EPTit sucks the goddamn energy out of the game.
[edit] also a lot of Uhhhhhs bother me, i would honestly prefer a brief moment of silence!
Commentary Catchphrase Rant - Page 5
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Duke
United States1106 Posts
it sucks the goddamn energy out of the game. [edit] also a lot of Uhhhhhs bother me, i would honestly prefer a brief moment of silence! | ||
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YPang
United States4024 Posts
On March 18 2009 06:24 Duke wrote: i hate it when commentators analyze that the game is over before a tactic has come to fruition, or if someone is behind(possibly very behind) making an attempt at picking up slack, and they say "gg will come after this attack fails" or similar things. it sucks the goddamn energy out of the game. [edit] also a lot of Uhhhhhs bother me, i would honestly prefer a brief moment of silence! me too... I also hate it when they pronouce Zi Lat, instead of Zee Lot | ||
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G0dly
United States450 Posts
On March 14 2009 09:20 Superiorwolf wrote: "hwa-shin" "brilliant" I've seen ppl say it like "hwa-sin" and "hwa-shin", and I'm not too sure which is correct (although hwa-shin means peanut in chinese). | ||
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Phyre
United States1288 Posts
"Oh man, that attack did a lot of damage. He won't live this next attack." "He'll live this attack" etc. Seems like it's being used in place of "survive" or something. I have no idea where this came from but I've been hearing it more often and it bugs me. If there is some logical explanation I'd like to hear it. | ||
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Excello.ChOseN
United States82 Posts
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YPang
United States4024 Posts
On March 18 2009 11:13 Excello.ChOseN wrote: Chill, if you or anyone you know ever says, f91 is the only zerg who ever 9 scouts again, I will nuke your house. Come on man, its so common now in pro leagues. So yeah, never again.. never again.. ROFL, oh yeah i remember that too... i hate it... | ||
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doubleupgradeobbies!
Australia1323 Posts
Food, mana It's not bloody war3(thankfully) Yeah pandabear guy also starting to get on my nerves. | ||
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h3r1n6
Iceland2039 Posts
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Holgerius
Sweden16951 Posts
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petzergling
538 Posts
ie: 10/15 gate If you would have said 10/15 gate before the nony courage vod I bet atleast 75% of youtube commentators wouldn't even know what it is, but now it gets said in like every fucking game "OH I THINK 10/15 GATE WOULD BE A GOOD OPTION" even on maps like destination or neo harmony. drone drill Ever since the july/best game people constantly constantly refer to drone micro as "drone drilling". If you are 12 hatch vrs 9 pool you dont "drone drill" to defend. flash build The second anyone sees an armory they immediately just say flash build. What distinguishes flashes build more then anything is the lack of ebay and early third. I hate when someone goes 1 fact -> ebay -> 2nd fact -> armory and people are like "OMG LOKS LIKE HES GUNNA DO THE FLASH BUILD". The concept of getting upgrades in TvP is pretty much coined to flash now... I guess just any technical comments t trying to make you sound like you know what you are talking about but used out of place and therefore making you look like a total idiot. #2 julyzerg fat jokes holy god this pisses me off so much. Basically by making a julyzerg fat joke that wasnt remotely funny you are just saying "i am so uneducated about starcraft that I cant even say anything notable about one of the most famous players of all time". Usually followed by a reference to the "drone drill" or osl finals 3:0 because that is the only time they've ever actually watched july #1 people saying best is good shut the fuck up best is garbage | ||
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CholeraSC
United States114 Posts
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CholeraSC
United States114 Posts
3) All the commentators who watch most English casts and do dual commentaries end up subconsciously adopting common phrases. Sometimes these are accurate ("5 hatch scourge/hydra" in modern PvZ), other times they're inaccurate ("X timing attack", "Bisu build"), or just random ("brilliant", "Reach is omgmanly", "pandabearguy"). I try to cut out the trite phrases the best I can when I commentate but they slip in there all the time when I get excited. 