In honor of Brad's comments on the recent podcast. 
 
I know i would :)

Watching someone else's match is time I could be using to play the game itself. I'm never going to be the guy who memorizes 20 hotkeys and I don't idolize crazy people who do. Especially since that shit is fixed.

Hellllzz naw sucka!!

Yes. Multiple monies.

I would have to be payed to watch.

Plenty of people on Youtube doing it for free already.

God no. Even if watching SC2 wasn't incredibly boring shit there's the internet for that.

Never.

" Plenty of people on Youtube doing it for free already. "

I wouldn't pay money to watch real TV in the first place, but if it was free and ad sponsored, I would be ok with that. 

I wouldn't pay for it, but I would watch it.  It would be comforting and fun to watch while intoxicated.

" Yes. Multiple monies. "

I would watch it, I don't know if I would pay for it. If I had more money than I knew what to do with than ya, but I don't. Also It's much easier to just watch HD and Husky videos on youtube instead :P

If HD and Husky put out a DVD,I would buy it. 
 
Idea: For collectors edition of SC2, include a DVD  of commentated matches, demonstrating various multiplayer strategies.

It would depend on the quantity and quality, but I wouldn't mind throwing out a few dollars for high level commentated matches that could be watched at my leisure.  I have to do something while eating right?

" Watching someone else's match is time I could be using to play the game itself. I'm never going to be the guy who memorizes 20 hotkeys and I don't idolize crazy people who do. Especially since that shit is fixed. "

WHY WATCH SPORTS WHEN I CAN PLAY THAT SPORT OUTSIDE. WHY LISTEN TO MUSIC WHEN I CAN PLAY THE INSTRAMENTS.

god that argument is tired.

" I wouldn't pay for TV...   Hell i don't watch TV.  But i might start if they televised SC2 matches with commentary... Maybe not pro-commentary though, cause that just starts sounding really weird at a certain point. "

lol, @pro commentary.
But really, no.

No, because people do it for free already.

" @ryanwho said:

" Watching someone else's match is time I could be using to play the game itself. I'm never going to be the guy who memorizes 20 hotkeys and I don't idolize crazy people who do. Especially since that shit is fixed. "

WHY WATCH SPORTS WHEN I CAN PLAY THAT SPORT OUTSIDE. WHY LISTEN TO MUSIC WHEN I CAN PLAY THE INSTRAMENTS.

god that argument is tired.

"

" Plenty of people on Youtube doing it for free already. "

"@ryanwho said:

" Watching someone else's match is time I could be using to play the game itself. I'm never going to be the guy who memorizes 20 hotkeys and I don't idolize crazy people who do. Especially since that shit is fixed. "

WHY WATCH SPORTS WHEN I CAN PLAY THAT SPORT OUTSIDE. WHY LISTEN TO MUSIC WHEN I CAN PLAY THE INSTRAMENTS.

god that argument is tired.

"

" @ColMirage said:

" Plenty of people on Youtube doing it for free already. "

Yeah, tons. I never really played SC when it came out, but some of those commentated games have been fun to watch. "

" Also, I would only pay for SC in the sense that something like ESPN opened up a gaming segment (paying for cable), but that would never happen, and if it did it would only air at like 3 a.m., Which is still cool for me. "

for me, its kinda like Street Fighter IV. I will watch the streams online of the tournaments, but thats about as far as i'll go...

no

You can log onto Korea's english TV station, ( www.arirang.co.kr) and watch a live stream of starcraft being played by the pros in Korea with english commentary on Thursdays and Fridays.

You can do it for free already.

The idea isn't to pay for this stuff, it is to get a large enough audience that advertisers will sponsor these guys.  Then the players and commentators will be able to keep doing what they like and we will get entertainment for free, but with a few commercial logos and shoutouts to sponsors. (That replay bar cover sure makes a nice spot for an ad, don't you think?)
 
The entire business plan will fall apart if they try and charge for this stuff.  I think they know that.

Fuck no.

I'm a big fan of casters like Day9 and Tasteless. Not so much any of the youtubers anymore. 
That being said, I still probably won't pay. I don't even have cable.

" @sixghost said:

"@ryanwho said:

" Watching someone else's match is time I could be using to play the game itself. I'm never going to be the guy who memorizes 20 hotkeys and I don't idolize crazy people who do. Especially since that shit is fixed. "

WHY WATCH SPORTS WHEN I CAN PLAY THAT SPORT OUTSIDE. WHY LISTEN TO MUSIC WHEN I CAN PLAY THE INSTRAMENTS.

god that argument is tired.

"

Thank you for expressing the sentiment that everybody feels. It's similar to people who say stuff like, "Why are you playing rock band? learn the real guitar." "Really, I noticed that you play Call of Duty, yet I don't see you fucking enlisting." "

No.  Never.

 @ryanwho said:

"No its more like "why watch someone play rockband when you can play rockband." Its more like "why watch someone play madden when you can play madden." The idea of comparing pro Starcraft players to NFL players just shows how clueless you are about how much effort it takes to be an NFL player. I can't simulate playing in the NFL in my backyard. This whole line of thinking doesn't hold up at all. And in your attempt to gloss over what I said and insert an asinine parallel, you overlooked the more important issue. Its fixed. "

no not at all 
i can get that shit on team liquid for free

Yes, if it's a channel with constant matches and some of the better youtube commentators get put on to commentate the games.

No.

I already have an esl.tv premium account...

I don't know if I'd pay, but I'd definitely enjoy it.

In a way I prefer "indie" commentator on youtube over pro-cast.
once you go pro on some kinda of network, there are things they know they're not suppose to say