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EngrishTeacher
Profile Blog Joined March 2012
Canada1109 Posts
March 25 2012 04:15 GMT
#21
Sauce on him being masters.

I heard/I believe just aren't good enough.

I ask because the way he casts makes my fingers turn off streams. I would have guessed he was diamond, max.
Skwid1g
Profile Joined April 2011
United States953 Posts
March 25 2012 04:27 GMT
#22
No you wouldn't. Everyone that says "I would kill for that position!" is an idiot. If you don't work towards getting that position you don't want it badly enough. JP has consistently worked on his casting and is doing a good job. He didn't get handed casting gigs, he worked for them. Casting for 12 hours straight is ridiculously straining on your voice, not to mention how talking for 12 hours can often lead to rambling and incoherent thoughts.

Tastosis, Day9, etc. have all complained about it in the past. JP is no different.
NaDa/Fantasy/Zero/Soulkey pls
Balgrog
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States1221 Posts
March 25 2012 04:31 GMT
#23
I hate JP as a caster, love him on SOTG and I'm sure he works hard, but seriously his casting is not that good, and fuck him for bitching about being able to cast top players all day at one of the worlds most prestigious LANs.
The only way to attack structure is with chaos.
iSometric
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
2221 Posts
March 25 2012 04:33 GMT
#24
He is a bad caster, has really no fun personality, and has not a lot of game knowledge...
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Linwelin
Profile Joined March 2011
Ireland7554 Posts
March 25 2012 04:37 GMT
#25
He probably lost his passion
Fuck Razor and Death Prophet
Stashrun
Profile Joined June 2011
United States5 Posts
March 25 2012 04:56 GMT
#26
So I went and found the VOD of this. The OP is way overstating... there was no 'rant' at all.
Chocolate
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States2350 Posts
March 25 2012 05:10 GMT
#27
On March 25 2012 13:15 EngrishTeacher wrote:
Sauce on him being masters.

I heard/I believe just aren't good enough.

I ask because the way he casts makes my fingers turn off streams. I would have guessed he was diamond, max.

I know he's in masters, I've seen him as a masters random on his (personal) stream, and he played like one.
Forikorder
Profile Joined August 2011
Canada8840 Posts
March 25 2012 05:14 GMT
#28
On March 25 2012 12:10 South wrote:
I respect JP for the effort he puts in, but man he gets on my last nerve. I just can't stomach him at all and I realize I'm probably alone in that. His faux laugh and flat personality just kill me. I really wish he would just stick to behind the scenes stuff. Even on SotG (his own show lol), he's the person I like least. He just has the personality of an oven mitt. I do sincerely respect all he does for "eSports" but I'd much prefer if he were just a tournament organizer or something.

Not that my opinion matters on the subject! But it is a blog post, after all.

even more then Nony?

the guy saids like 10 lines a night including intro and shoutouts
ClysmiC
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United States2192 Posts
March 25 2012 05:22 GMT
#29
Tournaments seriously need to start rotating casters more. MLG usually does a good job at that though, but it's getting harder for them as they add more and more streams and content to be casted.
Arisen
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
United States2382 Posts
March 25 2012 05:25 GMT
#30
Jesus, people will bitch about anything. If you got blowjobs for a living, after a long day full of getting blowjobs, dollars to dimes you'd be wanting to go home by about 3/4 of the day. He's a person, man. People get tired. Deal with it.
"If you're not angry, you're not paying attention"
n.DieJokes
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
United States3443 Posts
March 25 2012 05:37 GMT
#31
On March 25 2012 14:14 Forikorder wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 25 2012 12:10 South wrote:
I respect JP for the effort he puts in, but man he gets on my last nerve. I just can't stomach him at all and I realize I'm probably alone in that. His faux laugh and flat personality just kill me. I really wish he would just stick to behind the scenes stuff. Even on SotG (his own show lol), he's the person I like least. He just has the personality of an oven mitt. I do sincerely respect all he does for "eSports" but I'd much prefer if he were just a tournament organizer or something.

Not that my opinion matters on the subject! But it is a blog post, after all.

even more then Nony?

the guy saids like 10 lines a night including intro and shoutouts

Nony is irrefutably awesome
MyLove + Your Love= Supa Love
Djzapz
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Canada10681 Posts
March 25 2012 05:43 GMT
#32
Yeah I can confirm that JP is master level.

I agree that today wasn't JP's best day, but hell I've seen Day9 being much "worse" in the way of whining about being tired of commentating.

Also I don't know how you guys can be so harsh on JP and be fine with Djwheat. Wheat has this excited/exciting tone and a good talking/commentating voice, but the things he says, for the love of fuck, it's this consistent unidimensional flow of irrelevant or obvious stuff, or a rehash of what the other caster said. I find myself nearly freaking out at the amount of facepalm-worthy comments he throws around and I just want him to hear me think "YOU DON'T SAY?!". Sometimes I just wish Day9 would pause the game in the middle of MLG and tell him "No, you are wrong, and let me tell you why." I hope some of this happens between the games at least.

