EPTTo be honest I don't really care about the ads anyway. Its either ads or watching crowd lol.... And if you really care that much just buy gold lol.
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Benjef
United Kingdom6921 Posts
To be honest I don't really care about the ads anyway. Its either ads or watching crowd lol.... And if you really care that much just buy gold lol. | ||
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JDub
United States976 Posts
Watching MLG's stream was awesome, if you ask me. Great casters, great games, standard amount of commercials (I just muted and did something else during commercials, rather than getting pissed). If you don't want the commercials you can pay for an account, I don't see what's the big deal here. | ||
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Saechiis
Netherlands4989 Posts
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Rekrul
Korea (South)17174 Posts
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dementrio
678 Posts
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Enki
United States2548 Posts
On November 22 2011 03:52 dementrio wrote: get adblock. This. If you don't like ads when you are watching a stream and don't give a shit about giving money to the person streaming, just use adblock. For MLG ads I barely notice it, whenever a game isnt going on I have it muted :S | ||
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Arachne
South Africa426 Posts
So why not at least run the same adverts over 3 different streams, and give us some diversity :D | ||
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StarStruck
25339 Posts
It rubs a lot of people the wrong way including myself. I much rather have their twitter etc. show up under their actual names with their ids as the camera goes to them. It would be much easier and then we can get straight to the good stuff rather than that bullshit. | ||
MoonBear
Straight outta Johto18973 Posts
Ad-blocking is incredibly hurtful to streams that provide entertainment for free as it undermines the whole principle of free streaming. It'd be the same as ad-blocking a free to air tv station. Sure, you can change channels, but with a free stream you can also mute and alt-tab away. The ad still plays either way. If we all used ad blocking, then the economic unviability of streams would mean that either everything would become a pay-to-view system, or broadcasters will find ways to force you to watch ads whether you like it or not. (Maybe hard encoding ads into streams for free-viewers? I for one would not like that.) If your problem is the variety and types of ads they play, however, then that's a good areas of discussion I think. One problem though is probably that many companies are not prepared to spend hard cold cash on advertising unless they know they can get a tangible benefit out of it. If they pay $1 million in advertising and have 1 million views, they're basically saying that they get an average benefit of $1 per view in some form of another. Good will alone isn't enough in advertising. E-Sports needs to prove its viability commercially before a larger selection of companies would be willing to pay for advertisements. | ||
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ImDrizzt
Norway427 Posts
[/QUOTE] Don't worry, we'll be getting half-time studios with round table analysis and expert reviews of replays soon enough. MLG are shaping up - their interviews and player features are getting better and better and i'm sure that's something they're gonna focus on even more in 2012. [/QUOTE] Sounds pretty awesome. | ||
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ImDrizzt
Norway427 Posts
Got a million ideas out of that one clip, gogo use Day9, Husky and some more progamers in some commercials, add slow motion, get some models in there, make it original and creative. Or if wanting to sell, or have people buy something, have it with a sincere voice, not tacky or full of deceit. You don't need have it look/feel like some biblical, plant a seed trickery kind of commercial. Not when the product is Starcraft. | ||
NonY
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Snuggles
United States1865 Posts
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d9mmdi
Germany179 Posts
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ImDrizzt
Norway427 Posts
On November 22 2011 05:10 Liquid`Tyler wrote: What is this about suicide? LoL Don't worry about it, it's me over-exagerrating (by quite a bit I might add), to emphasize my frustration with the frequent/repetetive commercials at the blue/red streams over at the coverage portals. On a side note, after having read through the comments, reflecting a bit. I remember this one time I was in the states, and when I was in a room with a TV, I would "feel" something was off, when it wasn't, I'd watch other people in the room, to see if they too had these ÔÔ looks on their faces. I couldn't belive the amount of commercials on the telly, it was insane. Literally x3 or x4 as much as here in Norway, and even here it's more than enough. Maybe the culture over there is more used to it. Where I live you're not allowed to put up billboards if they are large, or draw paintings on walls if they are too big. And when I got back from being in America for 6 weeks, when friends and family asked what was it like. I talked about some cool/awesome stuff. (Like a Norwegian friend of mine, on day 3 got tricked by a black prostitute, and she stole 8000 dollar from him, but it was stake money from Dokosoko, but he still took it pretty hard). And I told my dad I went to my first strip club and this oriental dancer gave me my first irl blueballz, to name but a few stories. BUT!!! And I put on my vile/evil angry face, and said. So much sell out, commercials, tacky crap. If you can block that out, or avoid it, or be desentized to it, I guess it's okay. Like going Grand Canyon, it's like they try to ruin it for you, makes you feel like sheeps to a herder. Everyone trying to sell you shit, people open your doors to get a penny, everyone wants tips, fake politeness all over. It made me a little scared. So yeah, somewhat sure I'm over reacting, but still feel I'm semi spot on in some spots. Ps, You're pretty cool Tyler for talking openly about being all depressed and emo here and there, mad respect. Pps, lol, got another flashback, of my dad. If the phone calls, he answers, and it's a phone saleman/woman, he just flips. Like he's allowed to be as harsh/rude has he damn pleases. "HOW DARE YOU CALL ME, I'M ABOUT TO HAVE DINNER". Along those lines lol | ||
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actionbastrd
Congo598 Posts
On November 22 2011 02:46 Ktk wrote: I'd be fine with commercials if they weren't a) misogynistic (IT'S NOT FOR WOMEN) b) terribly made (creepy womancop xperia ads) c) horribly repetitive and cliche (the rest and the limited amount. Also, "get real".) If the ads were legitimately interesting and varied (which ultimately comes down to MLG getting more sponsors, actually) they would be much more appealing imo. If Kingston HyperX occasionally popped one of their gaming ads on there? Golden. Just to reference the misogynistic comment. that commercial is actually on TV all the time where i am at. It is just Dr.Peppers newest and most played commercial. If they had never made the commercial for TV they wouldn't have it on MLG. It was a dumb commercial tho lol. In the end i think you just have to accept the fact that people who make commercials are dumb. I find most commercials more annoying than actually making me go, hey that sounds good, i might go buy that. But it brings the $$$ so its whatevs. | ||
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MCDayC
United Kingdom14464 Posts
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Cagle
Denmark5 Posts
On November 22 2011 06:26 MCDayC wrote: MLG has too many commercials yes, between games in a series is silly. Yeah i gotta agree. I mean even if you pay for the stream you still have to wait while non-payers watch commercials anyway. It's okay with a commercial or two between the series, but what seemed like minutes between every game is over the top. | ||
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Cyro
United Kingdom20263 Posts
On November 22 2011 02:46 Ktk wrote: I'd be fine with commercials if they weren't a) misogynistic (IT'S NOT FOR WOMEN) b) terribly made (creepy womancop xperia ads) c) horribly repetitive and cliche (the rest and the limited amount. Also, "get real".) If the ads were legitimately interesting and varied (which ultimately comes down to MLG getting more sponsors, actually) they would be much more appealing imo. If Kingston HyperX occasionally popped one of their gaming ads on there? Golden. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WktGOpeH8Fw I agree. It is made ten times worse by the way the screen just goes BLACK after every ad - I have to stop eating my damn icecream and refresh the firefox page, and then paste my membership key and reload the max quality every single ad | ||
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Crais
Canada2136 Posts
On November 22 2011 07:50 Cyro wrote: I agree. It is made ten times worse by the way the screen just goes BLACK after every ad - I have to stop eating my damn icecream and refresh the firefox page, and then paste my membership key and reload the max quality every single ad If you shut off addblock that fixes the black screen thing. | ||
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