Tips you would give to help improve the NASL - Page 20

Preshow: I'm all for a preshow. I love getting hyped for matches to come, however I think the format of the preshow should be adjusted from its day1 form. I wouldn't be surprised if this changed as early as next week since there really isn't any NASL content to pull from, but still a concern at the present moment. I can agree with highlighting players and maps for the day, but im hoping as the league progresses the preshow can serve as more a statistical overview (standings, race matchup W-L, etc) so players can be highlighted during their individual match.

With this in mind, I'd also like to mention the idea of not having a preshow at all, or at a very shortened one (10-15 MAX). Having a roomate who is only interested in watching sc2, he did nothing but complain the entire preshow that there was nothing but talking. Sure there were interviews but it was essentially the same thing..two people talking. Some gameplay footage, graphics with stats, something to help break up this talking would really help the quality from a pure spectator point of view. As a player I can really get into what was being discussed beforehand, but my roomate not so much, and was something I could understand. I could also see the viability in doing a 5 min preview before each match, which would still allot ~25 min of prematch content but broken up into more managable segments where people can become more attached to the information. I don't want to hear about Fenix vs Kiwikaki for 5 minutes when I'm not going to see them play for another 3 hours.

As far as the game itself, I think quality was awesome for the free stream, very few hiccups for myself, and ones that were present I would attribute to my own connection, so no complaints there. As many people pointed out, consistent lack of score was slightly annoying, although in a bo3 it wasn't too hard to keep track of. I noticed that the score overlay NASL was using did manage to appear during the rainbow/morrow match, so I assume this will get worked out. Perhaps a custom scoreboard would suit the league better as this would remove the supply redundancy and allow viewers more of the screen to see.

In terms of casting, I would rate it a 6/10, which I don't think is terrible considering this was the first cast. One of the things I think may have been missing was the fact that there didn't seem to be any defined roles for either caster. Looking at the Tastosis, there are roles defined between commentator and color commentary. If these roles were defined, it was not as clear to me so it may just take time for this to develop between the two casters. Unfortunately I tend to agree with sentiments about Gretorp, however saying he shouldn't be commentating or that a replacement should be found is slightly overboard. I can't offer any specific advice as to how to improve, but I can say something definitely felt off listening to Gretorp as opposed to Incontrol.