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XaCez
Sweden6991 Posts
Mod edit: On April 07 2011 14:58 Antoine wrote: GomTV just made the official announcement: http://www.gomtv.net/2011championship/news/64394 Doa and Moletrap will be casting this upcoming Code A together === Wishing him the best of luck! | ||
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Gladiator6
Sweden7024 Posts
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Ressant
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DarkRise
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Gl moletrap and best of luck | ||
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hugman
Sweden4644 Posts
On February 22 2011 22:29 eYeball wrote: Who is Moletrap? Need background! Well known SC:BW caster on youtube | ||
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DarkPlasmaBall
United States44075 Posts
I wonder why he's being considered... + Show Spoiler + Get Rise, Diggity, and Cholera back too <3 | ||
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OopsOopsBaby
Singapore3425 Posts
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hugman
Sweden4644 Posts
On February 22 2011 22:30 DarkPlasmaBall wrote: Cool! Good to see an old school caster! I wonder why he's being considered... + Show Spoiler + Get Rise, Diggity, and Cholera back too <3 + Show Spoiler + And Klazart ='( | ||
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BG1
Canada1550 Posts
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Zarahtra
Iceland4053 Posts
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MCMXVI
Norway1193 Posts
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hugman
Sweden4644 Posts
On February 22 2011 22:32 Zarahtra wrote: I can't watch the video atm. Can you give me the short version of this? GSL picked him up? Replacing kelly or making him her co-caster? He's going to Korea for a few weeks to participate in some kind of caster selection process | ||
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Tyree
1508 Posts
I say he will do good and hopefully get hired! | ||
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calvinL
Canada416 Posts
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Zarahtra
Iceland4053 Posts
On February 22 2011 22:32 hugman wrote: He's going to Korea for a few weeks to participate in some kind of caster selection process Awesome, hope an english person/people will choose the selection  | ||
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cYaN
Norway3322 Posts
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Zorkmid
4410 Posts
No more whispering in commentaries cause your roomies are asleep. You can scream and shout! So happy for you bud, try and get Rise out there with you too, whatever happened to that guy? | ||
Manifesto7
Osaka27139 Posts
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FranzP
France270 Posts
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? 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 ? | ||
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ZenDeX
Philippines2916 Posts
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fush
Canada563 Posts
On February 22 2011 22:37 FranzP wrote: 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 ? you read his post, then read your own, and eventually will realize that you don't actually need him to answer that last question  probably just one of the tween vultures who leech free content and feel entitled to complain about everything. that aside, best of luck to moletrap, and it's good to see GOM look at more potential candidates for the casting gig. | ||
KwarK
United States42364 Posts
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ondik
Czech Republic2908 Posts
On February 22 2011 22:40 KwarK wrote: on the other I find my deep hate for all youtube casters, regardless of ability. i'm just curious, why's that? | ||
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LoveSponge
Australia237 Posts
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s.a.y
Croatia3840 Posts
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pyorotemjin
United States95 Posts
On February 22 2011 22:44 LoveSponge wrote: He has no SC2 casts on his channel? Am i looking in the wrong place? Like the badass that he is, moletrap runs 2 channels so that people who dont want to watch broodwar can just tune in to "moletrapsc2" whereas the guys who just want broodwar can stay on the just plain "moletrap" channel. I really hope he gets it, he's always been one of the strongest casters in my opinion. Moletrap comin' at us with another GSL commentary, baby! Best of luck! | ||
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WArped
United Kingdom4845 Posts
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DyEnasTy
United States3714 Posts
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Enki
United States2548 Posts
Still, assuming he has been playing SC2 alot and understands it well, then more power to him. I wish him the best. | ||
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Artisan
United States336 Posts
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Zorkmid
4410 Posts
Cause they make money doing something they like and he doesn't. Moletrap is a fantastic caster with a LOT of BW knowledge. I haven't seen him cast SC2, but I'm sure he is just as formidable there. User was warned for this post | ||
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Shana
Indonesia1814 Posts
I always love your BW cast | ||
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cYaN
Norway3322 Posts
Depending on them only having 2 casters for code a eventually that is. | ||
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mindspike
Canada1902 Posts
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Jetaap
France4814 Posts
http://www.youtube.com/user/moletrapSC2?blend=2&ob=1#p/u/0/UdmkctJ1ZPc It's the same , but it links to his sc2 channel. | ||
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Lann555
Netherlands5173 Posts
Good luck! Gogogo Moletrap! | ||
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goiflin
Canada1218 Posts
On February 22 2011 22:33 calvinL wrote: Congrats to him but I don't really like this choice by GOM either. I entered BW SC with violetak's youtube channel with commentaries from Moletrap, Diggity, and Klazart. I liked Diggity for his clean casting and Klazart for his insanely high wpm casting, however Moletrap striked me as unprofessional and boring. That's pretty much what I did when I got into BW, and I had generally the same opinion (except I didn't mind Moletrap, I just didn't like him as much as the other two) of the three casters. It's a shame Klazart won't be coming back, though. I'd love to see him cast games again, with his seven hundred WPM. Best of luck to moletrap in any event. | ||
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Antisocialmunky
United States5912 Posts
I don't think they would allow you do do your random topic of the day stuff though :-p | ||
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zyzq
United States3123 Posts
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bonifaceviii
Canada2890 Posts
Yes, I have the ability to say nice things about casters too. | ||
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SmoKim
Denmark10301 Posts
been a while since i saw his BW casts | ||
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Ganjamaster
Argentina475 Posts
MOLETRAP COMINATCHA WITH ANOTHER SC COMMENTARY! hahaha Moletrap you are the man!! I have been a long time fan of your channel. I wish you the best of luck in Korea. To all the haters, its because of people like Moletrap who commentated out of the love of the game (and still does) that the game got spread to so many people and has the success it has now. GL in your endeavors and now that you are actually going to Korea get a Zer0 autograph! PS: Klazart was the man. IT was so funny when he began a cast whispering:" I have to be very quiet because Mrs. Klazart is sleeping in the other room and she has a very sharp sword" and then he starts screaming like crazy. Good times. | ||
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Spekulatius
Germany2413 Posts
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BLinD-RawR
ALLEYCAT BLUES50101 Posts
MOLETRAP HWAITING!!! | ||
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Artisan
United States336 Posts
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gozima
Canada602 Posts
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BLinD-RawR
ALLEYCAT BLUES50101 Posts
because on korean BW casts you are casting over a vod so you don't need to worry about the missing anything like is normal spectating,since everything is done by the Korean observer. | ||
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legatus legionis
Netherlands559 Posts
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SkCom
Canada229 Posts
I hope they give some other job to Kelly (not fire her! she already flew there on her own expense after all) and try out other casters for a few months, before eventually settling with a permanent code A combo. | ||
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Hirmu
Finland850 Posts
oh klazard, brings savior in my mind always tt. he would be great tho. | ||
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don_kyuhote
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I will always love you for staying up at 2 AM in your college parking lot to cast July vs Best OSL final. | ||
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Dante08
Singapore4126 Posts
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bonifaceviii
Canada2890 Posts
Klazart was the best for his unwavering belief in the purity and glory of esports. He compared Starcraft to the refined sports of the privileged classes: cycling, tennis, cricket, badminton, chess, never base things like baseball or rugby. Moletrap was a colour commentator, but he knew a lot about the game. Rise or Cholera I would have doubts about, but I have none about Moletrap whatsoever. | ||
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Holgerius
Sweden16951 Posts
I'd love to see Klaz over there (as long as he casts with someone who knows anything about the game :D), he was fucking hilarious. | ||
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BLinD-RawR
ALLEYCAT BLUES50101 Posts
On February 22 2011 23:25 bonifaceviii wrote: + Show Spoiler + Klazart was the best for his unwavering belief in the purity and glory of esports. He compared Starcraft to the refined sports of the privileged classes: cycling, tennis, cricket, badminton, chess, never base things like baseball or rugby. Moletrap was a colour commentator, but he knew a lot about the game. Rise or Cholera I would have doubts about, but I have none about Moletrap whatsoever. wow where is Klazart from anyway?Comparing SC to cricket?He must be only from a Cricket loving country. I always though moletrap would cast NASL with diggity. but still I hope he gets the gig. | ||
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Lokian
United States699 Posts
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dc302
Australia576 Posts
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Strauss
Mexico18 Posts
Good opportunity to see how he looks like in real life too. I don't think I've seen him in any of his BW or SCII videos. | ||
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FarbrorAbavna
Sweden4856 Posts
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Sixotanaka
Australia191 Posts
Either way, good luck moletrap, your experience and style should be quite enough for the position! | ||
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Copymizer
Denmark2082 Posts
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Holgerius
Sweden16951 Posts
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Ganjamaster
Argentina475 Posts
On February 22 2011 23:34 BLinD-RawR wrote: wow where is Klazart from anyway?Comparing SC to cricket?He must be only from a Cricket loving country. Correct me if im wrong but I think Klazart is from Ireland. | ||
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BLinD-RawR
ALLEYCAT BLUES50101 Posts
On February 22 2011 23:45 Ganjamaster wrote: Correct me if im wrong but I think Klazart is from Ireland. oh wait never mind apparently his parents are indian. | ||
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Hirmu
Finland850 Posts
On February 22 2011 23:45 Ganjamaster wrote: Correct me if im wrong but I think Klazart is from Ireland. Yeah he is from Ireland. | ||
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Lokian
United States699 Posts
On February 22 2011 23:42 Sixotanaka wrote: I think all these people against Kellymilkies have something against chinese accents. Either way, good luck moletrap, your experience and style should be quite enough for the position! why would anyone think someone with a chinese accent good? its basically them trying to speak english properly but cannot because of their native language. unnatural right? the thing is that singlish(or kelly's accent) sounds similar to chinese/asian immigrants in america | ||
