So with all of the drama and questions lately surrounding competitive TF2, I've been trying to think of a way to get a good discussion going other than the forums. While TFTV forums have and will always be home to NATF2 comp dialogue, threads tend to go on forever and ever and get derailed numerous times. I noticed when most of the serious comp TF2 players chime in, it seems a lot of other voices go unheard. Now i understand that has always happened whether it was here or gotfrag - but i always wanted to take it a step and push a little further. The high level comp players are the few that have made it to the promised land of invite glory. I think the general public having a chance to have some of their questions answered and discussed with these players could be an excellent outlet.
Since i have had some more free time lately i was thinking of doing a weekly or bi-monthly stream to be interactive with the community. My idea is simple: do a stream for maybe an hour with a TF2 legend, and pick their brain. Talk out the questions, suggestions, experiences, and ideas that everyone ask about and turn it into a true discussion. Along the way, we can have some fun, bs, and of course all of this will take place while we're pubbing in a TF2 server. Think of this as Comedians in Cars getting Coffee, but the TF2 version. We can name it something equally stupid like Playing with Professionals in Pubs. I've had the fortunate luck of playing with and against a lot of the biggest names in TF2 over my time, and would love to abuse my friendship with some of them to shamelessly get them to do this with me. It seems like many players have genuine concerns of TF2/Comp TF2 dying, and this could be a good way to talk it out as a community.
Other than the eXtv roundtables (i think?) that happen from time to time, i'm not aware of anything else like this...so if something similar to this exits then please pardon my ignorance.
My question to you all, is do you think this is something worth doing? I would do my best to make this as interactive with the chat as possible. Also any ideas to go along or improve on this would be welcome.
So with all of the drama and questions lately surrounding competitive TF2, I've been trying to think of a way to get a good discussion going other than the forums. While TFTV forums have and will always be home to NATF2 comp dialogue, threads tend to go on forever and ever and get derailed numerous times. I noticed when most of the serious comp TF2 players chime in, it seems a lot of other voices go unheard. Now i understand that has always happened whether it was here or gotfrag - but i always wanted to take it a step and push a little further. The high level comp players are the few that have made it to the promised land of invite glory. I think the general public having a chance to have some of their questions answered and discussed with these players could be an excellent outlet.
Since i have had some more free time lately i was thinking of doing a weekly or bi-monthly stream to be interactive with the community. My idea is simple: do a stream for maybe an hour with a TF2 legend, and pick their brain. Talk out the questions, suggestions, experiences, and ideas that everyone ask about and turn it into a true discussion. Along the way, we can have some fun, bs, and of course all of this will take place while we're pubbing in a TF2 server. Think of this as Comedians in Cars getting Coffee, but the TF2 version. We can name it something equally stupid like Playing with Professionals in Pubs. I've had the fortunate luck of playing with and against a lot of the biggest names in TF2 over my time, and would love to abuse my friendship with some of them to shamelessly get them to do this with me. It seems like many players have genuine concerns of TF2/Comp TF2 dying, and this could be a good way to talk it out as a community.
Other than the eXtv roundtables (i think?) that happen from time to time, i'm not aware of anything else like this...so if something similar to this exits then please pardon my ignorance.
My question to you all, is do you think this is something worth doing? I would do my best to make this as interactive with the chat as possible. Also any ideas to go along or improve on this would be welcome.
PhaserI noticed when most of the serious comp TF2 players chime in, it seems a lot of other voices go unheard.
i get heard sometimes i guess
The main problem is interaction with people that don't know anything about comp TF2. If people know about it then the major content creators can put out something and that can solve the problem on that end, but the pubber attitude just isn't the same.
[quote=Phaser]I noticed when most of the serious comp TF2 players chime in, it seems a lot of other voices go unheard.[/quote]
i get heard sometimes i guess
The main problem is interaction with people that don't know anything about comp TF2. If people know about it then the major content creators can put out something and that can solve the problem on that end, but the pubber attitude just isn't the same.
I like this idea. It also helps to expose to the newer players who some of the legends are. Not sure if this was done during the round table shows but some twitter blitz in the style of the WAN show (linus tech tips) would be a nice way to get the community involved in the discussions.
I like this idea. It also helps to expose to the newer players who some of the legends are. Not sure if this was done during the round table shows but some twitter blitz in the style of the WAN show (linus tech tips) would be a nice way to get the community involved in the discussions.
you should just try doing it and seeing how it goes. your 10th episode will probably be way different from your 1st episode cause you'll learn and adapt the show as you go along.
you should just try doing it and seeing how it goes. your 10th episode will probably be way different from your 1st episode cause you'll learn and adapt the show as you go along.
Deffo something worth doing, hmu if you need any help. Dope idea.
Lots of juicy players would come out of the woodwork for this.
Deffo something worth doing, hmu if you need any help. Dope idea.
Lots of juicy players would come out of the woodwork for this.
I really think this is a great idea. I'd love to help in anyway possible, I don't have capabilities to stream or anything like that, but would be very happy to help in setting up the shows/polling for discussion topics/getting players/building hype for streams. Please do this.
