EPTMLG Winter Arena to be PPV - Page 208
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Pusekatten
Norway234 Posts
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HellionDrop
281 Posts
On February 25 2012 12:14 PrAeToR.FeNiX wrote: so funny that people complain about 20$ ... LOL @ u . i can do nothing for 10 minute and get 20$ =/ not everyone's life is as ez as yours. | ||
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snowfox330
Canada61 Posts
On February 25 2012 12:10 Enki wrote: You are going to owe tens of thousands on college anyways aren't you? whats the big deal about $20. I pay for education, not for sitting in my room staring at the computer screen. I firmly believe that information should be free and thus I hate when I'm required to pay to watch an online stream. I respect that MLG is a profitable organization, and I also respect that ESports is a growing industry, therefore I've never had any complaints against advertisements and I'll never use adblock, because I think ads is the most legitimate way for any internet based organization to make money, besides sponsors (which are pretty much also ads). However, since I already pay my ISP crap loads of money per month, I want what I watch on it to be free, just like how you watch television. | ||
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MercilessMonkey
Canada150 Posts
On February 25 2012 12:17 HellionDrop wrote: not everyone's life is as ez as yours. It seems safe to assume that at least you have a copy of starcraft, an internet connection, and a computer. If you're complaining about tuition (which I pay as well) then you're going to school in a (presumably) first world country. If you can't afford $20 for an event that is both fine and understandable. But I don't think that means your life is particularly difficult compared to the majority of people on the planet. | ||
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snowfox330
Canada61 Posts
On February 25 2012 12:14 PrAeToR.FeNiX wrote: so funny that people complain about 20$ ... LOL @ u . i can do nothing for 10 minute and get 20$ =/ It's not that I think $20 is too much or I can't afford $20, I just don't feel like I should pay to watch streams. I'm OK with having a free LQ stream and a paid HQ stream, and I will pay if I want to watch in HQ. HOWEVER, I do not like this business model and I will not pay for PPV if it is $10 or even $5. | ||
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SlaTe87
Germany35 Posts
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LuckoftheIrish
United States4791 Posts
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MercilessMonkey
Canada150 Posts
On February 25 2012 12:25 SlaTe87 wrote: if u dont want to pay just typie in " MLG WINTER ARENA RESTREAM " in google and get it from there...dont be dumb people :/... I don't think TL appreciates people suggesting illegal restreams in general O.o | ||
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Khaymus
United States750 Posts
On February 25 2012 12:23 snowfox330 wrote: It's not that I think $20 is too much or I can't afford $20, I just don't feel like I should pay to watch streams. I'm OK with having a free LQ stream and a paid HQ stream, and I will pay if I want to watch in HQ. HOWEVER, I do not like this business model and I will not pay for PPV if it is $10 or even $5. Then don't pay. Meanwhile I am enjoying great MLG content with less lag because more people are not watching...yay! | ||
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Muffel
Germany137 Posts
but you pay 20 dollars and on the same time agree with the PPV model in esports. you agree that any given event in esports can charge 20 dollars if you want to watch it. lets say MLG makes all their events 20 dollar because mlg winter was that succesful. then its not about 20 dollars but about.. lets say 150 dollars this year. not imagening what happens to other events like dh/nasl/ipl. that is what these 20 dollars stand for. thats a big change in esports history. dont know how so many people dont get it. its not about the 20 dollars itself.. | ||
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Muggs
United States148 Posts
On February 25 2012 11:52 Malgrif wrote: wow thanks for the tip 480p and 360p switch is fast enough not to miss a thing =D I've been doing this. Or at least I was, then I noticed I didn't have to switch anymore. I'm able to watch the first stream for free now. | ||
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SafeAsCheese
United States4924 Posts
On February 25 2012 12:27 MercilessMonkey wrote: I don't think TL appreciates people suggesting illegal restreams in general O.o They obviously don't appreciate MLG doing PPV in the first place, do I doubt they really give a shit outside of legality issues. | ||
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LuckoftheIrish
United States4791 Posts
On February 25 2012 12:16 Pusekatten wrote: So whats up with paying for gold membership, and winter arena pass, and still not being allowed to watch the live stream? MLGLish says they're aware of the issue and working on a fix. She also suggested signing into each stream individually. | ||
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snowfox330
Canada61 Posts
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FeyFey
Germany10114 Posts
But those with login problems, checking support will help. Now going to try and distract me, as its really tempting. | ||
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LuckoftheIrish
United States4791 Posts
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Noro
Canada991 Posts
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MercilessMonkey
Canada150 Posts
On February 25 2012 12:32 snowfox330 wrote: I actually think restreaming is a great idea. Because I think MLG is wrong this time and they should get punished for it. You can punish them by not buying their product. They have massive production costs, so if not many people buy it they will be punished in the clearest way possible for a company, monetarily. Restreaming doesn't really punish them, since it's pretty clear you were never planning on paying and I doubt many people watching a restream were. They don't incur any extra costs from someone restreaming their event and so long as they aren't losing paying customers it really isn't punishment in the slightest. | ||
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Enki
United States2548 Posts
On February 25 2012 12:19 snowfox330 wrote: I pay for education, not for sitting in my room staring at the computer screen. I firmly believe that information should be free and thus I hate when I'm required to pay to watch an online stream. I respect that MLG is a profitable organization, and I also respect that ESports is a growing industry, therefore I've never had any complaints against advertisements and I'll never use adblock, because I think ads is the most legitimate way for any internet based organization to make money, besides sponsors (which are pretty much also ads). However, since I already pay my ISP crap loads of money per month, I want what I watch on it to be free, just like how you watch television. So go study or something and make use of your education instead of bitching about the $20. Do you just want attention or something? Also, "not for sitting in my room staring at the computer screen?" Well, isn't that what you would be doing if it was free? | ||
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snowfox330
Canada61 Posts
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