@iSageSen@StreamWithMeld Purely just for ease when editing, i get that it's helpful for some people or if someone messed up audio routing, that's why I suggested putting the ability to disable it behind a warning or something.
Hey @StreamWithMeld - could you guys PLEASE look at (or if i've missed it tell me how) a way to DISABLE the master audio track if you have outputs assigned to the other tracks? Even put it in an advanced section with a warning or something so its super clear to new users?
@TheFinalTilt Don't even need to have worked in a hotel to see the flaw in this... its just common sense. You have a 4 hour overlap window, what do they think people are gonna do... go make new friends and share the room?
The future of esports will not be found in sports, with even sports leaving that behind.
Esports keeps dressing itself up like traditional sports; the jerseys, structured pro competitions (or worse, franchise leagues), the commentators in suits and broadcasts looking like the Premier League or NBA. I've said it all before; for years, the industry has believed that the way to be taken seriously is to look more like sports.
But isn't it ironic that sports itself is moving away from that model. Kings League and Baller League are not built on tradition, they are built on entertainment. They have turned football into a spectacle that lives as much on TikTok as it does on the pitch. Drafts become storylines, creators become main characters and rules are created with engagement. The match is just one piece of a much bigger show. Football in general has become hugely unsustainable with the vicious cycle of higher player salaries leading to clubs being forced to play more matches and tournaments, and the bubble of TV rights looking ripe for explosion, because who under 30 can afford a ยฃ80 Sky package?
Formula 1 is another example. Drive to Survive did more to grow its audience than any set of race results ever could. It turned faceless drivers going round and round into personalities, created narratives and brought the sports to the entertainment forefront. It's as much about the winner on Sunday as it is about the drama that lives off track.
Sports is shifting forward, because it has to. Younger audiences do not just want competition, they want culture and authenticity, they want formats that work on social media, narratives that feel alive and entertainment-first products.
Meanwhile, esports is stuck copying the past renditions of sports. We polish our broadcasts, we push the sports narrative of trophies and titles. This leads to weak loyalty and engagement. We are borrowing from a model that even sports no longer sees as the future. All the while esports should, and has the opportunity, to lead the way.
Esports was born in digital culture, on forums and LAN cafes and Twitch chat, but it has spent the last decade trying to professionalize into something it never was. Instead of leaning into the chaos, the creators, the community, we have tried to retrofit a model built for an audience that does not exist here. The result is that sports is borrowing from gaming to stay relevant, while gaming is stuck imitating sportsโ past.
If esports feels stale right now, maybe this is why. Because the model it is chasing is already being left behind. The question is not how esports can become more like sports, but how it can create entertainment that feels authentic to gaming, the same way Kings League feels authentic to today's world and Drive to Survive feels authentic to F1.
Thoughts? (:
Damn, as I wake up and seeing more news reports about Juha... STOP MAKING IT ABOUT MAX.
More than half the headlines I've seen is along the lines of "Driver died in Max's Nรผrburgring race" not even using the guys name.
Fucking dispicable.
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Sim racing stewards of X, I summon thee..
Holy shit this guy absolutely wiped me out... the sim racing journey is an interesting one thats for sure..
#LeMansUltimate#SimRacing#SimRacingStewards
If anyone I know is in the second hand market around West Mids/England for camera gear etc, please keep an eye out for this stuff if you can.
Absolute scum taking peoples tools that they make their income with.
Someone suggested I put this out there for any locals to Birmingham just in case people see it on FB marketplace. This is everything that was stolen.
1- Sony a7siii
1- Sony a7iv
2- Sigma 24-70mm
Really donโt think Iโll get em back but doesnโt hurt to try ๐คฃ