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Super Smash Bros - Metagame Monday 183 - Weekly Smash Q&A Thread

Metagame Monday 183 - Weekly Smash Q&A Thread

Posted: 17 Apr 2017 08:22 AM PDT

Hey all, welcome to Metagame Monday! For anyone who doesn't know the drill, this is a place where you can ask any question about Super Smash Bros. Seriously, anything! We firmly believe there are no stupid questions. We just ask that you put your questions under the appropriate comment below.

Link to last week's MGM Thread.

If you don't mind, would you guys also take a look at last week's Metagame Monday thread to see if any questions went unanswered there? New questions should go here, but I know we have some stragglers' questions that don't get answered each week.

Also be sure to check out our IRC chat! It's a great place to hang out and talk about smash IN REAL TIME.

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How to stream Smash Bros tournaments like you know what you are doing

Posted: 19 Apr 2017 08:25 AM PDT

Introduction

Hey there! I wrote this guide for people who are somewhat new to streaming and recording fighting game tournaments. It shows the basics of how to control your stream in a way that makes it look cleaner and more professional. It's important to attend to your stream and to set it up well in the first place. A good streamer draws in more viewers, more potential competitors, and allows players to look back at their recorded matches easily. Please note that this guide does not cover anything about technology or the physical streaming setup. It is the basics on how to set up scenes and run the stream once you already have one.

Most of this information comes from SSBMontreal | Baz aka /u/Baz135, Montreal's dedicated Smash Bros streamer. He streams 64, melee, PM, and Sm4sh tournaments 3 to 5 times a week and uploads them to the SSBMontreal youtube channel the next day.

Information you need to know

This guide assumes you are using OBS and Scoreboard Assistant to stream on Twitch, though you may extrapolate the information to other similar programs. I do not explain how to use OBS or Twitch, but I'll briefly touch upon Scoreboard Assistant. From now on, bolded words are OBS scenes and italicized words are Scoreboard Assistant text fields.

The OBS scenes you should set up before streaming are as follows:

Gameplay: Video capture of the gameplay, player cam, players' tags, score, tournament name, round name, and other applicable information. Commentator cam is optional.
This is the main scene you'll be using. Make sure the video capture screen is as large as possible. There is no reason your overlay should be taking up more than a sliver of space by the top and bottom of the video capture screen. Your viewers are here to watch the game, not to see the name of your tournament. Some of your viewers are on mobile too and those screens are tiny.
Example of gameplay scene

2-shot: Video capture of the smash gameplay and player cam, with more of an emphasis on the player cam than in gameplay. This scene is handy for showing the players as they warm up and do picks/bans. Switching to this also allows you to edit information on gameplay without viewers seeing what you are doing.
Example of 2-shot scene

Players: The player cam. Used for the end of sets to highlight players' reactions
Example of players scene
Example of players scene with added text

Commentators: The commentator cam. This scene is nice to have but is not necessary.
Example of commentators scene
Example of commentators scene with added text

Message: The message screen with relevant information on it (eg "Starting soon, "Be right back")
Example of message scene

Promo/Follow: An advertisement screen or screens for whatever you'd like to advertise
Example of follow scene

You also need basic knowledge of Scoreboard Assistant, which can be found and downloaded from here. This guide uses two Scoreboard Assistant tabs: a 2-player Scoreboard (with or without an image selector for character icons) and a Text Fields tab of which we only use text 1. The main thing you need to know to understand the step-by-step is that changing the information on Scoreboard Assistant will change what is displayed on the stream. There are picture examples above of some scenes with added text, but the step-by-step does not use them. Once you know how to stream, adding text to other scenes should be simple.

Additionally, you should have nightbot set up on your twitch channel. It's mainly used to make the bracket accessible to the viewers via "!bracket", though other informational and fun commands can add a lot of personality to your stream.

The following is a step-by-step of how to begin and control the stream. It is not the only way of running a stream, but following these steps for now will allow you to get comfortable with streaming and recording matches. You can then figure out if you would like to change some steps for yourself afterwards.

Before Streaming

  1. Go to the Twitch dashboard
  2. Set the stream title to "(Tournament name) ft. (List of the ~2-5 highest seeded players)"
  3. Set the game in the dashboard to whatever game you're playing
  4. Check that nightbot is on the stream and update the bracket URL
  5. Check that the path for your match videos in OBS is correct

Start Streaming

  1. Set text 1 to "Starting soon"
  2. Go to message
  3. Start stream
  4. Post stream link to Facebook and Twitter
  5. Ask people to play on stream and commentate

Match Start

  1. Set player 1 and player 2 (get the tags from the bracket or ask the players what their tags are)
  2. Set match to what round in the bracket the game is (eg Winners' Bracket, Losers Semis, etc)
  3. Reset scores
  4. Set the character icons if applicable
  5. CLICK SAVE (or ctrl S)
  6. Go to 2-shot for character/stage select + hand warm ups
  7. Start recording before the players start their match
  8. Go to gameplay right after players select the stage for their game
  9. When game ends, switch to 2-shot
  10. Update score and SAVE
  11. If applicable, make sure character icons are still correct
  12. Repeat steps 8-11 until the set is over
  13. Go to players instead of 2-shot when the last game of the set ends
  14. Go to commentators once players have gotten up (if applicable)
  15. Stop recording once the commentators have probably stopped talking about the match
  16. Repeat these steps for all matches

Note: You may want to make the Youtube thumbnails for the recorded matches while the games are in progress. Just make sure you pay attention when a player is low in stocks.

