EPTOn October 12 2013 04:28 rapidtransit247 wrote:
Just noticed this tournament posting on the sidebar and thought I'd post here to get some feedback.
I'm RAPiD, one of the shoutcasters for NACL, and I've been trying out a lot of new things with casting this season.
My questions to you are:
1. What do you want to hear more/less about?
2. What's your favorite thing about NACL/the NA Challenger scene
3. If you could change 1 thing about NACL, what would it be
Any feedback/comments would be greatly appreciated! I'm trying to do everything I can to make NACL the best experience I can and to help make the Challenger scene as exciting for everyone watching as it is for me to cast!
Thanks to everyone for their support!
Just noticed this tournament posting on the sidebar and thought I'd post here to get some feedback.
I'm RAPiD, one of the shoutcasters for NACL, and I've been trying out a lot of new things with casting this season.
My questions to you are:
1. What do you want to hear more/less about?
2. What's your favorite thing about NACL/the NA Challenger scene
3. If you could change 1 thing about NACL, what would it be
Any feedback/comments would be greatly appreciated! I'm trying to do everything I can to make NACL the best experience I can and to help make the Challenger scene as exciting for everyone watching as it is for me to cast!
Thanks to everyone for their support!
Hey Rapid,
I've always enjoyed your casting, so I was pleased to see you casting NACL (we LoL junkies need our fix). The format is a bit long-ish for my taste (I understand its a mini LCS but it the season feels too long, minor gripe to be sure but does make each game feel kind of unimportant)
1. What is the format! Its a simple enough regular season -> playoffs but I don't know what the playoff format is? Do the conferences cross over? Does the #1 seed get a bye? This helps people see these games as important because they can think 'one more win and CoL has to go 2-3 over their next 5 to get a bye' and thus get excited that way. They can get hyped for potential first round matchups which is impossible now because no one knows what is happening.
2. I actually enjoy the 'less refined' games because when C9 gets a 4k gold lead, you better believe that game is over, but if Infinite Odds get a gold lead or new look Curse, it seems much more up in the air, so there is more reason to be invested in the games, because it could turn on a dime. I also like that the challenger seen is where new stars are born (i.e quas). On this tip its important that we get to know something about these new stars - I don't know a single thing about quas and hes the #1 upcoming star in NA. I don't know his name, I don't know where he lives, etc. Tell us a story - its your story to tell, so make it a good one.
3. The delays are a tad annoying, I find myself pausing the stream, doing something else and then coming back to find the game paused, I do appreciate the messages on the bottom saying that the game is delayed due to xyz but its already a common thread throughout this tournament. Not sure how you fix it, but I know it takes away some of my focus from the game.
also your website needs some serious help. Its basic, but almost too basic at this point (though I do love the 'manslaughter, Donald Trump and I'm Helping awards). The standings are even wrong (you have conferences, not a single table). Any content that could be added would help a lot as its a bit of ghost town at the moment.
I think NACL is enjoyable and its certainly good for a first time out tournament, it just needs some refinements
