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On June 24 2012 10:43 Femari wrote:Show nested quote +On June 24 2012 10:38 tdt wrote: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. Entiltlement works both ways. Sundance is not entitled to a dime of mine for a product I feel unworthy or can be had free elsewhere. Real world is 90% of businesses fail and those who have success are entitled to it. MLG offers nothing special, nothing worthy of paying for unlike GSL. That's irrelevant to the point. The point is the SC2 community believes everything should be handed to them on a silver platter. By their logic all boxing events should be free to watch, same with Wrestlemania, NFL packages, etc. I'm sorry but no one is entitled to a product. They can choose to give it out for free but you are never entitled to it UNLESS you pay for it if that is the requirement. SC2 community needs to realize that.
They are not giving for free. I have to endure ads, my time wasted to product propaganda. Nevertheless, of course they can do anything they want and consumer will decide what model has value. Nothing to do with entilement.
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On June 24 2012 10:50 tdt wrote:Show nested quote +On June 24 2012 10:43 Femari wrote:On June 24 2012 10:38 tdt wrote: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. Entiltlement works both ways. Sundance is not entitled to a dime of mine for a product I feel unworthy or can be had free elsewhere. Real world is 90% of businesses fail and those who have success are entitled to it. MLG offers nothing special, nothing worthy of paying for unlike GSL. That's irrelevant to the point. The point is the SC2 community believes everything should be handed to them on a silver platter. By their logic all boxing events should be free to watch, same with Wrestlemania, NFL packages, etc. I'm sorry but no one is entitled to a product. They can choose to give it out for free but you are never entitled to it UNLESS you pay for it if that is the requirement. SC2 community needs to realize that. They are not giving for free. I have to endure ads, my time wasted to product propaganda. Nevertheless, of course they can do anything they want and consumer will decide what model has value. Nothing to do with entilement.
BAHAHAHAHA
I guess public television isnt free in your mind either simply because there are commercials. You aren't paying a cent to watch it, it's free.
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Good for MLG and good for e-sports. Let's continue to hope that e-sports continues to become more profitable in the future. That would be a good thing for both the fans and players.
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i felt that since i dont watch arenas, i dont really care about championships either...
hope it stays this way
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yayy free stuff! who doesnt love free things!!!
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Yeah, cant gro off payper view imho... still i think he doesnt realize scrathing your ass and tearing it to peices in relation to ppv and costs as in 20 bucks is a lot of money.
Regardless, thanks sundance for being awesome! Now i can watch mkp and drg in finals :D
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no need to frantically search 4chan/reddit for the restreams any more.
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i think the point that is being made here has been lost. the fact that these arenas are now free is almost definetely a result of the viewers that can be promised for a LoL tournament. and sc2 being free is just a sidenote.
league of legends is growing at an impressive rate. sc2 is declining. personally, i play much more LoL then sc2 these days. and the reason is simple: sc2 is stale, i played zerg and the same strats that worked almost 2 years ago are still the most effective ways to play. i played at least 3000 games in beta and live sc2 and the vast majority of them I DID THE SAME BUILDS. that is absurd. Ive tried different things, like a hydra centric zvt, but the most effective builds are the most effective in the long run.
logging on and playing some games just doesnt interest me anymore. whereas LoL every game is different, and if i wanted i could play a different champ in every game i play for the next 2-3 months. i started playing LoL casually right around when sc2 came out and the game has gotten more interesting to keep up with, not less over the past year and a half or 2 years.
it is very unlikely that i will que up a LoL game and get the same 10 champs in a game more then once in a very long time. whereas the majority of zvx matchups follow a very predictable pattern. it is boring.
that is my opinion and i really dont know if blizzard cares (something tells me they dont because they already got my money), but they are losing their market. 6 months ago i was chomping at the bit for HotS, now i honestly am undecided on if i will even buy it or not, and I ONLY PLAY ZERG.
blizzard is being much too conservative lately. diablo 2 is one of my top 5 games ever, hardcore mode was my shit in highschool for me and my buddies. but i havent even bought diablo 3. i got a trial and was almost instantly bored. i felt like i had already played it 10 years ago. other companies are innovating both in content and delivery and blizzard needs to catch up or their success will not continue as it has.
