ZeusScoon

10/06/2022

Editing Info: Now im starting to play with the after effects more and more, which is both a blessing and a curse. I started noticing a higher video quality as i introduced a lot of post production in these videos, which has led to a discrepancy between my YT content and TT/FB content. I have tried to address this with bringing some of the smaller elements of the videos to the YT Shorts, but they are missing some of the TT elements which would take time to add…. The plan going forward is to try introduce them during the DaVinci editing, and then only have a difference in the Music being played.

Gameplay Info: My Seraphine in this game hit some perfect Ultimates which allowed me to follow up well as Samira. I started to get enough people watching who could offer me advice on whether i could play these moments better, which is great to get feedback from the community.

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Was the on? Please tell me how?

10/06/2022

Was the QuadraKill Possible?

09/06/2022

Editing Info: I have all elements in this video which i have talked about before, except the minimap, which this video kinda made me want to put the minimap on the screen, as you are unable to tell where Fizz disappeared to and why i lost a PentaKill. It was also the start of me using the vibration every time i got a kill, which i later integrated into all levels of the videos, not just the final editing on TT.

Gameplay Info: To keep us in the game, i needed to either get the steal, or atleast remove some of their team, well we managed to get an ACE, not the pentakill, because our Duo stole the Fizz kill… In his defence, he does say afterwards “if you can tell me where the fizz was, i was in the wrong”, as I genuinely had lost track of where the fizz was, it was clear I wouldn’t have gotten the Pentakill, but this was the moment he realised I could play Samira :D

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Solo

09/06/2022

Solo QUADRAKILL with SAMIRA!!

08/06/2022

Editing Info: When i made the joke, i had to let everyone know it was a terrible joke, but im sure many others make this joke when they start up the Dragon… I think i made this video when i was trying to clear out all my old videos and just had never gotten round to uploading it. So before i went full time into my new layouts, i uploaded this to finish off all my old footage.

Gameplay Info: I was genuinely surprised when I combo’s this Senna. The damage output felt a little broken.

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from surprised by Damage

08/06/2022

Surprised at Ezreal Damage!

07/06/2022

Editing Info: I started to get used to the editing tools, and started to understand how to use the TTS in this video. I think it goes back to just starting and getting used to your editing softwares. Without trying it yourself, you wont know what you can and cannot add to your videos.

Gameplay Info: Was genuinely having fun playing Akshan and its just typical that 5 seconds after saying how much fun you are having playing league of legends, Riot likes to remind you why its set so that you can only win 50% of your games! I think everyone knows this, and that’s why so many people keep coming back for more, but if we can all just laugh about it like i do here, we all may actually enjoy this game a little bit more.

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Does Riot not want us to have too much fun?

07/06/2022

Warning: Players having fun on League, will be punished

06/06/2022

Editing Info: I really start getting into using the Text to Speech at this point, it adds an element of commentary and can hopefully keep the engagement. I also began to understand how to use the music and timing it better with the action at this point.

Gameplay Info: The tower dive came on from a long way away, as Renata had just come out and we were trying out a lot of Samira/Renata gameplay at this time. Let’s just say, its a deadly duo!

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Find yourself a Duo that encourages you to do this :)

06/06/2022

When the Botlane are on the same Page

05/06/2022

When i first started making Shorts, i was given advice about going to “CrossClip” and uploading my Twitch clips into there, and then getting them saved into TikTok/Shorts/Facebook clippable content.

When I Tried, like i am sure others have done themselves, i was not happy with the quality, the annoying watermark, or that fact that most the “better quality” elements, were behind a pay wall…

So i decided I was going to do my own edits, and produce them at a better quality than that of Cross Clip.

The elements I bring into the shorts are as follows:
We**am
Secondary We**am
Banner Space
ScoreBoard
MiniMap
Champion “Static” Detail Panel
Champion Ability Usage
Coloured Borders

All these elements on the screen sometimes can make the view feel cluttered, but by putting everything in the places where you would expect to see them on a league Client, I feel it makes the viewer feel that they are there playing the game with me, and can absorb the information available to them, to make the decisions, like you do when you are mid game.

This is demonstrated by some of the comments I have received. People often point out my poor CS ;) or how fed I am from the scoreboard. Comments regarding the map state has been brought to my attention, “why are you so over pushed?” For example. Other comments have been made when they see the abilities being used at the bottom of the screen, and others have messaged about how i got the lights in my room to flash, as they are able to see the secondary Cam (which doubles up as a Duos cam) when im streaming.

All these elements make the Short form content I upload purposeful, and I have to upload and render each of the elements separately.

I am most proud of the reactionary border that works really well with this process, as it brings the viewers attention to the screen with all the flashing, and can often make it clearer where the ends of the screen are.

