Overwatch casting/production

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I was just watching the tf2 i58 production and it made me realize how much I miss the quality the tftv team had built for casting there and how much room overwatch has to grow in terms of production. Anyone have thoughts of new additions/changes they'd like to see in overwatch in the long run?

Personally, I really liked how the iBuyPower stream included statistics for the different players to base pre-match analysis as well as map picks. I always enjoy seeing numbers to give some concrete information to back analysis. I've also been enjoying the various highlights (instead of a single potg) from the overwatch open, but the video quality of those always seems low to me for some reason.

I'd love to see the camera focused on a birds eye view more often - it's just as easy to tell from higher up that a reaper ult killed x people as from a first person view, but I feel like a birds eye view gives a better understanding of how that impacts positioning from the other team. Although I wonder if the first person view is easier for new spectators to the game.

Let me know your thoughts!

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shrugger

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This is because IBP stream was done by insight, which has mostly(all?) people from tftv production. Hoping to see more major tourneys run by them in the future.

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Sumtingwong

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Yeah absolutely - hopefully once the tf2 i58 production finishes they'll be able to run additional overwatch productions.

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mathsad

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insight didn't have all our production staff but a few of them are involved in it.

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gecks

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This 100%. While it's awesome to see displays of individual skill, like a McCree banging headshots or a Genji crushing face, when large team fights are happening I feel like you almost have to be birds eye view to properly tell what's going on in the fight. Watching one player in the middle of a team fight does not paint a clear picture of how the overall fight is turning out majority of the time. If you stay first person with a flurry of ults going off, coupled with switching POVs throughout the fight, I find it quite difficult to tell what's going on, let alone what team the player I'm watching is on. I find myself asking, "What the hell is going on?" way too often during matches, and I'd like to think I have a very good understanding of the game.

edit: There are obviously exceptions, but I just feel like in general, you can more clearly tell what is going on in a team fight when watching from birds eye view.

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Sumtingwong

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To their credit, I think the Overwatch Open observers improved on this quite a bit especially towards the later qualifers; however, there is still a lot more room to utilize the birds eye view like you said.

On a side note, do you have any plans to cast some overwatch matches? Would love to see your take on them!

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Sumtingwong

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Bloodsire was on the analyst desk for the Alienware Monthly Melee- glad to see the team getting more exposure. Hopefully we'll get more full productions from them as well!

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TechDude

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The Gosugamers stream had way better in-game quality than the ESL_Overwatch channel. The video was smoother and the colors much nicer, kudos!