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Hi everyone, long time no see! After years of lurking (yes years, my last post before this was June 2012), I’ve decided to make a comeback to TeamLiquid with the most exciting and respectful way possible to our original StarCraft Broodwar community! This also officially marks my 3000th TL post (partially why I didn’t post all this time).
Recently as I was cruising through snipealot streams on twitch.tv and browsing TL BW threads, I’ve noticed amazing moments in StarCraft Broodwar scene in Korea! The rise of Sonic’s shoe empire and Sonic Starleague being hosted on Ongamenet, LoveTV’s high sponsored prize pool Starleague, and YellOw’s Kongdoo Starz League, it’s as if the long awaited revival to the Broodwar scene we all once loved is back in action! With 3 big Starleagues and many more events to come in near future, I feel there needs to be a call for something just BIG for all the English fans watching one of the most amazing game in modern history. Hence, I want to bring forward with the unity and organization of StarCraft English Commentators Thread!
This thread is for all interested casters/commentators out there who wants to produce their own commentary of StarCraft matches, find fellow co-casters to commentate with, and assist future casters who want to get their very own start in art of casting games.
Also this thread is for many viewers who wants know the availability of current English commentators’ status and who/what to expect in future events for someone who wants to watch StarCraft Broodwar in English.
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So you want to be a caster/commentator? Or maybe you used to be one and want to get back in the scene? I’m here to help and get you started. Here’s some tips to keep in mind:
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1. First thing to keep in mind is that the words “cast” and “commentate” are used interchangeably in this setting. I won’t go in detail with the whole history or references behind these facts but when anyone mentions casting a game vs commentating a game, casters vs commentators, or simply English cast vs English commentary, they all mean the same thing.
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2. You have to question yourself whether you want to be a solo caster or co-cast with other people? Both are difficult choices where being able to constantly talk for the duration of a whole game by yourself vs sharing airtime with others where you have to constantly discipline yourself to not talk over one another. There’s no easy answer for either scenario but practice makes perfect right?
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3. The main tools you absolutely need to individually cast games are a mic, a reasonable specs PC (for video editing), access to the content you’re casting from (live game or recorded game), and programs to put them all together such as video/audio recording programs and video editing programs (ie. Final Cut Pro for macs and Sony Vegas Pro for Windows PC).
Now if you are co-casting the games with others, you’ll have to find the game content at the same level (watching the games at the same time/minutes/seconds) and designate which one of you will create the new English content for everyone to see!
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4. Always remember to have fun and enjoy doing English commentary because nothing is more satisfying than viewers from now to the future watching StarCraft with your voice! Who knows, maybe you’ll be the next Day9, Tasteless or Artosis!
I'll add more details in near future. But if you have anymore questions, free feel to post on thread or PM me anytime!
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This section is an overall list for all English commentators who wants to be publicly mentioned. For anyone looking to co-cast games with or simply find people who are English commentators, this is the list! This includes active and retired English commentators on TeamLiquid. Make a post on this thread or PM me if you want to be included!
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Now there are two main types of casters (as seen below) which defines what type of English commentary you want be seen as. Live casters are those who commentate live games happening at that moment and on the spot. VOD casters are those who commentate off an already finished games through replays or VODs. The choice is up to you as you can do one or the other or even both!
Commentators List:
QuickStriker
HeyImFinn
Bisudagger
Dok_-
L_Master
DepressedOne
konadora
ninazerg
amazingxkcd
Cele
Scan
Sayle
Sc2ggRise
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This section is a list of all LIVE English casters currently active. Live casters are those commentate games happening at that moment and on the spot. For anyone looking to co-cast live games with, this is the list to be and find!
Current Roster:
HeyImFinn
Bisudagger
Dok_-
L_Master
Cele
Scan
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This section is a list of all VOD English casters currently active. VOD casters are those who commentate off an already finished games through replays or VODs. For anyone looking to co-cast replay/VOD games with, this is the list to be and find!
Current Roster:
Sayle
Sc2ggRise
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To better organize, find games or events to commentate, or find who the English casters are for those particular times, this is the hub of all English casters knowledge. This is THE MOST IMPORTANT part of the whole thread. If for some reason I cannot timely update this section, I do allow any TL mods to intervene and update on my behalf.
