I'm at a Crossroads, LOL.
No, not that one.
I'm trying to decide something important.
Should I:
1. Keep playing Blood Angels, and start squeezing in new units. Plus or minus Astra Militarum or a Knight.
2. Go back to Ultramarines (my roots) but modernize with the Primarch and Primaris, and other new stuff.
3. Say screw it all, stop fighting for the good guys and go rogue? I have a unfinished, never used Black Legion force that would need to be severely updated.
Option 1 is pretty easy, I have a few yet unpainted but built reinforcements for the red guys. I'm just finding that they will seem to struggle with the lack of turn 1 drops and other issues like the nerf to command point regeneration. It will be interesting to add back in the "revised" proposed rules for bolt weapons. A 5-man terminator squad throwing out 20 storm bolter shots instead of 10? OK...
Option 2 is attractive, with the new Vigilus-related box set coming out soon. I really need to go all in on Primaris though. I did get the new Calgar and Friends box, but in reality I should just spring for the Primarch and go blue to the core. A new Librarian Character with possibly new spells? Not going to win any painting awards through.
Option 3 has always been gnawing at my skull. Whispers in the dark. Black Legion and and new Abaddon and more hearken. Lots of re-painting, repairs, and new stuff. Easy to paint though...and maybe with a few demons for luck...Vigilus Book 2 will probably have a lot of special stuff for the Black Legion...It might be a good time to start something fresh.
Overall, it has been a hard winter for me to get games in - seems every Wednesday has snowed or I have a meeting, or a cold. Ditto on monthly event Saturdays. What, like 8 games or something silly so far for the gaming year? Inconceivable!
BUT, April is coming. I need to make a decision now and start tooling up for an April event. April...
Red or Blue or Black...
MING
Wednesday, February 20, 2019
Wednesday, February 13, 2019
Streaming Fail at the LVO
Just a small rant.
A tiny rant.
I thought the Warhammer 40K live stream from the LVO was a failure this year.
I was hoping it would be better.
Instead, two guys just talked about the game being shown and they talked about the chat that came in while they broadcast.
How had would it be to really be better broadcasters?
Watching 40K is not like watching e-sports, in that the game has turns and phases and larger scale strategy. It takes time to develop.
An e-sports match can be 5 minutes of action packed game time, sometimes just an animated fight between two characters. The screen often shows the score as it develops, and the action can be visceral.
Warhammer 40K is more like a football game or baseball game with no substitutions and injured players cannot be replaced.
How can it be fixed?
In the edited taped versions of 40K, I think Tabletop Tactics and Veterans of the Long War are the gold standard of non-live games. Some of their theatrics, comedy, and insight and such lend well to a live game.
I'd say that the only real way to address the livestream broadcast issues are to add a third reporter - located ringside - with a camera of their own to hold, and one pointed at a nearby broadcast point. They need to have their own version of the game scoring system up - and keep record of the status of each element and talk live to keep the "booth" up on exactly when player turns and turn phases change. The "scoring sheet" could be kept at a location facing away from the players - so as not to provide a reminder or advantage to either, and the ringside reporter can, using a headset mike - can talk in a way that provides instant information to the booth and viewers, that would not disrupt the game. The booth pair themselves need to have more data at their fingertips - what are the actual placings of the opponents? Where are they from? How many wounds does a model have and its save? They need to just say those things. Is there a presumed real strategy being played, or is it just "target priority". Color commentary is key.
It was awkward throughout the LVO livestream this year to know that Frankie and the other guy had no idea at times what was going on, no idea what spells or cards were played, etc. Thus, unless you loved seeing monocolored dice rolled in a small box, it became boring. Heck, you could not tell what was being targeted until it was picked up as a casualty. All of that was due to the distance of the booth from the action on the field.
Overall, if the livecast of these games is to rise in viewership, it is critical that the broadcast gets better for the viewer.
Back to the drawing board,
MING
A tiny rant.
I thought the Warhammer 40K live stream from the LVO was a failure this year.
I was hoping it would be better.
Instead, two guys just talked about the game being shown and they talked about the chat that came in while they broadcast.
How had would it be to really be better broadcasters?
Watching 40K is not like watching e-sports, in that the game has turns and phases and larger scale strategy. It takes time to develop.
An e-sports match can be 5 minutes of action packed game time, sometimes just an animated fight between two characters. The screen often shows the score as it develops, and the action can be visceral.
Warhammer 40K is more like a football game or baseball game with no substitutions and injured players cannot be replaced.
How can it be fixed?
In the edited taped versions of 40K, I think Tabletop Tactics and Veterans of the Long War are the gold standard of non-live games. Some of their theatrics, comedy, and insight and such lend well to a live game.
I'd say that the only real way to address the livestream broadcast issues are to add a third reporter - located ringside - with a camera of their own to hold, and one pointed at a nearby broadcast point. They need to have their own version of the game scoring system up - and keep record of the status of each element and talk live to keep the "booth" up on exactly when player turns and turn phases change. The "scoring sheet" could be kept at a location facing away from the players - so as not to provide a reminder or advantage to either, and the ringside reporter can, using a headset mike - can talk in a way that provides instant information to the booth and viewers, that would not disrupt the game. The booth pair themselves need to have more data at their fingertips - what are the actual placings of the opponents? Where are they from? How many wounds does a model have and its save? They need to just say those things. Is there a presumed real strategy being played, or is it just "target priority". Color commentary is key.
It was awkward throughout the LVO livestream this year to know that Frankie and the other guy had no idea at times what was going on, no idea what spells or cards were played, etc. Thus, unless you loved seeing monocolored dice rolled in a small box, it became boring. Heck, you could not tell what was being targeted until it was picked up as a casualty. All of that was due to the distance of the booth from the action on the field.
Overall, if the livecast of these games is to rise in viewership, it is critical that the broadcast gets better for the viewer.
Back to the drawing board,
MING
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