Mark 'Grandy' Bishop

Tea-drinking scone-chomper with a monocle, or so a tall and balding Finnish bloke once told me.

[Mark 'Grandy' Bishop @GrandyB93]

@paradox303_ It's below top level that has the most room for the cheaters - if you put any cash on literally anything, there'll be greed-fuelled villains. From smurfs to avoid ELO caps, to entering into multiple teams with different accounts, it's not uncommon and very hard to verify w/o WE..

[Mark 'Grandy' Bishop @GrandyB93]

@paradox303_ In the top level of a well-established esport, newer or returning players (esp. without a face) should rightly be held to a higher level of scrutiny.

Maybe it's possible to have happened at that level before, but it would be tricky to perform as WE can be brought in to verify.

[LANMadness @lan_madness]

#EPIC45 drawing to a close

[Mark 'Grandy' Bishop @GrandyB93]

@TheViperAOE Solid take.

Players' responsibility to adhere to tourny rules/schedule. Admin's responsibility to ensure rules/schedule are upheld & dish out punishments. Both parties' responsibility to communicate to ensure this happens.

_Bad_ choices by admin, but sad effort by some players.

[Mark 'Grandy' Bishop @GrandyB93]

@StumpyGoblin @TeamEndpoint @JohnnyBoi_i @EmileCole93 @CallumTheShogun It was a great medium to experience it through - it's the most I've watched of a major in years!

I think I've gradually become a bit numb to the baseline hype level that comes with LAN casts, at least when watching online; having something more relaxed and genuine...👌

[Mark 'Grandy' Bishop @GrandyB93]

@paradox303_ @AgeOfEmpires We've not seen it together yet, but I agree - really hoping that the combo of castles/unique units/monks, monasteries/animations etc add up into a much more varied feeling battlefield while keeping the clarity we love - would be a great bit of polish for the game.

[LANMadness @lan_madness]

We're heading to @EPICLAN #epic45 July 17-20th in Kettering!

Tickets open up during epic44 at the end of the month - for more information and to register interest in joining our group heading there, join our Discord:

https://t.co/fhl2r18QU0

[LANMadness @lan_madness]

An update from us - we have a survey out about "LAN Madness: On Tour", a prospective idea while we're still in limbo with our existing event - read about it and express your opinion here: https://t.co/KVVrJnISGe

We'll review the results at the end of this coming weekend.
Cheers!

[Mark 'Grandy' Bishop @GrandyB93]

@xilvobs The bastards knew we'd buy it to find out though, and for that, we should never forgive :(

(disclaimer: this *might* not have been the first unholy union I've bought out of sheer curiosity...)

[Mark 'Grandy' Bishop @GrandyB93]

Great news; looking forward to seeing everything @ScotEsports has in store

[Scottish Esports 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @ScotEsports]

Scottish Esports, a Community Interest Company (CIC), officially launches as the national body for esports in Scotland! 🎮🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

https://t.co/R9PPmmzUON

[Mark 'Grandy' Bishop @GrandyB93]

@Heyoka_TV @FraserR6S @TankMuseum My folks live not far so I've been a couple times - it's a great museum! Monkey World is right next door and Swanage/Corfe Castle is just down the road :)

[Mark 'Grandy' Bishop @GrandyB93]

@thomas_moseley Yeah a 20m fiber HDMI would probably solve all that.
Next upgrade would be replacing the cameras I think; one shows nothing on the back panel when outputting HDMI (and has a broken mode wheel) and the other doesn't do 60FPS properly😅

[Mark 'Grandy' Bishop @GrandyB93]

New toy

[Mark 'Grandy' Bishop @GrandyB93]

@thomas_moseley I plugged my cameras and my laptop in - it. just. worked.

Might need ethernet or SDI extenders or fibre HDMI for longer distances, and may need more for older consoles if ever wanting that through it, but... dayum.

[Mark 'Grandy' Bishop @GrandyB93]

@paradox303_ @T90Official @Hera_Aoe It becomes an awfully tricky balance of features vs needing money to keep going/growing.
For CA, they're v. generous with the free featureset - so the choice to support may mostly come from general appreciation of the devs from a community that knows the overall value they bring.

[Mark 'Grandy' Bishop @GrandyB93]

@Liefx This uses the replay buffer in OBS, is pretty powerful: https://t.co/dvFQ7uIGfg

[Mark 'Grandy' Bishop @GrandyB93]

@FreaKiiRL You'd hope they'd selectively send players the data only for their teammates, not all players.

[Mark 'Grandy' Bishop @GrandyB93]

@ScotEsportsNet Table 10, left of entrance by the window.

[Mark 'Grandy' Bishop @GrandyB93]

@ScotEsportsNet See you there!

[Mark 'Grandy' Bishop @GrandyB93]

@T90Official There's so much that happens behind the scenes, stretching back a long time before events that people don't normally see.

Timelines, deadlines, budget, what/who are involved at which point. Factors that lead into the end product in all its glory!

Would be great content 👍