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NovemberstOrm
Canada16217 Posts
Want support eSports? 10% of every GSL yearly ticket purchase will contribute to the prize pool of GSL Global Championship From GOM's website You can purchase a regular ticket for $54.99 or a premium ticket for $89.99 GSL Global Championship is a tier 3 WCS Global event held for 3 days from April 17th, with champions and runner-ups from 3(KR/EU/AM) Regions +2 Open qualifier Winners The initial Prize Pool is at $10,000 $25,000 upgrades to "Tier 2 Event" 
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9-BiT
United States1089 Posts
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Dodgin
Canada39254 Posts
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Pandain
United States12989 Posts
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MCXD
Australia2738 Posts
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Karis Vas Ryaar
United States4396 Posts
On January 15 2014 12:27 MCXD wrote: It's a shame the ticket I bought during the Hot6 cup won't count. I wouldn't be surprised if many of the people who were planning to buy yearly tickets already had. my guess is there trying to increase ticket sales so they probably waited until most of the usual buyers would have bought one. . | ||
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Yakikorosu
1203 Posts
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wozzot
United States1227 Posts
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xuanzue
Colombia1747 Posts
I still believe a dotatv model is the way to go. | ||
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-RusH
United States240 Posts
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Dodgin
Canada39254 Posts
On January 15 2014 12:40 -RusH wrote: Where does it say that previous subscription purchases wont count towards the super tournament? Either way I've yet to buy one since I was hoping to buy 1 season at a time but I guess they removed that option? Do you really think they've only sold $2000 worth of tickets so far? They've been available for over a month if not more. The season starts in 13 minutes and if they've only sold that many tickets, well that's bad news. | ||
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caznitch
Canada645 Posts
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Fission
Canada1184 Posts
On January 15 2014 12:47 Dodgin wrote: Do you really think they've only sold $2000 worth of tickets so far? They've been available for over a month if not more. The season starts in 13 minutes and if they've only sold that many tickets, well that's bad news. Honestly if they had only sold 2000 dollars worth of tickets, I wouldn't think they would want to give some of it away to the players :S | ||
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Havik_
United States5585 Posts
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Rgn
United States11 Posts
On January 15 2014 13:05 caznitch wrote: I will buy two (additional) tickets if GOM stops using twitch. The HOT6ix cup was torture. I actually really miss the GOM Player, but twitch works ok for me most of the time. | ||
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RaiKageRyu
Canada4773 Posts
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DaveSprite
United States79 Posts
Edit: On the other hand, I guess it depends on who's date their using. The Korean date is the 15th so maybe my ticket will count? This is actually probably the case now that I think about it. | ||
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Mysticesper
United States1183 Posts
On January 15 2014 14:05 Rgn wrote: I actually really miss the GOM Player, but twitch works ok for me most of the time. Making people install software on their computer is usually a bad idea. Their in-house web streaming was fine though, since it was the same thing, but without the software. | ||
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MCXD
Australia2738 Posts
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Shellshock
United States97276 Posts
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ETisME
12497 Posts
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Chexx
Korea (South)11232 Posts
On January 15 2014 14:52 Shellshock wrote: This will be interesting to see how much it contributes. has anyone else done this besides the SC2L? MLG did something similar for Dota 2 right? TI3 for dota 2 did it too (something similar) | ||
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Karis Vas Ryaar
United States4396 Posts
On January 15 2014 14:15 RaiKageRyu wrote: Yeah... until GOM fixes their VOD mess... definitely a mess. their youtube is impossiblee to navigate and groups only have Code S Ro16 through finals. everything else you have to manually search for or go through every video they have. plus pre 2012 isnt even up. I've tried to go through a bit and link them on liquipedia. but I don't have a ton of time and all I've done so far is 2012 GSL season 3 code s RO16 through the finals since it was pretty simple with playlists. | ||
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calippo
Sweden2525 Posts
