Moletrap is the epitome of dedication - he kept strong back in the days when it casting wasn't as lucrative/popular. I have loyalty for the first gen youtube casters - Cholera, Diggity and Klazart. They were the pioneers of this type of community building that eventually exploded with the release of SC2. I believe Moletrap will do a good job - his experience alone warrants serious consideration from GOM. He has as much knowledge as anyone about the BW scene, and that is a huge bonus for casters. He also has kept up with the SC2 scene albeit not as diligently as some others, but I'm sure within a few weeks of working in Korea his knowledge will be comparable to the other foreign casters.

When anybody doubts Moletrap's dedication to eSports especially to Starcraft, one story comes to mind. For one Starleague finals, in order to participate in a group commentary with the other casters, Moletrap needed a more stable internet connection. So he decided to drive to a nearby university in the wee hours of the morning to use their campus wifi - on his laptop in his car in the university parking lot. If that's not dedication, I wouldn't know what is.

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PS Cholera left a serious hole in my heart when he left the community without warning, a hole that I have yet to fill with other casters. I still remember like it was yesterday when I saw his video of a commentary on a FPVOD of him playing Oregon Trail as his 200th video. His humor and wit hasn't been matched since the early days of SC casting, and it would be amazing if anybody had some sort of update on what he's up to. I just want to know he's doing okay

enzym

Germany1034 Posts

February 22 2011 23:10 GMT

#203

On February 23 2011 07:51 Wolf wrote:
I wonder how he got away with posting this. I'm pretty sure the info he gave is strictly confidential.

There is at least one other person who got away with it and is happily performing at GOM for better or worse.

Somehow moletrap was able to differentiate between some non-confidential info and confidential info. How was he able to do that?

anTi_

United States499 Posts

February 22 2011 23:15 GMT

#204

Gratz moletrap, haven't watched your casts in years but you've always seemed like a nice guy to me.
Hope this goes through and you get to cast code A!

TheTenthDoc

United States9561 Posts

February 22 2011 23:18 GMT

#205

Moletrap, Diggity, Rize and Cholera (and yes, even Klaz) were great because they clearly weren't in it for the money. As far as I know, they never became partners or profited at all by their videos beyond donations from the fans-they were in it for the love of the game. That's amazing, in my opinion.

Also, they were some of the first that I know of to do double and triple commentaries and actually do them well (admittedly after some rocky starts). They had excellent rapports with one another and I hope that whoever Moletrap is casting with in Korea he can bring that same ability to connect.

a9arnn

United States1537 Posts

February 22 2011 23:26 GMT

#206

I'm so glad Moletrap has a shot at being a commentator for GOM! He's been so good throughout his career, and I'm happy he finally gets a chance to make it big, he definitely deserves this (Although it would've been nice to see him and Diggity do dual commentaries again...). Hopefully this will be the full time job he's been looking for for so long, gl hf in South Korea Moletrap!

LuckyFool

United States9015 Posts

February 22 2011 23:27 GMT

#207

MOLETRAP! YEAAAAAAAAAAA!

Good luck mang!!!!!!!!!!

Froadac

United States6733 Posts

February 22 2011 23:31 GMT

#208

On February 23 2011 08:27 LuckyFool wrote:
MOLETRAP! YEAAAAAAAAAAA!

Good luck mang!!!!!!!!!!

!!!! GOGO MOLETRAP!!!

Suepr happy for the guy.

Jetaap

France4814 Posts

February 22 2011 23:34 GMT

#209

Good luck ,I watched some of your broodwar videos, as a sc2 player it was a really nice experience

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I'm pretty sure you'll do well in Korea , looking forward to see you casting on air !

JoeCrow

United States167 Posts

February 22 2011 23:35 GMT

#210

Good luck to moletrap. This makes me wonder who/if they have invited any other casters out to korea for the chance to cast. Hmmmm

Medzo

United States627 Posts

February 22 2011 23:37 GMT

#211

Good luck dude. Loved your BW commentary.

kitaman27

United States9245 Posts

February 22 2011 23:39 GMT

#212

Hope things work out for you. Good luck!

imyzhang

Canada809 Posts

February 22 2011 23:40 GMT

#213

On February 22 2011 22:37 FranzP wrote:

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Seriously what the fuck about the so called flaws ? You don't even know the guys who has been part of this community since before you were born.

What the fuck about girls having obvious flaws ? Would you rather have a 16 years old troll as a caster ? I think you should develop on this point.

Yeah they will probaly replace kellymilkies after only 4 hours of cast, that seems like a good logic HR decision, don't you think ?

Seriously did you really try to have the smallest kind of reflection before posting something like this ?

lol, this was hilarious. it's funny how i get warned for using "are you fucking serious..." but posts like these goes unnoticed.

i think he just meant that kelly herself had very obvious flaws to begin with (in terms of being a caster, can't really judge anything else), not all girls in general...?

User was temp banned for this post.

Consolidate

United States829 Posts

February 22 2011 23:40 GMT

#214

I will support Moletrap forever under any circumstance.

CuSToM

United States1478 Posts

February 22 2011 23:43 GMT

#215

Moletrap my man you got me into professional Brood War this time of the year two years ago and you have been my favorite caster since and I sincerely appreciate you not giving up on Brood War with the release of Starcraft II. I wish you the best of luck with your trip and hope you get the job.

Also your laugh you did on the cast of game 2 between Great and Zero in the MSL semi finals when Great had Dark Swarm over his lurkers was fucking hilarious.

<3 Moletrap fighting

tracoes

United States45 Posts

February 22 2011 23:44 GMT

#216

Moletrap is very deserving of this. He's not a piece of trash sell out. I wish him the very best of luck.

Owompa

United States85 Posts

February 22 2011 23:47 GMT

#217

On February 22 2011 22:29 Ressant wrote:
replacing kellymilkies? Also is this a chick or a really feminine dude? If chick whats up with GomTV lining up females for code A casting despite their obvious flaws?

What an idiot. This guy has been part of the scene doing his shit for free for a long time and deserves your respect. And wtf with this sexist bullshit? Man you make me rage...

: ) All good now.