Because of new security procedures within our livestream player, you will not be able to have two HQ streams open at once during MLG Anaheim.

was on mlg and saw this =( no replays now this....

Charger

United States2405 Posts

July 29 2011 22:24 GMT

Aww wtf is this for real....

ZAiNs

United Kingdom6525 Posts

July 29 2011 22:24 GMT

Different browsers?

AltF4Gate

United Kingdom112 Posts

July 29 2011 22:25 GMT

It's to "stop account sharing" for the HD Access, pretty shitty that it stops you watching both streams at once.

cyprin

United States1105 Posts

July 29 2011 22:25 GMT

On July 30 2011 07:24 ZAiNs wrote:
Different browsers?

from http://redd.it/j3gqu

Because of new security procedures within our livestream player, you will not be able to have two HQ streams open at once during MLG Anaheim. Between now and Raleigh, we will look into incorporating this functionality into our security procedures, but taking steps to address the issue while the tournament is live runs a high risk of interfering with the broadcasts. Therefore, if you want to watch more than one stream at once, only one can run in HQ; the other(s) can run in Medium or Low quality. You can easily swap which stream you’re watching in HQ by lowering the quality on one, and signing in to the other with your Membership code.

Thank you for your patience, and enjoy the tournament!

http://pro.majorleaguegaming.com/news/an-important-announcement-for-viewers-with-hq-access

alexhard

Sweden317 Posts

July 29 2011 22:25 GMT

Classic MLG. People tend to have short memories regarding these events; Columbus was a clear outlier for MLG events.

DavidLindley

United States84 Posts

July 29 2011 22:25 GMT

I'm pretty sure it's based on the vouch code they give you to unlock the HQ stream, basically you can't have the same code "active" at the same time

pallad

Poland1958 Posts

July 29 2011 22:25 GMT

Hmm i read that you can't open 2 streams whit free low q , but if you buy pass i think you can , if not that really sux , for someone that support e-sports

DystopiaX

United States16236 Posts

July 29 2011 22:26 GMT

Yeah, they want you to watcch one in free quality and switch when you want...which means an ad...which sucks cause the ads suck.

They hope to have it fixed for Raleigh and I really hope they do, didn't know about this going into buying a membership and it's a real bummer considering how I had 2 hq streams open for all of Columbus.

That being said, the Ultra quality is stellar for me, hope it doesn't dip when games actually start like it has for past MLGs.

Soulforged

Latvia918 Posts

July 29 2011 22:27 GMT

#10

Challenge accepted!
Edit: whoops, it's one authorization code per one HQ stream. Thought it was about the free ones without the code.

asmo.0

Norway318 Posts

July 29 2011 22:29 GMT

#11

On July 30 2011 07:25 pallad wrote:
Hmm i read that you can't open 2 streams whit free low q , but if you buy pass i think you can , if not that really sux , for someone that support e-sports

thats wrong, but it can get bugged once or twice. just fiddle a little, and you can watch both np.

Yew

United States940 Posts

July 29 2011 22:30 GMT

#12

Can you still watch two at once on LQ???

Sermokala

United States13964 Posts

July 29 2011 22:32 GMT

#13

you can watch 4 at once if you want too but only one can be HQ at a time.

and don't worry it'll dip pretty hard once the numbers come in. I remember last Code S finals you could literaly count the pixels on the screen.

DeepElemBlues

United States5079 Posts

July 29 2011 22:32 GMT

#14

That's ridiculous, if I pay for an HQ account and they are running two streams at the same time I should be able to watch both in HQ, period, not have to choose one or the other. Only run one stream at a time if you're going to pull crap like this on your customers/fans.

This is the same kind of crap satellite TV providers pulled for years, if you want to watch something different on a different TV you need two (or more depending on how many TVs you have) receivers, and guess what they both cost the same. Eventually the satellite companies realized people were leaving them for cable in part because of bullshit policies like that so they changed them and developed new technology so you don't need a full receiver for each television, hopefully MLG will realize that one day this move will bite them in the ass and change course.

Convalescence

Denmark91 Posts

July 29 2011 22:32 GMT

#15

Sucks a bit, but they say that they are looking into it for future events, so I don't mind

Edit: I don't get why people complain that much about it. If I understand it correctly, buying the Silver Membership gives you 3 month of those "membership-features", which means that for what used to be the price of one, I now get 3 events in HQ (Anaheim, Raleigh & Orlando)? I can live with 1 HQ stream, with no lag or interruptions this one event.

Flipshy

United States83 Posts

July 29 2011 22:33 GMT

#16

i remember when they first announced two streams they laughed and joked saying everyone would have both open at same time for maximum viewing then they do this,....

nvs.

Canada3609 Posts

July 29 2011 22:33 GMT

#17

LOLZ I was about to go buy an HD pass too, was looking forward to having one on each monitor in HQ.

Fuck dat.

aristarchus

United States652 Posts

July 29 2011 22:35 GMT

#18

And not only can you not have two open at once, but if you switch streams you have to sit through extra commercials each time, right?

Edit: Actually, should be commercial free now if you have HD, I think, so never mind.

DerekJCEX

United States64 Posts

July 29 2011 22:35 GMT

#19

Last MLG they gave us HD free for the weekend and now people are bitching about this? Let them make their money

DeepElemBlues

United States5079 Posts

July 29 2011 22:36 GMT

#20

And not only can you not have two open at once, but if you switch streams you have to sit through extra commercials each time, right?

Ya but see Blizzard gets half that ad revenue, I bet MLG gets 100% of the revenue from selling HQ passes.

Last MLG they gave us HD free for the weekend and now people are bitching about this? Let them make their money

They already are making money from selling HQ passes, now they're just being greedy about it.

It'd be like if you have all Horde characters on WoW (you're watching HD MLG Red Stream) and want to make an Alliance (watch HD MLG Blue Stream too at the same time), guess what? You need to pay double the monthly fee, that's two different sides (streams) to play (watch in HD)!