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Grobyc
Canada18410 Posts
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Quakie
Norway725 Posts
On February 22 2011 23:14 BLinD-RawR wrote: because on korean BW casts you are casting over a vod so you don't need to worry about the missing anything like is normal spectating,since everything is done by the Korean observer. On Korean casts yes, but not on the casts where they cast from replays, which is quite common nowadays. | ||
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Grettin
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BLinD-RawR
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On February 22 2011 23:53 Quakie wrote: On Korean casts yes, but not on the casts where they cast from replays, which is quite common nowadays. its common in SC2 casts not on BW casts. | ||
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Overpowered
Czech Republic764 Posts
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vyyye
Sweden3917 Posts
Would kind of suck to see that here, but I doubt it'll be an issue for too long. Best of luck. | ||
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NeWeNiyaLord
Norway2474 Posts
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BLinD-RawR
ALLEYCAT BLUES50101 Posts
On February 22 2011 23:57 vyyye wrote: I hope he does well, the BW style casting Moletrap and company did kind of doesn't do well in SC2. Just watch the Reddit tournament with Incontrol and Diggity. Incontrol was used to the "Talk for a little bit and then stop talking to let the other caster go" while Diggity could go on for minutes, similar to the BW youtube casts. Would kind of suck to see that here, but I doubt it'll be an issue for too long. Best of luck. hey but it works well with tateless and artosis,both old school BW casters. | ||
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Tenks
United States3104 Posts
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Quakie
Norway725 Posts
On February 22 2011 23:55 BLinD-RawR wrote: its common in SC2 casts not on BW casts. Yes, so why is KwarK having a problem with it then? | ||
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vyyye
Sweden3917 Posts
On February 23 2011 00:00 BLinD-RawR wrote: hey but it works well with tateless and artosis,both old school BW casters. Can't argue that. I suppose it might be a thing with the English Youtube casters, not saying it's bad either but it definitely clashes with how casting currently is in SC2 unless he adapts, which I have no doubts he will. | ||
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StarStruck
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IAttackYou
United States330 Posts
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gnatinator
Canada169 Posts
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ptbl
United States6074 Posts
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Brian333
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-Kyo-
Japan1926 Posts
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enzym
Germany1034 Posts
Now get someone like Wolf for the second place and GOM is good to go. I would totally pay to have good casters over there. | ||
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therockmanxx
Peru1174 Posts
whts wrong with the old one? as long he doesnt scream like a girl (again) its ok xD | ||
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Gentso
United States2218 Posts
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TheRPGAddict
United States1403 Posts
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JimSocks
United States968 Posts
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Comeh
United States18918 Posts
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Faranth
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kickinhead
Switzerland2069 Posts
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XsebT
Denmark2980 Posts
On February 22 2011 23:43 Holgerius wrote: Btw, I don't think I've ever seen a picture or video of what Moletrap looks like. Does anyone know? I'm certain I've seen his face in some video on youtube... He was a cool looking guy with sunglasses... lol. Can't seem to find it atm though.  Best of luck to you, Moletrap! | ||
Chill
Calgary25977 Posts
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BLinD-RawR
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On February 23 2011 00:44 XsebT wrote: I'm certain I've seen his face in some video on youtube... He was a cool looking guy with sunglasses... lol. Can't seem to find it atm though. Best of luck to you, Moletrap! he is as unseen as NukeTheStars for me...I have literally no idea how he looks. | ||
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enzym
Germany1034 Posts
On February 23 2011 00:45 Chill wrote: This GOM selection process is crazy. How many casters are they making go to Korea? Also makes you wonder how many didn't go just because they didn't have the money, but were too humble to ask others for help. There are a lot of really supportive fans out there who would love to help some of these guys out. I know I would. | ||
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Adeny
Norway1233 Posts
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Nesto
Switzerland1318 Posts
On February 23 2011 00:44 XsebT wrote: I'm certain I've seen his face in some video on youtube... He was a cool looking guy with sunglasses... lol. Can't seem to find it atm though. pretty sure that was Rise's picture you're talking about. Any chance to get Cholera to fly down there? Maybe convince Reach and Hyuk to switch over? gl Moletrap | ||
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Greg_J
China4409 Posts
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Antisocialmunky
United States5912 Posts
On February 23 2011 00:44 Faranth wrote: Watching VioleTAK group commentaries is what got me into SC a few years ago, so I'm glad to see an opportunity for success for both Moletrap and Diggity (the latter with the NASL). Both have been dedicated to the scene for a long time and have certainly earned these opportunities through their efforts. I'm surprised that he's not going to be with NASL. He has good chemistry with Diggity. I hope they were just out of caster positions and it wasn't any of this SC2GG stuff :\. | ||
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MangoTango
United States3670 Posts
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OhNoItsTheMunch
United States96 Posts
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ApBuLLet
United States604 Posts
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`Zapdos
United States935 Posts
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paksam
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On February 22 2011 23:25 bonifaceviii wrote: + Show Spoiler + Klazart was the best for his unwavering belief in the purity and glory of esports. He compared Starcraft to the refined sports of the privileged classes: cycling, tennis, cricket, badminton, chess, never base things like baseball or rugby. Moletrap was a colour commentator, but he knew a lot about the game. Rise or Cholera I would have doubts about, but I have none about Moletrap whatsoever. Just wondering if you purposely were trying to put down baseball/rugby? what to you makes a refined sport? I'm really just wondering because I love baseball and hate to see it get made fun of just because you find it boring or something=) congrats to moletrap and good luck in KR! | ||
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imaROBOT
United States81 Posts
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garbanzo
United States4046 Posts
I still watch some of moletrap's BW casts even if I already saw the Korean VOD. It just makes me happy that he still does BW casts. I wish him the best of luck. I know he'll do well. | ||
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FeeL_ThE_RusH
Ireland227 Posts
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dano101
Canada92 Posts
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Drium
United States888 Posts
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BasilPesto
Australia624 Posts
On February 22 2011 23:42 Sixotanaka wrote: I think all these people against Kellymilkies have something against chinese accents. Either way, good luck moletrap, your experience and style should be quite enough for the position! I think people have an issue with poor enunciation. Not familiar with Moletrap, but he sounds like a baller nerd, and has a reputation to boot. | ||
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Zocat
Germany2229 Posts
On February 23 2011 00:45 Chill wrote: This GOM selection process is crazy. How many casters are they making go to Korea? I dont know, but isnt it normal that you have a personal job interview, after you application has been reviewed and you're in the "closer selection circle"? Travelling expenses arent payed in full most of the time either, but you get certain accomondations (they organize a place for you to stay), though this depends on the prestige your job has. So 3-4 people over in Korea for the job seems normal to me. About Moletrap: I dont know him, is he a pure youtube caster or did he cast live events (over Korean streams i.e.)? | ||
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Gescom
Canada3355 Posts
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StarStruck
25339 Posts
On February 23 2011 01:19 Zocat wrote: I dont know, but isnt it normal that you have a personal job interview, after you application has been reviewed and you're in the "closer selection circle"? Travelling expenses arent payed in full most of the time either, but you get certain accomondations (they organize a place for you to stay), though this depends on the prestige your job has. So 3-4 people over in Korea for the job seems normal to me. About Moletrap: I dont know him, is he a pure youtube caster or did he cast live events (over Korean streams i.e.)? 'Normally,' yes. | ||
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mapthesoul
Trinidad/Tobago429 Posts
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Na_Dann_Ma_GoGo
Germany2959 Posts
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ptbl
United States6074 Posts
On February 23 2011 00:45 Chill wrote: This GOM selection process is crazy. How many casters are they making go to Korea? Chill, you should go to Korea, too. | ||
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MacroNcheesE
United States508 Posts
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NukeTheStars
United States277 Posts
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Jsanko
Slovakia120 Posts
love his comentaries | ||
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Swwww
Switzerland812 Posts
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Volka
Argentina408 Posts
My favorite caster. You're awesome! | ||
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Sufficiency
Canada23833 Posts
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Marl
United States692 Posts
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EchoZ
Japan5041 Posts
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GreEny K
Germany7312 Posts
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Sabu113
United States11047 Posts
but this is amazing news. He'll be great. Moletrap Fighting! | ||
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bubblegumbo
Taiwan1296 Posts
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Sueco
Sweden283 Posts
Why this guy gets (11k viewers) gets fast-tracked instead of Husky (400k viewers) is completely beyond me. I mean no disrespect to Moletrap, he's a skilled caster and deserves his shot at it like everyone else, but it looks like he got selected simply because he hangs out with the right people in Bnet or TL. This e-sport is going nowhere fast if decisions like this one are made by small, well-connected groups of old-timers with no eye for the crowdpleasers. He may have his own quirky style and mannerisms, but Husky's starcraft-casting channel has done more to take e-sports mainstream than most people in here. There's a reason people who don't even play SC2 regularly watch his videos and enjoy them. The guy is a damn good entertainer. Yet, the much less well known Crota gets the casting spot. That's just fishy. | ||
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Alou
United States3748 Posts
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bonifaceviii
Canada2890 Posts
On February 23 2011 02:14 Sueco wrote: I've listened to this guy, Crota, Askjoshy, Husky, HD... Well to most of the rag-tag youtube casters out there. Why this guy gets (11k viewers) gets fast-tracked instead of Husky (400k viewers) is completely beyond me. I mean no disrespect to Moletrap, he's a skilled caster and deserves his shot at it like everyone else, but it looks like he got selected simply because he hangs out with the right people in Bnet or TL. This e-sport is going nowhere fast if decisions like this one are made by small, well-connected groups of old-timers with no eye for obvious crowdpleasers like Husky. Husky applied to Code A? | ||
