> Google aquires Twitch
> Twitch becomes the worst streaming site of all-time.

I can't believe Twitch Administration is stupid enough to allow this.

They didn't say no to $1B. Yeah, so stupid.

They are, the amount of revenue they have been gaining. They were becoming one of the biggest companies. Do you know how much Twitch will die now? Google only buys organizations if they think they're a challenge, which Twitch was becoming to be.

Don't get me wrong, if I had $1B in front of my face for a site then I'd be all in for it. But if I really would have spent a while thinking about it, I would've realized that giving it to Google would be the stupidest mistake.

We'll see.

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take the million and work for google!

At first I was like, 18 bucks, that's not much, then... :O

It's how much I would have paid to be honest for this laggy pos :)

Twitch was already shitty.

Adidas acquired Puma a few years ago. Is Puma dead?
VW acquired Audi a few years ago. Is Audi dead?
Ford acquired Aston Martin a few years ago. Is Aston Martin dead?
Tata acquired Jaguar a few years ago. Is Jaguar dead?
Funnyb acquired chlamydia a few years ago. Is chlamydia dead?

Is this why niggaB doesn't stream so often?

probably the end of twitch in germany :-/

Why would that be?

google prevents youtube livestreaming to germany, because there might be (music) content, for which they don't have an agreement with the german GEMA.
twitch hasn't an office in germany, so I guesd they don't care.

That's what happens with free capitalism, it's mathematical. Biggest compagnies/families have unlimited funds and are richer than nations.

Capitalism isnt perfect, but has been shown to be better than the alternatives. All that Capitalism needs is some regulation to not allow people to become so rich they can buy anything, ofc the ones at power doesnt want this so prolly will never happen.

"has been shown to be better than the alternatives"

shown by who and where? what alternatives are you even talking about? i hope you'r not talking about USSR's communisme...

Why do i even answer to you...

You tell me bro, youre the one saying there are better alternatives, im all ears.

Also its funny you hide your identity as an anonymous coward so we cant track your opinions, but bash me as "why do i answer to you".

I was just typing that up when I saw this thread. This is shitty news for our privacy and net neutrality worldwide. Oh well, at least maybe I'll get my video game streams with less lag.


Edit: Crazy that it cost half as much as youtube though. That must be good news for D I G I T A L S P O R T S, I guess.

Don't forget this was back in 2006 when youtube was big but not that big. It was just the better stream upload site. I still hate the amount of astronomical numbers they come up with, 1 mirrion dollas, triple billion, 100 gazillion.....

You know the reality is this you can have the best site in the world, say a file host, unlimited speed, download managers, "files are hosted on our servers" ad message, simultaneous download, unlimited storage space etc. Yet a site that has 50kbps download speed cap, no download managers allowed, no file downloads at the same time, ban angry mods, and just anything that is wrong with the picture, i guarantee you they will be x100 more successful than the other people. You know why?

Affiliations!

I think the fact that google couldn't outcompete it with their google video was still a big sign.

It's beyond me. Till this day I haven't heard about Twitch TV nor have I ever searched for anything that I may want to watch being streamed. The reason I don't have a TV is because I don't want to view a program on the fly instead I rather download/record it and view it later at more convenient time. Worst part, all twitch tv does is appeal to gamers where they stream games. Not a single world cup match or anything different than gameplays. How is Google offering that much money to a potential good site? Sense, it makes not.

Maybe I'm missing something

It's about twitch numbers, twitch & esports growth these past years and not being able to beat them with youtube live I think. So it's based on potential.

Why twitch stream the world cup? Seriously, why?

The very first line of the twitch wiki page says: Twitch.tv is a live streaming video platform focused on e-sports and video gaming.[2] .

So, yes, when you say 'Worst part, all twitch tv does is appeal to gamers where they stream games,' you are, in fact, missing something. Because Video Games is what the entire website focuses on! :D

It's sort of like if the channels devoted to only football(soccer) and someone saying 'this is so stupid! why aren't they streaming twitch play pokemon!?' =)

Google bought the infrastructure and technology to the largest streaming site on the web. They may keep the twitch brand gaming only, but they're probably using everything else for other stuff too.

