SPL Casters (SNM/Whiplash) Appreciation/Criticism - Page 7

On January 21 2013 15:09 iamho wrote:
From what I've read and seen on these forums, the SCII community seems to hate just about every commentator. Except maybe day9.

On January 21 2013 13:28 Shellshock1122 wrote:

IEG hired their own casters (SNM and Whiplash) and own the English broadcasting rights. TL was covering until they got their own.

On January 21 2013 13:41 MisterFred wrote:


OGN was planning on an English cast. Kespa swooped in and said "sorry, we sold the rights to this IEG outfit". IEG said "haha, suckers, only, uh, we're not ready yet. Nevermind on that whole english-cast thing for the first week or so. Also, BTW, we're apparently the same folks as spotv."

At that point EG & TL were all "hells naw, we busted our ass and did who knows how many illicit favors to Kespa execs to break into this league, and you're going to totally botch the opener for our legions of fans & potentially ruin this entire business venture? We'll cast this sucker ourselves."

Then EG & TL proceeded to do just that.

IEG, figuring it would actually do something with the rights it paid for yelled out "Hey english-speaking bitches, come work for us!"

And all the established english-speaking bitches were all "screw you, we have good, stable jobs. We're not gonna dis everyone we've worked with over the past year to move to cold-ass Korea for a few crumbs."

This made IEG sad, because doing stuff is hards. But then came SUPERNOVAMAN and he went up to IEG and said (in Korean) "I cans cast stuffs!" And IEG said "ok." Then SUPERNOVAMAN said "and I know this one dude." So IEG called the one dude and asked if he wanted to cast. And Whiplash said "sure."

This made IEG happy, 'cause now it was their time to shine. They took their Proleague video feed back from EG & TL, and said to SUPERNOVAMAN "go now, and hypnotize the barbarian hordes using their strange words."

And SUPERNOVAMAN did speak much English while casting Proleague, and much agony and anguish was felt by all.

On January 21 2013 13:53 nmetasch wrote:


Kespa had told EGTL that the broadcasting rights were temporary. There were many problems introduced by casting from another country, and i'm sure kespa had high interests in finding someone who could translate korean, and eventually want to have their casters in the studio. I think EGTL just didn't realize how short term it would be and made a big deal out of it when announcing it. Seems like a case of the whole "lost in translation" thing

On January 21 2013 15:28 munchmunch wrote:
For me, the two biggest things that need improvement are:

1. They should think more carefully about what they are saying. Two examples:

(a) Game commentary (sorry, I can't remember the exact game): Yesterday, I heard them say (paraphrasing) "Oh player1's economy is failing, he's down to 150 supply". Then, not 10 seconds later, "Oh player2 has no money, he's going to lose". The whole time, player1 had 50 supply up on his opponent, and clearly had a better economy than his opponent.

(b) Colour commentary / humour: seeing two friends in the audience, whiplash says "oh yeah, proleague is not just for couples only", to which SNM replied "Oh, are you saying they are a couple!!!" This type of "oh no, they are the gayz humour" might be appropriate for 13-year-olds, but it's not appropriate in this venue. Sadly, this is the typical quality of their humour.

2. Teamwork. It's been mentioned by many already, and it's a big deal. SNM in particular is terrible. When your partner makes a joke, you should back him up and laugh at it, even if you have to force yourself. Don't make it obvious that you think he's not funny, or try and one-up your partner with a better joke. Don't fight your partner for the right to speak.

On January 21 2013 15:23 synaptik wrote:
"jd with that huge infestor advantage"

screen shows 7 for each player

On January 21 2013 15:36 kochanfe wrote:
Guys, guys. Just watch it on mute.

On January 21 2013 15:37 zoid wrote:
Yeah, Whiplash is good. It's SNM that makes me mute the stream. I can't stand people talking through their nose and lisps on top of that. He sounds exactly like that guy on youtube that gets to open his Christmas presents early and gets all excited because he gets Luke's and Vader's lightsabers. I mean, if you sound like that, is pursuing a career based on you talking really a good idea?

On January 21 2013 15:58 Pursuit_ wrote:
I think they've gotten a lot better. Whiplash adds plenty of relevant commentary while SNM seems to be improving as well (either that or I've just gotten used to his voice). I'd still prefer K[9] or Tastosis to cast ofc, but as far as 'new' casters go these guys are great.

On January 21 2013 15:05 Jaaaaasper wrote:

Strangely enough, different people have different opinions. It shocks me that you think that every single person thinks, or at least should think, like you do. I put more value on the translation and background knowledge than you do, and am willing to allow them time to grow as caster, because there are very few casters who are great right away.