I really disagree. I've been on Ustream for the past 3 days, waiting patiently for LP to come. A lot of us did. And I'm an LPU member too. Honestly the best LPU chat I went to was the unmonitored one (maybe with the exception of Chester's, who was amazing to talk to 600+) . Ustream is just for LP to say hey and be silly. LPU is for more serious stuff. Your not losing anything, you still get the chats (with 'serious' questions), cd, lputv, shirt, other items, website and first chance at tickets and more.
Also to the person who said that Ustream had a lot of spam, you're wrong. We were acting very relaxed. Mike even said so.
Only one A-hole and he said he did it so Mike/Phe would say his stuff.
The chat was good overall. Nice to see them relaxed and we got to hear New Divide, in *-bit form (which sounded awesome!).
Does anyone know if those 8-bit mp3s will be available?