Chicago Skirmish Wargames youtube and blog program

[Michael S.]

Gentlemen,
I was thinking about various gaming youtube and blog programs and was wondering if we have the desire and / or expertise to do one. We could feature our games, but could also do more. I could talk about the early days of G.W. and show models that were inspired by Rogue Trader that I made. Karl could talk about various materials that he comes across to make terrain and where he finds things. Other members may want to talk about their collections. Just an idea. Let me know what you think. Would this require a lot of tech equipment / cost?
Michael

P.S. Is anyone adding information to our Facebook page?

[gattz]

I've bounced around with the idea of video batreps. I used to stream painting and d&d sessions. The actual monetary cost of filming is low with webcams and even phone cameras being pretty high quality now. Decent lighting is needed too.

The time investment is much higher. Editing can take a lot of time. :-/

[Eilif]

Hey Michael,
I've considered doing audio or visual stuff but before but it's not something I'm really interested in. I've been in a couple of livestreamed games back when Greenfire was doing it, but that's about it. I have some difficulty carving out time to do simple blogs, and making a video battle report well edited, engaging ,etc is tough and can take ALOT of time. At some point I would like to get on someone else's podcast or two and talk about our group, but that's alot different from me owning/editing/producing one.

That said if you wanted to do some video content and add it to the blog and facebook page, that would probably be fine. I don't have Facebook, but I think Josh is/was the one managing that, I'd reach out to him to see about the page and the viability of video content.

As for tech, I think that depends on what quality you're shooting for. You can do amazing things with a high end smart phone, but if you want a mic capable of realy high quality audio, have more than one camera, etc... those things all cost money.

[timlillig]

I also manage our facebook, to some degree.

As far as A/V, i'm also not really interested in taking that on as an additional hobby.

[Eilif]

as an additional hobby.

That kind of sums it up I think. AV is a whole additional hobby.

[Michael S.]

Hi all,
Thank you for your input.
Michael