EPTI also have no problem with HD and Husky, maybe not the most knowledgeable duo but still fun to listen to.
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OnTheFly
33 Posts
I also have no problem with HD and Husky, maybe not the most knowledgeable duo but still fun to listen to. | ||
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Odoakar
Croatia1835 Posts
Great casting by Day9 and Husky, very good casting by Day9 and HD/JP | ||
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Bagi
Germany6799 Posts
I mean its an obvious choice since Sean is by far the best of the bunch, and it would suck to have the finals without him. | ||
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madnessman
United States1581 Posts
On August 29 2010 03:24 Bagi wrote: Are they letting Day9 cast the rest of the games? Last games have been Day9 with husky, then with hd, now with JP. I mean its an obvious choice since Sean is by far the best of the bunch, and it would suck to have the finals without him. Oh god please let day cast the finals. wait when are the finals? it's 2:30am in singapore and i'm getting pretty tired... | ||
Jibba
United States22883 Posts
On August 29 2010 02:37 UberThing wrote: I think everyone needs to relax for a bit and chill out. A lot of the opinions posted are not well thought out and kinda rushed, I think everyone needs to give the casters (esp. HD and Husky as this is their first) more time and then reach their judgements when they have seen more. I have not noticed an improvement since March. How much time should they have? It seems to me that they're not very committed to being good casters. Having an entry level approach is one thing, but they're regularly unprepared to talk about the players they're watching and thats just a matter of effort. It's the Sarah Palin of SC2 casting. | ||
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OnTheFly
33 Posts
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Eloh666
Italy24 Posts
Early on when I started playin I used to be a big fan of Husky/HD for your same reasons. Now even tho I'm still watching their videos (for entertaiment) sometimes I just can't stand facepalming comments like "HE SHOULD REALLY GET VOIDRAYS" when the zerg got 534534535 mutalisks out, suggesting that "archons are really bad against ultras" or that kind of stuff (last game he casted) That said, Day9 is just the best caster I've seen on SC2 by far, hes just as funny as Husky while at the same time he got a bilion times his game knowledge. I don't wanna be rude towards HD or Husky, since I'm still watching most of the stuff they cast but Day9 is just on a whole different level. | ||
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Jibba
United States22883 Posts
On August 29 2010 03:24 Odoakar wrote: Notice how no one is interrupting Day9 and talking over him like d.appolo did on IEM. It's really much more enjoyable to listen compared to IEM games. Great casting by Day9 and Husky, very good casting by Day9 and HD/JP That was literally Apollo's first time and he has game knowledge comparable to Day9 and probably more player knowledge. You could really tell he put a lot of time into prep. | ||
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UberThing
Great Britain410 Posts
On August 29 2010 03:41 Jibba wrote: I have not noticed an improvement since March. How much time should they have? It seems to me that they're not very committed to being good casters. Having an entry level approach is one thing, but they're regularly unprepared to talk about the players they're watching and thats just a matter of effort. It's the Sarah Palin of SC2 casting. I get what you're saying but HD/Husky have limited experience casting games live at events. This is a different ball game to casting VODs on youtube. A lot of the hesistation/saying wrong things etc is due to inexperience. Day and JP are faar more experienced in this regard and it shows. I feel however it is unfair to hate and say they are not commited etc and are terrible. Everyone has their own favourites. I started watching both HD and Husky a year and a half ago and they have improved immensely. Personally I like their style, but I also respect you if you dont. They have done new things and they adapt. Just giev them more time to adapt to casting live and being proper commentators. | ||
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MattFoo
United States23 Posts
To me it's like watching a UFC fight with Joe Rogan at the microphone and then trying to watch a local MMA fight and some scrub just spouting nonsense. I think if they took more time to get out of their shell and explore other high level opinions or even watch other caster's streams they would improve. I would say they need to play more, but I don't think they would even be at a high enough level to make an impact. I think their style is fine. Yes it is their first time, but a huge amount of the things they say are just plain wrong. I think Day9 wanted to facepalm at a few of the things HD said. He even winced when HD said sc2 has a random factor because of cheese. | ||
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Eloh666
Italy24 Posts
And way too often they do not know what their talking about. It often feels like "oh another hd/husky game... well sure, let's watch it's 20 mins of fun, I just have to ignore the weird mistakes" | ||
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Senorcuidado
United States700 Posts
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Rah
United States973 Posts
Who thinks MLG really should really invest in some chairs? Halo fans have a stadium, SC2 fans get a rug.. lol | ||
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Jibba
United States22883 Posts
On August 29 2010 03:52 UberThing wrote: I get what you're saying but HD/Husky have limited experience casting games live at events. This is a different ball game to casting VODs on youtube. A lot of the hesistation/saying wrong things etc is due to inexperience. Day and JP are faar more experienced in this regard and it shows. I feel however it is unfair to hate and say they are not commited etc and are terrible. Everyone has their own favourites. I started watching both HD and Husky a year and a half ago and they have improved immensely. Personally I like their style, but I also respect you if you dont. They have done new things and they adapt. Just giev them more time to adapt to casting live and being proper commentators. The mistakes happen on the YouTube videos also. :/ If it was just really basic, it wouldn't necessarily turn off experienced players. Its the being wrong part that does. Enjoying misinformation is a preference? | ||
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Jibba
United States22883 Posts
On August 29 2010 04:00 Rah wrote: They seem compareable at least to JP when they're paired up next to Day9, not surprising, though JP and Day9 definitly have the best chemistry. It was cool that they mixed it up like that today. Hopefully they all try to improve as time goes on. Who thinks MLG really should really invest in some chairs? Halo fans have a stadium, SC2 fans get a rug.. lol | ||
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Eloh666
Italy24 Posts
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zokj
Canada136 Posts
Both, >overuse/repeat phrases >state common observations ("look there is 75 chrono boost, maybe the's saving up for aggression") >use words like "smooth, nice, great etc" Generally vague descriptive words. There are more examples and little particularies of each caster that I could complain about. What bothers my about these threads is not the criticism its the fact that very few are willing to extend similar attention to all casters. While day9 is undoubtedly one of the best casters in the community he is not immune to criticism and threads made in the "Its not wrong to have high standards" spirit become a bit of a joke when noone is willing to talk about the blunders of day9. | ||
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madnessman
United States1581 Posts
On August 29 2010 04:07 Eloh666 wrote: Wheres d9 i don't like MLG's choice of casters for the finals. and yeah sc2 will probably get some nice chairs instead of a rug once sc2 takes of in NA. | ||
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Aegeis
United States1619 Posts
In the beginning HDH didn't have great chemistry and everytime they cast together it takes them awhile to get into their flow going. JP/Day veterans and good as usual. But from what I am seeing is that the longer HDH talk the better their flow go, and for being their 1st event I see that they are doing well. No love for these commentators? | ||
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MattFoo
United States23 Posts
Apollo and Day9 both have great knowledge for the game and understand what's going on very well. However, when they would talk over each other and stumble that was was just bad. It felt like finger nails on a chalk board  | ||
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