Training Archives - Proving Grounds

Bronze Press, Diamond Aspirations: A Story of First-time Coverage

April 16, 2018

“Dress for the job you want.” The NA LCS Spring Final was my first time covering an esports event. It also happened to be my debut as a press journalist. As you can imagine, I was a mess of nerves. I thought t... More

How To Stage Interview & Host

Alex "MooshuBeef" Chan

November 13, 2017

"You are there to enhance the broadcast, not be the star" Jess Brohard joins us to talk about her 5 year career, the 'gotchas' of hosting, and how to get the best interviews possible. Jess is an esports hos... More

The Astro Mixamp Pro TR Is A Hidden Gem For Broadcasters

Christina Pollock

January 18, 2017

After a solid year of use, there's almost nothing anyone could do to get me to give up my beloved Mixamp Pro TR.... More

Force League of Legends and Twitch Ingest out different internet connections

Christina Pollock

May 9, 2016

If Streaming's Got Your Internet Screaming Say you've got two internet connections, and you want to use one for League and the other to stream to Twitch. This could mean that you're tethered to your phone, ... More

Quickly switch audio devices in Windows

Christina Pollock

May 4, 2016

I Have No Mouth, Yet I Must Stream If you stream a lot, you probably have headphones, speakers, and any number of other audio devices which you frequently switch between. There's a lot of clicking involved,... More

Key shortcuts to switch between Japanese and English keyboards

Christina Pollock

April 20, 2016

どうぞよろしく、お願い With the launch of the JP server, some of you might be tempted to use it. You should, it's great! But switching back and forth between the English keyboard and the Japanese keyboard is tedious ... More

“Spotify Desktop client communication failed” login with Facebook error

Christina Pollock

April 20, 2016

Sometimes Two-Factor Authentication Breaks Things (But You Should Still Use It) If you've tried to log in to Spotify with Facebook recently you may have encountered something unexpected and frustrating. ... More

Twitch ChatBot base in C# .NET

Christina Pollock

December 4, 2015

Twitch Chat Is Not IRC, It Just Looks Like It. Don't Use IRC Libraries. Roll Your Own. Trust Me On This. If (can code), and want a bot you can run on your PC and customize to your liking, here's how to do... More

How to stream from your phone’s camera to Twitch

Christina Pollock

August 29, 2015

Reporting Live While there are many ways to stream from a PC to Twitch, it's nigh on impossible to find any resources on how to stream from your iOS or Android device. You can actually stream to twitch from... More

Fundamental Local LAN

Christina Pollock

April 22, 2015

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUwauhf-jFI... More