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I'm tired of ALL the casters. Am I the only one?

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adeezy
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States1428 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-11-15 05:26:40
November 15 2010 05:23 GMT
#1
Please realize this is a slight rant thread, I still enjoy them for the most part but at the same time I can't help want something new and fresh. So please take my complaints lightly =).

After watching some youtube videos and just in general all the casting. I realized that I am now pretty much tired of all the casters. Here is a list of them and why I felt this way

Artosis and Tasteless- People deemed these two as the ultimate duo (though day9 and djWHEAT is coming up). I enjoyed them for GSL1 and onward. But now they have just gone to extremely repetitive and also very biased, especially Artosis. People were commentating on the GSL Season 2 Final thread enough about Artosis' zerg bias but it just doesn't end there. They are heavily geared towards foreigners especially those among their friends. Whenever TLO or IdrA was playing everything became centered around there play. Another bias fail- Clide. I could go on but in general I think the point was made. I love Tasteless and the jokes but his foresight has just not been so good lately. Things he has been calling have not been going correctly.

HD and Husky- I loved them at first, Defended them later (because TL primarily dislikes these guys, lol). And now I might have to say I joined the latter of the case. I could say the flaws of them but I'd be repeating what TL already says everywhere. My problem with them recently is just that their content is just not worth watching. They were worth watching during HDH but now everything is just taken from MLG and I already watched MLG so it's a waste to watch again. HD is definately more knowledgeable about the game but now has much less subscribers. Husky's enthusiasm and humor is fun to listen to but without the knowledge its kind of useless. He's fun for play by play but why bother watching games that are uninteresting in the first place.

Day9+ (whoever)- Day9 is who I love the most, I am not going to lie. I understand his daily differs vastly from his commentating but I feel like they've meshed too much recently. When I was watching MLG I felt like there was soooo much crossover. As much as I love day9 and the nerdy commentating, sometimes I just want it straight! I cant really say much else but just some mannerisms are getting old to me. I don't really watch his daily anymore to be honest. Him with DJ wheat are probably my favorite combo so far, Honest commentating from wheat and play by play analysis. Not too much joking around and a high level of professionalism not showing bias. If anyone I'm not tired of this combo yet. Just being real. But I feel like I could get there.


Though there is Crota and Psy and others that I watch these were the casters I felt like covering. I just feel like I want something new and more professional and that these casters could attain it easily but at the same time I just want something new like Justin Lee again... Though this goes against a lot of what people go against, which is change. It'd just be nice to know that I'm not alone in my thoughts.

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puppykiller
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
United States3130 Posts
November 15 2010 05:29 GMT
#2
I agree with your critisisms but I'd like to hear an example of what you would consider a more enjoyable/worthwhile casting style.
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DarkPlasmaBall
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States44602 Posts
November 15 2010 05:31 GMT
#3
Maybe you just need to take a break from them.

Why not kick it old school with CholeraSC on YouTube? Watch some of his commentaries of Reach, the Mantoss... those are amazing. Also of Bisu vs. Pokju (the best cheese ever) and the famous Boxer vs. Joyo (never surrender, never give up!) match. He was my favorite SC commentator for the longest time... and then he disappeared
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ThatsNoMoon
Profile Joined March 2010
Mexico344 Posts
November 15 2010 05:32 GMT
#4
Although I think your criticisms are valid I choose to not look at them as something negative.
They are humans and bias and emotion adds to the excitement and personality.

As for HD and Husky I never liked them, didnt like them when they started and dont like them now, the only good thing they ever accomplished was the HDH and that happened in fuckin beta...
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Flaunt
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
New Zealand784 Posts
November 15 2010 05:35 GMT
#5
I'm tired of every new caster having HD in their Youtube username
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shindigs
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
United States4795 Posts
November 15 2010 05:35 GMT
#6
I definitely agree the mainstream casters are outplayed and sold out; I myself only listen to more obscure unknown casters because they're more independent. I use semicolons.
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adeezy
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States1428 Posts
November 15 2010 05:37 GMT
#7
Yeah your HD dislike is no strange comment on the forums. I await HDH2 but I feel it's not coming anymore lol.

Honestly, what would be perfect is tastosis without the Bias (and less of the bad phrases like so handsome). Which is basically Day9 and DjWheat. And maybe a little less nerdy-ness and more Jason Lee like sports commentating? This is just me being very picky. Like I said overall I still enjoy them its just... yeah maybe I do need a break from them but it's not like we are going to see different commentators in the GSL for a while lol.
I asked my friend how the ratio at a party was, he replied. "Let's just say for every guy there was two dudes."
Zapdos_Smithh
Profile Blog Joined October 2008
Canada2620 Posts
November 15 2010 05:37 GMT
#8
On November 15 2010 14:35 shindigs wrote:
I definitely agree the mainstream casters are outplayed and sold out; I myself only listen to more obscure unknown casters because they're more independent. I use semicolons.