Starleague:
StarCraft SBENU StarLeague 10:
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Round of 32:
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December 24, 2014:
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Group A + B
Live: Dok_- / L_Master
VOD:
December 25, 2014:
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Group C + D
Live: Dok_-
VOD:
December 31, 2014:
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Group E + F
Live: Scan / Dok_-
VOD:
January 1, 2015:
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Group G + H
Live:
VOD:
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Group A + B
Live: Dok_- / L_Master
VOD:
December 25, 2014:
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Group C + D
Live: Dok_-
VOD:
December 31, 2014:
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Group E + F
Live: Scan / Dok_-
VOD:
January 1, 2015:
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Group G + H
Live:
VOD:
Round of 16:
January 8, 2015 Day 1:
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VOD: Sayle
Kongdoo Starz League:
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Round of 16:
January 3, 2015:
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Day 1
Live: amazingxkcd + Bisudagger (team)
VOD: Sc2ggRise
January 4, 2015:
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Day 2
Live:
VOD:
LoveTV Starleague Season 3:
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None at the moment!
Sponsored Afreeca Events:
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None at the moment!
Other Events:
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None at the moment!
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Q: Who are you?
A: I’m a long time TeamLiquid member who was inactive until recently. Back in the day, I used to stream Proleague/OSL/MSL on livestream.com and twitch.tv, commentate/cast Korean SC BW in English, provided live speedy text translation from Korean to English during live SC BW events, be a long time fan of SK Telecom T1, zerg progamer
Hyuk (even made a fancafe off him) and K-Pop idol IU, and self-proclaim myself as the one and only Korean Usher.Q: What made you make this thread?
A: All these excitement happening around the current Korean StarCraft scene made me finally come out of my artificial cave of TL and start a new chapter in my life. That and many people on twitch, IRC, and elsewhere constantly nagged me to make my 3000th post already.
Q: Why are you saying commentators in one line and casters in another?
A: As mentioned in the “How to Cast” section, these two terms are used interchangeably in this setting and basically mean the same thing. Some people like to say one or the other and I personally feel both are equally important yet commentators are slightly more professionally sound.
Q: Your favorite role model?
A: Sonic hands down. He built a freaking shoe empire in Korea and at the same time continually supported Korean StarCraft Broodwar scene. At this day and age, people like him are the rarity of all rarities. If this was Pokémon, Sonic is like the rarest shiny Pokémon ever into existence. He even had to take a loan to continue supporting the Korean SC BW scene and maintain his business. If he ever offers me a job, I will take that offer in a heartbeat.
Q: Do you still like IU?
A: That’s debatable.
Q: Will you co-cast with me?
A: I’m very open with co-casting with anyone. I’m looking for people who I can have the best synergy with when we co-commentate which is something I’ve found to be very challenging. But I’ll continue to find people to co-cast with and so should you if you’re into co-casting!
Q: Why are most of these FAQ centered on you?
A: I’ll update the FAQ as this thread grows but making this thread days late and well into 4 AM in the morning, I can’t think of other questions right now. If you got a better question to ask, feel free to PM me or post on this thread. Thanks!
Q: Why is this thread practically buried or lifeless?
A: Honestly, I don't expect anything coming from this thread. I just needed to make my 3000th post at some point and if this thread brings attraction, triple bonus points for me. But if no one cares about being an English commentator and I end up being the sole caster, so be it. STAR(CRAFT) WILL NEVER DIE.
Q: Any special thanks or mentions?
A: I like to say special thanks to TeamLiquid BW forums and community for keeping it alive even to this day and age, the entire nanashin IRC community, snipealot streams, DiMiaN for nice banners/logos and progamer
Hyuk for coming back to BW so I can finally get a chance to be the next Cholera. I would like to mention the following people and give a shout-out: Kimoleon, nalho, craton, nanashin, entocheets, foxu116, Stratos, amazingxkcd, XiaoJoyce-, Kittan, GGzerG, konadora, and Sayle.
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