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Facebook wants to have less news and Stattdessenmehr holiday photos of friends in its stream again. But even if Facebookkeine wants to be a media platform, network has identified a new field of business: It now shows e-sport. This Tuesday, DotA-2 tournament in Malaysia will start a new live Kooperationzwischen Facebook and world’s largest tournament organizer, ElectronicSports League (ESL).
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In coming months Sollennoch furr tournaments from ESL one series as well as counter-Strike Pro-League run exclusively on Facebook. Already last year, a partnership between two companies ensured that more highlights from ESL tournaments were shown on Facebook. Dankdes deals, ESL can now reach 25 MillionenFacebook users according to ir own information, thus displaying e-sports content in newsfeed. There is no need to watch a account, but streams also work fürGäste, but y cannot comment.
Is Facebook thus a NeueKonkurrenz for Twitch.tv and YouTube, leading Streamingdienstenfür e-sport so far? Or do plans end as many attempts to bring e-sport Insklassische television: Eherkläglich?
Facebook wants to deliver a new e-sports experience
First, benefits. “Butit is now ready to take next step to introduce e-sport to a größerenPublikum,” says ESL press release. Undtatsächlich, it is potential reach that makes collaboration with Facebook so attractive for organizer: via DasCross-posting-feature of network it is possible to play individual posts undVideos over a multitude of accounts: livestream A counter-strike tournament, for example, players, ir teams, commentators, gaming portals and ESL can share ir own Facebook pages. This way you can reach people who are interested in games in principle, but so far yetallo have come into contact with e-sport.
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In terms of technology, HatFacebook expanded its streaming capabilities last year. With FacebookWatch, re has been a new category in app since summer, where users can find exclusive TV content and livestreams. As a global network, SichFacebook also does not need to worry about bandwidth and enough servers – a problem that lokaleStreaminganbieter small-scale, partially broadcast, e-sports tournaments, but only too gutkennen.
Last but not least, this is also crucial. Unlike Twitch UndYouTube, Facebook also broadcasts games in virtual reality, as a 360-degree video. This can be quickly alsGimmick, but not only Facebook, but also DotA-2 developer Valve believes in dasPotenzial technology and has developed a DotA VR hub last year to bring DieZuschauer closer to virtual battlefields. So far sindVR glasses are still expensive and refore only interesting for a few people. DochFacebooks plans to bring out soon with Oculus go einegünstige glasses for about 200 US dollars could change that.
Only 5,000 spectators to kick off
All this sounds attractive, but was rar bumpy at start of current tournament on Tuesday. Imreddit-Forum by DOTA 2 Beklagtenzahlreiche users The quality of stream and false links on DerWebsite ESL. The technical problems were solved quickly, but dieZuschauerzahlen of livestream are manageable: only between 3,000 and 5,000 users watched first games live. “I would like to have ESL Dazugratulieren, stream with fewest viewers to date at a GroßenTurnier”, Schreibtein disappointed fan on Reddit. Ors instead of OffiziellenStreams preferred to watch transmission of third parties on Twitch or direct implay itself.
Now, firstly, it is not clear wher DieZahl counts all spectators, including guests, or only EingeloggtenFacebook users. Second, tournament is in Malaysia. Through DieZeitverschiebung, games take place at times when fans from großenMärkten like Europe, USA and South America are eir asleep or on occupational. The preliminary round of a tournament is also traditionally WenigerInteresse. And third, a well-known organizer like DieESL may need a little start.