Did you learn that at school today? lol
lutarez
Profile Joined November 2010
United States65 Posts
November 15 2010 05:43 GMT
#9
Whatever happened with HDH2? lol... it kinda just died.

I think Artosis does a good job. Like you said, he just need to be more neutral, but slight bias adds color. Tasteless is really overrated as a caster. inb4 "why don't you cast if you think you're better". I'm just saying that he's not as hyped up as he's made to be. Artosis delivers jokes and commentary much more smoothly than tasteless, who stutters and makes fail jokes (the delivery on some of them were so bad, I felt embarrassed).
adeezy
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States1428 Posts
November 15 2010 05:46 GMT
#10
Slight bias adds colors, but overwhelming bias just stands out as Amateur.
I asked my friend how the ratio at a party was, he replied. "Let's just say for every guy there was two dudes."
EchOne
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
United States2906 Posts
November 15 2010 05:53 GMT
#11
If the commentary straight-up diminishes your viewing enjoyment, just listen to something else (Korean commentary, music, talk with your friends, whatever). If you enjoy the commentary but are just constantly annoyed by flaws in it, the most practical solution would be to produce it yourself, since you're technically most able to control your own habits and thus fix the flaws that annoy you specifically.
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moopie
Profile Joined July 2009
12605 Posts
November 15 2010 05:54 GMT
#12
I've actually never enjoyed english commentating (not to imply the people doing it aren't good/etc). I don't know why, but it kind of irritates me. I actually had an issue with it earlier today when I was digging up an old vod (non-nevake, RIP jon747), and couldn't find any without english or chinese commentary.
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rabidch
Profile Joined January 2010
United States20289 Posts
November 15 2010 05:59 GMT
#13
i like day9 when he did his osl casts, tod when he covered some wc3 tournaments
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n.DieJokes
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
United States3443 Posts
November 15 2010 06:17 GMT
#14
On November 15 2010 14:35 shindigs wrote:
I definitely agree the mainstream casters are outplayed and sold out; I myself only listen to more obscure unknown casters because they're more independent. I use semicolons.

This is a great post
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Enervate
Profile Joined August 2010
United States1769 Posts
November 15 2010 06:29 GMT
#15
You're placing too much importance on the roles of casters. The casters should be like background noise while you personally watch and analyze the game. You don't see NFL commentators explaining every single caveat in a team's strategy. You see them give background on the players and then basic analysis of each play. There's no point for a caster to go into an in-depth analysis as the people who actually understand or appreciate it should already be able to see it for themselves, while most will not even understand it. The bias isn't so much bias as it is incorporation of information outside the current game, which is also fine.

Maybe it's just me, but I never really pay attention to casting. It's not like they are saying anything groundbreaking. All I enjoy is to hear the intonation and excitement of the casters. This might be because I watched so much Korean commentating. But in my opinion, the role of the caster is to get you excited, not enlightened.
adeezy
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States1428 Posts
November 15 2010 06:33 GMT
#16
I agree. However the role of caster is heightened in strategy based games. Especially when you can't hear the crowd like you do in sports games. And if you noticed in my criticisms I'm not asking for deeper analysis or anything I'm just interested in having new voices mainly
I asked my friend how the ratio at a party was, he replied. "Let's just say for every guy there was two dudes."
Pyrrhuloxia
Profile Blog Joined May 2008
United States6700 Posts
November 15 2010 07:13 GMT
#17
If you identify with several of the following signs and symptoms, and they just won’t go away, you may be suffering from clinical depression.

* you dislike things you used to enjoy
* you feel hopeless and helpless
* you can’t control your negative thoughts, no matter how much you try
* you are much more irritable and short-tempered than usual
* you have thoughts that Starcraft is not worth watching (Seek help immediately if this is the case)
onewingedmoogle
Profile Joined June 2009
Canada434 Posts
November 15 2010 07:15 GMT
#18
tasteless and artosis are by far the worst commentator's right now, one gets everything he says wrong, and the other simply doesnt pay attention to the game
Xenocide_Knight
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
Korea (South)2625 Posts
November 15 2010 07:18 GMT
#19
umm

the OGN and MBCgame commentators have never gotten old, even after years of listening to them

http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=78594
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phosphorylation
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States2935 Posts
November 15 2010 07:23 GMT
#20
yes, none of them come even close to OGN and MBCgame commentators
role of commentators in RTS spectating is HUGE
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