[BW] First commentary

On April 28 2015 10:02 Psyonic_Reaver wrote:
Try to mess around with your audio settings to isolate/remove that echoy/roboty sound that your mic is putting out.

Good job on limiting your um's and ah's. Most first timers struggle with that. Try to restrain from stating the obvious such as you see the stargate being built and then you say "Oh he's building a Stargate." We just saw him build it. It's better to try and follow through on what the player is thinking when you commentate a FPVod. Ok well I saw him open 2 gate I think he'll go stargate. Some people don't like commentator's "guessing" but try to put yourself in the player's shoes which you do from time to time but not consistently enough.

Good job overall. Still room to improve but you've avoided a lot of pitfalls of newer commentators.

Edit: I haven't commentated in well over 3-4 years now so take what I say with a grain of salt I guess.

On April 28 2015 13:25 Reptilia wrote:
i dont watch much bw commentary but man this was great! very insightful commentary! enjoyed it very much, I hope there are more to come

On April 28 2015 20:46 Peeano wrote:
I generally like your casting already; very good for a first time. I like it better than Sayle's first/earlier castings.

Criticism:
Cast it as though you haven't seen the game yet, don't spoil information beforehand. Doing this will take away the viewer's excitement.
Get a better mic.
I would have liked if you put the sound a bit louder, so we hear the in game sounds a bit better and this way you'll have the option to react with what Bisu is saying or guess/making something up from what tone he is using. Make a joke for example.
You talk a lot, which is great, but you're only talking about the game. It gets to a point where I feel like you are flooding your viewer with information. (Something which is great for radio, but not so much for television.)
Try to provide your viewer with some background info of the players/the game. A funny fact or some statistic information for example. A great way to release tension from your stream of information about the live game and a great way to learn together with your viewer. This way you'll create a bond.

Do you remember those teachers who just spam you with information for 1 hour straight? I think your commentary is comparable to that, the difference is that I love Brood War, so I don't really mind it.

On April 29 2015 10:41 Chill wrote:
I haven't thought about commentary for years, so take my thoughts with a grain of salt.

Overall, I think it was really well done. The flow was good, the thoughts were well-presented and quite accurate.

If I had to give two tips, they would be:

1. Don't take viewers out of the game. Hearing about the Korean commentary and it being very distracting is such a brick wall for the viewer. Suddenly I forget about listening to you and thinking about Starcraft, to thinking about the Korean voice in the background and eventually I'm thinking about you being distracted, etc. Don't be afraid to just be silent and gather your thoughts for a second or two. Which leads to...

2. Don't worry about being wrong or analysing incorrectly. If you're not sure about something, state that, make a guess, and then move on and focus on what you do know.

Once you got into the action, it got good and I have no feedback for that party. Really good job and I hope you post when you release more or I would have missed this one.