[HoN/DotA] Let's Play~!! - Page 1414

On July 22 2011 04:25 rabidch wrote:

finally real commentating instead of the doublebad tobi + kellymilkies

On July 22 2011 15:47 ketomai wrote:


Haha wow. Chinese commentary's on a completely different level just like Korean BW commentary was. Really superb both on the analytical side as well as presentation.

On July 22 2011 15:47 ketomai wrote:


Haha wow. Chinese commentary's on a completely different level just like Korean BW commentary was. Really superb both on the analytical side as well as presentation.

On July 22 2011 23:15 Durak wrote:
Obviously the better you get the better you are at predicting outcomes but there are so many factors that often times your idea is as good as mine. The main thing is to be aware all the time and watch your team as closely as your enemies.

On July 23 2011 03:58 LxRogue wrote:
I miss the old Tree with the original wards. That was so badass.

On July 23 2011 02:29 Judicator wrote:


??? You'd be surprised how little fact is in that claim. It's not about predicting outcomes, it's about predicting options and when said options become no longer effective options is how people should approach team fights.

On July 22 2011 15:47 ketomai wrote:


Haha wow. Chinese commentary's on a completely different level just like Korean BW commentary was. Really superb both on the analytical side as well as presentation.

On July 22 2011 23:23 rabidch wrote:

closest thing to day[9] dailies but 2009 is better at dota than day[9] is at bw and sc2.

On July 23 2011 04:06 Durak wrote:

An option is determined effective if it's outcome is good. That's exactly the same thing.

On July 23 2011 04:14 ketomai wrote:


Well commentating sc and dota are obviously completely different. I think day9 can at least be a bit comparable to korean commentators because you only have to focus on the strategy of two people.

However, casting dota takes a lot of skill in delivery as well. Part of why people don't do so well is because it's hard to give the "big picture" as everything is happening and presenting it well.
2009 kept up very well with what was happening in all three lanes at the beginning individually and also continuously went back to the bigger picture as well. Then in team fights, he gave a direction for where the spells were going to go so he didn't have to describe all of them in great detail. Rather, he gave us the important part of the team fight, not just listing everything out on screen.

I guess my point is that dota doesn't just take knowledge of the game, casting actually takes "mechanical" skill too because you have to be able to know what's important to describe at the current moment because there's just too much otherwise, all while keeping the entire map in your scope. Actually most english commentators don't even come close to matching the analytical side of that cast let alone present it as well as he did.

I used to think dota was hard to watch because of these reasons but if someone was able to do it like that every game, this kind of genre is very action packed and enjoyable. Gotta go watch the previous 3 some other time .