I hope you found this explainer useful and took some inspiration into the work i have put into making better quality short form (vertical ) content for League. I hope this catches on.

I shall continue to upload. Feel free to comment below and message if you want to see a how to made for these elements.

ZeusScoon

04/06/2022

Editing Info: I have reached the format at which I now produce my videos (ok 1 more stage but we are there). I will go into more detail about this on my next post, but this is where i became happy with the quality of my short form content, and intend on keeping to this level of quality in my future videos.

Gameplay Info: I had started playing Samira not too long before this, and although i have had good games, this was the first time playing with a friend of mine, and i wasnt doing well… so i just started hard committing to fights for the Lols, and then this happened. I call it, “limit testing” :D

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from Who gets a Buzz from Limit Testing?

04/06/2022

Who gets a buzz from Limit Testing?

03/06/2022

Editing Info: Brought along the timer, which i think its a great addition. I feel that this would be good to bring out if you want to show people how long something happens. It really grabs peoples attention for the entire time and also brought people to the end of the video, which ultimately showed up int he data, as the retention was relatively high for my viewership.

Gameplay Info: Good ole Spell Book games! And the insane time you can lock people down in this game mode… we just kept chaining the CC on this Warwick, who admittedly was causing a bit of bother before we slowed him down.

TT Record: To date, this holds my most watched, and i think its Down to the timer and people wanting to see how long it will go on for…

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Ultimate Spellbook CC chains were rough for some players!

03/06/2022

What’s the longest you’ve been CC’d?

02/06/2022

Editing Info: After this video, I realised I could start breaking up the video footage, which is the start of improving the time usage of my videos. Notice i unnecessarily show the shop, I thought this was a poor use of time, and i start removing those moments in my videos going forwards.

Gameplay Info: The gameplay is shocking! Both the Vayne and I were messaging after pointing out how badly we both played this, and that this was why we were forever destined to stay in Silver lol.

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Bush vision stops auto attacking

02/06/2022

Bush Defense… Check out those unnecessary flashes!

01/06/2022

Editing Info: I realised when i started editing that i had this death moment and just wanted to point out the ridiculousness of how quickly i died, but realised when watching the footage, i basically went through the stages of Grief! I wasnt originally going to post it, but wanted to show im just an average player, nothing special, and therefore thought showing a death moment once in a while would make people expect what comes of my games play, 50% of the time ;) I used the pop out tool again and tried to show myself pointing towards the text, to try draw the viewers attention to the info i was trying to show…

Gameplay Info: I went through the stages of grief when i died in this game of league!

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from Do you go through these phases playing ?

01/06/2022

The Phases after dying in League

31/05/2022

Editing Info: I used the pulsing and tried to time it to when i was shouting… was fun adding the text to this one, really brings back the feelings of taking away this tank… i also realised the power of using the text to emphasise the moment here, and wanted to bring this more to future videos.

Gameplay Info: I picked up Ashe to try simplify things a little, and found myself in a kiting battle with a Trundle! Was first proper Kiting experience where i knew i could get the kill and was going to run this Trundle down… my attacks hardly did damage, but it was great to keep going and get him off the Rift.

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Every reaction when a in

31/05/2022

Every ADC Reaction when Kiting a Tank in League of Legends

30/05/2022

Editing Info: I think this was the first video I made with the song and Meme in mind… and the timing works. The comedic factor i think helped with the timing as well. I also began really utilising the circular video techniques people use, you will see the ability begins showing on screen which becomes the ability i use at the beginning of the clip, at the end of the video. I had been using this technique before, but this is where I decided to really go into it more, trying to increase the view percentage.
I also found people weren’t sticking around for my reactions. I am not an over reactive person anyways, and trying to stay calm playing League is important, so i started showing my reactions up front. I later adapt this further so that there is less dead time, but that’s not until later videos.

Gameplay Info: This Viego was causing all sorts of trouble for us as a team, so chasing him down and removing him and turning ont the Baron was a good play here….

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Chasing is Great!

30/05/2022

Where do you think your going?

29/05/2022

I hope you are getting a bit of value as I commentate on the general improvements i was making per video, and i hope you can see the effort that goes into making the videos.

Over time, I produced a formula for producing these videos which will become evident, but this was still the discovery phase.

I would advise anyone wanting to make videos like this to get started, because you wont know what you like or dislike in your videos until you start, and you wont know how long certain techniques take until you try. I had a few ideas which i had to bench until i figured a way to quickly insert them into my videos, as it would often take longer adding that 1 new editing technique than making an entire video.

It was around this time i started to develop a style i was proud of, and now gave all my videos using this template.

