[FRCGameSense] Introducing GameSense - Let's Talk Robots!

[Nuttyman54]

Do you like talking about robots? Are you interested in a discussion about strategy and gameplay analysis of this year's game? Then join Stephanie Morrison, Evan Morrison, Ty Tremblay, Francis O’Rourke and a special guest every Wednesday at 8pm ET/5pm PT for GameSense!

One year in the making, GameSense is an hour long “SportsCenter” style webshow geared towards sparking discussions across the entire FIRST community about gameplay and strategy for this year's game: Aerial Assist. Every episode will touch on multiple topics – reviewing past events, predictions of the upcoming week, popular community topics and more! The last part of the show is reserved for community Q&A, where the best viewer-submitted questions will be discussed live on the show -- to submit a question, send an email to FRCGameSense+question@gmail.com or tweet us @FRCGameSense.

GameSense premieres next Wednesday 2/26 featuring special guest Andy Grady.


To tune into our show throughout the competition season, visit www.twitch.tv/FRCGameSense on Wednesdays at 8pm ET.

If you miss the show when it is live, it will be archived on our Twitch page, as well as uploaded to our YouTube channel at FRCGameSense.

For more information about the show please visit our Facebook (www.facebook.com/FRCGameSense) or Twitter (www.twitter.com/FRCGameSense).

We hope to see you on Wednesday! #MakeItLoud
- GameSense Production Team

[Nathan Streeter]

I'll tune in when I can (I have a non-FRC commitment every Wednesday evening)... Looks like a really cool idea!

[Sparkyshires]

looks sweet! I'll be tuning in.

[Anupam Goli]

Definitely going to be tuning in to this on wednesday nights! More than anything else, I love strategy talk and match analysis.

[BigJ]

Sounds really cool. Keep in mind that some of the "upgrades" () Twitch made over the last couple months introduce a 20-35 second delay to the viewers, so if the Q&A section was meant to be live and not pre-gathered, it might cause an issue.

[Michael Corsetto]

This looks great Evan!

Can one topic be "How to win a week one event?" Does anybody really know?

A pretty stacked analysis team with many years of FRC experience. Should be fun!

We have our team meeting during the live broadcast, but I will be taking notes on the drive down to IE on Thursday!

-Mike

[Nuttyman54]

Originally Posted by BigJ

Sounds really cool. Keep in mind that some of the "upgrades" () Twitch made over the last couple months introduce a 20-35 second delay to the viewers, so if the Q&A section was meant to be live and not pre-gathered, it might cause an issue.

We are aware of the twitch issue, we've been doing tech tests for the past few weeks making sure all of our overlays and audio works properly. That is the reasoning behind taking Q&A from twitter and email rather than the chat.

We'll take any questions that get sent in during the week before each show, so you can send in questions now. Like us on FB, share it with your friends, tweet at us, email us and start sending questions in!

[AdamHeard]

Originally Posted by Nuttyman54

We are aware of the twitch issue, we've been doing tech tests for the past few weeks making sure all of our overlays and audio works properly. That is the reasoning behind taking Q&A from twitter and email rather than the chat.

We'll take any questions that get sent in during the week before each show, so you can send in questions now. Like us on FB, share it with your friends, tweet at us, email us and start sending questions in!

Twitch is also more heavily blocked than ustream or youtube at schools, so it'd be really nice to switch to something else down the road.

[barn34]

This is a pretty awesome idea and I'll definitely be tuning in as our team's strategy mentor.

[AllenGregoryIV]

I'll be tuning in, I can never get enough strategy talk. This should be a very good year for this as well. I'm betting a lot of different strategies and alliance structures will win events this year.

[Stephi Rae]

Originally Posted by AdamHeard

Twitch is also more heavily blocked than ustream or youtube at schools, so it'd be really nice to switch to something else down the road.

We have researched many different sites and ways to stream and landed on Twitch.tv as the best choice for GameSense at this time. However, we are aware of and understand your concerns, and will continue to explore our options. The show will be streamed live from 5pm PT to 6pm PT and will automatically be uploaded to Twitch and YouTube at the conclusion of the show. Also, the Q&A portion is intentionally not taken from the live chat to promote community involvement even if you are not able to watch the show while it is live.

We appreciate your feedback, community involvement is very important to us!

Stephanie Morrison

[PayneTrain]

As someone known to talk himself to sleep when discussing FRC strategy, sign me up.

Also, Francis.

[Jessica Boucher]

omg Andy Grady! squeeeee!

Really looking forward to this show. Great work on making it loud!

[Nuttyman54]

We just posted a special announcement!


Check out the cast introduction video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuQnWslr5Wo

[Rangel]

As a fellow strategist, I will definitely be tuning in and will try to get some members of my team to watch too.