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umelbumel
Profile Joined January 2011
2026 Posts
January 09 2015 12:25 GMT
#101
On January 09 2015 20:20 RHoudini wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 09 2015 20:17 Frankenberry wrote:
On January 09 2015 20:17 RHoudini wrote:
On January 09 2015 20:11 Penev wrote:
On January 09 2015 19:45 RHoudini wrote:
You can always watch the Youtube (Korean) video.
If you get a region-block (as I do), there are browser extensions like Hola http://hola.org/ that allow you to proxy around the world (pretend that you're viewing from Korea).

Thanks but it's says their server is down..

Edit: *Korean

I'm currently watching the Youtube stream, everything seems to work fine.


link please


You can use Hola to get around the region-block.

thanks. It's much better ♥
nkr
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
Sweden5451 Posts
January 09 2015 12:26 GMT
#102
On January 09 2015 21:24 brickrd wrote:
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On January 09 2015 21:23 nkr wrote:
that's not even remotely the same, but a funny scenario indeed!

i'm not sure what's different about it. the whole point is to give people notice of a change that will disappoint them as a basic courtesy so they're not taken off guard by it? it's actually almost identical


I guess if you're very emotional about your GSL, you could have a point. Personally I can't equate the two.
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imre
Profile Blog Joined November 2011
France9263 Posts
January 09 2015 12:26 GMT
#103
On January 09 2015 21:26 nkr wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 09 2015 21:24 brickrd wrote:
On January 09 2015 21:23 nkr wrote:
that's not even remotely the same, but a funny scenario indeed!

i'm not sure what's different about it. the whole point is to give people notice of a change that will disappoint them as a basic courtesy so they're not taken off guard by it? it's actually almost identical


I guess if you're very emotional about your GSL, you could have a point. Personally I can't equate the two.


yeah the lunch didn't have marineking in it !
Zest fanboy.
brickrd
Profile Blog Joined March 2014
United States4894 Posts
January 09 2015 12:27 GMT
#104
On January 09 2015 21:26 nkr wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 09 2015 21:24 brickrd wrote:
On January 09 2015 21:23 nkr wrote:
that's not even remotely the same, but a funny scenario indeed!

i'm not sure what's different about it. the whole point is to give people notice of a change that will disappoint them as a basic courtesy so they're not taken off guard by it? it's actually almost identical


I guess if you're very emotional about your GSL, you could have a point. Personally I can't equate the two.

lol, appreciating basic courtesy is being "emotional"?? you're either trolling or have a very bizarre conception of what it is to be "emotional," but i'm not really invested at all in whether you agree with my analogy so i'm not going to pursue it
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nkr
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
Sweden5451 Posts
January 09 2015 12:30 GMT
#105
I might be an outlier, but to me a statement wouldn't change a thing. I would still get low quality. Different opinions are fun though! ;P
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NeThZOR
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
South Africa7387 Posts
January 09 2015 12:35 GMT
#106
This is odd...
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SoSexy
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Italy3725 Posts
January 09 2015 12:42 GMT
#107
This sucks.
Dating thread on TL LUL
SCguineapig
Profile Blog Joined January 2013
Netherlands289 Posts
January 09 2015 12:43 GMT
#108
wtf 13,99 just to get my stream in HD.

fuck you gom, I want my HD GSL fix.
broodwar wasn't perfect
BoggieMan
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
520 Posts
January 09 2015 12:45 GMT
#109
Production crew and a studio in the middle of Seoul is quite expensive.
Clonester
Profile Joined August 2014
Germany2808 Posts
January 09 2015 12:46 GMT
#110
Hola + Youtube 480p work atm for me. Sometomes i need 360p and sometimes I can go for 720p.

