But those are all my favourite terms.

Opting to standards in terminology is the most normal thing in the world easily getting across exactly whats coming/whats going on/what the players are up to. It'll be interesting to see deviation, but one thing to note is what a blunder improvised cute/creative wordplay on the field can be. Terrible terrible damage he really should be getting this is awesome!

Nawyria

Netherlands140 Posts

July 15 2010 10:27 GMT

#24

"(Not) gonna ..."

... be applying some pressure.
... add on a few raxxes.
... be getting the Xel'Naga Watchtower.
... be getting out a Bunker to to defend the expansion.
... be chrono-boosting that.
... push in to the natural.
... be adding on another expansion here.
... be getting that Khaydarian Amulat
... go ahead and take the rest of the map right now.
... be running for the Warp Prism.
... be warping in some more units.
... go ahead and make an Archon there.
... be getting that first Immortal.
... be going here on the cliff, possibly dropping off that two High Templar.
... be able to deal some damage here to that Planetary Fortress.
What he's ... try and do.
... be in a great position.
... wait until he has a large enough force until he has enough forces to steamroll that position.
Is he ... be using that?
... be taking out those tanks with the Mothership
... be able to get up here.
... be able to Psionic Storm immediately.
... be forced to macro up here and make a move.
... etc

(all from the first White-Ra versus CL from this night's cast, although I missed a few)

It's not that it's bothersome, it's just that the phrase stands out a lot.

aka_star

United Kingdom1546 Posts

July 15 2010 10:28 GMT

#25

(x) is spawning as (x Race)

MacroNcheesE

United States508 Posts

July 15 2010 10:30 GMT

#26

About the only one I can't stand is "a bit of a blunder" "oh, that was a blunder" I absolutely despise the word blunder now. Also "x has spawned in x location as the x PIECES". People messing up White-Ra's name saying it as White-Wa. LOL that last one isn't too bad i guess. And Artosis kept saying "indeed" for a while, that was really annoying when he was co-casting. "blah hibbity blah" - x caster, Artosis' response: "indeed". "He is probably going to do..." "Indeed he is"

mofoo

Sweden96 Posts

July 15 2010 10:31 GMT

#27

I think repetitions are sweet/cute. Don't overthink it too much.

If we "ban" to many words we'll end up with silent and boring casters

Zignius

Netherlands33 Posts

July 15 2010 10:35 GMT

#28

''A little mismicro/mismanagement there from X''

EDIT: Should say that HD does this in particular, I can mostly predict when he says it

REDBLUEGREEN

Germany1904 Posts

July 15 2010 10:35 GMT

#29

abuse, abuses.
Seriously, it fits maybe 5% of the time the word is used

yarkO

Canada810 Posts

July 15 2010 10:37 GMT

#30

I think in general, casters should be relaying less precise information. Particularly, when I was watching some iCCup.tv thing, I noticed about 40 different occasions where he referenced the difference in Probe count (it was about 5, if you were wondering).

They need to be more laid back, and serve as ear-candy to the great plays we are watching. The Koreans do this very well- if you watch any of the translations, they talk about the pilots of the Corsairs, who's driving the Vultures etc. Just add some fun to the cast.

A great example was in the Tasteless vs Day9 show match while Beta was down, and they kept going back to the 'lazy Phoenix' in the back of his base. I don't think I've laughed quite that much at a cast as when they were speculating on why he was hiding while the rest of the team was fighting.

I know this doesn't quite give you what you were looking for, JP, but maybe this can help you guys out a bit with what to fill the dead air with in between the action.

gakkgakk

Norway902 Posts

July 15 2010 10:39 GMT

#31

HDStarcraft. Morrow vs Socke. He started to overuse a phrase right of the bat, and then continued to overuse it right of the bat the entire game right of the bat.

fiaro

Romania28 Posts

July 15 2010 10:40 GMT

#32

a very fast
- Stalker
- expansion
- hatchery

and so on... A lot of the commentators say this "very fast" even if it is the regular build order.

Swede

New Zealand853 Posts

July 15 2010 10:42 GMT

#33

On July 15 2010 19:10 ImSkeptical wrote:
But those are all my favourite terms.

Opting to standards in terminology is the most normal thing in the world easily getting across exactly whats coming/whats going on/what the players are up to. It'll be interesting to see deviation, but one thing to note is what a blunder improvised cute/creative wordplay on the field can be. Terrible terrible damage he really should be getting this is awesome!

Hahaha nice!

To be honest, I don't mind any of the things in the OP that much.

"Right off the bat" (HD's new favourite saying), however, could be one of the most annoying things I have ever heard. Surely he realises how often he has been saying it lately...

On July 15 2010 19:40 fiaro wrote:
a very fast
- Stalker
- expansion
- hatchery

and so on... A lot of the commentators say this "very fast" even if it is the regular build order.

This I am feeling. Expansions are always "fast expansions" regardless of timing, and a lot of cheesy builds are the same - e.g."fast banshees" 15 minutes into the game.

Also, some commentators use rush far too often and in the wrong context.

JollYRoGeR

Sweden342 Posts

July 15 2010 10:44 GMT

#34

i don't mind ppl having their catchphrases, although i think that most players are too bad at the game to commentate. it's really annoying when they are clueless and predict stuff that simply suck. tell us what's happening instead of making bad predictions!

love sc2 vods though

konadora

Singapore66363 Posts

July 15 2010 10:48 GMT

#35

oh my god

NeonGenesis

Norway260 Posts

July 15 2010 10:52 GMT

#36

I have no problems with most of those listed phrases. What I do find annoying are redundant statements and fallbacks, like "[...] right now" etc. I think you are really awesome caster though JP!

Ludwigvan

Germany2371 Posts

July 15 2010 10:53 GMT

#37

On July 15 2010 18:57 kron0s wrote:
"...right off the bat"

haha, true.

"I am really exited about who is going to win this."
"That is a very early gas... Never mind, it's the extractor trick."
"He is starting at the 5 o'clock position. You could even call it half past 4."
"I love banelings/Thors."
"Steppes of war has a very short rush distance."
"On Kulas everyone goes Zerglings."
"We all love TLO."

Dystisis

Norway713 Posts

July 15 2010 10:54 GMT

#38

I don't mind the things in the OP too much... But one thing I've noticed that is said a bizarre amount of times:

"Baller".

That is a word I have never ever heard from an English speaking person, until recently; everyone has started using them in the SC2 scene. Really annoying.

Artifice

United States523 Posts

July 15 2010 10:57 GMT

#39

On July 15 2010 19:40 fiaro wrote:
a very fast
- Stalker
- expansion
- hatchery

and so on... A lot of the commentators say this "very fast" even if it is the regular build order.

Definitely the biggest thing that irks me when watching a cast.