As many of you know, I have been around the KI community for a little over two years now, having first reconnected with KI after purchasing my Xbox One in March/April of 2014. I didn’t understand KI’s mechanics originally, and played it extremely casually until catching the EVO 2014 stream, while listening to a friend give commentary and explain what was happening (overheads, combo mechanics, command grabs, etc).
I was hooked immediately, and started to devour various KI content wherever I could find it. I watched Max’s KI videos on Youtube, streams of various pros, even just whoever happened to be streaming KI at the time. The large and/or pro streamers are great ways to watch KI, but sometimes watching a pro isn’t incredibly informative for newer players; this is typically not a malicious thing, just a consequence of the gulf between the streamer’s experience and that of a newcomer.
This past weekend, I spent a fair amount of time NOT playing KI, because while wandering through the KI Twitch streams, I found myself watching a couple streams which were marked as “KI Beginners”. I spent this time viewing KI from a different angle than I have for a while. While I’m no pro, I know enough about the game and spend enough time watching high level play that I forget the pure enjoyment one can have just inside the KI gate. While watching these streams, I simply hung around and offered tips, advice, and praise to the newer players as requested, and it felt like the beginners really appreciated having help or guidance.
In order to further encourage the growth of our beginner-to-intermediate KI community members, I would like to propose the Content Sharing Initiative here on the forums; a living, voluntarily updated list of the Killer Instinct community members who wish to get the names and addresses of their streams and content archives out to more folks within the KI community, or announce the current or upcoming start of a stream in order to gather more viewers and Lobby match participants!
Our pro/high play level community members are encouraged to participate here as well; post your streams or content archives. Join the streams of newer members who post here (or who simply stream) and give them the benefit of your experience without backseat driving too much. Host a lobby specifically for newer members to play in on your channel. Hell, even join in some of their matches for some hands-on instruction if they ask for it!
By supporting our fledgling Killers, you are not only growing the community and spreading the word about Killer Instinct, but who knows; maybe the guy or girl whose stream you’re currently choosing to support will end up being a hot-shot at a tournament in the future!
When listing your Content Archive information, please use the following template. These Content Archives will be collected in my second post in this thread, and your original post removed (in order to keep the thread clean).
Gamertag:
Your Skill Level: (Beginner, Intermediate, Killer, Pro)
Content Archive URL:
Notes About Content: (pro-aimed Tech/Lab stuff; Local play, beginners-only online matches, etc)
When listing your stream information, please use the following template. Stream posts will be left alone, in order to serve as a running tally of streamers/stream events, and so the newest-posted streams will always be among the most recent posts.
Gamertag:
Your Skill Level: (Beginner, Intermediate, Killer, Pro)
Stream Address
Date/Time (Time Zone)
Notes For This Stream:
I’m hoping that this thread takes off, and that it can become a wealth of information for anyone looking for games or streams around a particular skill level for fun, entertainment, and furthering their understanding of Killer Instinct!