On a completely different note (cause 50 inch is a fine size for this type of thing) do most people nowadays consider 50 inches to be large for a TV or has working in an electronics store spoiled me?
gibson wrote:On a completely different note (cause 50 inch is a fine size for this type of thing) do most people nowadays consider 50 inches to be large for a TV or has working in an electronics store spoiled me?
I have a 50 inch TV at home and it seems pretty normal to me. If it was smaller I'd probably think it's too small.
When you are playing, you have a headset on that blocks/cancels basically all outside sounds. You even wear buds beneath that. You are not going to hear the audience. That's good, because otherwise you could hear the casters as well.
As you can imagine, you are in the literal spotlight when playing. Lights pointed at you leave the audience in the dark, and they aren't that distracting.
I've heard not a single complaint from any of the AoE2 players when they were playing, and they had a reasonably distracting audience (they were in pretty big numbers and holding signs and shouting and clapping).
If there is a player who is seriously distracted by the audience, I'm sure we can all move a few feet back and watch from there. Moving people is like moving posts: you just need to find the trash bin.
How will the casting be done? They close to players or separate room? Does audience hear casting from the tv speakers? Or from casters microphone? Will audience noise interfere with casting? If Iām there which I most likely will be, Iāll probably be clapping at the start of like every game and then getting loud when a big unit pop comes out or a nice catch on units.
Lasol wrote: just Saw a YouTube video with giveyouanexiaty. He Said check youre stove, if you Want to improve youre aoe3 skills.
WHAT does check your stove means? And how do you do it?
giveuanxiety wrote:How will the casting be done? They close to players or separate room? Does audience hear casting from the tv speakers? Or from casters microphone? Will audience noise interfere with casting? If Iām there which I most likely will be, Iāll probably be clapping at the start of like every game and then getting loud when a big unit pop comes out or a nice catch on units.
The casters are across the room, in a casting booth. The TV's are directly connected to the network: they broadcast whatever is displayed on the players' screens. That means that you won't have any delay in the studio. You are able to hear the casting throughout the studio. So most of us will be watching the TV's/players and hearing the casting live in the meantime.
Will audience noise interfere with casting?
I'm pretty sure there is no interference. I would be shocked if there was, they have professional equipment set up.
[Armag] diarouga wrote:Will the twitch have a 2min delay?
After I made that post I realised there won't be. There is the 10/15-second delay you always get, which means that the live audience can start spamming the chat with spoilers before the rest of the world will see it.
NekoBerk wrote:Can I bring my bayonet? I'd like to show y'all how it looks like.
Good luck getting a bayonet on a plane
That's where the hot air balloon comes in.
In all seriousness though, i'd be careful taking a knife to the UK. You can't really walk around with one on you legally and the penalty is rather large if you get caught.
@edeholland 's comments sum everything up quite nicely.
edeholland wrote:Just to clarify a few things:
When you are playing, you have a headset on that blocks/cancels basically all outside sounds. You even wear buds beneath that. You are not going to hear the audience. That's good, because otherwise, you could hear the casters as well.
As you can imagine, you are in the literal spotlight when playing. Lights pointed at you leave the audience in the dark, and they aren't that distracting.
I've heard not a single complaint from any of the AoE2 players when they were playing, and they had a reasonably distracting audience (they were in pretty big numbers and holding signs and shouting and clapping).
If there is a player who is seriously distracted by the audience, I'm sure we can all move a few feet back and watch from there. Moving people is like moving posts: you just need to find the trash bin.
I'll take a video on my phone when I'm in the studio to give a better idea. But the players will be facing each other like in the video. The audience will be standing & sitting in the area around the stage (but will not be on the stage). They look closer than they are in the video (recorded with distorting fisheye GoPro).
The casters will be in the casting booth, it's not in a separate room but is far away. As mentioned the players will have their ears plugged. Feel free to clap and make noise, there's supposed to be atmosphere!
lazerusstink wrote:just made an account so I could ask, anyone driving up from London?
Take a Megabus, will be cheaper than driving. If you went to bristol I could pick you up but i think im going to fly direct from Exeter as I work for Flybe.