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On September 02 2012 21:05 D u o wrote:
Is it just me or does rivington sound super scripted with everything he says? Lmao

On September 02 2012 22:35 GeorgeForeman wrote:
It's just weird that the casters can't have a conversation with eachother. There's never any synergy with the casting comps they use. A sports broadcast at its best is a back-and-forth between a play-by-play man (who in the case of LoL's job should NOT be yelling incoherently about things that will or will no happen during a teamfight because its simply impossible to describe everything that's going on) and a analyst. There should be a give and take between the two, with the play-by-play guy briefly describing what's going on in the lanes and the analyst making comments like, "That matchup favors the red team because they'll be able to poke more. But if he doesn't win the lane with that, the blue champion will scale better into late game because of blah blah...."

Instead they seem to take turns blathering about random stuff and then screaming during teamfights. :-(

Oh well. Just goes to show we need professional casters doing this rather than people whose main job is to create video content and the like; it's a quite different gig.

On September 02 2012 23:40 Zergneedsfood wrote:
I mean, it's not a lot of commentary because they stop talking during the actual point, but I do enjoy the synergy in tennis commentaries. They have a good balance between a charismatic dude with a great voice (ie Dick Enberg) and then a more stern analytical commentator (John McEnroe). Those aren't their defined roles of course, but they work together very well.

The casters in league just seem like they're trying to grab the spotlight at times and any down time between their voices spewing out random stuff (a lot of it is just pure nonsense if you actually pay attention) seems to be taboo for them.

On September 02 2012 23:22 phyvo wrote:


Actually, Phreak's forum title now says "shoutcaster". huehuehuehueHUE we're stuck with him.

I again lift up Tobiwan as my favorite play by play caster of any game. Like the screen can just be exploding and somehow he makes sense of it into a coherent story while expressing his excitement in varied tones of voice I've never heard anyone else use with any emotional honesty.

Maybe that's a little hyperbolic but IMO he just goes to show that play-by-play casting can have exceptional quality to it and add just as much to the experience as a great analytical caster.

On September 02 2012 23:48 Redox wrote:

You might want to specify who you are talking about but I am pretty sure its Rivington and Phreak.
With Jatt and Jaws the roles are pretty clearly defined.

On September 02 2012 23:55 Takkara wrote:
Funny how people regard the casters how they're starting to regard the players in LoL:

Korea > EU > NA

huehue

</lighttroll>

On September 03 2012 00:33 Gondlem wrote:
If Curse/CLG miss out, there is still another chance to qualify for the season finals, right?

On September 03 2012 00:33 Gondlem wrote:
If Curse/CLG miss out, there is still another chance to qualify for the season finals, right?

On September 03 2012 00:44 Gahlo wrote:
Does Riot want feedback from the VOD playback on their channel?

On September 03 2012 00:25 Jaso wrote:
Wow this kinda sucks for the teams. Both of the teams which have put money (or plan to) into a nice gaming house are now in the 3rd place match and only one of them will actually be able to fully use it for S2 championship. Probably more financial burden for CLG though since they don't have a huge organization like Curse behind them.