twitch prime Crown Cup

where comedy meets competitive gaming

The Crown Cup 2020 brought together 6 teams of three, each featuring a pro Twitch Streamer, a celebrity comedian, and a lucky Twitch Prime member.  

Along with Apex gameplay, we highlighted standup comedy, the subject of which was chosen and voted on by the at home viewership to see who would emerge victorious and win the crown.

This Crown Cup was dubbed the “At Home Edition” due to the travel restrictions and safe social distancing requirements surrounding Covid-19.  An array of 7 workstations was assembled to create a virtual studio for guests.  Camera and audio feeds were routed to the main production switcher for final compositing before streaming out a complete show.  Program return was also routed back to guests so they could see themselves in the context of the show.

Apex Legends game play was captured in studio by working with Respawn Entertainment to provide access to private servers arranged for this event. Custom server codes were granted to us and allowed our administrators to stand up the server and get our 18 participants into the lobby.  With our featured teams set, participant codes were distributed to at home viewers who would fill out the remaining squads in the lobby.  Four observer stations in studio allowed us to see game play from any of our six teams while playing at home.