I know this is your day off, so I might have to bump this up for you tomorrow, but I have suggestions how to boost viewership of the Arena Tournaments.
1. First off, I think they should have someone post in the Arena forums, and GD forums when the tournament starts, as arena forums is the area with most potential interest, and General Discussion has the most population to draw in maybe new interest.
2. Secondly, they should post it on the in game calendar as an event. They have plenty of meaningless mini holidays, they could make one for each tourney as well.
3. You should use the in game broadcast system while it's going on every 30 minutes to announce that it's going on, and where it can be viewed.
4. The title of it on the twitch stream shouldn't be abbreviated. No one's going to know what AWC stands for, and it doesn't emphasize the importance of the event... Whereas Arena World Championships sounds much more interesting to check out and watch.
5-A. Give the arena tournament the priority on the Launcher. Heroes of the dorm getting priority is just silly. You could also use the light up glow that you had for i think overwatch? To emphasize that it's going on.
5-B. When you click the link, have it take you directly to twitch. Don't have it take you to a web page, then have the link to it at the VERY bottom, in a very very small "Twitch" blue link.
6. Add a mention of the Arena Tournament going on in the arena tab where you queue up for arenas, as this is going to draw attention to it by the people most interested in it.
Side note: Blizzard should put out a pet or mount or something for a limited time, and have the proceeds, or even half of the proceeds, go to the prize pool, so it'd be more substantial.
Feel free to add any of your suggestions as well if you have any in the comments below. This is just what I have come up with the past couple of days.
1. First off, I think they should have someone post in the Arena forums, and GD forums when the tournament starts, as arena forums is the area with most potential interest, and General Discussion has the most population to draw in maybe new interest.
2. Secondly, they should post it on the in game calendar as an event. They have plenty of meaningless mini holidays, they could make one for each tourney as well.
3. You should use the in game broadcast system while it's going on every 30 minutes to announce that it's going on, and where it can be viewed.
4. The title of it on the twitch stream shouldn't be abbreviated. No one's going to know what AWC stands for, and it doesn't emphasize the importance of the event... Whereas Arena World Championships sounds much more interesting to check out and watch.
5-A. Give the arena tournament the priority on the Launcher. Heroes of the dorm getting priority is just silly. You could also use the light up glow that you had for i think overwatch? To emphasize that it's going on.
5-B. When you click the link, have it take you directly to twitch. Don't have it take you to a web page, then have the link to it at the VERY bottom, in a very very small "Twitch" blue link.
6. Add a mention of the Arena Tournament going on in the arena tab where you queue up for arenas, as this is going to draw attention to it by the people most interested in it.
Side note: Blizzard should put out a pet or mount or something for a limited time, and have the proceeds, or even half of the proceeds, go to the prize pool, so it'd be more substantial.
Feel free to add any of your suggestions as well if you have any in the comments below. This is just what I have come up with the past couple of days.
