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farvacola
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
United States18866 Posts
February 24 2012 17:53 GMT
#921
On February 25 2012 02:49 OTIX wrote:
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On February 25 2012 02:31 Iyerbeth wrote:
Seems like a bit of a stupid arguement with a lot of miscommunications and silly rumours to me either way, in what is essentially a policy announcement - unless you believe the claims that TL was purposely trying to harm MLG that is.

It's not a new policy, TL didn't promote the GOM Arena of Legends either since there was no free stream.

That's a lie, the AOL was listed on the right just like everything else. Revisionist history at work yet again. I'm just excited for the arena to begin!
"when the Dead Kennedys found out they had skinhead fans, they literally wrote a song titled 'Nazi Punks Fuck Off'"
Thorantham
Profile Joined September 2010
United States221 Posts
February 24 2012 17:55 GMT
#922
On February 25 2012 02:47 FryBender wrote:
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On February 25 2012 02:37 Thorantham wrote:
TL, if you are going to stand up and attempt to portray transparency and talk about your dedication to your sites objectives and how that doesn't include listing PPV events then please do tell us all what reasonable price you gave MLG for a sponsored thread. I'm sure that a number of your community would feel differently if the price as $1000 s $50,000....



Honestly why does it matter what the amount was? Who cares if it was a million dollars or a 100 dollars.TL felt like they could provide a service for MLG and asked for what I'm sure was their fair assessment for what they felt that service was worth. MLG didn't feel like it was worth it to spend the money on what TL was offering, hence just a rejection and no negotiations. That's it. There are no bad guys here and form what it looks like it really does not seem like there is any bad blood anywhere except with vVv trying to create extra drama just so that their name is out there. How is it any of our business what the internal dealings of two business organizations are? We're lucky HB told us about any of the process so we get an inside look at how the industry is functioning. But honestly this is why you don't ask a butcher how sausage is made. Just be happy with the end product.




It matters a great deal if you are truly interested in how the industry is functioning. More importantly TL is making a big point of stating that they offer a reasonable alternative - as are many of the supporters here. Let's see.

Condor Hero
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
United States2931 Posts
February 24 2012 17:56 GMT
#923
On February 25 2012 02:52 d9mmdi wrote:
I am not convinced by the reasons, at least it could be listed for information purposes without a direct link.
Its a business decision by TL which is fine but i do not agree.

Information is advertising.

Just because it's not a flashly banner that MLG's website has in abundance doesn't mean it's not advertising.
Cosmos
Profile Joined March 2010
Belgium1077 Posts
February 24 2012 17:57 GMT
#924
I'm happy TL decided to do so.
http://www.twitch.tv/becosmos
Doodsmack
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States7224 Posts
February 24 2012 18:05 GMT
#925
lol @ vVv coming in here acting like they're fighting for justice and in the right. They blatantly stand to profit from this whole issue being resolved in their favor. Their team leader lied through his teeth about not having a bone to pick in this, hoping we wouldn't realize that vVv is participating in the MLG referral program. You would think they would know to stop digging their hole.
Doodsmack
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States7224 Posts
February 24 2012 18:05 GMT
#926
On February 25 2012 02:56 Condor Hero wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 25 2012 02:52 d9mmdi wrote:
I am not convinced by the reasons, at least it could be listed for information purposes without a direct link.
Its a business decision by TL which is fine but i do not agree.

Information is advertising.

Just because it's not a flashly banner that MLG's website has in abundance doesn't mean it's not advertising.



By that reasoning, the free stream calendar listings are advertisements as well.
SugarBear
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
United States842 Posts
February 24 2012 18:07 GMT
#927
On February 25 2012 03:05 Doodsmack wrote:
lol @ vVv coming in here acting like they're fighting for justice and in the right. They blatantly stand to profit from this whole issue being resolved in their favor. Their team leader lied through his teeth about not having a bone to pick in this, hoping we wouldn't realize that vVv is participating in the MLG referral program. You would think they would know to stop digging their hole.


Unless TL was planning on posting our referral link on their calendar we wouldn't profit from MLG being listed at all.
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StarStruck
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
25339 Posts
February 24 2012 18:08 GMT
#928
On February 25 2012 02:53 farvacola wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 25 2012 02:49 OTIX wrote:
On February 25 2012 02:31 Iyerbeth wrote:
Seems like a bit of a stupid arguement with a lot of miscommunications and silly rumours to me either way, in what is essentially a policy announcement - unless you believe the claims that TL was purposely trying to harm MLG that is.

It's not a new policy, TL didn't promote the GOM Arena of Legends either since there was no free stream.

That's a lie, the AOL was listed on the right just like everything else. Revisionist history at work yet again. I'm just excited for the arena to begin!


