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On September 12 2010 11:29 Steamroller wrote:



Haha i was laughing my ass off after demuslim said that :D

On September 12 2010 15:59 hagon wrote:
Rotterdam, while your point that the commentator should provide strategic insight into the events in game is fully valid there is another side which I feel sets the show yesterday apart from almost every other SC2/other stream I've watched: entertainment.

I've played various many different RTS games for more than 10 years at a decent or better than decent level, I feel qualified to understand what I am watching, if I just wanted to know what was happening the the observer wouldn't need a mic, just keep the production tab open and cycle through the players units continuously. I want to be entertained, I want to feel a connection: why do I play SC2? because its fun. Yes the competition matters, and the technical details matter, but if people aren't enjoying it, having fun, then its pointless, and that was the biggest factor for me, the whole event, not just the games and the strategies, was fun (and DeMuslim made a legendary recovery, not just in the 2nd grand final game, but coming back after you get 2-0'd in the first match up is really tough).

On September 12 2010 15:13 Dingotrold wrote:
Yeah RotterdaM, felt kinda sad when you said you didn't even want to cast this thing. Get-together at TaKes place seems like ultimate win. That being said, I obviously appreciate your want to understand the game better (as in, everything except for good proxy locations), but please hurry up because we definitely need more laid back casters who don't get flustered by every gas steal.

On September 12 2010 16:09 Dingotrold wrote:
If anybody can link to me to any VODs (though I definitely wouldn't expect them be up) or replays, I'd be might glad. Can't find any replays on the ESL site.

edit: Nvm, seems final isn't up anywhere atm

On September 12 2010 15:23 RotterdaM wrote:
hahha naruto sick puppy, go to bed. :D

Well, Im not sure if i explained myself well enough Dingtrold, like in general I reall love to cast, I think its a lot of fun and I love to share my " knowledge" about the game in a funny yet interesting way with the audiance, but somehow everyone seems to think hes a caster nowadays and listening to 9 out of 10 sc II streams nowadays hurts my ears, its annoying as hell to listen to people who play in silver league, like im not trying to be arrogant but honestly what does a silver player really know about indept strats? A good caster should not only able to tell you why something works, cause the people who watch the stream are not idiots, they can see what is happening , but a good caster should be able to explain _why_ a strategy didnt work, even though that doesnt mean the strat is bad by any means, it just ment player A did something better than player B, but that doesnt mean a certain strat is bad or whatsover, and tbh I think this is important to know and I feel this is the kind of stuff you only learn by playing. Right now im at 1400~ Diamond ladder but I still feel my game is full of holes, and who am I to tell White ra shouldnt do this, or Naniwa shouldnt do that etc while they have a damn good reason to do what their doing , a good caster is able to explain strats which didnt work on the moment, but still explan why a strat could work in potential, even though It didnt work on this moment or certain situation

Nevertheless I had a sick amount of fun today and I'm willing to continue this, combined with playing alot myself, cause its a lot of fun to joke around etc and we shouldnt take eachtoher more serious than it actually is, but now and then we should provide _valuable _ information as well, and then I don't mean speaking from the observer point of view but from actually playing these guys, cause thats the only way your gonna sound really convincing, not just to the audiance but to yourself as well , I just wanna make sure I know what im talking about before I start casting, but once more, was so much fun today, loved every minute of it , so perhaps cu guys soon once more .

On September 12 2010 14:49 RotterdaM wrote:
just read the last 40 pages of this thread, insane amount of positiv feedback glad you guys loved it, 7:48 decent time to sleep imo , gn guys and cu tomorrow aka in a few hours

On September 12 2010 19:00 Liquid`Ret wrote:


When rotterdam says 'decent time to sleep' he actually means, time to get in the bathroom @ 10 AM, lock the door, fill the tub with hot water, put on headphones, and fall asleep naked, scaring the SHIT out of the rest of us the next morning when we want to pee!

A picture was taken but the bastard deleted it lmao

On September 12 2010 19:00 Liquid`Ret wrote:


When rotterdam says 'decent time to sleep' he actually means, time to get in the bathroom @ 10 AM, lock the door, fill the tub with hot water, put on headphones, and fall asleep naked, scaring the SHIT out of the rest of us the next morning when we want to pee!

A picture was taken but the bastard deleted it lmao