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An image of the stream on its original webpage, taken when it was still live.

Status: Lost

Sonic Boom 2013 was an event hosted in St. Louis at The Pageant,^[1] created for fans of the "Sonic the Hedgehog" franchise to come together and take part in a number of activities. The event was also home to a live performance by the band "Crush 40"^[2], known for making vocal tracks for many Sonic games, and this segment is widely considered to be one of the major highlights of the event, considering SEGA specifically highlighted it in their promotions^[3]^[4]^[5] and Crush 40 shows are quite rare.

An official live-stream of the event in full was conducted live,^[6]^[7] and was available for viewing by anyone. However, recordings of this livestream have become very scarce, and there is no official VOD available, although there was one available for a short time after the stream finished^[8].

The only found clips so far make up a dozen minutes out of the seven hours^[9] the stream ran for.

Release Mediums

The livestream was hosted on Live Alliance's website, with the URL http://livealliance.tv/sonicboom. This in turn used the Akamai content delivery system to deliver the stream to the viewers. After the stream finished, there was a VOD was available from this site for approximately 24 hours after^[11].

In addition to the original stream on the site, a fan-run simulcast was set up at the same time, to host a live "reaction" to the stream. This was hosted by SSF1991 of Sonic Paradox on `livestream.com`^[12]. Unfortunately, despite livestream.com supposedly containing a VOD of this reaction stream for a long period of time after, there are very few clips of this remaining either.

In addition, there also appears to have been a screen at the back of the venue setup to show the video from the stream to the performers on-stage. Unfortunately, it is very rare for a camera to be pointing in this direction so there are only a few shots that show this clearly. An example is the official recap video.

Found clips

Images

After contacting some people who saw the stream, some images taken by viewers have been found. These give a clearer view of what the stream looked like. In addition, there are also two pictures of the fan simulcast - showing what that looked like.

A frame from the stream of the Crush 40 concert coverage, taken during an intermission where the singer talks about how he repeatedly introduces the guitarist
A frame from the stream of the Crush 40 concert coverage, taken at the end just before they bow and leave the stage
A frame of Aaron Webber, the main presenter at the show, from the stream
A frame of Aaron Webber talking to the crowd - this shot shows the variety of angles the cameras were set up to take
A frame from the stream of the Crush 40 concert coverage, taken just after they finished the song "His World"
A frame from the stream of the very beginning of the "Sonic Dancing" segment
A frame from the stream of the middle of the "Sonic Dancing" segment - we have this part in video, but it's in noticeably degraded quality compared to the image
A frame from the stream the Crush 40 concert coverage, taken during "His World"
A picture of the fan simulcast
A picture of the fan simulcast
A clip of Sonic dancing from the fan simulcast

Viewer videos

These are the only found clips of the stream uploaded by the viewers:

Sonic dancing, with the original audio replaced to be "more appropriate"

Poor quality video of the Q&A, with audio replaced as a joke

Audio of the Crush 40 performance taken from the stream

Recording from the stream of a previously unseen trailer shown at the event - At the end, you can see it fade to one of the stream cameras very briefly.

Recording from the stream of another previously unseen trailer shown at the event

Poor quality video from the stream of the host announcing a new section of the show - taken from the fan-run "simulcast".

Recording from the stream of the presenter (Aaron Webber) introducing a previously unseen trailer shown at the event.

Official clips

After the event, SEGA created a short 3-minute recap video, summarising some key points of the event^[13]^[14]^[15]. A significant amount of this recap video is made up of video taken by SEGA's own internal media team, separate from the stream. However, with some close examination, there are a few short snippets of the stream also seen in this video.

In addition, throughout the video, soundboard audio is constantly used for portions of the event, and it's highly probable that soundboard audio was taken from the stream, suggesting SEGA did at some point have a recording of the full stream. However, SEGA's HQ moved shortly after this event, resulting in a large staff turnover^[16]^[17], and it is possible that their recording may have been lost during that move.

