SC2 casting has a lot to improve - Page 3

On September 23 2014 13:24 ninazerg wrote:
The word you're looking for is "Recalcitrant".

"Phaenomal" is missing an entire syllable. The word is Phen-om-min-al, not Phen-no-mal.

And improperly used.

https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090413160418AAyfRO2


I feel like what is most ironicalized about this debachle are how aggressivized your postdefense is rather than confessionating that yourself may be wrong. The problemicity in Englishspeak is that you can't simply inventicate new words out of nowhere. If you're going to pick on casters for small nuances you see as flaws in their casting, don't get all defensive when someone picks out the small critical nuances that you exhibit.

On September 23 2014 16:15 lichter wrote:
Recalcitrate is a word, yes, but you still used it wrong. You stated that

"This whole "There's not a chance this attack will be held." or "Not a chance he will hold the third." before the attack even starts start to recalcitrate upon me because every time it happens you know it's like 50% chance. "

Let's condense it to make it less difficult to read:

"This whole predictions before the attack even starts start to recalcitrate upon me because every time it happens you know it's like 50% chance."

Recalcitrate is a verb, either transitive or intransitive, that means "to kick back/out/against", usually to suggest opposition.

Let's look at your sentence without modifying it to what I think it means. You are saying that the predictions start to kick out or oppose 'upon' you. I'm not even sure what you want to mean. Not only do you use an odd preposition in "upon", you are saying that the predictions are against you, as a person, instead of your own predictions. Perhaps the predictions are against your own thoughts and predictions, or are in opposition to what actually happens. However, for the latter case, the word still doesn't make sense unless you mean the casters are obstinately defending such a prediction despite the outcome. While a prediction can arguably be recalcitrant towards a prevailing thought or expectation, a prediction cannot recalcitrate an outcome since the outcome is undetermined. However, that's not what you meant. You are saying that the predictions somehow oppose upon you. Even as metaphorical language it doesn't fit in your sentence. Perhaps you meant that the predictions upset, repulse, or annoy you.

Using the same word in a similar context, the sentence could have been: "The outcome of games often recalcitrate against the casters predictions."

However, changing to a more appropriate word allows you to mean what you actually want to mean: "This whole tendency to make predictions before the fight even begins starts to repulse me because they only get it right 50% of the time."

Since we're being nitpicky, might as well mention that the preposition should be against not upon, your S-V agreement between "whole" and "start" is questionable, and your use of the word 'start' twice is unfortunate. Also, it's usually correct to use more + adverb, instead of adding +er.

On September 23 2014 21:08 RenSC2 wrote:
Foreigner bias... who cares? The English casters are catering to an English audience where the foreigners are usually the fan favorites. The hometown casting duo for a baseball game are biased too, but that's almost a part of the job description.

Metagaming Bullshit
Don't ever watch a business channel on TV try to explain why stocks/commodities went up or down. These experts will tell you why stocks went up one day. The next day they'll give you the exact same reason for why stocks went down. Why did Reason X make the stocks go up today, but made it go down yesterday? Because they're trying to kill time.

The ability to fill dead time with babble is a bonus that creates a friendlier atmosphere between the casters and the audience. For some, like Tastosis, they are good at that babble and people get interested in what they have to say even if they aren't interested in the game.

Underappreciation of Zerg and Racial Bias
I do agree that if you want to cast full-time, you should probably start playing random (or changing your race every day/week/month) so that you can provide insight into every matchup. However, it's quite difficult to play all three races at a high enough level to be able to provide insight into any one of them. Unlike traditional sports, the game is still constantly evolving and Artosis's Zerg knowledge from 2010-2011 is now worthless. Former pro knowledge tends to become worthless in 3 months of dropping out of the competitive scene. Maybe if the game settles into normalcy after 5 years without a patch, then we might be able to get some casters who can really analyze all matchups of the game.

On September 24 2014 06:28 ninazerg wrote:


So you admit to stream-sniping Apollo? This brings great shame upon your family, friends and your cat, and not just vicarious shame.

On September 24 2014 10:04 lichter wrote:
so basically the dictionary recalcitrates upon you

On September 24 2014 12:24 Cele wrote:


but that guy isn't even good in Taekwondo, his technique is really sloppy. )=
To the point: It doesn't matter if you did use "recalcitrate" correct or not. You criticized Casters for very small, nuanced details in their casting and promoted these points as "flaws", when in reality they express just your notion on the subject. A common reaction to beeing overly critical towards a certain item or person is often, that your very criticism will be reviewed very harsh too. That's a known phenomenon in sociology.

Now: in the light of reason, it does make no sense to degrade the accuracy of your statements by your poor spelling standards, that is true. i think your fellow Users just wanted to remind you, that your adamant opinion on the qualities of some Casters appears arrogant and your spelling is an obvious point of leverage.

On September 24 2014 17:46 ejozl wrote:
About the foreigner bias:
You should always ry to find the storyline within a series and more often than not, when a foreigner goes up against a Korean, the storyline is that of an underdog story.
I heard on the Korean Starcraft show that even they, when they casted foreigners in Korean leagues, they were rooting for the foreigner.