2) It's harder to tell exactly what's going on in a Korean VOD rather than a replay commentary. You don't have the leisure to look at a certain base layout or attack until you identify what is going on; the observer windows skips around and often is imperfect in catching the action also. Plus, there are cuts to the audience or players' faces in VODs, which means there's less over game to watch and get the best analysis from. 1) We're tired and do a lot of games at once. Usually we try to get out our casts of the Korean games as soon as possible, and when two or more us are available to do them which can mean as many as two Bo7 series in one sitting. I find it hard not to fall into saying the same over-done phrases and opinions about players when we've done a couple of games already. Finally a big problem with finding out a certain player's recent performance is that that TLPD can often lead to spoiling games, so we often have to avoid using it or even cover up part of the screen with one hand to prevent us from seeing how many games were just played (very true for Best of X series or Winners League casts). Here's a couple of my commentary pet peeves: Saying a Zerg is going mutalisks in ZvP when they see a spire, especially with a three-hatch opening, without waiting to check if there's a second gas or there's no more hatcheries going up. Conversely, saying that a Zerg is definitely NOT going to mutalisks when they get a spire, 5 hatcheries, and a hydralisk den. Plenty of players lately (July, Zero, Luxury) have switched into mutalisks after "faking" 5 hatch hydra/scourge opening. Saying Toss is going Bisu when there's a stargate / templar archives opening. These days, this is almost always just for archon/speedlot rush or standard speedlot/templar push. Saying a muta harass has done a "ton of damage" when it hasn't. Killing a couple of marines and turrets doesn't count; I think Z really needs 10+ SCV kills if the T is at 2 base to call it a success, especially if Z went 2 hatch. Saying 12 pool is a big favorite over a 9 pool. (12 hatch beating 12 pool expand I agree with though). Relying too much on a small statistical bias to say a map favors one race over another, without understanding why it does. Refraining from saying a pro-gamer played poorly when they did. Obviously they play better than any of us, we should respect their commitment, etc. etc., but it's all relative to their level of competition after all. | ||
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NonFactor
Sweden698 Posts
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Chill
Calgary26003 Posts
On March 18 2009 11:13 Excello.ChOseN wrote: Chill, if you or anyone you know ever says, f91 is the only zerg who ever 9 scouts again, I will nuke your house. Come on man, its so common now in pro leagues. So yeah, never again.. never again.. Show me examples of ZvT 9 scouting please. | ||
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Chill
Calgary26003 Posts
On March 25 2009 00:20 NonFactor wrote: When people call Longinus for Lon-GINUS. Haha. Put it into google son! It's lon-jine-nus | ||
Carnac
Germany / USA16648 Posts
On March 18 2009 06:29 YPang wrote: me too... I also hate it when they pronouce Zi Lat, instead of Zee Lot ... Zee Lot would be wrong. The zeal in zealot is not pronounced like the the word zeal. | ||
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Tom Phoenix
1114 Posts
Well, I can remember one recent example. Anyway, speaking of Moletrap, I do have one problem with a recent commentary he made (not sure which one it was) and that is...FOR THE LOVE OF EVERYTHING THAT IS SACRED, MAN, DO NOT EAT WHILE COMMENTATING! An occassional sip of a (non-alcoholic) drink is fine if you talk for long periods, but consuming food while commentating causes breaks in the commentary, comes off very unprofesional and is not very entertaining to begin with. Other then that, though, keep up the good work.  Chill, thank you for starting this thread. I have wanted to try my hand at commentating for some time now. If I ever get around to doing it, this thread will certainly be helpful. | ||
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Chill
Calgary26003 Posts
Do (verb); Is (verb)ing I'm not sure why people do this, but it's so annoying. Instead of saying the perfect sentence "We see that he is making many units", commentators recently are saying "We do see that he is making many units." I suppose this would make sense if the preceding thought was "Is he making a lot of units?" but it never is, that "do" just comes out of nowhere as if to confirm some imaginary suspicion. Similarly, instead of "We see Nony is making quite a few phoenixes" we have "We are seeing that Nony is making quite a few phoenixes." This may be grammatically correct, but changing everything into the is/are ___ing form makes it sound really awkward. Protoss Player Lately commentators are saying "The Protoss player is moving in now!" instead of his ID. I really don't like that and it makes it seem like they aren't aware of who is actually playing. Will update more as I hear them. | ||
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GogoKodo
Canada1785 Posts
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nbtnbt5
232 Posts
When the storms killed maybe like a few tanks, or a few hydras. -______- | ||
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