MLG Arenas now free - Page 23

On June 24 2012 09:21 Peleus wrote:
I'm sorry, I have to say this, but so many people on TL and in the entire SC2 community in general are entitled arseholes.

No, you do not 'deserve' free streams. In fact all the vast majority of the community has done the vast majority of the time is bitch and moan about whatever changes are put in place, be it a company actually trying to become financially viable, blizzard making balance decisions, whatever the topic.

Really, people need to get a reality check and realise what happens in the real world. Just because you add 1 to a viewer ship number does not mean MLG should bow down to you and your every request. Sorry I had to say this, but this community is just getting worse and worse.

Otherwise, thank you MLG for making a great event have the option of being free to watch, I'll definitely be tuning in and enjoying it.

On June 24 2012 09:18 Scootaloo wrote:


I think you miss the point though, IPL being a money sink is not a problem as it's paid for by the sponsors, mainly IGN, viewers are worth this lost money according to the sponsors.

I don't get where you get the impression IPL is the biggest moneysink, MLG seems to spend money like crazy (even on the LO3 where they interviewed Sundance about PPV Wheat and Scoots point this out) where they could easily cut corners if they cared enough.

Seems to me one of the major problems of MLG is lack of sponsors, whereas IPL managed to create an incredible deal with IGN or the less stable GSL Pepsi one, MLG has no such backing, something which I can only really attribute to Sundance, as it is his job to do so or hire someone capable of it.

And about Ting's public image, you're just projecting your desire for everything to be PPV because Sundance told you that was the only way to make this viable, just after Sundance completely destroyed his own image the stupidest thing to do would be to go PPV as well, especially if there is no pressing need to.

Rather Sundance should not have been so stupid as to force a system onto a community that is still far too young for it, him backtracking just proves his new system isn't working and he's desperately trying to gain favor again.

The only reason to need PPV when it's been proven you can manage just fine without is a desire for more money or an inability to attract sponsors, with Sundance living in a seaside villa, MLG being the biggest American e-sports tourney and his great love for a dumb game like Halo I'm inclined to believe Sundance doesn't really care about SC2 if it wasn't for the money.

On June 24 2012 09:40 Scootaloo wrote:


So many people are whipped sheep.

You're basically saying that people should'nt voice their opinions if they are negative about certain companies you seem to have a hard on for.
If Blizzard massively fucks up balance, we shouldn't complain.
If MLG charges 20 dollars for a 3 day tournament viewing, we shouldn't complain, just suck it up and swallow.

Funny how our whining made MLG cut it's PPV price in half and how Blizzard has directly responded numerous times to the massive amounts of complaint they got from fans. Seems to me our whining is changing the community for the better, if you can't take it, don't fucking read it.

About the real world, IF this was the real world MLG would be bankrupt for trying the Arena's, nobody will pay for product you can get elsewhere for free, MLG is just really lucky they created enough sympathy beforehand so sheep like you will keep buying it without a second thought.

And about MLG trying to become financially viable, MLG's inability to attract sponsors should not mean that the only way to become viable is via leeching more money from the viewers then you already are.