on that 'ordinary comp' though. | ||
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how2TL
1197 Posts
On March 15 2011 00:37 -Archangel- wrote: Yes, of course I am the ignorant one. Maybe you should read a bit about this. Start with this one: http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_os.asp - this link says my statement is true including vista users having more users. When we then add that Macs are mostly used by professionals and not kids that play games we really get the reason why GOMTV should not care about Mac. I forgot about Linux but their numbers are also not big enough for GOM to care that much, although their users might be more willing to watch GOM. I'm sure he meant your second statement in your first post. | ||
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-Archangel-
Croatia7457 Posts
On March 15 2011 00:49 how2TL wrote: I'm sure he meant your second statement in your first post. My second sentence is directly connected to my 1st one. Ignoring one of them is taking things out of context and is no way to have a grown up discussion. | ||
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Arkless
Canada1547 Posts
On March 14 2011 22:31 Matkap wrote: That is just so ignorant I have to lol. I am tempted just to start a poll to see how many mac users there are on teamliquid and how many have to go through strange methods to watch some games, which some of us have even payed for. ( I have pc at home so I can watch Hd vods fine, but at work I do have Mac and sometimes I have time to watch some games Live ). Maybe you guys are getting mad at the wrong thing. Instead of getting mad at a company protecting it's interest. Maybe you should be getting mad at apple and linux for making terrible os's and computers that are saudered together. User was warned for this post | ||
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Martijn
Netherlands1219 Posts
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McKTenor13
United States1383 Posts
On March 15 2011 00:37 -Archangel- wrote: Yes, of course I am the ignorant one. Maybe you should read a bit about this. Start with this one: http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_os.asp - this link says my statement is true including vista users having more users. When we then add that Macs are mostly used by professionals and not kids that play games we really get the reason why GOMTV should not care about Mac. I forgot about Linux but their numbers are also not big enough for GOM to care that much, although their users might be more willing to watch GOM. Im going to very very much disagree with you. Ill give you that the majority of people watching are not on macs, but that doesn't mean there's only 100. The younger the kids get, the more macs we are seeing in America. Probably half the people I know use macs. They just appeal to the masses. A good friend of mine owns a mac and has this same problem. He loves starcraft just as much as anyone here, but he cant watch a lot because GOM doesn't allow it and neither does justin.tv a lot of the time. Just because it's not the majority doesn't mean they shouldn't have access to it. Don't hate minorities buddy, people dont look kindly on that anymore =P | ||
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carebear91
Singapore236 Posts
it sounds like the teacher in the class who has her son in it, and when someone else brighter pops up, she instantly beheads the other student. gom better get their shit together to maintain viewership. if they do not, sooner or later everyone will move on with the start of NASL and what not. | ||
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nihlon
Sweden5581 Posts
On March 15 2011 00:53 Arkless wrote: Maybe you guys are getting mad at the wrong thing. Instead of getting mad at a company protecting it's interest. Maybe you should be getting mad at apple and linux for making terrible os's and computers that are saudered together. They are not terrible os's, wtf are you talking about? Most computer geek friends I have have switch over to mac for plenty of reasons. It's very ignorant to say the number of mac and linux users would be in the hundreds, even if it was an exaggeration. No serious service that are trying to reach people, especially in esports that are directly connected to computers, should ignore that fan base. It's just stupid. | ||
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Bumblebees
United States328 Posts
This issue affects people on many platforms including windows. People need to stop being ignorant and take a moment to READ. | ||
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ZasZ.
United States2911 Posts
I usually don't care too much that the GOM client doesn't support Macs, but them going out of their way to disable work-arounds seems kind of vindictive and silly from a business perspective. Hopefully they change their mind about this. And wow, I'm one of 100 Mac-using Starcraft players worldwide! I feel so special! | ||
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CuSToM
United States1478 Posts
On March 15 2011 00:39 insta wrote: a mac is the most useless thing ive ever seen... gosh stop hypin so much and get an ordinary comp ! This post is the stupidest thing I've ever seen... You'd be surprised how many people use Macs. I assume most people in the Starcraft community are college aged students and a lot of us use Macs for school. I'm not suggesting there are more Mac users trying to watch GSL than PC users, but it sure as shit is more than "100 people" like some other dude mentioned. My school's bookstore has a deal on Apple computers at the start of every semester when you spend a certain amount of money on books. I see people with Macbooks all over campus. This is a horrible decision by GOM. I will not be buying another season ticket unless they include Mac users in on GSL. It is funny that a company who is set on "globalizing e-sports" would do something as dumb as this. There was nothing illegal about using a VLC player because you still had to have an account with GOM and you could use your HQ pass on it. | ||
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kedinik
United States352 Posts
Absolutely not endorsing any kind of piracy, but I don't think GOM's doing themselves any favors with how they're handling the situation. | ||
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mastergriggy
United States1312 Posts
Now GOM is either secretly owned by Bill Gate and he's getting vengeance against mac and linux users, or no one on the staff has any experience with marketing. You don't just isolate a huge chunk of users and expect to continue to have the same viewership. They've already lost the viewers who found out about GOM because of seeing a restream, and now they are even cutting their population down further. | ||
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Froadac
United States6733 Posts
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RHMVNovus
United States738 Posts
On March 15 2011 01:02 kedinik wrote: Cracking down like this just kind of pushes the non windows sub-community towards VOD piracy. Absolutely not endorsing any kind of piracy, but I don't think GOM's doing themselves any favors with how they're handling the situation. To clarify, do the VoDs themselves not work on the Macintosh operating systems or is it just the stream? I couldn't find any clear answer. | ||
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