March 18th, Sunday …
The three commentators were dressed in suits and leather shoes and wearing headphones at Bunny Tail's live-stream of the ICL league. They chatted as they sorted out the various data on the table.
The competition would only start in ten minutes. The three commentators were already in place, ready to start today's performance.
Chen Yufeng had made a trip to FV Club yesterday and chose two of the best eloquence from the few good seedlings that Wu Yue had provided. They had done live-streams and had a certain number of fans to be the commentators for today's competition.
These two players were originally in FV Team's second team. They were not bad, but the five people in the first team were too strong. There were not many opportunities for them to rotate.
What's more, they were not young anymore. They could not keep up with the pace of the professional arena because of their slow reaction and declining energy. They had been struggling with their future.
The commentary this time was a good test for Bunny Tail Live-Stream and the two players.
If the effect was good, they could continue to commentate. If the effect was not good, the two players could consider returning to play professionally or simply retire to live-stream.
They might not be that familiar with the commentary since it was their first day of commentary. Thus, they arranged for a veteran commentator from GPL to guide them. This commentator might not have a high understanding of IOI but he was still very good at grasping the rhythm of the commentary. With him around, the rhythm of the three of them would not deviate.
This morning, while the two new commentators were cramming and practicing their tacit understanding, the official staff of Bunny Tail Live-Stream obtained first-hand information about the competition team. There were more than ten pages of data that they provided to the live commentator.
These data included the players' usual heroes, common tactics, and some detailed habits. It could be said to provide good data support for the commentator's work. In addition to the game understanding of the two active professional players, they would definitely be able to dig out more details of the competition.
Not only that, but there was also a tablet computer in front of each of the three commentators. There would be a special team pushing some other competition content in real time, such as the distribution of the kills in the game on the map, the first blood situation, the economic line chart, and so on.
This data was directly obtained from the backend of Long Yu Corporation. It was the same set of real-time data that was about to be released on various platforms in the future.
Although the packaging had not been completed and could not be shown to the audience, it was not a problem to show it to the three commentators. They were all professionals and could easily understand it.
All the preliminary work had been prepared. Bunny Tail Live-Stream had also done enough publicity and warm-up for this unofficial commentary on their own website. Now, it was up to the commentary's improvisation after the competition began.
The two pros were a little nervous.
One of the contestants had previously commentated on a match in his own live broadcast room, but that was a very private environment after all. Even if there was a small problem, it was his own fans who saw it, so he wouldn't be too harsh on them.
However, they were commentating in a very formal situation. Even if they made a slip of the tongue, they would be criticized. If they made a professional mistake, they would lose their reputation. Therefore, both of them were a little nervous.
The senior commentator in charge of controlling the scene smiled and said, "We've already rehearsed this a few times in the morning, so don't be nervous. This time, I'm in charge of controlling the situation and guiding the conversation. You guys just have to follow my rhythm. If you're worried that you'll say something wrong, then I'll pass on a sentence and you guys take over. "
The two pro players nodded their heads. Seeing that the broadcast was about to start, they hurriedly fixed their ties and hairstyles and looked towards the camera.
…
At the same time, a large number of viewers swarmed into Bunny Tail Live-Stream, preparing to watch the ICL league.
The number of viewers on Bunny Tail Live-Stream did not decrease significantly after distributing the broadcasting rights of the ICL league. Instead, the number of viewers had basically stabilized!
It was mainly because of the 'spoiler incident' from before, which left many people with the impression that Bunny Tail Live-Stream was faster than other platforms.
The live-stream time on all platforms had been unified. Even if there was a delay due to network problems, it would not exceed two to three seconds. However, it was very difficult to change the initial impression once it was formed.
Of course, the viewers who came to Bunny Tail Live-Stream gradually returned to various platforms after knowing that the other platforms had the same time as Bunny Tail Live-Stream.
However, this kind of return would take some time. What's more, some viewers had already formed a habit. Every time there was a competition, they would subconsciously click on Bunny Tail Live-Stream. In the end, there would still be a portion of viewers who would stay.
Today, many old viewers realized that the live-stream of Bunny Tail's ICL league was divided into two channels by default. After entering, the default was Bunny Tail's live-stream. The second was the official live-stream!
What's more, Bunny Tail Live-Stream had already promoted and warmed up its own live-stream.
Bunny Tail Live-Stream had originally given the ICL league a lot of recommendation resources. Now, these recommendation resources had been changed. They were still promoting the ICL league, but the focus of publicity was already on Bunny Tail's live-stream.
Most viewers did not pay much attention to this. After all, many E-Sports competitions had appeared before. It was nothing more than some streamers using the official competition scenes to carry out a second commentary. There was nothing new about it.
These commentators were often done by live-streamers. They mainly used their own style to attract their own fans. In terms of professionalism and viewing experience, they could not compare to the official stream.
That was very normal. The commentators of the official stream were carefully selected after all. They were more eloquent, and they could obtain first-hand information from the official platform. Even if their understanding of the game was slightly worse, they could make up for it with other advantages.
