Coverage
Coverage is an informal term denoting the live reporting from large scale tournaments such as Pro Tour, World Championship, Grand Prix or StarCityGames Open and Invitational tournaments. Coverage has taken many forms over the years.
Text coverage
Text coverage is provided for almost all large tournaments and give updates of the matchups and results for each round, as well as having features on the overall trend in the tournament, as in what deck archetypes are making an impact. Text coverage also often feature game reports on certain feature matches that showcase high profile players or interesting developments in the Metagame.
Audio coverage
As an additional feature Wizards of the Coast used to provide interviews of players and updates on the overall trend of the tournament for the first two days Pro Tour and certain Grand Prix tournaments and released them for download as podcasts. These features where often hosted by Randy Buehler. However, after the advent of large scale video coverage this coverage method has been abandoned.
Video coverage
Video coverage is a live video feed from a tournament, often with play-by-play commentary and color commentary from former Pro players. The Top 8 of Pro Tour and World Championship tournaments has been featured as a video feed since the late 1990s, including it being featured on the television station ESPN2 in the United States.
Due to technological advances and the rise in popularity of live streaming video transmitted via the internet, Video Coverage has greatly expanded and now showcases video coverage of all days of every Pro Tour and almost all Grand Prixs played in Europe and North America.
Key people in coverage
- Randy Buehler
- Rich Hagon
- Zac Hill
- Frank Karsten
- Brian David-Marshall
- Sheldon Menery
- Marshall Sutcliffe