I really think this is a great idea. I'd love to help in anyway possible, I don't have capabilities to stream or anything like that, but would be very happy to help in setting up the shows/polling for discussion topics/getting players/building hype for streams. Please do this.
Yao.
An offer I've thrown out in the past is that eXtv is more than happy to distribute other people's content to help it get more viewership.
Huge shoutout to TF.tv but building a Youtube following isn't easy work. We got 107k+ subs and if you want to have open discussions that reach a large chunk of the community, we'd be very happy to share that with our subscribers. I won't take offense if you want to push it through the TF.tv channel or anywhere else, just thought I'd re-state the offer.
I'm going to be shooting a vlog myself to share my feelings on the topic, though that will just be my opinion. Looking forward to hearing people's responses to that.
There's been a lot of positive energy lately which is great to see.
<3
Yao.
An offer I've thrown out in the past is that eXtv is more than happy to distribute other people's content to help it get more viewership.
Huge shoutout to TF.tv but building a Youtube following isn't easy work. We got 107k+ subs and if you want to have open discussions that reach a large chunk of the community, we'd be very happy to share that with our subscribers. I won't take offense if you want to push it through the TF.tv channel or anywhere else, just thought I'd re-state the offer.
I'm going to be shooting a vlog myself to share my feelings on the topic, though that will just be my opinion. Looking forward to hearing people's responses to that.
There's been a lot of positive energy lately which is great to see.
<3
I used to do this exact thing. I had a toll-free number for interaction, I had slardel, Fragile and Lange on before I put it on hiatus.
Definitely a good idea though. Certainly anyone that wants to do it, I'm offering assistance as well if you'd like it.
I used to do this exact thing. I had a toll-free number for interaction, I had slardel, Fragile and Lange on before I put it on hiatus.
Definitely a good idea though. Certainly anyone that wants to do it, I'm offering assistance as well if you'd like it.
Glad to hear some interest! I will reach out to some people, both old and new, to see who i could have join me on this. I'm actually really excited to try to bring in some of the older big name players that have been gone a while - i think it would be awesome to get perspectives from both legends of past and present since it will provide completely different insights onto how the game was portrayed in different time periods. I have 2 or 3 guys in mind already that i know would be a huge surprise if they are willing to participate.
I'll try to get the first stream lined up for the week after Christmas. Anyone who would like to help, spread the word to other TF2 communities, participate, or give some general advice about streaming..please feel free to add me on steam. I'm a complete streaming newb, only have done 2 streams lol.
Extine, definitely add me and let's talk. I wouldn't even mind switching up others as the host from time to time...i'm not looking for any glory out of this, just to get some good TF2 discussions going and hopefully bring some interest into the game.
Glad to hear some interest! I will reach out to some people, both old and new, to see who i could have join me on this. I'm actually really excited to try to bring in some of the older big name players that have been gone a while - i think it would be awesome to get perspectives from both legends of past and present since it will provide completely different insights onto how the game was portrayed in different time periods. I have 2 or 3 guys in mind already that i know would be a huge surprise if they are willing to participate.
I'll try to get the first stream lined up for the week after Christmas. Anyone who would like to help, spread the word to other TF2 communities, participate, or give some general advice about streaming..please feel free to add me on steam. I'm a complete streaming newb, only have done 2 streams lol.
Extine, definitely add me and let's talk. I wouldn't even mind switching up others as the host from time to time...i'm not looking for any glory out of this, just to get some good TF2 discussions going and hopefully bring some interest into the game.
What do would you talk about specifically? I enjoy TF2 discussion, but league drama and all that shit bores me.
What do would you talk about specifically? I enjoy TF2 discussion, but league drama and all that shit bores me.
I was trying to think about the best way of going about it, and so far here's what i got.
I figured the first part of the segment would be getting to know the player. How long they've been around, where they started, what got them into competitive etc. Kind of a personal Q&A to the pro. After that, talk about TF2 specifically - what they like/dislike about the game, what improvements they could see, what can be done to make TF2 taken more serious. I'm not looking to only focus on league issues, though it will definitely be talked about at some point - it's more focusing on TF2 as a whole. Towards then end, i would want to open up Q&A to chat, as well as having some questions on hand that people could give me before hand.
Trust me i will do everything possible to keep drama/trolling to a minimum. I'd like this to be a clean discussion about TF2, simple as that.
I was trying to think about the best way of going about it, and so far here's what i got.
I figured the first part of the segment would be getting to know the player. How long they've been around, where they started, what got them into competitive etc. Kind of a personal Q&A to the pro. After that, talk about TF2 specifically - what they like/dislike about the game, what improvements they could see, what can be done to make TF2 taken more serious. I'm not looking to only focus on league issues, though it will definitely be talked about at some point - it's more focusing on TF2 as a whole. Towards then end, i would want to open up Q&A to chat, as well as having some questions on hand that people could give me before hand.
Trust me i will do everything possible to keep drama/trolling to a minimum. I'd like this to be a clean discussion about TF2, simple as that.
I'll do gossip girl updates biweekly on my own channel to satisfy peoples drama needs
I'll do gossip girl updates biweekly on my own channel to satisfy peoples drama needs