My first official whine post (MLG) - Page 3

Teim

Australia373 Posts

November 22 2011 03:01 GMT

#41

The worst part for me was switching from Red to Blue stream or changing the quality of the stream and then having to sit through a minute long add before finally getting to see what was actually happening on the stream.

I have no problem with the adds in between the breaks, but the adds everytime I did something with the MLG streamer were killing a small part of me everytime.

I guess I could also mention that the adds shown here in Australia were actually terrible and completely off target for the viewer demographic. Like, I was not interested in a single product shown. And I can't even remember what any of the products were. Not very good advertising if I literaly cannot remember what they were trying to sell me 24 hours ago.

Tommylew

Wales2717 Posts

November 22 2011 11:53 GMT

#42

yeh not having gold I can understand the commericals but the same ones constantly... my god. At least get about 10 different ones and make sure you dont hear the very same commerical after a quick 6 pool or something adverts again same ones... nooooooo.

Cuddle

Sweden1345 Posts

November 22 2011 12:30 GMT

#43

Rockin' that gold membership...

No but seriously, for such a great event, how can it not be worth getting gold?

Dodgin

Canada39254 Posts

November 22 2011 14:44 GMT

#44

Solution, pay for the pass and get no commercials.

Ballack

Norway821 Posts

November 22 2011 16:33 GMT

#45

I would prefer them to have a few more commercials, seeing the same ones over and over and over and over is kind of tiring..

Mobius_1

United Kingdom2763 Posts

November 22 2011 16:47 GMT

#46

But if they didn't have commercials when will you have the time to write your latest rant in the LR thread/make a hot pocket/grab a drink/take a bathroom break?

It's just too bad that SC2 game lengths are so unpredictable --> better to be safe and end up with somewhat long breaks than be unable to (just a hypothetical example) stream IdrA vs MC because the DongRaeGu vs MMA went on for too long. It helps to have 2 streams, but scheduling SC2 is still quite an art.

ImDrizzt

Norway427 Posts

November 22 2011 17:36 GMT

#47

On November 23 2011 01:47 Mobius_1 wrote:
But if they didn't have commercials when will you have the time to write your latest rant in the LR thread/make a hot pocket/grab a drink/take a bathroom break?

It's just too bad that SC2 game lengths are so unpredictable --> better to be safe and end up with somewhat long breaks than be unable to (just a hypothetical example) stream IdrA vs MC because the DongRaeGu vs MMA went on for too long. It helps to have 2 streams, but scheduling SC2 is still quite an art.

Good point.

Espelz

Germany818 Posts

November 23 2011 15:24 GMT

#48

I actually don´t mind commercials at all, in the end they only air when there is no game / analysis / whatever on that stream anyway, so I don´t really care if its an ad or just a the same footage of the crowd you see the rest of the time.

The one thing that bothers me a little bit is the repetition (its worse on normal twitch.tv streams though, it kinda sucks if the streamer decides to run 2 ads and I have to watch the same ad twice

). Rather than having no ads at all, I´d wish for more different ads in the end.

itkovian

United States1763 Posts

November 23 2011 20:37 GMT

#49

A source of revenue is needed for esports to survive. That's why if you're willing to pay some money, you can watch MLG ad-free. MLG is not trying to entertain you with the adds, the sponsors are, and its not MLG's fault if the sponsors make terrible commercials. I'm sure MLG would prefer if everyone bought memberships and no one had to watch commercials.

Ever since reading "amusing ourselves to death" by Neil Postman, I've had a very difficult time watching TV in general because of the advertisements. But I realize when watching MLG, I'm going to have to suffer through them for esports until I finally man up and buy a gold pass.

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