These are the video clips visible in the recap video:

1:54 - 2:10 - A clip of the Q&A portion of the show. The positioning and movement behaviour of the cameras in this clip lines up exactly with the clips we have of the stream from the Q&A joke video, confirming this segment is from the stream.
2:16 - 2:19 - 2 seconds of the Crush 40 performance taken from the stream. The overall look and low framerate on this clip (an effect seen a lot in the clips available of the stream), combined with the exact positioning of the camera confirms beyond reasonable doubt this clip is from the stream and was not a shot taken by the internal media team at SEGA.

References

[1] SEGA Blog | Your Complete Sonic Boom Information Guide (archive.org)

[2] SEGA Blog | Your Complete Sonic Boom Information Guide (archive.org)

[3] SEGA announces Crush 40 to be at Sonic Boom 2013

[4] SEGA announces Crush 40 to be at Sonic Boom 2013 on Twitter

[5] Sonic Boom 2013 referred to as "featuring Crush 40" in official promotions

[6] Official Sonic Facebook Post

[7] Sonic Boom Livestream: Going Live, Right Now - The Sonic Stadium

[8] Twitter | GamersVlog

[9] Seek bar from screen recording of VOD

[10] Sonic Boom 2013 (archive.org)

[11] Twitter | GamersVlog

[12] Sonic Boom 2013 Fan Simulcast

[13] Sonic Boom 2013 Recap Video

[14] Sonic Boom 2013 Recap Video Promo

[15] Aaron Webber (show host) announces recap video

[16] SEGA downsizes & moves

[17] SEGA moves to Southern California

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+|image=Boom2013Image.png
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+|imagecaption=An image of the stream on its original webpage, taken when it was still live.
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-Sonic Boom 2013 was an event hosted in St. Louis at The Pageant,<ref>SEGA Blog | Your Complete Sonic Boom Information Guide (archive.org)</ref> created for fans of the "Sonic the Hedgehog" franchise to come together and take part in a number of activities. In addition, the event was home to a live performance by the band "Crush 40"<ref>SEGA Blog | Your Complete Sonic Boom Information Guide (archive.org)</ref>, known for making vocal tracks for many Sonic games. This live performance was one of the major highlights of the show, and as such can be considered a very, very important part of the event.
+Sonic Boom 2013 was an event hosted in St. Louis at The Pageant,<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160624032754/http://blogs.sega.com/2013/08/05/your-complete-sonic-boom-information-guide/ SEGA Blog | Your Complete Sonic Boom Information Guide (archive.org)]</ref> created for fans of the "Sonic the Hedgehog" franchise to come together and take part in a number of activities. The event was also home to a live performance by the band "Crush 40"<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160624032754/http://blogs.sega.com/2013/08/05/your-complete-sonic-boom-information-guide/ SEGA Blog | Your Complete Sonic Boom Information Guide (archive.org)]</ref>, known for making vocal tracks for many Sonic games, and this segment is widely considered to be one of the major highlights of the event, considering SEGA specifically highlighted it in their promotions<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/SEGA/photos/a.133608051795/10151780820886796 SEGA announces Crush 40 to be at Sonic Boom 2013]</ref><ref>[https://twitter.com/SEGA/status/355763500305494018 SEGA announces Crush 40 to be at Sonic Boom 2013 on Twitter]</ref><ref>[https://twitter.com/sonic_hedgehog/status/352441636522950656 Sonic Boom 2013 referred to as "featuring Crush 40" in official promotions]</ref> and Crush 40 shows are quite rare.
-The event was officially live-streamed in full to the public for free,<ref>Sonic Boom Livestream: Going Live, Right Now - The Sonic Stadium</ref> available for viewing by anyone, but yet videos of said Livestream have been extremely scarce, it appears almost no-one backed up a video of the stream, and there is no official VOD to speak of. The only video we have of said stream is a few ''minutes,'' out of the several hours long the stream was, therefore resulting in the stream, besides some very small segments being entirely "lost".
