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UK Counter-Strike caster Harry ‘index’ Bayliss has added a new feature to his team management application, Stratbase, to help teams improve their teamwork.
The feature allows users to synchronise their voice communications from matches to the application’s 2D demo reviewer to get a more detailed overview of what went down in the server.
Customers can now analyse their demos with additional info, supplementing the on-screen action with the additional context provided by the players’ real-time calls and reactions. It’s made for teams of all skill levels.
“This will greatly improve both pro and amateur teams’ ability to enhance their communication and analyse their strategies down to the exact command,” according to a Stratbase press release.
“The voice comms update takes the Stratbase 2D demo viewer to the next level. It allows you to sync your voice comm recordings up to the 2D replay to give you way more context than your usual demo,” said Stratbase founder Harry ‘index’ Bayliss.
“Being able to see the map from the top down while also hearing what your teammates are saying lets you identify mistakes not just in positioning, but also in communication.”
Stratbase was launched in 2023 as an ‘all-encompassing team management solution’, providing a stratbook database, calendar, demo vault and more, in a bid to make managing a CS team easy.
It also has what is claimed to be ‘the most comprehensive Pro Nade Database on the market’, providing users with more than 9,000 line-up videos and nearly 4m grenade throws tracked.
index told Esports News UK:
“With a 2D demo viewer you can get a lot of context very quickly, but you can miss key details. Adding voice comms gives you that additional context of hearing your teammate call “lots b” which might explain why you chose to take your eyes off A main and head towards middle. Sometimes all the signals aren’t visible in the replay alone.”
index, Stratbase
In terms of what’s next for Stratbase, index added: “Making demos more granularly searchable is going to be a big focus moving forward, as well as completely reworking the calendar to make it way more useful for your team.
“In general, my long-term plans with Stratbase are to make life easier for competitive players, giving teams the tools they need so they can focus on improving.”
Subscriptions range from £3.33 per month for the Nade Database to £7.49 and £30.80 for the Individual and Team Standard subscriptions, respectively. Users can also test the application with a 14-day free trial, with no payment information required.
Amateur and pro teams and individuals can try out the application by heading to the Stratbase website here.
Dom is an award-winning writer and finalist of the Esports Journalist of the Year 2023 award. He graduated from Bournemouth University with a 2:1 degree in Multi-Media Journalism in 2007.
As a long-time gamer having first picked up the NES controller in the late ’80s, he has written for a range of publications including GamesTM, Nintendo Official Magazine, industry publication MCV and others. He worked as head of content for the British Esports Federation up until February 2021, when he stepped back to work full-time on Esports News UK and offer esports consultancy and freelance services. Note: Dom still produces the British Esports newsletter on a freelance basis, so our coverage of British Esports is always kept simple – usually just covering the occasional press release – because of this conflict of interest.
