I agree. Lisa, Homer and Anna are talented journalists, bringing their own flare and style to their broadcasts. However, the live cam was always about a camera guy, interacting with and talking to the audience, getting neat and exclusive interviews and just forging memories that we still recall to this day. I feel that the three hour/co host format just wasn't able to deliver that experience that many of us who tune into the live cam each year were looking for. I understand the difficulty that Colin faced previous years, due to the extreme work hours presented to him, but I feel a better solution would have been to go 2 hours, give him a break, and do another 2 hours.

There was also the technical issues, which happen every year of course. We have actually come to expect it. Battery swaps, equipment failure, wifi dropping..it happens every year and the regulars of the live cam realize this. But when your format is only 3 hours long, and you spend an hour dealing with technical issues, that's 1/3 of the days live cam experience gone. Then add to that 5-10 minutes to find/swap co hosts, and 5-10 minutes explaining to the co-host and updating what you already covered and didn't cover, you're talking very little floor time. I miss the viewers talking with Colin, asking him to go places and him actually trying to get there, asking him questions, and generally feeling like we were right there on the floor hanging out with him and experiencing E3 when we couldn't actually be there. I hope the decision is made to go back to the older format.