Planetary Annihilation Community Tournaments

File:Titans-icon.png Planetary Annihilation Community Tournaments

Main Menu Criteria

The criteria for main menu promotion of community tournaments are:

• semi professional events ie be organised
• great viewer experience
• publicly announced on Uber forums with cross posting to steam (titans and classic), reddit, etc and updated with any changes
  • main menu will link to Uber forums post until 15 mins prior to event then switch to live stream
• uber forum and community chat rules apply ie absolutely no abusive or hate speech especially by casters and during interviews

Remember that menu menu promotion is tacit endorsement by Planetary Annihilation Inc.

Recommendations

The pre-start and start are when you'll gain (or lose) the most viewers. You'll lose people new to PA if not organised.

Caster

• organise a caster and backup caster as early as possible (no caster = nothing to watch = no main menu)
• video / audio check 1 hour prior or days early for new casters
  • low or mismatched audio levels and poor stream quality are not a great viewer experience
  • disable ubermap as it will kill performance and cause crashes
  • use PIPs only if your system and stream can support
• countdown timer 30 minutes prior
• PA soundtrack is available for pre start countdown and any intermissions
• try to avoid dead air
• provide content for people new to PA
• download video immediately after event so you have a backup

Posts

• clearly show start date and time in UTC
• link to tournament rules including community behaviour similar to https://exodusesports.com/general-rules/
• reminder bump forums and steam posts eg 24 hours prior, 1 hour prior, etc
• update original post with results and next game
• bump posts with results, game summary / commentary and next game

Chat

• moderators
• links for people new to PA