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EARLY BROADCASTINGTHE FIRST BROADCASTSo you have your software and hardware set up nicely, you’veopened up an account on Twitch and your XSplit is just waiting forsome juicy game content to flow through it: it’s time to find a matchto commentate on.First of all, stick to what you know and find a match from the gameyou play and know best. Ideally, pick a low key match, and not onefrom the upper echelons of the tournaments. That way, you won’tbe so heavily berated for making mistakes or be given a hard time ifsomeone doesn’t like your voice first time out. You should also findclans friendly and receptive to the idea of you covering their game -after all, who doesn’t want to be on TV?To start with, just jump into a game, commentate it and record itfor yourself. Do what you can in terms of commentating and don’tworry too much about anything else at this point. The first fewcommentaries you do will drastically improve every time providedyou follow a few simple steps.First, listen back and watch your first commentary before you doanother one. Then pick out the things you liked, things you didn’tlike (and be honest - it’s just you at this point anyway) and areasyou think you can work on initially. Leave it a day or so, reread yournotes on your first commentary and then find another match tocover. Do the same thing again, record it and watch it back whilemaking notes. Do this three or four times and you’ll already hearhow much better you’re getting each time.15
GOING PUBLICWhen you’re ready to go public (the earlier the better, but you needthick skin, too!), find your match ahead of time - a few hours, usually- and advertise your stream on social media, Reddit and anywhereyou can find that runs community-based forums or sites foryour game.Your first public game also needs a little more depth than just yourcommentary, so ensure you collect some of the basics in terms ofinformation before you go live. It will help you pad out the downtimeand gaps in between maps:Tournament name and structureWhich part of the tournament you are in (semi-finals,league, group stage, etc.)The two teams line-upsSome information on formThis is only really the bare basics, but it will get you up and runningin your early commentaries. Once you’re more comfortable andhave conquered some of the other skills, you can start to add betterpreparation (see later for more information on preparation).If you get a one-sided game and it’s a blowout, that’s when yourpreparation becomes important to maintain the interest in theshow. On a great game, it’s likely you won’t need 80% of your preparation,but don’t get into the bad habit of thinking “I won’t needit”, because one day you seriously will.16
- Page 1 and 2: Talking EsportsA guide to becoming
- Page 3 and 4: CAMERAS! ..........................
- Page 5 and 6: INTRODUCTIONIt doesn’t matter if
- Page 7 and 8: HOW ON EARTH DID WE GET HERE?We’v
- Page 9 and 10: on a dedicated gaming channel (Xlea
- Page 11 and 12: BROADCAST ROLESBefore I jump in to
- Page 13 and 14: STREAMINGStreaming is an important
- Page 15: If you get stuck, remember that the
- Page 19 and 20: Using the same words over and over
- Page 21 and 22: I could spend an age analysing why
- Page 23 and 24: THE KEYS TO SUCCESS ON ANY FORMATRe
- Page 25 and 26: I’ve included a recent spreadshee
- Page 27 and 28: GAME-SPECIFIC PREPARATIONIf you are
- Page 29 and 30: efore the tournament. Make sure you
- Page 31 and 32: Likewise, being professional doesn
- Page 33 and 34: So how do you deal with all these?L
- Page 35 and 36: self saving them occasionally, but
- Page 37 and 38: emember that very few people are an
- Page 39 and 40: THE VOICEI won’t lie to you here:
- Page 41 and 42: more expressive at the same time. Y
- Page 43 and 44: son as to why you should avoid alco
- Page 45 and 46: That said, stamping your own person
- Page 47 and 48: If you work on your own, it’s rel
- Page 49 and 50: STORYLINESAnother area often underu
- Page 51 and 52: a broadcast. That means, above all
- Page 53 and 54: HOSTING AND PRESENTINGOne of the mo
- Page 55 and 56: For large tournaments in arenas, it
- Page 57 and 58: GRAPHICS AND STORYLINESUp to this p
- Page 59 and 60: even four different cameras to use.
- Page 61 and 62: There is an old saying that you can
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GOING PUBLICWhen you’re ready to go public (the earlier the better, but you needthick skin, too!), find your match ahead of time - a few hours, usually- and advertise your stream on social media, Reddit and anywhereyou can find that runs community-based forums or sites foryour game.Your first public game also needs a little more depth than just yourcommentary, so ensure you collect some of the basics in terms ofinformation before you go live. It will help you pad out the downtimeand gaps in between maps:Tournament name and structureWhich part of the tournament you are in (semi-finals,league, group stage, etc.)The two teams line-upsSome information on formThis is only really the bare basics, but it will get you up and runningin your early commentaries. Once you’re more comfortable andhave conquered some of the other skills, you can start to add betterpreparation (see later for more information on preparation).If you get a one-sided game and it’s a blowout, that’s when yourpreparation becomes important to maintain the interest in theshow. On a great game, it’s likely you won’t need 80% of your preparation,but don’t get into the bad habit of thinking “I won’t needit”, because one day you seriously will.16
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