Start an esports channel in the off-season
For esports fans, the end of the year is the busiest time even though few matches are played. Once the year’s international tournaments wrap up, the off-season begins at once. News about which players are leaving and what rosters the teams are building comes out several times a day.
What fans need in this period is round-up videos, more than match highlights. There is too much news for anyone to follow. Round-ups can be made without match footage, and the channel that posts first has the advantage.
Formats that work for an esports channel
- Transfer round-up — today’s confirmed signings, kept separate from the rumours.
- Roster comparison — last season’s line-up and the new one, side by side.
- Player timeline — one player’s career from debut to today. Demand spikes when a retirement or transfer is announced.
- Year in review — the year’s champions and key records as tables and charts.
- Beginner’s guide — league structure, tournament formats and terms. New fans keep searching for these.
How to make them with OneStep
- Enter the topic. For example: “This week’s five confirmed transfers, team by team”. Type the confirmed facts and figures into the topic box yourself. An AI-written script does not know the latest transfer news, so the facts have to come from you.
- Turn on motion graphics. Scenes where items appear one by one, side-by-side comparisons and timelines are added to match the script. A dark theme suits the look of esports.
- Use the stage pause. Have the job stop after the script, check the spelling of player and team names, then continue.
- Make a Short alongside. “Today’s one transfer” is exactly the right length for a Short.
If you want viewers overseas, you can make the same topic in Japanese or Korean as well. OneStep produces content in 10 languages.
Match broadcasts and the logos of publishers and teams all have rights holders. Build the video around graphics you make yourself, and label unconfirmed transfer talk clearly as rumour.
See who fans are backing right now
The Esports board on Stardona Ranking is an unofficial fan vote where fans vote for players directly. Pro players from several games share one board, and you can view the ranking by period.
See this week's esports fan-vote ranking →
- A player’s position often moves in the week a transfer is announced. Compare the weekly ranking with the monthly ranking.
- “This month’s most popular players by fan vote” is a topic with numbers in it, which suits a bar chart scene.
- When you quote it, say that it is an unofficial fan vote, not an official statistic.
Before the new season opens
The off-season is short. Once the new season starts, fans watch match coverage on the channels they already subscribe to. Building an audience with round-ups now puts you ahead when the season begins.
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