ESWC HLTV Fiasco

Posted by St_George at 12:30 9/7/2003.

The last few days have seen some interesting developments regarding the HLTV for the ESWC. It's being ran by french outfit, Arene, and originally had plans to charge spectators to watch the games. Then I believe it was only to gurantee yourself a definte spot, so paying was upto you. After much protesting via irc, and other community "outbursts", all HLTV is apparently now free for all.

You still however need the software and instructions, which in my personal opinion doesn't work all that well, to watch the games.

This is the game schedule without names included.

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	St_George g30rg3h UKTerrorist 12:32 9/7/2003	all seems pretty messy to me, anyone with any other information regarding the matter, feel free to share it + i'll add it to the news item. [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	rich 12:33 9/7/2003	hi im french [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	rd theb0g 12:42 9/7/2003	here is sum news, it aint new i dont think BUT the french r clueless, and w**kers :] p3n = french? [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	nicklearse Missing In Action 12:43 9/7/2003	the softwares ok .. looks crap though .. and mine works .. always a bonus [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Gryff 12:43 9/7/2003	Downloaded the software and its an arse to use. Overcomplicated crap :-] It asks you to scan discs for games and your thinking wtf as it shows an image of a CD. It actually means which drives would you like to scan to find available games. It really is a POS :/ [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	rd theb0g 12:50 9/7/2003	a POS? POS = Point Of Sale? :] [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	MagiciaN^ Jay Bee Eye! 12:54 9/7/2003	software seems fine to me .. and if they get the HLTV servers up and working for the whole event i wouldnt call it a fiasco seeing as they will probably be the first ppl to ever manage it [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	St_George g30rg3h UKTerrorist 12:57 9/7/2003	fiasco might be a little harsh, but I'm an "esports journalist" of some form, it comes with the job. [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	ObZ^ 13:08 9/7/2003	gd! [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Gryff 13:40 9/7/2003	4th round of SK vs e.a and HLTV network goes down. [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	St00piD Intrigue 13:48 9/7/2003	score? [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Katori Choke 13:50 9/7/2003	Software makes my machine con dump physical memory each time i try to connect fs :/ [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	r3n Team-kill 13:59 9/7/2003	havent the french learnt anything about organising LAN events? DONT DO IT [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	m0rph Infinity-eSports 14:21 9/7/2003	just wait for the demos [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Kappy 14:38 9/7/2003	works fine for me, but it seems like a lot of hastle... [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	JiMs 14:43 9/7/2003	its been perfect for me stop crying yee f***ing babys [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	silence` Last Chance 15:16 9/7/2003	i click on enter the arena and nothing happens.. joyful [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	St00piD Intrigue 15:18 9/7/2003	yeah same :/ it worked 20 minutes ago...but now i cant enter any arenas [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	DooMeh Lite 15:48 9/7/2003	when i try and sign up it just stops responding [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	KaM 18:25 9/7/2003	took 5 seconds to get it to work, it's alright though lads, i probably have an enormous iq advantage [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	AL!CAT 19:00 9/7/2003	dont ppl learn from mistakes, ie clikarena hltv network constantly failing, they'd get enuff probs which is part of the buis with standard ip posting but this fancy prog urm :/ Bit strange as the money comes form the publicity? and hltv, hpefully organissers will learn :E [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Chris0 19:55 9/7/2003	aAa wouldve been sponsored to fly around the world if everyone paid up [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]
	Kappy 21:03 9/7/2003	BS we're being made to pay to watch HLTV now... This is what the site now says "We are sorry, but from now on this service is accesible only for the users having their rights updated. As a consequence, to get an IMEDIAT access click on the "Credit account" button." I believe its £1.50 per day.. [ Comment: Report \| IP: Logged ]

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