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Zorkmid
4410 Posts
On February 23 2011 02:14 Sueco wrote: I've listened to this guy, Crota, Askjoshy, Husky, HD... Well to most of the rag-tag youtube casters out there. Why this guy gets (11k viewers) gets fast-tracked instead of Husky (400k viewers) is completely beyond me. I mean no disrespect to Moletrap, he's a skilled caster and deserves his shot at it like everyone else, but it looks like he got selected simply because he hangs out with the right people in Bnet or TL. This e-sport is going nowhere fast if decisions like this one are made by small, well-connected groups of old-timers with no eye for obvious crowdpleasers like Husky. I think that quality != popularity. Perhaps GOM feels, as I do, that Moletrap is more deserving than some other casters with more subscribers because of his deeper knowledge of RTS that can only come from year of experience. Also, maybe those other guys didn't apply? Who knows. | ||
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JimSocks
United States968 Posts
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Dooba
Croatia588 Posts
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Sueco
Sweden283 Posts
Husky applied to Code A? I've got no idea but I hardly think He'd pass up on fully paid job doing what he already does on youtube all week. I think that quality != popularity. Perhaps GOM feels, as I do, that Moletrap is more deserving than some other casters with more subscribers because of his deeper knowledge of RTS that can only come from year of experience. Wrong. Years of experience mean jack. The game is not as complicated as you'd like to think it is. You want to make the e-sport massive and profitable, not a niche, overcomplicated thing for people who take it a little bit too seriously. Essentially, you want to reach out to the average guy, not pander to your trekkies. You pick the fun guy that makes the game fun to watch, not the brainiac that crunches numbers and looks at you like he's reading the global economy forecast even though he's just casting a computer game. Don't you guys know anything about marketing? | ||
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goiflin
Canada1218 Posts
On February 23 2011 02:18 JimSocks wrote: Maybe husky sent a bad audition vod. Or maybe he didn't want to go to korea. Just saying, living and working in korea isn't exactly an easy decision for someone with prior engagements. On February 23 2011 02:28 Sueco wrote: [ Wrong. You want to make the sport massive, not a niche, overcomplicated thing for people who take it a little bit too seriously. You want to reach the average guy, not the fraking trekkies. You you pick the fun guy that makes the game fun to watch, not the brainiac that crunches numbers and looks at you like he's ready the economy forecast even though he's just casting a computer game. Don't you guys know anything about marketing? Don't confuse what you want with what other people want. | ||
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lolbolt
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bennyaus
Australia1833 Posts
On February 23 2011 02:28 Sueco wrote: I've got no idea but I hardly think He'd pass up on fully paid job doing what he already does on youtube all week. Wrong. You want to make the sport massive, not a niche, overcomplicated thing for people who take it a little bit too seriously. You want to reach the average guy, not the fraking trekkies. You you pick the fun guy that makes the game fun to watch, not the brainiac that crunches numbers and looks at you like he's ready the economy forecast even though he's just casting a computer game. Don't you guys know anything about marketing? I don't know if he applied, and I'm not a huge fan, but I agree with you. The likes of Husky/HD/etc. have done a lot for the community, and they seem to be getting shut out of live casting events, which is ridiculous considering what they can bring to them (400k subs anyone?). They might not be Day9tosis etc. but they are definitely on par with the next tier of casters and already have a huge amount of popularity. If not GSL, then at least NASL or someone else should be trying to utilise these guys to bring the mainstream to SC2. | ||
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emucxg
Finland4559 Posts
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enzym
Germany1034 Posts
On February 23 2011 02:14 Sueco wrote: I've listened to this guy, Crota, Askjoshy, Husky, HD... Well to most of the rag-tag youtube casters out there. Why this guy gets (11k viewers) gets fast-tracked instead of Husky (400k viewers) is completely beyond me. I mean no disrespect to Moletrap, he's a skilled caster and deserves his shot at it like everyone else, but it looks like he got selected simply because he hangs out with the right people in Bnet or TL. This e-sport is going nowhere fast if decisions like this one are made by small, well-connected groups of old-timers with no eye for the crowdpleasers. He may have his own quirky style and mannerisms, but Husky's starcraft-casting channel has done more to take e-sports mainstream than most people in here. There's a reason people who don't even play SC2 regularly watch his videos and enjoy them. The guy is a damn good entertainer. Yet, the much less well known Crota gets the casting spot. That's just fishy. I don't believe that Husky even applied, because he's supposedly making a good living off of his work for youtube. And Husky's 400k subs also netted him a good bunch of haters, bitter people with the impression that he sold out without giving his share to the people making the replays he casts, and then there are people who don't like to see less knowledgable casters succeed. He isn't exactly a non-controversial figure, even tho I completely disagree with this notion. He isn't Buddha, but the his entertaining commentary is top notch and helping esports out a lot, even if people don't want to acknowledge that. And what's with that mention of Crota? Where did he go? o_o | ||
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xLethargicax
United States469 Posts
edit - Also elaborating, I got into the BW scene via Cholera, Diggity, Moletrap, and Klazart. I haven't seen or watched any of them, except for Diggity, in so long. This is awesome. | ||
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Letall
Sweden384 Posts
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ROOTheognis
United States4482 Posts
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TheRPGAddict
United States1403 Posts
On February 23 2011 02:28 Sueco wrote: I agree with this post completely. This is kinda how I feel about this situation, not that I enjoy or not enjoy the casting of HD or Husky or others but this principle should be the biggest considered for eSports to grow. I've got no idea but I hardly think He'd pass up on fully paid job doing what he already does on youtube all week. Wrong. Years of experience mean jack. The game is not as complicated as you'd like to think it is. You want to make the e-sport massive and profitable, not a niche, overcomplicated thing for people who take it a little bit too seriously. Essentially, you want to reach out to the average guy, not pander to your trekkies. You pick the fun guy that makes the game fun to watch, not the brainiac that crunches numbers and looks at you like he's reading the global economy forecast even though he's just casting a computer game. Don't you guys know anything about marketing? | ||
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StutteR
United States1903 Posts
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RevRich
United States218 Posts
On February 23 2011 02:18 JimSocks wrote: Maybe husky sent a bad audition vod. He makes six figures doing his Youtube "casts" so maybe he doesn't want to go to Korea? Please post a source that he even applied. Oh, and just because he somehow has 400k subs doesn't mean he is anymore qualified to cast games then moletrap. I'm still rather confused what the draw to Husky is, I watched about 5 of his casts and unsub'd. | ||
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Zorkmid
4410 Posts
On February 23 2011 02:47 TheRPGAddict wrote: I agree with this post completely. This is kinda how I feel about this situation, not that I enjoy or not enjoy the casting of HD or Husky or others but this principle should be the biggest considered for eSports to grow. The "grow eSports huge and make even non-gamers love it" is one theory. The other one is that eSports is and will in all likelyhood ALWAYS be a niche market, and content should be aimed at gamers. eSports cannot expect to CREATE fans by stealing from baseball and football markets.....the average joe isn't interested in video games as a spectator sport. HD and Huskies subscribers? You think they're not gamers? It should be capitalizing on what is a growing niche market.....GAMERS! | ||
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Romania845 Posts
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Ponyo
United States1231 Posts
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starfries
Canada3508 Posts
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isleyofthenorth
Austria894 Posts
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lakrismamma
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Eishi_Ki
Korea (South)1667 Posts
On February 23 2011 02:47 TheRPGAddict wrote: I agree with this post completely. This is kinda how I feel about this situation, not that I enjoy or not enjoy the casting of HD or Husky or others but this principle should be the biggest considered for eSports to grow. Because moletrap is that guy? If anything I'd consider moletrap NOT to be that guy which is why I'm so excited about him going to SKorea. His experience can only help in telling the stories of the players and he is CERTAINLY deserving. He is one of the three reasons I was able to initially get into BW so I owe him alot for that alone, never mind the countless hours of entertainment on his channel. Anyone else know his first name? Reckon it'll be quite funny when that one comes out, not that it's particularly silly or anything just.... uncommon. | ||
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RevRich
United States218 Posts
Wrong. Years of experience mean jack. The game is not as complicated as you'd like to think it is. You want to make the e-sport massive and profitable, not a niche, overcomplicated thing for people who take it a little bit too seriously. Essentially, you want to reach out to the average guy, not pander to your trekkies. You pick the fun guy that makes the game fun to watch, not the brainiac that crunches numbers and looks at you like he's reading the global economy forecast even though he's just casting a computer game. Don't you guys know anything about marketing? Wrong. You want the best combination of the two. Either it be two separate people (i.e. tasteless the crowd pleaser, artosis the analyst) or a person who is a good combination of the two. If you throw in a bunch of Husky-ish casters you'll alienate the more serious crowd. I know you love your husky and will die to defend his honor, but he simple doesn't do it for the entire sc2 audience. That being said, Day9's deep thought out analysis doesn't do it for the entire audience either. Life's all about balance, or so I've been told. | ||
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ILIVEFORAIUR
United States173 Posts
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chenchen
United States1136 Posts
Moletrap is a great caster who knows what he's talking about, has a clear voice, and more e-sports street cred. | ||
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TheTenthDoc
United States9561 Posts
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HaruHaru
United States988 Posts
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Pangolin
United States1035 Posts
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-miDnight-
Taiwan455 Posts
So for me, fun cast is what I want to see in Code A match. Or they can find another ex-BW pro to cast. I know a lot of people don't like HD-Husky. But when they co-cast in MLG, that is the most professional cast that can compare to NFL or other popular sport cast. It will be fun if they can have HDH to cast the code A. But I know it's impossible cause there are too much heat from TL for those 2 and there is "rumor" that they are despite each other. Oh, and they already have decent living doing cast on youtube. | ||
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TheTenthDoc
United States9561 Posts
