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Your stream was great, thanks a lot for all the hard work 
I could write so much but i'll try to keep it short;
Day9 got tea served for his voice? Awesome, exactly what i wanted after watching MLG <3
Shit happens, the overlay sucked at that time but in the end it doesn't really matter.
You and TLO work great as a team imo, more of that please. (I`d recommend looking into the possibility of using compressors with your mic pre-amps to get voice levels closer) - day9 should also look into this as he was changing between whispering and screaming quite often 
Casting with MC was the best thing ever, period. You could really hear how he was getting more comfortable with it, getting more and more excited and delivering analsyis on such a high level, predicting stuff minutes before it happened etc. I'll admit to laughing about his broken english a bit (we all like such silly stuff  ) but it quickly turned into me becoming a fan of MC. It takes balls of steel and/or massive love for the game and the community to cast (for the first time), in a foreign language and in front of a live crowd.
It was obvious you didn't really know how to handle this situation (who would've?) but you did great and delivered a huge amount of entertainment
Best of luck to you, keep doing your thing and see you at the next Dreamhack :D
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Sick, good job TB keep it up buddy!
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On June 22 2011 07:07 Broodwurst wrote:You and TLO work great as a team imo, more of that please. (I`d recommend looking into the possibility of using compressors with your mic pre-amps to get voice levels closer) - day9 should also look into this as he was changing between whispering and screaming quite often
Yeah I actually got one of these before I left.
![[image loading]](http://magazine.dv247.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/impact-twin-front-and-rear-1024x636.jpg)
That's got built in compressors. Unfortunately it's Firewire which my laptop doesn't have.
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A really good read. It's always great when the casters/players put a post like this up for us all to read. It's one of the best things about Starcraft and this site in particular. The big names are so approachable and you can always get the opportunity to see it from their perspective. I don't think you can really get that elsewhere. Or it's at least a lot harder to believe because everyone has become so commercialised. It's the only thing i fear tbh for SCII.
I'm really glad you've seen the light considering the haters too. I know it's in your demeanour to debate with them and try and give them your honest opinion but sometimes, it's sad to say but it's just not worth it and you're fighting a lost cause; there's just no reasoning with them.
Hopefully they'll be another event in England again one day that you can cast like the one in Birmingham. I'll have to make sure to get down there wherever it may be and not miss it .
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Who would have guessed pro gamer oGs MC and TB would make the ultimate dream team casting duo? I certainly didn't think of that combo but those casts were fantastic.
Hopefully they'll be another event in England again one day that you can cast like the one in Birmingham.
I also hope for the same but the eSports scene needs a boost in England right now. Apart from the Multiplay LANs it seems pretty low key, or am I wrong? If there is any person who can lead the charge, as shown this weekend, it's TB!
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What a baller. I don't really like his play style, but if there is something I admire, it is that impregnable wall of confidence that means he cannot be shaken in any aspect of life. Again: What. A. Baller.
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Had to make an account to thank you for your stream, and to thank you for getting me in to starcraft, cause I was just a viewer of your WoW stuff and stumbled on your "I suck at StarCraft" video and that ended with me buying the game, never having played a RTS before.
I really like your play by play commentary and duo-ed with a pro like TLO it shines, hope you get a bigger gig at DH winter and I'm looking forward to your regular streams again.
Just got promoted to silver, just have to get to gold to maybe play you one day
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Great job on the tournament TB. I had a great time watching your stream. Im glad you said that noone should pay attention to haters, sometimes it got on my nerves that the chat seemed to be full of trolls but I guess if you have 100.000 people watching (across all streams) there's nothing you can do about that and the sheer positivity and great atmosphere of everyone else completely negates them anyway.
The only thing that I thought could improve the tournament would be if the matches weren't all played at the same time. I really wanted to watch both your stream and Day9's stream but they were usually at the same time, so I had to pick and choose. There was a lot of downtime in between matches so maybe there's something that can be figured out.
I realise this is really hard because the matches could potentially last longer and players would end up having to wait before their next match starts, maybe messing up the entire schedule, but even 15 minutes difference would make it better. Either way that's probably all up to the organisers of dreamhack anyway.
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Thank you TB and the rest for a wonderful first half of the year. I look forward to the days years from now when I can tell my grandchild how I was there during the budding days of E-sports.
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I just finished writing up my own blog of the event and then find this. Awesome recap. I too loved the atmosphere and the manners of everyone there. People just wanted to see awesome games. I don't remember seeing anyone be obnoxious in the whole weekend (outside of locals by the hotel I was in) really.
I met you and 2GD over at the bloodline champions area when you were nearly done casting on Monday and chatted with you both about the travelling woes and stuff in general. It was a pleasure to meet you and to see you casting and to be a tiny brit enclave in the middle of dreamhack if just for 5 minutes ^^
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On June 22 2011 07:07 Broodwurst wrote:You and TLO work great as a team imo, more of that please. (I`d recommend looking into the possibility of using compressors with your mic pre-amps to get voice levels closer) - day9 should also look into this as he was changing between whispering and screaming quite often
I sometimes have the feeling that TLO works perfectly with _any_ co-caster and brings the best out of everyone due to his charisma and humor. He should really think about starting a casting career in the time he is not playing (ofc he shouldn't do too much of it or the break is all for nothing), maybe do a few casts with Khaldor or apply for GSL
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Great writeup. Maybe for the next Dreamhack you should prepare a special Tophat where you cut holes in the sides so it fits with headsets to avoid everyone asking for that? :p
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As a crew working in the DreamArena who did barely see a minute of the stream I'm glad we could scramble up the last seats to you and others who are doing good work for e-sports on all levels.
I also must thank you for casting the crew tournament finals, it was a perfect end to the days of construction and a perfect start of the event for us crew.
Lets hope Dreamhack keeps on improving (I know there were some obvious flaws we/they learned from), e-sports is getting bigger there and I know the people taking care of it all doesn't want anything else than to make it better. Sadly I do not know a way they could get a bigger stage for the finals which bums me out when I see the queue...
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loved your casting man was great to see you were there! always a fan <3
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Hearing you co-cast with MC pretty much made my day. Loved it, though I didn't catch too much of it.
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This was so great to read, and I'm glad to know you had such a good time at Dreamhack! I for one loved getting a chance to meet you there, as well as watch you cast!
I know what you always say about the haters, that they are simply a vocal minority, and that there is a vast, silent majority which approves of your work. Well, as a member of said majority, I for one am definitely going to try to be less silent about it! Keep on being AWESOME!!
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I bet the Swedish water had something to do with you guys being able to magically cast for 30 hours. :D
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Nice casting and loved the MC co-cast. ^_^ Hope he does that more often. He's REALLY insightful, and you were, as someone said earlier, a very good host. I love seeing MC's English improve, like, every tournament. xD
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Just wanted to say that MC casting was one of the most heartwarming things I have ever witnessed. I just cannot express how much I love that guy. To be able to have his "bad boy" attitude and win over fans with his antics, while consistently showing respect for "lesser" players as in that Tarson match, just awesome.
His casting itself was quite good, and he made himself clear on his first statements, seldom needing you to clarify his points. His grasp of English is obviously improving rapidly, but even if he didn't learn another word or phrase he would still be a good co-caster to have, if even for the novelty.
Rapidly MC is becoming my favorite player, even amongst foreigners. His ability to play to the fans, his passion for the foreigner scene, his "HuK" jacket in GSL...
If he was just some random Code-A Korean that had all of these attributes he would be a great guy and have lots of fans, but the fact that he is a two time GSL winner on top of that is simply awesome.
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