Pure analysis is boring, so there's always some place for the good old shoutcasting, but come on. Wheat tells me what's on screen and spices it up with shallow first-degree analysis that makes very little sense most of the time. JP, who's average but tolerable to me, at least has something to add to the game.
"My incompetence with power tools had been increasing exponentially over the course of 20 years spent inhaling experimental oven cleaners"
Sadistx
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
Zimbabwe5568 Posts
March 25 2012 05:50 GMT
#33
I don't usually hop onto hate bandwagons, but JP and Rob simpson are probably the worst casting pair at this MLG, period.

Between JP's lack of enthusiasm and Rob's complete lack of game knowledge, I can hardly find redeeming qualities there.

I mean, they would be decent for some mid-level tournies like playhem or whatnot, but if MLG wants to develop SC2 into a billion-dollar industry, I'm sure they can do some better talent finding than those. I'm sure they are great at other things, but casting...meh.
TheToast
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States4808 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-03-25 06:19:09
March 25 2012 06:16 GMT
#34
If I had to spend a whole day with Rob Simpson, I'd be really bitchy too.

I don't mind JP, granted he is not the most enthusiastic caster in the world, but he knows a ton about the scene and the players. I also do like that he usually keeps a very professional demeanor. Why Rob is casting is completely beyond me. He knows nothing about the scene or the players and clearly has little to no knowledge of the game. But honestly what gets me the most is that he clearly thinks he's hilarious--that's the one thing I really really can't stand about him.

For goodness sake, bring in someone like Husky or Cat's pajamas; people who've actually contributed to the community and have a solid knowledge of it and the game.
I like the way the walls go out. Gives you an open feeling. Firefly's a good design. People don't appreciate the substance of things. Objects in space. People miss out on what's solid.
Jinsho
Profile Joined March 2011
United Kingdom3101 Posts
March 25 2012 06:21 GMT
#35
Oh no a caster I am envious of did a thing. Better post a blog and let everyone else but him know how angry I am.
TheToast
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States4808 Posts
March 25 2012 06:29 GMT
#36
On March 25 2012 15:21 Jinsho wrote:
Oh no a caster I am envious of did a thing. Better post a blog and let everyone else but him know how angry I am.


JP smurf account?

I want to put a little perspective here, this is something I'm seriously interested in knowing:

Poll: Which caster would you rather see replaced at MLG?

JP McDaniel (44)
 
65%

Rob Simpson (24)
 
35%

68 total votes

Your vote: Which caster would you rather see replaced at MLG?

(Vote): JP McDaniel
(Vote): Rob Simpson



JP and Rob are both nice guys, but MLG may need to make some changes...
I like the way the walls go out. Gives you an open feeling. Firefly's a good design. People don't appreciate the substance of things. Objects in space. People miss out on what's solid.
Linwelin
Profile Joined March 2011
Ireland7554 Posts
March 25 2012 06:36 GMT
#37
I like Rob
Fuck Razor and Death Prophet
Nizzy
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United States839 Posts
March 25 2012 06:36 GMT
#38
On March 25 2012 13:12 theBALLS wrote:
JP is such an exciting caster, I can't blame him if he feels tired with all that passion he injects into his work.


I disagree greatly.

I feel JP Mcdaniels is the worst caster in the SC2 scene. Best Host? Sure. Organizer? Sure.

Casting he's so bland. One tone of voice. I keep here "OH NO SEAN, LOOK OUT SEAN, OHHHH" When he casted with Day 9 he sucked and ruined it. I enjoy watching those B-level guys on the beta MLG streams over him. JP is kind of like orb, when I hear them I hear them "trying" to cast. Not just doing it naturally.

This is like my 5th post about this topic and me not liking him so I'll give it up, there's still worse people than him. However I just don't see it.
DYEAlabaster
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
Canada1009 Posts
March 25 2012 06:59 GMT
#39
Hey, I've heard much worse from much higher profile casters before. Dreamhack Winter 2011 was rife with this sort of stuff both in game and in/between from Day9, Apollo, Bitter, and TB. Sometimes it's not a question of 'manner' in casters, it's more a question of how hard they have to work regardless of their actual casting chops. Perhaps MLG should cycle out casters for more breaks, especially when they are tired.
divito
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Canada1213 Posts
March 25 2012 07:14 GMT
#40
On March 25 2012 14:50 Sadistx wrote:
I don't usually hop onto hate bandwagons, but JP and Rob simpson are probably the worst casting pair at this MLG, period.

True. Story. Couldn't agree more.
Skype: divito7
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