EPTOn August 27 2018 11:32 Jealous wrote:
Depends on what the league's goals are IMO. If it's education, then letting someone who is like 1000 MMR cast would be counterproductive. If it's community-building and inclusion, I'd say that you could just publicize all of the replays and make it a first-come first-serve system on Google sheets. If casting is not a crucial element to the league outside of finals, then just provide weekly rep packs and let the people do whatever they want.
However, I do think there is something demotivational about not having a dedicated channel for CPL casts, or casting a game that others have already casted and thus you are not likely to get many viewers, etc.
Multi-faceted issue for sure.
Depends on what the league's goals are IMO. If it's education, then letting someone who is like 1000 MMR cast would be counterproductive. If it's community-building and inclusion, I'd say that you could just publicize all of the replays and make it a first-come first-serve system on Google sheets. If casting is not a crucial element to the league outside of finals, then just provide weekly rep packs and let the people do whatever they want.
However, I do think there is something demotivational about not having a dedicated channel for CPL casts, or casting a game that others have already casted and thus you are not likely to get many viewers, etc.
Multi-faceted issue for sure.
If the CPL is for learning, then let people cast whatever they want. I learn way more casting than I do in most other situations. A 1000mmr person casting isn't where you should be getting your learnings from. It should be the coach.
And why stop with just learning Brood War, if someone wants to cast and ask for feedback, I'll give it to them.
Also, if you're casting for views or caring about that then I think thats the wrong idea for casting in general, especially for new casters. New casters won't get views for months until they get comfy with casting. Cast whatever comes your way, imho.
