Suggestion to Improve the Camera Positioning for the LCS

Stonington·2/10/2015, 4:49:19 AM·1 votes·1,828 views

I've been watching a lot of LPL lately and I can't help but notice the observer for the Chinese stream is far superior to the English stream. The English stream will switch the camera away from a lane right before a play happens(this happens a lot on the NA and EU streams as well.) While the Chinese stream will have an uncanny ability to quickly switch to an important play or have the patience to keep the camera in the perfect position. This isn't luck. I noticed the Chinese LPL stream's face cams don't match up with the game itself. They have a delay of something like 10-15 seconds. So one observer can be 10-15 seconds in the future and tell the broadcast observer where they should put the camera and when the action will happen.

By adopting a 10-15 second delay for the LCS broadcasts. Not only will it be more exciting and entertaining for the viewers; it will also eliminate audience interference of dragon timers or cheesy strategies.

1 Comments

Riot jayway2/11/2015, 1:54:56 AM3 votes

I believe games were on a delay before. But basically once players started shouting/celebrating, it ruined the live experience cause you'd knew immediately who won the teamfight.

As for the observers, we've gotten a bit of help from new hires to support ClakeyD and co. Once they get trained up, expect the quality of the observer control to be better.

Definitely arguments for implementing delay, but in the end, LCS switched from delay -> live.