| Live Coverage at the NSC |
[Aug. 12th, 2011|10:48 am] |
(cross posted from my personal LJ)
So many things I want to write. Need to find time... this first.
Firstly -- this will be totally unlocked and I'm planning on sending the link to Sherrie to get her input as well. Not posting to CGP at this stage only because I'm not sure how useful it would be.
Secondly -- this discussion that I hope ensues will be distilled into a concrete plan for [info]poslfit (and CC, but it's mostly [info]poslfit's bailiwick) for next Nationals. It will need to be tested at some tournament before Orlando, of course.
Thirdly, the question -- what do we need to do to turn the live coverage into a 2011, Web 2.0-style event?
How can we better use Twitter and Facebook to involve viewers in the experience interactively?
How can we improve the live online game coverage?
What other resources or technologies are out there that can be taken advantage of?
Please put answers or additional questions in the comments.
My answers:
1. Yes -- have an NSC twitter account, and a few people with smart phones tweeting live color. Have someone making posts on an NSC Facebook page, and start promoting this page months beforehand, so people are aware of it and have "liked" it. Do searches for NSC or Scrabble hashtags on twitter during the event and start an interactive dialogue with people who are following the action.
2. Web-based input. Allow users to leave comments on individual moves and have a live chat area where annotators, event staff, and online audience can interact in real time. (I actually started speccing this out as a proposal for a Master's project in CS but it was nixed by my advisor. I still have some interest in essentially rewriting the back end of crosstable's game display thingy# and adding a live-annotation front end and the ability for users to leave comments.)
3. Have some players write blog entries about specific games, or moves. Profile a couple players and have them write up blogs about the event like Dan Wachtell did for Slate magazine several years ago. |
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| pocket sam timer issue |
[Aug. 8th, 2011|01:47 pm] |
[Crossposted from CGP]
A handful of times in my games at the 2011 NSC, a player has pressed his or her clock and not had the press register - while playing on a Pocket Sam Timer.
I've heard a lot of players report the same problem in recent years.
The Pocket Sam Timer should be less-preferred equipment. Players shouldn't have to deal with this glitch if it can be avoided.
If this decision has already been reached/adopted, I apologize for being late to the story.
NSC is fun. Agua, port favor.
- scott pianowski |
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| And, the 2011 WSCQT has begun! |
[Jul. 15th, 2011|05:30 pm] |
Live from Akron, OH.
ROUND 1
All 14 players have arrived, and games have begun!
The first round sees 2006 National Champion Jim Kramer at the SamTable, Kelly McKenzie against Jason Idalski, WSC vets Polatnick and Kenas squaring off. We reiterate that first round pairings are random and not set up to provide interesting matches for TV.
First Collins bingo I see is on the Polatnick-Kenas board, no surprise: ETHERION#, which appears to draw a challenge. Also on the board: FOULIE#, Australian for a foul mood.
Kelly, known for playing quickly, gets the first win with a 543! Actually, that's like a 420 or something in TWL. (Winnings scores this round-- 503, 491, 477...) No cool Collins stuff to be seen here, sez Kelly.
Prashanth gets a challenge for JOWARI#, but it's Brad's win.
Sandy wins a squeaker over Lipe, even with her hair blowing in the air conditioner about 5 feet away. I see ZANTE# and JIRRE# on the board.
oSTRAKON on the Kenas-Polatnick board. Kenas wins by 155 and is in first after one.
Er, never mind, I'm moving my ramblings to the NEOSCRABBLE page here: http://www.neoscrabble.com/site.cfm/Events/WSCQ.cfm |
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| a matter of style? |
[Jul. 10th, 2011|12:18 pm] |
I had an interesting decision on the second turn of my game with Jeff Jacobson at the Bethesda tournament yesterday. After I opened with 8G THORAX for 48, and he responded G6 AN(T)iGENE for 60, I had the very nice rack ?JUMPER. The two best choices are obvious: 14A JUMPERs/ANTiGENEs for 96 or H1 JUMPER for 62 holding the blank. What's not obvious to me is how to choose between those plays. I'll tell you right away that they sim very, very close to each other.
What would you do in a tournament against a human opponent? What factors would you weigh in making the decision? How, if at all, would the tournament situation or knowledge of your opponent affect your decision? |
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| US qualifiers for WSC |
[Jun. 24th, 2011|09:36 pm] |
12 of the 15 slots on the US team for the WSC have been filled. The following players will represent the USA in Warsaw:
Dave Wiegand
Nathan Benedict
Brian Cappelletto
Joel Sherman
Geoff Thevenot
John O'Laughlin
Brian Bowman
David Koenig
Laurie Cohen
Chris Cree
Sam Rosin
Marty Gabriel
The final three slots will be determined by a qualification tournament in Akron, OH on July 15-17. Congratulations to the qualifiers! |
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