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I don't know if the organizers of this tournament have thought about the stream quality and content much, but a couple suggestion come in mind while waiting for the next match now (30 min break).
1. Build a stream schedule which tells the audience who plays who and when
2. When there's no match available, display some info about what's coming next, results and general info about the event. It's more useful than a view of empty seats (although some video of the venue is good too).
3. The stream is a good place to display ads from your sponsors as banners and videos.
4. If your intention is to run an event with a bit more stream focused approach, try to schedule the matches so that the downtime is kept minimal. For example, schedule a match for each hour (with a 10 min optional buffer) and rearrange the group play so that it fits the stream schedule. Players normally don't mind the schedule as long as the total time frame for an individual player doesn't stretch too much.
You probably have considered all I've said already at some point, so take this as an observer wishlist. 
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Russian Federation6 Posts
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so many mid masters players playing there and at the gathering, pretty sad to watch
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On April 06 2012 05:19 KalWarkov wrote:
so many mid masters players playing there and at the gathering, pretty sad to watch
The point of having these big LANs is (besides other things) is giving local talent a bit more exposure. MLG´s and IPL´s have a lot of mediocre master players as well, they just don´t show them (Before someone gets me wrong, I am certainly not thinking, those tournaments would be at the same level, they are obviously bigger, I am just talking about the format). I think those playdays at Wednesday and Thursday are a good build-up for the bigger matches at the weekend. If you don´t like to watch those, you can still treat these tournaments as normal weekend-tournaments and watch just Friday-Sunday, where the bigger guns play eachother.
Edit: Btw., why is Cupcake in group I and J? There must be smth. wrong at LP.
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I'll join Kaelaris today for 2 sets..
12.15: Cytoplasm vs CupCake (ZvP)
16.15: BabyKnight vs Dreambunny (PvT)
I hope you'll tune in. It'll be fun!
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On April 06 2012 05:01 Azhrak wrote:I don't know if the organizers of this tournament have thought about the stream quality and content much, but a couple suggestion come in mind while waiting for the next match now (30 min break). 1. Build a stream schedule which tells the audience who plays who and when 2. When there's no match available, display some info about what's coming next, results and general info about the event. It's more useful than a view of empty seats (although some video of the venue is good too). 3. The stream is a good place to display ads from your sponsors as banners and videos. 4. If your intention is to run an event with a bit more stream focused approach, try to schedule the matches so that the downtime is kept minimal. For example, schedule a match for each hour (with a 10 min optional buffer) and rearrange the group play so that it fits the stream schedule. Players normally don't mind the schedule as long as the total time frame for an individual player doesn't stretch too much. You probably have considered all I've said already at some point, so take this as an observer wishlist.
These are great suggestions. I agree completely.
Also:
5. I'm sure some local Audio/Video-rental services would be happy to lend out some mid-range camera gear if you would show their logo on stream and mention them a couple of times throughout the stream. A camera on the caster and 1-2 "webcams" on the players adds tremendously to the viewing experience.
If a nice relationship with AV-rental is established from year to year, maybe later on you will be able to get better rates on gear or maybe even get them to support this event even further.
EDIT: Maybe as some barter arrangement. Give out 10 all-tournament family passes or whatever.
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On April 06 2012 16:55 BenBuford wrote:Show nested quote +On April 06 2012 05:01 Azhrak wrote:I don't know if the organizers of this tournament have thought about the stream quality and content much, but a couple suggestion come in mind while waiting for the next match now (30 min break). 1. Build a stream schedule which tells the audience who plays who and when 2. When there's no match available, display some info about what's coming next, results and general info about the event. It's more useful than a view of empty seats (although some video of the venue is good too). 3. The stream is a good place to display ads from your sponsors as banners and videos. 4. If your intention is to run an event with a bit more stream focused approach, try to schedule the matches so that the downtime is kept minimal. For example, schedule a match for each hour (with a 10 min optional buffer) and rearrange the group play so that it fits the stream schedule. Players normally don't mind the schedule as long as the total time frame for an individual player doesn't stretch too much. You probably have considered all I've said already at some point, so take this as an observer wishlist. These are great suggestions. I agree completely. Also: 5. I'm sure some local Audio/Video-rental services would be happy to lend out some mid-range camera gear if you would show their logo on stream and mention them a couple of times throughout the stream. A camera on the caster and 1-2 "webcams" on the players adds tremendously to the viewing experience. If a nice relationship with AV-rental is established from year to year, maybe later on you will be able to get better rates on gear or maybe even get them to support this event even further. EDIT: Maybe as some barter arrangement. Give out 10 all-tournament family passes or whatever.
Multiple video feeds need a video mixer and a guy to handle it. It's a big step for a production like this, but of course the way to go if they want to up their production value.
For comparison, Assembly Summer 2012 had 7 guys handling the stream/stage production at all times: a stage manager, stage assistant, stream manager, video mixer, sound mixer, light mixer and a shoulder-top camera man. These people just took care of the production while there were other people managing the tournament and content.
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Russian Federation6 Posts
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Looks like it's probably going to be Kas vs Happy in the upper half, lower half is a bit more difficult with
Elfi/Cloud/Welmu/Seiplo/roof/Bly. Might be interesting.
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Russian Federation6 Posts
Where I see brackets???????
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Oh wow there's like no good players, I should've signed up.
8D
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Krr is also very good player, but no one knows him. I think he will be in top 5  I'm rooting for him ^_^
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Russian Federation6 Posts
hainrich BIG THANKS !!!!!! YOU GOOD!!!
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Norway237 Posts
Empire Happy the nuke master :D
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happy showing how to win tvp, nuke his army. seems solid
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Krr winning against ClouD <3 Gogo Krr!
Also GL to Fargo!
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EPT
