EPTMLG Arenas now free - Page 13
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Gihi
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MooLen
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andropopp
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Leetley
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Kuni
Austria765 Posts
Apparently we don't really need it after all. | ||
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FeyFey
Germany10114 Posts
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Zealos
United Kingdom3575 Posts
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? No, read the post, then reevaluate your opinion. | ||
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Caddy
United Kingdom178 Posts
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Tommylew
Wales2717 Posts
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Noocta
France12578 Posts
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snailz
Croatia900 Posts
anyhows, i'm not suprised at all that model failed, best of luck in the future, i'm sure they can make money just like everyone else does with free streams, big viewership and strong sponsors. | ||
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Zealos
United Kingdom3575 Posts
On June 23 2012 19:40 snailz wrote: my brain sometimes hurts just from reading people... anyhows, i'm not suprised at all that model failed, best of luck in the future, i'm sure they can make money just like everyone else does with free streams, big viewership and strong sponsors. The model did work. It worked so well, they can afford not to use it anymore.... Please can people read what he said? | ||
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Jetaap
France4814 Posts
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snailz
Croatia900 Posts
On June 23 2012 19:41 Zealos wrote: The model did work. It worked so well, they can afford not to use it anymore.... Please can people read what he said? as i said, my brain sometimes hurts... if Sundance said something, it must be true, right? | ||
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Warzone
United States31 Posts
On June 23 2012 19:47 snailz wrote: as i said, my brain sometimes hurts... if Sundance said something, it must be true, right? Read my post on the previous page. Your head might hurt less. | ||
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Incognoto
France10239 Posts
On June 23 2012 12:18 Weird wrote: YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY ANGRY POSTS ABOUT GOOD NEWS YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY SC2 COMMUNITY!!! Yes it's kind of a stupid post, especially since free arenas weren't viable back then and are only viable now because of the high attendance at MLG. So yeah some people.. | ||
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FrogOfWar
Germany1406 Posts
On June 23 2012 19:15 Kuni wrote: I remember Sundance putting up a teary face in interviews regarding the PPV right before they had their first PPV arena. "OMG Peepz, we need diz or we die" "IZ da future boyz" Apparently we don't really need it after all. It is also possible that something is needed at one time (when your company is dying for example) and no longer needed at another. He says season pass sales were part of what made this possible. (Why does MLG get shit on so much when they've always allowed watching their biggest events for free in good quality with convenient stream switching and so on while what GSL offers for free is and always has been a bad joke?) I've got an MLG season pass. While I do think the price could have been lower, I'm very happy with what I got for it. Offering two free and two premium streams for the championships is a good, reasonable solution to let everyone watch and still make some money aside from sponsoring. But if sponsoring carries it alone, that is even better. (However, I hope it doesn't mean too many ads, or rather, too many repetitions of the same ad over and over. I enjoyed the ad-free championship quite a bit.) | ||
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Woizit
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NeonFox
2373 Posts
On June 23 2012 19:41 Zealos wrote: The model did work. It worked so well, they can afford not to use it anymore.... Please can people read what he said? I believe it's on Real Talk that 2GD said he saw the figures for the first arena and that they were underwhelming, and the second one was worse they actually had less viewers. | ||
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aebriol
Norway2066 Posts
On June 23 2012 19:56 FrogOfWar wrote: (Why does MLG get shit on so much when they've always allowed watching their biggest events for free in good quality with convenient stream switching and so on while what GSL offers for free is and always has been a bad joke? Because GSL has delivered what they promised, while MLG promised gold members access to their tournaments for a year - then they didn't deliver that. Instead they made new tournaments, called them something else, and demanded more money. So f MLG. And much love for GSL. It's pretty simple really ... I don't care if you want to get paid for what you deliver, but when you don't deliver what you promised for whatever price - even free, you deserve to get shit for it. (this is my perspective, I know the argument back and forth about how they 'really didn't promise that' - well, I think they did). In addition, Sundance is running a company. He is not 'mr nice and honest with no other motives'. What he says is what he thinks is best for his company. It doesn't mean it's entirely truthful. Consider his statements in the same light as pretty much any other CEO ... of course he'll try to make everything seem good, it's part of customer relationship and their business model. | ||
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