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On February 22 2011 00:22 Jampackedeon wrote:Show nested quote +On February 21 2011 22:47 Torumfroll wrote:On February 21 2011 22:20 Jampackedeon wrote:
Kelly's accent is a little weird, but she is super cute and keeps having eye sex with the camera so I'm enjoying myself. Watching VODs now to see what her level of knowledge is. I really wish people would stop justifying her casting by saying shes such a pretty girl. It shouldnt be about her being some sort of eyecandy for the camera. I watch GSL cause I enjoy top level SC2. I dont watch GSL cause I want to look at pretty girls. I can do that elsewhere. She didnt add anything extraordinary to the games, and that had nothing to do with her being female, singaporean or whatever else people has been bashing on, but rather that her understanding of the game is lacking. Disagree, I thought her commentary was fine. The fact that she is pretty is icing on the cake. The top level SC2 was there with or without her, and she isn't standing in the way of it like Jason Lee was (now that was annoying casting, though I appreciate the effort he put into it). She's not clueless, and she's clearly put time into doing this well.
When comparing to casters other than the absolute top tier (Artosis, Tasteless and Day9) I think it's fair to say that she did absolutely fine. She just has to watch her voice during battles as it gets kind of screechy. The accent is something she should practice as well.
Regarding knowledge of the game she wasn't bad, but she wasn't super good either.
And I actually think the appearance is important for anyone showing themselves on TV for an extended period of time. It's not the main thing, but she being likeable does help.
I think the hatred is a bit over the top. And I should know, I got temp banned for a comment I made some days ago, critizing her accent. I just hope she doesn't read teamliquid too much. All negative comments would probably hurt her. Including my own old ones. But I like her now  .
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On February 22 2011 01:07 ParasitJonte wrote:Show nested quote +On February 22 2011 00:22 Jampackedeon wrote:On February 21 2011 22:47 Torumfroll wrote:On February 21 2011 22:20 Jampackedeon wrote:
Kelly's accent is a little weird, but she is super cute and keeps having eye sex with the camera so I'm enjoying myself. Watching VODs now to see what her level of knowledge is. I really wish people would stop justifying her casting by saying shes such a pretty girl. It shouldnt be about her being some sort of eyecandy for the camera. I watch GSL cause I enjoy top level SC2. I dont watch GSL cause I want to look at pretty girls. I can do that elsewhere. She didnt add anything extraordinary to the games, and that had nothing to do with her being female, singaporean or whatever else people has been bashing on, but rather that her understanding of the game is lacking. Disagree, I thought her commentary was fine. The fact that she is pretty is icing on the cake. The top level SC2 was there with or without her, and she isn't standing in the way of it like Jason Lee was (now that was annoying casting, though I appreciate the effort he put into it). She's not clueless, and she's clearly put time into doing this well. When comparing to casters other than the absolute top tier (Artosis, Tasteless and Day9) I think it's fair to say that she did absolutely fine. She just has to watch her voice during battles as it gets kind of screechy. The accent is something she should practice as well. Regarding knowledge of the game she wasn't bad, but she wasn't super good either. And I actually think the appearance is important for anyone showing themselves on TV for an extended period of time. It's not the main thing, but she being likeable does help. I think the hatred is a bit over the top. And I should know, I got temp banned for a comment I made some days ago, critizing her accent. I just hope she doesn't read teamliquid too much. All negative comments would probably hurt her. Including my own old ones. But I like her now .
Agreed. For me the accent was somewhat bothering during the first 10 minutes then I got used to it, I can't imagine native english speakers having any particular problem comprehending her english.
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On February 21 2011 23:29 Trolle wrote:
I'm amazed about the level of discussion for todays cast. I haven't followed SC for long, but one has always heard about how nice and cool the SC community is, followed and made up of just cosy teddy bears that just love each other and all. Todays cast truly showed that that is so much bullshit. The core of 4chan seems like a better description.
This needs to be quoted.
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On February 21 2011 23:29 Trolle wrote:
I'm amazed about the level of discussion for todays cast. I haven't followed SC for long, but one has always heard about how nice and cool the SC community is, followed and made up of just cosy teddy bears that just love each other and all. Todays cast truly showed that that is so much bullshit. The core of 4chan seems like a better description.
lol? You shouldn't say "one has always heard", but instead "I have always heard". Idk where you heard such bullshit but that's hilarious lol.
So cute...
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looks real good for Huk to make it to semi's.
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On February 22 2011 00:29 Uraeus wrote:
I can't believe the tons of trash that have been dumped into this thread. What happened to TL???
Did anyone really expect Kelly to deliver like a seasoned caster even though this is only her first pro TV cast?
