EPTInterview with Code A caster KellyMilkies - Page 10
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Slago
Canada726 Posts
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Zandar
Netherlands1541 Posts
The big problem is her accent. Her vocabulary is fine, but I often cannot hear what she's saying. She often tends to not pronounce the last syllable of a word, volume goes down to the end of a word. Especially for non native English speakers like me it's quite hard to follow what she's saying at those moments. Thing is, a friend of mine had the same issue, I often couldn't make sense of him even in my own language. He got some lessons for a few month and he's perfectly understandable now. This problem can be fixed with english pronounciation/articulation lessons. Another thing is the high pitch of her voice, which tends to be annoying/nagging/not fun to listen to for the male brain. This is easy to fix with equilizing the vods and the stream. So no big problems that can't be solved, besides that she's doing fine imo. I like a girl having the guts to try this, knowing there will always be flamewars. Tasteless got a lot of hate too at the start of GSL1, John did, the observer did. Give people a chance and they can grow. | ||
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Aaayaaa
United States88 Posts
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udgnim
United States8024 Posts
aside from Kelly's accent being difficult to understand at times, I don't think her commentating style is bad. I'm not sure if someone has mentioned this yet but the one positive that will come out of this is that Tasteless and Artosis will be focusing more on commentating Code A games than going off on tangents and creating inside jokes since they're split up for Code A. The casting today was not on the level of the what the biggest SC2 tournament should be. maybe you didn't watch GSL 4 Code A games, but Tasteless and Artosis spent more time trashing Code A than being more professional toward the biggest SC2 tournament. also anyone that complains Kelly's knowledge base should also be complaining about Tasteless's knowledge base. | ||
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thebigdonkey
United States354 Posts
On February 22 2011 01:36 Assirra wrote: Didn't we have exact the same thing with the new observer? the first few days you couldn't look besides the hate posts and he improved and look where he is now. i say give her a couple days/around a week before you start hating. and lol at comparing this to an election, guess what, you don't decide anything here. I didn't compare it to an election, I compared it to someone in a role that would be at the pinnacle of their profession and that person not being up to the task immediately. and lol at comparing the learning curve of an observer to that of a caster (see what I did there?) | ||
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MerciLess
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Pinith
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SilverPotato
United States560 Posts
On February 22 2011 02:03 Aaayaaa wrote: Her accent is a problem. She is a problem. This isn't like the first day of the terribad observer. This is a real issue. The casting today was not on the level of the what the biggest SC2 tournament should be. For those crying sexism...This was an affirmative female action choice. Someone like Torch is so blatantly better suited for the role, but instead they went for a chick because they thought that male viewers would enjoy that more. I'd like to see you do better  | ||
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Sqq
Norway2023 Posts
On February 22 2011 01:59 Clicker wrote: It's hard to take this seriously with your signature. Good point that, haha. | ||
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fainez
United States91 Posts
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eviltomahawk
United States11135 Posts
However, her in-game knowledge just doesn't seem as profound or as correct as that of Artosis or even Tasteless, which is the biggest part that bothers me. I guess it's somewhat unfair to compare her analysis to that of Artosis, who is the Starcraft/random knowledge wiki. However, I find it a bit irritating when a large percentage of her in-game analytical predictions don't come true, whereas many more of Artosis's predictions end up being correct. However, I think it's mainly due to the overall difference in casting and playing experience between Kelly and Artosis, and I'm sure that a couple more days with either of the Tastosis guys will straighten up her analysis. | ||
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Zandar
Netherlands1541 Posts
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vdek
United States267 Posts
On February 22 2011 01:53 GreEny K wrote: Ok you got a well deserved ban for that but I still feel the need to tell you what an idiot you are. And I really don't understand why people bitch so much about her accent, it isn't that bad. If you can't understand her then I think there might be a bigger problem with you then with her. Could you please elaborate and tell me what is wrong with me then? Because I can only understand about 20% of what she is saying unless I focus trying to understand her. That's not something I find pleasant because I like to relax when I watch GSL... | ||
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mucker
United States1120 Posts
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Tschis
Brazil1511 Posts
On February 21 2011 19:19 kickinhead wrote: She really has nothing helpful/interesting to say and some things are just wrong... Is she really plat.league? If you're not mid or high in masters, you shouldn't be allowed to cast! That's just stupid... Just because she isn't high on the ladder, it doesn't mean she can't have game knowledge. //tx | ||
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Blizzard_torments_me
Romania199 Posts
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Usagi
Spain1647 Posts
On February 22 2011 02:07 Pinith wrote: I thought she made for better casting than just about any of the other substitute casters we've seen in the GSL (better than all other than Idra in my opinion). Also, I find Kelly easier to understand than many European casters. Even IPP is easier to understand than Kelly, because he knows he has a problem and works on it. Hope she can have such determination. | ||
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canilsen
Norway286 Posts
On the other hand, Tasteless really took control and made this go as smooth as possible! | ||
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FliedLice
Germany7494 Posts
hopefully i can watch tomorrow | ||
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Mikilatov
United States3897 Posts
On February 22 2011 02:10 fainez wrote: I don't see what all the fuss is about. I thought she was fine. This. I thought she did absolutely fantastic, especially for her first set of games in the GSL. People just like to complain about anything. | ||
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