On January 15 2014 14:52 Shellshock wrote: This will be interesting to see how much it contributes. has anyone else done this besides the SC2L? MLG did something similar for Dota 2 right? ti3, mlg, starladder is the 3 i think that did the same, all with extremly good results. Its probably easier in dota tho since the tickets are both cheaper and you can add item sets / battle bonus thingy. | ||
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tili
United States1332 Posts
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I_love_sharkpeople
United States253 Posts
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ArTiFaKs
United States1229 Posts
And for the Premium sub it comes out to $7.50 a month for the year at $90.00 so it's really not that expensive when you don't think about it in the lump sum. And the Yearly comes out to ~$4.60 a month. | ||
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aike
United States1629 Posts
On January 15 2014 15:28 tili wrote: I wish the tickets were cheaper, so they could go for thousand of micro transactions rather than hundreds of large ones. I could pay 20, but 55 is steep It's $55 for the entire year though, which is pretty cheap if you think about it  That's less than $5 a month. | ||
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Happygreek
United States220 Posts
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MagnuMizer
Denmark384 Posts
and seeings as the stream is free anyway i dont see myself contributing unfortunately... best of luck with it though | ||
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NordicMarmot
Finland1 Post
Ohh.... You have to pay 90$ for the source quality? GSL's 2014 Premium Subscription http://twitch.tv/team/gomexp Benefits include: Directly Support the Broadcaster No Ads Subscriber Badge: 10 Subscriber Emoticons Chat During Subscriber-Only Mode Access to Source quality video Access to VODs Only $89.99 / One Time GSL's 2014 Subscription http://twitch.tv/team/gomexp_lite_sub Benefits include: Directly Support the Broadcaster Subscriber Badge: 5 Subscriber Emoticons Chat During Subscriber-Only Mode Access to High quality video Only $54.99 / One Time *edit Hmm... hmm... 7,5$ / month for the source.... I think I'll take it, i'm a working adult afterall. | ||
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metric.system
United States20 Posts
On January 15 2014 15:36 aike wrote: It's $55 for the entire year though, which is pretty cheap if you think about it That's less than $5 a month.Yeah but consider the face value of subbing is perhaps a lot in wanting to support gom rather than utilitarian value of the sub itself so thinking in a different metric doesn't work. I also agree that they're making millions when they could be making billions, or so to speak, especially when they had GSL, GSTL and special events all on different tickets. I want to support esports! I really do. But 55 bucks is what I'd pay for necessities or something tangible that could improve my quality of life. 15 to 20 bucks is the sort of money I'd blow on impulse buys of video games on steam or digital music I fancy a lot. If they priced it around there, I would have bought a ticket every season and gave them more money than what I have with the 1 yearly ticket I bought once and really thought wasn't worth it because I still felt locked out of a ton of content and got to watch the streams anyway. Just my two minerals... | ||
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opisska
Poland8852 Posts
 I just found out that Code A starts in a couple of minutes - shame I am in the train, but I am so happy that GSL will be on again! All the other content we get is great, but GSL is GSL! | ||
Waxangel
United States33475 Posts
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Dinotramp
Nauru2871 Posts
EDIT: I'm looking everywhere so I must be missing something. Is it somewhere really obvious that I haven't thought about? | ||
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thezanursic
5497 Posts
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suddendeathTV
Sweden388 Posts
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Chexx
Korea (South)11232 Posts
On January 15 2014 16:24 NordicMarmot wrote: What's the difference between 55$ and 90$ tickets? 5 emoticons, golden(instead of silver) sub icon? Ohh.... You have to pay 90$ for the source quality? GSL's 2014 Premium Subscription http://twitch.tv/team/gomexp Benefits include: Directly Support the Broadcaster No Ads Subscriber Badge: 10 Subscriber Emoticons Chat During Subscriber-Only Mode Access to Source quality video Access to VODs Only $89.99 / One Time GSL's 2014 Subscription http://twitch.tv/team/gomexp_lite_sub Benefits include: Directly Support the Broadcaster Subscriber Badge: 5 Subscriber Emoticons Chat During Subscriber-Only Mode Access to High quality video Only $54.99 / One Time *edit Hmm... hmm... 7,5$ / month for the source.... I think I'll take it, i'm a working adult afterall. and vods or? | ||
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FaZiNaTe
Germany290 Posts
Or VODs in High quality at least? Because only in the 90$ it says Access to VODs. And the only reason i might buy one is for VODs, i cannot watch GSL because of work TT | ||
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Dodgin
Canada39254 Posts
On January 15 2014 18:54 FaZiNaTe wrote: For 55$ no VODS?!!! Or VODs in High quality at least? Because only in the 90$ it says Access to VODs. And the only reason i might buy one is for VODs, i cannot watch GSL because of work TT You do get VODs according to the twitch page. | ||