They've already made a statement with regards to this. They only published it once the stream was made public.
Torte de Lini
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Germany38463 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-02-24 18:08:41
February 24 2012 18:08 GMT
#929
Don't think vVv would profit from the system whatsoever [they dont have any players at arena]
https://twitter.com/#!/TorteDeLini (@TorteDeLini)
StarStruck
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
25339 Posts
February 24 2012 18:10 GMT
#930
On February 25 2012 03:05 Doodsmack wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 25 2012 02:56 Condor Hero wrote:
On February 25 2012 02:52 d9mmdi wrote:
I am not convinced by the reasons, at least it could be listed for information purposes without a direct link.
Its a business decision by TL which is fine but i do not agree.

Information is advertising.

Just because it's not a flashly banner that MLG's website has in abundance doesn't mean it's not advertising.



By that reasoning, the free stream calendar listings are advertisements as well.


It's because those streams are public service. I already addressed this. The only beneficiary from that advertised space would be MLG.

There's enough advertising as is.
Doodsmack
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States7224 Posts
February 24 2012 18:13 GMT
#931
On February 25 2012 03:10 StarStruck wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 25 2012 03:05 Doodsmack wrote:
On February 25 2012 02:56 Condor Hero wrote:
On February 25 2012 02:52 d9mmdi wrote:
I am not convinced by the reasons, at least it could be listed for information purposes without a direct link.
Its a business decision by TL which is fine but i do not agree.

Information is advertising.

Just because it's not a flashly banner that MLG's website has in abundance doesn't mean it's not advertising.



By that reasoning, the free stream calendar listings are advertisements as well.


It's because those streams are public service. I already addressed this. The only beneficiary from that advertised space would be MLG.

There's enough advertising as is.



Public service? They are generating ad revenue.
Torte de Lini
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Germany38463 Posts
February 24 2012 18:15 GMT
#932
On February 25 2012 03:13 Doodsmack wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 25 2012 03:10 StarStruck wrote:
On February 25 2012 03:05 Doodsmack wrote:
On February 25 2012 02:56 Condor Hero wrote:
On February 25 2012 02:52 d9mmdi wrote:
I am not convinced by the reasons, at least it could be listed for information purposes without a direct link.
Its a business decision by TL which is fine but i do not agree.

Information is advertising.

Just because it's not a flashly banner that MLG's website has in abundance doesn't mean it's not advertising.



By that reasoning, the free stream calendar listings are advertisements as well.


It's because those streams are public service. I already addressed this. The only beneficiary from that advertised space would be MLG.

There's enough advertising as is.



Public service? They are generating ad revenue.


But also promoting small leagues that offer free streams. The trade-off isn't even close.
https://twitter.com/#!/TorteDeLini (@TorteDeLini)
Thorantham
Profile Joined September 2010
United States221 Posts
February 24 2012 18:25 GMT
#933
On February 25 2012 03:10 StarStruck wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 25 2012 03:05 Doodsmack wrote:
On February 25 2012 02:56 Condor Hero wrote:
On February 25 2012 02:52 d9mmdi wrote:
I am not convinced by the reasons, at least it could be listed for information purposes without a direct link.
Its a business decision by TL which is fine but i do not agree.

Information is advertising.

Just because it's not a flashly banner that MLG's website has in abundance doesn't mean it's not advertising.



By that reasoning, the free stream calendar listings are advertisements as well.


It's because those streams are public service. I already addressed this. The only beneficiary from that advertised space would be MLG.

There's enough advertising as is.



Public service? You're out of your mind. Everyone wants to get listed on TL so they can make money from their stream ads. Every event stream gets paid. The only difference is MLG's requires the viewer to pay and not companies that run ads.
jarf1337
Profile Joined July 2010
United States146 Posts
February 24 2012 18:28 GMT
#934
Oh wow... I just realized that the event isn't even listed on the calendar at all. I thought that they simply meant there would be no stream links or anything under the event listing. I don't agree with them refusing to list the event at all... at least have it on the calendar with a sparse amount of information or something.
wut kan i dew
Deleted User 26513
Profile Joined February 2007
2376 Posts
February 24 2012 18:29 GMT
#935
On February 25 2012 03:25 Thorantham wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 25 2012 03:10 StarStruck wrote:
On February 25 2012 03:05 Doodsmack wrote:
On February 25 2012 02:56 Condor Hero wrote:
On February 25 2012 02:52 d9mmdi wrote:
I am not convinced by the reasons, at least it could be listed for information purposes without a direct link.
Its a business decision by TL which is fine but i do not agree.

Information is advertising.

Just because it's not a flashly banner that MLG's website has in abundance doesn't mean it's not advertising.



By that reasoning, the free stream calendar listings are advertisements as well.


It's because those streams are public service. I already addressed this. The only beneficiary from that advertised space would be MLG.

