Week 1 Observations

[Scott Kozutsky]

Originally Posted by cglrcng

Having watched beginning last Friday many week 1 events over multiple feeds, (and deciding on not watching some events that did not have a static full field camera capture after Friday at all)...Constantly Changing Camera Angles certainly ruin the watchers experience of this particular game when watching streamed live competitions. Please get that across to anyone filming these events for live feeds or even videos for YouTube...While all those super photographer videophiles that hold and control cameras very often like to switch camera angles quickly, show the individual robot action, and give those closeup camera single robot shots, and show their oh so great creativity, it really messes up the game viewing audience a bunch and angers the watching true FRC fan public.

This game is bad enough on the game watching fan. If you cannot see both sides of the field, 6 robots going at it all at once, you cannot possibly keep up with the real action, or the realtime tough scoring situation.

Please, if you wish for the feeds to be watched, set up a static 1 camera full field capturing camera (straight or fisheye, it does not really matter)....But, the viewing public needs to see all the action all the time if possible. Thank you to all those that take the time to provide the live action feeds and replay videos. Some of us depend on being able to watch all the events we can, live or later.

Your work is fully appreciated, and if the camera angles stay static full field, I promise I will seek out and view your work. If the camera angles constantly switch....Then I promise to also switch....Channels, vids, and streams that is.

Signed, a fan of the COMPLETE FRC GAME Action. (Instead of individual FRC Robot actions).

It's just that I personally watch the live feeds or videos to see the complete play of both alliances at the same time. When the actual game is interrupted for that extreme closeup shot of 1 single robot, the game actually ceases to exist at that moment. (I head for the kitchen for food like a NASCAR Commercial break, or to another feed, as that particular competition isn't the only game in town on a particular weekend). At least w/ NASCAR I have the DVR to fall back on and blast through the commercials.

I stayed w/ a few all weekend long, others not so much, since the maddening & constantly switching camera angles ran me off really fast. And I never returned. You wish to have all your hard work viewed throughout the event...Am I correct?

Thanks for listening. Your work is appreciated.

+1

I'd also like the streams to be high enough resolution to actually read the team numbers. I can understand the livestreams being not so good but the archives are really lacking most of the time.