On March 30 2012 06:05 nface wrote:
I don't see anything fair about that, maybe fair for mlg measures but not compared to the general tournament footage.. I don't understand why mlg has to be the only tournament to not stream for free, I mean premium passes for higher quality or earlier vod access can still be offered. Apart from that 10$ is still too much money for an Arena.
The competetive Starcraft scene is far away from being ready for pay tv, don't understand this at all and I think the people who make MLG are seriously money-grubbing.

The way you are thinking is so last year. There's enough content for you to watch if you don't want to pay for it. Just don't watch it then. You don't HAVE to watch it. The people that do want to watch the Arena's will pay for it, and based on the previous Arena, it was worth it overall.

Being a gold member, I now get two Arena's for the same price as the Winter Arena, so I'm happy ^_^.

TERRANLOL

United States626 Posts

March 29 2012 21:19 GMT

#23

$15? Two arenas? Sounds good. Thanks MLG.

mango_destroyer

Canada3914 Posts

March 29 2012 21:23 GMT

#24

I paid for the first arena although I will probably not buy any this time. Doesn`t seem as hype as the championship events(just feels like glorified qualifiers but with nice prizes) and there appears to be other means to watch it.

Who knows I might end up buying it when the time comes near, but it doesnt seem like it.

TheSir

1830 Posts

March 29 2012 21:23 GMT

#25

Well nice but im not really interested, i'll check again when you offer daily passes for Arena 2. Not even slightly interested in Arena 1 and im fine with a weekend watching it in SD if i even have time to watch some games.

TERRANLOL

United States626 Posts

March 29 2012 21:24 GMT

#26

Couple things
[1] VODs are free a week after the event happens.
[2] You're complaining because somebody isn't willing to give you something for free
[3] They're flying all these korean players into the MLG studio and paying for their hotel stay and roundtrip. It costs a lot of money.
[4] There are people who are willing to pay for this event to support MLG and eSports.
[5] Compared to how much money you spend doing other things that cost money, you get an incredible amount of content.
Buy a movie? (1.5 hours) $15. Rent it? (1.5 hours) $7. Go golfing? $20 (4 hours)
MLG? $30 (10 hours MINIMUM)

busbarn

Sweden984 Posts

March 29 2012 21:24 GMT

#27

I can definately pay 15$ for HD for 4 events, it's a very good price. I'm a little bit sad MLG don't care as much to bring in new viewers like they did last season. I remember MLG being on the top of r/gaming, now it's like they choose to go the other way, looking for the hardcore fans only. Oh well as long as they keep putting up good events I'll watch and pay as much as I can afford.

0kz

Italy1118 Posts

March 29 2012 21:25 GMT

#28

Im not buying this mostly because Im not working atm so cant use my money in this kind of things and even if I find prices a little high I see no problem about it.. we still get same things as last years for free and they just added more and ask money for it..what means no one is forcing you to buy it.. yay if you like it and can buy it then do it.. if not then just don't do it

arQ

1033 Posts

March 29 2012 21:27 GMT

#29

On March 30 2012 06:07 Adreme wrote:

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Wanting to at least make a profit after years of not isnt exactly money grubbing.

It's not about "wanting" to make a profit. It's about turning this business model into a business that makes a profit in order to not have to close down. Thats what its about.

Achaia

United States643 Posts

March 29 2012 21:31 GMT

#30

I like the new setup, $30 for the season of events is much more reasonable than just $20 for a weekend. Well done MLG, well done.

Noocta

France12578 Posts

March 29 2012 21:33 GMT

#31

Much much better.
Happy they listen about that.

Trowa127

United Kingdom1230 Posts

March 29 2012 21:34 GMT

#32

$30 is a very good price. I guess they thought they could lower the price not only because of feedback from the community, but Sundance did say that viewership for the $20 pay per view event was actually higher than they anticipated.

<3 you MLG.

Also to people who say they don't understand the pricing, one of the reasons I love MLG and am happy to pay for it is the storylines. The open bracket format lends itself to epic, epic runs (Naniwa, Polt etc) and there are so many awesome rivalries (Idra vs MC?). So yeah, thats why I think its fair.

Linwelin

Ireland7554 Posts

March 29 2012 21:38 GMT

#33

Well the price is much better now.
I will still not buy it though

Zealos

United Kingdom3575 Posts

March 29 2012 21:38 GMT

#34

An instant buy. Watching the winter arena was one of my favorite weekends all year, so tense :D

Derez

Netherlands6068 Posts

March 29 2012 21:39 GMT

#35

15 USD as a gold member is a decent price. Will be buying.

Azarkon

United States21060 Posts

March 29 2012 21:42 GMT

#36

Much better price system. I have gold membership, but am going to wait till the line-up is revealed for the Spring Arenas before buying them - nothing against MLG there, just the way I watch these days, need players I like before dropping the $.

EDIT: before anyone asks - any line-up that has one of Stephano, IdrA, Naniwa, Ret, Nerchio, HuK, and Sen is enough to draw me in.

jmbthirteen

United States10734 Posts

March 29 2012 21:52 GMT

#37

On March 30 2012 06:42 Azarkon wrote:
Much better price system. I have gold membership, but am going to wait till the line-up is revealed for the Spring Arenas before buying them - nothing against MLG there, just the way I watch these days, need players I like before dropping the $.

EDIT: before anyone asks - any line-up that has one of Stephano, IdrA, Naniwa, Ret, Nerchio, HuK, and Sen is enough to draw me in.

well the first arena is the top 8 from columbus which has huk and naniwa!

AusBox

Australia214 Posts

March 29 2012 21:54 GMT

#38

Bad event dates and time means a no buy for me.

johnny123

521 Posts

March 29 2012 21:55 GMT

#39

interesting, ill wait till the date comes closer to these ppvs to see what the player line up is before deciding to purchase or not. The winter areana was good, but lets be honest, one of these upcoming areana's i forget which one will collide with dream hack. The last arena mlg might have been able to win out ASUS, but theres no way in hell people going to pay for mlg areana while they can watch dream hack for free on the same day. I will wait to see what the player line up is ( because obviously dream hack will steal some players) to make my decision.