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Mattidute
Netherlands232 Posts
Everybody will have acces to VoDs eventually, as Gom is going to upload them to their youtube about 2 weeks after air date unless they for some reason decided not to anymore. | ||
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FaZiNaTe
Germany290 Posts
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braincandy
Philippines179 Posts
On January 15 2014 14:52 Shellshock wrote: This will be interesting to see how much it contributes. has anyone else done this besides the SC2L? MLG did something similar for Dota 2 right? TI3 was the first one to do it | ||
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Lorch
Germany3685 Posts
On January 15 2014 12:22 9-BiT wrote: Interesting experiment. GLHF That isn't even an experiment, they just put it directly into the players for the first time. GSL/WCS has been/is heavily Blizzard funded and the global stream subscription have always been used to pay tastosis/wolfdor and run the global stream. I guess they are making enough now to put some of it into the prize pool. | ||
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Talin
Montenegro10532 Posts
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xsnac
Barbados1365 Posts
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Kheve
323 Posts
MLG also sold ~280k worth of cosmetics (ticket free) thats an extra 70k+ making it 120k+ TI3 was madness sold ~5 MILLION USD which added ~1.25 million to the base pool of 1.6m making it nearly 2.9m prizepool. (for a tournament that lasted ~10 days) TI3 paid for itself +production costs +plenty of free publicity +goodwill from fans and valve made millions extra and dota fans feel good about themselves (yes i was one of the suckers but hey i like it) | ||
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caznitch
Canada645 Posts
On January 15 2014 20:11 Talin wrote: I can't see that working out with such a high starting price. The point of crowdfunding is to build hype and get the crowd to fund it. There ain't gonna be much of a crowd at $55-$90. I'm not sure what prices are like in Montenegro, but I pay that much for lunch some days. | ||
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peidongyang
Canada2084 Posts
whatever man, worth On January 16 2014 00:35 caznitch wrote: I'm not sure what prices are like in Montenegro, but I pay that much for lunch some days. hopefully on your company budget =D | ||
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caznitch
Canada645 Posts
On January 16 2014 00:43 peidongyang wrote: 55$ rip whatever man, worth hopefully on your company budget =D ... details... details... | ||
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Bagration
United States18282 Posts
On January 16 2014 00:35 caznitch wrote: I'm not sure what prices are like in Montenegro, but I pay that much for lunch some days. $90 for lunch? Please, I consume caviar by the gallon! Joking aside, I'm assuming white-collar professional in large metropolitan city? | ||
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hallonpaj
Sweden15 Posts
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Penguinator
United States837 Posts
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donek99
14 Posts
On January 15 2014 17:08 Dinotramp wrote: I've just bought a yearly ticket, where can I find the VOD's to this mornings Code A games?! EDIT: I'm looking everywhere so I must be missing something. Is it somewhere really obvious that I haven't thought about? seems twitch is having problems with the vods, look here: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=440874¤tpage=8#159 | ||
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CYfiri
Sweden25 Posts
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spritzz
Canada331 Posts
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tomastaz
United States976 Posts
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Dangermousecatdog
United Kingdom7084 Posts
On January 16 2014 00:58 Bagration wrote: $90 for lunch? Please, I consume caviar by the gallon! Joking aside, I'm assuming white-collar professional in large metropolitan city? White-collar professional in a large metropolitan city? You'll never see that kind of prices for lunch in London unless you are literally so high up the company/government, that the company/government pays your lunch for you. It's even beyond parliament minister levels now. I am talking high management/senior official levels here. Teamliquid.net, where the 1% hang out. | ||
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Figgy
Canada1788 Posts
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caznitch
Canada645 Posts
On January 16 2014 04:20 Dangermousecatdog wrote: White-collar professional in a large metropolitan city? You'll never see that kind of prices for lunch in London unless you are literally so high up the company/government, that the company/government pays your lunch for you. It's even beyond parliament minister levels now. I am talking high management/senior official levels here. Teamliquid.net, where the 1% hang out. I'm mid-level managment at best and get my lunch bought for me. You might be surprised at how easy it is to write things off (Seinfeld reference anyone?). Anyways, appitizers + entre + 2 beers = lots of money. Lunch was $220 yesterday but that was for 4. EDIT - my main point is that its not a lot especially for the amount of content. I mean... a friggin' movie will set you back $30 if you bough popcorn and a pop with the ticket. | ||