+An official live-stream of the event in full was conducted live,<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/Sonic/photos/a.406270927417/10151758843457418 Official Sonic Facebook Post]</ref><ref>[https://www.sonicstadium.org/2013/08/sonic-boom-livestream-going-live-right-now/ Sonic Boom Livestream: Going Live, Right Now - The Sonic Stadium]</ref> and was available for viewing by anyone. However, recordings of this livestream have become very scarce, and there is no ''official'' VOD available, although there was one available for a short time after the stream finished<ref>[https://twitter.com/GamersVlog/status/366394979922345984 Twitter | GamersVlog]</ref>.
-Finding a VOD video of this stream is especially important for ''Crush 40'' fans in particular. The concert Crush 40 gave here means a lot to a significant amount of Crush 40 fans, some stating they believe it's one of Crush 40's best performances. '''To know there was full-on professional video' of this performance streamed out there and all we appear to have left are crowd recordings is extremely frustrating and disappointing to a lot of Crush 40 fans'''.
+The only found clips so far make up a dozen ''minutes'' out of the seven hours<ref>[https://youtu.be/P4hrratalnY?t=8 Seek bar from screen recording of VOD]</ref> the stream ran for.
 ==Contents==
-As evidenced by the existing clips we have, the stream contained full professional-grade video made up of many, many different multi-camera angles, and was run by a company called Live Alliance.<ref>Sonic Boom 2013 (archive.org)</ref> The audio on the stream was a form of soundboard audio. It is worth noting, however, that out of the very small amount of media at some points the audio is heard clipping
+As evidenced by the existing clips we have, the stream contained full professional-grade video made up of multiple different angles (estimated to be 3 cameras + the screen video), and was conducted by a company called ''Live Alliance''.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20140513001939/http://www.livealliance.tv/sonicboom/ Sonic Boom 2013 (archive.org)]</ref>. The audio on the stream was a form of soundboard audio.
-==Existing Footage==
+==Release Mediums==
-The only clips I can find after days and days of digging of this stream is the following: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vO4gNapHKOY A rather silly video of Sonic dancing, with music replaced to be "more appropriate";][https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySP7WquRPfs A poor quality video of the Q&A, with audio replaced as a joke]; [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veCCxZEKqAQ Audio of the Crush 40 performance taken from the stream]
-The only video we have left of the concert segment of the stream (which to many is the only important part) comes from 2 seconds in the [https://youtu.be/dEULJVPBKvo?t=136 official event recap video], seen here at 2:16. The overall look and low framerate on this clip (an effect seen a lot in the clips available of the stream), combined with the exact positioning of the camera lining up with positioning seen in other videos confirms beyond almost any doubt this clip is from the stream, and was not just a shot taken exclusively for the recap video.
+The livestream was hosted on ''Live Alliance'''s website, with the URL http://livealliance.tv/sonicboom. This in turn used the Akamai content delivery system to deliver the stream to the viewers. After the stream finished, there was a VOD was available from this site for approximately 24 hours after<ref>[https://twitter.com/GamersVlog/status/366394979922345984 Twitter | GamersVlog]</ref>.
-There is also one other short clip of the stream featured in the same recap video, at [https://youtu.be/dEULJVPBKvo?t=114 1:54], in a much higher quality than the joke video of the Q&A. Again, the positioning and movement behaviour of the cameras in this clip lines up exactly with the clips we have of the stream, confirming this bit is almost definitely from the stream. The fact that this is from the stream also supports the fact that the previous clip at 2:16 was from the stream too, as it is clear the staff at SEGA who made this recap video did have a backup copy of the stream and were using clips from it to create this video.
