I was inspired by Phil's post and started thinking of doing some Duel Commentary of the games I play, trying to explain what is going on and what I think I should do.
Commentary Videos
These are full commentary videos with editing and eye-candies. The quality improved over time, so you can take the last videos as an example.
I'd like to use these to really go into some specific aspects of the game, possibly writing stuff on the screen, and making them a mix of commentary and tutorial.
Third video, to test the new microphone. The duel itself is probably less instructive, as it is quite one sided, but since this happens in a lot of games, I wanted to discuss the concept of duel specific thinking and lobby a bit duel to clan arena players. It also gave me the opportunity of making a plan for the next videos, which I really hope to be able to follow.
Fourth video. I speeded up a recent demo, and tried to break it into phases, discussing each. Contentwise, this might be for very beginners, but I hope it is entertaining to watch also for better players.
Fifth video. This video shows what I'm learning in Aerowalk, which is a map I'm new to. After many losses, I managed to find a bit of a ballance on how much to push, and where to position, so I felt confident enough to share my thoughts. Thanks to Sub_ for his help.
Sixth video. I've been improving my aero game lately, gaining understading of the map. I'm trying to reinforce some of the comments I made in the previous videos, and show a close game with a few good moments.
This is commentary number 7. I took this demo as it was a good example of what happens when a player (in this case the opponent) leaves the opponent too much room, and does not capitalize on the damage done.
This eighth commentary shows a close match in Aerowalk. The game starts really bad for me, but I slowly manage to get the score up. I try to show my mistakes, and discuss a few general topic (getting angry, concentrate damage).
These videos are my attempt to discuss the spawn system. Please notice that time has passed since I first made them. In the meanwhile I realized that some rules are not exactly what I thought, and in fact I realized that the Interactive Spawn Visualizations (news, wiki) are probably better than any video. Still, I include the videos here for completion.
This is a lower production value video, where I just launched a demo and recorded some comments. Expect much less quality/editing. The thing is that I can do this much faster (half an hour), compared to the many hours a full-edited commentary takes me.
I'm aware of a ton of problems (audio synch, wrong screen area, bad cfg, bad audio mix). I'll try to improve with the next ones. My hope is to reach a good ratio between appreciation and time spent for the production. Feedback is welcome.
This video is meant for players that are quite new to the game, and still struggling to find a proper setup. Many of the observations are based on what I could take off various lan events I visited. As usual, feedback is welcome.
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