Originally posted by
mindgamesweldon
The caster's do a fine job casting for fans, but there is a gap in information between pros and casters in terms of what's actually happening in the game. Solutions to fix the gap so cast could better represent pros:
- Visit teams and observe scrims
- Listen in on comms in champ select or the game
- Survey players weekly about team strength to have a better idea going into predictions what is happening
This is not a tl;dr, just the suggestions I make at the end that are actionable.
EDIT:
Here is a SHORT TL;DW version of the same video. I made the long one unlisted and it's now a link in the description of this much shorter vlog. Please get this info to everybody in this post somehow:
SHORT VERSION HOW TO FIX LCS casting & analysis https://youtu.be/kWsYAKDd8oo
Weldon, awesome post and thanks for taking the time to put together some ideas.
Here are a few things to consider from our end. -replying to actionable items-
Comms and champ select are off limits for a lot of things. We don't reveal strategies or what the teams talk about during this time unless it's a funny mic check. If you are down with us using all CLG comms in the future as information about the team that would be sick~
Visiting teams and observing scrims is something we have been trying to do for a while. I recently went to FlyQuest and Dash to Counter Logic Gaming's Facility. It seems that a lot of the teams prefer to not have the casters reviewing scrims and such. Just an opinion there, it's awesome you don't mind and would love to utilize that moving forward~
Surveying players weekly would be be interesting and time consuming on both ends. I can't say I agree that it's less work by us in preparation xD. Sourcing meaningful info from 50+ messages that could result in fantastic answers or "I'm feeling okay this week" is great prep but I'd rather talk to the players directly and set up something like team lounge time where your team hangs in the esports bar and we can chat~
IM ALSO GOLD NOW! Yeesh....jk. GL in playoffs!
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