Ally Pally Gaming Rally
8 desks, 8 Youtubers, 32 consoles meant the Legends of Gaming stage needed a bit of thought – and a lot of cable.
What I Did
Cabling, networking, configuring and monitoring 8 desks, each with a monitor up top and with four consoles and a video switcher nestled underneath: that’s 8 Xboxes, 8 PS4’s, 8 WiiU’s and 8 Gaming PC’s that all needed to be:
- Networked together for competitive play
- Outputted for display on 3 LED screens
- Watchable on a preview monitor backstage for game setup, and, most importantly,
- Displayed for the ‘Pro Gamers’ onstage
Who I Did It For
Freelance for Fonix LED, working for Endemol, Legends of Gaming.
What I used
8 x Xbox One/360, PS4, WiiU, Top Spec Gaming PC
8 x Blackmagic 4K HDMI to HD-SDI Converters for PS4 output
8 x Blackmagic Production Studio switcher controlled via Cat5 to backstage preview monitor and multiview
A mountain of controllers, chargers, power supplies and more network cables than you can count (plus Sharpies to label it all up!)
Note: This is only the kit for the part of the job that fell under my responsibility – clearly much more was needed for the rest of production, some of which is pictured to the left.