All in all, most viewers did not pay much attention to the relevant publicity even though they saw it.
However, the live-stream of the ICL league was the live-stream of Bunny Tail Live-Stream after all. Thus, most viewers stayed behind to see how the live-stream of Bunny Tail Live-Stream was different from the official stream.
The live-stream appeared in the live-stream after the promotional video for the ICL league was broadcasted.
The three commentators were dressed in suits and leather shoes. They sat upright and wore the same commentary headset on their heads. There was a stack of information, a pen, and a tablet on the table in front of them.
On the other hand, the official commentators of the ICL league were only two commentators in shirts. The table was empty.
"Eh, isn't this the commentator from the GPL?"
"The two beside him … are they members of FV Team Two?"
"This suit is quite handsome."
"Why are there so many things on the table? There's a notebook, a pen, and a tablet?"
"It looks like they're well-prepared!"
"Oh, it's time to analyze the competition data!"
The competition had yet to officially begin. The players from both sides had just appeared. There were still a few minutes to adjust the equipment.
On the official live-stream, the director began to release some data of both teams in order. For example, the economic lead in the first ten minutes, the number of MVPs the players had, the historical data of both sides, and so on.
The two official commentators were basically reading the data. They would only occasionally make some simple explanations. For example, the high win rate of one blood and one tower meant that this team was very good at obtaining an early advantage and snowballing to win.
On the other hand, on the live-stream of Bunny Tail, the three commentators looked at the information in their hands and explained some content that was not involved in the live-stream at all.
"We saw on the official screen that the winning rate of one tower is as high as 74%, but in fact, this data is not particularly accurate. This team has a few different tactical strategies. One is the tactical strategy of quickly pushing and exchanging resources. Under this tactical strategy, they will tilt towards the bottom lane's hero choice. Under this strategy, their winning rate of one tower is actually more than 90%. This means that they are very familiar with this strategy. On the other hand, their winning rate of one tower is only more than 60% in other tactical strategies. Most of the time, they can't even get one tower and fall into a disadvantage in the early stages. "
"This means that the rapid push strategy is the most mature and effective strategy for this team. This time, the other party should be targeting this strategy in terms of lineup …"
As expected, before he could finish his sentence, the other party had already BANNED two heroes at the bottom lane as targets.
Not only that, during the BAN selection process of both sides, the two professional players seemed to have already obtained the script in advance. They accurately predicted the heroes that both sides were going to get next. When they were uncertain, they would provide two different choices and one of them would definitely be chosen.
That was because these tactical systems could be said to be at ease in the knowledge of the two professional players. Not only could they accurately predict the lineup of both sides, but they could also extend it and give a simple introduction to the tactical playstyle of this lineup.
On the other hand, the official commentator only guessed the tactics that both sides would adopt based on the characteristics of this hero after both sides had chosen their heroes.
There was no problem at all if one only looked at the official commentator because the commentator had completed the task of explaining and explaining very well. However, as long as one compared it to the two professional players on Bunny Tail Live-Stream, the content of both sides' commentary was obvious!
The bullet screen comments were already filled with all sorts of 666 comments.
However, this was not the end. After entering the game, the gap between the two sides was further reflected.
The two professional players on Bunny Tail Live-Stream gave a detailed explanation of the tactical arrangements in the early stages, including why the eyes had to be inserted in a specific position in the early stages. More people could obtain experience to level up to level 2 faster and achieve online suppression. Then, the route and speed of both sides' junglers …
It could be said that the details of every player's performance could not escape the eyes of the commentator.
The OB of Bunny Tail Live-Stream was also different from the official OB.
The official OB had been giving the online camera, but both sides were playing steadily. Occasionally, they would change their HP, and they did not miss out too much on the last hit. The commentator did not have much to say. He only said, "It's good, his basic skills are very solid" after the players completed a perfect wave of last hits.
On the other hand, the OB of Bunny Tail Live-Stream gave the main camera to the heroes in the jungle on both sides at the request of the two professional players. He also clicked on the specific data of the heroes.
Many viewers were puzzled. What was so good about farming?
However, the two professional players' commentators quickly gave an explanation: The players on one side were very bad at farming. Their speed was five to eight seconds slower than the other first-rate players. On the other hand, the players on the other side had obviously done their homework in advance and had expected this. Therefore, they deliberately missed a group of wild monsters and went to the opponent's jungle in advance to wait.
Indeed, half a minute later, both junglers encountered each other. The faster one waited for them to be exhausted. They directly crippled the other party and forced them to retreat. Then, they comfortably ate all the other party's wild monsters and established an economic advantage in the early stages.
Bunny Tail Live-Stream was once again flooded with all sorts of 666 comments!
The two commentators had been laying the groundwork from the very beginning, saying that this jungler was slow at farming, and that the other player had used these five to eight seconds to invade and establish an economic advantage in the early stages of the match.
On the other hand, the official commentator did not realize this at all. He only showed the camera when the players on both sides encountered each other. The audience had no idea what had happened to the two of them!
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