MLG Winter Arena to be PPV - Page 88

On February 14 2012 15:07 Milkis wrote:


They probably started with 20 dollars cause it's always nicer on PR to lower price than to raise prices.

So you "experiment" with the higher price first in this case I suppose.

On February 14 2012 15:14 BronzeKnee wrote:
First we had this:
"Gold Membership is a great way to get access to the best that MLG has to offer. Watch the Live Events in High Definition..."

And now this:
"The MLG Winter Arena PPV Event is not included in any of MLG’s current Membership packages."

And I thought the Gold Package was such a great idea when I paid for it when it came out last year... this is basically bait and switch, I am disgusted with MLG.

On February 14 2012 15:13 Femari wrote:
I dont see why this is such an issue unless the majority of people on TL do not have friends

Get a few friends, throw some money together, pay for it, watch a ton of starcraft, have fun. Pretty simple.

It's not that much. Also this will be help them pay for paying for everything for the players.

On February 14 2012 15:13 Femari wrote:
I dont see why this is such an issue unless the majority of people on TL do not have friends

Get a few friends, throw some money together, pay for it, watch a ton of starcraft, have fun. Pretty simple.

It's not that much. Also this will be help them pay for paying for everything for the players.

On February 14 2012 15:16 juicyjames wrote:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Door-in-the-face_technique

The door-in-the-face (DITF) technique is a persuasion method. The persuader attempts to convince someone to comply with a request by first making an extremely large request that the respondent will obviously turn down, with a metaphorical slamming of a door in the persuader's face. The respondent is then more likely to accede to a second, more reasonable request than if this second request were made without the first, extreme request. Robert Cialdini suggests this as a form of reciprocity, i.e. the (induced) sharp negative response to the first request creates a sense of debt or guilt that the second request offers to clear, and the reduced second request is interpreted by the receiver as a concession which is reciprocated by compliance with the request. Alternately, a reference point (or framing) construal may explain this phenomenon, as the initial bad offer sets a reference point from which the second offer looks like an improvement.

On February 14 2012 15:17 Haydin wrote:
Well I'll be watching the Asus ROG tournament then. $20 for a weekend with ads? That's a completely ridiculous price compared to everything MLG has offered previously, as well as every other competitor out there. I mean, it's $5 less than an entire, several month season of GSL! They're really screwing over their gold members here, and pulling this less than a week before the event is not exactly the kind of behavior I've come to expect from MLG.

If MLG wants more of my money, they're going to have to be a lot more reasonable about this. I'm not going to blindly throw money at them.

On February 14 2012 14:55 Akta wrote:
Been thinking about the "charity" aspect as well.

Don't think I'll buy it just to support it but I don't really know why. Perhaps because it wont help anyone else or whatever since there are no free streams for others to watch. Or because I'd rather see other models succeed like dreamhacks, or other innovations.

I mean, why buy something for other reasons than that I think it's worth it when I can't think of any other reason. Can't see how it could attract more future viewers for example, feels more like the opposite. And I don't know how well produced it will be or if there will be tons of boring downtime etc.

I'm not even sure it's good in the long run if the big organizations rely on charity, unlike players and teams where it's more of a sustainable natural part of the revenue..

On February 14 2012 15:16 KiNGxXx wrote:

Having friends is not the same as "having friends who like Starcraft and want to watch it". This argument is just silly. You can say it for everything: Too expansive, well, share it with friends!

On February 14 2012 15:16 juicyjames wrote:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Door-in-the-face_technique

The door-in-the-face (DITF) technique is a persuasion method. The persuader attempts to convince someone to comply with a request by first making an extremely large request that the respondent will obviously turn down, with a metaphorical slamming of a door in the persuader's face. The respondent is then more likely to accede to a second, more reasonable request than if this second request were made without the first, extreme request. Robert Cialdini suggests this as a form of reciprocity, i.e. the (induced) sharp negative response to the first request creates a sense of debt or guilt that the second request offers to clear, and the reduced second request is interpreted by the receiver as a concession which is reciprocated by compliance with the request. Alternately, a reference point (or framing) construal may explain this phenomenon, as the initial bad offer sets a reference point from which the second offer looks like an improvement.

On February 14 2012 14:59 Brosy wrote:
The problem shouldn't be that MLG is charging for this event, but the way they are handling it.

-They announce 4 days before the event that it will be PPV.
-Gold members are not included
-Sundance has tweeted that MLG will have a package put together for the rest (6 more) of the arenas so people can buy passes in bulk.

They should have implemented a system where if they are making a series of 7 events PPV than have the premium package available before they start. Also to announce that an event is PPV 4 days before the even is completely unprofessional from a business stand point. $20 may not be a large amount of money but when the majority of the viewer base is younger, and unlikely to have established careers, giving short notice on any expense is considerably inconsiderate.