(10-17-2011, 08:40 AM)SuperMarioMaster Wrote: If you can't record... don't?
It's not sure a huge deal, I'm sure plenty of people will see your game with needing to watch the live stream.

As for my personal opinion on the matter, I'm against watermarking, but hey people will see the booth without a trailer, no big deal

The main advantage of a trailer is that, ideally, a well-done one will be able to summarize all the selling points of a fangame in a way that is much more appealing than simple text and screenshots can.
One other thing to note is that the most popular games during SAGExpo (Sonic: Before the Sequel, Sonic Fusion, and Sonic Axiom) had -heavy- representation on the SAGExpo Livestream.
That being said, what you said is correct - a trailer isn't necessary.

Also, since I think someone asked - don't worry about any due date, as long as the trailer is available before NCFC is over. We've had a few SAGE games that didn't have trailers until a bit in.