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redria:

--- Quote from: -Anakin- on December 14, 2015, 11:02:31 am ---While I do agree with the idea that videos more accurately showcasing quality gameplay would be better than the confused drivel the youtubers put out, at the same time, nobody actually watches - for example -  the SCS videos. They never even break 50 views.

There's a disconnect here between what we do with the competitive videos we have and what we say we want.

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Part of the problem is the challenge of actually showcasing quality gameplay. How do you create a video that someone can watch and say "This is a skilled team"?

Watching from free-view where you see all ships at once, the pacing is very slow. Watching other e-sports, you can see how quickly people are flipping through different actions in order to pull off high-skill maneuvers. In GoIO piloting, it is really hard to tell as long as the 2 teams are somewhat evenly matched.

Watching from 1 ship perspective, you can see all of the cooldowns and damaged components, so technically you can see all of what is driving each action, which might give you more perspective into the skill involved, but then you are only looking at 1 ship. You don't have enough information to be entertained on a match level.

In a game where 16 people's individual minor decisions and actions have large scale repercussions on the match, but you only have the options of viewing the big picture or a small subset of individuals, how can you create a single video that shows off the skill and foresight implemented by good teams?

Most other esports that I can think of have a very low number of participants, and an easy way to view both the big picture and the minute actions simultaneously.

Byron Cavendish:
Multiple camera views and/or really good casters.

HamsterIV:
To address Redria's issues:
I think the core of a good quality GOI video would be the Voice chat. If a high functioning Vet team could make a video and a bit more chatty about their actions, people watching it would get a better idea of what the game is about. I am not talking about inane youtuber prattle here:
"I'm fixing the gun"
"we are really F***ing this guy up"
"Why is everything on fire?"

but rather the sort of thing that goes through a vet player's head
"Enemy tracers East of us"
"Squid spotted SSW"
"Don't mark lets be sneaky"
"Burning engines"
"I'll take top deck engines"
"Chem up he has a flamer"
"Get on right guns"
"Shoot out his engines"
"We are 2v1 all hands repair"
"Bring up left guns, we are making a stand"
"Tank the hull, ally ETA 15 seconds"

The down side is that such a video would not get that many views unless one of the bigger you tube channels linked to it or posed it as their own. It is a sort of catch 22 of this game, the community is too small to have you tube instructors like Day9, but the skill level for good play is so high that the average lets play youtuber is still completely out of their depth even if they only spend a few hours learning game mechanics.

Dutch Vanya:

--- Quote from: HamsterIV on December 14, 2015, 02:18:19 pm ---The down side is that such a video would not get that many views unless one of the bigger you tube channels linked to it or posed it as their own. It is a sort of catch 22 of this game, the community is too small to have you tube instructors like Day9, but the skill level for good play is so high that the average lets play youtuber is still completely out of their depth even if they only spend a few hours learning game mechanics.

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I don't think any youtuber takes the time to learn mechanics, they go straight into it and record their first impression. Time = money.

Atruejedi:
I've been told to stream gameplay literally hundreds of times while playing GOI. Tell me how to do it, and I'll do it. I am skilled, entertaining, witty, and foul-mouthed. I've taught countless new players how to not suck. I have a webcam, a good microphone, and a decent computer. Enable me and I will spread the gospel that is Guns of Icarus Online. I will be better than the garbage videos put out on YouTube.

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