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stuchiu
Fiddler's Green42661 Posts
On January 10 2015 02:05 Lorning wrote: My biggest problem with them is their decision to get rid of the GOMTV.net for this I also ranted about their VOD system being shit, which it is RIP single best Vod system in the entirety of esports | ||
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Moxx82
United States53 Posts
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therabit
795 Posts
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ReMinD_
Croatia846 Posts
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Keeemy
Finland7855 Posts
On January 10 2015 03:07 ReMinD_ wrote: Where do you guys even find low quality VODs? I watched game 1 of each set on Youtube and want to see the rest. I think you have to pay to get any VODs. | ||
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Keeemy
Finland7855 Posts
On January 10 2015 01:33 Noocta wrote: Here's TotalBiscuit opinion on it by the way + Show Spoiler + https://twitter.com/Totalbiscuit/status/553585235129278464 The post is kinda big, if mods thinks I should spoiler the tweets to make it more manageable, I'll do it. Bwaha for once I agree with TB.  | ||
Seeker
Where dat snitch at?37043 Posts
Last October, I contacted GOM and explained to them that the majority of GOM eXP related feedback pertained to the terrible VOD system that exists right now. Here is the response that I received: We are currently aware of the displeasure from our viewers regarding the bad VOD system. Unfortunately, due to our service coalition with twitch, what we have currently is the best we can do with VODs. Back when we were GOMTV.net, we had our own webpage dedicated to VODs and we even had our own player. But as of right now, we have to use the twitch and YouTube systems so we cannot freely change our services as we'd like to. We are looking into securing a better and improved VOD viewing process for 2015. However, there is no announcement date for this yet. | ||
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dabom88
United States3483 Posts
Speaking of sponsor relations, MANY organizations have criticized GOM for not releasing overall stream numbers to the organizations. FXO for one. Those stream numbers are important to the organizations so that they can pass on to their sponsors how many viewers they got their brands out to. Do they still not release Stream numbers, other than the Twitch numbers? | ||
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tenklavir
Slovakia116 Posts
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geokilla
Canada8244 Posts
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ilikeredheads
Canada1995 Posts
What GOM is doing is complete backwards and an insult to the foreign community. Only the English stream is limited by a paywall, while the Korean stream is intentionally region blocked. This is a pure money grab, a la EA style. In the short term, they might have increased revenue from hardcore fans who subscribe, but in the long run this only hurts the sc2 scene from growing. The low quality stream does help The sad thing about all of this is that I highly doubt Blizzard is going to do anything about it, despite having specific rules stating that WCS events must provide free english stream in at least 720p. | ||
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kc2siq
United States319 Posts
But with a full-time job now, the vods are far more important to me and the shitty vod service just doesn't warrant it me paying. At least with proleague, there're free videos up on esportstv. | ||
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Thax
Belgium1060 Posts
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Noocta
France12578 Posts
On January 10 2015 03:48 ilikeredheads wrote: To anyone who thinks people are just being spoiled, almost all other sc2 tournaments offer HD quality for free and don't have a shitty VOD system. Even OGN's LOL champions series can now be streamed in HD for free when they used to be behind a paywall. What GOM is doing is complete backwards and an insult to the foreign community. Only the English stream is limited by a paywall, while the Korean stream is intentionally region blocked. This is a pure money grab, a la EA style. In the short term, they might have increased revenue from hardcore fans who subscribe, but in the long run this only hurts the sc2 scene from growing. The low quality stream does help The sad thing about all of this is that I highly doubt Blizzard is going to do anything about it, despite having specific rules stating that WCS events must provide free english stream in at least 720p. It's not about being spoiled imo, it's ridiculous to expect people to pay for stream quality in 2015. We're supposed to be past that. | ||
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Lazare1969
United States318 Posts
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dUTtrOACh
Canada2339 Posts
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AxiomBlurr
786 Posts
On January 10 2015 03:48 ilikeredheads wrote: To anyone who thinks people are just being spoiled, almost all other sc2 tournaments offer HD quality for free and don't have a shitty VOD system. Even OGN's LOL champions series can now be streamed in HD for free when they used to be behind a paywall. What GOM is doing is complete backwards and an insult to the foreign community. Only the English stream is limited by a paywall, while the Korean stream is intentionally region blocked. This is a pure money grab, a la EA style. In the short term, they might have increased revenue from hardcore fans who subscribe, but in the long run this only hurts the sc2 scene from growing. The low quality stream does help The sad thing about all of this is that I highly doubt Blizzard is going to do anything about it, despite having specific rules stating that WCS events must provide free english stream in at least 720p. Yeah I cannot see Blizz stepping up to the plate and doing something about it... God I want them to though!!! This is just a terrible state of affairs hurting an already fragile scene... I usually suggest to people on the other games I play (Quakelive, Hearthstone, poker) to check out the GSL...there is totally no point in me doing so now...NO ONE, NO ONE can watch 360p in this day and age. | ||
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Boucot
France15997 Posts
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phodacbiet
United States1740 Posts
On January 10 2015 03:48 ilikeredheads wrote: To anyone who thinks people are just being spoiled, almost all other sc2 tournaments offer HD quality for free and don't have a shitty VOD system. Even OGN's LOL champions series can now be streamed in HD for free when they used to be behind a paywall. What GOM is doing is complete backwards and an insult to the foreign community. Only the English stream is limited by a paywall, while the Korean stream is intentionally region blocked. This is a pure money grab, a la EA style. In the short term, they might have increased revenue from hardcore fans who subscribe, but in the long run this only hurts the sc2 scene from growing. The low quality stream does help The sad thing about all of this is that I highly doubt Blizzard is going to do anything about it, despite having specific rules stating that WCS events must provide free english stream in at least 720p. Which is why GOM is dying. | ||
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Shuffleblade
Sweden1903 Posts
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