New Caster

On September 14 2011 08:18 MechKing wrote:
you're terrible

On September 14 2011 08:19 Torte de Lini wrote:
A bit rude no .___.?

There isn't much room to discuss on this subject.

On September 14 2011 08:31 BionicSC wrote:
You need lots of work on your game knowledge, your voice is fine. But you don't have much to talk about because your lack of knowledge. I suggest watching pro casters and how they do it, or just becoming a better player by playing more games.

On September 14 2011 08:34 Ghostdav wrote:


That makes sense. Thanks. I completely agree. I think (I could be totally wrong) that if I continue to watch and cast games with better players my knowledge will expand . The games I have casted so far are lower tier players, and maybe if I cast MLG or whatever it would be better? Thanks again for the "constructive" criticism. Not just the criticism :p

On September 14 2011 08:38 BionicSC wrote:


Well, before going into casting more games, I would just sit down for 3-4 hours and watch some MLG/GSL games. Or maybe just some Artosis casts from his channel.

On September 14 2011 08:40 RyanRushia wrote:
honestly, if you want to be a successful caster you need ot know how to play the game. i'd recommend at least getting somewhat competent at the game if you want to be noticed as a caster

On September 14 2011 08:45 Whitewing wrote:


Tell that to Husky. He's arguably the most successful caster there is if you go by the size of your viewer base.

On September 14 2011 08:48 Skamtet wrote:
I think that the majority of Husky's subscribers are from beta, from when there was a huge lack of beta commentaries.

What's with the fucked up colors? o.o

On September 14 2011 08:18 MechKing wrote:
you're terrible

On September 14 2011 09:08 Wawarox wrote:
do the settings before the matches,
don't fall asleep during matches,
learn other races,
don't try to imagine builds when there are only 9 probes out
pick pro players replays

AND more important, don't play on mac cm'on...

On September 14 2011 09:10 AirbladeOrange wrote:
I think if you didn't yawn so much and had more things to talk about it could be better. Talk about the risks/rewards and repercussions of each build. Talk about each player's strategy and possible gameplan. If you just give a play by play and throw in an assumption once in a while people will be left wanting to know more about the game if they are inexperienced players.

Good luck in your casting future.

On September 14 2011 10:07 IsraeL wrote:
You don't seem very interested and YOU SHOW NO CONVICTION! Stop with the weird croaky voice - just talk like a normal human being. Yawning and sighing like you don't really care is really really annoying. You need wayyyyy more understanding of the game for me to ever listen to you again. I'm observing because I want to enjoy the complexities of whats going on and perhaps learn something. If you don't even understand the units or whats going on then you are wasting my time by making a potentially exciting game a competely boring cast. My advice is go back to playing the game, start to enjoy and understand it, don't cast for the sake of casting do it because you love starcraft!!! Listen to Day9 or Tasteless or Artosis they are the people you should aspire to cast like if you want to be the very best. Get some passion, get some balls and if you don't love starcraft then don't try and cast it.

On September 14 2011 09:54 jimmy8609585 wrote:
game knowledge.....and i dont really find anything excited in your voice either....
might be just me ; )

On September 14 2011 11:10 PlaGuE_R wrote:
too late for me to watch honestly, so I'll give you advice that i know is good and not comment on the games.

1) you don't have to be good at the game to understand the game, it helps, but its not necessary

2)if you don't know something or your game knowledge fails you, do NOT say something that might be outright wrong, if you make a prediction and it turns out to be wrong thats one thing, saying one thing like 'oh the terran is going gas first, thats terrible he cant do anything with that' would be way bad (im tired and its a bad analogy, but im sure you get the gist, you seem smart enough)

3) careful with your voice, Sean(day) drinks lots of tea and water, make sure to preserve your voice if you want to be good

4) be funny, dont try to force the funny, just imagine you're joking with a friend, your viewers can be like your joking buddy

5) regarding the above, duo casts are always more enjoyable then solo casts, if you can find a caster to cast with you, you'll have more fun and be funnier and more natural.

All of these points are pretty much taken from State of the Game when they discussed casters. and they all agreed the big NO is to be flat out wrong on something, as opposed to making a prediction thats not correct. but do not try to predict stuff early, keep to the present as much as possible and its ok to rant and be funny during macro time or early game if nothing is happening.

also, try to see everything thats happening, so make the minimap your friend.

and one last thing since i seem to keep thinking up shit to say, one thing i found i personally enjoyed is when a caster is casting a game they've never seen. Nothing is worse then fake excitement, not knowing the winner/build makes you feel that excitement and transmit it to the viewers.

thats all i can think about, i hope I helped you, and best of luck and i hope you have fun casting.

one last piece of advice from the SotG guys is that you'll have haters even if you're not very successful (see response numbe 1 -.-) dont let it get to you and generally just ignore them is a good way to go.

On September 14 2011 11:16 Ghostdav wrote:


Wow. I really appreciate this. Hopefully you can watch my videos and tell me what you think.

On September 14 2011 11:38 RacerX wrote:
Take the time to learn the game, I mean actually figure out why things work why a build is strong etc. just always keep on learning while you cast and dont just do it by casting. You need to play the game and become somewhat competent (your game knowledge is pretty lacking), there are a million play by play casters learn analysis (watching your own replays works what you could've done better etc. but again figuring out why things work). As for what else you can improve, I understand that you were tired but do not constantly yawn in your casting it gets annoying. You talk about how day9 says the game relies highly on macro, but you cannot skip micro or unit composition passed the platinum league if you want to keep improving. Although I do agree the first thing you should really learn is how to macro then move from there