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Why are FPS Commentaries boring? :(

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DocNemesis
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
Philippines446 Posts
May 14 2011 09:29 GMT
#1
This may not be so relevant, but I thought I should write it anyway just to get it off my chest:

I have been watching my share of Black Ops commentaries after like 6 months of unsubscribing to Machinima Respawn after they spam my subscription section with the same game commentaries over and over again. And I find none of them informative nor entertaining in the least. Playing the said shooter might be entertaining, but I hardly feel the same thing watching other people do it unless it was in some form of live stream or something.

I mean, it's the same thing with most commentators, they say what map they are playing, what perks they use, and made a random VLOG about things that are just plain irrelevant. I could be wrong on that though as they might be actual commentaries out there that I actually like. But still, it's hard to find with all the constant commentaries I see.





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Kiante
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
Australia7069 Posts
May 14 2011 09:33 GMT
#2
There is nothing to talk about in black ops pub stomps. Theres no strategy or anything, basically you hang around an area of the map and shoot fast. Thats why theres the 10 seconds at the start where they say the map and perks, and vlog. if they actually casted objective based arranged team vs arranged team games, there would be more to talk about.
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corumjhaelen
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
France6884 Posts
May 14 2011 09:42 GMT
#3
There ar pretty good fps commentaries. Watch some quake.
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gaiia
Profile Joined December 2008
Finland21 Posts
May 14 2011 09:49 GMT
#4
I was just about to tell you to watch Quake commentaries, but corumjhaelen beat me to it. >.<
Sgany
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
United Kingdom790 Posts
May 14 2011 09:52 GMT
#5
I love the FPS commentating at ESL events, Joe Miller would be my favorite non-starcraft commentator.
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Cirrus
Profile Blog Joined December 2006
United Kingdom134 Posts
May 14 2011 09:56 GMT
#6
Yeah, Quake commentaries are awesome, they made me understand and appreciate how the game actually worked at a competitive level.
:)
Alexl
Profile Joined January 2011
288 Posts
May 14 2011 10:06 GMT
#7
how can you talk about FPS esports and black ops -_-
1.6 and quake are the only fps games worth mentioning
emythrel
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United Kingdom2599 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-05-14 10:18:11
May 14 2011 10:17 GMT
#8
On May 14 2011 19:06 Alexl wrote:
how can you talk about FPS esports and black ops -_-
1.6 and quake are the only fps games worth mentioning


MLG thinks differently...... they have neither. Instead have CoD and Halo
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Disregard
Profile Blog Joined March 2007
China10252 Posts
May 14 2011 10:50 GMT
#9
Sudden Attack YEAAA!!1
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ridonkulous
Profile Joined May 2011
159 Posts
May 14 2011 10:56 GMT
#10
On May 14 2011 19:06 Alexl wrote:
how can you talk about FPS esports and black ops -_-
1.6 and quake are the only fps games worth mentioning

this

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AwfulPlayer
Profile Joined August 2010
249 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-05-14 11:55:21
May 14 2011 11:53 GMT
#11
guess you were not around at that time when redeye was doing the clanbase euro/opencups for ut2k3/2k4 ictf try a search for the legendary inmind vs genesis of a new alliance final match. something i had the chance to withness live.
tyr
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
France1686 Posts
May 14 2011 11:56 GMT
#12
On May 14 2011 19:17 emythrel wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 14 2011 19:06 Alexl wrote:
how can you talk about FPS esports and black ops -_-
1.6 and quake are the only fps games worth mentioning


MLG thinks differently...... they have neither. Instead have CoD and Halo


Which is why I don't take MLG seriously. CoD over quake ? Come on ..
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Stratoss
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Czech Republic129 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-05-14 12:04:40
May 14 2011 12:01 GMT
#13
On May 14 2011 19:17 emythrel wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 14 2011 19:06 Alexl wrote:
how can you talk about FPS esports and black ops -_-
1.6 and quake are the only fps games worth mentioning


MLG thinks differently...... they have neither. Instead have CoD and Halo

What's MLG got to do with esports?

