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Oleo
Netherlands280 Posts
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AllHailTheDead
United States418 Posts
On January 25 2013 07:40 Zenbrez wrote: I hate when people say this, but That's not unexpected pretty much this tho I think everyone expected this Its funny cause Destiny basically screwed the owner from selling his company with the news he brought to light | ||
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SinCitta
Germany2127 Posts
On January 26 2013 04:36 TJ31 wrote: Don't overestimate google. They are trying to get in to social network business for a while, but even with all their efforts and money, they can't. I mean I don't use either of the social networks, but a lot of my friends do and no one of them using google plus. Also in my opinion owned never was a real competitor to twitch anyway. Sure they had some popular streams, but overall numbers were much higher on twitch. They also had terrible UI/design and chat for the most streams, even with about 1k viewers (ForGG for example) were empty. So while I can't say "I'm glad they are gone", I can't say that I'm sad either. Not a big loss for the streaming community, esports or just anyone. Except those people who never got their money ofc. Social Networks are a different story because they are valuable primarily because of their userbase. Google has the delivery network to serve video almost everywhere and is the premier advertisement company. Even without considering the pure financial power, these two things alone show how Youtube would overwhelm Twitch. Purely hypothetical, though. | ||
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Robstickle
Great Britain406 Posts
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BoggieMan
520 Posts
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leova
266 Posts
On January 26 2013 05:37 AllHailTheDead wrote: Its funny cause Destiny basically screwed the owner from selling his company with the news he brought to light from what I heard the deal was cancelled on the 15th of January, but Destiny only posted around the 17th... | ||
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figq
12519 Posts
On January 25 2013 20:55 Jan2011 wrote: hm maybe the streamers (or the community itself) could mirror the VOD´s to YT ? As long as own3d tv vods are up and running, this can be done asap or else 100 of good tournaments would rly be gone for ever I hope at least some of the VODs get transferred. We don't even realize it fully, but that's a huge memory loss not only for SC2 - games like Dota 2, LoL and others, also have huge archives of important events on own3D. Whole seasons could be lost. | ||
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HoLe
Canada183 Posts
*puts on shades* ...got owned. *YEEEAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!* Edit: And let me just say one thing to all those people yapping on about growing Esports. It's tiny. Esports is a speck of dust in the world of professional sporting and broadcasting. I loved the day when Stephano signed with EG, it was hilarious. Everyone raising their eyebrows at his whopping $100,000 salary. Lionel Messi is worth 130,000,000 Pounds. Think about that. The man makes 17.1 million dollars a year. The Toronto Maple Leafs are worth over a billion dollars. Dallas Cowboys are worth almost two billion. 55% of the population of USA watched the last super bowl. Imagine tuning into a stream with "150,000,001 viewers" at the top right of the window. Sports get big because they appeal to people of all ages, because they have heritage, because fans don't require or need to afford internet and a computer and a desk, because the activity generally promotes healthy living, because it's important for children's physical and psychological growth. Think about how exclusive Esports actually is. I wouldn't be surprised to see companies like owned dropping like flies. I mean, I love SC2, I want to see Esports grow, but I will never expect as much of it as some of you people are. It's important to keep this cute little circus is perspective, right? | ||
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Eventine
United States307 Posts
On January 26 2013 05:37 AllHailTheDead wrote: pretty much this tho I think everyone expected this Its funny cause Destiny basically screwed the owner from selling his company with the news he brought to light That might be the silliest comment I've ever read. The right comment have been, good thing own3d didn't screw over someone else (buyer) along with the streamers they weren't paying... | ||
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Khonsou
Dominican Republic275 Posts
On January 26 2013 02:45 Rannasha wrote: YouTube is working on a streaming service and YT = Google. They already have Stream servicies, alot of Music Events are broadcasted via Youtube (Tomorrowland and UMF were good examples). The only thing is that they are not doing permanent service, and even less in gaming for now. | ||
