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[Omi_]

I'm just wondering, how many experienced players around here are interested in commentating live games of MWO? I'm looking at hosting a simple tournament in the next month or so and would like to focus on recording a variety of games from the event.

To get as many people playing as possible, it'll most likely be 4-man drops with tonnage limits.

My goal will be to keep a twitch stream running over the course of this tournament, with one match from each round of the tournament being covered live on that channel. I would like to create opportunities for others who want to try their hand at commentating to join these private matches and produce their own recordings to be made available as VODs, provided there is space within the private lobbies to join. In the end, my goal is to create a structured event that is accessible to smaller groups, showcase the talent of potential commentators and try my hand at drawing attention to MWO as an e-sport.

This is not an official sign-up or anything, but rather just a thread to probe for interest.

So again I ask, how many people are interested in commentating games? Feel free to sound off if you would tune in as a viewer, too!

Edited by Hornsby, 28 March 2015 - 04:28 PM.

[Deathlike]

I wouldn't mind trying it out.. I know I have a big mouth as it is.

However, I'm not sure there would be that much interest honestly.

I would have to get a good camera view and such to do stuff with... specing others is not effective, but you can learn quite a bit from specing others....

[Omi_]

Deathlike, on 28 March 2015 - 04:04 PM, said:

I would have to get a good camera view and such to do stuff with... specing others is not effective, but you can learn quite a bit from specing others....

Honestly, that's one reason why I'm thinking it should be an event for smaller teams. Having fewer players to track should make it easier to track counter-play and provide meaningful commentary about the individual players' performances.

Edited by Hornsby, 28 March 2015 - 04:41 PM.

[Alistair Winter]

For the life of me, I cannot understand people who actually watch other people play in Twitch feeds or whatever else. The only exception is major tournaments, because that's sort of a community event and you're actually watching the best players in the game (hopefully) and maybe learning a thing or two by watching them.

[Haji1096]

I wouldn't mind giving it a shot at the very least I would turn in and watch the stream.

[Omi_]

Alistair Winter, on 28 March 2015 - 04:38 PM, said:

For the life of me, I cannot understand people who actually watch other people play in Twitch feeds or whatever else. The only exception is major tournaments, because that's sort of a community event and you're actually watching the best players in the game (hopefully) and maybe learning a thing or two by watching them.

I think Twitch attracts a lot of newer players who don't have a good grasp of what games with groups / organization really looks like. For most people, there's always someone better and therefore a whole scale of talent that people are willing to watch. Naturally, people will prefer to watch first-person perspectives of the better players, but those of us who have been playing for a while know that most of the depth of this game resides in the dynamics of an organized team. There is a lot of strategy in a game of MWO which escapes most people who don't try to research it first-hand.

[zagibu]

Maybe you should talk to Homeless Bill, he has/had this Major League MWO thing going, and should have gathered a bit experience with commenting MWO matches.