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eieio
Profile Blog Joined November 2009
United States14512 Posts
March 12 2015 05:48 GMT
#16141
Voice is definitely a legit criticism I mean it's literally the primary way that you experience the caster lol. Although I used to find WinteR hard to understand when I first listened to him years ago and he was probably my favorite part of DAC.

I get frustrated with play by play casters just talking to fill up space but I don't really blame them as long as they aren't interrupting analysis for nothing I mean it's their job to talk and silence is hard to use well.

Redeye wrote some really good stuff on the use of silence a while ago actually. It was more about hosting obviously but it was excellent if nuanced advice.
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Shaella
Profile Blog Joined January 2013
United States14828 Posts
March 12 2015 05:48 GMT
#16142
i think comeh is broken
don't tell me to provide a legend for those charts cause we already got shaella in this thread - eieio | Bulba is my waifu
eieio
Profile Blog Joined November 2009
United States14512 Posts
March 12 2015 05:49 GMT
#16143
thats on u
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l3loodraven
Profile Joined July 2013
2753 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-03-12 05:50:10
March 12 2015 05:49 GMT
#16144
winter's english isn't great (and it used to be worse) but i think he has a good voice, and his analysis is top-tier

I TRIED TO FIX COMEH BUT YOU FUCKERS WOULDNT LET ME
"fear.dankness cuts deeper than swords"
Shaella
Profile Blog Joined January 2013
United States14828 Posts
March 12 2015 05:50 GMT
#16145
On March 12 2015 14:49 eieio wrote:
thats on u

i mean you're not wrong
don't tell me to provide a legend for those charts cause we already got shaella in this thread - eieio | Bulba is my waifu
Acritter
Profile Joined August 2010
Syria7637 Posts
March 12 2015 05:52 GMT
#16146
On March 12 2015 14:48 eieio wrote:
Voice is definitely a legit criticism I mean it's literally the primary way that you experience the caster lol. Although I used to find WinteR hard to understand when I first listened to him years ago and he was probably my favorite part of DAC.

I get frustrated with play by play casters just talking to fill up space but I don't really blame them as long as they aren't interrupting analysis for nothing I mean it's their job to talk and silence is hard to use well.

Redeye wrote some really good stuff on the use of silence a while ago actually. It was more about hosting obviously but it was excellent if nuanced advice.

Winter's still hard to understand sometimes for me. I don't doubt his knowledge one bit.

An interesting example is Merlini. I think that he's great to listen to on stream, but his casting is a lot worse to listen to. Not entirely sure why that is.
dont let your memes be dreams - konydora, motivational speaker | not actually living in syria
TheEmulator
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
28101 Posts
March 12 2015 05:52 GMT
#16147
"Winter's English isn't great"

umm what? Maybe I'm remembering wrong but I'm pretty sure his English is completely fluent and better than most casters? I'm guessing you just mean his accent?
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Acritter
Profile Joined August 2010
Syria7637 Posts
March 12 2015 05:53 GMT
#16148
Is Comeh playing Slark, drinking, and crying again or something?
dont let your memes be dreams - konydora, motivational speaker | not actually living in syria
Shaella
Profile Blog Joined January 2013
United States14828 Posts
March 12 2015 05:54 GMT
#16149
no he just learned about the hotline miami 2 rape scene rofl
don't tell me to provide a legend for those charts cause we already got shaella in this thread - eieio | Bulba is my waifu
eieio
Profile Blog Joined November 2009
United States14512 Posts
March 12 2015 05:55 GMT
#16150
Winter's English has been fine for a while now as far as I can tell, he just has a very strong accent that was hard for me to understand when I first heard him.

Honestly I think Merlini's biggest problem is that he just doesn't care when casting boring or bad games lol. I could never dislike anything ben 'merini' wu did tho I am #1 merlini fanboy since like 2007.
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Acritter
Profile Joined August 2010
Syria7637 Posts
March 12 2015 05:58 GMT
#16151
It also feels to me like he has trouble projecting. When he tries speaking up, he slurs his words a little. His manner of speaking works really well for just casual stream commentary, where muttering into the mic is totally the right way to go, but when he's trying to get loud for the stream it makes him sound a little tongue-tied.
dont let your memes be dreams - konydora, motivational speaker | not actually living in syria
eieio
Profile Blog Joined November 2009
United States14512 Posts
March 12 2015 06:03 GMT
#16152
if you're talking about ben 'merlini #1bestplayer' wu then yeah he is a serious mumbler and he was honestly way worse when he started playing and casting haha
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Comeh
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
United States18919 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-03-12 06:04:26
March 12 2015 06:04 GMT
#16153
On March 12 2015 14:48 Shaella wrote:
i think comeh is broken

what's wrong with me pls explain


o

ya that broke me
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Acritter
Profile Joined August 2010
Syria7637 Posts
March 12 2015 06:04 GMT
#16154
Yeah, whoops, sorry. Talking about Merlini.

It does feel like he's been improving, I agree. Practice makes perfect and all that.
dont let your memes be dreams - konydora, motivational speaker | not actually living in syria
eieio
Profile Blog Joined November 2009
United States14512 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-03-12 06:07:24
March 12 2015 06:05 GMT
#16155
yeah ben 'merlini the good Samaritan' wu has come a long way but should definitely keep practicing~


oh my god I just spent a full hour trying to find the name of 'the joy formidable' since I somehow forgot their name and got them confused with big gigantic WHO ARENT EVEN GOOD and are a totally different genre whats going on heLP me fasdfnklansdf br0ken boy
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Acritter
Profile Joined August 2010
Syria7637 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-03-12 06:09:06
March 12 2015 06:07 GMT
#16156
And I thought I was a Merlini fanboi

here in GD we get panicked over many things
dont let your memes be dreams - konydora, motivational speaker | not actually living in syria
Comeh
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
United States18919 Posts
March 12 2015 06:09 GMT
#16157
My mousepad is signed by the merlini himself...

too bad he had to move from chicago
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eieio
Profile Blog Joined November 2009
United States14512 Posts
March 12 2015 06:09 GMT
#16158
oh dip GoDz vs BSJ hahaha
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l3loodraven
Profile Joined July 2013
2753 Posts
March 12 2015 06:12 GMT
#16159
On March 12 2015 14:52 TheEmulator wrote:
"Winter's English isn't great"

umm what? Maybe I'm remembering wrong but I'm pretty sure his English is completely fluent and better than most casters? I'm guessing you just mean his accent?
yeah he understands the language well but his accent can be challenging and his diction is weird sometimes. still a top-tier caster imo.
"fear.dankness cuts deeper than swords"
Shaella
Profile Blog Joined January 2013
United States14828 Posts
March 12 2015 06:13 GMT
#16160
On March 12 2015 15:09 Comeh wrote:
My mousepad is signed by the merlini himself...

too bad he had to move from chicago

mines signed by artour and univarse
don't tell me to provide a legend for those charts cause we already got shaella in this thread - eieio | Bulba is my waifu
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