r/smashbros • u/jvarg1990 • May 20 '15

All 6 Months of Commentating: A Retrospective/AMA

In October, two seemingly inconsequential events happened. The first was a bad cold that caused me to call in sick and be confined to my room for a few days, with only a GameCube a friend had left behind and a single game inside to keep me company.

 

The game was Melee.

 

The second was a few weeks later. I ran into some friends at my next door neighbor's party who introduced me to their friend Nabil. We became fast friends.

 

Who would have guessed that a month later, I'd be commentating my first tournament with my new friend.  

 

Even in retrospect, I cannot believe the events that followed.

 

6 months ago: I commentated my first tournament.

5 months ago: I got to commentate with D1.

4 months ago: TLOC sponsored Nebtune and myself for commentary.

3 months ago: I learned I'd be covering top 8 for two separate events at my first national.

2 months ago: I commentated top 8 of Melee and PM at Aftershock.

Last Month: I was officially picked up by TLOC to be their Head of Strategic Partnerships.

 

And here I am now, exactly 6 months from where I started, reminiscing on the past, while making plans for the future.

 

To everyone who's ever heard me cast an event, regardless of whether you loved me or you loathed me: thank you. Thank you so much for tuning in, giving me even a chance to speak about a series I love. I still have a long way to go, which, while daunting, is really exciting. These last 6 months have been phenomenal and I cannot wait to see where the next 6 will take me.

<3

TLOC | -jv-

Ask me anything!

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u/MattDotZeb May 20 '15

What does your position entail with TLOC? I am the event director and coordinator for Big Blue eSports and am interested in hearing more

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u/jvarg1990 May 20 '15 edited May 20 '15

From my LinkedIn: I was picked up by the TLOC team to work on the business side of eSports. I work with organizations outside of TLOC, taking the time to really understand their goals in order to identify, create, and maintain strategic partnerships.

This boils down into two concepts:

  1. Finding companies that seek to increase their brand awareness especially in regards to the demographics our streams/events bring in and building relationships with them.

  2. Finding organizations/events that would benefit from partnering with TLOC and putting Smash on a massive stage. There are a few projects that I am currently working on that would be MONUMENTAL for the scene, though a lot of it is pretty NDA and whatnot.

PS: I heard you wanted to bring the Melee Games over to Texas. We should talk :)