I hope you find your template, and work out how to produce good quality videos too.

28/05/2022

Editing Info: This was my first and probably last attempt at showing off the Triplkill animation, it took a long time for me back then, and I found it not to bring much value… i may revisit this as a static border that could pop up in the top right corner…. This may be a good idea going forwards. This was one of the first times i realised putting a bit too much time into a video for not increasing much value wouldn’t be good… the video itself is entertaining, but I clearly lose attention of viewers…

Gameplay Info: this was a pretty awesome TripleKill at the time. I was still trying out the Lethality Xayah build and it was messing people up…

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Silly Enemy Gifted a

28/05/2022

Enemy Gift Wrapped ME a TripleKill

27/05/2022

Editing Info: It’s at this point i was starting to get the hang of the editing, and noticed some opportunities… i wont say here, but i start adding them in future videos. I also started having fun it’s the stickers and the overlay packs by this point..

Gameplay Info: The Lee Sin was clearly only going to go 1 way, and i flashed pre-emptively, but i believe he gets stunned and therefore takes time to get over the wall, but that was his play, and we predicted it well before…

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predicting this

27/05/2022

Predicted the Lee Sin’s Movements… a little too early

26/05/2022

Editing Info: Added the feather overlay to add to the feathers Xayah had already put down ;) see what i did there… I also timed the transition to the Silas arriving as one of the feathers comes over the screen… and as the Shen is arriving, we move to a different overlay adding to the effect of him arriving in game. I put the Q+E off to the side on this one, and i think it started me thinking of a more subtle way to show the button presses, as this looked a bit silly IMO. I also included the technique of bringing in the minimap again, as that showed we knew the play which was about to happen…

Gameplay Info: I had a really good Shen in this game who i was relying on bailing me out a number of times, i would ping before hand and make sure he was aware i was “doing something stupid” or baity… and it worked really well…

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maximum feather kills

26/05/2022

Maximum Feather Kill!

25/05/2022

Editing Info: Countdown ticking clock added, an Audio file that was layered ontop of the gameplay, and again using the text over the top to show the interaction between me and my Duo.

Gameplay Info: Was key to get some kills here as the Zoe was starting to get out of hand, i knew she was trying to escape and figured i would go for the Blind Q+E… and boom… got her got her…

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Feather preparation and blind kills, prediction lvl 💯!!

25/05/2022

Feather Prep and Blind Kills. Xayah is Awesome.

24/05/2022

Editing Info: Audio files being added for effect. The classic “I see you” from Portal and the “Bonk” were added for the Lols. I also added my Duos commentary but in Blue to show the back and forth between us.

Game Info: we were fighting over the Dragon control and I manage to just snipe out their Vayne, who was the biggest problem on their team.

Stream Info: You can see a lot of my Second Cam in this video, more than normal… I have this on whilst playing to show the other angle of my setup and to show how im operating my Stream for those that are interested. It can also be used on a channel redeem, to swap its location with my Main Cam at times.

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Can do this?

24/05/2022

Can Xayah do this?

23/05/2022

Editing Info: Started adding overlay text to the videos, for a bit more emphasis on the reaction! This was a first attempt and I used Keynote to add this… I also increase and decrease the size of my We**am, again to emphasise the reaction.

Game Info: This was the Xayah Lethality build, the first time i was using it and did a Q+E combo… it was pretty insane tbh.

Stream Info: Utilising the reactionary borders here again, it shows the change in button presses quickly, also highlights that im using the reactionary borders to essentially shut off the other borders, so therefore only 1 will be on at any time…

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Did you see that Damage!

23/05/2022

WHAT… Did you see that?

22/05/2022

Editing Info: Using the buzz filters and “Smug face” overlay to add affect to the video :D I have also reaintroduced the button presses at the bottom of the screen to show what i was pressing at the time… not to show off or anything, more to add awareness, i also included the buttons, as some people dont know the ability images.

Game Info: We were very ahead at this point, with the dragon soul, and was feeling confident i could jump the Lux Q. I also knew that Xayah Ult would make me untargetable and jump the Q.

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can Jump Qs

22/05/2022

Ultimate Interaction trick with Xayah / Lux

21/05/2022

Editing Info: Ive added the overlay of the guy blowing confetti and the audio track.

Stream Info: I mentioned the reactive border, by this point, its well established into my stream and a key component to me not having to do as much post editing in the videos.
I was looking for a way to introduce the coloured borders to the editing, but realised it would be easier to have it in a reactive state during the stream, that way I wouldn’t need to spend any time in post editing adding the colour.

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When the enemy line up for you when playing

21/05/2022

Enemy team just lining up for me :)