EPTBut you should have paid the players back
Own3d.tv to cease operations Jan 31st, 2013 - Page 9
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llIH
Norway2144 Posts
But you should have paid the players back | ||
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Martijn
Netherlands1219 Posts
I'm personally curious how youtube becoming more capable with streaming will affect the market. Youtube won't have the same focus on gaming that twitch has unless they start a separate chain, much like twitch and justintv. When it comes to that, Youtube is still really far behind, on the other hand, they've surely got more advertisers readily available in all regions than anyone. They'll have to accept we have our own sponsors and parties of interest first and foremost. I don't really see Youtube catering to us like Twitch does, but it'll be an option at least. I guess ustream is still around, but they've shown they aren't able to grow quick enough to keep up. I don't have much faith in their management changing their philosophies any time soon. | ||
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Comadevil
Germany214 Posts
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achristes
Norway653 Posts
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Atrimex
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LuckyGnomTV
Russian Federation367 Posts
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epidGoaty
United States219 Posts
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aka_star
United Kingdom1546 Posts
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Shikyo
Finland33997 Posts
http://clgaming.net/news/424-clg-partners-with-azubu Also judging by this it seems like Azubu might be a legit contender. Then again CLG did parter with own3d and we see how that went. Still, they have multiple streamers that get 10k+ viewers and that can't be bad for Azubu's growth. . | ||
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StreetWise
United States594 Posts
On January 31 2013 19:47 KAB00000000M wrote: RIP Own3d.tv But you should have paid the players back If they were able to pay back the players, they would't be closing..... | ||
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alhazrel
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Hoon
Brazil891 Posts
Shouldn't the CEO and/or everyone responsible get arrested or something? | ||
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esdf
Croatia736 Posts
owell, hoping for some new players to step up. | ||
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Shiori
3815 Posts
On February 01 2013 00:18 Hoon wrote: Wait.. so own3d will close and everyone will forget they owe money? Shouldn't the CEO and/or everyone responsible get arrested or something? You can't draw blood from a stone. | ||
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phil.ipp
Austria1067 Posts
other than that, what is owed here are peanuts. 100 dollar here, maybe 500 dollar there. its not like they made millions of debt. go search the financial crisis threads and get some perspective. | ||
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Zandar
Netherlands1541 Posts
Lots of gaming history *poof* indeed. I guess that's the downside from internet content. It's very fragile since it costs time, manhours, money to keep it alive, while we still have papyrus documents from 1000s of years ago and stone tablets way older even. Imagine google going bankrupt.... big part of this era's history would be gone. | ||
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Hoon
Brazil891 Posts
On February 01 2013 00:24 phil.ipp wrote: lol arrested ? for what? going bankrupt? thats not a felony. other than that, what is owed here are peanuts. 100 dollar here, maybe 500 dollar there. its not like they made millions of debt. go search the financial crisis threads and get some perspective. Isn't it all the subscription money from every streamer? Some more money they promised on the contract etc etc. I'd imagine about 500$ for each player. Having 100 streamers, would result in 50k$. Also, it's not like they never made that money. Someone took that money and didn't give it to the streamers, so own3d will shut down with their pockets full. | ||
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Comadevil
Germany214 Posts
On February 01 2013 00:29 Hoon wrote: Isn't it all the subscription money from every streamer? Some more money they promised on the contract etc etc. I'd imagine about 500$ for each player. Having 100 streamers, would result in 50k$. Also, it's not like they never made that money. Someone took that money and didn't give it to the streamers, so own3d will shut down with their pockets full. LOL? They are bankrupt man. They don't have the pockets full. It isn't like that u get bandwidth, transcoding servers etc for free. But everybody could watch and stream for free. Ads just didn't make enough money IMO Even Twitch still needs venture capital. They acquired 15 million $ in September. This businesses are startups, they are not well established companies which are making tons of money | ||
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Jampackedeon
United States2053 Posts
All I can say is, I welcome all of the former Own3D guys to Twitch, a much better platform, a great community, and hope that Twitch keeps charging ahead even with no one else challenging them. | ||
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Hoon
Brazil891 Posts
On February 01 2013 00:32 Comadevil wrote: LOL? They are bankrupt man. They don't have the pockets full. It isn't like that u get bandwidth, transcoding servers etc for free. But everybody could watch and stream for free. Ads just didn't make enough money IMO Even Twitch still needs venture capital. They acquired 15 million $ in September. This businesses are startups, they are not well established companies which are making tons of money Well, ok. Even if they are bankrupt, they still owe money. It's not like you can go bankrupt and say "well, i don't have money, so I'll never pay you back". In my country, bankrupt or not, owing people money is a legal crime. | ||
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