EPTSo yah GG MLG.
And me for beeing poor.
How did you watch MLG? - Page 51
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Rafael
Venezuela182 Posts
So yah GG MLG. And me for beeing poor. | ||
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Meta
United States6228 Posts
From what I saw, though, it was a decent tournament. Nothing all that memorable to be honest. One of the reasons free e-sports is so awesome is that you can come and go as you please, you're not forced to watch every game and it's just there in the background if you have the time. I doubt I'll ever spend money on PPV e-sports. I would just rather have the free-to-watch tournaments flourish and support them with my viewership over the PPV tournaments. Sorry Sundance / MLG. I mean, even the GSL is free to watch live, and I've been watching that tournament as often as possible since it began, and will continue to for as long as it's free. | ||
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Marcus420
Canada1923 Posts
On February 28 2012 05:12 ceaRshaf wrote: Come on, just look at NASLs product. If they weren't losing money this world would need to learn economy from the guys running it. And why would I try to resuscitate an almost dying MLG when Dreamhack and IGN have a more interesting business plan to cover more games and at the end bring a way more better product? They are just better. what exactly about those tournys make them a " way better" product and just being "better" in general? You give no real explaination. The only obvious difference is the mlg arenas are PPV. MLG winter arena had excellent production value. Yes, better than DH assembly, etc. Not quite GSL but very good non the less. Honestly, the only thing missing was the crowd. | ||
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mikiao
United States161 Posts
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BoxingKangaroo
Japan955 Posts
On February 28 2012 07:22 LayZRR wrote: restream and workaround. as i dont agree with the opinion of paying for this. It's fine that you don't agree with the PPV model, but you lose all moral high ground by watching it anyway. Not only are you getting something for free which should've been paid for, but you are also depriving other entertainment sources of your patronage. If you don't like the PPV model, fine. So go and show MLG that an ad-supported model can work by going and supporting some free streamers instead of watching MLG. But you didn't. Think of it this way. You want to do some photo editing. You can't afford Photoshop because you're a poor student and Photoshop is expensive. So you pirate it. It's not a lost sale because there's no way you could afford it anyway. No big deal right? This would be a good argument if Photoshop existed in a vacuum. However there are numerous other photo editing suites which could fulfill your needs at much lower price points that you probably could afford. By pirating Photoshop, you are depriving these companies of your patronage (a sale). Similarly with MLG. By not paying, but by spending your time on it, you are depriving other companies of your time, some of which are supported solely by your time (through ad revenue). I'm all for people taking a stance on the PPV model. But don't think by not paying you're doing that. You want to have your cake and eat it too. Basically your stance is 'so long as I can get mine, so be it'. | ||
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Boraz
United States361 Posts
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DreamChaser
1649 Posts
On February 28 2012 08:09 Boraz wrote: I took my computer to my 60" TV and hooked it up to watch 1080p on my 60" TV. Then I proceeded to keep it that way because playing StarCraft 2 on a huge TV is actually really nice. I can only imagine the difficulties, trying to check the mino-map and your resources lol. But for watching SC2 (or other internet streams COUGH porn.) i am jealous. | ||
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ravemir
Portugal595 Posts
They should fix this, as it may ruin the experience for those who pay. | ||
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jmbthirteen
United States10734 Posts
On February 28 2012 08:09 Boraz wrote: I took my computer to my 60" TV and hooked it up to watch 1080p on my 60" TV. Then I proceeded to keep it that way because playing StarCraft 2 on a huge TV is actually really nice. It really is awesome watching 1080p on a huge screen. | ||
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Stanlot
United States5742 Posts
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00Visor
4337 Posts
On February 28 2012 08:08 BoxingKangaroo wrote: It's fine that you don't agree with the PPV model, but you lose all moral high ground by watching it anyway. Not only are you getting something for free which should've been paid for, but you are also depriving other entertainment sources of your patronage. If you don't like the PPV model, fine. So go and show MLG that an ad-supported model can work by going and supporting some free streamers instead of watching MLG. But you didn't. Think of it this way. You want to do some photo editing. You can't afford Photoshop because you're a poor student and Photoshop is expensive. So you pirate it. It's not a lost sale because there's no way you could afford it anyway. No big deal right? This would be a good argument if Photoshop existed in a vacuum. However there are numerous other photo editing suites which could fulfill your needs at much lower price points that you probably could afford. By pirating Photoshop, you are depriving these companies of your patronage (a sale). Similarly with MLG. By not paying, but by spending your time on it, you are depriving other companies of your time, some of which are supported solely by your time (through ad revenue). I'm all for people taking a stance on the PPV model. But don't think by not paying you're doing that. You want to have your cake and eat it too. Basically your stance is 'so long as I can get mine, so be it'. Interesting, I have never seen it this way. There are so many stupid analogies here, but this I like. | ||
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Lumi
United States1616 Posts
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mcc
Czech Republic4646 Posts
On February 28 2012 07:31 Kharnage wrote: I don't agree with the opinion of paying for food. I mean, how fucked up is that! People starve to death! Again terrible analogy as government already does that, they will give you money if you do not have enough for food. | ||
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rEiGN~
369 Posts
On February 28 2012 08:08 BoxingKangaroo wrote: Similarly with MLG. By not paying, but by spending your time on it, you are depriving other companies of your time, some of which are supported solely by your time (through ad revenue). I'm all for people taking a stance on the PPV model. But don't think by not paying you're doing that. Weak analogy overall. Asus ROG and MLG hardly overlapped during the weekend, and there was nothing to stop one from consuming both of them, for free. Asus ROG was in no way deprived from my attention because of me watching MLG at night. | ||
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Boraz
United States361 Posts
On February 28 2012 08:14 DreamChaser wrote: I can only imagine the difficulties, trying to check the mino-map and your resources lol. But for watching SC2 (or other internet streams COUGH porn.) i am jealous. I sit back farther so I can see everything on the screen..minimap and all. | ||
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Doso
Germany769 Posts
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iSometric
2221 Posts
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Bullet
United States280 Posts
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halfies
United Kingdom327 Posts
On February 28 2012 08:08 BoxingKangaroo wrote: It's fine that you don't agree with the PPV model, but you lose all moral high ground by watching it anyway. Not only are you getting something for free which should've been paid for, but you are also depriving other entertainment sources of your patronage. If you don't like the PPV model, fine. So go and show MLG that an ad-supported model can work by going and supporting some free streamers instead of watching MLG. But you didn't. Think of it this way. You want to do some photo editing. You can't afford Photoshop because you're a poor student and Photoshop is expensive. So you pirate it. It's not a lost sale because there's no way you could afford it anyway. No big deal right? This would be a good argument if Photoshop existed in a vacuum. However there are numerous other photo editing suites which could fulfill your needs at much lower price points that you probably could afford. By pirating Photoshop, you are depriving these companies of your patronage (a sale). Similarly with MLG. By not paying, but by spending your time on it, you are depriving other companies of your time, some of which are supported solely by your time (through ad revenue). I'm all for people taking a stance on the PPV model. But don't think by not paying you're doing that. You want to have your cake and eat it too. Basically your stance is 'so long as I can get mine, so be it'. man thats a bad argument | ||
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wei2coolman
United States60033 Posts
just saying. get off your moral high horses. | ||
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