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[MechaX]

RIDE THE LIGHTNING.

Hellpockets shooting down the "Wizard told people to keep it lowkey" rumors

Like anyone could hope on containing Hellpockets tho

 

[Eolz]

Uhh what? Normally there is no broadcast commentary being piped to the crowd at sporting events, what the hell are you talking about?

What I mean by that is that yes, usually commentary isn't piped to the crowd, but for different reasons. It can be balanced, it's just a decision to take.

People saying they mute the crowd but maybe they aren't loud enough? i mean it's a huge hall.

Which means that they didn't think about this and acoustics at all in the first place.

 

[thebigmachine]

The damage is too low on these cartoon fighting games.

Watching the top 32 on Friday I was thinking the opposite. Some characters do monster damage.

 

[Quote]

Damn, Ryan sounds pretty nervous. He's usually such a good commentator, I hope he loosens up since he's really talented.

He's warming up now. But yeah, i've never met anyone who understands the technical aspects of Guilty Gear more than Ryan. It's so awesome to see him commentating, he has been passionate about GG for so many years.

 

[SarcasticD]

That's the thing. This is their first time doing it. Remember that the FGC is still poverty status. You can't compare those companies with millions of dollars to a group of normal guys trying to run EVO.

This is the reason Im willing to give them the benefit of the doubt. As disappointing the crowd sound issues are, this is their First go around doing EVO on this scale. Hopefully next year and going forward, they're able to work it out

 

[Moodmon]

For those using the crowd having commentary pumped to them as a reason for lack of crowd noise, few points. One, the are turning volume up and down during presentations and introductions. Two, I went to a League of Legends event at Wembley Arena. Same setup. No booths, both players and commentators open air with headphones. We had commentary pumped to crowd, no feedback. Here are the highlights so you can listen to what is was like on stream.

https://youtu.be/VJ40c8Ew5rA

It isn't the setup, the audio mix is just terrible. If something two years ago can manage, so can this.

 

[KidA Seven]

People in the arena shouldn't be able to hear the commentators. It's distracting to the competitors.

I don't have a problem with it for almost every other event. I don't think evo really needs it though with the large crowd it possesses.

 

[Syntsui]

Watching the top 32 on Friday I was thinking the opposite. Some characters do monster damage.

Yeah, I really just caught this Kazunoko fight and even then only the end of it.

 

[Fardeen]

i am not a fan of guilty gear but i always watch the evo finals , so many great moments here

 

[jm89]

Let us hear the crowd, damn it.

This is seriously killing any hype. This is what happens when you try to become too professional.

 

[sixteen-bit]

Topanga re-stream has crowd noise
https://www.twitch.tv/topangatv

 

[chrono01]

Guilty Gear always has some amazing finals, great stuff.

 

[KingBroly]

I don't have a problem with it for almost every other event. I don't think evo really needs it though with the large crowd it possesses.

You don't hear the broadcast team if you're in the Arena at Sporting events. They're purely for the people at home.

 

[Busaiku]

RIP

 

[MetatronM]

People saying they mute the crowd but maybe they aren't loud enough? i mean it's a huge hall.

There are times where you start to hear the crowd a bit and then they immediately vanish to nothingness. People aren't cheering and then going completely silent in a span of 2 seconds.

 

[lazybones18]

get your shit fixed

 

[T.O.P]

Oh god

 

[BoosterDuck]

HOUSTON

 

[wookieofdoom]

I don't like this venue at all. Lack of crowd hype/interaction just make the thing seem sort of empty

 

[sixteen-bit]

Topanga re-stream has crowd noise, and is still live
https://www.twitch.tv/topangatv

 

[JayEH]

ESPORTS

 

[Veldin]

LOL

 

[ViewtifulJC]

"Are you guys enjoying guilty gear!?"

*dead silence*

"Thats what I like to hear!"

 

[Mik317]

they at least need to unmute it for these moments. it just looks bad.

 

[MattKeil]

This is seriously killing any hype. This is what happens when you try to become too professional.

