Valve has posted an excellent entry in their Defense of the Ancients 2 blog, detailing how spectator mode works. The blog discusses some of the feedback that the team has been taking in about spectator mode and they discuss how it is being applied to the actual game.
This includes some really fascinating insight to the way DOTA 2 will support commentators in-game and in replays, afterwards. This will, of course, be invaluable for professional gaming uses such as The International DOTA 2 tournament that happened not too long ago. Take a look at an excerpt below:
"One thing we’ve received a lot of feedback on is the Dota 2 spectator system. We thought it might be interesting to talk a bit about the thinking that led us to the current system, in the hopes that it might help you understand what we’re trying to do, so that you can help us improve upon it. We think that spectating games, both live and saved replays, is an important part of the Dota experience."
"At a high level, we felt there were two important ways that players would be using our spectator system, beyond simply watching games for fun. The first way is that they’d be using it to watch in the interests of improving their skills. The second is that they’d be watching commentated matches in tournaments and leagues. Overall we felt that spectating should be treated as importantly as playing the game, so we started with a WATCH button featured prominently in Dota 2′s main menu."
"If you’re looking to watch games to improve yourself, there are a number of filters you can use to find a useful game, such as one with a particular hero or player, one featuring players of specific skill levels, and so on. This is an area we expect to improve upon in the future too: if you want to learn a new hero, we want to make it really easy to find a set of replays that’ll help you quickly get a handle on it. If you’re following a favorite competitive team, or missed a friend’s great match last night, the game will know and lead you to those replays. If you’re an experienced player who wants to expand your skill with a specific hero, or work on your teamwork as part of a specific team of heroes, we want you to be able to easily find replays that’ll let you see high level players using those heroes in matches."
For the full post, be sure to check out http://blog.dota2.com/.
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