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Ive been horrible and not doing my video to go alone with these so for that I am sorry :( Ill get back to these this week!


So competitively the game already has those elements. eSport wise, there needs to be solid shoutcaster, good backing from motiga, a community that WANTS a scene in the first place, and a willingness for teams to be part of tournaments without a prize pool.

 

Shoutcasting

 

Microphone
These are a few things for shoutcasting that MUST be followed. Shoutcasters need to have a working microphone and one that sounds clear. Ive seen a ton of people try and shoutcast with a cheap Logitech mic or using their webcam mic and its painful to listen to. You are able to get a good CHEAP mic for around 50-80$.

Snowball Microphone!

 

Overlay

This is always something that will make or break a tournament. Sounds silly but both the in game spectator UI and the graphic that the caster is using MUST be easy to read and provide enough info for the viewer to follow.

 

Duel Shoudcasting vs solo

Both are perfectly good ways to have commentary but personally I like having 2 shoutcasters. One gives the play by play and the other gives the analytical commentary while the game's action is slow. Both of these casters must synergize well with each other, this is really hard to find a lot of the times.

 

Personality

Having a personality in general is always a good idea, makes you more likeable and easy to connect to. A example of a wonderful internet personality is Day9. He is funny, friendly, extremely kind, and just a over all nice guy. It wasn't his content of the game he was apart of that made him as popular as he is today. It was the way he portrayed him self and the way he presented himself. Having a good personality as a shoutcaster will go a long way.


 

 

Tournaments

 

Starting off

Right of the bat tournament will not have prize pools and they realistically shouldn't. This is to make sure that the teams playing are doing it for the love of the game and not just to get some shinny thing at the end. We want our top teams to love the game not the prizes.

 

Having a good tournament team

This is very important and can set your reputation for the rest of the games life span. You need to make sure you have a group of admins that can help you keep the tournament running smoothly and deal with things that you might not have time for. For tournaments with 16 teams I would recommend a admin team of about 20 people. Anything larger then that, you will need a team of 30 or more.

 

Hub

Having 1 centralized location for each team captain to go is very much needed. Mumble is free and teamspeak servers are very cheap.

 

 

Community

Its very important for the community to support every tournament, NOT JUST THE BIG ONES. Supporting a tournament scene that is both top team and casual team friendly will not only help the player base grow but will help motiga see where they can improve their support for the scene in general.

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