End Stream

  1. Set text 1 to "Thank you for watching!"
  2. Ask commentators to advertise whatever you want to promote at the time
  3. Go to promo
  4. Spam whatever suitable nightbot commands you have to advertise things
  5. Go to follow
  6. Go to message
  7. End stream and host someone else
  8. Be like Baz and upload the videos to YouTube the next day for happy players and a happy community :)

And that's about all there is to it. Here's a short video (4:15) showing all of this in action. You can also catch SSBMontreal's weekly tournaments streamed Monday through Thursday starting around 7pm. Hope the information helped! If you have any questions, feel free to ask and someone (probably Baz) will likely answer you. Happy streaming :)

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Mr. R is now a free agent

Posted: 19 Apr 2017 05:11 PM PDT

Has Hungrybox ever lost a stock to a shield break in tournament

Posted: 19 Apr 2017 06:29 AM PDT

I can't remember ever seeing it

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Why is this the first search result for "ssb4 tier list", especially when it's outdated and trash

Posted: 19 Apr 2017 09:24 AM PDT

Leffen's Mew2 Goes Off On Mang0

Posted: 19 Apr 2017 08:15 PM PDT

https://clips.twitch.tv/TransparentToughDeerBabyRage

That's what you get for reflecting his ball

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Mew2King can exclusively main Ice Climbers in Sm4sh!

Posted: 19 Apr 2017 08:38 AM PDT

https://twitter.com/MVG_Mew2King/status/854404583401160705 (BTW, Sm4sh mods are becoming better and better, as you could have custom poses!)

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Where would be Diddy Kong in the tier list without ZeRo right now?

Posted: 19 Apr 2017 02:05 PM PDT

Zach calling out M2K

Posted: 19 Apr 2017 03:42 PM PDT

Void's edge guarding is kind of silly

Posted: 19 Apr 2017 06:29 PM PDT

Ignition #79 - Winners Quarters - TSM ZeRo vs. 8 inches

Posted: 19 Apr 2017 08:33 PM PDT

Not updating table but VOD

Winners Quarters

TSM ZeRo 2 - 1 8 inches
= Battlefield = ---
--- = Final Destination =
= Final Destination = ---

Generated by Tournament Tabler

Why was that so close

The uptilt

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Mr. R's Current Smash 4 Tier List

Posted: 19 Apr 2017 06:40 PM PDT

Fatality is now a free agent

Posted: 19 Apr 2017 10:02 AM PDT

Would you rather have a Switch port of Smash 4 this year, or a brand new Smash 5 in two or three years? Why?

Posted: 19 Apr 2017 08:34 AM PDT

I see a lot of people demanding a Smash 4 port, which honestly baffles me a little bit. I think it's a sign of impatience that people would rather have a slightly improved port of and older game than an all new game.

So I'm asking you all this: If you had to choose between a port of Smash 4 with slight changes and a brand new Super Smash Bros game, which one would you choose and why?

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The Road Map to Melee HD is Starcraft Remastered

Posted: 19 Apr 2017 09:36 AM PDT

If you woke up this morning and found that you had the knowledge, tech-skill, and mentality rivaling or exceeding the top players in the world, what would you do?

Posted: 19 Apr 2017 05:06 AM PDT

I'm talking have the potential to 3-0 Armada/ZeRo/wario and win a supermajor levels of skill. Would you sandbag at locals/regionals and build yourself up over time to avoid suspicion of cheating, or do you put on a mask and win EVO 2017, rocking the e-sports world? Do you sub to Hungrybox, then destroy him on Netplay? Do you take Armada to game 5 with Dr. Mario at a smaller tournament to build the hype?

Think of the possibilities.

Edit: A lot of these are super funny, keep 'em coming!

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MVG Salem Gets Got Good

Posted: 19 Apr 2017 01:22 PM PDT

Under-recognised set: Sethlon (Roy) vs Ostrich Glue (Kirby) @ Push More Buttons

Posted: 19 Apr 2017 06:03 PM PDT

WaDi (#1 in MD/VA)is now a free agent

Posted: 19 Apr 2017 09:57 AM PDT

Brand New Spring Power Rankings for Tennessee

Posted: 19 Apr 2017 03:38 PM PDT

Showcasing what R.O.B. is capable of. My Sm4sh montage/combo video "MAGIC"

Posted: 19 Apr 2017 11:49 AM PDT

What are the craziest combos/moments that Melee has gave us?

Posted: 19 Apr 2017 01:48 PM PDT

Stylish Team Combos 04 | Super Smash Bros. for Wii U

Posted: 19 Apr 2017 01:03 PM PDT

Have you all noticed how fucking dusty all the stages are?

Posted: 19 Apr 2017 07:48 PM PDT

When you dash around, you kick up dust. When you land, you kick up dust. When you wavedash, you kick up dust. How dirty are these stages? What kind of slob is (not) taking care of them?

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Someone Needs to teach M2k How to Neutral Start

Posted: 19 Apr 2017 06:09 PM PDT

Literally in the range of a wavedash Forward Smash... https://clips.twitch.tv/OptimisticGrotesqueClipsmomOneHand

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