On February 23 2011 03:29 miDnight_SC wrote: to be fair, other than artosis. I anyone else I will just not listen to the cast. When you already have some knowledge. There is no point to hear the same thing you already knew. So for me, fun cast is what I want to see in Code A match. Or they can find another ex-BW pro to cast. I know a lot of people don't like HD-Husky. But when they co-cast in MLG, that is the most professional cast that can compare to NFL or other popular sport cast. It will be fun if they can have HDH to cast the code A. But I know it's impossible cause there are too much heat from TL for those 2 and there is "rumor" that they are despite each other. Oh, and they already have decent living doing cast on youtube. I think Day9 and DjWheat are the most professional MLG casters, unless I'm missing something huge. I mean, c'mon, would HDH have been able to handle the shitstorm that was the MLG finals? I don't think so. | ||
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Rah
United States973 Posts
On February 22 2011 22:30 DarkPlasmaBall wrote: Cool! Good to see an old school caster! I wonder why he's being considered... + Show Spoiler + Get Rise, Diggity, and Cholera back too <3 Those three were casting giants for real. Everyone else commentating sounds like annoying nerds to me after following them on Violetak back in the day. Well I shouldn't say that, gretorp is funny to listen to sometimes. We should be hearing more Diggity on NASAL so that's cool to hear. but I miss that Cholera and Rise duo. Moletrap is just another Chill or Artosis to me, so I don't really care what happens with him, but good luck to him in code A. | ||
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Sueco
Sweden283 Posts
On February 23 2011 02:54 Zorkmid wrote: The "grow eSports huge and make even non-gamers love it" is one theory. The other one is that eSports is and will in all likelyhood ALWAYS be a niche market, and content should be aimed at gamers. eSports cannot expect to CREATE fans by stealing from baseball and football markets.....the average joe isn't interested in video games as a spectator sport. HD and Huskies subscribers? You think they're not gamers? It should be capitalizing on what is a growing niche market.....GAMERS! From The Economist: Perhaps the biggest obstacle to exporting e-sports to the West is a lingering belief that playing computer games is not a proper job—an idea that would no doubt sound familiar to pioneers of professional sports from tennis to snooker. What the analysts at The Economist are saying is that baseball and fooball WERE niche activities with little social acceptance at the turn of the century (Grown men throwing leather balls around? Who'd watch that, right?), but the were turned into mass-spectator cultural phenomena by clever promotion. The average Joe is what the times tell him to be, and had baseball promoters back in the day had the same visionary attitude of "will in all likelyhood ALWAYS be a niche market" then Baseball would be a half-forgotten page in a history book by now. The argument that goes "my hobby is so fricken special that most people won't ever understand it" is self-deception at best, and this community needs to stop doing it. Article: http://www.economist.com/node/17363780?story_id=17363780&CFID=162498976&CFTOKEN=67802475 | ||
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United States150 Posts
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buscettn
Austria129 Posts
it would be so nice to see him casting code a, he's been speaking of going to korea for so long now... good luck! | ||
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-miDnight-
Taiwan455 Posts
On February 23 2011 03:32 TheTenthDoc wrote: I think Day9 and DjWheat are the most professional MLG casters, unless I'm missing something huge. I mean, c'mon, would HDH have been able to handle the shitstorm that was the MLG finals? I don't think so. By professional I didn't mean the context, but how they sound. I like Day9 and wheat. But when they cast it sound more casual. HDH has more straight voice. Which one is better is depend on personal preference. But ESPN caster sounds more like HDH style. | ||
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Consolidate
United States829 Posts
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NexUmbra
Scotland3776 Posts
A favourite of mine from BW | ||
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gray-fox
Finland62 Posts
On February 23 2011 03:37 Rah wrote: Those three were casting giants for real. Everyone else commentating sounds like annoying nerds to me after following them on Violetak back in the day. Well I shouldn't say that, gretorp is funny to listen to sometimes. We should be hearing more Diggity on NASAL so that's cool to hear. but I miss that Cholera and Rise duo. Moletrap is just another Chill or Artosis to me, so I don't really care what happens with him, but good luck to him in code A. Oh god I miss those guys. Including Klazart. They introduced esports to me. Moletrap was always the least favourite caster for me from that group, but I'm still so happy for this announcement. I hope he gets the job. Think a few years back. Could you have ever imagined moletrap casting starcraft in Korea? Amazing. On February 23 2011 04:04 Consolidate wrote: Couldn't happen to a more deserving guy. You said it. | ||
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bonifaceviii
Canada2890 Posts
I'm guessing Moletrap's on more solid financial ground now then? | ||
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Xswordy
United Kingdom425 Posts
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zJayy962
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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? Your answer just really shows your two digit post count. On topic: Really hope some old school BW casters get their chance in Korea. Fantastic opportunity. | ||
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Cull
Korea (South)40 Posts
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KillerPlague
United States1386 Posts
On February 22 2011 22:31 OopsOopsBaby wrote: lol at the above posters who dont know who moletrap is. anyone that jumped right in to sc2 without having played sc1 for an extensive amount of time wont know him..i had actually forgotten about him until seeing this post | ||
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ZombiesOMG
United States282 Posts
Based on the OP video alone, I can already tell he will be a great addition to GSL broadcasts. | ||
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HollowLord
United States3862 Posts
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Sanguinarius
United States3427 Posts
I always enjoyed your BW casting. | ||
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Senorcuidado
United States700 Posts
Good luck Moletrap! I don't get all the hate toward female casters though, Kelly can once in a while be a little hard to understand but usually it's just fine, plus she calls hellions race cars. Either way it isn't indicative of female casters in general. Of course nobody is Artosis except for Artosis. I really think Moletrap will do great though, and he sure deserves it. | ||
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BrodiaQ
United States892 Posts
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HTX
Germany265 Posts
Good luck Moletrap | ||
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emc
United States3088 Posts
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Barbiero
Brazil5259 Posts
I never saw Moletrap, but I'd love to see a different set of casters for code A and code S, especially when one of the main casters has a flu or something like that - think about Artosis - and having different casters for each will just be a increase to the proffesionalism. gl for moletrap to make into it. | ||
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PanN
United States2828 Posts
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leveller
Sweden1840 Posts
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Torenhire
United States11681 Posts
On February 23 2011 04:10 Xswordy wrote: Great , Gom taking the right decision and replacing kelly next season. GL. Where did they say that? God damn people, even if you have the most raging hatred for Kelly, you can still at least read the OP / posts...jumping on the RARARAR HATE KELLY GTFO BLEEEH when the article has nothing to do with Kelly leaving or getting replaced...well, I shouldn't have to tell you how dumb that is. This is like the most annoying thing to ever happen on TL. It's even worse than a room full of rabid bisu fanboys. D: | ||
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Germany264 Posts
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NuKedUFirst
Canada3139 Posts
+ Show Spoiler + no Hmm, So is Moletrap taking Kelly's place or Tasteless' ? I'm going to assume Tasteless'.. Should be interesting, I kind of stopped watching code A due to the quality of games / casts however I wish moletrap the best, he was one of my favorite youtube casters along with cholera and diggity. | ||
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goswser
United States3519 Posts
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simme123
Sweden810 Posts
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Zerkaszhan
Canada120 Posts
On February 22 2011 22:40 KwarK wrote: Not sure how I feel about this. On the one hand the guy has a lot of experience and 'paid his dues' casting bw for a while out of love for the game but on the other I find my deep hate for all youtube casters, regardless of ability. Someone has to cast though and I guess it's better him than a number of others I could think of. Best of luck. KwarK why do you hate youtube casters? | ||
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speedphlux
Bulgaria962 Posts
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red4ce
United States7313 Posts
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Nukid
United States240 Posts
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Canada1637 Posts
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Zlasher
United States9129 Posts
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Zlasher
United States9129 Posts
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Volka
Argentina408 Posts
I like him because: 1) He makes me feel the adrenaline during battles, 100% of the time, he gets so excited that it passes his enthusiasm to the viewers. 2) I love when he goes off topic. Cmon, first 5 minutes there's really nothing to talk about, specially on bw when everything has been said. 3) He did really good casting couples with Diggity, Rice. 4) He knows about the game from the player, the gamer, perspective, nothing too analytical. 5) Ocassionanly he has those "oh crap" moments which I personally find amusing and funny. One recently I remember: During OSL semifinals (Fantasy vs Calm), "SIEGE THE TANKS!!". That being said, I think he needs to improve his sc2 knowedge/game sense. Not too worry about it since sc2 is so young yet. | ||
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gogogadgetflow
United States2583 Posts
On February 23 2011 05:56 NuKedUFirst wrote: + Show Spoiler + no Hmm, So is Moletrap taking Kelly's place or Tasteless' ? I'm going to assume Tasteless'.. Should be interesting, I kind of stopped watching code A due to the quality of games / casts however I wish moletrap the best, he was one of my favorite youtube casters along with cholera and diggity. Was that Klazart hate??? I'm really interested in what GOM is doing I just hope they keep Kelly casting, she is great. | ||
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Canada454 Posts
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PartyBiscuit
Canada4525 Posts
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Wolf
Korea (South)3290 Posts
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Zlasher
United States9129 Posts
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. Yeah, after all you were saying you have a similar announcement to make soon in kellys thread ;o | ||
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sup3rchan
Canada127 Posts
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. + Show Spoiler + 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 | ||
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enzym
Germany1034 Posts
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? | ||
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anTi_
United States499 Posts
Hope this goes through and you get to cast code A! | ||
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TheTenthDoc
United States9561 Posts
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. | ||
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a9arnn
United States1537 Posts
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LuckyFool
United States9015 Posts
Good luck mang!!!!!!!!!! | ||
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Froadac
