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Originally Posted by DGZack
Appreciate the feedback Hiro, honestly commentary can be quite a difficult balance to strike as pretty much every viewer has different expectations/preferences. I do my best to answer strategy questions that come up in chat as well as chime in on hands, but also seek to interact with the chat/viewers at large as they are an important part of the community & show. I encourage if you have questions about lines players may have taken or strategy adjustments within game to type them in chat.
honestly Dan - the last time I listened - I had to mute the sound.
It was like the Dan Zack Show where you answered every question about your life, your friends, your experience, your preferrences, etc.....
If I wanted to listen to the Dan Zack Show - I'd look for a Dan Zack podcast.
I watch LatB for the same reason I read 2+2: for poker content.
The best commentators understand that THEY ARE NOT THE HEROES... the players and hands are. Commentators are not supposed to be in the limelight. They are supposed to shed light on the players - how they play - their tendencies, the meta, and maybe even why they play a certain style.
Go back to the heyday of televised poker - High Stakes Poker - and you'll see why it was so successful. Gabe & friends knew when to shut up and when to elaborate on a hand. And they knew how to follow the action!
Or listen to how Nick Schulman handles a broadcast (with Ali)....
OMG... how many times have I heard you, Ryan or Bart say something - "he bets and takes it down. Wait, no... he 3-bet and got called! no wait, I think there was a 4-bet...."
several times per show... at least....
How freaking hard is it for you to follow what's going on?
(Obviously VERY hard when you're reading all the dumb comments on the chat)
for the 20-30 chatters who are looking for "shout out" because they've got nothing better to do than live in the chat... you've got HUNDREDS of viewers who are trying glean some insight into how successful poker players navigate the higher stakes.
The notion that poker has got to be "interactive" with your audience nuts.
You don't see that on golf broadcasts. Nor darts, or bowling, or tennis... or most other sports. Since when is poker playing so boring that we need constant chatter?
You don't have to fill every second of your broadcast with talk!
It's okay for there to be some "dead" space or quiet.
On another note:
You should ban eating during the broadcast.
your broadcast is what? like 2-4 hours long?
Can they really not eat
before they come or do so afterwards?
Do we really have to watch them order food, stuff their mouths full of it and talk and play with their mouths full?
Players who eat slow down the game.
You're creating a broadcast for godsake!
Being on LatB should be a priviledge.
If you want to play, drinks are available - but otherwise you're there to play.
that's my 2˘
you want to retain me as a viewer... make your broadcasts about poker.
if you continue to treat poker as a secondary reason for your broadcasts, you'll lose me for good.