Dr. Hates
Jerk.
You know I've got a Machiavellian endgame all planned out.
Hate Speech: The Hype Train Derails; Countless Injured...
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Enkindu
I'll fuck em up
In response to CheLivz post, in particular, the comment about player run streams. I tried to post up my stream link to the events section once, and it was deleted an hour later by Jaxel with no explaination. So I messaged him and asked why he did that, and he linked me to this post. Read the Tournament Streams section of the post.
This has upset me because it's not like I am some random guy running a scrubby stream. I was an active liason for the newcomers, I am moderator of the Voldo forums, and I've traveled to many tournaments and placed top 5. You can imagine my disheartment when Jaxel did that to me with no more words than what was in the link. I do what I did here for free out of love for the community and to get treated like that when he has a 24/7 stream that anybody, pro, scrub, noob, etc... can join. Well, you can understand why I haven't been very active as of late.
On my stream, I play people like Woahhzz, RTD, Omega, Lolo, Hates, Something Unique, AlexJ and many other amazing players. I play in excess of up to 8 hours on some days. Nobody here will ever know it unless you go to the only place where I'm allowed to advertise it, the Game Video Distribution section of the forums and I haven't even been posting up all of the times that I am streaming. It's a damn shame in my opinion and I wish this change.
And it's not like I took the liberty of trying to advertise my stream without researching wether or not it was allowed either. right here in this thread it says that it's ok to post player ran online streams in the events section by Malice. Jaxel
added in the part in the main post where it reads in red, bolded and in all caps, "THIS THREAD FEATURE IS EXCLUSIVE FOR TOURNAMENTS ONLY!" after I pointed him to that thread. So yeah, he seems pretty pissed that I posted my stream on his website.
This has upset me because it's not like I am some random guy running a scrubby stream. I was an active liason for the newcomers, I am moderator of the Voldo forums, and I've traveled to many tournaments and placed top 5. You can imagine my disheartment when Jaxel did that to me with no more words than what was in the link. I do what I did here for free out of love for the community and to get treated like that when he has a 24/7 stream that anybody, pro, scrub, noob, etc... can join. Well, you can understand why I haven't been very active as of late.
On my stream, I play people like Woahhzz, RTD, Omega, Lolo, Hates, Something Unique, AlexJ and many other amazing players. I play in excess of up to 8 hours on some days. Nobody here will ever know it unless you go to the only place where I'm allowed to advertise it, the Game Video Distribution section of the forums and I haven't even been posting up all of the times that I am streaming. It's a damn shame in my opinion and I wish this change.
And it's not like I took the liberty of trying to advertise my stream without researching wether or not it was allowed either. right here in this thread it says that it's ok to post player ran online streams in the events section by Malice. Jaxel
added in the part in the main post where it reads in red, bolded and in all caps, "THIS THREAD FEATURE IS EXCLUSIVE FOR TOURNAMENTS ONLY!" after I pointed him to that thread. So yeah, he seems pretty pissed that I posted my stream on his website.
ThaGuy
[03] Disciple
Just some general input.
I believe Day9-Esque breakdowns is a pretty awesome idea. The reason why I like this is because it establishes something the American Soul Calibur community is missing: Personalities.
Yes, I am aware that a small handful are not too fond of Rich's hype commentary. However, whenever I watch any related SCV stream, people recognize Rich as "That hype man".
The reason I am bringing the aspect of personalities up, is because it gives the audience someone or something to look forward to. A prime example is the CrossCounterTV with Gootecks (R.I.P.) and Mike Ross. Their show started out as something Day9 related where they would try to break down matches. However, over the past two years, people have tuned in just to watch Gootecks and Mike Ross. Why? Because they're entertaining people and make what they do seem fun and at times funny.
People don't watch wrestling for the "wrestling" portion. People watch for the wrestlers and their personalities which make up 90% of that show.
People don't watch "Wednesday Night Fights" or "Big 2" just for the fights, they watch because there are personalities to look forward to each week. Personalities in the actual competitors and personalities in the commentators. People look forward to the Chris Hus because of the entertainment he brings.
I'm not saying we should be "funny", be complete jackasses on the mics, or have "staged" rivalries. Instead people need to step up and start presenting themselves. I know there's a handful of people that can do this very very easily.
You wanna know what my friends, who I play with Marvel with, ask me about SCV: "Yo, who was that crazy dude in Grand Finals at NCR? That guy made it exciting to watch. Also, the commentary wasn't too preachy". Another friend chimed in asking if the crazy dude "AlexJ" would be going to any more events, because he wanted to watch him lose and get blown up.
With all this being said, having video commentary with two people who mesh very well/get along is a great start. It didn't have to start with someone shit talking or someone punching another dude over Marvel.
The only skepticism I have is if we can incorporate this possibly with the already established streams (8wayrun, IplayWinner, TeamSpooky, etc.) That would be a great boost, and make things a shitload easier imo.
I believe Day9-Esque breakdowns is a pretty awesome idea. The reason why I like this is because it establishes something the American Soul Calibur community is missing: Personalities.
Yes, I am aware that a small handful are not too fond of Rich's hype commentary. However, whenever I watch any related SCV stream, people recognize Rich as "That hype man".
The reason I am bringing the aspect of personalities up, is because it gives the audience someone or something to look forward to. A prime example is the CrossCounterTV with Gootecks (R.I.P.) and Mike Ross. Their show started out as something Day9 related where they would try to break down matches. However, over the past two years, people have tuned in just to watch Gootecks and Mike Ross. Why? Because they're entertaining people and make what they do seem fun and at times funny.
People don't watch wrestling for the "wrestling" portion. People watch for the wrestlers and their personalities which make up 90% of that show.
People don't watch "Wednesday Night Fights" or "Big 2" just for the fights, they watch because there are personalities to look forward to each week. Personalities in the actual competitors and personalities in the commentators. People look forward to the Chris Hus because of the entertainment he brings.
I'm not saying we should be "funny", be complete jackasses on the mics, or have "staged" rivalries. Instead people need to step up and start presenting themselves. I know there's a handful of people that can do this very very easily.
You wanna know what my friends, who I play with Marvel with, ask me about SCV: "Yo, who was that crazy dude in Grand Finals at NCR? That guy made it exciting to watch. Also, the commentary wasn't too preachy". Another friend chimed in asking if the crazy dude "AlexJ" would be going to any more events, because he wanted to watch him lose and get blown up.
With all this being said, having video commentary with two people who mesh very well/get along is a great start. It didn't have to start with someone shit talking or someone punching another dude over Marvel.
The only skepticism I have is if we can incorporate this possibly with the already established streams (8wayrun, IplayWinner, TeamSpooky, etc.) That would be a great boost, and make things a shitload easier imo.
Sora
[11] Champion
Could not have said it any better myself.
The FGC is growing not only because of more players, but it now has an audience. Catering to the crowd is becoming an increasingly important aspect of the scene. We won't get anywhere until we get people interested in us--commentary and player personality is a large part of that.