Why Don't Leagues Use What Was Given to You?

[Treks1]

Year one of the CBSMF really put this on the map (Thank you Reg!). Playing Big 10 games on Ustream was intoxicating. Man I think everyone wanted to play on line that first year; and it was a blast! I don't think I have ever had so much fun playing as over at Jimmy Davis' house last year on a Saturday night.... I too had to spend some money to get my equipment right so I could broadcast from the garden spot....

Having had this technology available for two years and have seen some of the drawbacks and potential, live broadcast can be a great asset to the MFCA and our hobby. Some of the angles may not be the best, or a coach has his rear-end in the camera the whole game, and perhaps viewers expect too much out of a braodcast. All may be true, but I think what may be most laking is just a concerted effort by multiple leagues to get on board and braodcast games AND for coaches to watch and participate.
I have some games saved on my Ustream page from last season Big Ten.
Coaches can check them out at any time.

As Reg has said, broadcast could be valuable for solitaire too.....

Ken also did a tweak session that was off the chain (he made some Monsters!)

Applications of this technology are endless. We should really be taking advantage of it!

[roller]

is camera angles. I've tried to watch a few games and they're almost unwatchable. Half of the plays are fubar due to poor camerawork or coaches covering up the action. You can't ask coaches to move out of the way, so we just need the camera to get a better vantage point.

Put the camera overhead so that everyone can see what is happening

If you really want to go high tech (about$3k to $10l)http://www.camcorderinfo.com/content..._switching.htm, use two cameras (one overhead and one for on field action) and a control board

The only other thing that could make it better would be to have some play-by-play or analysis. This kind of stuff really aids the viewer.

Reg, thanks for all of your hardwork on this subject.

DR

[Treks1]

Originally Posted by roller

is camera angles. I've tried to watch a few games and they're almost unwatchable. Half of the plays are fubar due to poor camerawork or coaches covering up the action. You can't ask coaches to move out of the way, so we just need the camera to get a better vantage point.

Put the camera overhead so that everyone can see what is happening


DR

All this can be done. You can switch cameras easily on the Ustream control panel; go to the trouble of an over-head camera, 1-2 viewers... Not worth it....