EPTDreamhack Winter Post-mortem - Page 9
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Sphen5117
United States413 Posts
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Deadeight
United Kingdom1629 Posts
I have to say I completely agree with you on almost every point, especially about the casting couch. A few too many people on it I guess, and every time it cut to the couch I was just wanting to hear what Artosis had to say, and I agree you'd make a better fit in a presenter role than on the couch. Three would be about right I think, you're right on that point. Only thing I wasn't entirely sure about was what you're saying about koreans (skill) vs story & drama: Undoubtedly the skill on display was phenomenal but tell me, was that final good because the players were Korean or because of the story of those players? A story helps, for reasons you've described. It being high level play helps more than I feel you give credit though, as our expectations have raised; go back and watch some games from GSL in 2010 and they just feel....bad. But they were great at the time. Though the main thing which made the finals that good was that they were close, high-tension, action packed games (not a gsl 4-0 finals). The games were just entertaining. Lastly, I think you worked really well with dApollo. I saw you cast that first i-series lan tournament with him aaaaages ago and I wasn't impressed I'll be honest, but the two of you have made incredible progress since then. You fill your roles really well, it's really natural now. | ||
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Logan_ps
United Kingdom118 Posts
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Logros
Netherlands9913 Posts
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fenixauriga
Sweden205 Posts
PS: Thanks for having your picture taken with me man  | ||
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Floflo76
France1 Post
I went to the DreamHack this last weekend and it was my first real encounter with professional e-sport. I have to say that I was really impressed by the venue and the quality of the tournaments. The SC2 was well represented with this fine team of 6 casters which all have their qualities and flaws. As your casting duo with dApollo is concerned, I must say that you're completing each other. You're the showman and Apollo is the technical adviser. In France, we have a casting duo which are functioning the same way, Pomf & Thud to name them, and even if theirs VOD are much less technical than any other casts, it's a working duo. They're even bringing more and more people to the esport. But back to your duo, I must say I was really impressed by your tenacity in your spot on the venue. It was really noisy and difficult to sit, but you still gave so much energy on the 3-day run that we should be asking ourselves, how they did it ? I've one question about your co-caster Apollo. I saw him making a lots of notes during the games in his notepad. What is he writing precisely ? The good and bad decision of players, the BOs, or other things ? As I'm not a native English-speaker, I didn't perceived negatively any of your cast before I saw this post. And I still don't. I think you've all the qualities required to be one of the best caster and that you should continue in this way. The DH had showed me what is a real esport event and I definitively hope to be there on the DHS12 to see more of this epic stuff ! | ||
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Rk0
Netherlands224 Posts
You did an awesome job there and you're an awesome combination with Apollo. Even though you think you're not much of a value on the couch I do think you should be there, maybe not to analyze all the builds but you do understand a lot of the mechanics and it should give you even more experience to grow more into something that you like  I did agree that you and mr bitter both were put into a little awkward conversation with people really going deep trying to analyze the game but I think you guys should've not spend that much trying to analyze but more look at the surrounding factors of the game. Sure analyzing is something important but in my point of view it was a little bit too much.And like the person also said above and I must agree with that: You're a really good entertainer which is important as well! | ||
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CeriseCherries
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Grend
1600 Posts
On November 29 2011 02:07 SolidMustard wrote: So you think you're not legit as a caster ? tbh I think it's true but it's weird to me that you're pointing that out yourself. Great write-up anyway, 5/5 Made me respect him alt more. Knowing your own limitations is quite rare. Good play by play and smooth camera movement plus wit. | ||
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kldfg
Germany59 Posts
I've never believed that Koreans are required for a good tournament and with European players beating Koreans on a regular basis as well as exhibiting a wide variety of interesting playstyles, I believe an exciting and dynamic tournament is driven primarily by European involvement. Absolutely! Thanks for putting this into such clear words. Besides, excellent blog, and you do a great job of casting. No 'but's. | ||
salle
Sweden5554 Posts
You guys should seriously start to think about forming a caster's "union", to make sure you can get contracts written with proper break times at enough intervals so you're not dying on stream, getting a lawyer or solicitor or whatever to go over contracts etc. 'cause esports is srs bznz. So there we go, firstly sorry for the silly tropes/memes I did, and secondly I hope you enjoy "my" beautiful city even if it's almost the darkest time of year. | ||
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Mpq
Sweden18 Posts
And as far as i am concerned you dont need to improve your analytical side. Work with what you got, and what you got is a unique niché (compared to the other 5 who was there) Afterall, crowd enjoyment is based on the caster-duo's performance. Apollo's strenghts + yours makes for top notch quality. The biggest improvement you guys can do is to become a true casting archon, perfectly synced and working on eachothers strenghts. Which only time and practice will do for you. And for bringing more people into watching starcraft 2, no one would do a better job. | ||
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timmc
Australia16 Posts
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WArped
United Kingdom4845 Posts
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MetalLobster
Canada532 Posts
In your shoes, I would have really push the issues of getting breaks because as you said, casting can make good games bad and bad games good. It is also your responsibly to get the names of the sponsors out to the thousands watching so in a way, the casters are just as important as the players. | ||
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CursedRich
United Kingdom737 Posts
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Snyper945
United States13 Posts
<3 Your fan, Jesse | ||
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PH
United States6173 Posts
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trancey
United States430 Posts
Being one of the WoW followers that transferred to SC2 when it was in Beta, I feel like you bring a fresh and more comedic casting tone to casual / newer players than catering to the experienced SC2-goer. I would like to keep hearing you cast major events in the same fashion you did here, on a smaller stage on stream, but Emcee the finals with Day9 while he leads a coach discussion with two other analysts. When it comes to charisma, eloquence, and out-right entertainment through expression of excitement... Only you and Day9 have the ability to enthrall fans from the majority skill-level (being Platinum and under) that can't be matched by any caster in the SC2. You were great for the parts I tuned into, the first thing I did when I noticed the three Dreamhack streams was search for you r stream with Apollo. Something about British commentary has always fascinated Americans. | ||
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TheDougler
Canada8309 Posts
Sure, you don't bring the same the same thing to the table that Day[9] or Apollo do. But why should you? If you were just another guy who tried (fruitlessly) to be like Day[9] or Tastosis, nobody would respect you. But you do add SOOO much to it. Like the casting couch, "are you reaaady for the finaaaaaalllls?", that's fucking AWESOME and it is ENHANCED because of your presence on the couch. In plenty of other coach's corner situations there is the guy that is mostly there to add some extra flavor to it, which you do extremely well, and though you might not add "much" to the analysis, it's still something. I dunno, I just think saying "I should not have been there" is silly. I read past that to the hosting part and I agree that you'd make a great host too, but I wouldn't give up on the casting idea is all. | ||
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