Commentators' guide to Matcherino
Intro
An event organizer needs to know that their commentators are the most influential people in impacting the success of a Matcherino event. Their ability to interact with every viewer and drive page engagement is critical to the success of every broadcast event. This guide will help give you all the information a commentary team will need to succeed in their work every broadcast.
Page Breakdown
A) Current Prize Pool
The total amount of money currently raised for the prize pool is hopefully a big hype point for any event. Commentators can often utilize the current prize pool to encourage building towards the next benchmark. IE - “With that last donation, we’ve cracked 700$, and the night is still early. Let’s see what we can do to get the players to a $1000 prize pool!
B) Contribution Codes
Contribution codes are the Matcherino classic! A simple click can add $0.25 to an event if they have any codes left and are one of the simplest calls-to-action that a commentator can make. If folks are sitting in chat, all it takes is pointing them to the Matcherino page, then they log in, click a button, and the prize pool grows. This process can also very easily be demonstrated on stream at least once.
C) Sponsor Quests™
An often under-utilized part of Matcherino and a way folks can add some serious money to a prize pool free of charge. Sponsor Quests™ are simple actions that can be completed and will add money to the prize pool. Retweets, Twitter follows, YouTube subscribes, app downloads and more actions are possible. It is always worth commentators taking a peek at the quests on the event and seeing just how much total someone could add to the prize pool. If you can tell an audience, “If you were to complete the quests on this event, you could add $3.50 to this event.” people can start to see how even a dozen viewers can build quite the prize pool.
D) Contributions
A log of the contributions that have been made to the event, also includes any comments the donors may have left. Be sure to thank your supporters!
E) Marketplace
The Marketplace is a store of items whose purchase will support the event. Each item displays a breakdown of where the purchase is going. Generally, the splits include the prize pool, and the person providing the item at a minimum. So let folks know they can pick up some cool merch while supporting their favorite event.
Best Practices
Have some downtime? Talk about the page, remind people to get in there, and click that free code!
While they’re on the page to click the code, encourage them to check out the Sponsor Quests™. This is how you can turn a $0.25$ free code into a few dollars worth of support.
Work with production(if you’re not the one running the stream) to show the Matcherino page on stream. Something about seeing all the ways to contribute tends to draw people in
Get that swag! Check the event page, and see what merch is on sale. Tell the viewers how they can get something for supporting their favorite event!
Conclusion
Thanks for giving this guide a readthrough! Remember, a commentator can be the most crucial part of growing a Matcherino prize pool for a live event. Talk to your event organizer and see if they want you to focus on any part of the Matcherino.
If you have suggestions for other pieces of advice you’ve felt were helpful to promoting a Matcherino as a commentator, please do reach out to @Surmy_ on Twitter so I can add it and grow this guide!