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Re:Professional Starcraft Team releases documentary with pay... by sliverstorm on Sunday June 24, 2012 @02:13AM (#4152729)
Maybe this is because I'm only a casual SC2 player, but it seems like there is a big flaw here- what are we buying?

Sure, it's a video. And it has something about Team Liquid.

...

???

Re:Professional Starcraft Team releases documentary with pay... by dangrossman on Sunday June 24, 2012 @02:27AM (#4152744)
It's a documentary about Team Liquid. If you know what a documentary is, and you know who Team Liquid is, you know what you're getting.

Look at the "biographical documentaries" category on Netflix: the descriptions are mostly in the form of "[narrator name] brings you the [adjective] story of [topic]" with little or no elaboration.

Re:Professional Starcraft Team releases documentary with pay... by kingofspain on Sunday June 24, 2012 @05:13AM (#4152964)
And I don't watch half of them unless I'm bored and desperate for something, anything, to watch in a hotel room.

They could put up a quick blurb and a trailer. I'll spend a few minutes on a trailer for virtually anything. Especially for a 'pay what you want' movie. The fact that it's about a subject I've so far had no interest in is irrelevant if it looks like a decent film.

Re:Professional Starcraft Team releases documentary with pay... by alanfalcon on Sunday June 24, 2012 @12:38PM (#4153630)
So pay nothing and watch the first few minutes of the movie, and decide if you want to watch the rest. Then pay what you want.
Re:Professional Starcraft Team releases documentary with pay... by Lorin on Sunday June 24, 2012 @04:54PM (#4154223)
To be fair after the first 15 minutes it isn't much of a documentary, more of an interview of the individual players. Not much of a story line.
Re:Professional Starcraft Team releases documentary with pay... by apaitch on Sunday June 24, 2012 @02:25AM (#4152739)
Team Liquid is a rather popular professional gaming team, especially in Starcraft 2. I doubt anyone would end up on their website not knowing who they are (why would you go to teamliquid.com just for kicks?) so it's not that bad of a flaw.
Re:Professional Starcraft Team releases documentary with pay... by jmduke on Sunday June 24, 2012 @02:48AM (#4152780)
Because you were referred to the site by a link on HN, for one.
Re:Professional Starcraft Team releases documentary with pay... by phaus on Sunday June 24, 2012 @12:16PM (#4153591)
The name of the post that referred you pretty much gives enough information to determine whether or not it will interest you enough to pay.

Even if it doesn't, you can bypass the login/donation and watch the documentary before you decide how much it is worth.

Re:Professional Starcraft Team releases documentary with pay... by gcp on Sunday June 24, 2012 @08:28AM (#4153197)
doubt anyone would end up on their website not knowing who they are

Their community forum is the most popular non-Korean place for strategy discussion. I think many people get here without particularly caring about TeamLiquid itself.

Re:Professional Starcraft Team releases documentary with pay... by hkmurakami on Sunday June 24, 2012 @03:15AM (#4152808)
FYI, the proper domain is teamliquid.net
Re:Professional Starcraft Team releases documentary with pay... by dmoy on Sunday June 24, 2012 @05:07AM (#4152955)
teamliquid.net is the community site

teamliquidpro.com is the team proper's site

I suppose it's a bit confusing because information about this is plastered all over both the community and team sites.

As an aside, it is mildly amusing that EG, another popular US SC2 team, fronted 666 dollars.

Re:Professional Starcraft Team releases documentary with pay... by JD557 on Sunday June 24, 2012 @09:33AM (#4153272)
Well, you can watch it first and pay later... I don't think there's any better way to know what you are buying. :)
Re:Professional Starcraft Team releases documentary with pay... by neotorama on Sunday June 24, 2012 @02:43AM (#4152774)
GG