She did a good enough job imo. She is enthusiastic and tries to be entertaining. She knows enough about the game to be really good, she just needs some time to adapt.
Does anyone remember Tasteless when he first started casting the GOM BW events? That was pretty embarassing. But he improved drastically over time, and now most TL members would kill for the guy to cast their games.
Same for SuperDanielMan. His first casts were awful, and TL raged and screamed. But again, he got better fast, and the Tasteless/SDM duo became pretty popular.
What about John the translator? Remember his first interviews? They were pretty awkward. Look at John now! Flying solo, confident enough to tease Huk on his mistakes, making jokes, and loved by TL.
And the observer who took over Tasteless? How many TL members whined and complained during his first games?
Yet today, he is doing an excellent job and nobody complains any more.
Starting to see a pattern here? Give Kelly some time. She plays at a pretty decent level and she is paired with two experienced casters : she should be perfectly fine real soon.
I am convinced that when she has found her "style" of casting, many on TL will like her a lot.
And I personnally find it refreshing not to hear the same old worn out jokes by Tastosis. Kelly will allow them to find a new dynamic.
Now about the games, I am really glad Huk won convincingly. Even though he can do way better than what he showed today, the series was not even close. Once he gets used to playing in the booth and with that extra pressure, he will really be a strong contender for those Code S spots.
Go Hoodie Toss!
So true. I really really would like that all those haters gonna dissapear from this forum for a long time. I like her effort and i think she allready improved from game to game and is getting more comfortable. Sadly i couldn't watch it live but i'm kinda sad that the interviews are not in the vod's :/ are there going to be uploaded? or did i just miss them.
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@Uraeus
Thank you sir- that has been the nature and scope of my argument in the various kelly threads. Glad to find a person that agrees. I'll freely admit, she's not stellar, but it's no reason to have emotional meltdown over. From watching the vod's, she's decent and understandable.
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First i was all happy that people had accepted kelly to some extend, and was looking forward for johns interview.
So then i figured id buy season pass since i cant watch live. Then i was all bummed down that its paypal thats working the payments. >_> Cant use that shit.
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On February 22 2011 00:29 Uraeus wrote:
I can't believe the tons of trash that have been dumped into this thread. What happened to TL???
Did anyone really expect Kelly to deliver like a seasoned caster even though this is only her first pro TV cast?
She did a good enough job imo. She is enthusiastic and tries to be entertaining. She knows enough about the game to be really good, she just needs some time to adapt.
Does anyone remember Tasteless when he first started casting the GOM BW events? That was pretty embarassing. But he improved drastically over time, and now most TL members would kill for the guy to cast their games.
Same for SuperDanielMan. His first casts were awful, and TL raged and screamed. But again, he got better fast, and the Tasteless/SDM duo became pretty popular.
What about John the translator? Remember his first interviews? They were pretty awkward. Look at John now! Flying solo, confident enough to tease Huk on his mistakes, making jokes, and loved by TL.
And the observer who took over Tasteless? How many TL members whined and complained during his first games?
Yet today, he is doing an excellent job and nobody complains any more.
Starting to see a pattern here? Give Kelly some time. She plays at a pretty decent level and she is paired with two experienced casters : she should be perfectly fine real soon.
I am convinced that when she has found her "style" of casting, many on TL will like her a lot.
And I personnally find it refreshing not to hear the same old worn out jokes by Tastosis. Kelly will allow them to find a new dynamic.
Now about the games, I am really glad Huk won convincingly. Even though he can do way better than what he showed today, the series was not even close. Once he gets used to playing in the booth and with that extra pressure, he will really be a strong contender for those Code S spots.
Go Hoodie Toss!
Yeah I'm willing to bet a year or so from now kelly will be one of the select few highly regarded commentators in the sc community.
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Watched last night's games as VODs today. Gotta say:
a) VODs load faster! It's great!
b) Kelly does a great job casting. In Huk v. Curious, Curious brought a bunch of overlords down into the battle and Kelly said it was "Moral support!" Great stuff.
c) The new GSL maps are awesome. Hoping for some epic games this season.
d) Idra is gone. This makes me sad.
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I agree that kelly did a good job. and i dont know the big deal about huks little ceremony. People saying it was super weird and akward but i thought it was... just a ceremony lol
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It's not like there are more than a handful of capable SC2 live casters in the world at the moment and even fewer that are willing to live in Korea at moment.
I think she did an okay job, especially for being her first day on the job. Give her time, most commentators were horrible at the beginning and she could only get better from here.
That people here are raging about it is beyond me.
