Paying casting for amateur events

leOswalito·Jun 13, 2017·2 votes·1,283 views

I'm organizing an event with friends and we want to make it as legit looking as possible so wanted to get casters. So, as you can imagine from the title, I'd like to know if anybody here has any information about casting. Considering this is not pro, would we have to pay for a day of casting?... Maybe like 2 matches... Bo3 series though.

I tried looking up the information but I can't find anything about the topic.

11 Comments

SH AzykanJun 13, 20171 votes

if it is a RL event you probably will either have to pay or get lucky with volunteers if just an online event find a community and you are 100% assured to find people wanting casting experience that you can try them out before hand and get some decent ones.

leOswalitoJun 13, 20171 votes

It would actually be online. I've been looking for people but I can't find anyone. Maybe I'm just bad at looking around...I don't need pro level casters. Just like... Decent haha.

SH AzykanJun 13, 20171 votes

https://discord.gg/Syg6uz this is a community I am a part of, we have a lot of people who do casting. and a lot of people who arent part of the production team who would like to get some experience with casting to do so. Maybe you all could come hang out here and get to know someone?

B00B00Jun 13, 20171 votes

i think you'd come to agreement with the caster, you will have to pay through the game intervals as the caster is on your time, waiting on you guys so i would imagine you would say something along the lines of;

Pay: Minimum Wage

Shift Star: 12noon

Break's 6 5minute breaks between games, unpaid. (if thats your plan state it) Shift Ends; Expected 6pm, may run over if tie breakers need to be played, will be paid at the same rate for any extra time
Must be flexible regarding finishing time, to a realistic degree.

i would also higher someone who can just look at stats and feed this information to the caster, this is how it wokrs in the LCS/worlds the analysts feed the stats/history to the casters the casters don't retain this information soley by themselves.

leOswalitoJun 13, 20171 votes

That's all great but the LCS makes millions and can afford to pay for a lot of things...

B00B00Jun 16, 20172 votes

very true im just talking about the reality of it, you cant have a ''profesional' set up for every viewer and everyone involved if you dont spend money, its the way the world works.

you may be able to get a free caster and some analysts trying to build there CV, it happens and many out there would but youll also need to hold interviews, you will need to look into the legality of it, anyone worth there salt in any industry will always ask for (or supply) a contract.

leOswalitoJun 16, 20171 votes

Yup. Totally agree.

Hopefully I can find the right people for the current situation. There's a 400$ budget but that's pretty much as high as it can go at this time.

We'll see what happens.