+In addition to the original stream on the site, a fan-run simulcast was set up at the same time, to host a live "reaction" to the stream. This was hosted by SSF1991 of Sonic Paradox on `livestream.com`<ref>[https://twitter.com/TailsChannel/status/366340756975263744 Sonic Boom 2013 Fan Simulcast]</ref>. Unfortunately, despite livestream.com supposedly containing a VOD of this reaction stream for a long period of time after, there are very few clips of this remaining either.
-It's likely the shot used at [https://youtu.be/dEULJVPBKvo?t=159 2:39] in the same recap video may also be from this lost stream. However, this can't be so accurately proven without seeing the stream in its complete form and all the different angles used.
+In addition, there also appears to have been a screen at the back of the venue setup to show the video from the stream to the performers on-stage. Unfortunately, it is very rare for a camera to be pointing in this direction so there are only a few shots that show this clearly. An example is the [https://youtu.be/dEULJVPBKvo?t=183 official recap video].
-A significant amount of audio from the stream was used in this recap video too. Including a lot of audio of the Crush 40 performance in the background (which thankfully someone did record and release to the public already), but beyond the clips mentioned above no streaming video has unfortunately been released of this concert.
+==Found clips==
+===Images===
+After contacting some people who saw the stream, some images taken by viewers have been found. These give a clearer view of what the stream looked like. In addition, there are also two pictures of the fan simulcast - showing what that looked like.
+<gallery mode=packed heights=200px>
+File:Img1.png|A frame from the stream of the Crush 40 concert coverage, taken during an intermission where the singer talks about how he repeatedly introduces the guitarist
+File:Img2.png|A frame from the stream of the Crush 40 concert coverage, taken at the end just before they bow and leave the stage
+File:Img3.png|A frame of Aaron Webber, the main presenter at the show, from the stream
+File:Img4.png|A frame of Aaron Webber talking to the crowd - this shot shows the variety of angles the cameras were set up to take
+File:Img5.png|A frame from the stream of the Crush 40 concert coverage, taken just after they finished the song "His World"
+File:SonicDancing.png|A frame from the stream of the very beginning of the "Sonic Dancing" segment
+File:Img7.png|A frame from the stream of the middle of the "Sonic Dancing" segment - we have this part [https://youtu.be/vO4gNapHKOY?t=126 in video], but it's in noticeably degraded quality compared to the image
+File:Boom2013Image.png|A frame from the stream the Crush 40 concert coverage, taken during "His World"
+File:Spboom.png|thumb|A picture of the fan simulcast
+File:Spboom2.png|A picture of the fan simulcast
+File:Bo1JuZpCYAA9SYh.gif|A clip of Sonic dancing from the fan simulcast
+</gallery>
+===Viewer videos===
+These are the only found clips of the stream uploaded by the viewers:
+{{Video|perrow  =3
+  |service1     =youtube
+  |id1          =vO4gNapHKOY
+  |description1 =Sonic dancing, with the original audio replaced to be "more appropriate"
+  |service2     =youtube
+  |id2          =ySP7WquRPfs
+  |description2 =Poor quality video of the Q&A, with audio replaced as a joke
+  |service3     =youtube
+  |id3          =9VnHhfcJI1k
+  |description3 =Audio of the Crush 40 performance taken from the stream
+}}
+{{Video|perrow  =3
+  |service1     =youtube
+  |id1          =HEy53USJFnc
+  |description1 =Recording from the stream of a previously unseen trailer shown at the event - At the end, you can see it fade to one of the stream cameras very briefly.
+  |service2     =youtube
+  |id2          =lykQc-yXat8
+  |description2 =Recording from the stream of another previously unseen trailer shown at the event
+  |service3     =youtube
+  |id3          =dsjiwbSbWWo
+  |description3 =Poor quality video from the stream of the host announcing a new section of the show - taken from the fan-run "simulcast".
+}}
+{{Video|perrow  =1
+  |service1     =youtube
+  |id1          =5MY5-ONzZQY
+  |description1 =Recording from the stream of the presenter (Aaron Webber) introducing a previously unseen trailer shown at the event.
