MLG Winter Arena to be PPV - Page 236

On February 27 2012 08:37 Astro-Penguin wrote:
Kind of disappointed that they aren't addressing the free viewing of the event (Unfair to people who actually paid tt), but overall this tournament has been a great success.

On February 27 2012 08:35 Arghmyliver wrote:
I watched this MLG for free. The production was great. People have told me that "The price is fine, dont be cheap." I'm not cheap, I just don't have $20. I place little to no value on money, my lifestyle is efficient, comfortable, and affordable. I feel like it was the contribution of the community that allowed people like MLG to make any money in the first place. So charging me for this content is insulting, demeaning, and frankly - shows that MLG is so profit driven that they can't see past their own paychecks. It has been sad for me to watch SC grow from humble roots, to a strong, community driven flourish and now fall to the corrupt and disgustingly immoral capitalist dogma that hinders our species as a whole. PLEASE make this a "pay what you can" event. PLEASE understand that without the community you are nothing. and PLEASE do not become AMERICAN POLITICS. Think of how bad that stigma is.

On February 27 2012 08:42 Forikorder wrote:
so sundance called this event a big success and confirmed two more events

make me wonder about actual numbers and if they managed to turn a legit profit over it

On February 27 2012 08:40 solidbebe wrote:


Honestly, it's not. Everyone knew there would be restreams or something that would allow not paying people to watch. (whether this be a bug or not doesnt matter). They still choose to pay to support MLG, and have a stream with no problems.

On February 27 2012 08:35 Arghmyliver wrote:
I watched this MLG for free. The production was great. People have told me that "The price is fine, dont be cheap." I'm not cheap, I just don't have $20. I place little to no value on money, my lifestyle is efficient, comfortable, and affordable. I feel like it was the contribution of the community that allowed people like MLG to make any money in the first place. So charging me for this content is insulting, demeaning, and frankly - shows that MLG is so profit driven that they can't see past their own paychecks. It has been sad for me to watch SC grow from humble roots, to a strong, community driven flourish and now fall to the corrupt and disgustingly immoral capitalist dogma that hinders our species as a whole. PLEASE make this a "pay what you can" event. PLEASE understand that without the community you are nothing. and PLEASE do not become AMERICAN POLITICS. Think of how bad that stigma is.

On February 27 2012 08:46 Astro-Penguin wrote:


Re-streams can be shutdown and aren't to easy to find, and going into this If I'm going to donate my money I'm going to give it a much better cause, not that I don't support Starcraft 2 but I find it absurd that you think its okay that honest paying customers are basically paying under false pretense for something that everyone else has access to, even though its not directly MLG's fault I cant help but feel like I'm being screwed over.

and fyi the free steam is actually much smoother then the actual pay per view which is kind of unacceptable... take the time to think how you would feel if you paid 20 dollars for something you could get free with better quality, basically what your saying is that its okay to pay for an item that everyone else can get for free just because it "supports" an organization

On February 27 2012 08:43 draumr wrote:


This makes me angry. I don't mean, it disappoints me, or i'm slightly annoyed by it, but I am actually angry by statements like this. I am sorry that someone try to be successful. I am sorry you don't personally care about money, or having a lifestyle different than your own. I am sorry you want MLG employee's to not make money to make your life better. I am sorry that we can't all do whatever we want without ever worrying about money and everyone would help each other.

Seriously, that is not how the world works. This isn't a fairy tale. I can understand complaining because you don't feel something is worth what they are charging, or not buying because you live in EU/work/are poor. But to bitch about the world because you dislike how it works is mind boggling. Charging you for dozens of peoples hard work in order to provide you entertainment is not insulting or demeaning. It is how these people LIVE. They aren't pocketing 90% profits and begging for more money for no reason, they aren't making money and have a ton of venture capital keeping their business going, and want to be more self reliant. If you don't want to support that than don't, but don't bitch and try to say the way the world works is unjust because MLG is wanting to charge money for an event.

On February 27 2012 08:47 LuckoftheIrish wrote:


How dare you.

Get off your high horse, recognize how ridiculous you sound, and join the rest of us in reality.

Honestly I agree with him in the sense that this esports community wasn't ready for the jump to 20 bucks.

If it was a totally free event that accepted paypal, and if I had a chance to watch more than half a day, I would have had no problem throwing 10 bucks at the event.

On February 27 2012 08:50 LuckoftheIrish wrote:
Fortunately, other events exist. Might be a problem if everyone goes PPV all the time and there's NO free content, but that's never going to happen.

On February 27 2012 08:48 LuckoftheIrish wrote:


Just because people are stealing a product and screwing the teams and players they ostensibly support doesn't make me feel worse about myself. On the contrary, in fact. From a functional perspective, maybe I made a bad choice buying a pass. From a moral and ethical perspective, I made the right one.

its not that they cant look past there paychecks, there trying to actually be GETTING a paycheck

On February 27 2012 08:56 malaan wrote:
I really dont see what the problem is, it's $20 and provided 3 days of great entertainment.

People reading into it like its some kind of monopolising conspiracy need to get off the internet for a few days and chill.