A professional would know to mic the crowd.

I don't like this venue at all. Lack of crowd hype/interaction just make the thing seem sort of empty

It's not the venue. They need to mic the crowd for the on-stage stuff.

 

[KZXcellent]

"You excited for more Guilty Gear!?"
<silence>
"That's what I like to hear!"

 

[Omnicent]

Topanga re-stream has crowd noise
https://www.twitch.tv/topangatv

now im conflicted, these usa chants on the topanga stream lol

 

[freenudemacusers]

Loooool are you enjoying this guity gear?



....

 

[RecRoulette]

This is not any kind of explanation or excuse. A decent sound mixer can make that work easily, and even if they decided it still wasn't good enough during matches, they can keep it down during match commentary and then turn the crowd audio up when they cut to on-stage presenters hyping the crowd or presenting awards. The utter silence during those shots is mortifying.

Letting the crowd hear the commentary is great, but that doesn't mean they aren't dropping the ball on production elements in addition to that. There's no excuse for the silence during the on-stage shots.

That would require a lot of rehearsal time which I doubt they had considering a lot of the people running this were probably running tech at the other venue less than 10 hours before the arena show started.

 

[Eolz]

Topanga re-stream has crowd noise, and is still live
https://www.twitch.tv/topangatv

Tons better, thanks for that

 

[Envelope]

*crickets*

this is seriously awful

 

[MiniBossBattle]

TastySteve sounds like the last man on earth.
"Who do you want to win the set?!"
*dead silence.

 

[Foggy]

Topanga re-stream has crowd noise
https://www.twitch.tv/topangatv

Holy shit, the difference is mind-blowing

 

[hydragonwarrior]

I wish I knew who he was talking to - it's so jarring to hear him talk to a crowd and hear dead silence lol

 

[NastyBook]

Topanga re-stream has crowd noise
https://www.twitch.tv/topangatv

DO THIS. Got a USA chant for Marlin Pie going on right now. Main Stream is fucking up with the mic crap. Embarrassing.

 

[GuardianE]

Wow, MarlinPie. I haven't seen him in a minute.

 

[Wallach]

lol ogawa coming on stage like he's planning on moving in

 

[jett]

THAT'S WHAT I LIKE TO HEAR

uh huh

I hope they get the audio fixed in time for ESPORTS, otherwise it will be a bad showing for the FGC in the spotlight.

If piping the commentators to the arena is the reason, then it will be screwed as well since the people watching on ESPN would hear four commentators at once with the arena sound pumped up.

But this is shit. Listen to the crowd noise come and go. This is absolutely awful.

 

[John Rabbit]

seriously somebody just put a live mic on stage for crying out loud. these dead responses to "How HYPE are yallllll?!" are killing me.

 

[Salex_]

Topanga re-stream has crowd noise
https://www.twitch.tv/topangatv

Wow, this sounds so much better.

 

[MechaX]

Topanga re-stream has crowd noise, and is still live
https://www.twitch.tv/topangatv

Holy fuck that is definitely a major difference.

 

[Master Thespian]

They need to stop piping commentary into the arena before going on *national television* for the first time. The potential million person viewership, many being first timers, should take priority.

 

[RedEther]

Muting the crowd was such a bad decision

 

[BadWolf]

Topanga re-stream has crowd noise
https://www.twitch.tv/topangatv

Thanks man.

 

[Skab]

Dude in front of me is just watchin GOT in his phone lol.

 

[Kayo Police]

Damn after all these years Marlinpie is still bae.

 

[Hutchie]

Finally getting a bit of crowd noise from the crowd. Urrrrgh this stream

 

[XenoRaven]

lmao

The absolute silence after someone tries to hype the crowd gets me every time

 

[emb]

Is it just me, or do the breaks seem more excessive than usual?

Don't remember them stopping for so long mid-game in past years, but maybe I just didn't care.

 

[DevilPower]

Topanga re-stream has crowd noise
https://www.twitch.tv/topangatv

Thanks man...
Something about this EVO feels off... Even Marvel isn't as hype...