Updates from behind the scenes

Hello everyone!

Who else excited is for the 👏15th 👏 Season 👏 of 👏 ASL? 👏

We are gearing up for the upcoming season's launch, expected to be in mid-February. Initially, we're incorporating an additional editor and translator to expedite our turnaround time for each episode.

Before we begin, we wanted to share some updates and provide answers to questions several of our loyal fans have inquiring about.

• Masking the VOD timer: ⏳

We've heard your feedback that the VOD timer can prematurely spoil the results of a match.

Our team has thoroughly investigated alternative options and conducted extensive experimentation. However our research has shown that adding blank space at the end of a match seriously harms YouTube's algorithm. Uploading a second version of the VOD to a separate platform not only has the drawback of dividing the viewership analytics, it additionally results in increased editing + rendering time, larger file sizes, and much higher hosting costs.

To-date the data we've gathered leads us to the conclusion that not only does it have the drawback of dividing the viewership analytics, it wasn't used nearly enough to realistically outweigh these other factors. (As you might guess, these episodes often become substantially large files when published in HD... Esp with some of those Ted V.S. Ted's) 😂

• Leading the development discussion: 🤖

While we have your attention on this matter, we'd like to make a note that we are reaching out to the "YouTube UX/UI Design" team to suggest adding an "opt-in" feature which various channels / users could enable.

We believe this is a feature which has the potential to benefit content far beyond the StarCraft scene. So in addition to reaching out directly to them, we're also considering making some noise publicly on social media to help garner attention to this possible feature. If you wish to express your support, keep an eye on the comments section of this post as that's where future updates regarding this matter will be posted.

• Thanks and appreciation: 🙏

We also wanted to take a moment to acknowledge the efforts of our terrific production team:

1.  💥Both nice__username & CobraVe7nom7 have been with us for several seasons and poured many, many hours of hard work into these past four seasons. Thanks guys, you know we love you... or at least like you both a whole lot :P

2.  💥We'd also like to extend a massive shout-out to Andy Son who jumped into gear assisting us in the nick of time during Season 14 with the monumental amount of translation work it takes to bring our English fans the content we all enjoy so much.

3. 💥YOU, THE FANS!
Whether you support us here on Patreon, share our content, or just enjoy watching, we greatly appreciate your support because it's YOU, the fans who make this all possible. Thanks for joining us on this journey, We're excited for whats to come in 2023!
-- Much love from Tastosis & Team! ❤