Shadowloo Showdown (October 12-13, 2013) - Feedback please! Next major Santasmash!

[Attila_]

the more i think about it, zero seems like an amazing candidate.

 

[Luco]

He's also got the benefit of being very accessible and easy to ask.

A few players are good but hard to contact (a good example i'm thinking of right now would be FOW)

 

[Shaya]

Do you ever think anything but ness or lucas? -.-

 

[Jamwa]

Fow plays MK
rip fow

 

[Luco]

Do you ever think anything but ness or lucas? -.-

No but the examples I think of are almost always Ness and Lucas.

It sucks I know - i've kind of been waiting for someone to point that out. >_>

Okay okay, a good non-lucas/ness player who can't be contacted easily..... Illmatic, maybe?

No but he's pretty much retired so I dunno if I can use him.

Got it, Nairo! He's more on AiB than here iirc eh?

Yeahhhh!


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... took me like 10 full min.

 

[Shaya]

Fow is in my top 10 American Legends.
So I appreciate the suggestion anyway. Just not the reason for it.

IM THE BETTER SWORDSMAN FOW
ITS TIME TO DUEL

 

[Attila_]

on the downside, he's an already sponsored player, and a high school student...

 

[Hughie]

If we got homemadewaffles to come down and commentate on stream, then that would be so good.

And what about DEHF for Brawl? He's a good Falco.

 

[S.D]

I'm not sure why people are so interested in bringing commentators over.. we can commentate our own matches and give a voice to our own community. What we do want is players who will bring the tournament up to the next level and generate international interest.

In terms of commentary for this event, I would like to increase our professionalism to a degree and look like a real member of the FGC. We should have maybe 4-5 people designated for commentary who are articulate/knowledgable/interesting. Not keen for open mic like normal.

 

[Attila_]

A commentary/streaming team of a few people will most definitely be organized.

If we're gonna put on a show for the masses, we're gonna need to get our **** together.

 

[Hughie]

Actually, you make a lot of good points. Let's stick to Australian commentary.

 

[Dekar289]

speaking of sponsored players
since shadowloo showdown is p big
we should just ask the shadowloo to contact the smash players' sponsors (clash gaming, vgbc etc) directly and get them to send their players over

 

[S.D]

Well Dr Peepee just became the first sponsored VGBootcamp player...

 

[SurPr15e]

Is there going to be a livestream this time.

 

[Luco]

Yes there will be apparently.

Guess I won't be commentating this time haha.

 

[Attila_]

we will have access to some sort of livestream setup, although i'd be surprised if anything more than top 8 was streamed.

the weekend is going to be super hectic; we wont be hogging the spotlight this time.

 

[S.D]

Even top 8 might be too long, especially for Brawl and doubly if players are not on hand and ready to go (smash tradition).
Top 4 is probably more realistic, but if we are efficient then top 8 could happen.

 

[smopup]

A top 8 stream could work if the games are run on separate days. That's assuming we'll have our own stream separate to the traditional fighters, but that's usually how things are run, right?

 

[Splice]

When I saw Attila mention Zero at the top of the page I thought of Andrew from NSW...

Can we sponsor Andy? He is the #1 person in the world.

 

[Redact]

if zero andy from nsw makes us another melb melee pr i will pay for his plane tix

 

[SurPr15e]

Any suggestions for commentators from our community.

 

[Jamwa]

Any suggestions for commentators from our community.

joey

 

[dean.]

joey

I can't like this post enough.

 

[Karnu]

Coming.

Please sponsor Trela for Brawl, please oh please <3

My Vote for Melee is PeePee

I suppose one thing that might be a pretty influential factor is getting players that would put on a show.

Yep, definitely sponsor Trela.

 

[Luco]

Batmans was a really good commentator in my opinion, very professional, very informative, a lot like someone i'd expect to hear commentating. I'd love to see him on the mic again if he comes this time. ^_^

I didn't hear Attila commentate because we often switched but I assume he's good too.

And I don't know many people's real names... Joey is...? :o

 

[Jamwa]

Joey is...? :o

joey

 

[dean.]

Nothing more; nothing less.

 

[S.D]

It's hard to find the right balance with commentary. Based on past experience Attila is generally solid behind the mic and Batmans seemed pretty good from the limited grabs that I heard. Probably the best thing would be to take expressions of interest and decide from the pool that we have, then lay some guidelines for them to try and follow. Good rule of thumb is to have a good colour commentator (like Joey no racist connotation) with someone like cao, good speaker, knowledge and informative.

 

[tibs7]

Fow is in my top 10 American Legends.
So I appreciate the suggestion anyway. Just not the reason for it.

IM THE BETTER SWORDSMAN FOW
ITS TIME TO DUEL

clearly meant to come out like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFkdcQgNJHo

commentary team sounds cool

 

[Jamwa]

If you need someone to translate for the Macedonian smash players, I'm the guy.
Link is map of where they will be tuning in from.

 

[Luco]

If you need someone to translate for the Macedonian smash players, I'm the guy.
Link is map of where they will be tuning in from.

Jamwa for being on the mike all the time because of the 1 player that lives there that doesn't actually tune into the stream.

 

[Splice]

umm jamie i think you mean turkey lol

huehuehuehuehuehue

 

[Dekar289]

joey the colour commentator you heard it from sd first

 

[TakFR]

When I saw Attila mention Zero at the top of the page I thought of Andrew from NSW...

Can we sponsor Andy? He is the #1 person in the world.

Nice to know i'm not the only one who kept thinking this when I read Zero

 

[Luco]

Nice to know i'm not the only one who kept thinking this when I read Zero

Guess we'll just need to use the capital R. :3

 

[CAOTIC]

I personally think Australia is at its best when it's commentating badly. Bring Ryan/Kas/Syke (aka QLD) to the microphone anyday. Having said that, SD wins at speaking. His eloquence... *swoon*​

 

[dean.]

Jesse was the best commentator and the best at everything, I miss that guy.

 

[S.D]

Cao has a point about our 'bad' commentary, but with those guys there is a distinct personality. Yes its super crass, but its also super funny, as opposed to just bad and boring.

 

[Ledge_g2]

Tbh, I don't like it. Sure you have to entertain as a commentator, but focus should be on the game at least most of the time.

 

[Nicks]

Tbh, I don't like it. Sure you have to entertain as a commentator, but focus should be on the game at least most of the time.

I agree, and also realise that those qld guys probably won't be funny at all to an international audience