Game Knights

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Game Knights
General Information
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Game Knights aka The Command Zone is a Commander gameplay/podcast series on YouTube hosted by Jimmy Wong and Josh Lee Kwai, that has existed since 2016.

Description

Game Knights is advertised as the largest and most watched Magic: The Gathering gameplay show on the internet. Featuring guests from across the celebrity landscape (athletes, YouTubers, professional gamers, streamers, and more) it is described as a reality-style showdown with big plays, huge swings, and epic conclusions. Most of them are sponsored from Card Kingdom, ChannelFireball, Ultra Pro, Wizards of the Coast, and Patreon.

With a full cinematic production team, other presenters include Rachel Weeks, Brittney Irving, Ashlen Rose, Jake Boss, and Josh Murphy; nearly everyone on the team enjoyed Commander on screen at one point.

In-game, they used Lifelinker, an app they developed to track down life instead of dice. In live games, they used the Commander Clock app.

Rundown- Gameplay

In every YouTube video, they show they follow the pattern:

• Thanking the sponsors
  1. Inform about giveaways and Patreon
  2. Inform about Guests playing
  3. Inform about Card Kingdom, Channel Fireball, and Ultra Pro.
• Short Skit (in regards to themes)
• Main Theme- Original and later Post Malone version
• Introduction of Guests
• Introduction to Sets
• Introduction to commanders and game style
• Short Skit appearance (Innistrad, Strixhaven)
• Welcome to the table. Unfold Playmats
• Dubbed as Knight (if guests are here on Game Knights for the first time)
• Welcome to Game Knights! Only One May Stand
• Game Proper (Part 1)
• Commercial
• Game Proper (Part 2)
• Commercial (KEEPS, RAYCON, etc.)
• Game Proper (Part 2)
• Conclusion
• Game Two (if possible)
• Giveaway

Pre-Production

• Build/Bring a Deck
• Who will be the guest? On what basis? Where to Stay? When can we shoot or gain a product?
  • They coordinate with Wizards of the Coast (search for playmats, cards, sleeves)
  • Have a working background
• Make sure Logistics are placed

Production

• Director of Photography sets up the lights and camera along with Audio and sounds.
• Tape the playmats to the table
• Josh Lee Kwai picks up the guests.
• Guests introduced (Josh and Jimmy said Dream guests. Jimmy: Mark Rosewater)
• The judge keeps track of the game and rules
• Explain plans and how the video shoot
• Ask to redo or state it clearly and put a card to open
• After the game. Head to the interview room
• Interview must be present tense
• React in a private manner
• Tell the origin of Dubbing
• Freeze frame reacts when dealt damage
• Go to every single camera to upload footage to the hard drive and edit the profile

Post Production

• Card Fly-In
• Edit
• Shoot the intro, Middle, and Outro

Other segments

• The Command Zone Podcast
• Extra Turns
• Game Knights roundtable
• Game Knights Live

Gallery

• 
  Jimmy Wong learning the fate of Ajani Goldmane and Jaya during Dominaria United.
• 
  Josh Lee Kwai

External links

• Twitter: @commandcast
• Facebook: Command Cast
• Instagram: Command Cast
• Game Knights channel: the Command Zone
• Game Knights | Behind-the-Scenes Featurette
• Patreon of Game Knights