There's enough advertising as is.



Public service? You're out of your mind. Everyone wants to get listed on TL so they can make money from their stream ads. Every event stream gets paid. The only difference is MLG's requires the viewer to pay and not companies that run ads.

And that difference is exactly why MLG must pay for it.
Simple as that
I support TL in their decision. It's reasonable.
InternalSync
Profile Joined December 2011
176 Posts
February 24 2012 18:30 GMT
#936
I find it very amusing that MLG's response to TL's price was "its a lot". Well, that's how the majority of us feel about their price for the Winter Arena. I guess MLG doesn't like the taste of their own medicine.
Akta
Profile Joined February 2011
447 Posts
February 24 2012 18:31 GMT
#937
On February 25 2012 03:25 Thorantham wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 25 2012 03:10 StarStruck wrote:
On February 25 2012 03:05 Doodsmack wrote:
On February 25 2012 02:56 Condor Hero wrote:
On February 25 2012 02:52 d9mmdi wrote:
I am not convinced by the reasons, at least it could be listed for information purposes without a direct link.
Its a business decision by TL which is fine but i do not agree.

Information is advertising.

Just because it's not a flashly banner that MLG's website has in abundance doesn't mean it's not advertising.



By that reasoning, the free stream calendar listings are advertisements as well.


It's because those streams are public service. I already addressed this. The only beneficiary from that advertised space would be MLG.

There's enough advertising as is.



Public service? You're out of your mind. Everyone wants to get listed on TL so they can make money from their stream ads. Every event stream gets paid. The only difference is MLG's requires the viewer to pay and not companies that run ads.
That people can click the links and watch without paying someone is a pretty big difference as well.
Idgaf
Profile Joined November 2010
United States16 Posts
February 24 2012 18:33 GMT
#938
So let me get this all straight, some vVv guy came in with concerns about some stuff that went down between TL and MLG. Which bacally boils down to,TL posts a poll asking how their comunity feels about the new PPV system as a whole. The vast majority of the sample said they would not pay and they were against PPV. If this information was polled to find where their public standpoint should be or if it would be benefitial to do the referal thing to make money from TL site area pass buyers is all speculation but something to consider. Then after this fact if I'm understanding corectly TL publicly said they do not support the PPV system and it goes against what the sport is (paraphrased not quoted). After taking a public stand point against PPV, they tried to make a deal with MLG to make profit for advertiseing off the system they desided to publicly oppose, in which a "not unsubstatial amount of money" was requested by TL then rejected by MLG. The things I don't understand and would like answered are pretty straight foward.

1. Why did you oppose a system like PPV publicly then try to make a cut off advertisement of that system?

2. How much money was it in question that TL asked for, to have MLG Ads on TL? (I feel because no deal was made there is no harm in revealing this amount and it would shed some light on the situation).

3. For your dealings between TL and MLG to be leaked on a forum is one thing but, then the aspects of your dealings were openly talked about by a member who was part of the behind closed doors stuff. Was there no NDA on your business dealings? (In almost all serious business I've ever had dealings with the responces would have been considered very unprofessional. Im not saying that the other vVv guy was being any better but TL has a standard to live up to and I feel it kind of became a pissing contest to a point.)

4. Also (I hope I don't get banned or warned for this because I'm not meaning to be agressive towards anyone I'm just trying to find out what all really went down) I was looking at a few of the posts at the beginning of this thread and I noticed some of them had been edited by HB after some of these "Rumors" surfaced. Which leads me to think there is more we are not being told :X. What was changed and why did you feel the need to edit it?

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JBright
Profile Joined September 2010
Vancouver14381 Posts
February 24 2012 18:33 GMT
#939
On February 25 2012 03:28 jarf1337 wrote:
Oh wow... I just realized that the event isn't even listed on the calendar at all. I thought that they simply meant there would be no stream links or anything under the event listing. I don't agree with them refusing to list the event at all... at least have it on the calendar with a sparse amount of information or something.


You can still see it in the recent results on the new homepage. It lists all the major events and links to Liquidpedia so you can check things out in detail.
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Rassy
Profile Joined August 2010
Netherlands2308 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-02-24 18:37:23
February 24 2012 18:34 GMT
#940
Mlg should just suck it up and pay tl for the thread/calendar
Am suprised mlg refused to pay annything,as an american company i expected them to be pragmatic
Maybe they wanted to pay but tl wanted more, i dont know.
If Mlg is going to fully monetise sc then they should expect to pay for services provided by others as well.
It is a somewhat opportunistic timing of TL to jump on the occassion now and charge mlg but they have every right to do so and their product definatly has a huge value.
Mlg refusing to pay others who help make their tournament a succes, while they are trying to monetise starcraft for themselves makes them look bad.
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