Well twitch saves streams so they can be watched later. Google acts like Microsoft, they got the money so they're buying everything off to enhance their monopoly power and pulverize every bit of competition. They have been doing it for ages.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mergers_..._by_Google

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nothing more powerful in the western coutries than accusing someone of antisemitisme to discredit him without having to argue. Well done you won 1 Godwin point.

u wot?

Is it good? Did I win?

Hi me
sup?

I'm not a part of the French anons crew.

join us instead

Google: Monitoring all your activity in the name of freedom since 1998.

the NSA: monitoring all your activity in the name of national security since it's founding.

I see a trend......

Please sign-in to Google+ in order to use the chat

Please sign-in to Google+ in order to use the chat internet.

This isn't a joking matter to be honest. Seriously.

It's no joke. It seems like it's coming closer to being a reality everyday. I have little doubt at some point in my life the internet is going to be trimmed down to a "handful" of corporate sponsored and government sanctioned sites. Anyone caught viewing or running a "pirate" website will face criminal charges and possibly labeled a terrorist. Laws, punishments, and enforcement seem to be getting tougher all the time... for the wrong people.

Unfortunately, it seems that net neutrality is eroding at an alarming rate. This might be just one step on the way into an Orwellian nightmare with no chance of waking up.

We have come to a point where the (US) government and a few private companies have enough information to blackmail pretty much anyone into complete submission. Even if you have never used the internet for something that is socially stigmatized (i.e. anything even remotely porn) they will just make stuff up if they feel the need to.

Some Governments have used this to attack people running Tor nodes. Apparently anonymity and privacy is the public enemy.

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I don't know of another movie that's so campy, yet so creepy at the same time. Love that movie.

Thanks for making me rewatch this film. It was really worth it. I didn't know Roddy Piper the wrestler was in it. It's all uploaded on youtube if anybody wants to watch it.

Take the one billion.

Use (part of) it to start new streaming site.

Bwahahahaha. :D

Except that deals like this always come with agreements that the seller is not allow to compete in the same field/industry for the next X amount of years.

This is the beginning of the end of anonymity in twitch.

Now all will know about the monstrosities I say there Kipa

What are you hiding from???

WHO IS RESPECT THE PACO?

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FUNgineer

inb4 google buys esr from scala

This kills the ESR.

readers leaving the esr

Something/someone being bought up by a big evil corporation is always bad.

At least stream won't get laggy anymore

I don't remember last time twitch tried to fuck me with stutter.
Shit got better.

When? I still have to go through a tunnel (call it VPN for simplicity) or even 360p doesn't work. TP/Orange is very good at throttling online streaming (that includes YouTube so this news doesn't help a bit).

Maybe when I changed ISP from neo... :)

That explains a lot :)

inb4 twitch and youtube become one big shitty video/streaming site that forces g+ on every user

Keepo

Google takes over twitch, What are the expectations now?:O

Now the expectations are to see what kind of gaming product Google is about to launch (using Twitch to market it).

quake 2.0?

More like HL3.

what is HL3?

Halo?

Nice try.

no honestly what is it

Google it.

half life, and i just saw, its being made by counter strike?

I have always thought "cmss" is not the 15 year old he says he is, but the new alias of some 40 year old troll.

This post proves it. No one is that stupid.

maybe your just fucked up and didnt search it yourself?

http://uk.ign.com/articles/2014/05/23/half-li...ke-creator

"Half-Life 3 'Being Worked On,' Says Counter-Strike Creator"

Of course, of course!

FailFish

As I said, no one is this stupid. Are you jamerio's new account?

jamerio

who is that guy?

Keep digging. :)

"ZLive playing Quake Live. This stream is unavailable in your country because partner Sony..." ;)

because partner Sony ?

zoot is partnered with sony?

Aye. No more streams for Germans. :(

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