Okay for me, i like the korean voices even when i do only understand GEEE GEEE
Bomber, Attacker, DD, SOMEBODY, NiKo, Nex, Spidii
maartendq
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
Belgium3115 Posts
January 09 2015 12:46 GMT
#111
If GOM is run by people who think that this is even remotely a good business decision, I fear the worst for that company.
kinsky
Profile Joined November 2010
Germany368 Posts
January 09 2015 12:50 GMT
#112
you play me, i play you. no more subs for gom. ever.
SCguineapig
Profile Blog Joined January 2013
Netherlands289 Posts
January 09 2015 12:50 GMT
#113
On January 09 2015 21:46 maartendq wrote:
If GOM is run by people who think that this is even remotely a good business decision, I fear the worst for that company.



MLG has done this before aswell right? where they locked the remainder of the tournament behind a paywall, at least that is what i can remember.
broodwar wasn't perfect
Musicus
Profile Joined August 2011
Germany23576 Posts
January 09 2015 13:01 GMT
#114
I'm just happy SpotTV exists and GSL has no monopoly on Korean sc2 .

SPL and SSL prvoide a lot to watch and nobody is forced to pay Gom, if they want high quality content. A very poor decision by them imo and I hope it does not work out for them.
Maru and Serral are probably top 5.
maartendq
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
Belgium3115 Posts
January 09 2015 13:02 GMT
#115
On January 09 2015 21:50 SCguineapig wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 09 2015 21:46 maartendq wrote:
If GOM is run by people who think that this is even remotely a good business decision, I fear the worst for that company.



MLG has done this before aswell right? where they locked the remainder of the tournament behind a paywall, at least that is what i can remember.

They did one or two "online audience only" tournaments that required viewers to pay to watch. I don't think it was all that succesful.

As much as an increasing amount of people enjoy esports, it's clearly not gotten to the point where a majority of people are willing to pay for it.
BlueStar
Profile Blog Joined August 2005
Bulgaria1168 Posts
January 09 2015 13:22 GMT
#116
This way they ruin the best tournament for thousands of people who are wandering between SC2 and many other competitive PC games.
- Probably they want to push away their SC2 viewers for something else?

If they don't want to make people go away they should reconsider different payment options and additional features not only abusing the stream quality.
We live in years when the ecommerce is so advanced and they stick to the 2010 realm.
Leader of the Bulgarian National SCBW/SC2 team and team pSi.SCBW/SC2
YouthSC
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
United Kingdom355 Posts
January 09 2015 13:27 GMT
#117
When selling stuff online (especially a service like this one), they need to exceed expectations.
They want us to pay $13.99 for something that others give for free (e.g. SSL), or that they used to give for free. Their customers aren't gonna be happy.

In addition, we would be paying for the quality of the stream and not much else. That's not exceeding expectations... Exceeding expectations is what they used to do: we can pay to ask questions to the players in post-match interviews, many people can't be in the studio, so subs could send their cheerfuls to an e-mail and they could be shown on stream, they could do lottery where x subs per GSL get to play/talk/get coached by a professional player/the champion/the runner-up, there's SO much monetisation potential there!

But no instead they decrease quality to 240p and I ain't watching that shit.
The more I practice, the luckier I get!
nkr
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
Sweden5451 Posts
January 09 2015 13:31 GMT
#118
If you aren't subscribed, then you aren't really a customer. This affects people who weren't subscribers, people who they did not monetize at all. Judging by how many people subscribed today, it works. Yes, in terms of bringing in new viewers for sc2, it's a bad long term move. However, GOM as a company needs to survive short time.
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Undead1993
Profile Joined January 2012
Germany17651 Posts
January 09 2015 13:35 GMT
#119
bad move bad bad move. reminds of the old gom times >.<
SEKO SEKO SEKO SEKO SEKO
BlueStar
Profile Blog Joined August 2005
Bulgaria1168 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-01-09 13:37:52
January 09 2015 13:37 GMT
#120
On January 09 2015 22:31 nkr wrote:
If you aren't subscribed, then you aren't really a customer. This affects people who weren't subscribers, people who they did not monetize at all. Judging by how many people subscribed today, it works. Yes, in terms of bringing in new viewers for sc2, it's a bad long term move. However, GOM as a company needs to survive short time.


I'll leave this bold here
if they don't need to survive long
Leader of the Bulgarian National SCBW/SC2 team and team pSi.SCBW/SC2
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