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After much deliberation, I've decided that once the SC2 wave comes, I'm going to give a shot at comemntating some games. I'll most likely do team games mostly, seeings I'm terrible at 1v1's. Although that said, I'm not going to just do "my own games" - I'd love to see other peoples games if they contain anything exciting, and I'd be happy to commentate. I'll also do some very low level analysis if possible.
I love 4v4's and 3v3's so that will probably be the majority of the content I put up on my channel. Speaking of which - I've been playing around with the background images and whatnot on my channel, take a peek if you have a spare moment, let me know if you like the way it's set-out currently.
Cheers
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Best of luck to you
Do you have any samples? On your channel perhaps since youve been messing about on there?
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Thanks mate,
Nothing just yet, I was hoping that the recent "July 1 Beta is back!" rumours were true, I was going to jump on, play some 4's and then get them uploaded - but alas no ![](/mirror/smilies/frown.gif)
So if the beta comes back up during this week... I'll try, but I've got a busy week with work. We'll see how we go. If anyone has any advice please feel free ![](/mirror/smilies/smile.gif)
I'll also note I'm not looking to be doing "HIGH LEVEL HARDCORE BROS MATHS ANALYSIS" kind of commentating - just some fun laid-back watching of some mid-level dudes in team games.
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Best of luck mate. Potential Advice:
Practice to yourself just while watching replays - ie. be talking to yourself when watching games. Get in the habit of being able to just talk continuously as casters do. Practice Practice.
The thing to watch out for is re-using the same phrase for a certain situation/concept; it may be hard to keep thinking of new ways to put things when you are constantly talking, but its just something to watch out for.
Also, be hyper enthusiastic!
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Im planning on trying my hand at some 2v2 commentating during/after phase 2 see how it pan out. It seem like every second nerd in the world wants to commentate SC2 ATM. So it will be interesting to see who survives/thrives in the coming months.
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Thanks Bostic,
Yeah that's a very good point, I'm going to watch a bunch of replays and give it a bit of practice - although that said I often watch replays/other folks vod's with a couple of friends in my vent server, and we talk a LOT about the game being played, so hopefully it will be a simple extension from that.
I've played around with the background image while bored... check out the new version, I think it looks pretty sweet; http://www.youtube.com/user/DUCKVILLELOL
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here's what i've learned, even though it's not always true:
if you're terrible at 1v1s, you're terrible at 2v2, etc. as well, it's just harder to recognize because getting into diamond is as simple as choosing a character name.
practice your 1v1 if you want to commentate. but that's just my opinion. you could certainly be a good commentator w/o being good at 1v1. it's just not likely.
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I agree more to your second comment - it is certainly possible to be a great tactician, but mechanically a failure. I think that's where I fall currently, as I've only been properly playing sc for about 2 years now on and off.
Not to mention - like I said I'm not an in-depth analyst like Day9 or something - from a real simple point of view commentary is just saying what's going on in a game/sport so that the 'viewer' or 'listener' spends less time thinking about what is going on, and just enjoys watching.
But I certainly do understand what you're saying - but hopefully my gold-level skill in game won't effect my commentary of a game. I may not be able to provide the "in depth look at a build order, and the effects of using an imaginary player" or be able to "analyse what building triggers" a player in a replay is using - but I believe I'll certainly be able to give a fun and interesting commentary of a game or two.
I think I'm going to leave the background and settings on the channel as it is - we'll see how we go later. Hopefully I'll have something up by the end of the week
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