Get VODs for your Team’s Esports Scrim
and shoutcasters get practice
These are the instructions for teams who want their scrims recorded. If you want practice casting, check out the instructions here.
Playing scrims is necessary for your team to compete at its highest potential. However having a VOD review makes that learning even more effective for teams. For broadcasters, there are not many places to practice casting and observing high quality play. At Broadcast.gg we are matching scrims to amateur casters to help everyone reach their improvement goals.
Step 1: Arrange your scrim
If you’re reading this, you already probably know where to look to find scrims for your team. If not, check out these discords below
- The O.W (EU, NA, Asia): If you’re in this discord, you’re in luck. Most of the top teams and those serious about improving are here. If not, check out the open discords below!
- r/CompetitiveOverwatch (EU and NA): This is the discord for the subreddit. There are three separate channels: one for NA, one for EU, and one for APAC.
- Overwatch University League (Beginner to GM, EU and NA): OWUL is an online league focused on giving a competitive environment no matter the skill level. There are two separate text channels for looking-for-scrims, one for EU and one for NA.
- Road to Grandmaster (EU and NA): RTGM is an online community of people looking to climb and hone their skills. They host PUGs on Friday / Saturday at 7:30pm EST as of this writing. Here is the NA looking-for-scrim channel. Here is the EU looking-for-scrim channel.
- TESPA Compete (Collegiate only): TESPA is the largest organizing body for collegiate esports in Overwatch. There is one text channel devoted to finding scrims here.
- Academy Gaming (NA): AG is a tournament partnered with Haste and Matcherino with cash payouts aimed at semi-pro teams. Here is the looking-for-scrim channel.
Step 2: Join our Discord
We used to have a form, but now we arrange it by hand in our discord. Join up, add the COMPETITOR role, and join our #competitor-chat and #competitor-schedule discussion. Add your schedule to #competitor-schedule on Saturday of the week prior to your scrims!
Step 3: Play Your Scrim
If a caster is available, you will be contacted via Discord to confirm the scrim timing and details of your form if necessary. After this confirmation the caster will friend request the given captain’s Battle.net username.
Step 4: Review your VOD
If the caster is able, they will stream the games to either their own personal channel or the Broadcast.gg Twitch channel. Otherwise the game will be recorded and uploaded later. Make sure to review the VOD within 2 weeks of the scrim night as most videos on Twitch in “past broadcasts” are deleted after that time. If you need to download the video, you may be able to make arrangements with the caster, or just use a 3rd party Twitch video downloader.
Understand that the casters are practicing too — some of the calls they make may be completely wrong, though we hope the calls go more like below. Feedback is always appreciated!
Written for Broadcast.gg, a community of esports broadcasters improving by iterating, sharing, and giving feedback on tools, resources, and methodologies. Join the Discord, and follow us on Twitter for updates!
