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Dear GSL fans
Hello my name is Jin, the head of eXP’s operation for Twitch.
During GSL Season 2, we’ve started providing Medium quality to provide better experience to everyone.
We, the Twitch operators, have pushed the company hard for this to happen and as result we were able to serve Medium quality starting from Season 2 Code S.
But, even with the support from the users, it became low profitable business that we had to reconsider about investing anything more to the Global broadcast.
As a result we’ve decided to change the free stream quality back to Low.
This decision was made because we believe it’s better to have GSL than not to.
We’ll do our best to provide you higher production value of contents.
Thank you for your understanding.
- GOM eXP Team
Source: http://www.gomexp.com/info/notice_view.gom?seq=10037
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Wow that is really bad news, GSL global stream is that unprofitable that they have to incentivize subscribing that much.
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At medium quality I spent few hours watching games. At low quality before that I spent 5 minutes watching. Now I will spend 0 minutes
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Canada16217 Posts
Low Quality isn't going to be any better for business, in fact it'll be worse. Especially with the SSL.
On June 10 2015 15:34 -Archangel- wrote:
At medium quality I spent few hours watching games. At low quality before that I spent 5 minutes watching. Now I will spend 0 minutes
Yup pretty much :/
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lol kiss my tush you greedy frickers.
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lol low quality hype.
I smelled BS on this. This is 2015 ffs. If they can't afford to even stream in medium, then there's something wrong with their business model. IMO, they are just trying to milk as much money as they can from subscriptions before sc2 becomes even more niche. Low quality will only drive more people away.
Blizzard should be concerned that their product is being showcased in such a restrictive fashion. However, we all know they won't do anything about it.
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Tough times for GOM. Anyone having a spare $5 should subscribe to support the Korean scene.
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On June 10 2015 15:46 ilikeredheads wrote:
lol low quality hype.
I smelled BS on this. This is 2015 ffs. If they can't afford to even stream in medium, then there's something wrong with their business model. IMO, they are just trying to milk as much money as they can from subscriptions before sc2 becomes even more niche. Low quality will only drive more people away.
Blizzard should be concerned that their product is being showcased in such a restrictive fashion. However, we all know they won't do anything about it.
Afaik Blizzard basically gave Gom free rein to do what they want after their negotiations and conditions for WCS.
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Hey GSL, you aren't the only source of Korean SC2 now. Don't act like it's 2010.
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This is just a bad joke, the low quality is like watching chess from a a 500 meter distance (without binoculars). You don't see shit, I can to a certain degree understand one stupid decision. Its one mistake, to repeat that mistake however is just stupid.
The reasoning behind it feels like total bullshit too, they're saying GSL is mainly sponsored by the global broadcast (since if the global broadcast doesnt bring in the money then GSL dies is basically what he said). Just before he says that the global broadcasts income is key to the survival of GSL he says that they have to reconsider investing anything more in the global broadcast...?
So he is saying without the income from global they cant get GSL so keep going(indicating the income is substantial and key for the company) then before he says this he says that they cant invest more making it sound like its a an investment that doesn't pay off. Which is it, is the income substantial and important or isn't it, it cant be both.
Also how is serving medium quality for free investing any more into the global stream, it doesnt really cost them jack shit to have a free medium quality. Investing means shouldering a cost, please specify what that cost is that comes with serving medium quality for free.
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On June 10 2015 15:46 SetGuitarsToKill wrote:
lol kiss my ass you greedy fucks.
You tell 'em, SGTK!
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This is pretty disappointing. Medium quality was kind of annoying but I like GSL so I didn't care too much. The low quality stream is unwatchable. Like.. They may as well do GSL Radio. It's pretty irritating that they switched up mid-season too
But I think it's possible to watch the Korean stream in high quality, so that's what I'll be doing.
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I've been very disappointed with Tastosis for a while now, lowering the stream quality back to low again will probably seal the deal for me. It's just a string of very very poor developments in recent times when it comes to the GSL:
-VoD system gone
-Code A gone
-Tastosis in a passion slump
-a lot of problems with laggy/stuttering streams
-low quality
I really can't think of any reason why I should pay for the GSL at the moment. S3SL and SPL are both more entertaining and have a better production quality.
But instead of taking this as an opportunity to win back the hearts of the fans GOM decides to slam the door shut. Whatever, I don't even care at this point anymore.
Oh, and this is coming from someone who used to pay for GSL for quite a while...
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On June 10 2015 15:53 Kohonski wrote:
This is pretty disappointing. Medium quality was kind of annoying but I like GSL so I didn't care too much. The low quality stream is unwatchable. Like.. They may as well do GSL Radio. It's pretty irritating that they switched up mid-season too
But I think it's possible to watch the Korean stream in high quality, so that's what I'll be doing.
I would really appreciate it if you could explain how to do that. I cant watch low.
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Australia18228 Posts
Blizzard should just copy Riot, take over & provide High for free
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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.
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Really don't mind this change. Always been paying for GSL, and will keep supporting. A few dollars a month to have 2 great tournaments instead of 1 is worth it imo.
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