Congratulations on the partnership for the Capcom Pro Tour. even though Capcom has been on board with the FGC for awhile this is a big step. But now I have some questions about streaming for CEO:
-Will Capcom be handling the streaming of SF4 themselves, or are they outsourcing it to Sp00ky / LevelUp / you guys / someone else?
-Will the Capcom Pro Tour affect event times at CEO? As in, will Capcom be deciding the stream schedule, and is it possible that SF4 Finals will be streamed during other games' finals? I think it'd be really terrible if you were forced to squeeze any other game alongside SF4, but I'm curious as to if that's your decision. Actually, on top of that, will your event be streaming Top 16 for SF4 since the top 16 all get ranking points towards the Capcom Cup, or just do the standard Top 8?
-If Capcom is requiring SF4 to be shown on their own stream, will SF4 be pushed to the end, will we have to watch all other games on one stream, then have to switch to capcomfighters to see SF4?
Great Questions and I can answer them pretty much honestly.
Capcom will be outsourcing a few community members to help with their stream which I'm not sure who exactly yet but working with Neidel(Haunts) and the Capcom stream last year everything went extremely smoothly. They have a lot of events to now stream for SF4 so I know they'll get all the help they need starting with the FGC members first.
Honestly, all games will continue to run like normal like previous years. We decide the stream schedule together. Our goal is to not interfere with other games throughout the weekend as much as possible.
on Friday Fightermania II will be on the CEOgaming stream. Also will have 2 more streams throughout the weekend to showcase as much as possible. My goal is to have everything completed on other streams and finals day without hurting finals. Some finals with smaller numbers in attendance will be streamed on Saturday as well.
Sunday will have no more than 6 finals total streamed so that way we can end the weekend with ULTRA SF4 finals on Capcom's stream. So a Switch will be necessary, but Sunday will have All Finals on CEOGaming throughout the day until USF4's finals start on Capcom's Stream.
To Recap, 4 Streams throughout the weekend, Capcom will stream strictly USF4 all Day Saturday for pools on their channel then conclude CEO 2014 with USF4 top 16 on Sunday after all other finals are done and let's be honest SF4 has always concluded CEO since 2010 because it has always had the largest turnout. Before people ask Smash could possibly have an even bigger turnout but with both MLG and EVO nearby, people are starting to forget I think that CEO even exists lol. CEO, VG Bootcamp(All things Smash on his channel until Finals on CEOGaming) and FunkyP will handle everything else throughout the weekend.
I work really hard with scheduling every year on both live tournament starts/finish as well as the stream schedule. So far everything has fallen into place for CEO this year to be a great experience for at home viewers, but nothing is like experiencing it live.