I didn't like him at all. I know his role here was color, but his nasal voice taking a full minute to talk about the death of the scouting SCV was just terrible.

Brad`

Canada548 Posts

October 21 2010 01:48 GMT

#123

I'd like to see them keep him around as the interviewer and the guy who rambles off the pre/post game stuff because he's definately more professional and transitions way better than Tastosis.

Shakes

Australia557 Posts

October 21 2010 01:51 GMT

#124

On October 21 2010 10:26 dartoo wrote:
Idra: Really good analysis, as expected, and did the role he was supposed to fill. The technical side of commentary. The only problems were lack of emotion( couldn't help thinking about what InControl said in the sotg podcast lol!). When something awesome was happening he would be like ..oh he's going to lose his whole army, really bad. But then at his level of technical expertise it would seem obvious and boring.

But clear speech,and good analysis, exactly what was expected of him.

I thought the fact that IdrA seems to be one of the few that didn't learn how to commentate by watching videos of Brian Blessed to be his best feature. Yelling isn't a general purpose emotion, there's nothing wrong with talking in a level calm voice.

Sanguinarius

United States3427 Posts

October 21 2010 03:03 GMT

#125

Jason Lee was an amazing caster. He does an incredible play by play and changes his voice to correspond with the excitement on the screen.

Darkalbino

Australia410 Posts

October 21 2010 03:06 GMT

#126

He is seriously THE BEST caster. Sure his game analysis isn't as strong as artosis' or day but his voice, energy and commentating ability is fucking amazing

Kiante

Australia7069 Posts

October 21 2010 03:08 GMT

#127

honestly him + idra was on par or better than tastosis. he's so damn good at simply calling the play and filling space with words. Really showed that he was a professional sports caster, he was excellent. His pronunciation and word speed was great

Antoine

United States7481 Posts

October 21 2010 03:08 GMT

#128

I think he did a really good job, slipping into what I call the "DJwheat" role where you're an experienced caster and have all the experience that goes with that, so you're really good at inflection, expression, and so forth. They also don't have as much game knowledge as the people they cast with, but they recognize that and are able to still ask questions to their co-casters that provoke interesting responses.

ahwala

Germany402 Posts

October 21 2010 03:17 GMT

#129

Togerther with IdrA he was great (mostly because of IdrA), with that other guy it was embarrassing.

ilmman

364 Posts

October 21 2010 03:24 GMT

#130

First time I seen him and him casting... I thought at the beginning he knew absolutely nothing about SC2 and picked up small basic things along the way to use in his commentary (like harassment etcc.. Maybe he was there to tell the viewers what was happening at that very moment and never needed to explain why, which should of been handled by the other caster

RmoteCntrld

United States596 Posts

October 21 2010 03:26 GMT

#131

I think the commentators not spectating the games themselves sucked a lot out of the energy from them.

Zeles

United States335 Posts

October 21 2010 03:31 GMT

#132

The bunker statement just showed he knows nothing about the dynamics of Starcraft 2 and having to listen to someone fill in the gaps with play-by-play and uninformed comments is like nails on a chalkboard.

Raisauce

Canada864 Posts

October 21 2010 03:42 GMT

#133

omg jason lee is a boss! one thing i don't understand is why he uses a translator when he can clearly speak korean...

Sulfur

United States27 Posts

October 21 2010 03:46 GMT

#134

Does Jason Lee remind anyone else of the guy in the movie Better Off Dead that learned to speak English by only listening to Howard Cosell?

I enjoyed the cast, but couldn't get the thought out of my head.

Phanekim

United States777 Posts

October 21 2010 03:55 GMT

#135

you can tell he's a regular play by play guy. i actually sorta like him better than tasotisis. but i just like those guys cuz i'm american.

sOvrn

United States678 Posts

October 21 2010 03:58 GMT

#136

Jason Lee has an awesome voice, perfect for sports in general. If he learned more about the game he would be great. I'd be scared if I was tastosis, dangerous competition right there.

Angra

United States2652 Posts

October 21 2010 04:00 GMT

#137

I remember Jason Lee casted a night of matches for one of the SC1 GOM seasons because Tasteless was unable to, and I remember it being absolutely awful, completely unbearable to watch. So when I recognized him from that I was like "oh no..."

HOWEVER, I have to say I was pleasantly surprised by how well he did this time around. It was MUCH improved from the last time, and he did a really good job considering the circumstances. I want to commend him on a job well done and I am actually looking forward to hearing him cast again tonight.

Durantula

United States108 Posts

October 21 2010 04:02 GMT

#138

Also, he should do the interviews without a translator. He seemed to know exactly what the player was saying regarding how the game was played and its much more comfortable with english than the translators. Honestly don't know why the translators were there during his interviews.

Pyrrhuloxia

United States6700 Posts

October 21 2010 04:03 GMT

#139

Lee talks too long I think.

Pyrrhuloxia

United States6700 Posts

October 21 2010 04:04 GMT

#140

On October 21 2010 12:46 Sulfur wrote:
Does Jason Lee remind anyone else of the guy in the movie Better Off Dead that learned to speak English by only listening to Howard Cosell?

I enjoyed the cast, but couldn't get the thought out of my head.

Exactly lol.

EDIT: I haven't even see that movie but I totally get what you mean nonetheless.