As a stream viewer, obviously just the amount of downtime was annoying, but as mentioned, the filler was the bit that made it worse.
I know that's been said, but I actually had what I thought was a cool idea. With how much the community loved some of the old NASL application videos, why not ask the 'pro' players (ie. qualified for groups) to create a short video introducing themselves (cause some of them, like moman's, were hilarious) that you can play between sets.
Help sell the personalities of the SEA scene to the audience (that's the kind of thing that makes HSC so popular). I was actually a huge fan of how many pro players came through the casting lounge at Brisbane. I think you could have used a few more though, rather than guys like Paz, Chad etc. I mean no disrespect as I actually enjoyed most of their casting, but if it could have been an opportunity to put another player up there instead that might have been better in terms of selling that player as more than a faceless/nameless ID.
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