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hipjaw and @
frobinson those are the kind of responses i was hoping to see.
The Nexus series was fun to make and we had a bunch ideas to include for future episodes to that effect, but unfortunately we never got around to making them. Given the chance there are a whole host of things I'd like to put into a project like that.
Those videos were actually very good to watch, and generated a fair bit of buzz, not only for nexus (and obviously dye) but for the European scene, saw them being posted around the US forums.
I said this at the start of the season, there needs to be an insight into the teams, not just a music video with slow motion dives and muggings. It will obviously take someone skilled and dedicated. Sure it'll take a lot more time than your average video as well. But if Kent could do it for, not only nexus, but other British teams (Disruption, Relentless, Shock II) over the course of a millennium, then someone should be able to do one for a CPPS, get the Elite teams and show some insight into how these teams work.
The buzz has died, for example; usually there's a massive buzz around World Cup, you see a scores and updates thread, the new releases, and the English teams going out keeping everyone updated. I saw little of this this year. In fact, looking at it, the last Scores and Updates we had was from WCO. I think this might be to do with the webcast honestly, people are more keen to watch it (obviously) than to chat about it on a forum. It's a shame, because we used to have threads 10+ pages long, discussing scores and who's doing what. But now it's a more social thing, I guess, sit down at your mates house who has a better internet connection, have a few beers and watch the webcast. Which is great, it's what I'd prefer, but it doesn't get the community aspect back. People don't really discuss what they watch, not in the same level as people used to discuss what they would read. Weird.
One thing that was touched on, and I have to disagree with, is clinics. I think they're only truly valuable when you're learning from someone who is at the pinnacle of the game. It pains me to say, but there's very few people like this in the UK. Jason Wheeler and Nexus would obviously be up there, Jason serving time in the PSP and placing a respectable third at a point this year and Nexus placing the highest they have done since 2008 (citation needed)
What I do agree with, is teams openly helping, for free. Making themselves approachable, instead of what you usually see (teams sticking between the higher level teams and very rarely going on the field without their scrim team for the day) if another team is using the field, step on and give a bit of guidance. "don't make your move without checking the lane off" "if you get put in, just tuck in and shoot for the bump" etc, show people where they're going wrong. By being more open as teams, it can only create a fan base, and interest in higher level teams in return.
As a team, Entity will have some things in production for next year, we're extremely fortunate to have a team member who is not only interested in editing and film making, but quite gifted at doing so. We also try and get people more involved with the tournament scene, through our home training ground. Teams can help build the community again, high level teams should be leading from the front. Teams should be trying to be as open as humanly possible, like the Nexus documentaries made them.
{/thinkaloud}
