EPTOn August 23 2011 23:12 Montana[TK] wrote:
I'm happy to see someone else make the point I am about to.
Tasteless is the problem. Every time a Kpop girl appears on screen he makes some dumb joke about how he wants to marry her and even after the joke has died he continues on with "i actually decide who i want to spend the rest of my life with by looking at 3 second clips at the start of starcraft 2 games". This is just one example of many a lame jokes, and while this issue is certainly subjective, I am not the only one to feel that way, yearning for more professionalism in his casting.
He constantly mis-analyzes situations and it's actually amazing how Artosis can time and time again come up with phrases that don't let Tasteless look like the fool he is in that moment.
It's actually come to a point where they almost NEVER disagree with eachother and do their best to find a way to make every one but the most obvious of blunders seem intentional. Now is leaving these mistakes unrectified good or bad? I don't think every single mistake should be corrected, because that'd take up the majority of casting time, but I do wish that in response to Tasteless' "Oh my god, Player X is completely falling apart", Artosis would - in case Tasteless is actually wrong - more often say "Well I think that he's actually ahead at the moment" instead of "Yeah those blue flame hellions certainly killed quite a few units" and then trying to mix in more unrelated correct analyses to elevate the level of the cast.
Tasteless obviously doesn't have his heart in Starcraft 2 like he did in BW. The only analogies we ever hear out of him are in relation to BroodWar. When asked what he does in his spare-time it comes down to playing video games that aren't SC2 and going out partying and then "some voice acting stuff" almost as an afterthought.
When Tasteless says "I'm gonna go home and play with THIS build", do you really believe him? Artosis constantly talks about watching VODs and how he's trying to figure out the current meta-game in Korea. The only thing we really hear from Tasteless in this regard is that he likes to do the Tasteless build on this map. Oh and he likes Cloak Banshee openers in TvT.
I don't want to say Tasteless needs to stop casting, because he's obviously very experienced at what he does but I think that
1) The stupid jokes need to stop
Can you even imagine a professional sports caster from another sport talking about going on a date with Kerrigan?
2) The repeating of Artosis needs to stop
try and listen for that, in every cast there's at least 5 occasions of Tasteless repeating Artosis' exact words with a slightly exaggerated inflection just seconds after
3) He needs to put more work into SC2
the Korean casters are all highly ranked Masters players and put their heart and soul into casting SC2, whereas for Tasteless it seems more like a nice hobby that he does on the side.
I would'nt have such a big problem with his casting if he were actually mature about reacting to criticism. But instead we just hear the sarcastic "All the angry forum nerds are saying "Tasteless has lost his passion" and "You're ruining Esports" hahahahaha".
Also:
Who do Tastosis think they are, cricizing a coach's decision who to send out in GSTL, when they don't even fucking recognize so many Korean players before the producers blend in their name? It's actually kind of sad when I recognize many more players than Tastosis in a single GSTL match, even though I'm a college student, for whom SC2 is just a hobby. And it's not even an issue for them, they say "Well ... we don't actually know all of the korean pros by face".
Well, you should. It's your job.
I'm happy to see someone else make the point I am about to.
Tasteless is the problem. Every time a Kpop girl appears on screen he makes some dumb joke about how he wants to marry her and even after the joke has died he continues on with "i actually decide who i want to spend the rest of my life with by looking at 3 second clips at the start of starcraft 2 games". This is just one example of many a lame jokes, and while this issue is certainly subjective, I am not the only one to feel that way, yearning for more professionalism in his casting.
He constantly mis-analyzes situations and it's actually amazing how Artosis can time and time again come up with phrases that don't let Tasteless look like the fool he is in that moment.
It's actually come to a point where they almost NEVER disagree with eachother and do their best to find a way to make every one but the most obvious of blunders seem intentional. Now is leaving these mistakes unrectified good or bad? I don't think every single mistake should be corrected, because that'd take up the majority of casting time, but I do wish that in response to Tasteless' "Oh my god, Player X is completely falling apart", Artosis would - in case Tasteless is actually wrong - more often say "Well I think that he's actually ahead at the moment" instead of "Yeah those blue flame hellions certainly killed quite a few units" and then trying to mix in more unrelated correct analyses to elevate the level of the cast.
Tasteless obviously doesn't have his heart in Starcraft 2 like he did in BW. The only analogies we ever hear out of him are in relation to BroodWar. When asked what he does in his spare-time it comes down to playing video games that aren't SC2 and going out partying and then "some voice acting stuff" almost as an afterthought.
When Tasteless says "I'm gonna go home and play with THIS build", do you really believe him? Artosis constantly talks about watching VODs and how he's trying to figure out the current meta-game in Korea. The only thing we really hear from Tasteless in this regard is that he likes to do the Tasteless build on this map. Oh and he likes Cloak Banshee openers in TvT.
I don't want to say Tasteless needs to stop casting, because he's obviously very experienced at what he does but I think that
1) The stupid jokes need to stop
Can you even imagine a professional sports caster from another sport talking about going on a date with Kerrigan?
2) The repeating of Artosis needs to stop
try and listen for that, in every cast there's at least 5 occasions of Tasteless repeating Artosis' exact words with a slightly exaggerated inflection just seconds after
3) He needs to put more work into SC2
the Korean casters are all highly ranked Masters players and put their heart and soul into casting SC2, whereas for Tasteless it seems more like a nice hobby that he does on the side.
I would'nt have such a big problem with his casting if he were actually mature about reacting to criticism. But instead we just hear the sarcastic "All the angry forum nerds are saying "Tasteless has lost his passion" and "You're ruining Esports" hahahahaha".
Also:
Who do Tastosis think they are, cricizing a coach's decision who to send out in GSTL, when they don't even fucking recognize so many Korean players before the producers blend in their name? It's actually kind of sad when I recognize many more players than Tastosis in a single GSTL match, even though I'm a college student, for whom SC2 is just a hobby. And it's not even an issue for them, they say "Well ... we don't actually know all of the korean pros by face".
Well, you should. It's your job.
+1 to this. This very accurately describes what I feel about tasteless. The only reason I watch GSL (with a paid ticket) is mainly cos of artosis, wolf is pretty good and khaldor is learning fast. Tasteless just seems like he doesnt wanna be there. He is neither enthusiastic or has game knowledge cos he doesnt stream or ladder at all. This is his JOB btw, his dreamjob (so he says). His jokes are not that great tbh, and I tbh I would rather artosis casted with Wolf. It's time for the tasteless era to end, things change, it's ok. Artosis stays, and tasteless goes on to BW or wahtever he feels passionate for.
But I want better casting.....from YOU tasteless.
Thanks
