By: Jarno Kokko Jun 28, 2008

Blizzard Worldwide Invitational is about to kick off in Paris, France and anyone can watch the action via official video streams provided by Blizzard. You need to install the Octoshape plugin for streaming - Peer to Peer streaming is the only way a massive video stream like this could be realistically provided.

There are two separate streams covering Main Stage and Tournament Stage. Once you have the plugin installed, you can hit the following links;

• Main Stage (400 kbit/s)
• Main Stage (1000 kbit/s)

• Tournament Stage (400 kbit/s)
• Tournament Stage (1000 kbit/s)

The Opening Ceremonies begin at 11:45 CET and the program then continues with Starcraft and WoW Arena tournaments on the Tournament Stage and a series of developer panels on the Main Stage. See the full schedule.

Assuming the Octoshape streaming software holds up, it should be the next best thing to actually being on location.

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	demi 2008-06-28 #1 Just to keep things in perspective, P2P is the *cheapest* way to do something like this, definitely not the only way. Youtube pushes hundreds of millions of videos per day, every day. Even if all of the 20M or so of WoW subscribers were to watch this stream, it would still be a pittance in the grand scheme of things.
	demi 2008-06-28 #2 Might also say 'crappiest', because the stream is truly pathetic. I've been able to watch it for about 10 minutes of the 1h+ it has supposedly been on. Couldn't they have just ponied up the cash and gotten Akamai?
	IeatNvidiots 2008-06-28 #3 does not work, says instal octo even after i have installed it
	Jarnis 2008-06-28 #4 Quote: Originally Posted by IeatNvidiots does not work, says instal octo even after i have installed it Restart your browser. Reboot if that doesn't help. I had same problem but I solved it... I *think*... by logging out of windows, logging back in and starting the browser then.
	Jarnis 2008-06-29 #5 I got it to work fine by having two computers, both on same stream. When one would crap out, I could turn on the audio from the other and watch that until the first one worked again. They both crapped out hardly ever... :)