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R3DT1D3
285 Posts
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Barbiero
Brazil5259 Posts
On January 26 2013 07:34 R3DT1D3 wrote: Now what happens to the streamers who deliberately snubbed Twitch in the past? People like Destiny are going to have to come crawling back? he is already back on twitch. Oh well, I guess we now know why people weren't getting paid. | ||
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Sakray
France2198 Posts
On January 26 2013 05:37 AllHailTheDead wrote: Its funny cause Destiny basically screwed the owner from selling his company with the news he brought to light Stop thinking he has such influence, he's just an attention seeker that made his post at the right moment without even knowing it. | ||
MVega
763 Posts
On January 26 2013 05:53 BoggieMan wrote: Meh, its kinda bad for the streaming industry. Monopoly has never been good for anything. It doesn't matter, Own3D wasn't much competition for Twitch to start with. There was really no incentive for Twitch to improve when every single thing it has is better than it's competition. It needs real competition to drive it forward, and Own3D wasn't that. | ||
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packrat386
United States5077 Posts
On January 26 2013 06:22 HoLe wrote: I guess you could say that the whole company... *puts on shades* ...got owned. *YEEEAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!* Edit: And let me just say one thing to all those people yapping on about growing Esports. It's tiny. Esports is a speck of dust in the world of professional sporting and broadcasting. I loved the day when Stephano signed with EG, it was hilarious. Everyone raising their eyebrows at his whopping $100,000 salary. Lionel Messi is worth 130,000,000 Pounds. Think about that. The man makes 17.1 million dollars a year. The Toronto Maple Leafs are worth over a billion dollars. Dallas Cowboys are worth almost two billion. 55% of the population of USA watched the last super bowl. Imagine tuning into a stream with "150,000,001 viewers" at the top right of the window. Sports get big because they appeal to people of all ages, because they have heritage, because fans don't require or need to afford internet and a computer and a desk, because the activity generally promotes healthy living, because it's important for children's physical and psychological growth. Think about how exclusive Esports actually is. I wouldn't be surprised to see companies like owned dropping like flies. I mean, I love SC2, I want to see Esports grow, but I will never expect as much of it as some of you people are. It's important to keep this cute little circus is perspective, right? Well, people look to success of things like the proleague in korea where esports is quite popular, to the point where it has a dedicated TV channel on a major network. The US is one of the countries that is least receptive to esports, but thats not to say that there aren't places where it is a big deal. Flash and JD are rumored to be paid 7 figures, and at the very least have some celebrity status. I agree that people are often a bit overly optimistic about the outlook for the future of esports, but its not like growth is unattainable. | ||
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Nerski
United States1095 Posts
Past all that I would hope twitchtv doesn't rest on their laurels, they say they won't but I've seen that said a million times. It's extremely easy with little to no real competition to delay this or that because you don't perceive it as costing you customers. There has been a 101 dumb things I've seen youtube do because of that lack of competition. | ||
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Vul
United States685 Posts
On January 27 2013 03:40 packrat386 wrote: Well, people look to success of things like the proleague in korea where esports is quite popular, to the point where it has a dedicated TV channel on a major network. The US is one of the countries that is least receptive to esports, but thats not to say that there aren't places where it is a big deal. Flash and JD are rumored to be paid 7 figures, and at the very least have some celebrity status. I agree that people are often a bit overly optimistic about the outlook for the future of esports, but its not like growth is unattainable. 7 figures? Where did you hear the rumor that Flash and JD are making that kind of money? | ||
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skatblast
United States784 Posts
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Luisa_2
Germany200 Posts
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frogmelter
United States971 Posts
On January 27 2013 06:21 Vul wrote: 7 figures? Where did you hear the rumor that Flash and JD are making that kind of money? They don't. Though apparently Flash gives his winnings to his mother who invests it so maybe he has a lot of money now. But if he does, it wasn't from being paid 7 figures. | ||
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