On November 07 2014 12:38 lichter wrote:
I wish more tournaments showed more stats, like GSL used to do with winrates by game time, build preference, that kind of stuff. With how minimal overlays are now there's a lot of space to have transparent slates like that

This times a thousand!

SetGuitarsToKill

Canada28396 Posts

November 07 2014 19:07 GMT

#27

Thanks for the guide TB, but it seems like it may have taken less than 24 hours to be completely outdated lol

The_Templar

your Country52798 Posts

November 07 2014 19:12 GMT

#28

On November 08 2014 04:07 SetGuitarsToKill wrote:
Thanks for the guide TB, but it seems like it may have taken less than 24 hours to be completely outdated lol

Poor TB...

Kronen

United States732 Posts

November 07 2014 20:10 GMT

#29

Just watched this with the wife and she loved it! Thanks so much!!!

radscorpion9

Canada2252 Posts

November 08 2014 03:39 GMT

#30

On November 07 2014 12:04 SC2Towelie wrote:
TB supporting the scene with his erect penis :O

Great comment

Crot4le

England2927 Posts

November 08 2014 16:11 GMT

#31

I have to say your Bluffer's Guide that you did on Soundcloud before SHOUTcraft Invitation #5 helped a bunch in me trying to introduce a mate to StarCraft. This video is so useful and well made, and will now be my go to resource when trying to show my mates this beautiful game.

xtorn

4067 Posts

November 08 2014 20:40 GMT

#32

good stuff.

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^^ even Life agrees.

scott31337

United States2979 Posts

November 09 2014 06:09 GMT

#33

On November 07 2014 14:17 evaunit01 wrote:
Thanks TB! I will show this to my girlfriend.

Exactly, Thanks

D1VERSE

Netherlands1 Post

November 09 2014 15:24 GMT

#34

Thank you for the video! It was very clear and helpful.

Shinespark

Chile843 Posts

November 09 2014 19:39 GMT

#35

Who would watch a 40 minute video about how to even get into watching other 40 minute videos?

TotalBiscuit

United Kingdom5437 Posts

November 09 2014 20:37 GMT

#36

On November 10 2014 04:39 Shinespark wrote:
Who would watch a 40 minute video about how to even get into watching other 40 minute videos?

Apparently over 100,000 people so far.

MagnuMizer

Denmark384 Posts

November 10 2014 01:24 GMT

#37

I think the idea is good. To help promote the starcraft e-sports scene and whatnot. But i feel like this video is kinda half-assed. Just booting up a replay and going through it seems kinda lazy. Fair enough, it was a good choice of game and the overlay texts describing various things was a nice addition. But i would have prefered to see an edited video of different scenarios going through things a little more in-depth/focused. Having different 'clips' would give you more freedom to explain what is hard for noobs to understand.

And even though its a 40 minute video, it still feels slightly rushed to me. As if you are just giving a quick overview of what the game is about while trying to explain whatever you can that comes to mind.
But if i imagine a noob trying to watch this video and make sense of a game they have never played before, it seems like a lot of information comes fast and there isnt enough time to both read the text and hear what you are saying while seeing what is on the screen/following what goes on in the game. So i feel like its better to first give a quick overview of the game, very short. Then go into more detail on things that seem more complex. All while trying to show what is so great about this game, maybe throwing in some clips of epic engagements or whatever, you know, make the video a little more dynamic.

Don't get me wrong i appreciate all the work and effort, and i'm glad your love for starcraft makes you want to do videos like this. But a video like this shouldve essentially come from Blizzard themselves, and thus shouldve been made at a much higher quality - more professional if you will - with your voice though!
I'm not trying to say the content you produce isn't great in general. But a video like this, with my love for starcraft, i had hoped for so much more. Could i do it better? Of course not. But when it comes down to bringing people in, you have to be so careful. Because of the complexity of the game you might scare potential newcomers away by showing them something that they cant relate to or dont understand.
I remember when Dota2 came out and my friend started playing it, he wanted to teach me the game, but the way he focused on all the information about the different heroes and items it seemed too much to handle for me and i couldnt be fucked to learn it all in such a short timeframe, so in my mind i discarded the game straight away. Like a bad first impression.
Perhaps this is just how my mind works. Having said that, i also appreciate the futility of this post since you have already made the video and its not like you are going to make another one, but again, with my love for the game i cannot help but be slighly critical on this one.

So yeah TL;DR, a great idea, but the execution was not satisfactory to my enormously high standards it seems..

SixStrings

Germany2046 Posts

November 10 2014 12:02 GMT

#38

You're so good at your job that I watched the entire thing despite having followed SC2 for four years now.

TheFlock

United States389 Posts

November 10 2014 17:13 GMT

#39

This is great TB thank you! I was just showing my girlfriend Blizzcon stuff on the weekend, and she even watched the opening ceremony with me. We are going to her first live event at IEM San Jose and I was wondering how to make it more interesting for her so she actually knows what is going on. So this video is perfect!