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Alpino
Brazil4390 Posts
On January 25 2013 15:53 trGKakarot wrote: Doubtful... if they were making "a killing" then they wouldn't have been so financially unstable to the point of going out of business. It's not impossible that they just got whatever they wanted for themselves and set the company to its slow-death. This is common practice. | ||
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Cel.erity
United States4890 Posts
On January 27 2013 06:40 Alpino wrote: It's not impossible that they just got whatever they wanted for themselves and set the company to its slow-death. This is common practice. You can't just fake bankruptcy without breaking a lot of laws. The revenue for Own3d is almost completely transparent since it's all from advertisers, so if the executives were stealing money and pretending to sink, they would certainly be caught. I don't understand why people keep posting such negative things. The guys who started Own3d were eSports pioneers, you should really get on your knees and thank them for inventing the streaming scene and enabling western pro gamers to follow their dreams. Everybody wants to assume they're some sort of villainous thieves, but the simple reality is that Twitch got huge and crushed them. Is that so difficult to accept? | ||
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wireninja
Australia46 Posts
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ProTech
United States443 Posts
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ZeroTalent
United States297 Posts
On January 25 2013 09:30 Joefish wrote: It's sad that all the VODs will be lost forever. I pmed a staff member about unavailable vods older than 3 years and he said they would move their servers and they'll be back up in a few weeks... :/ Next on the list livestream.com maybe? livestream.com does enough business in the non-gaming world that they won't go under. I do hope there's some competition for twitch, whether it's from youtube, azubu, or someone else. | ||
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Titio
France237 Posts
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FLeK0
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LingBlingBling
United States353 Posts
and tons of other stream sites that are 10x more wealthy then twitch. I'm sure those stream sites will start with video game section as popularity grows, but in general other things are way more popular in the streaming world then video games and E sports. So should be tons of new stream sites popping up for video games. I mean you can go on Justin tv and see 14 year old girls get 10x more viewers then Pro popular gamers, pretty messed up but video game streams get like half the views vs people streaming their "life" or other dumb stuff lol. | ||
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Nuclease
United States1049 Posts
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docvoc
United States5491 Posts
On January 28 2013 13:59 ProTech wrote: CooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooL 5,000$ owed. FML O.o holy crap dude, that is some bank you just lost. | ||
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coverpunch
United States2093 Posts
On January 30 2013 09:41 Nuclease wrote: Dear GOD this was predictable. Any company that becomes one of the mots hated entities in all of eSPORTs within a few days will most definitely not be around long... You've obviously never heard of Blizzard Entertainment. | ||
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Cel.erity
United States4890 Posts
On January 30 2013 09:29 LingBlingBling wrote: You guys forget there are 10x better and more wealthy stream sites then Twitch, Video game streaming is like small %, People stream more things then video games. Dailymotion allows +18 content so they get views watching 18 year old girls talk dirty n crap. and tons of other stream sites that are 10x more wealthy then twitch. I'm sure those stream sites will start with video game section as popularity grows, but in general other things are way more popular in the streaming world then video games and E sports. So should be tons of new stream sites popping up for video games. I mean you can go on Justin tv and see 14 year old girls get 10x more viewers then Pro popular gamers, pretty messed up but video game streams get like half the views vs people streaming their "life" or other dumb stuff lol. I don't think this is entirely accurate. First of all, these live blogging channels aren't ad supported, so they're definitely not making the companies rich. Twitch is by far the most wealthy streaming service (at least in the west), because they have a ton of sponsors who pay them handsomely. It's kind of interesting though, the only reason Twitch ever came into existence is because of Own3d's shitty chat functionality. A few years ago, 90% of gaming streams were Own3d, but they switched to justin.tv because it had better chat. Then jtv decided it would be a good idea to monetize, and Twitch was born. All Own3d had to do was fix the one problem everybody was complaining about, and they'd be the ones rolling in money right now. | ||
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skatblast
United States784 Posts
On January 30 2013 09:23 FLeK0 wrote: Dailymotion has 18+ content so I'd gladly welcome them, twitch has become kinda a pussy bitch site with all their strict rules to keep it safe for kids. Well yeah... its a site used to stream games. Mostly by kids.Why would you want porn on there? Theres plenty of other sites for that. | ||
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mindspike
Canada1902 Posts
On January 27 2013 03:22 MVega wrote: 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. You would be misinformed. The traffic on Own3d and Twitch were not that far off, especially in early 2012. Twitch staff have also said that the Own3d competition was quite heated. Source: | ||
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HiTeK532
Canada171 Posts
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Grettin
42381 Posts
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Aerisky
United States12129 Posts
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CrushDog5
Canada207 Posts
Maybe they already wrote the check for prize money? I hope so. | ||
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Grettin
42381 Posts
On January 31 2013 03:42 CrushDog5 wrote: Anyone know if this influences The Defense (DoTA2)? Tobi is streaming now. Maybe they already wrote the check for prize money? I hope so. Tobi did talk about this briefly on last night's TalkDOTA. Q: Any comments on the Own3d.tv drama and if JoinDota can handle losing a such a big sponsor? Tobi: As far as own3d.tv goes, theres nothing official yet, keep your eyes on Joindota news section. There will be statement coming out hopefully within the next couple of days. As far as The Defense goes, all future games will probably be streamed on the twitch.tv channel. Joindota is 100% fine without own3d.tv. Whole episode can be found here: + Show Spoiler + Its the last Question of the show from the viewers. Around 1hour 40min in. | ||
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Targe
United Kingdom14103 Posts
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