Can I watch a DotA 2 replay "as a broadcaster"?

I'd like to be able to watch a replay as a broadcaster, allowing me draw on the screen (not just the minimap) as casters do. Is there a way to do this, or can you only do this in a live game where you're sitting in a "broadcaster" slot?

Solution 1:

Given this recent suggestion to the Dota 2 dev forums and an older post, I do not think that drawing on the terrain while spectating or watching a replay is possible at all in the current build of Dota 2.

You could probably pick up some support if you were to post this on a site with a larger Dota 2 following, like Reddit's /r/dota2, and possibly get Valve to notice. Response times on dev.dota2 about small issues like this are famously slow.

Aside from that, not having this feature while trying to become an amateur caster should not be a big deal. If you cannot cast without it, your casting abilities lack more than you may think. Always try to work on saying relevant information to the game, but not having dead air; try not to be like Ayesee back when he was new to Dota, "turning a bagel into a breadstick" comes to mind, just don't do it.

Since you mentioned that you are working with a friend, try to figure out each of your strengths. If you have paid some attention to casters like Tobi, they typically pair up with a color commentator who can offer more indepth knowledge about the game, like Synderen for example. If you think you know more about the game than your friend, try to let them handle generating excitement and you explain the pro's actions.