United States6733 Posts
On February 23 2011 08:27 LuckyFool wrote: MOLETRAP! YEAAAAAAAAAAA! Good luck mang!!!!!!!!!! !!!! GOGO MOLETRAP!!! Suepr happy for the guy. | ||
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Jetaap
France4814 Posts
. I'm pretty sure you'll do well in Korea , looking forward to see you casting on air ! | ||
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United States167 Posts
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Medzo
United States627 Posts
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kitaman27
United States9244 Posts
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imyzhang
Canada809 Posts
On February 22 2011 22:37 FranzP wrote: 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. | ||
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Consolidate
United States829 Posts
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CuSToM
United States1478 Posts
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 | ||
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United States45 Posts
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Owompa
United States85 Posts
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. | ||
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RyuChus
Canada442 Posts
at the people who don't know who moletrap is. | ||
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moosh
United States118 Posts
On February 22 2011 22:37 FranzP wrote: 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 ? Seriously. | ||
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Pcl.Busted
United States17 Posts
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Sanguinarius
United States3427 Posts
On February 23 2011 04:34 Senorcuidado wrote: Moletrap, Klazart, Diggity, these guys were the reason I started watching pro BW and realized just how awful I really was at the game These guys are who got me back into SC1 after a long hiatus. They are amazing casters. I really want Moletrap to get the job. Hes very deserving of it. | ||
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United States13896 Posts
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United States2214 Posts
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stork4ever
United States1036 Posts
This is the guy that casts games when there was zero profit and zero fame. You think he is rambling a lot? Because he is casting to his friends, he consider us, random nerds on youtube his buddies and like friends he keeps us up to date on his life. Consider yourself lucky. This guy was broke, working at a temp job and was about to be penniless and still casted. He spent years saving for a chance to go to Korea, scraping pennies BEFORE there was job opportunities there. There is a an OSL finals between July and Best...internet not working at home, 2 am in the morning...hmm NO FUCKING problem, drive to university and steal wireless from the library from his car. Hot girl walks by? hmm...roll up window, still look cool. He didnt even mention it until one of us co casters notices something in the background and asked moletrap about it. To all that doubt moletrap GTFO, uninstall starcraft/starcraft2, you are not worthy. and yes, it will be an HONOR to be banned for defending Moletrap | ||
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Zorkmid
4410 Posts
On February 23 2011 09:33 stork4ever wrote: I cannot believe what I'm reading in this thread. Most people are giving moletrap his due. But the people questioning his ability? People not knowing who he is? Thinks there are other people more deserving? Hate on youtube casters? Continue to wish it was Day9, tasteless, or artosis? How can you call yourself a fan of Starcraft and a member of TL and not bask in the awe that is this news? This is the guy that casts games when there was zero profit and zero fame. You think he is rambling a lot? Because he is casting to his friends, he consider us, random nerds on youtube his buddies and like friends he keeps us up to date on his life. Consider yourself lucky. This guy was broke, working at a temp job and was about to be penniless and still casted. He spent years saving for a chance to go to Korea, scraping pennies BEFORE there was job opportunities there. There is a an OSL finals between July and Best...internet not working at home, 2 am in the morning...hmm NO FUCKING problem, drive to university and steal wireless from the library from his car. Hot girl walks by? hmm...roll up window, still look cool. He didnt even mention it until one of us co casters notices something in the background and asked moletrap about it. To all that doubt moletrap GTFO, uninstall starcraft/starcraft2, you are not worthy. and yes, it will be an HONOR to be banned for defending Moletrap This +1 If you don't know who moletrap is, do yourself a favor and find out, watch some games. He deserves this. | ||
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United States456 Posts
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Hirnfrost
Germany938 Posts
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Pcl.Busted
United States17 Posts
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Synche
United States1345 Posts
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United States1458 Posts
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GenZai
France38 Posts
i dont understand why there is so many flame. btw it was very funny that tasteless was always saying to kelly 'you are correct' 'good analysis'. and so on but another point, the korean casters are sooooo bad. please change them. | ||
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clever_us
United States329 Posts
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Haplo
Germany67 Posts
Good luck man you really deserve this! | ||
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Pistolfied
Canada79 Posts
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Hatsu
United Kingdom474 Posts
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NPF
Canada1635 Posts
This man is AWESOME. But Moletrap, I must say I'm not a new fan of the logo, sorry. | ||
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DarkPlasmaBall
United States44075 Posts
On February 23 2011 09:48 Pcl.Busted wrote: If he casts with Kelly they can be Molemilk ;p LOL. Moletrap would be a tremendous asset to the GSL. They would be insane not to let him cast. | ||
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AttackZerg
United States7454 Posts
It is always so cool when someone who has contributed to our community over the years gets a shot at living their dream! I hope you can cement yourself a career in the gaming mecca! | ||
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space_yes
United States548 Posts
On February 23 2011 09:33 stork4ever wrote: [...] To all that doubt moletrap GTFO, uninstall starcraft/starcraft2, you are not worthy. and yes, it will be an HONOR to be banned for defending Moletrap Yeah seriously; wtf is wrong with people. Some of the best casts I've ever heard are on the Violetak account with Cholera, Moletrap, Rise, Diggity and Klazart. I wish Moletrap the best of luck. | ||
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Falling
Canada11331 Posts
As much as TL tended to turn their noses up on the SC2GG guys, they definitely introduced a whole group of us to the Korean proleagues. At the time, I had just heard there was such thing and was trying to find something other than Korean commentary. Very cool seeing these pioneers have another chance. | ||
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AskJoshy
United States1625 Posts
Just be happy for Moletrap! =D | ||
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United States34 Posts
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Strauss
Mexico18 Posts
On February 23 2011 09:33 stork4ever wrote: I cannot believe what I'm reading in this thread. Most people are giving moletrap his due. But the people questioning his ability? People not knowing who he is? Thinks there are other people more deserving? Hate on youtube casters? Continue to wish it was Day9, tasteless, or artosis? How can you call yourself a fan of Starcraft and a member of TL and not bask in the awe that is this news? This is the guy that casts games when there was zero profit and zero fame. You think he is rambling a lot? Because he is casting to his friends, he consider us, random nerds on youtube his buddies and like friends he keeps us up to date on his life. Consider yourself lucky. This guy was broke, working at a temp job and was about to be penniless and still casted. He spent years saving for a chance to go to Korea, scraping pennies BEFORE there was job opportunities there. There is a an OSL finals between July and Best...internet not working at home, 2 am in the morning...hmm NO FUCKING problem, drive to university and steal wireless from the library from his car. Hot girl walks by? hmm...roll up window, still look cool. He didnt even mention it until one of us co casters notices something in the background and asked moletrap about it. To all that doubt moletrap GTFO, uninstall starcraft/starcraft2, you are not worthy. and yes, it will be an HONOR to be banned for defending Moletrap Amen brother. Much love and respect to Moletrap. He does cast just for the fun of it. I'm seriously happy for him and wish him the best of luck. | ||
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Sixer
United States278 Posts
User was warned for this post | ||
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undyinglight
United States611 Posts
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Hot_Bid
Braavos36374 Posts
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Essentia
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Artisan
United States336 Posts
On February 23 2011 11:11 Essentia wrote: Why can't Tastosis just cast code A? They had to cast like 7 days in a row sometimes and needed to have breaks. This allows them to still bring us code s matches without overworking there voices trying to bring us games nearly daily. | ||
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BenKen
United States860 Posts
On February 23 2011 09:33 stork4ever wrote: I cannot believe what I'm reading in this thread. Most people are giving moletrap his due. But the people questioning his ability? People not knowing who he is? Thinks there are other people more deserving? Hate on youtube casters? Continue to wish it was Day9, tasteless, or artosis? How can you call yourself a fan of Starcraft and a member of TL and not bask in the awe that is this news? This is the guy that casts games when there was zero profit and zero fame. You think he is rambling a lot? Because he is casting to his friends, he consider us, random nerds on youtube his buddies and like friends he keeps us up to date on his life. Consider yourself lucky. This guy was broke, working at a temp job and was about to be penniless and still casted. He spent years saving for a chance to go to Korea, scraping pennies BEFORE there was job opportunities there. There is a an OSL finals between July and Best...internet not working at home, 2 am in the morning...hmm NO FUCKING problem, drive to university and steal wireless from the library from his car. Hot girl walks by? hmm...roll up window, still look cool. He didnt even mention it until one of us co casters notices something in the background and asked moletrap about it. To all that doubt moletrap GTFO, uninstall starcraft/starcraft2, you are not worthy. and yes, it will be an HONOR to be banned for defending Moletrap THANK YOU for this post. Said it better than I ever could. Good luck Moletrap! | ||
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barkles
United States285 Posts
Rooting for you, hopefully you get the job! You definitely deserve it for all of your years of casting! | ||
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Dubz
United States242 Posts
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cristo1122
Australia505 Posts
On February 23 2011 09:33 stork4ever wrote: I cannot believe what I'm reading in this thread. Most people are giving moletrap his due. But the people questioning his ability? People not knowing who he is? Thinks there are other people more deserving? Hate on youtube casters? Continue to wish it was Day9, tasteless, or artosis? How can you call yourself a fan of Starcraft and a member of TL and not bask in the awe that is this news? This is the guy that casts games when there was zero profit and zero fame. You think he is rambling a lot? Because he is casting to his friends, he consider us, random nerds on youtube his buddies and like friends he keeps us up to date on his life. Consider yourself lucky. This guy was broke, working at a temp job and was about to be penniless and still casted. He spent years saving for a chance to go to Korea, scraping pennies BEFORE there was job opportunities there. There is a an OSL finals between July and Best...internet not working at home, 2 am in the morning...hmm NO FUCKING problem, drive to university and steal wireless from the library from his car. Hot girl walks by? hmm...roll up window, still look cool. He didnt even mention it until one of us co casters notices something in the background and asked moletrap about it. To all that doubt moletrap GTFO, uninstall starcraft/starcraft2, you are not worthy. and yes, it will be an HONOR to be banned for defending Moletrap I am in total agreement with you MOLETRAP FTW he got me into starcraft:BW | ||
