Meet the Streamers - Volume I By Suzanne Smith In the last 10 years, live streaming over the internet has exploded, especially with respect to watching live pool. I became a huge viewer of pool live streams when I was on maternity leave with my daughter in 2010. I hadn’t watched much pool before and I must say that in the last few years, my knowledge of pattern and defensive play has improved significantly, and I feel like I can honestly contribute that to the streaming that has been made available to us over the internet. There are streamers across the nation that are doing all kinds of amazing things, including covering many top professional tournaments, setting up action matches, and assorted contests and give away’s. The WPBA has even started exploring live streaming their matches through ESPN3. There are networks being developed where you can access live streaming and videos 24/7. As a pool player and avid streaming enthusiast, I thought that I would coordinate an introduction to some of the best streamers in the business. I sent a list of questions to several of the streamers that I know, so the list that will be featured is definitely not all inclusive. It is my hope to provide some free exposure for the streamers I have had the pleasure of watching.
1. Why did you get involved with Live Streaming? After a rather strange 20 years of becoming an adult and becoming a really good young VW mechanic the appearance of a tragedy happened. I had my shop broken into and all my tools stolen. With no insurance on my tools and little options of working on cars immediately my Aunt Vera helped me get a job at her boyfriend Joe Scarl’s Pizza shop, so I gave in submitted and took a normal job. I was a manager at a Pizza shop. Quite young and confused with no direction in life and truly a sad story unravelling. There one night I met a Here is a list of the streamers that have agreed to pizza driver named Bryce Eshelman. This guy became contribute to this series . If you know a streamer in a very close friend to me still to this day even. As time your area that you would like to see featured in our Meet went on I learned that Bryce’s father owns a powerful the Streamers Volumes, please send me a message at Personal Injury Law firm in Akron called the Eshelman editor@sneakypetemafia.com. legal group. Mr. Eshelman invested a ton of money into an Avid video editing suite with Avid Media Composer Inside Pool www.insidepool.tv JR Calvert, Alvin Nelson 1. This was to produce his Onsite Pool Network www.onsitepool.com Zachary Goldstein own in house Television POV Pool www.povpool.com Daniel Busch commercials that play Adrianne Beach, all over the NE Ohio TV Rail2Rail Productions www.rail2rail.tv Anne Bounds stations even now. www.poolactiontv.com Ray Hansen The Big Truck Show This Avid Suite was a decked TV Mike www.tvmike.tv Mike Warden (TV Mike) out office and was a top of For our first Volume, I will include Q&A with Alvin Nelson from Inside Pool. I first met Alvin in 2011, the year I won the US Amateur Championships. He was streaming the event. Inside Pool always provides a high quality stream, often with different camera views, and usually free to the public.
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the line editing system at the time. As I look back on it, it is truly amazing how I was placed there. Mr. Eshelman not only is a huge pool fan, backing Nick Varner and having him visit his residence often. Mr. Eshelman was highly involved in professional pool in the Akron Cleveland area working with the Akron Open every year and donating to pro level competitions. So truly in the end Mr. Eshelman was the prime mover in the sequence to get Bryce and me on course to our destiny.
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