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I wonder how this is going to work for say, The International 9, which is going to be in China. Is the government really going to block streaming of an event th
by jdoliner 8y ago
I wonder how this is going to work for say, The International 9, which is going to be in China. Is the government really going to block streaming of an event that so many of their citizens will have national pride riding on. Just hosting the event is something I expected the government to be proud of given Dota's profile in China.
Edit: Actually they're probably going to have it on national TV, that will allow them to have a layer of control over the broadcast.
- tylerhou 8y agoOne of China’s larger tech companies also owns a competing streaming service with casting in Chinese, so most Chinese viewers generally don’t use Twitch.
- 0x8BADF00D 8y agoYou could say that Valve was Shanghai'd
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- cecja 8y agoOver 70% of the TI was watched inside the DOTA client.
- bliblah 8y agoSteam is apparently officially launching in China with the help of Perfect World who have been distributing Dota 2 in the meantime. I assume that this will let Chinese viewers to watch TI9 on Steam.tv or on the Chinese equivalent. I heard positive reviews for Steam.tv during TI8 and that it surpassed the Twitch experience at times. Source:https://www.theverge.com/2018/6/11/17451484/steam-china-announced-valve-perfect-world https://www.theverge.com/2018/6/11/17451484/steam-china-anno...