Ex streamer here. Yes, it really is.

There are a bunch of better streaming sites too if you want to continue on being a faggot.

>>51495946
>Streaming sites
>Better

>mfw people argue that streaming is the superior option

>>51495946
What exactly does a "good" streaming site look like?

Try not to make yourself look too stupid.

I can't really say anything because I download my shit, but most streaming sites unfortunately have that shit. The ones that don't have annoying backgrounds keep the stupid chatroom.

>>51495963
I've had friends in college argue that they can get kicked out for pirating stuff and using p2p downloads, which makes sense to me.

What I don't understand is streaming outside of that.

>>51496048
Not cluttered with that distracting shit and a million ads.

>>51496178
I doubt one exists, as ads are a free website's form of revenue.

>Streaming anime

Be a good brother and set him straight.

>>51496169
I have done a lot worse using my colleges internet connection. Bittorrenting is very easy to do over my college's internet connection as long I have the port randomized and stuff like that.

I'd only ever stream an anime if it was on another persons computer (cousins or back in highschool)
Really, there's no real redeeming points to streaming. it just saves a little bit of space on a computer. It's low quality, annonying to deal with depending on the site, and...just stupid.

>>51496402
>Watching anime on Someone Else's computer
Why would you do that.
>Saves a bit of space
No it doesn't. It saves a temp file on your computer.

As a part-time streamer, it is that bad. Most of it can be avoided by full-screening the video.

As for why, many universities ban torrenting. Back when I was new it was just the most obvious way.

Just finished marathoning both seasons of Shakugan no Shana through streaming. You mad?

>>51496471
>Full screening a stream
Why the fuck would you do that.

Seriously, those shitty streaming sites with NURUTU banners everywhere are the 480 avi encodes of the streaming world

Where are the GOOD streaming sites, where you can possibly get good 720p/1080p rips online? you can get them at http://Lurkthefuckmore.com

>>51496455
Did SOMEONE say WAN WAN?
Because I'm pretty sure someone said SOMEONE ONE ELSE.

This is how I got into anime.
I streamed Full Metal Alchemist on a site like what I just drew in my pic while playing some MMO on the other half of my screen.
Moved over to youtube to watch Lucky Star, didn't understand most of the references.
Migrated from /b/ to /a/ one day by accident and stuck around, learned from one of those "ARE YOU NEW TO /a/? READ THIS" images to download anime. Started using VLC to watch mp4 and avi. I was amazed at the quality of that. Later got CCCP and MPC, downloaded mkv files.

>>51496169

When I was in college I just DDL'd all my stuff.

>>51496471
>torrenting

There are so many websites that aggregate DDLs. Most subgroups even list a few on their sites.

>>51496455
Cousin of mine watches anime occasionally, and if we have'nt already downloaded an episode, we'd end up streaming it to "save time" (bullshit, yes, but its been a while since it happened)
Also in Highschool, I had a online class, which useually ended up with me catching up on shows in the back of the class
As for the space deal, Yeah, i know. But then again, im not saying streaming is fucking good. Hell, i stay away from that shit. I just understand why some people tend to stream. If you ever say streaming is better than downloading, then your just fucking stupid.

I actually started out on Youtube, which is even worse. Then I went on to streaming, and then I became torrenting master race.

I remember Megaupload had this stupid limit to how much you could watch... Shit sucked.

>>51496778
I think you mean Megavideo. I remember trying to watch my shit a long time ago on there before I knew any better
>You've already watched 72 minutes of video today

>>51495778
because
1. I don't own a computer
2. this laptop only has 23% space left
3. I had to quit my school job which paid me 7.50, and I have to redo the whole college job thing If I want my position back.
4. I pretty much use Hulu if needed to.

If you need HD space, just delete the file after you've watched it...

CoalGuys streamed a few 720p episodes of K-On!! with identical quality to the version you'd download. it was pretty awesome actually

>>51496866
>Free space argument again
My laptop only has 4 gigs of space left and I manage fine. You can always delete them when you're done with them. I made this simple guide last year, maybe you could learn something.

>>51495778
Honestly, the official FUNimation streams are decent. I'd probably appreciate Tatami Galaxy more if I didn't have to deal with the fucking commercials, though.

I went on crunchy roll for a while when I had shit internet (180 kilobytes/second) That is before they died and shit.
Now I have fast internet and I download blissfully.

>>51497089
>Streaming dubbed anime
Oh boy here we go!

buffering...buffering...buffering...

>>51495778
Full screen the MP4.

>>51497142
They provide subbed and dubbed. I don't watch the dubbed.