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United States1050 Posts
On September 13 2011 06:54 Chill wrote: I can't even follow IPL anymore because it's always rebroadcasting something. I have no idea what round the real tournament is actually in.
We start at 5 PM PDT with new content every time.
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Being from EU i miss alot of the original broadcasts, so its useful to me. But I can see how it could be annoying. Maybe an option in your profile to list rebroadcasts would be a more viable, but im sure they guys running/administrating TL have more than enough to do (♥ all you guys btw best website on the interwebs)
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Almost every IPL thing, and half the NASL things I got to catch were the EU re-broadcasts, so I do like having them there.
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I like the idea of keeping them going for 24 hours or until the next cast like IPL is doing, obviously they make more money from doing that then vods which just makes it sensible. I like that IPL are still putting out vods as well, just wish they were a bit more timely, preferably should come up around the 24 hour mark.
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I watch streams on weird hours, really like seeing these listed in right sidebar. Keep 'em, thanks!
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from EU and they are very useful for me.
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these ipl rebroadcasts annoy the shit out of me. everytime you look at the tournament nav, you go "woah, ipl running!" only to be disappointed 5 secs later, when its the xx. rebroadcast of a game you have seen 2 times before. put that in the "featured streams"-list and its ok, but the tournament tab should be for things that are new.
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Many times I can only watch the rebroadcast, so I really really love having them to view at work.
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Kennigit
Canada19447 Posts
On September 13 2011 05:45 acgFork wrote: I think it's great but...
I see there aren't many topics to poll the community these days.. This is actually a really important one. When we polled staff it was like 95% hate it - very important to get community feedback on this.
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Kennigit
Canada19447 Posts
On September 13 2011 10:57 Dental Floss wrote: Color-code the calendar to make everyone happy. That way you can quickly determine what is live and what is a recording of a previous event. This is a good idea.
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On September 14 2011 14:25 Kennigit wrote:Show nested quote +On September 13 2011 05:45 acgFork wrote: I think it's great but...
I see there aren't many topics to poll the community these days.. This is actually a really important one. When we polled staff it was like 95% hate it - very important to get community feedback on this.
thats interesting . I would have guessed something like a 70 hate 30 love thing, but not that one sided.
makes me appreciate TL staff even more
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I live in Australia so the rebroadcasts are the only ones I can actually see most of the time - it would be good to know when the original cast was. This especially is true for IPL - they seem to rebroadcast 3-4 times over several days...
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ofc usefull Oo what a question
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It's useful since many NA tournies are ran in the middle of the night in Europe.
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United Arab Emirates874 Posts
they're really useful for me here. Specially NA tournaments.
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Keep them, so long as they are marked "Restream" (assuming that's possible??)
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It should say rebroadcast. IPL is always rebroadcasting so yeah... like chill said on the first page.
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I like them, but would appreciate them or TL labeling the stream link as rebroadcasts so I don't have to open the stream to find out.
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On September 14 2011 14:25 Kennigit wrote:Show nested quote +On September 13 2011 05:45 acgFork wrote: I think it's great but...
I see there aren't many topics to poll the community these days.. This is actually a really important one. When we polled staff it was like 95% hate it - very important to get community feedback on this. Has the staff discussed enforcing tagging rebroadcasts or making a separate rebroadcast tab? It seems like most people agree that would be a good idea.
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On September 14 2011 00:46 Special Endrey wrote: I dont like the listing of re-broadcasts at all. You don't really know what has already been re-broadcasted and what did not. In addition to that, if people are really interested in a certain league/tournament, it should not a problem at all to check out the website where the event is hosted/streamed on. WIth big leagues like NASL and IPL we have roughly 10 hour content each day for just this one special event. Also the re-broadcast is a little confusing esp. with IPL. Often I dont know in which round a match is. Is this an Important game or is it not? So I am currently thinking of IPL as some sort of showmatches at the moment.
In addition to that it also messes with the EU weekly cup culture we have. Those weekly cups we have here on the EU servers are a REALLY REALLY good thing to have. Not only can we see EU's top players compete on a daily basis for our entertainment but it's also good to increase the player's skill level quite a bit because of this constantly competing enviroment.
But with the listing of those re-broadcasts, not only the viewers but also the (mostly casual) player numbers go down quite a bit. Which means, that sponsors don't get that high numbers anymore and are thinking twice before they start to sponsor another weekly cup series. That decreases the prize pool, the amount of Pro's participating etc. etc.
Where do we draw the line? Is it okay to re-broadcast Events as well that are beeing played on EU prime time 8 hours later for US prime time (and vice versa) )and justify this by not releasing the VODs?
TL;DR Re-Broadcasts are fine, but should not be listed anymore. One offical event is enough. People who want to watch the rebroadcasts should watch them on the event's website. Listing of re-broadcasts are messing with other events too much.
nice post. I totally agree with this
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