Advice for teams that post videos

[cdurgan]

I love to watch match videos after an event. While competing at events, you don't always get to see how your friends on other teams are doing since you are so focused on your team's activity, especially at champs when they could be fields away. The fun part is always hearing the commentary for those recording or those sitting close to the camera. I just watched a video where the commentator bad mouthed the drive team actions a few times and then dropped the F bomb at the end when the score was posted. I assume he was hoping for a few more points.

My advice is to watch what you say if you are the video team or are sitting near a camera as it is being captured for history. There are so many videos where there is excessive cursing as well as commentary that is not very flattering. I'm not a prude and have heard curse words before but in an excessive situation it's not really called for. In most cases, the commentary is about their own team that I'm sure those that are working so hard at driving would not appreciate your feedback in that manner. In some cases, the comments are about the other team that are just as unflattering and can reflect poorly on the team making the comments.

My next advice is to listen to your videos for this very thing before you post them to try and catch it before posting. Maybe it's not your team that was talking and you didn't hear it while you were recording but you could put a music track over it to cover that up if needed.