Proloser's Badly Commentated Antics
Hey guys. This post is the result of quite a positive reaction to me asking if you guys would like to see some of my replays being commented by yours truly...
Ok so a bit about me and this experiment. Read on if you're interested :3
About Me
I'm a casual 21 y/o tanker who has been playing WoT for about 3 years now. Although I try to play4fun, my competitive nature means I hate sucking at things so I've slowly improved from a 45%-er with 500wn8 to where I am now. Obviously I would've stayed at bot level if it was not for the help from many of the guys here on the forums and namely Spacey (spacewolf) who took me under his wing a few years ago and got me to teal and dark blue (cheers man!). Also a big thanks to everyone that answered my n00b poasts over the time I've been here, it's been invaluable.
The Video Commentary Experiment
I wanted to kind of give back and help some players who genuinely want to improve since I was met with a ton of help when I was at that stage. This is why I have decided to experiment with some replay commentaries... as such the last few weeks I've been playing around trying to record videos and trying to learn how to speak to a computer without sounding like a complete [edited].
While I still sound like a [edited], it's not as [edited] as it was at first and it will hopefully get less [edited] over time should you guys want me to keep at it. Many thanks to Space, Saffee, Crazib, Ezz, Brit, and whoever else I spammed videos to check out (sorry if I missed anyone, thanks to all).
Please watch this video if you want a quick summary of what my plans are for the channel & whatnot.
Feedback
One big thing that I need is feedback. I need to know what to improve and what to change. Please keep in mind it's hard to process everything that people say that I need to change and due to that I can't guarantee that I can make a video perfect overnight. Please try to keep feedback helpful though, there's no point saying "that video sucks" because I won't know what to change.
Some things I'm already aware of are:
- My mic quality is bad. Will try to get a decent one if enough people want more videos.
- I speak a bit too monotone. Working on this.
- I have an Australian accent and that might grate some non-aussie listener's ears. Sorry, can't fix that unless I use text to speech lul.
- As for the actual commentary, I have tried to explain as much as I can from the replays but it is harder than you'd expect because I'm not playing live and can't give my exact thought process at the time. Even if I was recording live I wouldn't be able to talk much due to concentration. I am working on improving this though.
FAQ
Here are some questions that you might have...
Q. What are your motives?
A. Just to help out some guys here on the forums who were wanting some explanation commentary that is relevant to the ASIA/ANZ meta.
Q. What kind of videos will you make?
A. For now some commentaries. I was thinking of perhaps reviewing replays from you guys or maybe a simple bunch of videos with some more specific advice. Will have to see how this goes first.
Q. What is your bar for how 'good' a replay is and what kind of games will be put on the channel?
A. I want to show a range of replays on the channel. I don't want them to be all pubstomps that were easy wins and such replays will be filtered out so more heavy carries are posted showing dynamic play (is that even a thing in this game?). I will also upload some 'normal' games that are pretty much everyday things such as the Centurion AX video that I have posted down below. The idea is to give you guys videos that are realistic, not some "OMG 69K DAMAGE 29KILL CARRY" kind of thing. Those kind of games almost never happen and really are more down to luck than skill. It's all about consistency and that's what I want to try to show.
Q. What tiers do you play?
A. Tier 10 for fun (if you can call WoT fun..), 8 for funds.
Q. What tank class do you mainly play?
A. Mediums and Heavies.
Q. What tier 10's do you have in your garage?
A. IS-7, WZ-111 5A, VK 72.01K, Object 140, M48 Patton, Spagetto, Obj. 430U (Tanks researched but not currently bought: 113, Cent AX, TVP 50/51, T110E5, E100).
Q. What tanks will you get soonTM?
A. I will have a 113 next. Not sure what else after that. Perhaps a 4005 for memes or maybe a 430U. I'm dead broke in game and don't want to spend much more money on WoT so won't be free XP'ing any lines for a while.
Q. What are your statistics? Should I listen to your advice?
A. It's up to you to decide, stats are in the spoiler.
...finally
That's all folks. I hope these videos will be of some use to you and please let me know if you want more. I've made 3 in advance but I will hold off making any more until I see what kind of reaction I get from said videos. I've reserved a couple spots down below for video posting to separate them from this initial post.
At the end of the day, it's just a small thing I've started for a test & some fun with no big expectations. If you guys don't like it, no big deal. It's not like I've wasted hours of my life editing and uploading the videos... ....right?
Anyway, thanks for taking the time to read. Cheers guys!
Edited by Proloser_The_Atomistic, 28 May 2018 - 10:08 PM.