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Ustream + XG feed
Posted By: benf In Response To: Ustream + XG feed (Mochy)
Date: Sunday, 3 March 2013, at 10:54 p.m.
This is a great way to watch backgammon. I did something similar in a scrabble stream last year: ScrabbleStream
Here are my thoughts:
-The problem with streaming will always be the time and money that it costs. If people want to see this more often then they have to expect to pay for somebody to dedicate themselves solely to streaming/recording one match at a time. In the future maybe we will have software that automatically can transcribe a match, but until that time transcriptions are labor intensive.
-The kickstarter campaign, broadcast-the-ohio-state-backgammon-championships, that I am running for the Ohio State backgammon championship is certainly a good indicator that people are willing to pay for streaming and match transcriptions.
-When I am the one doing the streaming, doing the stream like this would mean that I would have to spend twice as much time entering the match. I can transcribe a match while it plays twice as fast as real time (2x), and sometimes even as fast as 2.5x or faster depending on the players.
-It would also mean that I could not keep a second match recording or streaming while doing this one.
All that being said, I will certainly do this for the finals of the Ohio State BG Championships.
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