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It’s especially important toprepare if you are a colourcommentator, and in someways you will need to go everdeeper than the play-by-playguy as viewers will be expectingyou to tell them somethingthey don’t know. The other guyjust has to explain what’s goingon!I was once told that it’s better to say nothing at all than say somethingyou’re not sure about. In other words, say what you have tosay with total conviction, even if it ends up being wrong - at least itwill then be seen as a genuine mistake. There’s nothing worse thana commentator saying “I think that’s right” - it either is or it isn’t,and if you’re not sure, you shouldn’t be saying it anyway.Preparation comes in many forms, and how important it is will alsovary on the type of role you perform at an event and how good youare at retaining information yourself.Roughly speaking, you should be preparing for the following items:Team and player information, line-ups, player names, nicknames,ages, etc.Team and player statistics, wins, losses, trends, form, tables,results, etc.Tournament information, structure, prize money, entry system,qualification results23
I’ve included a recent spreadsheet I used to prepare for a big tournamentso you can see the various tabs and perhaps use this as abase for your own preparation. Check it out.What you’re also looking for in all of this information is storylines.You can find many golden nuggets if you do your preparation right.It could be you find a team has never lost using a particular strategyor hero or champion. You might find a winning or losing streak ofmatches for a player or team.You could find they’ve never beaten or lost to the team they’reabout to play, and all of these things on their own or collectivelyinvite a story line that allows people to understand the magnitudeof what they are watching. It also helps people who are mostlyneutral choose a team or player to root for, making it more enjoyablefor everyone.24
- 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 and 16: If you get stuck, remember that the
- Page 17 and 18: GOING PUBLICWhen you’re ready to
- Page 19 and 20: Using the same words over and over
- Page 21 and 22: I could spend an age analysing why
- Page 23: THE KEYS TO SUCCESS ON ANY FORMATRe
- 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
- Page 63 and 64: the conversation can often lead to
- Page 65 and 66: The simplest and easiest way to do
- Page 67 and 68: THROWSThe art of throwing is one th
- Page 69 and 70: ENHANCED THROWSOnce you’re comfor
- Page 71 and 72: or it hasn’t been produced until
- Page 73 and 74: COPING WITH NEGATIVE FEEDBACK AND A
I’ve included a recent spreadsheet I used to prepare for a big tournamentso you can see the various tabs and perhaps use this as abase for your own preparation. Check it out.What you’re also looking for in all of this information is storylines.You can find many golden nuggets if you do your preparation right.It could be you find a team has never lost using a particular strategyor hero or champion. You might find a winning or losing streak ofmatches for a player or team.You could find they’ve never beaten or lost to the team they’reabout to play, and all of these things on their own or collectivelyinvite a story line that allows people to understand the magnitudeof what they are watching. It also helps people who are mostlyneutral choose a team or player to root for, making it more enjoyablefor everyone.24
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