Splatoon at Get On My Level

[Lyn]

If this is gonna be streamed, I'd be really interested in watching this tournament!

i'll definitely watch if it's streamed

I do believe it will be Streamed. That's if they do it at all, of course.

 

[Xiivi]

This will really be a good gauge for how the game will be played at a competitive level.

 

[Lyn]

This will really be a good gauge for how the game will be played at a competitive level.

Possibly, this is just a maybe though.

 

[Biscuit]

This will really be a good gauge for how the game will be played at a competitive level.

As far as competitive gameplay goes, I dunno if this tournament will mean much. It will happen a day or two after it comes out, so the players won't have a very good grasp on the game. Plus, the TOs won't have a good grasp on how to run the tournament or decide rules because it hasn't been done before.

What it will say, though, is how well this game will work logistically. I think that will be the most important thing here. We'll see how we can get enough setups, how we can arrange the setups, etc. Then there's the issue of LAN, which hopefully the game will support. If there's no LAN, I doubt the game will even be able to be played in a setting like this one. All the tournaments would have to be played online. I guess they could all share the same connection, but they'd have to have a lot of bandwidth to get so many people playing at the same time that way.

 

[Icedise]

Well I know all about that, the question I'm asking is a lot simpler than that. I was more curious on how we will decide which set up gets streamed or if we will be doing multiple of them for a single event.

Oh, well then I clearly overthought that :P The most optimal thing would obviously be that there is some kind of spectator mode for the casters and that setup would be the one that'll be streamed.

 

[Lightzeaka]

Oh a spectator mode would be perfect! I hope that will happen.

 

[Bottlecapn]

;u;

guys we did it

I N K B O Y S

 

[Actilide]

Yooo let's do a tourney, everyone bring a tv a wii u and a copy of the game

 

[Fedorable]

 

[HaDeeZ]

Oh, well then I clearly overthought that :p The most optimal thing would obviously be that there is some kind of spectator mode for the casters and that setup would be the one that'll be streamed.

If it doesn't include one (which is kinda likely to be honest, this is Nintendo we're talking about) then the streaming becomes a lot more complicated as you need to use hardware that captures all 8 players POV and constantly switch between which one is displayed on stream. I don't know the specifics of how it works but it is how Halo (which doesn't have a spectator mode) has been streamed for the last 10+ years.

 

[HaDeeZ]

As far as competitive gameplay goes, I dunno if this tournament will mean much. It will happen a day or two after it comes out, so the players won't have a very good grasp on the game. Plus, the TOs won't have a good grasp on how to run the tournament or decide rules because it hasn't been done before.

What it will say, though, is how well this game will work logistically. I think that will be the most important thing here. We'll see how we can get enough setups, how we can arrange the setups, etc. Then there's the issue of LAN, which hopefully the game will support. If there's no LAN, I doubt the game will even be able to be played in a setting like this one. All the tournaments would have to be played online. I guess they could all share the same connection, but they'd have to have a lot of bandwidth to get so many people playing at the same time that way.

This is important for everybody to remember really as neither LAN support or Private lobbies has been confirmed to be featured in the game. While its possible to run a tournament with no LAN options it is a major headache that the GOML TOs are unlikely going to want to deal with for what is essentially just a side event. Also if there is no LAN support and no private lobbies then holding a tournament would be essentially impossible.

 

[Teeples]

Interesting, I live near Toronto so I may check this out. Usually not too many chances in Canada to do things like this

 

[mininut4]

If it doesn't include one (which is kinda likely to be honest, this is Nintendo we're talking about) then the streaming becomes a lot more complicated as you need to use hardware that captures all 8 players POV and constantly switch between which one is displayed on stream. I don't know the specifics of how it works but it is how Halo (which doesn't have a spectator mode) has been streamed for the last 10+ years.

that's simple, just ask roosterteeth how they do it. (im kidding if that wasn't clear)

 

[Clayton-D]

How will they make sure all players end up in the same game, or on the same team? GOML will be so soon after release that the team update won't be out yet.

Does anyone know how they plan to do it?

 

[missingno]

Private lobbies aren't coming until August, so there's no way to do this yet sadly. The only thing you could try to do is the local 1v1 mode, and IMHO that mode doesn't look very exciting.

 

[Bottlecapn]

Looks like Splatoon at GOML isn't happening... ah well

 

[DatGuyAegis]

Looks like Splatoon at GOML isn't happening... ah well

:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(

 

[Astral]

Well I know all about that, the question I'm asking is a lot simpler than that. I was more curious on how we will decide which set up gets streamed or if we will be doing multiple of them for a single event.

When a Shooter is streamed, usually different perspectives are switched around every few seconds, meaning the broadcasters can commentate while the viewers get a chance to see how the match is going for the teams/players.

 

[Mayday]

There's no way this could happen. GOML is a day after Splatoon launches

 

[Cozy_SquadofSquids]

Fuuuu, and I can't go anymore. Had to give my ticket to Ryoko