http://steamcommunity.com/app/440/videos
The new steam community and all its social aspects give us a nice way to let the general playerbase in on more competitive TF2 happenings. Link your YouTube account with your steam account there and post your vids to the site.
Popularity on the community site right now seems to be very simple - the more thumbs up, the higher your video appears on the "videos" page. So if you check back once every two or three days and thumbs-up all the competitive related stuff, or get your friends to rate your vids up, it's more likely that we'll see more competitive content in the top slots.
edit: and yes this obviously helps me if you do it to my vids. I don't want it to be seen solely as me begging for more views, though. Demo reviews by high-level players, or any other vid you guys put out there related to comp, will be great to see at the top of the page.
edit round 2: Just looked at my YouTube analytics and I don't even see any views from the steam community site. Maybe tomorrow they'll show up but I seriously doubt I'd get more than a hundred.
http://steamcommunity.com/app/440/videos
The new steam community and all its social aspects give us a nice way to let the general playerbase in on more competitive TF2 happenings. Link your YouTube account with your steam account there and post your vids to the site.
Popularity on the community site right now seems to be very simple - the more thumbs up, the higher your video appears on the "videos" page. So if you check back once every two or three days and thumbs-up all the competitive related stuff, or get your friends to rate your vids up, it's more likely that we'll see more competitive content in the top slots.
edit: and yes this obviously helps me if you do it to my vids. I don't want it to be seen solely as me begging for more views, though. Demo reviews by high-level players, or any other vid you guys put out there related to comp, will be great to see at the top of the page.
edit round 2: Just looked at my YouTube analytics and I don't even see any views from the steam community site. Maybe tomorrow they'll show up but I seriously doubt I'd get more than a hundred.
Shorter highlight videos might do better in this kind of format. Since there are so many to choose from it leads to a short attention span.
Shorter highlight videos might do better in this kind of format. Since there are so many to choose from it leads to a short attention span.
True story. I'll poke eXtine to get the MoG's and such posted there. Anyone else who does frag videos, this is your market for sure.
I imagine longer vids from high-level players, especially vids that are both informative and entertaining, can do very well.
True story. I'll poke eXtine to get the MoG's and such posted there. Anyone else who does frag videos, this is your market for sure.
I imagine longer vids from high-level players, especially vids that are both informative and entertaining, can do very well.
ok i put some of my videos up there
ok i put some of my videos up there
I agree with Atmo. I think those little clip type videos that kirby was doing for natf2 members a couple months ago are probably going to be the most successful.
I do imagine that the most popular ones are going to be SFM movies like on reddit, which is a general tf2 audience. Reddit makes it obvious what most people who like tf2 are like.
I agree with Atmo. I think those little clip type videos that kirby was doing for natf2 members a couple months ago are probably going to be the most successful.
I do imagine that the most popular ones are going to be SFM movies like on reddit, which is a general tf2 audience. Reddit makes it obvious what most people who like tf2 are like.
should I be posting full matches with comms? I feel that it might turn off new players since they won't know what's going on
should I be posting full matches with comms? I feel that it might turn off new players since they won't know what's going on
Of course you should. The more competitive content, the better.
And yes, reddit is a clear reflector of the general attitudes of the player base. Ever since I have started shoutcasting and pushing for more marketing of comp TF2, I've seen reddit get more and more excited about competitive games, especially the big news. It's gone from "if you aren't casual, get out" to "let's put a guide on comp TF2 in the sidebar."
The more content that is shown to the casual player base about competitive TF2, the more their attitudes will shift.
Of course you should. The more competitive content, the better.
And yes, reddit is a clear reflector of the general attitudes of the player base. Ever since I have started shoutcasting and pushing for more marketing of comp TF2, I've seen reddit get more and more excited about competitive games, especially the big news. It's gone from "if you aren't casual, get out" to "let's put a guide on comp TF2 in the sidebar."
The more content that is shown to the casual player base about competitive TF2, the more their attitudes will shift.
what if we make competitive tf2 more marketable by changing the rules for more marketability
we can have 7 players per team instead of 6
that way each team will have a bigger market!!!
what if we make competitive tf2 more marketable by changing the rules for more marketability
we can have 7 players per team instead of 6
that way each team will have a bigger market!!!
Isowhat if we make competitive tf2 more marketable by changing the rules for more marketability
we can have 7 players per team instead of 6
that way each team will have a bigger market!!!
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[quote=Iso]what if we make competitive tf2 more marketable by changing the rules for more marketability
we can have 7 players per team instead of 6
that way each team will have a bigger market!!![/quote]
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