Please take into consideration that I did not make the graphs; I simply found them and decided to bump the thread. I agree with the general consensus of the comparisons, plus you have to take into consideration that in Febuary, I think HD was still considered like top 5 casters, especially in his enthusiasm.

I don't completely agree with the guy's ratings but I did really like his display method.

Vei

United States2845 Posts

October 14 2011 21:31 GMT

#202

wow this thread necro kinda scared me for a bit

ForeverSleep

Canada920 Posts

October 14 2011 21:47 GMT

#203

that graph is too harsh on Tasteless ans Artosis for my taste.

Fishgle

United States2174 Posts

October 14 2011 21:47 GMT

#204

Game knowledge is to a caster as looks are to your potential gf/bf.

Sure, they don't have to be the best, but if it's not up to a certain level, not even the greatest personality will save him/her.

And if it's above a certain threshold, personality becomes irrelevant as well. (IdrA == Supermodel)

But since most are in the middle of the bell curve, we judge them by other means, such as the ability to entertain us and how good they are in ~~bed~~ game.

JustPassingBy

10776 Posts

October 14 2011 21:49 GMT

#205

I think humor is very subjective, there are plenty of different types of humor.
I prefer Artosis humor to day9's humor, for example (nerdy jokes > silly jokes), but that is just personal opinion.
Furthermore, I'd like to note that some casters contribute more to the community and the scene than other casters, maybe that should also be acknowledged.

R0YAL

United States1768 Posts

October 14 2011 21:50 GMT

#206

People have different opinions. Some people like casters purely for entertainment value, others like game knowledge. Tastosis is typically considered the perfect duo because they have the best of both worlds.

It would be easy to find a pro player who could sit down and robotically say what each player is probably thinking but nobody would watch that.

Not true, lots of people love that shit.

Emporio

United States3069 Posts

October 14 2011 21:54 GMT

#207

Personally, tha one time that Wolf and QXC casted some GSL matches was the best casting I've ever see. The two of them had really good chemistry and humor together but really the thing that tied it all together was that QXC had an almost omniscient look into the players' minds and thought process. Does anyone remember when that was?

pPingu

Switzerland2892 Posts

October 14 2011 21:58 GMT

#208

I don't agree for tasteless and artosis, for me they are the funniest casters and have both probably the best game knowledge and analysis of all other casters.

dAPhREAk

Nauru12397 Posts

October 14 2011 22:06 GMT

#209

HD has one of the highest analytical abilities? seriously? i know its completely subjective, but come on, reality has to hit sometime.

Pwnographics

New Zealand1097 Posts

October 14 2011 22:08 GMT

#210

Not really, as long as the don't pseudo analyze and have a supporting caster that can analyze for them.

ProxyKnoxy

United Kingdom2576 Posts

October 14 2011 22:19 GMT

#211

It is important if they are casting alone. If they aren't casting alone then I believe it is eessential for one of them to have good game knowledge.. HD and Painuser is painful enough.

Also, they shouldn't pretend they have good game knowledge

DystopiaX

United States16236 Posts

October 14 2011 22:28 GMT

#212

Yeah it does...nothing more annoying than a caster who doesn't know what they're talking about, and I don't really like the "I don't really know the game so I'm just going to state what's happening on screen and make jokes" style.

svefnleysi

Iceland623 Posts

October 14 2011 22:31 GMT

#213

At least give her a chance to prove herself and then whine if she doesn't deliver.

Darathor

United States327 Posts

October 14 2011 22:35 GMT

#214

On October 15 2011 07:31 svefnleysi wrote:
At least give her a chance to prove herself and then whine if she doesn't deliver.

Are you talking about Kelly? If so, then please look at the date of the post and see that this thread is months old, Kelly has already had her run at casting Code A.

MotherOfRunes

Germany2862 Posts

October 14 2011 22:44 GMT

#215

On October 15 2011 07:35 Darathor wrote:

Show nested quote +

Are you talking about Kelly? If so, then please look at the date of the post and see that this thread is months old, Kelly has already had her run at casting Code A.

and she was horrible :D

Cain0

United Kingdom608 Posts

October 14 2011 22:45 GMT

#216

Youve got to have game knowledge or you'll make loads of false statements and people will get pissed off eventually.

ThyHate

240 Posts

October 14 2011 22:52 GMT

#217

I'm not sure, look at day9 who constantly says incorrect stuff because he almost doesn't play, and people still love him !

synapse

China13814 Posts

October 14 2011 23:57 GMT

#218

knowledge > entertaining > enthusiastic (shoutcast)

Tastosis is by far the best caster duo. You watch GSL games and they can explain the histories behind each player, the matchup regarding each players' strength/weakness and the map, the current metagame / new upcoming strategies, metagaming in series play, etc. (also, artosis is a cutie )

There's so much to learn but sadly most casters offer nothing but loud voices :T

On October 15 2011 06:50 R0YAL wrote:

Show nested quote +

Not true, lots of people love that shit.

yep ^^

Bswhunter

Australia954 Posts

October 15 2011 00:57 GMT

#219

I think that even knowledge about whats happening outside the game, why are these two playing is important. I would atleast wanna learn just why these two guys are playing, than have whats going on screen shouted at me. Even if its a boring story, it makes the game more real, rather than something that just "happened"
(Like the artosis cast of IdrA vs MVP on youtube. The explation of why he was doing it and why idra never releases reps and stuff gave a nice backstory.)