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andrewwiggin
Australia435 Posts
Best recent news to come out since... EVAR! XD Go Moletrap! Make TL proud! =) edit: and please show Kelly how real casting is done. | ||
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United States1019 Posts
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RodrigoX
United States645 Posts
Thank you moletrap for the infinite dedication youve shown me and this community. I really do not know what to say about this, but in all seriousness and to the dedication I have to you and to Starcraft, I do not know what could go more right in the world, but for you to live your dream and go to korea and cast some motherfucking starcraft. | ||
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Zooper31
United States5710 Posts
On February 23 2011 09:33 stork4ever wrote: I cannot believe what I'm reading in this thread. Most people are giving moletrap his due. But the people questioning his ability? People not knowing who he is? Thinks there are other people more deserving? Hate on youtube casters? Continue to wish it was Day9, tasteless, or artosis? How can you call yourself a fan of Starcraft and a member of TL and not bask in the awe that is this news? This is the guy that casts games when there was zero profit and zero fame. You think he is rambling a lot? Because he is casting to his friends, he consider us, random nerds on youtube his buddies and like friends he keeps us up to date on his life. Consider yourself lucky. This guy was broke, working at a temp job and was about to be penniless and still casted. He spent years saving for a chance to go to Korea, scraping pennies BEFORE there was job opportunities there. There is a an OSL finals between July and Best...internet not working at home, 2 am in the morning...hmm NO FUCKING problem, drive to university and steal wireless from the library from his car. Hot girl walks by? hmm...roll up window, still look cool. He didnt even mention it until one of us co casters notices something in the background and asked moletrap about it. To all that doubt moletrap GTFO, uninstall starcraft/starcraft2, you are not worthy. and yes, it will be an HONOR to be banned for defending Moletrap qft Completely agree. | ||
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soullogik
United States1171 Posts
User was warned for this post | ||
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cristo1122
Australia505 Posts
On February 23 2011 15:01 soullogik wrote: looking forward to anyone but kelly please stay on topic | ||
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United States199 Posts
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warshop
Canada490 Posts
That said, without a season, I do not think we can actually past any objective judgment. How would you feel if some random player judged you based off one game? Exactly my point. | ||
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Canada2814 Posts
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Moletrap
United States1297 Posts
Haters gotta hate, but I will just say this in my defense.. I would treat a job more seriously than I would treat a hobby, and I hope that people don't rely on old biases which may be or may become obsolete. Anyway, nothing is set in stone yet, but as a brood war progamer would say, I will practice hard to show my fans good games! | ||
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Dakota
United States62 Posts
Random, but anyone else think Moletrap sounds like Egon Stetmann from the sc2 campaign? =P | ||
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Drake
Germany6146 Posts
On February 22 2011 22:31 OopsOopsBaby wrote: lol at the above posters who dont know who moletrap is. i play sc1 since 1998 and sc2 since beta i watched nearly every osl msl starleague gsl etc and i never heard of moletrap | ||
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Husky
United States3362 Posts
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TheKanAry
United States149 Posts
Secondly, the first couple posts make me sad. Very, very sad. | ||
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United Kingdom132 Posts
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Canada516 Posts
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NovaTheFeared
United States7222 Posts
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Canada457 Posts
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Baarn
United States2702 Posts
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Klyvaren
Sweden26 Posts
Shivers running up and down my spine! | ||
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WolfStar
United Kingdom155 Posts
That is dedication! Good luck dude <3 | ||
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Canada889 Posts
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Netherlands7285 Posts
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Dox
Australia1199 Posts
On February 22 2011 22:33 calvinL wrote: Congrats to him but I don't really like this choice by GOM either. Perfect example that no matter what Gom does, people will never be happy. | ||
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anatem
Romania1369 Posts
On February 23 2011 18:34 Dox wrote: Perfect example that no matter what Gom does, people will never be happy. that's a fact of life, but i think the guy who said this didn't play bw or care about it much, bw supporters will ofcourse have more love for oldschool people, and be willing to overlook possible shortcomings coz of it (aka tendency to be more subjective) | ||
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m3rciless
United States1476 Posts
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zhouzhou
Canada138 Posts
I don't see him being GSL material. | ||
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gray-fox
Finland62 Posts
On February 23 2011 21:17 zhouzhou wrote: I don't like the idea of casters being noob at the game they are casting. Not to knock on him and a lot of the other casters people here are "supporting." Yes, they're entertaining because they talk about other shit during their cast, but they don't actually talk about the mind-games and strategies like you would see Artosis do. Something which requires deeper knowledge of the game. I don't see him being GSL material. Yeah? then I guess Tasteless isn't good enough for you either. Do you really know who you are calling a noob? There's really very few casters that have the same knowledge as Artosis has. Moletrap learns more as he casts and keeps playing. You can't expect him to know as much shit as artosis, who's played since the beginning of the beta. If casting is moletrap's future fulltime job, I'm sure he will put time into Starcraft 2 so that the lack of knowledge won't be a problem for you. | ||
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m3rciless
United States1476 Posts
On February 23 2011 21:43 gray-fox wrote: Yeah? then I guess Tasteless isn't good enough for you either. Do you really know who you are calling a noob? There's really very few casters that have the same knowledge as Artosis has. Moletrap learns more as he casts and keeps playing. You can't expect him to know as much shit as artosis, who's played since the beginning of the beta. If casting is moletrap's future fulltime job, I'm sure he will put time into Starcraft 2 so that the lack of knowledge won't be a problem for you. I was thinking of writing a similar post, but then I wondered, why settle for second-best. Artosis is the fucking man at SCII commentating because he loves the game enough to commentate all the time, then play the game in his free time. All we have to do is find people who love the game as much as Artosis oh shit. | ||
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Eishi_Ki
Korea (South)1667 Posts
On February 23 2011 16:29 f10esqftw wrote: Wow.... thanks to everyone for all the support!! It feels really good to read through this thread... if I get a chance, I will try to justify everyone's encouragement. <3s to all! Haters gotta hate, but I will just say this in my defense.. I would treat a job more seriously than I would treat a hobby, and I hope that people don't rely on old biases which may be or may become obsolete. Anyway, nothing is set in stone yet, but as a brood war progamer would say, I will practice hard to show my fans good games! Best of luck man, no doubt you wont be needing it though! | ||
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Owii
United States357 Posts
On February 23 2011 16:29 f10esqftw wrote: Wow.... thanks to everyone for all the support!! It feels really good to read through this thread... if I get a chance, I will try to justify everyone's encouragement. <3s to all! Haters gotta hate, but I will just say this in my defense.. I would treat a job more seriously than I would treat a hobby, and I hope that people don't rely on old biases which may be or may become obsolete. Anyway, nothing is set in stone yet, but as a brood war progamer would say, I will practice hard to show my fans good games! I've been a big fan and a subscriber of your youtube for 5+ years now, and I'm really excited that you're finally getting a chance to break into a bigger SC2 stage. A lot of the old school casters were tossed aside once we switched over to SC2, and I would be ecstatic if you were given an opportunity to show your stuff to the new generation of SC fans. Moletrap fighting!!!! | ||
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BLinD-RawR
ALLEYCAT BLUES50101 Posts
On February 23 2011 16:29 f10esqftw wrote: Wow.... thanks to everyone for all the support!! It feels really good to read through this thread... if I get a chance, I will try to justify everyone's encouragement. <3s to all! Haters gotta hate, but I will just say this in my defense.. I would treat a job more seriously than I would treat a hobby, and I hope that people don't rely on old biases which may be or may become obsolete. Anyway, nothing is set in stone yet, but as a brood war progamer would say, I will practice hard to show my fans good games! dude you are a fucking baller man,don't listen to naysayers.Do your thing man,If your in,great,if not,go to the OGN studio look at the guys right in the eye and say "I want to be an English BW commentrator,please hire me!"' lol that would be fun if you did though. but I'm honestly 101% sure that you would get the job. also for those who doubt moletrap,his love and dedication for starcraft is greater than Artosis and Day[9] combined.his knowledge and understanding of game is great and is easy for him to pick up stuff. | ||
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New Zealand137 Posts
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Bobster
Germany3075 Posts
Is there a video of Moletrap casting SCII out there somewhere, to see what his casting style and knowledge of SCII is like? | ||
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banana
Netherlands1189 Posts
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Torte de Lini
Germany38463 Posts
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Eishi_Ki
Korea (South)1667 Posts
On February 24 2011 02:16 Bobster wrote: Interesting! I'm all for GomTV getting a comprehensive look at their Code A applicants. Congrats for making it to the second (I guess) round of the selection process. Is there a video of Moletrap casting SCII out there somewhere, to see what his casting style and knowledge of SCII is like? Check his SC2 youtube page: http://www.youtube.com/user/moletrapSC2 | ||
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BLinD-RawR
ALLEYCAT BLUES50101 Posts
On February 24 2011 02:16 Bobster wrote: Interesting! I'm all for GomTV getting a comprehensive look at their Code A applicants. Congrats for making it to the second (I guess) round of the selection process. Is there a video of Moletrap casting SCII out there somewhere, to see what his casting style and knowledge of SCII is like? He has a YouTube channel MoletrapSC2 | ||
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United States357 Posts
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Ownos
United States2147 Posts
On February 24 2011 02:26 Owii wrote: His game knowledge isn't as good as some other casters (Artosis), but considering how quickly he's improving on that front, it's not really a concern. His major strength is actually the same as Day9's biggest strength: he rides the line between being entertaining and being informative extremely well. His SC1 commentaries were some of the best amateur (read: not tastosis) casts available, and he didn't get nearly enough recognition for them. Clearly he needs more pokemon jokes to get to that professional level. Anyways... grats to Moletrap. | ||
