Twitch Rivals Streamer Bowl III Returns to Onsite Production, Debuts One-of-a-Kind' Arena at LA Live Fortnite event also features enhanced graphics, interactivity, mobile IRL streaming By Jason Dachman, Chief Editor
Tuesday, February 8, 2022 - 2:55 pm
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At only three years old, the Twitch Rivals Streamer Bowl is the avatar of the evolution of live-esports production during the pandemic. After the inaugural event in February 2020 was produced live onsite in Miami, the 2021 edition - at the height of the early 2021 COVID surge - was a fully remote event featuring an extended-reality (XR) stage. Tomorrow night, Streamer Bowl III will be back with competitors onsite in Los Angeles, and Twitch has taken the live Fortnite broadcast to a whole new level.
Streamer Bowl III is a one-of-a-kind event that can happen only on Twitch, says Steven Flisler, VP, original content/executive producer, Twitch Rivals. The event will be broadcast on 65 different streams, and we've integrated cutting-edge technology for graphics, interactivity, and mobile IRL streaming to create a unique and well-rounded narrative.
In Streamer Bowl III, Twitch Creators, NFL Stars, and Twitch Community Champions will compete in a head-to-head, elimination-style Fortnite tournament, vying for a share of a $1 million charity prize pool. The livestream begins on Twitch Rivals tomorrow at 5:30 p.m. ET.
At LA Live: Lessons Learned From Years 1 and 2 The first-ever Streaming Bowl in 2020 in Miami featured 32 players (16 duos) and proved to be a hit - both for fans viewing at home and for the Twitch creator community. However, as the pandemic was peaking in February 2021, Twitch opted for a fully remote production of Streamer Bowl II centered on an XR stage featuring 90 players (30 trios).
Now, in 2022, Streamer Bowl III will feature 60 players (20 trios) in a one-of-a-kind arena at LA Live in downtown Los Angeles, with 30 player seats on each side of a custom Twitch field, seating for 1,000 (although plans for a live audience were canceled for safety), and massive interactive LED display.
It's exciting that we're talking about Season 3 of Streamer Bowl, says Flisler. Miami feels like a long time ago; our team was still being built, and most of our partners came together for the first time. In Season 2, we had to rewrite our playbook due to COVID, like the rest of the world, and navigate how to put on a high-quality show with our participants playing from home. We used XR technology to bring the event to life and used a lot of cloud infrastructure to keep our creators, crew, and on-air talent safe. For Season 3, we have a beautiful set with all 60 participants onsite to compete. The pandemic overall has taught us how to be flexible and build in a modular approach to production.
The Twitch production team is using NEP EN2 mobile unit and has rolled a robust EVS replay/playback setup in order to capture all the action and tell the story of the 60 players competing this year. Onsite crew members are located at the Live Event Deck adjacent to the Crypto.com Arena. Given the large scale of the show, Twitch has upwards of 200 crew members onsite, their expertise ranging from esports to professional sports and traditional broadcast.
Twitch has once again partnered with Concom to manage production logistics and facilities, and Esports Engine (which also produces all the online Twitch Rivals events throughout the year) is handling broadcast production and esports-tournament operations. NEP is providing all broadcast facilities; its CT (Creative Technology), the massive in-venue LED wall.
Activating an event in a Super Bowl host city also presents challenges as we look at resources, logistics, bandwidth, and overall execution, says Flisler. From furniture inventories to camera ops, we are challenged to over-preproduce as much and as early as possible to ensure we build the best infrastructure possible.
Although COVID numbers and restrictions have been easing in recent days, the Twitch Rivals team has continued to be mindful of the pandemic throughout the planning of the event. Twitch has partnered with Carbon Health to implement production protocols and a comprehensive health and safety plan to protect the crew, talent, and creators for the duration of the event.
Live event production in a COVID environment is always challenging, notes Flisler, and Streamer Bowl III has been no exception. COVID testing and protocols are extremely important as we had in Las Vegas for our event in 2021, where we are proud to say we had zero cases. Health and safety are of the utmost importance, and we take that very seriously. We always say within our team right tool for the right job, and this show is no different.
Mobile IRL Streaming: Creators' Samsung Phones Provide Behind-Scenes Content Flisler and company also have taken lessons learned from the Twitch Rivals: Ultimate Challenge event in Las Vegas last November and extended each streamer's desktop PC and webcam setup with a Samsung mobile phone to serve as an IRL (in-real-life) camera. This setup allows streamers to quickly switch camera input from their webcam to a mobile phone, and then they can take it on a selfie stick around the venue to interview their competitors or to carry out of the tunnel for their big walkout.
With being back IRL and our learnings from Las Vegas in November 2021, notes Flisler, we have implemented a new way for our creators to stream through mobile technology. Onsite, our competitors have the chance to bring their audience right into the Streamer Bowl experience.
Every team will have a Samsung phone feeding IP (NDIHX video) direct to their streams. When they choose, they can switch to this view and share behind-the-scenes action using their Samsung phones and OBS to give
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Twitch Rivals Streamer Bowl III Returns to Onsite Production, Debuts One-of-a-Kind' Arena at LA Live Fortnite event also features enhanced graphics, interactivity, mobile IRL streaming By Jason Dachman, Chief Editor 
