Casters- Can we have double casting?
godrifle
Join Date: 2006-12-01 Member: 58815Members
Join Date: 2006-12-01 Member: 58815Members
Problem- While first person view and free cam view have their merits, they also have big disadvantages. We still see the majority of matches casted in RTS view, and some would like to see more direct action.
Solution- Have two people cast and both people record the match. One person casts it in RTS view and streams it live on twitch, and the other person stays in First Person or Free Cam, the whole game. After the match is done, you edit the original video to include the first person action highlights. Imagine having picture in picture- RTS in the major part of the screen, and a smaller window with first person action added in to the corner. If a recorded highlight was so good, you could even pause the RTS part and rewatch a first person highlight in slow mo. Instead of choosing RTS or FPS, why not have the best of both worlds and make the video a little longer? With good editing, we don't even need live commentary anymore. You can prepare the commentary carefully to be effective. With the finals coming up and so much at stake going on in those matches, I would definitely rather watch an edited version.
If you have an edited cast showing both the RTS view and FPS replays, players of all skill levels will be able to appreciate the finer nuances of the match.
Solution- Have two people cast and both people record the match. One person casts it in RTS view and streams it live on twitch, and the other person stays in First Person or Free Cam, the whole game. After the match is done, you edit the original video to include the first person action highlights. Imagine having picture in picture- RTS in the major part of the screen, and a smaller window with first person action added in to the corner. If a recorded highlight was so good, you could even pause the RTS part and rewatch a first person highlight in slow mo. Instead of choosing RTS or FPS, why not have the best of both worlds and make the video a little longer? With good editing, we don't even need live commentary anymore. You can prepare the commentary carefully to be effective. With the finals coming up and so much at stake going on in those matches, I would definitely rather watch an edited version.
If you have an edited cast showing both the RTS view and FPS replays, players of all skill levels will be able to appreciate the finer nuances of the match.
Comments
ENSL rules requires all the players to be recording demos so, in theory, you could have all the players send their demos. The caster could then record and splice the FPS viewpoints into the relevant casted portions.
Effectively, the primary caster is setting up a private server that the second caster is streaming to. There will likely be something like a 1-3s delay from the second casters viewpoint, but that's pretty much unavoidable. I'm going to try to see if I can get this running to see how feasible it is/bandwidth/hardware requirements.
Nothing like spectating a game in the actual game while text chatting with other spectators and watching whoever you want in first person mode or where the action is. In addition it would be nice if casters were allowed to join and the only one's allowed to use voice chat and give notifications of where the action is. Perhaps follow their point of view or follow your own. It would be great.