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GOM switches free quality of GSL back to low - Page 2

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duyhotan2000
Profile Joined March 2011
Vietnam39 Posts
June 10 2015 07:02 GMT
#21
I have GSL subscription by winning the GOMexp app contest
Shuffleblade
Profile Joined February 2012
Sweden1903 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-06-10 07:05:19
June 10 2015 07:05 GMT
#22
On June 10 2015 15:58 doihy wrote:
Why are people disappointed in GSL for doing this? If viewership wasn't so low they wouldn't have to do this. And the reason viewership is so low because of blizzard's design. If anything it is blizzards fault for making GSL do this. Sometimes it feels that people who watch GSL only watch because they are fan of Starcraft- not as an esport. But if you took away the starcraft name and look at the gameplay itself even less viewers would be watching.

If its viewership they want lowering the free stream quality is the stupidest thing they can do. Pretty sure they want money not viewership.

Yeah totally agree that Blizzard has intentionally designed Sc2 so that few people would want to watch it. Also approve that most people only watch because of the starcraft name, if call of duty was named starcraft I'm sure everyone would watch that instead without noticing a difference. Clever guy
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Scribble (anonyme)
Profile Joined May 2014
France1 Post
June 10 2015 07:05 GMT
#23
OGamingTV Hype ! ( french Hiqh quality stream every evening)
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Profile Blog Joined November 2010
China6330 Posts
June 10 2015 07:06 GMT
#24
Off to R1CH wizard stream I go.
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NInoff
Profile Joined August 2011
Bulgaria1105 Posts
June 10 2015 07:06 GMT
#25
So sad to see GOM gone, but it is not just their fault. The game popularity has been deminishing and Blizzard didn't do a thing about that. An above average Hearthstone streamer has more viewers than the GSL finals lol! There is deffinately something wrong here! And lowering the stream quality will not fix the issue.
Pontius Pirate
Profile Blog Joined August 2013
United States1557 Posts
June 10 2015 07:08 GMT
#26
On the plus side, SSL is fantastic!
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Noocta
Profile Joined June 2010
France12578 Posts
June 10 2015 07:10 GMT
#27
Can't wait to hear them blame foreign viewers numbers when they finally close their business.
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nkr
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
Sweden5451 Posts
June 10 2015 07:12 GMT
#28
I don't see a problem with it if the only options are this or removing the english stream alltogether.
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showstealer1829
Profile Blog Joined May 2014
Australia3123 Posts
June 10 2015 07:12 GMT
#29
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ZigguratOfUr
Profile Blog Joined April 2012
Iraq16955 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-06-10 07:13:48
June 10 2015 07:13 GMT
#30
I don't see how they can possibly think that'll help their profits in any significant capacity.
loft
Profile Joined July 2009
United States344 Posts
June 10 2015 07:13 GMT
#31
For the longest time the highest level of SC2 came out of GOMtv low quality. It's hard enough to tell what's going on with HQ resoution in game as a regular player. How could you ever share this with a friend ..... or even watch it in your own leisure time.

Other games stream HQ for free. For pete's sake!
nkr
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
Sweden5451 Posts
June 10 2015 07:14 GMT
#32
On June 10 2015 16:13 ZigguratOfUr wrote:
I don't see how they can possibly think that'll help their profits in any significant capacity.


Considering they've had a period with free medium and one without, I'm sure they're sitting on the facts here. Not us.
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str10_hurts
Profile Joined December 2011
Netherlands12 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-06-10 07:16:18
June 10 2015 07:15 GMT
#33
I am ok with that. When I was a student I watched it on low. I got free entertainment! Now that I work I pay for the stream, I save money by not investing in crap programmes on tv.

Lets be honest, the GSL is by far the best SC2 show out there. (and probably the most expensive to produce) Yes other shows have good stuff, but really the GSL is were it is.
SetGuitarsToKill
Profile Blog Joined December 2013
Canada28396 Posts
June 10 2015 07:16 GMT
#34
On June 10 2015 16:15 str10_hurts wrote:
I am ok with that. When I was a student I watched it on low. I got free entertainment! Now that I work I pay for the stream, I save money by not investing in crap programmes on tv.

Lets be honest, the GSL is by far the best SC2 show out there. Yes other shows have good stuff, but really the GSL is were it is.

I prefer Proleague, GSL has 2 casters who wish they were casting other games and is equal in game quality to S2SL, so there's really no reason to watch anymore is there?
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ThunderBum
Profile Joined November 2010
Australia192 Posts
June 10 2015 07:17 GMT
#35
I don't see in what way they were investing when they allowed non subscribers access to medium quality but OK. Sounds much more likely that they did a test where they'd run a season on low, and then another on medium, to see if subscriptions would remain constant or improve while at the same time improve viewership, and it failed.

I think it is disappointing that butchering the experience is their way of encouraging people to subscribe to them. And even then, you have to pay even more if you want the best quality.. As if it's somehow significantly more costly for them if I use the source quality stream from the twitch server?
NEEDZMOAR
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
Sweden1277 Posts
June 10 2015 07:17 GMT
#36
On June 10 2015 16:15 str10_hurts wrote:
I am ok with that. When I was a student I watched it on low. I got free entertainment! Now that I work I pay for the stream, I save money by not investing in crap programmes on tv.

Lets be honest, the GSL is by far the best SC2 show out there. (and probably the most expensive to produce) Yes other shows have good stuff, but really the GSL is were it is.


the casting is really bad compared to proleague though and this shitting on foreigner fans thing is getting really annoying really quickly.
Cricketer12
Profile Blog Joined May 2012
United States13990 Posts
June 10 2015 07:18 GMT
#37
This will only drive people away...GOM yall fucked up.
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Topdoller
Profile Joined March 2011
United Kingdom3860 Posts
June 10 2015 07:19 GMT
#38
I suppose this is a direct result of the slump in interest of SC2 over the last year and is understandable. Its a shame this more than likely going to drive even more viewers away, perhaps to the point of being completely non viable.

ZigguratOfUr
Profile Blog Joined April 2012
Iraq16955 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-06-10 07:20:16
June 10 2015 07:19 GMT
#39
On June 10 2015 16:14 nkr wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 10 2015 16:13 ZigguratOfUr wrote:
I don't see how they can possibly think that'll help their profits in any significant capacity.


Considering they've had a period with free medium and one without, I'm sure they're sitting on the facts here. Not us.


You mean the fact that having an English GSL stream isn't profitable to GOM with or without medium free?
gkts
Profile Joined March 2011
Germany56 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-06-10 07:20:24
June 10 2015 07:20 GMT
#40
Viewerbase switches watching of GSL back to not watching
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