User:Comedian/Sandbox
TF2TV is a casting platform created to provide an independent medium for shoutcasts, podcasts and news. It was originally started by Comedian, ThePledge and d2m.
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History
TF2TV was announced to the public on October 21, 2010. It was started by Patrick "ThePledge" Fuchs, Matt "d2m" Davies and Lazar "Comedian" Jovic.
Stream
TF2TV broadcast most of the matches they cover through the use of both live streaming and a mumble cast combined with a source TV on the match server. This allows viewers to chose between watching the game in-browser through their affiliate own3d.tv channel[1] with the camera controlled by one of the casting team or open the game and control the camera themselves whilst listening to the shoutcast through mumble. When the cast is live the TF2TV homepage automatically directs viewers to the own3d.tv channel currently in use.
Podcast
TF2TV also runs a weekly podcast called TF2 Talkings hosted by Patrick "ThePledge" Fuchs and Sivert "Torden" Bakkeng. It is primarily a competitively orientated podcast, often featuring guests from within the scene, where the latest things happening in the european community are discussed. It also occasionally features themed episodes on specific subjects such as upcoming LANs or european competitive tf2 leagues. A notable element of TF2 Talkings is the Torden Factor, a rant written by Torden that covers particular (often negative) elements of the tf2 competitive scene. The podcast is usually broadcasted live at 4:00 pm GMT on Sundays with the epsiode available for download within twelve hours of the cast. All the episodes can be found in the podcast archive[2].
Teamgasm
The 'Teamgasm' cup is a monthly invitational tf2 cup run and casted by TF2TV. The main body of the cup is played on the second wednesday of every month with the final within a week of that date. It features a selected division or skill level and invites european teams at this level to play within the cup allowing a more balanced selection of teams than is often seen in the cup format. Matches from each round are casted in order to ensure maximum coverage of the cup which often includes a prize of hats or other ingame items for the winning teams.
Notable Shoutcasts
- League Coverage
- ETF2L Season 8 Finals
- Wireplay Season 7 Finals
- Highlander Coverage
- ETF2L Highlander Community Challenge Semi Finals between SNSD and May Contain Nuts
- ETF2L Highlander Community Challenge Semi Finals between Colony and Twistedplay
- Lan Coverage
- Winter Assembly 2011 Finals
- ozFortress Lan Finals
- Epic.Lan5 Finals
- Other
- Pubbers vs Pros: Winter Wasteland
Trivia
KritzKast has interviewed Lazar 'Comedian' Jovic in a special episode.
TF2Strategy has done a double interview with eXtine and ThePledge on their website