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I think Kelly will be perfectly fine once she finds a role. Right now she's switching back and forth between play by play and color, which is what both Artosis and Tasteless do, but to be frank she doesn't have the charisma, or chemistry with her co-caster to do this. I think once she settles in, slows down a bit, and just focuses on one thing and lets Artosis and Tasteless do the other and dial up the excitement she'll work out fine.
That being said her first time out was pretty rough, and there are a lot of things she needs to work on. I think phrasing, and the way she talks about the game are key areas. I noticed she'll finish her (often long) train of thought no matter what, which isn't always good because in Starcraft things can happen really quickly and the person talking sometimes needs to be interrupted to draw attention to them. I think tightening up the way she phrases things and learning at which points in a game you can and can't afford to talk at length about something will go a long way toward improving her casting.
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I have searched the forums for any links to watch the GSL games that I missed (@ 4 est) this morning. I was wondering if anyone knows where to watch free VOD's of the code A Round of 32.
I started watching them this morning on GOMtv, but I can't afford the season ticket price to finish watching set's 2 and 3. I'd like to see the original casts with tasteless and kelly.
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On February 21 2011 21:13 BBXX wrote:Show nested quote +On February 21 2011 21:00 norlock wrote:
What was so wrong with the casting of kelly? I mean she is of course really nerveus and sounds kind off forced. Everyone on their first day of casting gsl would kind off don't cast as well. It is normal and we should give her more time, before bashing. It also don't help that the expectations are so high, that is really hard to deal with. For me it is very funny but annoing to hear: K: Those race cars... T: Hellions... K: oh yeah Hellions K: He put down infestation pit so he can infest marines now... T: Fungal them K: You right Even in bronze league everyone knows units and their names 
Kinda like how artosis and tasteless call "medvacs" dropships every game?
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Kelly did fine as a caster. I don't have any problem with her, but that's maybe cause I expected her to be terrible. Which she isnt.
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Glad HuK won. I gotta check out the games sometime! and good to see everyone not hating on Kelly anymore
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lmao. "artosis has been arrested."
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On February 22 2011 01:32 raf3776 wrote:Show nested quote +On February 21 2011 21:13 BBXX wrote:On February 21 2011 21:00 norlock wrote:
What was so wrong with the casting of kelly? I mean she is of course really nerveus and sounds kind off forced. Everyone on their first day of casting gsl would kind off don't cast as well. It is normal and we should give her more time, before bashing. It also don't help that the expectations are so high, that is really hard to deal with. For me it is very funny but annoing to hear: K: Those race cars... T: Hellions... K: oh yeah Hellions K: He put down infestation pit so he can infest marines now... T: Fungal them K: You right Even in bronze league everyone knows units and their names Kinda like how artosis and tasteless call "medvacs" dropships every game?
Kinda like how artosis and tasteless played BW for 10 years?
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On February 22 2011 01:22 hifriend wrote:Show nested quote +On February 22 2011 00:29 Uraeus wrote:
I can't believe the tons of trash that have been dumped into this thread. What happened to TL???
Did anyone really expect Kelly to deliver like a seasoned caster even though this is only her first pro TV cast?
She did a good enough job imo. She is enthusiastic and tries to be entertaining. She knows enough about the game to be really good, she just needs some time to adapt.
Does anyone remember Tasteless when he first started casting the GOM BW events? That was pretty embarassing. But he improved drastically over time, and now most TL members would kill for the guy to cast their games.
Same for SuperDanielMan. His first casts were awful, and TL raged and screamed. But again, he got better fast, and the Tasteless/SDM duo became pretty popular.
What about John the translator? Remember his first interviews? They were pretty awkward. Look at John now! Flying solo, confident enough to tease Huk on his mistakes, making jokes, and loved by TL.
And the observer who took over Tasteless? How many TL members whined and complained during his first games?
Yet today, he is doing an excellent job and nobody complains any more.
Starting to see a pattern here? Give Kelly some time. She plays at a pretty decent level and she is paired with two experienced casters : she should be perfectly fine real soon.
I am convinced that when she has found her "style" of casting, many on TL will like her a lot.
And I personnally find it refreshing not to hear the same old worn out jokes by Tastosis. Kelly will allow them to find a new dynamic.
Now about the games, I am really glad Huk won convincingly. Even though he can do way better than what he showed today, the series was not even close. Once he gets used to playing in the booth and with that extra pressure, he will really be a strong contender for those Code S spots.
Go Hoodie Toss! Yeah I'm willing to bet a year or so from now kelly will be one of the select few highly regarded commentators in the sc community.
i'll take that action
$50 USD? Though before we make this agreement, we'll have to establish a baseline for "highly regarded"
er PM me before we both get banned though :3
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