Pilk
Axiom Empire
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Posted - 2006.12.18 07:25:00 -
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A couple improvements come to mind. Many of the improvements I'd like to see would require instituting a 15-minute tape delay. I don't believe this would significantly affect the quality of the coverage, and that belief is an axiom upon which my suggestions are based; if you disagree, don't read on.
- At the start of each match, show the setups of each ship on each side--show fitted modules (and rigs, if allowed), show what implants are plugged in, and show total SP for the character flying the ship.
- Based on this and other information, give us commentary on what compromises have been made. That Curse is fitting a Halo or a Slave set instead of a Talisman set, or neuts in place of NOS--tell us what this means and what it will do to the team's strategy
- This will require modifying the server just a bit to support it when the special EveTV camera client connects, but place an overlay on top of each ship showing its capacitor status. A lot of the most exciting stuff in the tournament is lost to the commentators because they can't see cap status. In the AXE match vs. IAC, the match looked like AXE couldn't lose--heck, all of our ships were sitting at 100% shield. But if you could have seen the cap status, you would have known that AXE was doomed.
- Give us the ability to "strap in" alongside a pilot. The camera view would change to the perspective of one of the competitors, and we'd see him frantically activating his shield booster and micromanaging drones and all the rest. This would really break up the "boring" matches.
- Absolutely, have competitors on for post-match interviews. This is especially easy given a tape delay; you can create the illusion of a timely interview while the fight is fresh in viewers' minds even if it's occurring 5 or 10 minutes after the fight.
- For each fight, if the alliances control space, pop up an Eve map and highlight the controlled regions. Give us an idea if the parties are people who regularly shoot one another, or if they would never see each other over the course of a normal day.
- In the name of all that is holy, dedicate a node to the tournament.
--P
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