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On February 28 2012 20:36 Nourek wrote:Show nested quote +On February 28 2012 17:48 Ampster wrote:
•Restream or rebroadcast from previous day of the event (like we have in MLG Pro Circuit 2011) [X]: Being able to watch the entire or a portion of the previous day of the event that I missed out due to being in different time zone is always better than watching separate VoDs.
You can already do that if you watch the vods directly on twitch.tv's site (e.g. twitch.tv/mlg_arena/videos). Granted, I don't think MLG tells you anywhere how to do that exactly.
Oh well, I guess they already covered in that department. What's left is probably the lag and the prize. Thanks for telling.
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As long as I have nothing going on. I will be subscribing to every MLG arena. Quality was amazing, they had some great casters, and I really enjoyed how the casters would get the opinion from other casters after the game, or pro gamers, in catz case.
There were some lag issues that I'm sure will be fixed in the future, but not enough to ruin the event.
I think they could also pick up a couple better casters for the next event.
Totally worth 20 bucks.
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how is the free stream bug a bad thing?
for whom?
It was accidental, nobody lost anything whatsoever from it, and It certainly won't happen again.
It was probably the best kind of "bug" or technical difficulty anyone could ever have had.
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Atleast for me it depends few factors. Who are in the tournament and who is casting.
And I did not pay for latest Winter Arena since I could watch it free :o did I miss something?
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I watched some games on a restreat because the time was p retty bad for europe.. Still Id buy a pass if it was cheaper but I think 20$ is too much
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I kept an eye on the results over the weekend, and was excited to hear about MKP winning (yay  ), but there is no way I can dedicate the time to watch enough over the weekend to justify $20, and would feel the same about future weekends as well (I have a life outside of my SC2 hobby).
I'm looking forward to checking out the VoD's when they are released to get a better feeling for the event and catch some of the better games. That's enough for me
If they had a $5 ticket that gave instant access to VoD's or maybe access to a low quality stream I'd definitely consider a future ticket. I'd probably be prepared to pay up to $10 for this, but any more it wouldn't be worth it for me as I don't have the time to watch enough of the games.
I'd love to get some detailed feedback from MLG about how successful this event was for them, but I'm not expecting to see this. I guess we'll know based on how they price the second Arena.
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Probably yes. The production value was very high and dollars are cheap in my country's currency.
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I think if for the next Arena the reddit topic about restreams gets enough upvotes to be on the frontpage than MLG will find themselves in the hilarious position where the restreams of their event will have more viewers than their official stream. This time around, the most popular restream had more than 20 000 viewers during the final matches.
Regarding the question, no, I did not pay and will not ever pay for a PPV because I strongly disagree with MLG's business model. I think in this case a free 360p stream and a 10$ ticket for 480p+ would have made MLG -MORE- money than what they did, while also keeping their viewer numbers very high and not alienating any existing or potential new Starcraft 2 fans. I would have gladly paid in such a case.
But as it is now, restreams, here I come!
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i think i would subscribe for a mlg europe arena, but as it is the times are just bad for europe, i can never catch all games. i know its not the right thing to do, but i think i will watch some games via restreams at future arenas
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My question is why should I pay money again when the masses will just watch it for free anyway and then complain about the product as if they have a right to complain when not paying for it. If they do a paywall again, after this seasons arena I'll definitely wait until the tournament starts to see if there's an easy way around it before I pay.
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Was well worth the money, but I bought it at the last minute because it is a lot of time you have to dedicate to watching, and i wanted to ensure i had that time. I will buy it again if i have the time
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For 5-9 bucks yes. For more no.
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Yes I will subscribe to the next one, as long as its not placed in the weekend before MIDTERMS start.
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On February 27 2012 12:29 Myles wrote:
Good: Code S caliber player lineup,
This is wrong. Yes, there were S-class players in the lineup, but there were also players that wouldn't stand the slightest chance in code S, so I wouldn't call it an S-class lineup.
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Nah i wont and i subbed this time, unless its not ran on twitch tv, they always screw me over with lag at the most annoying occasions, if the price was lower than 20 and it wasnt on twitch i would purchase.
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On February 28 2012 21:15 Pure-SC2 wrote:I kept an eye on the results over the weekend, and was excited to hear about MKP winning (yay ), but there is no way I can dedicate the time to watch enough over the weekend to justify $20, and would feel the same about future weekends as well (I have a life outside of my SC2 hobby).
That's my problem as well.
20$ for the amount of content they provide might be fine (though still a tough decision with other weekend tournaments (HSC) being way cheaper).
But I cannot watch all the content, because of time constraints. For me it would be "20$ for about 4hours on sunday" - and that's just not worth it. So a final (day) only option would be appreciated by me.
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So many people got to watch it free i had to pay and feel kinda scammed because of it, will probs use the work around next time to watch
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