+}}
+=== Official clips ===
+After the event, SEGA created a short 3-minute recap video, summarising some key points of the event<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEULJVPBKvo Sonic Boom 2013 Recap Video]</ref><ref>[https://twitter.com/sonic_hedgehog/status/381095630284013569 Sonic Boom 2013 Recap Video Promo]</ref><ref>[https://twitter.com/RubyEclipse/status/381135987662790656 Aaron Webber (show host) announces recap video]</ref>. A significant amount of this recap video is made up of video taken by SEGA's own internal media team, separate from the stream. However, with some close examination, there are a few short snippets of the stream also seen in this video.
+In addition, throughout the video, soundboard audio is constantly used for portions of the event, and it's highly probable that soundboard audio was taken from the stream, suggesting SEGA did at some point have a recording of the full stream. However, SEGA's HQ moved shortly after this event, resulting in a large staff turnover<ref>[https://www.dualshockers.com/sega-of-america-moves-out-of-san-francisco-downsizes-the-business-and-cuts-workforce/ SEGA downsizes & moves]</ref><ref>[https://www.dfcint.com/sega-of-america-office-moves-southern-california/ SEGA moves to Southern California]</ref>, and it is possible that their recording may have been lost during that move.
+These are the video clips visible in the recap video:
+* [https://youtu.be/dEULJVPBKvo?t=114 1:54 - 2:10] - A clip of the Q&A portion of the show. The positioning and movement behaviour of the cameras in this clip lines up '''exactly''' with the clips we have of the stream from the Q&A joke video, confirming this segment is from the stream.
+* [https://youtu.be/dEULJVPBKvo?t=136 2:16 - 2:19] - ''2 seconds'' of the Crush 40 performance taken from the stream. The overall look and low framerate on this clip (an effect seen a lot in the clips available of the stream), combined with the exact positioning of the camera confirms beyond reasonable doubt this clip is from the stream and was not a shot taken by the internal media team at SEGA.
+==See Also==
+*[[Shadow the Hedgehog (lost Teen rated version of platformer; 2005)]]
+*[[Sister Sonic (lost build of cancelled "Sonic the Hedgehog" localization of "Popful Mail" Sega CD side-scrolling platformer; 1993)]]
+*[[Sonic 3D Blast (found cassette demo tape of unused game soundtrack; 1996)]]
+*[[Sonic Adventure New Year's DLC (found "Sonic the Hedgehog" holiday-themed DLC; 1998)]]
+*[[Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (found iOS game; 2010)]]
+*[[Sonic DS (lost Nintendo DS tech demo; 2004)]]
+*[[Sonic Generations (lost game demo; 2010)]]
+*[[Sonic Jr. (lost build of unreleased Sega Pico game; existence unconfirmed; 1994)]]
+*[[Sonic Saturn (lost build of cancelled Sega Saturn prototype of platformer; mid-1990s)]]
+*[[Sonic Sports (lost build of cancelled Sega 32X sports game; 1995)]]
+*[[Sonic Synergy (lost original build of "Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric" Wii U action-adventure game; 2007-2013)]]
+*[[Sonic the Hedgehog "2006" (lost complete build of Xbox 360/PlayStation 3 platformer; 2006)]]
+*[[Sonic the Hedgehog (lost build of cancelled Amiga port of Sega Genesis platformer; 1992)]]
+*[[Sonic The Hedgehog (lost build of cancelled Sega CD port of Sega Genesis platformer; 1992)]]
+*[[Sonic the Hedgehog (lost Tokyo Toy Show prototype build of Sega Genesis/Mega Drive platformer; 1990)]]
+*[[Sonic the Hedgehog (lost Winter Consumer Electronics Show 1991 demo build of Sega Genesis/Mega Drive platformer; 1991)]]
+*[[Sonic The Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles (lost build of cancelled iOS port of Sega Genesis platformers; 2014)]]
+*[[Sonic The Hedgehog: Awakening (lost build of cancelled "Sonic the Hedgehog" game; existence unconfirmed; late 2000s)]]
+*[[Sonic X-Treme (found build of unreleased Sega Saturn platformer; 1996)]]
+*[[Sonic-16 (lost build of unreleased Sega Genesis/Mega Drive game based on "Sonic the Hedgehog" animated TV series; 1993)]]
+*[[Sonic Boom (non-existent lost episode of animated TV series; 2014)]]
+*[[Sonic Runners (found endless runner mobile game; 2015)]]
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