I look at breaky as a neccesary evil, I consider him to be significantly better than the other HoN casters out there (Excluding competitive players). But in general, there is a void in the western HoN/Dota world when it comes to casters, Tobiwan is nothing but loud, Synderen lacks proffesionalism and excitement - I for one would welcome some fresh talent in the scene.
As far as people liking him, I just think that people recognize that he is the best we have to offer.

Nevuk

United States16280 Posts

July 09 2011 05:30 GMT

#27566

On July 09 2011 14:26 GhostKorean wrote:
Well isn't 80% of the population below 1700.

True, true. I've know people that liked him... then got a little better and ignored him. He's not completely awful, the issue I really have with him is that it seems that his casting has gotten worse over time rather than better.... which seems strange, he spends like 5 hours a day watching games.

Alur

Denmark3900 Posts

July 09 2011 05:35 GMT

#27567

On July 09 2011 14:30 Nevuk wrote:

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I agree, I don't know whether it's because my own knowledge of the game has improved or if breaky's casting is actually getting worse. I think he has a problem with trying to take all the criticism he get's to heart, resulting is awfully politically correct casts.

GhostKorean

United States2330 Posts

July 09 2011 05:40 GMT

#27568

Well he's a lot better at his play by play casting so he just needs to shut up and let someone else talk for the most part and when something comes up he can hype up whats going on etc because hes good at that. A bigger problem is every cameraman I've seen suck ass at showing whats going on

ZoW

United States3983 Posts

July 09 2011 05:41 GMT

#27569

On July 09 2011 14:29 Alur wrote:

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Never heard of chapy or insane_rabbi?

those two were absolutely amazing at casting hon. Don't know where they went though

Kupon3ss

時の回廊10066 Posts

July 09 2011 05:43 GMT

#27570

On July 09 2011 14:29 Alur wrote:

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and in China we have people like FTD/LGD.2009 commentating DOTA
<3

Entertaining

Canada793 Posts

July 09 2011 05:44 GMT

#27571

Breaky is a great commentator, just lacks knowledge of the game. He's constantly saying stuff that's just wrong but eventually i think he will get better, its just taking longer than expected.

CrownRoyal

Vatican City State1872 Posts

July 09 2011 06:00 GMT

#27572

Are you guys serious? breaky is no worse than tasteless and every bit as awesome. If you disagree please listen to any other caster and find yourself coming back to honcast.

CrownRoyal

Vatican City State1872 Posts

July 09 2011 06:01 GMT

#27573

I mean, who would you seriously pick over breaky to be your shoutcaster in the big match of the year? No one? Exactly.

Nevuk

United States16280 Posts

July 09 2011 06:02 GMT

#27574

On July 09 2011 15:00 CrownRoyal wrote:
Are you guys serious? breaky is no worse than tasteless and every bit as awesome. If you disagree please listen to any other caster and find yourself coming back to honcast.

Tasteless I believe reached A and did decently vs koreans. Breaky is 1600. Nova_ for instance is a very good player who also does exceptional casts on occasion.

Seriously, Breaky is like a C- or C level BW player max (and that's being very generous).

The last "big" hon event I watched was dreamhack summer last year, and Tobi blew Breaky out of the water despite not even being a hon player (was a dota caster).

GhostKorean

United States2330 Posts

July 09 2011 06:02 GMT

#27575

Breaky makes me facepalm so hard he has the knowledge of a 1500 player

Kupon3ss

時の回廊10066 Posts

July 09 2011 06:03 GMT

#27576

the difference between breaky and tasteless is that one has a high level of game knowledge
a more apt comparison would be breaky and husky, which is pretty accurate since the casting is just moderately entertaining play-by-plays with little game knowledge.

GhostKorean

United States2330 Posts

July 09 2011 06:05 GMT

#27577

On July 09 2011 15:01 CrownRoyal wrote:
I mean, who would you seriously pick over breaky to be your shoutcaster in the big match of the year? No one? Exactly.

That's because there are no good HoN casters, but I would pick Nova if he was available and I seriously believe Tasteless could provide the same level of insight as breaky (Oh look stuff are dying)

Jayme

United States5866 Posts

July 09 2011 06:07 GMT

#27578

breaky shines when he has someone like black, freshpro, fly, or insert other good pro here that can cast to co.cast with him. Breaky does really good play by play and just needs the wise sage to interject their wisdom and it's fine.

Kupon3ss

時の回廊10066 Posts

July 09 2011 06:10 GMT

#27579

To be honest, any of the competitive players Breaky's had on would be preferable, and after dreamhack I'd even say Tobi, even though he's a Dota caster, would be a better pick.
Breaky's understanding of where the game is involves his looking at 3 things
step 1 - check kill count, if there's a big difference, note it
step 2 - check money/exp count, if there's a big difference, note it
step 3 - check the tower count, do some mental math (gold difference +/- 1000 x tower difference)
be ready to call it with one of the random things he says

semantics

10040 Posts

July 09 2011 06:12 GMT

#27580

On July 09 2011 15:07 Jayme wrote:
breaky shines when he has someone like black, freshpro, fly, or insert other good pro here that can cast to co.cast with him. Breaky does really good play by play and just needs the wise sage to interject their wisdom and it's fine.

This he is the personality not the knowledge and i'm fairly sure he knows it doesn't tout himself to knowing everything, i mean fly freshpro etc they have the good insight or thing but are quite dull to listen to, That being said i don't watch competitive hon alot so eh. Why watch when i could play.