I start to watch the stream. Then I started to read the live chat. And I left.
It wasn't all horrible in the chat. For example, we got to help the streamers promote that XIII willl be at Evo side tourney. Also got to answer some peoples questions, and there were some that were genuinely happy to get real answers from other kind people.
Oh, and shout out to 4Leaf, for holding start to pump those classic themes throughout the stream, lol. Arashi No Saxaphone and Esaka put a good amount of people in a good mood.
There were a good amount of people from here, GAF, and Prof from MMC making some chat in there as well. At points, it felt more like a nice community chat, rather than a stream chat.
There was some OK Mai gameplay somewhere in there too. It was nice to see fairly heavy use of her air dive into Musasabi no Mai, did a nice job of messing some players up. I was wondering if you were watching at that point Shiranui, lol.
None of the commentators aside from haunts really had any access to the stream chat. He gets to sit in front of the laptop with the stream chat and A/V equipment while we sit in front of a small monitor to focus a bit more on the match. That said, we miss a lot of what you guys say in chat, so we usually don't address it unless haunts brings it to our attention. So, a big thank you to you guys who contribute positively in chat to those who might be new to KOF or just have questions that we may or may not get around to.
I tried to be a bit more analytical and explanatory during commentary, so any feedback on how that went would be helpful. I know I went a lot into the scene and the state of things and just trying to promote the game and EVO, so I apologize for not really sticking to match commentary at times.
As others have stated, don't be averted from watching a stream just because of the stream chat. Whether it's KOF or any fighting game, people will troll just to troll. Close chat and enjoy the matches.