EPT"That (XXX) is Ball/er/ing"
example:
"That immortal is a baller"
Hate it lol
The Official Thread of Overused Terms for Casters - Page 12
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ReD-SpideR
Canada2 Posts
"That (XXX) is Ball/er/ing" example: "That immortal is a baller" Hate it lol | ||
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itmeJP
United States1101 Posts
"Natty" for natural expansion, etc. Perhaps the 'bros' will think im talking about natty ice though O_O | ||
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MrShank
Canada144 Posts
everything is standard," every BO is standard, your life is standard, im drinking standard water, i had a standard day today" | ||
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FlamingTurd
United States1059 Posts
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Geiko
France1968 Posts
 "[This unit] will live to tell the tale" | ||
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AskJoshy
United States1625 Posts
Some... interesting things in there. | ||
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enzymezero
United States65 Posts
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jalstar
United States8198 Posts
that is all | ||
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bakedace
United States672 Posts
On July 21 2010 08:07 MrShank wrote: STANDARD IS THE MOST OVERUSED TERM everything is standard," every BO is standard, your life is standard, im drinking standard water, i had a standard day today" I'm sorry this is just wrong. For a caster to point out when something is standard really helps people who don't dedicate their life to starcraft. | ||
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bakedace
United States672 Posts
On July 17 2010 07:00 cloudica wrote: It's good therapy to talk about things that annoy you! For instance, I've not seen this mentioned yet: "Target Fire" Terrible term. What was so wrong with "focus fire" that it had to be replaced? It's not even accurate either. I mean when you A-Click you "target" the ground. At least 'focus fire' implies the player is trying to bring all his units' attention to one place, which is exactly what's happening. another COMPLETELY wrong comment... geeez people.. just don't post if you've absolutely no idea. You can "target fire" a unit by simply right clicking it, who said it was A attack only? | ||
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gamecreator
United States24 Posts
HD uses this several times each cast and it drives me nuts! "And it looks like... IdrA is building a Spawning Pool." Probably worse because you know he's gonna say something that's completely obvious without him saying a word. | ||
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chocopan
Japan986 Posts
I think a lot of the stock phrase repetition comes because the caster needs to talk all the time but doesn't always have anything especially insightful to say. This happens more in my opinion with casters whose style is essentially simple narration of the action, and somewhat less with casters like the redoubtable Thoughthammer who spend a fair amount of time discussing theory/contextualising the action with stats and the like. If you are trying to frame the narrative with theory, obviously you are going to have more to say. Another solution is pair casting. Although there are risks (sometimes casters get too distracted chatting to each other about tangential topics), pairs are usually good at keeping the narrative flowing with less stalling or "filler verbiage". I think HD and Husky worked well as a pair in their comp, and Day[9] and Gretorp worked very well together too I thought. If I were a caster just starting at this point, I would probably make some kind of decision about who my target audience was going to be. Day[9] does an excellent job in making the higher flights of strategy accesible to the rank outsider, but still, his commentary is probably most interesting to a crowd already somewhat knowledgable about the game. But a strictly narrative commentary, alternatively, would probably be more accessible to a general audience. Some people get upset with casters getting too excited. I think that's ok, provided it's not you know, the whole game. (Casters sometimes obviously haven't gotten enough sleep hehe.) I think there's nothing wrong with casters having their own personal set of phrases. If you actually have content in your commentary, then there's no problem with having a few idiosyncrasies, same as professional casters do. For example, I love it when Gretorp describes a unit or a play as "handsome". Always makes me giggle. | ||
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Vimsey
United Kingdom2235 Posts
Sorry Gunrun Also its not easy to talk constantly for an hour or so without falling into some verbal tics. I am impressed that they can do it so well. Even though HD annoys the hell out of me I know his strengths are enthusing over the games so well that a lot of people outside of the community have been watching their vods. | ||
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tertle
Australia328 Posts
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Al Bundy
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Psyclon
Bulgaria2443 Posts
Btw, I've been following this great forum for a while now and as of 5 minutes ago I am a proud member  | ||
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Zack1900
United States211 Posts
It is not a fast expand if you tech to hydras/immortals/siege tanks before you expand. | ||
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FrogOfWar
Germany1406 Posts
Day[9] has been using the expression "manage to" wrong/in ways that don't make any sense like this quite often lately. | ||
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Kothre
United States3 Posts
"[insert player here] has got to make somethin' happen!" "Let's see if [insert player here] can make somethin' happen with this attack." "if [insert player here] doesn't make somethin' happen with this attack, he will have to gg." | ||
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PineappleSage
Canada109 Posts
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