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This thread was added on September 29, 2020, with posts from unso, xEffiez, SwampWTFox.
I thought they would pick up on it after the first few games, but this has been continuing even to today. Replays are ok, but they're not as hype as seeing fights live. Anyone else feel this way?
LEC and LCK observers have spoiled us too much
sorry, not sorry
Just makes me appreciate you guys even more, keep smurfing!
You also worked on EU Masters, didn't you? Cause I noticed some really great observer moments at EUM as well.
Yeah not all of the days but most of them i worked as Observer two who is doing Replays, picture in picture in the corner etc
"Bard trying to get to his home planet" eu masters had great moments to replay ^^
iam glad you noticed thank you :)
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He started out as a pro player for Team Alternate and was then invited to cast S2 worlds for the German stream, he cast for the German stream for a while after Team Alternate split and when that closed down he was invited to become the first observer EU LCS had! :D
I remember a while back the observer for NA was high Diamond. I'm not sure about EU, but KR has Master level spectators. If you're higher elo than you're going to naturally sense where the fights are going to take place. Also really minor details that can be super important to highlight for the viewers. The more game knowledge you have, the better you are as an observer.
People in my soloq's usually think I'm from the balance team, does that count? :(
I remember a while back the observer for NA was high Diamond. I'm not sure about EU, but KR has Master level spectators. If you're higher elo than you're going to naturally sense where the fights are going to take place. Also really minor details that can be super important to highlight for the viewers. The more game knowledge you have, the better you are as an observer.
While being high ranked is a plus, it's certainly not a pre-requisite to becoming a good observer.
You are right that game knowledge is important, but you can have good game knowledge without having the time or mechanics to reach a high rank in LoL, and I wouldn't want to discourage passionate and thoughtful gold players from thinking they can never become a good observer.
As a producer, what I look for in observers are: Do they work well with others? Can they communicate clearly and decisively in a live production environment? Are they able to consistently prioritize the right action to show? (teamfight vs gank). I don't think being highly ranked are pre-requisites for any of these skills.
That will get you 85% of the way, and then the additional 15% comes from practice and experience. Can you tell when a player is baiting for a fight? Watching that play out might be more interesting than what jungle camp is being taken (or maybe not!) Do we have time to show a long replay before another fight breaks out? That depends on game-state, when objectives are coming up, etc. How proficient are they at using the League Director tool, and imagining new angles to highlight action (without clipping terrain, exposing missing textures, etc.)?
What I'm trying to say is, observing LoL is a pretty involved and one of the most important jobs on the live broadcast, but you don't need to be highly ranked to do a good job. If you're passion is to become a LoL observer, don't think you need to be diamond ranked to land an interview! If you can showcase some of the skills above, you'll go far.