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On June 24 2012 10:06 VirgilSC2 wrote:Show nested quote +On June 24 2012 09:51 Scootaloo wrote:On June 24 2012 09:34 VirgilSC2 wrote:On June 24 2012 09:18 Scootaloo wrote:On June 24 2012 05:41 VirgilSC2 wrote:On June 24 2012 05:30 Scootaloo wrote:On June 24 2012 05:10 TotalBiscuit wrote: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? Please tell us more about your knowledge in this area, it sure sounds interesting. Ting from IPL says there is no need to ever go PPV, he might not be making profits, but he never intended to, meaning that as Sundance went into this scene looking for the big bucks that might just be the wrong approach to a scene like this, especially when it's still so young. And Biscuit, bitching about somebody providing no deep analysis is only valid if you follow it up with some knowledgeable information yourself. IPL is also probably the biggest money sink of a league there is. Sundance isn't trying to "make big bucks" he's just trying to keep running a league financially viable, which I think he's doing a great job of. Don't get me wrong, David Ting is a smart guy and has a huge passion for eSports, but the reason he gets away with so much stuff is the relatively huge financial backing he's got. He's still in the stage of trying to make IPL break even. Perhaps if he wasn't so worried about his public image, he might be past that and be in the stage Sundance is in. 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. First of all, MLG has better sponsors than IPL, that's pretty much a fact. You should probably do some research. IGN does not sponsor IPL, IGN IS IPL. IGN didn't say, "Hey, look at this cool league they're starting, we should sponsor it!" they said "Hey, lets get into this eSports thing and start our own league" David Ting, before IPL, was an employee at IGN. MLG also has the advantage of bringing in pure VC investments. I don't understand what you don't get about IPL being in the red horribly and MLG not even being close to that bad. You're "inclined to believe" he doesn't care about SC2? Have you ever actually had a conversation with the guy? The naivety of some people on this forum astounds me, just because you perceive MLG as the bad guy and IPL as the good guy doesn't mean that IPL is actually the better business model. Actually according to the Executives with David Ting it was all his own idea and initiative, whether they are a sponsor or owner is irrelevant in this case, they pay for a bunch of people to get their brand name out. And they are successfull at it, y'know, this is how advertising works. I don't understand where you get the idea that IPL is heavily in the red, it's advertisement money, it's supposed to be spent, or for that matter that IPL spends more of it then MLG, you got any numbers to back this up or this this just guesstimating based on vague statements from Sundance? Never talked to Sundance in person ofcourse, nor would I want to, he seems pretty pompous and unable to listen to a opinion that conflicts with his own if we're to take any interview about PPV as a basis. "I get it, I get it." Funny how you try to speak about naivity when you're trying to defend a COMPANY from being greedy, you know, that basic thing that 99% of all companies are foccused on? Clearly you need to go to the real world more often. I can't be bothered to go find the source, but you're welcome to. David Ting's long term goal is to make IPL break even. I get the idea that IPL is in the red because I know IPL is in the red. I don't think you understand how leagues work. For a league to be a long term self sustaining entity they have to make a profit somewhere. Currently MLG is experimenting with finding exactly what that business model is. Frankly, I applaud them for that. Sure, it means taking a lot of flak from less informed members of the community, and sure it might not make them the most popular organization in some peoples eyes, but I can guarantee you as soon as MLG does find a successful business model, IPL will be right behind them in implementing it. I'm not defending a company from being greedy, I'm defending a great guy who tries hard to make eSports this financially viable thing who's actually a brilliant person and is really passionate about what he does. Sundance is probably one of the nicest people I've had the pleasure of meeting during my time in eSports, and that's why I get so angry when people portray him as this evil corporate money grabbing scumbag. I never said IPL spends more money than MLG, I said IPL has a worse bottom line than MLG. I can't believe you're naive enough to think they both start with the same amount of money. How did you think this works? League A charges less money for HD, less money for spectator passes, less money for player passes, and gets less attendance than League B. You still think League A is the better business model? Meanwhile League B flies players in from all across the globe, comps them hotels and meals, creates an entirely new tournament dynamic, and adds good prize money on top of that. You don't seem to understand the difference between a self sustaining organization that's able to bring in large amounts of venture capital because of a solid, somewhat profitable business model and a money sink with a huge corporate back pocket.
