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On November 07 2014 14:45 OtherWorld wrote:
I don't know much about ESPN3, is this a 'real' TV channel or an Internet-only channel that is owned by ESPN? Also isn't it the channel that broadcasted part of TI4? Good news anyway (:
ESPN3 is usually found in "extended" cable packages through your cable TV provider. Basically it's a premium TV channel. It also streams directly online I believe...
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are they just broadcasting the stream?
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On November 07 2014 14:47 ninazerg wrote:Show nested quote +On November 07 2014 14:44 VeNoM HaZ Skill wrote:On November 07 2014 14:40 The_Templar wrote:
Great news. Hopefully this brings people to sc2 and not just hearthstone/wow. Well the good news is WoW isn't particularly exciting to watch for most people and the ones who do watch it will have already played it, so mission been accomplished. Hearthstone has as much curb appeal to a casual audience as your neighborhood crackhouse does, because who the fuck wants to watch cards fight each other? You have to keep in mind, people like to watch stupid things.
When WoW had even more players, they would get maybe 30k viewers(except for blizzcon maybe), when it was an established eSport.
Now the playerbase is reduced and eSport in WoW is waaay less consistent(it's only really a tournament at blizzcon, that is it). It has never been exciting as an eSport, and never will be
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Is there any way to watch ESPN internationally? (Belgium)
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On November 07 2014 14:45 OtherWorld wrote:
I don't know much about ESPN3, is this a 'real' TV channel or an Internet-only channel that is owned by ESPN? Also isn't it the channel that broadcasted part of TI4? Good news anyway (:
It's a streaming service that requires you to have an ESPN subscription through a cable/satellite provider to access. Which pretty much defeats the entire purpose of being a streaming service.
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amazing! im not sure if i get espn3 though...
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On November 07 2014 19:49 Ctone23 wrote:Show nested quote +On November 07 2014 16:07 astray71 wrote:
Anyone know the numbers on ESPN for League of Legends Worlds? Haha are we already doing this?
we coming back to kill lol and make sc2 the rightful king of esports
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On November 07 2014 22:32 Cinim wrote:Show nested quote +On November 07 2014 14:47 ninazerg wrote:On November 07 2014 14:44 VeNoM HaZ Skill wrote:On November 07 2014 14:40 The_Templar wrote:
Great news. Hopefully this brings people to sc2 and not just hearthstone/wow. Well the good news is WoW isn't particularly exciting to watch for most people and the ones who do watch it will have already played it, so mission been accomplished. Hearthstone has as much curb appeal to a casual audience as your neighborhood crackhouse does, because who the fuck wants to watch cards fight each other? You have to keep in mind, people like to watch stupid things. When WoW had even more players, they would get maybe 30k viewers(except for blizzcon maybe), when it was an established eSport. Now the playerbase is reduced and eSport in WoW is waaay less consistent(it's only really a tournament at blizzcon, that is it). It has never been exciting as an eSport, and never will be
I played WoW for almost 8 years and never cared for it as a spectator sport. It sucks as a spectator sport.
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well this is really good.
but WoW is gonna kill this. No newbies is gonna understand what's happening.
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On November 08 2014 01:19 Azurues wrote:
well this is really good.
but WoW is gonna kill this. No newbies is gonna understand what's happening.
Yeah WoW is horrible for a mainstream viewer experience. I played WoW and arena before, but I didn't understand 50% of what was going on when I watched an arena match at IEM. It's really freaking complicated. Starcraft 2 is really simple in comparison and a way better spectator experience. The concept of gathering resources, building 2 armies and trying to defeat the enemy is simple enough (also most people played C&C or AoE at some point), but WoW arena is just crazy.
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Suppose that's cool, while I don't think we'll convert anyone over long term at least we're raising awareness.
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Sounds cheaper than the 40 bucks virtual ticket thing
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On November 08 2014 02:30 SC2Towelie wrote:To give you an idea of what ESPN3 is, they are broadcasting the World Twinkie Eating Championship tomorrow... http://i.imgur.com/umLAtnJ.png
Good to see esports are on that level then 
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On November 08 2014 02:35 SetGuitarsToKill wrote:Good to see esports are on that level then
Like twinkies starcraft esports is forever
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Wait is it running concurrently with the football above it on the schedule, or is it Blizzcon first and then football games second?
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