I think your passion for sc2 was coming across very clearly and i think you have done many great things for the scene. I wish you all the best in the future!

UtherTruthBringer

12 Posts

June 07 2019 03:29 GMT

#122

Doesn't seem like you had the best attitude to do full time.

ETisME

Hong Kong11888 Posts

June 07 2019 04:09 GMT

#123

No matter what, thanks for all the hardwork.
Stay close to the scene, there's always a spot for you

Limfocyt

1 Post

June 07 2019 13:26 GMT

#124

Rifkin can't handle that Zombiegrub is casting WCS with you. Hes mad and jealous. Dont give up!

billynasty

United States251 Posts

June 07 2019 14:08 GMT

#125

tbh this may not be in line with what people wanna hear but I think you made the right choice to stop casting personally. Most of the events you casted solo like NA Ladder Heroes struggled mightily in viewership. Theres other events too of course but i could never help but think if someone else was casting they wouldve received more viewers.

However your Useless Facts series & focused fluff material was always super popular.

Nobody can question the effort you put into SC2, but not everybody has to be a caster either. If you choose to do SC2 content in the future, perhaps working on that other material would be more rewarding for yourself & entertaining for the scene you surely love. There's a void there with that kinda content & people always got a kick out of it. Just my opinion. GG

j2digital

10 Posts

June 07 2019 15:27 GMT

#126

Hopefully things balance out in the next few months/year so if its something you want you can be a little more active again. It is too bad twitch (and I guess the internet in general) is so negative. Its easy to be critical from a distance.

I guess I'm part of it because what I have to say is slightly negative against other casters. I would feel like you would save the cast when it would be you Nate and ZG. You bring professionalism that those two seem to lack at times. WCS is less without you!

ShambhalaWar

United States782 Posts

June 07 2019 18:08 GMT

#127

On June 04 2019 17:56 SharkStarcraft wrote:
I have to say that I never particularly enjoyed your casting as it did seem very vanilla, monotone and a bit lacklustre in terms of ingame knowledge, but I could definitely see the tremendous amount of effort and work you put into everything sc2 as well as your burning passion for the game and its community. So here's a big thank you for your efforts even though I would not consider myself a fan.

Why not just say the first half of your last sentence and leave it at that?

Same for everyone else with similar comments.

SMOrangeUtan

21 Posts

June 07 2019 18:26 GMT

#128

Heya Feardragon,

I have to say the moments I really enjoyed your casting was when it was about the NA scene. One could see you feeling confident there it gave you like a shimmer and you ascended in your casting there.
I actually liked your approach of a more analytical type of casting at times, I guess a lot of the casting is about hyping which is something I find less interesting but I guess its considered the better casting.
I loved when you gave insight on the players you knew better than anyone. The insecurity you showed at times did hurt you to a point although I think that your cocasters could have helped you there by like trying to work more with what you said but I guess that is very very hard compared to goofing up about it a bit so I don't blame them.

I hope your family member gets rid of the beast that I really learned to hate over the years.

I really think that concentrating on the niche that is the NA, scene might be a good catch for you and if you feel you have the time to expand your knowledge maybe you can become an expert of yet another region.

I feel you can do great casting if you have the confidence you have when talking about the NA guys.

Wish you the very best!

Oh and I am aware this might be inappropriate but for me rifkin is the worst caster in terms of casting but also as personality everything about him feels wrong and when I tried to watch his stream I felt rebuked and just had to turn off no matter how high quality the games might have been.

EsportsJohn

United States4507 Posts

June 07 2019 19:56 GMT

#129

Can relate.

Had some success casting when StarCraft: Remastered first came out but had to sideline it due to finances and personal strain. StarCraft is a game that forces you to break yourself down and face all of your demons...unfortunately, it can also have the side effect of completely destroying your sense of self-worth. I ended up taking a huge step back and only play games super casually now, but I think it's been a big help for me.

Wombat_NI

Northern Ireland10711 Posts

June 08 2019 22:17 GMT

#130

I empathise entirely with much of Feardragon’s musings, and as a general aside caster bashing has always been something that irritated me anyway.

It’s a terrible loop. I’m not as lacking in self-confidence (or at least used to be anyway).

If you want to be good at something, especially something creative or subjective you need feedback, instead you get shredded by people who basically just insult you with a preface of ‘this is intended as constructive criticism’ and you can either just get your confidence destroyed in trying to get that feedback, or cut it off for your mental health and then have no useful feedback to go off with and improve. Except maybe you’re now actively doing something [i]worse[\i] than before because you’ve lost confidence in your initial approach.

BadHabits

Canada33 Posts

June 09 2019 17:45 GMT

#131

i liked your casting feardragon but i respect your decisions to do something else with you life ! thank you for casting you really did bring a lot of laughs for myself.

and you're definitely better than that guy who builds battlecruisers...