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As esports streams improve, live stage shows are evolving too
Attending ESL's IEM Katowice 2024 Counter-Strike 2 tournament, it's clear that live attendees are being offering a surp…
Not every interlude is a winner - crowd participants can set the arena alight with their natural charisma or cause an otherwise-promising segment to drag - but with familiar faces often in tow, even sponsor spots from Counter-Strike skin trading sites can be entertaining diversions. These pre-recorded sections serve a vital role, freeing up talent and production crew alike to take breaks between matches instead of filling for time endlessly, and there's no doubt having this kind of bespoke content improves viewing figures versus a loading screen too. Again, not every segment is a banger, but there are fewer duds than when esports productions started dipping their toes in the water with this kind of content half a decade ago - and some skits end up being more memorable than the actual matches they bookend.
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