EPTim sorry. but it's an english international stream and i can't watch code a anymore.
being a clear speaker should of been the most important thing when gom was looking for casters.
Kellymilkies GSL casting - the first week - Page 4
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MavercK
Australia2181 Posts
im sorry. but it's an english international stream and i can't watch code a anymore. being a clear speaker should of been the most important thing when gom was looking for casters. | ||
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a176
Canada6688 Posts
On March 03 2011 09:07 TheJoyBringer wrote: lolol i don't understand why some people are all up in arms about kellymilkies and her casting it seems to be more of a bandwagon sort of thing more power to her though \o/ people are not "up in arms". those people just do not like her casting for whatever personal reason. are people not allowed to have an opinion? are we not allowed to provide criticism? this is the bigger issue, the fact that these people, including myself, feel like we are labelled as bigots, chauvinists, all-in-all hellspawn, and feel like we just don't have the opportunity to voice our concerns because of posts like yours. the kelly fanclub thread is not for critical comments. that will cause unnecessary flame wars and derails the topic. this blog post is purely opinion based and as such all comments, positive or negative, should be taken to heart. please try to respect other people's opinions. | ||
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APurpleCow
United States1372 Posts
On March 03 2011 02:54 The KY wrote: Relax, I was just kidding. I don't hate Kelly and I think the ferocity that people have attacked her with is both weird and totally uncalled for, but I'm not a Kelly cheerleader. I don't watch so much Code A anyway. I really like her O.o I don't have difficulty understanding what she is saying, she's pretty damn funny, cute as hell, and brings a different kind of person to the cast entirely. I can't really see how people are so insane...but that's an everyday kinda thing for me. This is the problem. Imagine gom hiring a male with Kelly's accent and lack of game knowledge. How many people would be defending him? How many people would say he's qualified to cast the GSL, the most prestigious tournament in the world? | ||
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JustPassingBy
10776 Posts
On March 07 2011 09:00 APurpleCow wrote: This is the problem. Imagine gom hiring a male with Kelly's accent and lack of game knowledge. How many people would be defending him? How many people would say he's qualified to cast the GSL, the most prestigious tournament in the world? Nice one, reminds me of "A Time To Kill". ^^ But on the other hand, there's quite a hype around John, isn't there? | ||
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thesums
Taiwan257 Posts
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QuanticHawk
United States32082 Posts
On March 07 2011 09:00 APurpleCow wrote: This is the problem. Imagine gom hiring a male with Kelly's accent and lack of game knowledge. How many people would be defending him? How many people would say he's qualified to cast the GSL, the most prestigious tournament in the world? Pretty much Maybe I'm missing something, but what exactly has she improved upon?? She still sounds exactly the same as she did in any other casts you can find online | ||
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KawaiiRice
United States2914 Posts
The other caster, though, is quite enjoyable in comparison.  | ||
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Lexpar
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I think her accent is cute. Then again I'm not a scumbag racist like you guys... Just kidding. I get it if you find her a little hard to understand as a purely practical matter. Again though, I think she sounds nice/cute. I like the new guy. I can't remember his name, but he did a great job in this morning's code A games. I only watched HUK though. | ||
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Brandus
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kazansky
Germany931 Posts
I hope this its just a few bad days for her and not that she is getting lazy just after a few weeks  | ||
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WorldTraveleR
16 Posts
I had read a post about how she has claimed gg before the game was over and I was in agreement with this. But it's also that she states very obvious things all of the time. For instance, Alicia's army was in Supernova's base and she says "Supernova is going to have to attack with his units to his base" I mean, what else is Supernova going to do, but bring his units to his base? Arg | ||
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mapthesoul
Trinidad/Tobago429 Posts
Unfortunately Kelly seems unable to make small talk. : ( | ||
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LDdota
United States1465 Posts
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grats
United States184 Posts
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WorldTraveleR
16 Posts
But I have trouble understanding Kelly and even upon understanding her, I often disagree with what she says. She's preemptively called the game for a player or particular battles before they were over, and was wrong in her prediction. This really takes away from the experience, as I can tell beforehand that it is a close battle and it is not obviously one way or another. She also preemptively calls out courses of action. If she sees 3 gateways, she will claim that it is going to be a 3 gateway expand. I'm all for casters predicting events, but I don't feel that she has the game knowledge or game experience of Artosis or Tasteless to make these predictions. I guess the problem might not be that she is making these predictions, but the certainty she has with her predictions in unclear situations. Perhaps it would be to speculate instead of saying "He is going for a timing attack", and then not seeing that happen | ||
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WorldTraveleR
16 Posts
This confirms to me that GOM likely picked a female caster for the"lonely nerds" who watch the GSL. If this is the case, than any attractive female caster would have prompted the same response throughout the Starcraft II community. People would have liked the caster because she was a female gamer and would have posted some of the same comments. However, there are many other female casters out there who are not only attractive (which shouldn't be the main reason to hire someone), but also very knowledgeable. In this case, we would get the best of both worlds. More diversity in the game and great commentary to boot. Right now, I'm surprised how willing people are to accept Kelly based on her looks alone, and are not more critical of her casting ability. Someone made the point that anyone would "look good" next to Tasteless and Artosis, and I feel that this is true. They would make you look good, because they're just so experienced and great at what they do. I bought a Season pass so that I could hear intelligent game commentary, infused with that some great Starcraft humor. I have to say that I look forward to Code S, but am more apprehensive about Code A. I think Erik is doing a fantastic job and I'm all for his casting. I'm just not sure he can compensate for what I believe is a lack of casting ability from Kelly. | ||
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Blueblister
Sweden321 Posts
For me, most of the mispronunciations were nothing more than cute characteristics. What I like most about her casting is that when she's analyzing she will explain her train of thought. "I think x are good in situation y because of factors z1 and z2." Tartosis can sometimes be belittling and just state x-y which doesn't help as much from a learning perspective. Most of her flaws is stuff she'll learn with more experience in front of the camera. These includes nervousness, casual talk, and high-pitched voice in tense situations. These are also fields where Tartosi's sageness really shines through. | ||
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