OK, so as you provide no source your statements about IPL being the biggest money sink are just meaningless.
I don't think you understand how a league works, talking about breaking even and business models is all fun but you seem to forget that at the end of the day it's all about funding, if IPL and Dreamhack can do their job based on ad revenue and sponsorship that means when Sundance says "If PPV fails E-sports is dead." or "E-sports can't grow without PPV." he is either, dumb, lying or worse at his job then the guys who run the aforementioned leagues.
It's great how your big buds with Sundance, it makes it easy for you to forget that when he came up on LO3 and SotG and had his "I get it" tantrums he was directly lying to the fans, not even giving their opinion the least consideration, thinking of us as retards who could be easily manipulated into buying a overpriced product.
Now, you might have known him beforehand, but for most of us this was our first introduction to the man, I'd seen his face before, but he's just a CEO, not someone who the public is actually supposed to be in close contact with.
I never suggested they start with the same amount of money, but you're suggesting MLG is financially doing great compared with IPL, when motherfucking Sundance was the one who first begged the people to buy his Gold passes, and after that he invented the Arena and did another begging round across the community, or rather threatening, he wasn't just offering a product, he was threatening that if it didn't work himself, and E-sports along with him would go down.
You league A & B examples are broken, Dreamhack doesn't charge a damn cent, has massive prize pools (higher then the rather low 5k for a normal MLG) and has at many times broken regular MLG viewerships, and just straight up destroyed those of MLG Arena's, I have no doubt you consider MLG to be your favorite league, but personally I've had much more memorable moments at Dreamhacks, and yes, I did watch the Arena's, all of them.
It's amusing how you keep using the term naive when you can't see someones real motives because he was friendly to you when you met him. And your final line just compares IPL to MLG, if you add Dreamhack to the equation, once again it doesn't work.
Ergo: Sundance is a liar or worse at his job then the CEO's of IPL and Dreamhack.
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I always did think the fact that MLG Arena charging to watch was ruining e-sports. Awesome new direction!
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I just love how he admits they were not helping the sport grow....at least now it's free, but still not happy with MLG, doesn't change anything for me personally...i watched free anyways  but thats why i will always support IPL and others who i believe deserve it
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On June 24 2012 14:59 Prplppleatr wrote:I just love how he admits they were not helping the sport grow....at least now it's free, but still not happy with MLG, doesn't change anything for me personally...i watched free anyways but thats why i will always support IPL and others who i believe deserve it
He never said that, and if you managed to watch MLG for free you still supported them.
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On June 24 2012 15:03 zaii wrote:Show nested quote +On June 24 2012 14:59 Prplppleatr wrote:I just love how he admits they were not helping the sport grow....at least now it's free, but still not happy with MLG, doesn't change anything for me personally...i watched free anyways but thats why i will always support IPL and others who i believe deserve it He never said that, and if you managed to watch MLG for free you still supported them.
That is an exaggeration, but he did say that this will now help grow the sport. Also, I was talking about the PPV part, which I did not pay for.
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this is awesome news 
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On June 24 2012 15:07 Prplppleatr wrote:Show nested quote +On June 24 2012 15:03 zaii wrote:On June 24 2012 14:59 Prplppleatr wrote:I just love how he admits they were not helping the sport grow....at least now it's free, but still not happy with MLG, doesn't change anything for me personally...i watched free anyways but thats why i will always support IPL and others who i believe deserve it He never said that, and if you managed to watch MLG for free you still supported them. Maybe that is an exaggeration, but he did say that this will now help grow the sport. Also, I was talking about the PPV part, which I did not pay for.
He meant that paid Arenas helped convince sponsors/partners to pay for future Arenas to become free. You watching MLG PPV for free is just another way of supporting them. Just shows how much you value the league/event that you had to find a restream for it. Oh and the PPV Arena's that ppl claimed is killing eSports turned out to be helping eSports grow, Shocker.
Also Sundance and crew have been trying to help eSports grow in NA for the past decade, They try to convince Sponsors/investors to help them do more events and they get shitted on by the community is rather saddening.
