EPTGood job Jason Lee! - Page 18
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NoXious90
United Kingdom160 Posts
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Klamity
United States994 Posts
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setzer
United States3284 Posts
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GP
United States1056 Posts
On October 22 2010 23:51 setzer wrote: Some people here seem to think every caster has to be a walking encyclopedia to be effective. Imo, Jason did a great job and really improved from his first cast with Idra to today with Assem. He's just as entertaining as Tasteless, is quite articulate when he speaks and has the flow of the cast go smoothly. You can knock him for not being quite as knowledgeable as other casters, but that is why you pair him with someone like Idra and Assem. Yeah, but it's obvious he doesn't even have knowledge of basic foundations of SC2. I don't need him to be an encyclopedia, I need him to know how high-ground advantage works, I need him to know important tech buildings to look out for, etc. Map-awareness is also really important as a caster too, which I wasn't impressed by from him at all. For instance, it was several minutes today before he even looked at the hidden starport in the final Ensnare match, he just mentioned "oh there's a starport in the bottom right of the map." Of coarse I was watching the low quality stream and couldn't see what he was talking about. | ||
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Roggay
Switzerland6320 Posts
Anyway, it's nice of him to help like that (and the others too). | ||
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ragingfungus
United States271 Posts
On October 22 2010 23:59 GP wrote: Yeah, but it's obvious he doesn't even have knowledge of basic foundations of SC2. I don't need him to be an encyclopedia, I need him to know how high-ground advantage works, I need him to know important tech buildings to look out for, etc. Map-awareness is also really important as a caster too, which I wasn't impressed by from him at all. For instance, it was several minutes today before he even looked at the hidden starport in the final Ensnare match, he just mentioned "oh there's a starport in the bottom right of the map." Of coarse I was watching the low quality stream and couldn't see what he was talking about. They are following the korean obs he has no control over going to the starport. | ||
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Maul
Australia130 Posts
On October 22 2010 23:51 setzer wrote: Some people here seem to think every caster has to be a walking encyclopedia to be effective. Imo, Jason did a great job and really improved from his first cast with Idra to today with Assem. He's just as entertaining as Tasteless, is quite articulate when he speaks and has the flow of the cast go smoothly. You can knock him for not being quite as knowledgeable as other casters, but that is why you pair him with someone like Idra and Assem. He doesn't have to be a SC2 pro-gamer or even a gold/diamond level player. I understand the concept of an announcing role in commentary. But he needs to have the basics down to call the action. I watch ESPNs coverage of the WSOP and I've never heard Lon McCarren call an ace of hearts the ace of diamonds, or a straight a flush. He's admitted to not being very good at poker, or understand why the players play how they do despite seeing their cards, but he does a great job of simply calling the action accurately and leaves the analysis to Norman Chad. I understand the guy is just substituting so I'm not happy about being so critical towards him, but I just can't make myself watch any more of the games he casts because it's too distracting from the game. | ||
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GP
United States1056 Posts
On October 23 2010 00:14 ragingfungus wrote: They are following the korean obs he has no control over going to the starport. Really? Why would the he not have control over the camera like Tasteless? | ||
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DeMaze
England69 Posts
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Roggay
Switzerland6320 Posts
On October 23 2010 00:35 GP wrote: Really? Why would the he not have control over the camera like Tasteless? Obviously because he doesnt know the game well enough and can't do that. Following an obs is better anyway for the casting. | ||
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kojinshugi
Estonia2559 Posts
On October 23 2010 00:14 ragingfungus wrote: They are following the korean obs he has no control over going to the starport. We are seeing the Korean observer. Both the casters have their own screens and can look at whatever they please. | ||
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GP
United States1056 Posts
On October 23 2010 00:41 Roggay wrote: Obviously because he doesnt know the game well enough and can't do that. Following an obs is better anyway for the casting. Eh, explains a lot I guess. | ||
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Selkie
United States530 Posts
About sums up my thoughts. I mean, ok, learning the game, he can't give deep in depth analysis, but it's be nice if he'd actually.. played a game. People were going on in another threat about he did some research before on the players that tastetosis didn't, but some basic research into the game itself would be good. He is learning fast. And thank goodness we'll get tastetosis back. | ||
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Longshank
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Seikhor
Canada116 Posts
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damorphy
Netherlands78 Posts
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KevinIX
United States2472 Posts
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Trentelshark
Canada385 Posts
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Rflcrx
503 Posts
Good voice or no good voice: total lack of knowledge -> failcast. | ||
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alcaras
United States67 Posts
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