EPTThe Official Thread of Overused Terms for Casters - Page 6
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Leeto
United States1320 Posts
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Chill
Calgary25998 Posts
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Spidermonkey
United States251 Posts
On July 16 2010 01:32 Chill wrote: I feel like 70% of the entries in this thread are just super common english phrases... ^^ This Though I do have a complaint in general. Anytime someone attacks the caster always says oh it's a "timing attack!"... no it's not. It's just a <BEEEPING> attack. Not every <BEEEPING> attack is a <BEEP BEEPING> TIMING ATTACK! It's just a <BEEPING> ATTACK! | ||
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rS.Sinatra
Canada785 Posts
Who asked you? Its not commentary if you aren't sure about something. "I'm not sure if he's zerg or protoss here... " It is commentary if you say "This strategy is not very effective" or "I have not seen this work many times in this situation" "i'm not sure if I like what he's doing here" brings light that you don't know shit and only have an opinion with no basis. | ||
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Holcan
Canada2593 Posts
On July 15 2010 23:21 wishbones wrote: I think its just fine the way it is, i mean casters are all main streamed eventually, look at nfl, look at nba, look at poker, look at golf, look at that, and this, and everything. Never ever ever, will you see casters worried about overused lines, because those lines are just the norm. Good argument, but casters often dont repeat what other casters say, which seems to happen ten fold on this site. What i mean is, Marv Albert has catch phrases + Show Spoiler + # "From downtown" (a three point shot) # "And it's handled by [Player]..." (when a player easily grabs a rebound) # "[Player], he's been off." (when a player cannot make any shots) # "And you know he'd like to have that one back." # "Re-jected by [player]!" # "A very impressive stat line for [player]." # "[Coach] apparently not liking what he's seeing..." (when a coach calls a time out to reorganize his team). # "[Team] wants to talk it over." (when a coach calls a time out when the other team has gone on a run) Lawler-isms * Bingo: when a player makes a three-point basket. The "Bingo" term derives from one-time Clipper player and Cleveland Cavalier great Bobby "Bingo" Smith, known during his playing career for his outstanding shooting and scoring. * Lawler's Law: The first team to 100 points wins the game. In games involving the Clippers since 1978, Lawler's law has been true 91.5% of the time.[1] * Lawler's Law Corollary: The team that shoots 50% in field goal percentage wins the game. * Lawler's Overtime Law: The first team to lead by four points in overtime wins the game. * Fasten your seat belts, gang. We're going down to the wire!: It refers to when a close game is coming down to final minutes (or seconds). * Oh Me, Oh My!: When a player makes an unbelievable and exciting play. * Out of the Box: When the team with the most turnovers is winning by over fifteen points. | ||
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vesicular
United States1310 Posts
"These X should easily kill off these Y" I hate these because they try to predict the future and many times blow up in the casters face (ie, Y actually ends up killing off X). Call the game, explain what's going on, explain why things were smart/dumb when they happen, don't try to have ESP. You look foolish if you call it wrong and smug if you call it right (plus we then already know what happens before it does, which is boring to watch). React to the game, not the potential game. I'd further add, that the most annoying thing is not overused terms, it's casters talking over each other and not knowing who is to call the game and who is to comment on what happened. Sports casters have a play-by-play and a color commentator. They both stick to their roles. The color guy does not call the action, he gives feedback on what happened after it did. Esports needs the same. Then you know your exact roles and stick to them, and the quality of the cast is improved. | ||
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Apolo
Portugal1259 Posts
2. Expand your vocabulary by reading high quality books and articles. | ||
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hiddencamper
49 Posts
substitude colossus with immortal, HT, ghost, etc... | ||
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lphoenixl
Canada71 Posts
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Baerinho
Germany257 Posts
Imagine Marv Alberts "YES!" Walt Fraziers "slicing and dicing, wheeling and dealing(heck he makes them up ALL the time) So i wouldnt go to overboard with trying to change your ways unless its somethign weird like putting a "you know" between each sentence and even words  | ||
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prodiG
Canada2016 Posts
...oh wait, that's not overused at all. Tasteless, cast moar <3 | ||
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Fogul
United Kingdom179 Posts
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Doctorasul
Romania1145 Posts
On July 16 2010 01:32 Chill wrote: I feel like 70% of the entries in this thread are just super common english phrases... Yeah, you really should start elevating your language above the super common, or are you saying Starcraft deserves no better?! Here's an example of a proper commentary (best read with a thick British accent): Verily, to put it succinctly, I deduce his scintillating and cognizant yet scoffing and persnickety subjugation of 3 hatch muta signals the end of the morbid and barbarous epoch of the plethora of capricious zerg cacophonies. None shall bemoan this vestige of a piteous era. | ||
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Gahlo
United States35173 Posts
And to piggy back off him "___ is (very) ROBUST" | ||
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Lightwip
United States5497 Posts
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SichuanPanda
Canada1542 Posts
On July 16 2010 02:07 Doctorasul wrote: Yeah, you really should start elevating your language above the super common, or are you saying Starcraft deserves no better?! Here's an example of a proper commentary (best read with a thick British accent): Verily, to put it succinctly, I deduce his scintillating and cognizant yet scoffing and persnickety subjugation of 3 hatch muta signals the end of the morbid and barbarous epoch of the plethora of capricious zerg cacophonies. None shall bemoan this vestige of a piteous era. - My thoughts exactly, some of the phrases in the OP are just commonly used phrases - how can saying 'it looks like X player is getting Y unit' be said too often? Unless the player is actually making that unit it can only possibly LOOK like they are getting it (building a Dark Shrine for example and then not getting DTs it looks like they are going DTs). My complaints with casters are more like the kind of phrases like the one below, which we hear FAR too often and it is mis-used as well. 'Player X is going for a timing push of Y units'. Some casters don't make this mistake but other call pretty much every attack that happens a 'timing push'. An attack is only a 'timing push' in cases as such: Player A goes eco-build Zerg, Player B goes 2 Gate Zeals before Zerg gets its spine crawlers up. In this case Player B could be considered as having gone for a timing push as he timed his attack to hit the Zerg before he could get his eco-build running fully. However if Player B simply expanded himself built up and attacked at lets say 12 minutes - this is NOT a timing push, unless of course he attacks before the Player A gets key lair or hive units to turn the battle | ||
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HazMat
United States17077 Posts
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Goobus
Hong Kong587 Posts
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jamesr12
United States1549 Posts
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TotalBiscuit
United Kingdom5437 Posts
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