EPTMLG Winter Arena to be PPV - Page 21
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Europes-Mima
Germany33 Posts
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HEROwithNOlegacy
United States850 Posts
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Quakie
Norway725 Posts
On February 14 2012 08:32 Liquid`NonY wrote: their horrible outfits make them the worst casters in the world. harsh but true ? Trolling, or what do you mean? Anyways, this is interesting b/c as far as I know this is the first event that has charged money for streaming a single event. | ||
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canikizu
4860 Posts
Personally, I'm okay with it although I'm a little annoyed. It's a niche market and as long as it makes money, it's gonna stay there. | ||
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MrCon
France29748 Posts
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Jakkerr
Netherlands2549 Posts
They don't actually think they have anything special to offer which is worth $20 for 20 hours of Starcraft right? Sounds like a pathetic attempt to make some quick money to me. I would be absolutely amazed if they manage to get 5k viewers. I'm so happy Assembly is scheduled in the same weekend, atleast they will a great viewercount now. | ||
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Yamulo
United States2096 Posts
On February 14 2012 08:25 See.Blue wrote: This sums up my thoughts well. The sense of entitlement is huge. I've honestly thought GSL undervalued their goods in my opinion. This is closer to pushing what I'd be willing to pay, but I'm certainly willing to give them a chance on it. Not everyone can pay 20$ for one weekend... I don't know how you can be mad at people feeling entitled either when plently of other tourneys still offer lq streams. Also, I don't understand why you should really show loyalty to a tournament, you should watch what is best for you, so if people get mad that MLG decided to charge for ppv then they should go watch the other FREE tourney... | ||
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Whatson
United States5356 Posts
On February 14 2012 08:32 red4ce wrote: The worst part of this is that Mr. Chae and snowbird are gonna see this thread, and when they see how everyone is talking about what a better value GSL is they'll bump the price of the GSL tickets by 50%. Probably -.- | ||
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leecH
Germany385 Posts
..to spend my 20$ on 2 packs of cigarets and a bottle of vodka playing starcraft. thats what u like to hear huh MLG? i know you do. i know you do... im so getting drunk. | ||
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SMD
Canada627 Posts
On February 14 2012 08:30 Pholon wrote: you can quote your own poll/report it and it'll show up in multiple places but still work. edit: We should have this on the front page, to see what the % is like, if 20% are willing to pay, that could be enough for MLG to at least break even on the arena. | ||
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Merikh
United States918 Posts
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ch33psh33p
7650 Posts
On February 14 2012 08:30 Pholon wrote: you can quote your own poll/report it and it'll show up in multiple places but still work. edit: Does anyone else think they'd get at least 4x the number if they just charged 5USD? | ||
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DrPandaPhD
5188 Posts
 Wish it was like $5. | ||
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LeFroMaGe
United States628 Posts
On February 14 2012 08:20 Xxio wrote: Well it sounds like it's going to be a lot of content and just think of all the crap that people regularly spend $20 dollars on. I think a long history of mediocre free content has turned many people into penny pinchers when it comes to esports. Hopefully the content MLG produces this year will truly raise standards and people will see that content can be produced that is worth this amount of money. But I've been disappointed before. Maybe it will be the same kind of thing we've always seen and not be worth the money at all. Who knows. This post really hits the nail on the head, and to be honest, if MLG gets a quarter of the viewers throwing down money for Winter Arena this will be a success. | ||
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Xcobidoo
Sweden1871 Posts
I'd stop paying GOM aswell if I thought their pricing went too high, not because I can't afford it but because it's not worth it. | ||
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subV
United States93 Posts
On February 14 2012 08:33 MrCon wrote: 20$ would be perfect but the results are leaked already (Parting will win) so not worth it. :p Um what? You serious? | ||
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feanor1
United States1899 Posts
On February 14 2012 08:24 obesemk wrote: "The same basic Championship experience that was free last year will still be available as a free broadcast; so will events like the Online Qualifiers." What is the basic championship experience? The big convention style events that they had last year with the massive live audience If I see another post comparing this to NBA PPV I am going to punch my monitor. The difference in scale between the NBA, MLB, and NFL is HUGE, those leagues have multibillion dollar television agreements, and sell out stadiums with 50k people at 50-500 a ticket. The NBA was a sustainable model before they introduced PPV online, they priced it at the level they thought would maximize revenue(Cost to provide the service are so low). MLG is not sustainable right now, most LAN tournaments are not. Its not even comparable. | ||
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mango_destroyer
Canada3914 Posts
I would hate myself if I were to buy this. Also this would set a precedent. In the future you think you will be paying less as esports grows (if it does)? I don`t want 20 dollars to become standard for a 3 day event. | ||
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Majynx
United States1431 Posts
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s.a.y
Croatia3840 Posts
With Assemby the same day, i'll be checking TL for reports and Liquipedia for results. | ||
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