Its hard to sum up shoutcasting without writing an awful lot more, but if you have gotten this far, congratulations on reading a lot of text!
If you have got this far, chances are you either wanted the TL;DR version or you are dedicated to becoming a top shoutcaster. Either way, the same rule applies. Don’t do this unless you have time on your hands, consider yourself more passionate than anyone you know about eSport and have a thick skin to bounce back from the initial and inevitable criticism that will come your way when you start.
Take a look around the world, there aren’t many of us about and these days even fewer than there used to be. This document, whilst it will scare off a few people, simply aims to help people get going and give them a glimpse of what is possible. After all, I am living proof of it as as many of my colleagues at QuadV and in other stations are too.
There are plenty of old hands about in this business too, so don’t be afraid to approach them and ask for help.
Finally, sometimes, no matter how passionate you are or how knowledgeable about your game, you may just not have the natural ability which is required to be successful. Sadly, this happens to a lot of people, but don’t despair, there are, as this mini-book has explained, many other roles you can perform on a live broadcast.
Good luck shoutcasting soldier, it’s a war out there.
© 2009 Paul “ReDeYe” Chaloner
Contributions from QuadV staff including Stuart Saw, Matt Hoving, Leigh Smith.
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