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@Lunet: Where and when can I see more by FilibusterFox? Enjoyed his casting earlier.
He’ll be working more regularly on GW2 activities Sun-Tue over on the TDTV channel including but not limited to: Prize matches, a weekly tournament, scrims, regular casted games and analysis nights which’ll break down the game play while the viewers watch the action in order to brush up on their back and forth skills in matches. The recorded vods of his GW2 casts are up on our youtube channel as well, and you’re free to check those out in-case you missed any matches.
Ultimately mate, if you think it could/should be done better, throw your own hat in the ring.
That’s not exactly easy. I’ve been doing some hot join shoutcasting the last 2-3 weekends and the only chance I have to getting a shot is if tournament organizers invite me or I can get some teams willing to scrim with me shoutcasting to practice real matches. It doesn’t matter if you are better, but whether or not you’re now a “big name” or at least that’s how I feel.
This statement isn’t just directed at you, more as a whole to anyone who happens to come by. If you’re upset with shoutcasting, or want to do better with your own shoutcasting and are interested in getting your feet wet Bas is right, we are hiring and you can contact Tower Dive TV to learn the ins and outs of the tournament and casting industry. We train individuals from all experience levels and have already been approached by a number of guilds and organizations about doing casts for them so there is always work here between that and the 10+ events that’ll now happen every week on the channel with the opening of the GW2 branch.
You can contact me directly over at LunetTheHerald@Towerdive.tv if you have any questions. And yes, I am shamelessly plugging my org here!
It’s important to note that shoutcasting as a whole breaks down to two things: Color casting and play by play. While color discusses the mechanics and depth of the game, play by play narrates the action. Very few casters from any genre can master both, and solocasting just shouldn’t happen.
Perfectly explained!
Most E-Sport games have a pure shoutcaster who talks about the “action” (play by play) and a top-player from the scene who takes the part of the “color casting”. I saw many shoutcasts from different games and this combination is in my opinion the best one.
This is standard in the industry and should be done by all games. The best caster combos have the ability to do both and have great synergy in doing so.
It’s what I strive for, over a years experience in the shoutcasting side of things and even I don’t have it mastered. Very few of the people I’ve ever trained get to the level where they can do both, but when they do they’re amazing. People like FilibusterFox, Hawkeye (who does League work primarily), EG AD or Feed, all people who’ve worked with us and mastered this but no others I can think of who have really got it down. And the success they’ve had is directly contributed to the hard work they put into practicing a lot of this. It’s what I push my casters to do and I can’t wait to see the Guild Wars 2 scene have that.
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I’m both sad and happy to see this thread. And though my opinion may mean little in the community right now as someone who trains casters for e-sports as a job I’d like to interject here. It’s important to note that this scene is very new, there aren’t many casters and not many of them are on par with many of the top casters from other genres. IE: Mobas and fire games. This is something that is actively being worked on, but it’s going to take time. There are still great casters in this game right now, Grouch and FilibusterFox (one of the individuals who works for me) being some of the best I can name off the top of my head.
It’s important to note that shoutcasting as a whole breaks down to two things: Color casting and play by play. While color discusses the mechanics and depth of the game, play by play narrates the action. Very few casters from any genre can master both, and solocasting just shouldn’t happen. It’s also important to note that GW2 is primarily play by play as opposed to MOBA games which are more dependent on color casting. Because it’s so difficult to master both you often run into a lot of problems, it also makes it difficult to work with others and makes what a lot of individuals refer to as ‘selfish casters’, who are so used to working solo they tend to take things over.
I want to see this scene grow, both myself and a few others are currently in the process of training a number of individuals with the skill to help add to the growing scene. There are good shoutcasters here, and I hope in the future to see become even greater than they already are.
Just my opinion. Many <3s.
Edit: As an added and slightly random note, it is very difficult to everything right now in spec mode. There is a lot lacking and for new casters/tourneys in the scene I would suggest having a dedicated streamer to do the camera work to better allow the casters to fulfill their roles without having to worry about making an impact on the viewers missing any action. Less stress in this manner will lead to better casting until (hopefully) a directed camera is released. Casters as a whole will get more used to running long shifts as more tournaments are around, and more casters mean running two shifts instead of one which will enable them to take breaks. It’s not possible right now, but should be soon. When a lot of people started learning to cast for smaller companies, myself included, it wasn’t unusual to pull 9+ hour days running a stream, doing admin work and solocasting. You love it, but it’s draining, you hope it gets you somewhere but know it might not. This scene needs time, it needs growth, and with the community support and more casters coming into the scene it will get better.
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