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On June 24 2012 15:20 zaii wrote:Show nested quote +On June 24 2012 15:07 Prplppleatr wrote:On June 24 2012 15:03 zaii wrote:On June 24 2012 14:59 Prplppleatr wrote:I just love how he admits they were not helping the sport grow....at least now it's free, but still not happy with MLG, doesn't change anything for me personally...i watched free anyways but thats why i will always support IPL and others who i believe deserve it He never said that, and if you managed to watch MLG for free you still supported them. Maybe that is an exaggeration, but he did say that this will now help grow the sport. Also, I was talking about the PPV part, which I did not pay for. He meant that paid Arenas helped convince sponsors/partners to pay for future Arenas to become free. You watching MLG PPV for free is just another way of supporting them. Just shows how much you value the league/event that you had to find a restream for it. Oh and the PPV Arena's that ppl claimed is killing eSports turned out to be helping eSports grow, Shocker. Also Sundance and crew have been trying to help eSports grow in NA for the past decade, They try to convince Sponsors/investors to help them do more events and they get shitted on by the community is rather saddening.
Not like it's hard to find a restream anyway.
As the OP states, it is still unconfirmed whether or not freemium is the model for all future arena's, or for that matter what the freemium quality will be, I hope and expect the (I think) 480p from Anaheim but we'll see.
If this PPV escapade really was what you imply it is, a short lived stunt to attract investors, then I will say his plan was quite successful, from the information he released at the time when the debate on PPV was still fresh I gathered this would be a lasting thing.
Either way, was this rather subversive method of proving a point to sponsors the best option considering the potentially unecesary backlash from the community? Wasn't there some other method of proving this point? Or at least being clearer to the community about the real intent of this model?
I'm not a CEO, and I can't give any easy alternatives, but as the CEO of a company I would assume your image is a lot more important then the consideration Sundance gave it when he essentially turned himself into the "PPV-guy".
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OMG this is awesome, keep it coming MLG!
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On June 24 2012 15:42 Scootaloo wrote:Show nested quote +On June 24 2012 15:20 zaii wrote:On June 24 2012 15:07 Prplppleatr wrote:On June 24 2012 15:03 zaii wrote:On June 24 2012 14:59 Prplppleatr wrote:I just love how he admits they were not helping the sport grow....at least now it's free, but still not happy with MLG, doesn't change anything for me personally...i watched free anyways but thats why i will always support IPL and others who i believe deserve it He never said that, and if you managed to watch MLG for free you still supported them. Maybe that is an exaggeration, but he did say that this will now help grow the sport. Also, I was talking about the PPV part, which I did not pay for. He meant that paid Arenas helped convince sponsors/partners to pay for future Arenas to become free. You watching MLG PPV for free is just another way of supporting them. Just shows how much you value the league/event that you had to find a restream for it. Oh and the PPV Arena's that ppl claimed is killing eSports turned out to be helping eSports grow, Shocker. Also Sundance and crew have been trying to help eSports grow in NA for the past decade, They try to convince Sponsors/investors to help them do more events and they get shitted on by the community is rather saddening. Not like it's hard to find a restream anyway. As the OP states, it is still unconfirmed whether or not freemium is the model for all future arena's, or for that matter what the freemium quality will be, I hope and expect the (I think) 480p from Anaheim but we'll see. If this PPV escapade really was what you imply it is, a short lived stunt to attract investors, then I will say his plan was quite successful, from the information he released at the time when the debate on PPV was still fresh I gathered this would be a lasting thing. Either way, was this rather subversive method of proving a point to sponsors the best option considering the potentially unecesary backlash from the community? Wasn't there some other method of proving this point? Or at least being clearer to the community about the real intent of this model? I'm not a CEO, and I can't give any easy alternatives, but as the CEO of a company I would assume your image is a lot more important then the consideration Sundance gave it when he essentially turned himself into the "PPV-guy".
About MLG/Sundance's image, MLG has consistently been one of most hated upon leagues in the past 10 years, mainly because PC elitist's hate console players, But still they are able to get mainstream sponsor's. It's saddening that the amount of large scale events they are hosting is shrinking from a consistent 5-7 event's per year to now only 4.
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