Either way. FPS commentary can be enjoyable, but it's somewhat harder to find a good commentator than in strategy games. Try searching for 2GD commentating on Quake or CS. He's a lot better on Quake though. Thorin does a fair job on CS. But it's always best to have an actual progamer there, since otherwise there's a high chance of listening to someone that doesn't know anything about the game at all and while he does a good job of describing of what's happening, that's not what you want to hear.
bITt.mAN
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
Switzerland3701 Posts
May 14 2011 12:06 GMT
#14
I've always had respect for Quake players, so fast so crazy.
But I was never in that scene, why is it Quake > UT ?

And that commentary vid just utterly outclassed any compettitive FPS commentary I've ever seen. Lol Halo and Balck Ops .... just no
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Sm3agol
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United States2055 Posts
May 14 2011 13:49 GMT
#15
On May 14 2011 21:06 bITt.mAN wrote:
I've always had respect for Quake players, so fast so crazy.
But I was never in that scene, why is it Quake > UT ?

And that commentary vid just utterly outclassed any compettitive FPS commentary I've ever seen. Lol Halo and Balck Ops .... just no

Imo, Quake > UT is mainly because the Quake movement system is so much better. Plus UT has some really gay weapons.
Jumbled
Profile Joined September 2010
1543 Posts
May 14 2011 14:23 GMT
#16
Some FPS commentaries bore me, but I quite enjoy well-edited and commentated competitive TF2 play.
DorF
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
Sweden961 Posts
May 14 2011 14:30 GMT
#17
I have to agree with most people here, when I saw the title I was just, "Quake commentaries are pretty good" but I see alot of people have already said the same thing
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DocNemesis
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
Philippines446 Posts
May 14 2011 15:07 GMT
#18
On May 14 2011 22:49 Sm3agol wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 14 2011 21:06 bITt.mAN wrote:
I've always had respect for Quake players, so fast so crazy.
But I was never in that scene, why is it Quake > UT ?

And that commentary vid just utterly outclassed any compettitive FPS commentary I've ever seen. Lol Halo and Balck Ops .... just no

Imo, Quake > UT is mainly because the Quake movement system is so much better. Plus UT has some really gay weapons.



I dunno. What I like about UT was that it had more variety. Quake as I recall just had Deathmatch under it's belt
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emythrel
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United Kingdom2599 Posts
May 14 2011 15:27 GMT
#19
On May 14 2011 20:56 tyr wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 14 2011 19:17 emythrel wrote:
On May 14 2011 19:06 Alexl wrote:
how can you talk about FPS esports and black ops -_-
1.6 and quake are the only fps games worth mentioning


MLG thinks differently...... they have neither. Instead have CoD and Halo


Which is why I don't take MLG seriously. CoD over quake ? Come on ..


I'm with you, just pointing out that in NA for some reason people go ape for what in EU are considered "Casual" games. Quake is the only FPS i still play. I gave up on CS because i sucked and couldn't find a good team of friends to actually get good with lol.

When there is nothing left to lose but your dignity, it is already gone.
Joementum
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
787 Posts
May 14 2011 15:45 GMT
#20
On May 15 2011 00:27 emythrel wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 14 2011 20:56 tyr wrote:
On May 14 2011 19:17 emythrel wrote:
On May 14 2011 19:06 Alexl wrote:
how can you talk about FPS esports and black ops -_-
1.6 and quake are the only fps games worth mentioning


MLG thinks differently...... they have neither. Instead have CoD and Halo


Which is why I don't take MLG seriously. CoD over quake ? Come on ..


I'm with you, just pointing out that in NA for some reason people go ape for what in EU are considered "Casual" games. Quake is the only FPS i still play. I gave up on CS because i sucked and couldn't find a good team of friends to actually get good with lol.



You have to think of it in a business perspective. How many people are going to tune in to watch Black Ops? How many people are going to tune in to watch Quake? The number for Black Ops is most certainly higher than Quake.
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