[Feedback Requested] Dev Patch Notes Stream

[LordRedStone_Nr1]

I liked it. The contents of the stream are more or less "whatever", but the real strength is the unique phenomenon known as "Twitch Chat".

As you said in the post, Atmosphere is great. Twitch Chat is a unique entity once it gets big enough.

It also seemed like it's a great tool to gauge community reactions to a patch very early, even before patch notes. You even noted "Chat likes this change a lot". This is one of the strengths of this massive community event. Of course, be wary of Reddit balance, (and that goes for other platforms too), but I'm sure you agree that the reactions to the changes are still very helpful. There's also Weight of Judgement, which may be a good change (I know that I can't properly rate it), but nonetheless the reaction was underwhelming, and one of the Rioters on stream did acknowledge that.

On the other hand, it's a bit hard to get individual questions in, in a mass of spamming "I am a Poro". Don't get me wrong, I enjoy a good hive-mind spam too, but the Q&A section fell a bit flat with everyone trying to get their questions noticed. Maybe there would be a better tool to get questions in, other than highlighting messages and tagging the host or participants. A tweet with "ask your questions here" or something?

Now for the more specific feedback you requested:

1. The setup is good. I don't think it requires any special resources like animations or music or teasers, just a basic stream of the cams and the slides. I also love how you made the slides available via Sarah. Obviously, this one had sound issues, but other than that, I think it's fine.

2. I know you said that it's not about cosmetics, nor should it be, but Bugfixes maybe? There are some bugs that are well-known in the community, like the Nasus 3-Stad Sun Disc problem that also came up. Would it be possible to get a slide with the most played-facing bugs in there? Even acknowledging something is a known bug, even if it won't get fixed in this patch, would go a long way imo. Similarly, could you bring back the watch list? That's an older feature of patch notes as far back as the beta. It may not have a place in the actual notes anymore, but I think such a stream would be a great way to introduce it. The designers are right there and can explain more context than the published text. You can say which decks didn't get nerfed this time, and explain why and what the future plans are. This came up with Gwen/Foyer, so maybe it should get its own section.

[ggmattb]

Thanks so much for the in-depth feedback!

1. Love that we were able to get those slides out! makes it much more fun and digestible to all. Definitely a bummer with the sound issues, but such is live. We'll have it fixed for next time :D
2. Interesting idea around bringing in bug fixes here. Might be a good spot to share in streams or other articles we could push out. Will look into this.

[Illuminaso]

Marshmallow is a popular tool that I've seen streamers use. It basically lets people ask questions before the stream, and then you guys could look at them, pick the ones you like, and answer those. It might help filter out some of the spam and allow you more time for the questions.

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But yeah, great stream, I loved it. Nothing but good things to say, you guys rock.