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ffadicted
United States3545 Posts
On January 16 2014 00:58 Bagration wrote: $90 for lunch? Please, I consume caviar by the gallon! Joking aside, I'm assuming white-collar professional in large metropolitan city? lol nobody pays $90 for lunch on a regular basis. There just isn't a restaurant market for it | ||
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korn101
United States29 Posts
On January 16 2014 06:18 ffadicted wrote: lol nobody pays $90 for lunch on a regular basis. There just isn't a restaurant market for it You clearly haven't been to NYC. | ||
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SoFrOsTy
United States525 Posts
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partydude89
1850 Posts
On January 17 2014 06:38 SoFrOsTy wrote: Does the $79.95 I spent on December 25th count towards this pool? Or is it only new subscriptions going forward? New subscriptions going forward. because you decided to buy it on December 25th, your actually killing esports. | ||
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scypio
Poland2127 Posts
). It's a good idea by GOM, I'll get a ticket too. | ||
Zealously
East Gorteau22261 Posts
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MCXD
Australia2738 Posts
On January 17 2014 07:08 Zealously wrote: While I think the idea is good, I think selling some cheaper variant and bumping up the percentage would sell them more tickets in the long run. But then the company itself would get a lot less of the money. [?] | ||
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Zealously
East Gorteau22261 Posts
On January 17 2014 07:42 MCXD wrote: But then the company itself would get a lot less of the money. [?] Spontaneous number spitting: If you sell 500 tickets for an average of $70 (some standard yearly, some Premium), $3500 goes to the prize pool. If you sell 3000 tickets for an average of $15 but with a higher percentage (say 20-30%) going to the prize pool (somewhere in the vicinity of $7500-$10000), Gom would not only still make more money than they do with these tickets, but the prize pool would grow as well. Now, obviously it's not exactly that simple and a lot more number crunching would have to be done, but I feel a lot of people forgo getting tickets today because the prize tag is still quite big. I also have almost zero historical basis for my statement other than 3 DotA tournaments, but attempting cooperation with Blizzard - maybe a decal or a portrait to go along with the ticket purchase, but right now I see the comparatively high price deterring many from buying a ticket and thus in the end ending up with a sub-par prize pool. Of course, someone at Gom has likely considered this already, but it's how I see it. Viewers are often cheap. | ||
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korn101
United States29 Posts
On January 17 2014 07:42 MCXD wrote: But then the company itself would get a lot less of the money. [?] I would like to see something cheap that adds to the prize pool that doesn't have much to do with the viewing experience. Though I can't think of what that would be. | ||
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creamyturtle
United States487 Posts
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SoFrOsTy
United States525 Posts
On January 17 2014 07:53 Zealously wrote: Spontaneous number spitting: If you sell 500 tickets for an average of $70 (some standard yearly, some Premium), $3500 goes to the prize pool. If you sell 3000 tickets for an average of $15 but with a higher percentage (say 20-30%) going to the prize pool (somewhere in the vicinity of $7500-$10000), Gom would not only still make more money than they do with these tickets, but the prize pool would grow as well. Now, obviously it's not exactly that simple and a lot more number crunching would have to be done, but I feel a lot of people forgo getting tickets today because the prize tag is still quite big. I also have almost zero historical basis for my statement other than 3 DotA tournaments, but attempting cooperation with Blizzard - maybe a decal or a portrait to go along with the ticket purchase, but right now I see the comparatively high price deterring many from buying a ticket and thus in the end ending up with a sub-par prize pool. Of course, someone at Gom has likely considered this already, but it's how I see it. Viewers are often cheap. But this is the SC2 community. 3,000 people weren't even willing to spend $4.99 on an 8 month season of Proleague. | ||
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burzumbu
Croatia68 Posts
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thezanursic
5497 Posts
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burzumbu
Croatia68 Posts
On January 22 2014 01:01 thezanursic wrote: 2700$, I don't think this went well... bad strategy means bad results | ||
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