Interview:
An Interview with Dow2Live.com

Most strategy gamers out there are aware of the skill level they possess. You know there are certain players worse than you, and you’re certainly well aware that there are those that destroy you with no problems at all. However beyond playing your game of choice over and over, how’s a fella’ or lady supposed to improve their gaming ability? One way is to watch replays of the pros hacking away at each other.

Unfortunately, these replays can often be hard to interpret, as micro-management at speed is difficult to keep track of. One website, however, has found a way around this issue, live casting games with commentary from good players who know what they’re talking about: Dow2Live.com.

Today we interview smoothbarbarian, the head caster at Dow2Live, asking what the site is all about, who it benefits, and where the site can go from here.

Alltern8: For those who havn’t heard about your site before, can you please explain what DowLive2.com is?

Dow2Live: DoW2Live.com is essentially the only Dawn of War 2 live-casting website in the world. That said we are trying to inject some chemo into the dow2 community itself. Many players became jaded after a while, and we are the ones that feel the game is still worthy of its customers' attention. We are a representation of the stalwart gamers that hold the game up by its shoulders. There are a slew of other community sites for DoW2, but most of those have fallen into Heresy! (they just bash the game instead of enjoying it) At dow2live.com a early-beta player can congregate with a first-day player and learn a lot.

We have many casters to talk about strategies and tips/tricks while they are playing the game. This can easily keep a gamer who is fed up with the learning curve, sustained in the hope that he can learn to play, and become a good player. We not only provide entertainment for the dow2 community, we attempt to shepherd the wayward players.

Alltern8: How did Dow2Live come about?