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    The 2011 Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) took place at the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles, California on June 7-9.

    WTF? E3 Live streams are region locked now?

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    #1  Edited By crusader8463

    I'm not sure if this is the same every where, but I'm at at the G4 live stream page when I find myself greeted with the disgusting "You're not an american so fuck off you can't watch this video" pop up. I have always gone to G4 to watch the streams because for some reason every year all the other sources I have tried always lag really badly and cut out half the time, while G4 has always had perfect video. Anyone else encountering this revolting thing other places, or is this just G4 being dicks?

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    #2  Edited By JJWeatherman

    Everyone seems to be broadcasting their own stuff this year, so check out those streams. You'll likely have little trouble there.

    Sucks that G4 is restricting it though.

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    #3  Edited By evildeadron

    gametrailers is also streaming everything, plenty of places to go for streams

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    #4  Edited By KarlPilkington

    Gametrailers' is worldwide.

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    #5  Edited By phrosnite

    LOL! G4tv doesn't even want to load... I watch the conferences on gamespot, gt or ign...

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    #6  Edited By MattyFTM  Moderator

    It's probably legal stuff between them and MS. Either way, I would assume that the official MS stream will be pretty good, so just watch it on xbox.com.

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    #8  Edited By VicRattlehead

    gamespot always stream just go there?

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    #9  Edited By crusader8463
    @JJWeatherman: I got the gamespot and game trailers ones going so we will see how they work out this year, but in years past they never worked for me. They always lagged to the point that they were unmatchable, or they were of such low quality it looked like I was watching a close up in Japanese porn it was so pixellated.
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    #10  Edited By BraveToaster

    Hulu will be streaming it.

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    #11  Edited By AhmadMetallic

    i've had the best non-lag experience on GS for the last couple of years

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    @Axxol said:
    Hulu will be streaming it.
    Aren't they region locked too?
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    #14  Edited By DystopiaX

    @Vito_Raliffe said:

    @Axxol said:
    Hulu will be streaming it.
    Aren't they region locked too?

    Yeah I think Hulu is NA only. Watching on xbox.com, only thing up is a "starts at 9:30 PDT" thing.

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    #15  Edited By crusader8463
    @Vito_Raliffe: Yes. That's why I can't watch it on G4 as it seems they are using that POS to stream now. Shame. I always liked how they went about doing it, but I guess I will have to go some place else. Currently got gametrailers going and it seems to work, but my hatred for Geoff and Patcher makes me feel dirty for using that site.
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    #16  Edited By crusader8463
    @DystopiaX said:

    @Vito_Raliffe said:

    @Axxol said:
    Hulu will be streaming it.
    Aren't they region locked too?

    Yeah I think Hulu is NA only. Watching on xbox.com, only thing up is a "starts at 9:30 PDT" thing.

    America only. No North in North America allowed.
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    #17  Edited By BraveToaster
    @DystopiaX said:

    @Vito_Raliffe said:

    @Axxol said:
    Hulu will be streaming it.
    Aren't they region locked too?

    Yeah I think Hulu is NA only. Watching on xbox.com, only thing up is a "starts at 9:30 PDT" thing.

    My mistake. I thought Canada got it too.
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    #18  Edited By crusader8463
    @Axxol: No worries. We just got Netflix, so they can keep Hulu. 
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    #19  Edited By ReyGitano

    @crusader8463 said:

    @JJWeatherman: I got the gamespot and game trailers ones going so we will see how they work out this year, but in years past they never worked for me. They always lagged to the point that they were unmatchable, or they were of such low quality it looked like I was watching a close up in Japanese porn it was so pixellated.

    Great analogy. In my experience streams are always a mess and vary every year, so I'm prepared to jump between websites until something works.

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    #20  Edited By Yanngc33

    @Vito_Raliffe: the Youtube one only gives me a black screen :/

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    #21  Edited By sagesebas

    @crusader8463: just follow Alex's guide, and fuck G4

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    #22  Edited By gamer_152  Moderator

    Yeah, it seems to just be a G4 thing but I don't think they're really being dicks for it, the streaming is a free service which they can choose to offer or not.

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