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MLG Arenas now free

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jmbthirteen
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United States10734 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-06-23 03:35:16
June 23 2012 03:07 GMT
#1
Sundance is at it again on twitter. The coming Arena's (both SC2 and LoL) will be free.

Sundance DiGiovanni
‏@MLGSundance
Following
feeling good about making Arenas freemium. also feeling good about the drink I just poured.




Between a sponsor and strong season pass sales for Spring, this became possible

Sundance DiGiovanni
‏@MLGSundance
Following
Yes I meant SC2 as well as LoL. Yes Gold members still have benefits. Yes, I’m having another drink.



Sundance DiGiovanni ‏@MLGSundance
Final note - this is possible because we did well with season passes and crushed it with Anaheim. Opened the door to more partner $. (cont)




Sundance DiGiovanni ‏@MLGSundance
We have options now. Makes my job more enjoyable. Hopefully everyone who hasn’t had a chance to watch an Arena will enjoy. Yay growth!



So Arenas will now be under the freemium model like their championship events. No word on what benefits the Gold Members will get.

EDIT: It is unconfirmed whether this is for all Arena's from now on. Summer season is freemium for certain though.
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ZeromuS
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Canada13389 Posts
June 23 2012 03:08 GMT
#2
Awesome :D I look forward to my free arenas :D
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Depetrify
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
978 Posts
June 23 2012 03:08 GMT
#3
Sick.
Wafflelisk
Profile Joined October 2011
Canada1061 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-06-23 03:08:49
June 23 2012 03:08 GMT
#4
This is so awesome for me. Sad I missed out in the past, and was thinking of buying this time.
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Profile Blog Joined August 2011
Australia54784 Posts
June 23 2012 03:08 GMT
#5
WOO!!!
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Profile Joined December 2010
Canada444 Posts
June 23 2012 03:09 GMT
#6
EPIC!
and i was like BANELINGS x 3
pdd
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
Australia9933 Posts
June 23 2012 03:09 GMT
#7
Awesome! Look forward to finally being able to watch it live.
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StarBrift
Profile Joined January 2008
Sweden1761 Posts
June 23 2012 03:11 GMT
#8
Nice news. Felt that I missed a lot of games this spring.
A-p-p-l-e-s
Profile Joined September 2010
Canada314 Posts
June 23 2012 03:12 GMT
#9
yay free
Torte de Lini
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Germany38463 Posts
June 23 2012 03:12 GMT
#10
It's not permanently free, but the next one is looking to be :B
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Windwaker
Profile Joined February 2012
Germany1597 Posts
June 23 2012 03:12 GMT
#11
nice really great will buy a gold pass now
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Nazeron
Profile Joined September 2010
Canada1046 Posts
June 23 2012 03:13 GMT
#12
Cool, great to see it go free, still def would have paid to watch tho, really awesome job by mlg
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PardonYou
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States1360 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-06-23 03:25:28
June 23 2012 03:13 GMT
#13
Oh, wow. I can finally watch one of these. I'd like to see the amount made from the sponsor and the past arenas to see how they could afford this. Also, wouldn't that be a sign that they could lower future prices?

Also, thank you MLG and Sundance!
Boblhead
Profile Joined August 2010
United States2577 Posts
June 23 2012 03:14 GMT
#14
Sundance finally realizes that you can run a free stream and still remain profitable

>Literally took him fucking 2+ years to realize this?
Dakure
Profile Joined February 2011
United States513 Posts
June 23 2012 03:16 GMT
#15
Man that feel when we made esports grow. Seeing as how I've paid for every arena thus far, I'll be trying the freemium for now. We'll see.
c0ldwinter
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
United States238 Posts
June 23 2012 03:17 GMT
#16
now i can finally watch it at my house with friends
Probe1
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States17920 Posts
June 23 2012 03:17 GMT
#17
I wish GSL would do this with their "High Quality" non GSL/GSTL stream events..

+ Show Spoiler +
GOM has bad quality streams It's true.

Way to go MLG.
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Angelbelow
Profile Joined September 2010
United States3728 Posts
June 23 2012 03:18 GMT
#18
Awesome news.
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Weird
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States832 Posts
June 23 2012 03:18 GMT
#19
On June 23 2012 12:14 Boblhead wrote:
Sundance finally realizes that you can run a free stream and still remain profitable

>Literally took him fucking 2+ years to realize this?


YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY ANGRY POSTS ABOUT GOOD NEWS

YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY SC2 COMMUNITY!!!

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TommyP
Profile Joined December 2011
United States6231 Posts
June 23 2012 03:18 GMT
#20
paid for all arenas, would have paid for another, glad i dont have too. yay esports!! and yay for MLG!
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