It is my understanding that the purpose of this group comes down to the following:
Some of the major projects we have discussed are:
- Make European tournaments more visible and prevent the overlap that is occurring through lack of awareness.
- Provide content about and catered to the European scene, not unlike what MIOM is doing for the US.
Some of the major projects we have discussed are:
- An overarching European blog under the EUnit label: Its main purpose is highlighting European tournaments and it will pull write-ups and the like from the various local scenes. It will also feature an agenda for tournaments. Novi is working on setting it up, but it will need a few people dedicated to actually updating it.
- A recurring podcast/Skype call: While the concept is simple, this will take work to do right. When we discussed it we all felt that the MIOM calls are very unpolished and could use some editing (poor mic quality, lots of dead moments, overall too long). Especially considering their entire cast is well-known while ours isn't, we need some production value for this to get some attention and be worth it. (Note that the State of Brawl podcast also does it the "lazy" way and hasn't really taken off, despite getting large names from even the Melee field to call in.) We need to find someone with the tools and willingness to clean up audio and overall come up with a format that sustains a biweekly(?) show.
- Player interviews: The basic idea of the format is to have 3-4 minute videos featuring players from all over Europe, both well-known and lesser-known. Novi intends to record a pilot with Peki, which hopefully sets a standard other people can follow. To have this take off and become a series, we will need someone in every country who can shoot and edit video.