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Heroes Global Championship: A New Era For New Heroes

Matt MacNeil

Posted 7 years, 8 months ago (Source)

Living in Australia makes it hard to watch many games live so it's usually a bunch of twitch VODs for me.

I know I'm in the minority and there are probably many reasons why this may not be practical, but it never hurts to ask:

Any chance filler time with ads, trailers, a simple "thanks for watching," etc could be added to the end of VODs? It's always a bit disappointing to know the exact time a VOD is going to end as it can drain the suspense. It's easy to figure out who's going to win a best of five when a team goes up 2-0 and there's only 25 minutes left on the VOD.

There's often a long countdown at the beginning of a VOD, so maybe something similar could be tacked onto the end?

We'll be breaking the vods into game by game playlists and filling the playlists with 5 videos, regardless of the score to help with this.
Matt MacNeil

Posted 7 years, 8 months ago (Source)

Stoked! Not gonna be able to watch Friday and Saturday games live, any chance to watch them anywhere later?

Yes! We are aiming to have VoDs up quickly after the matches are over for viewers such as yourself!
Matt MacNeil

Posted 7 years, 8 months ago (Source)

You sure must hate time zones right now. :D

Sleep is for the weak. ;) Must evolve, must adapt.
Matt MacNeil

Posted 7 years, 8 months ago (Source)

So both NA and EU broadcasts will be produced in the US in the same studio?

Yep.
Matt MacNeil

Posted 7 years, 8 months ago (Source)

Hopefully there will be something Heroes related there. Maybe /u/eSportsMatt can shed some light? Pretty please?

All the esports items that we're comfortable with sharing are in this article. That's all I can say :)
Matt MacNeil

Posted 7 years, 8 months ago (Source)

Are you gonna stream EVERY game with Trisklyr? With the amount of games there are this seems like a ultra hardcore schedule if you have to keep up with the Game yourselve. Good luck you wont lose on quality over that mountain of work :)

They'll be doing all the EU games. Yep.
Matt MacNeil

Posted 7 years, 8 months ago (Source)

This is the most exciting thing I've worked on since I started at Blizzard. I hope you all are as excited as I am and the rest of the team are! Hope you enjoy the show!

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    <div class="md"><p>Living in Australia makes it hard to watch many games live so it's usually a bunch of twitch VODs for me. </p>

<p>I know I'm in the minority and there are probably many reasons why this may not be practical, but it never hurts to ask:</p>

<p>Any chance filler time with ads, trailers, a simple "thanks for watching," etc could be added to the end of VODs? It's always a bit disappointing to know the exact time a VOD is going to end as it can drain the suspense. It's easy to figure out who's going to win a best of five when a team goes up 2-0 and there's only 25 minutes left on the VOD. </p>

<p>There's often a long countdown at the beginning of a VOD, so maybe something similar could be tacked onto the end? </p>
</div>
</blockquote>
<div class="md"><p>We'll be breaking the vods into game by game playlists and filling the playlists with 5 videos, regardless of the score to help with this.</p>
</div> (<a href="http://us.heroesofthestorm.com/esports/en/news/20423956dcbk4lm">Matt MacNeil</a>)
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<blockquote class="quoted">
    <div class="md"><p>Stoked! Not gonna be able to watch Friday and Saturday games live, any chance to watch them anywhere later?</p>
</div>
</blockquote>
<div class="md"><p>Yes! We are aiming to have VoDs up quickly after the matches are over for viewers such as yourself!</p>
</div> (<a href="http://us.heroesofthestorm.com/esports/en/news/20423956dcb06p0">Matt MacNeil</a>)
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<blockquote class="quoted">
    <div class="md"><p>You sure must hate time zones right now. :D</p>
</div>
</blockquote>
<div class="md"><p>Sleep is for the weak. ;)  Must evolve, must adapt.</p>
</div> (<a href="http://us.heroesofthestorm.com/esports/en/news/20423956dcb04j0">Matt MacNeil</a>)
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<blockquote class="quoted">
    <div class="md"><p>So both NA and EU broadcasts will be produced in the US in the same studio?</p>
</div>
</blockquote>
<div class="md"><p>Yep. </p>
</div> (<a href="http://us.heroesofthestorm.com/esports/en/news/20423956dcaptx7">Matt MacNeil</a>)
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<blockquote class="quoted">
    <div class="md"><p>Hopefully there will be something Heroes related there.  Maybe  <a href="/u/eSportsMatt">/u/eSportsMatt</a> can shed some light?  Pretty please?</p>
</div>
</blockquote>
<div class="md"><p>All the esports items that we're comfortable with sharing are in this article. That's all I can say :)</p>
</div> (<a href="http://us.heroesofthestorm.com/esports/en/news/20423956dcansx2">Matt MacNeil</a>)
<hr/>

<blockquote class="quoted">
    <div class="md"><p>Are you gonna stream EVERY game with Trisklyr? With the amount of games there are this seems like a ultra hardcore schedule if you have to keep up with the Game yourselve. 
Good luck you wont lose on quality over that mountain of work :)</p>
</div>
</blockquote>
<div class="md"><p>They'll be doing all the EU games. Yep. </p>
</div> (<a href="http://us.heroesofthestorm.com/esports/en/news/20423956dcangtc">Matt MacNeil</a>)
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</blockquote>
<div class="md"><p>This is the most exciting thing I've worked on since I started at Blizzard. I hope you all are as excited as I am and the rest of the team are!  Hope you enjoy the show!</p>
</div> (<a href="http://us.heroesofthestorm.com/esports/en/news/20423956dcan2jc">Matt MacNeil</a>)
<hr/>

<p><div class="md"><p>We'll be breaking the vods into game by game playlists and filling the playlists with 5 videos, regardless of the score to help with this.</p>
</div> (<a href="http://us.heroesofthestorm.com/esports/en/news/20423956dcbk4lm">Source</a>)</p>

<p><div class="md"><p>Yes! We are aiming to have VoDs up quickly after the matches are over for viewers such as yourself!</p>
</div> (<a href="http://us.heroesofthestorm.com/esports/en/news/20423956dcb06p0">Source</a>)</p>

<p><div class="md"><p>Sleep is for the weak. ;)  Must evolve, must adapt.</p>
</div> (<a href="http://us.heroesofthestorm.com/esports/en/news/20423956dcb04j0">Source</a>)</p>

<p><div class="md"><p>Yep. </p>
</div> (<a href="http://us.heroesofthestorm.com/esports/en/news/20423956dcaptx7">Source</a>)</p>

<p><div class="md"><p>All the esports items that we're comfortable with sharing are in this article. That's all I can say :)</p>
</div> (<a href="http://us.heroesofthestorm.com/esports/en/news/20423956dcansx2">Source</a>)</p>

<p><div class="md"><p>They'll be doing all the EU games. Yep. </p>
</div> (<a href="http://us.heroesofthestorm.com/esports/en/news/20423956dcangtc">Source</a>)</p>

<p><div class="md"><p>This is the most exciting thing I've worked on since I started at Blizzard. I hope you all are as excited as I am and the rest of the team are!  Hope you enjoy the show!</p>
</div> (<a href="http://us.heroesofthestorm.com/esports/en/news/20423956dcan2jc">Source</a>)</p>
    
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