[WCS AM] RO32 Group H Premier Season 2 2013 - Page 27

On July 26 2013 10:17 ptbl wrote:
TheStc has been pretty bad for months now. I wonder if he stopped practicing.

On July 26 2013 10:16 Bagration wrote:


I don't think it's the American accent (some of the best casters, like Artosis, are American). While a British accent may sound exotic, classy, and remind people of football commentators, just having a British accent won't make one a good caster.

I think the problem with these casters is that they don't really add value to the caster. During the game, they'll say things like "thermal lance starting up", and that would be it. Now if I was blind or couldn't watch the stream, that would help. But I can see those things happening, so pointing it out in the cast and not going further and giving analysis doesn't add "value". The use of cliches doesn't help either ("it was the critical mistakes that lost him that game").

So neither of these guys are really good at analysis. But what about play by play, or just building excitement? Unfortunately, they haven't quite gotten that either. Some casters like Nathanias may not be the best at analysis, but they can generate excitement. But unfortunately, these casters have not yet mastered the art of generating excitement without sounding fake.

On July 26 2013 10:20 Wombat_NI wrote:

That's kind of what I'm getting at, they have that kind of nasally 'forced' voice that is a bit grating to me as it's a bit reminiscent of other examples of fakery in American broadcasting. It's perhaps not fair, but equally these guys aren't great on the content front either.

I mean imagine if a Valley girl casted, wouldn't matter if her analysis was good, some voices are just a bit grating.

Actually feel it's a bit of an elephant in the room as regards casting. I do accept that it's subjective on my part, but whenever the 'how do you break into casting?' question is aired, rarely if ever does anybody see to ask 'do you have an annoying voice?, if yes, it's probably not for you'.

On July 26 2013 10:25 KingofGods wrote:
"[Huk] was known for top 3 control" - WCS Caster

LOL no. He was infamous for jokingly saying that about himself, but he was never known for it.

On July 26 2013 10:25 Shellshock1122 wrote:

0:00
CranK spawns in the top left
HuK spawns in the bottom right

On July 26 2013 10:29 Shellshock1122 wrote:

1:40
gate for HuK
proxy gate for Crank

2:00
gas for Crank
2nd proxy gate for Crank
double gas for HuK
Cybernetics core for crank
zealot for Crank

3:00
2nd gate for Huk
2 stalkers for Crank
stalker for HuK
first zealot moves into the main of HuK
chronoboost on the stalker of HuK
probes are pulled to fight the zealot
pylon on the high ground for Crank

4:00
2 stalkers of Crank in the main of HuK
2 more stalkers for HuK
another stalker for Crank
probes are pulled to fight the stalkers
HuK loses his only stalker out right now
3 stalkers out for Crank now vs 2 of HuK
2 more stalkers on the way for both players

5:00
4th stalker in the main of HuK
probes are pulled for HuK cause Crank is targeting down a gateway
5th stalker for Crank
3 stalkers for crank vs 2 for huk now
Huk still ahead by 6 probes and making another
zealot and stalker on the way for Huk
5 stalkers again for Crank
Crank is killing off a gateway
Huk pulls probes again

On July 26 2013 10:29 lichter wrote:
This is not good control by Crank

On July 26 2013 10:29 lichter wrote:
This is not good control by Crank