Sorry about the wall of text. I guess this is just something I’m getting really excited about. I think its worth the read though!
I just started experimenting with setting up a good stream in time for dead week and finals to show up to my uni, but after this week ill be streaming a couple of hours of gameplay each day. Right now I only play tpvp and solo/havoc wvw, but i would be down to run dungeons with viewers too.
I’ll be streaming around 10pm cst on weekdays and probably around 2am cst on weekends. I want to get a really interactive stream setup (a lot like shin’s amazing stream). My stream is twitch.tv/pantsforbirds
I think gw2 has a great potential to be an esport even as an mmo, but it’s gonna take a dedicated group of streamers willing to stream tourney play. gw2pvptv does an amazing job of that, but i would like to see streamers take some time to explain the basics of pvp games and why they should make a decision in a match or how they choose their team comp etc. I think it would be pretty cool to get gw2pvptv up 24/7 again or maybe even combine it with another channel to stream tpvp and wvw gameplay with some different streamers 24/7.
Currently gw2 has a pretty low viewer count on streams, but (from my observations) the dedicated streamers seem to be doing pretty well and are getting more and more viewers. I think 2 things could really help the view count of streams.
1) I think Anet should continue to promote twitch streams. I had no idea what twitch was until someone mentioned a tournament was being streamed in /m chat while i was in the heart of the mists. I know a lot of people like to just listen to streamers discuss classes/balance/new updates in the background while they play gw2 (i know i do).
2) I think gw2 needs more streamers. There are times when i really want to watch people streaming gw2 and there just aren’t people streaming, or the streams are lagging too much to be watchable.
If anyone is interested in getting a group of dedicated players to stream on a community channel together send me a pm. gw2pvptv does an amazing job of it with tpvp games (although the uptime on the stream seems to have temporarily declined), and i think it would be cool to get a dedicated dungeon/fractal stream and a dedicated wvw stream where streamers can take timeslots to stream.
Streams that give away gold/items also have much higher view counts, so if we could get a community stream (or even a couple of them) we could let viewers send in a small amount of coin (10s maybe?) for a raffle style give away. Collect all the money and give it away to a couple of lucky players.
TL;DR I think gw2 is growing a nice community on twitch and i think Anet is doing a great job with the support it has given and i think they should continue to put an emphasis on it in the future.
Ps if you would like to set up a stream with me send me a message. Please have the hardware capable for streaming decent quality streams. You can also visit my stream if you want to talk about it more feel free to stop by my stream twitch.tv/pantsforbirds
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