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United States80 Posts
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Koshi
Belgium38797 Posts
Good luck Moletrap. Good luck! Gogogo Moletrap! Fuck yeah Moletrap! I didn't even know he was still around. Copy pasting some comments that are relevant to my own opinion. | ||
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United States232 Posts
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zhouzhou
Canada138 Posts
On February 23 2011 21:43 gray-fox wrote: Yeah? then I guess Tasteless isn't good enough for you either. Actually, Tasteless is good enough. | ||
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cristo1122
Australia505 Posts
GL MAN | ||
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kineSiS-
Korea (South)1068 Posts
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cristo1122
Australia505 Posts
On February 24 2011 11:39 kineSiS- wrote: If KellyMilkies gets picked... it's just that okay as far as I know her casting in Malaysia was a disaster. :| she is casting code a atm | ||
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Balthasar
United States33 Posts
I've always been long-time SC fan, but got introduced to English commentaries through Cholera, Rise, Diggity, and Moletrap. Moletrap definitely deserves a shot because he definitely paid his dues like many have said already. But, so true nonetheless. Some might not enjoy his commentaries at first, but he definitely grows on you. His knowledge of his sc2 will definitely increase exponentially due to the passion he has for the game which is unquestionable. Moletrap Fighting! | ||
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annYeong(o11)
Canada784 Posts
Would like to see Cholera and Diggity in Korea as opposed to Moletrap, just preferred them to Mole. Moletraps been casting Brood War for about a thousand years, give or take. I think his channel is MoletrapSC, JFGI. | ||
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Bobster
Germany3075 Posts
On February 24 2011 02:20 Eishi_Ki wrote: Check his SC2 youtube page: http://www.youtube.com/user/moletrapSC2 Thanks guys! Watched some games and he seems a pretty fun guy to listen to! Definitely wouldn't mind him seeing next to Tasteless/Artosis. | ||
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bovi
Japan208 Posts
MOLETRAP U ARE WONDERFUL!!! | ||
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Singapore1600 Posts
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Australia108 Posts
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AmaZing
Nepal299 Posts
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DeltruS
Canada2214 Posts
No, not molesters. | ||
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Norway168 Posts
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m3rciless
United States1476 Posts
On February 24 2011 14:31 Zorkmid wrote: Hearing iNcontroL imply that he was a better caster than Moletrap on SOTG was LOL Yeah. He legitimately is a better caster than some of the people he shits on, but hes pretty middling at best, well below moletrap's old school awesomeness threshold. | ||
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Mentor
Germany219 Posts
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RYZmooN
Canada575 Posts
i remember a quinta commentary of an OSL or MSL final from these guy... pure awesomeness! and it was SOOO FUNNY!! XDDD | ||
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New Zealand690 Posts
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Australia19 Posts
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Canada509 Posts
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ryuu_
United States1266 Posts
Congrats Moletrap! Do us proud :D I got brought into the broodwar scene from the commentators on Violetak, and now Moletrap's working his way even higher! Good luck! | ||
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Canada1981 Posts
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Canada2153 Posts
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Owii
United States357 Posts
On February 25 2011 14:41 nalgene wrote: Does this guy talk ultra fast or was that someone else? Klazart is the speed freak. Shame that he retired.... | ||
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ZeroCartin
Costa Rica2390 Posts
EDIT: Good luck! xD | ||
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drp223
United States170 Posts
On February 25 2011 14:41 nalgene wrote: Does this guy talk ultra fast or was that someone else? No that was Klazart . One of my sc:bw memories was saying up late and going to the sc2gg vent and watching the msl/osl with him casting and trying to find a non laggy vlc stream in irc. | ||
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LunarDestiny
United States4177 Posts
On February 25 2011 14:41 nalgene wrote: Does this guy talk ultra fast or was that someone else? This was Klazart, but this is the guy who screams a lot and there were real cases where people claimed that their mom mistook the screaming voice as porn noises. It is true. | ||
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United States12190 Posts
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Space Invader
Australia291 Posts
On February 22 2011 22:40 KwarK wrote: Not sure how I feel about this. On the one hand the guy has a lot of experience and 'paid his dues' casting bw for a while out of love for the game but on the other I find my deep hate for all youtube casters, regardless of ability. Someone has to cast though and I guess it's better him than a number of others I could think of. Best of luck. What else is he supposed to do? Not everyone has the luxury of having casting as a job, he and diggity have been doing this because they love the game since before time anyway. The only thing better than diggity or moletrap in gsl would be klazart in gsl, if he hadn't retired. Hope moletrap does sickly good over there, the guy is a mad baller. | ||
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dangots0ul
United States919 Posts
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pRo9aMeR
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Terrakin
United States1440 Posts
On February 25 2011 18:01 pRo9aMeR wrote: wow, i can't believe how many people don't know about about old school the english casters of SC:BW... *know your roots* This is a Star2 section about a Star2 tournament, why would you assume that they should know? Especially since the people who didn't follow BW only heard of Tasteless casting GOM Classic, even some "HUSKATEERZ" don't know that Husky used to cast BW since he deleted every cast on his youtube. You shouldn't assume anything really.. | ||
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Barca
United States418 Posts
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ETgoBoom
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Geo.Rion
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UniversalSnip
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I want klazart back too damnit. | ||
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Skytalker
Sweden671 Posts
Klazart was the best though! | ||
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sleepingdog
Austria6145 Posts
Given how bad the gameknowledge of Tasteless still is and how much he has to be carried by Artosis when it comes down to strategy-related comments, I've become a bit sceptical of popular people from BW being recruited merely due to their BW-fame. | ||
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Denmark10 Posts
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JustPassingBy
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Even though I wasn't a big fan of him on youtube, that was only because he was ranting so much. But since that will most likely change in the GSL (assuming he gets a shot at it) I will be greatly looking forward to that! | ||
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thebigdonkey
United States354 Posts
On February 25 2011 19:00 sleepingdog wrote: Given how bad the gameknowledge of Tasteless still is and how much he has to be carried by Artosis when it comes down to strategy-related comments, I've become a bit sceptical of popular people from BW being recruited merely due to their BW-fame. I think he's just lazy when he's with Artosis. When he's casting with Kelly, he realizes he has to pick up a lot of the slack created by her on strategy issues, so he's being more proactive there. | ||
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United States120 Posts
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United States882 Posts
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JiYan
United States3668 Posts
On February 25 2011 18:10 Terrakin wrote: This is a Star2 section about a Star2 tournament, why would you assume that they should know? Especially since the people who didn't follow BW only heard of Tasteless casting GOM Classic, even some "HUSKATEERZ" don't know that Husky used to cast BW since he deleted every cast on his youtube. You shouldn't assume anything really.. you dont need to know the history like you dont need to know your national history. but you should definitely not be trying to criticize someone who respects the history | ||
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simme123
Sweden810 Posts
+ Show Spoiler + hahahaha Nah his not that bad, just not as good as the others... | ||
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GagnarTheUnruly
United States655 Posts
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Lonyo
United Kingdom3884 Posts
On March 08 2011 02:08 GagnarTheUnruly wrote: There's a new guy casting code A with Kelly now -- does Moletrap still have a chance? I was rooting for him... Well. Currently the 'known' information stands like this. 1) Kelly has said she's returning home on 17th March (see here: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=196179 see 2:30 in the video). 2) doa is casting alongside Kelly currently in Code A 3) Moletrap has said that "next month" (from the 21st Feb) he is going to Korea for "2 to 3 weeks" for Code A casting selection. 4) Another GSL is due in April 5) March GSL started in February. The implication is that moletrap will be in Korea when GSL April is happening. You could guess that doa will be there and it might be a moletrap + doa dual cast for Code A with no Kellymilkies, beginning some time around the end of March. | ||
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Canada1792 Posts
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xZiGGY
United Kingdom801 Posts
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GreEny K
Germany7312 Posts
On February 25 2011 18:10 Terrakin wrote: This is a Star2 section about a Star2 tournament, why would you assume that they should know? Especially since the people who didn't follow BW only heard of Tasteless casting GOM Classic, even some "HUSKATEERZ" don't know that Husky used to cast BW since he deleted every cast on his youtube. You shouldn't assume anything really.. So what? If I like a sequel to something I would take the time to learn some minor things about the original. | ||
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AlgeriaT
Sweden2195 Posts
And man....I still get a lump in my throat when I think of CholeraSC not being around anymore, having Moletrap casting GSL with him would be..... I mean then, you'd have two casting teams on the same level - Tastosis and Molera. Some of my best times ever watching VODs have been Cholera + Moletrap casts. | ||
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WorldTraveleR
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I had read a post about how she has claimed gg before the game was over and I was in agreement with this. But it's also that she states very obvious things all of the time. For instance, Alicia's army was in Supernova's base and she says "Supernova is going to have to attack with his units to his base" I mean, what else is Supernova going to do, but bring his units to his base? Arg | ||
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Australia1199 Posts
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Lann555
Netherlands5173 Posts
On February 25 2011 18:10 Barca wrote: Any love for NukeTheStars? Guy is amazing. Plus he has this awesome pet Tarantula... He has been somewhat critical of SC2 and basically sticks to casting Broodwar, which makes him even more baller imho. Plus he is quite camera shy, which wouldn't work with GOM edit in case: Don't mean that BW > Sc2 or whatever. But gotte respect the man for sticking with what he loves most | ||
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JustPassingBy
