EPTMLG Winter Arena to be PPV - Page 101
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Armaz
Australia29 Posts
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setzer
United States3284 Posts
Remember this industry is still very, very young. Going PPV may end up doing far more harm than good. Remember CGS? No one wants that to happen again. | ||
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syllogism
Finland5948 Posts
On February 14 2012 18:42 Armaz wrote: Guess I'll just watch Assembly and hope MLG gets the message when they have nobody watching in comparison. Unfortunately for you the message may just be that sc2 isn't worth investing much money into | ||
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eteran
Germany83 Posts
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[EMP]ArtOfWar
Germany69 Posts
However, that I have to pay full price for a special tournament, not even get the slightest bonus for already paying for MLG every month, is just a pure ripoff and as like everyone in this thread before me stated already: They might get away with that on a weekend where there's nothing else going on, but not when big competition like Assembly is online aswell. I seriously hope that they are doing this just to "tryout" how far they can squeeze the money cow. And learn from it. | ||
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zaii
Guam2611 Posts
On February 14 2012 18:38 Avean wrote: eSports is so new and small still that it isnt ready to become PPV. eSports has been around for like nearly 10 years | ||
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syllogism
Finland5948 Posts
On February 14 2012 18:47 [EMP]ArtOfWar wrote: I sincerely hope that they are doing this just to "tryout" how far they can squeeze the money cow. And learn from it. How much profit do you think MLG has made out of sc2 so far? How much do you think they will? | ||
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Steinhein
Germany7 Posts
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Amornthep
Singapore2605 Posts
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Fjodorov
5007 Posts
On February 14 2012 12:13 Kettchup wrote: I pay for tournaments that also have a free stream. That is supporting esports. Paying for a tournament that will end up cutting off 90% of it's viewers is not supporting esports. I want more people to watch Starcraft, not less. Well said, I totally agree. I dont see how esports would benefit from reducing the viewership by 90%, even if MLG makes a profit of it. "Growing esports" means not only sc2, but the whole scene. What happens to esports if every major tournament of every game adopts this concept, charging 20$ for a weekend? Will ESPORTS grow? | ||
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zaii
Guam2611 Posts
On February 14 2012 18:46 syllogism wrote: Unfortunately for you the message may just be that sc2 isn't worth investing much money into Which would hopefully mean they would drop SC2. The other competing leagues (NASL/IPL) will be happy, But the ppl who will suffer will be the ones that love attending MLG's. meh who cares SC2 Scene is already over saturated, it's about time one of the leagues will fall off or drop SC2. | ||
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Winterfrozz
Sweden357 Posts
 srsly who would pay that much for so little -_- | ||
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Velr
Switzerland10716 Posts
A tourney with only 5-10k viewers has nowhere near the legitimacy or importance than a tournament with 50k+++ viewers. No matter the pricepool or anything else. | ||
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VectorX.raw
Germany20 Posts
I am organizing a Barcraft in Hamburg, Germany. We are not charging money for this stuff (and never want to) and the Bar does it for free, but now turns out that we (the organizers) have to spend 20$ to make this event available, while this is not that much money for us I really think that this will not really help Barcraft (even though MLG seems to approve Barcrafts and suggests to attend one if someone does not want to spend the money) in general. I also agree that it is a bit unfair to create a certain hype and now (while most Barcrafts are already organized) to give out this news. We will show this stuff now anyway but i am not sure if I could decide next time if I want to show assembly or MLG at a Barcraft how the outcome would be. This also raises a concert about hot they will deal with Barcrafts in the near future because here in Germany it is MUCH more expensive to show PPV Events (e.g. soccer) in a public spot and i do not really like the idea to get into this stuff at this early stage of E-Sports. I am not a MLG Gold member but i absolutely do not get why they are not giving out discounts because this might have let some people to get Gold passes. Do not get me wrong i am a huge fan of MLG and the MLG Barcraft we did last time was absolutely awesome but the direction where this seems to lead is not got for MLG or SC2 or the community in general. | ||
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qwertzi
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Gladiator6
Sweden7024 Posts
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Swiv
Germany3674 Posts
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Tryxtira
Sweden572 Posts
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nttea
Sweden4353 Posts
so i probably won't but it depends on my mood at the time. I hope MLG finds a successful model to continue forward with, i also hope this will include giving as many people as possible the opportunity to watch! | ||
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Muffel
Germany137 Posts
Everyone who buys the 20dollar pass is just telling mlg indirectly "Hey guys you can do that. you can take 20 bucks for a qualifier. " they dont care if you dont like it as long as you pay. so if you dont want the future with every big event (not just MLG) beeing 20dollar PPV, than buy it. if this mlg arena with 20dollar is a success then every other major event will think about making their event ppv aswell. well i think the idea of this was: now nobody will complain about the extended series anymore! :D | ||
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