10776 Posts
On March 09 2011 19:37 Lann555 wrote: He has been somewhat critical of SC2 and basically sticks to casting Broodwar, which makes him even more baller imho. Plus he is quite camera shy, which wouldn't work with GOM edit in case: Don't mean that BW > Sc2 or whatever. But gotte respect the man for sticking with what he loves most Or course camera shy can go hand in hand with casting at GOM. He can become the Wilson of Gom.tv. ^^ | ||
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Ferago
41 Posts
On March 09 2011 18:56 WorldTraveleR wrote: I'm watching Code A tonight and it's really difficult to listen to Kelly. Aside from some of the previous comments, it's not how she says things so much as what she says. I had read a post about how she has claimed gg before the game was over and I was in agreement with this. But it's also that she states very obvious things all of the time. For instance, Alicia's army was in Supernova's base and she says "Supernova is going to have to attack with his units to his base" I mean, what else is Supernova going to do, but bring his units to his base? Arg It's called play-by-play... And Tastosis calls gg too early all the time. | ||
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United States1188 Posts
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Antoine
United States7481 Posts
Doa and Moletrap will be casting this upcoming Code A together | ||
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OmniscientSC2
United States713 Posts
On April 07 2011 14:58 Antoine wrote: GomTV just made the official announcement: http://www.gomtv.net/2011championship/news/64394 Doa and Moletrap will be casting this upcoming Code A together Damn, you're quick! Just saw it myself :O gonna be interesting ^^ | ||
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theBOOCH
United States832 Posts
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Torte de Lini
Germany38463 Posts
This topic should be news! | ||
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Korea (South)8418 Posts
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pockie
United States30 Posts
On April 07 2011 14:58 Antoine wrote: GomTV just made the official announcement: http://www.gomtv.net/2011championship/news/64394 Doa and Moletrap will be casting this upcoming Code A together Its official yayy! | ||
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United States604 Posts
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Pelopidas
Canada225 Posts
+ Show Spoiler + Seriously though He is an awesome caster and will do well. | ||
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Canada418 Posts
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Golgotha
Korea (South)8418 Posts
On April 07 2011 15:19 Pelopidas wrote: I dunno guys I don't like Moletrap's American accent kind of makes him hard to understand. + Show Spoiler + Seriously though He is an awesome caster and will do well. lol lol American accent how absurd. | ||
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Canada345 Posts
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Loser777
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On April 07 2011 14:58 Antoine wrote: GomTV just made the official announcement: http://www.gomtv.net/2011championship/news/64394 Doa and Moletrap will be casting this upcoming Code A together Awesome! Moletrap has been with us for so long really deserves this opportunity. Been waiting for this for a long time! Mad props! | ||
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Faze.
Canada285 Posts
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? Hahahaha oh my god, dude you just made my day, greatest shit ever. Just wow! | ||
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pyorotemjin
United States95 Posts
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mapthesoul
Trinidad/Tobago429 Posts
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eviltomahawk
United States11135 Posts
Anyways, this is fantastic news. Moletrap has had extensive knowledge of the BW scene after casting so many pro games on Youtube, and his SC2 knowledge is pretty decent too. He should be a great addition to the casting duo, especially since we might get to hear more BW anecdotes and comparisons. | ||
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Spaceball
United States213 Posts
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Canada1319 Posts
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Zapdos_Smithh
Canada2620 Posts
This is very exciting news. Moletrap is an extremely solid commentator with a veryyyy good amount of starcraft experience. I wish him the best! | ||
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Australia149 Posts
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TheKanAry
United States149 Posts
Secondly, the first three comments make me TT rather hard. | ||
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United States34 Posts
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Kantutan
Canada1319 Posts
On April 07 2011 15:42 DImported wrote: DId anyone else think of Stetmann from the campaign? Haha... You just blew my mind. | ||
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ZenDeX
Philippines2916 Posts
Oh.... so that was the voice I have been hearing. | ||
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United Kingdom132 Posts
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sinjitsu_
Australia196 Posts
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Rival101
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Cambam
United States360 Posts
![[image loading]](http://images.wikia.com/starcraft/images/b/b6/EgonStetmann_SC2-WoL_Story1.jpg) No way, I didn't know egon casted games! Sweet! | ||
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ZenDeX
Philippines2916 Posts
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AndAgain
United States2621 Posts
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xlat
176 Posts
best of luck moletrap! | ||
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Toshihito_TL
Australia145 Posts
Though i'm not a personal fan of his work, still glad to see him being a part of SC2. Here's hoping the other old school BW commentators appear in sc2 as well. | ||
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entocheets
Australia367 Posts
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Arnstein
Norway3381 Posts
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uzas
Croatia52 Posts
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Rouel
Sweden138 Posts
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xZiGGY
United Kingdom801 Posts
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theherder2
United States538 Posts
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Fiendish
United States210 Posts
great choice | ||
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Tyree
1508 Posts
I wont say anything about Kelly since everyone else has, but Moletrap is the right choice | ||
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WakaDoDo
Sweden1183 Posts
))))))! | ||
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DarkPlasmaBall
United States44075 Posts
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Koshi
Belgium38797 Posts
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FarbrorAbavna
Sweden4856 Posts
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Bagi
Germany6799 Posts
Code A just became a little more interesting for me. | ||
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Lontra
United States3 Posts
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xza
Singapore1600 Posts
On April 07 2011 16:20 Cambam wrote: No way, I didn't know egon casted games! Sweet! "back off man im a scientist!" | ||
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Taekwon
United States8155 Posts
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Najda
United States3765 Posts
On February 22 2011 22:33 calvinL wrote: Congrats to him but I don't really like this choice by GOM either. I entered BW SC with violetak's youtube channel with commentaries from Moletrap, Diggity, and Klazart. I liked Diggity for his clean casting and Klazart for his insanely high wpm casting, however Moletrap striked me as unprofessional and boring. I agree with this, he was always my least favorite caster and sometimes I often wouldn't watch the game if he was solo casting it. What he brings to the cast is just not what I want in a caster. Congrats to him for getting the job though, I hope it all goes well for him I don't watch Code A to begin with so I don't really care who's casting it. | ||
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mark05
Canada807 Posts
homeboy from sc2gg ^^ | ||
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HaruHaru
United States988 Posts
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BaltA
Norway849 Posts
good luck! I will be watching you for sure | ||
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JediGamer
United States656 Posts
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Voidz
Spain51 Posts
:p , moletrap is good comentating the obvious, but he doesn't add a bit of entertainment to the game, and that will make us get bored of him very soon. | ||
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IMABUNNEH
United Kingdom1062 Posts
HOWEVER, neither of them are the most exciting casters in the world. I like them both, don't get me wrong, (and at least I can understand them both  ) but I've never heard doa get particularly excitable in a game.Granted I haven't heard too much of moletrap to REALLY comment, but what I've heard hasn't been the most riveting, although it sufficed as a game cast. | ||
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Seohce
United Kingdom394 Posts
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Lightwish01
65 Posts
I know there was a lot of negative feedback about her accent being hard to understand. Bottom line is, is that she knew the game but her accent was difficult sometimes. I kind of feel bad for her. Goodluck moletrap | ||
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z00t
Australia976 Posts
I remember back in BW he was very secretive about information pertaining to his real life identity . He's one of my favourite all-time casters, and I'm loving that he's going to be doing the Code A games | ||
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Zythrst
United States7 Posts
On April 07 2011 23:45 IMABUNNEH wrote: He has an amazing voice, in the same way doa has an amazing voice. HOWEVER, neither of them are the most exciting casters in the world. I like them both, don't get me wrong, (and at least I can understand them both ) but I've never heard doa get particularly excitable in a game.Granted I haven't heard too much of moletrap to REALLY comment, but what I've heard hasn't been the most riveting, although it sufficed as a game cast. Are you sure you don't mean Diggity? because, i've heard Moletrap completely freak out over some Starcraft. | ||
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Turbo.Tactics
Germany675 Posts
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tofucake
Hyrule19019 Posts
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dormer
United States1314 Posts
Also, to the person asking about what he looks like -- look at the OP, the official Gom post has a picture of him. Totally not what I imagined. | ||
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Bright]
United States118 Posts
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LuciferSC
Canada535 Posts
On April 07 2011 23:42 Voidz wrote: if i were CEO of gom.tv i'd pay tastosis 3x what they are getting now and have them casting everything,I mean, you can't beat this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92J_bZGCMQE&feature=related :p , moletrap is good comentating the obvious, but he doesn't add a bit of entertainment to the game, and that will make us get bored of him very soon. I, for one, is very glad to see Moletrap coming back, as as good as Artosis is, that guy gets off-tracked way too much. Takes too much time doing his analogies & the 'fun stuffs'. As someone who can speak Korean fluently, I can tell you that Tastosis doesn't bring enough of SC2 facts/strats and insightful reading of the game situation as Korean casters do. True, Korean casters have been casting for much longer on air and are definitely much more professional, but I'd like to see Tastosis & other foreign casters on the same level too. I believe Moletrap can bring more of that professional casting to the scene. | ||
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Lightwish01
65 Posts
On April 08 2011 00:54 LuciferSC wrote: I, for one, is very glad to see Moletrap coming back, as as good as Artosis is, that guy gets off-tracked way too much. Takes too much time doing his analogies & the 'fun stuffs'. As someone who can speak Korean fluently, I can tell you that Tastosis doesn't bring enough of SC2 facts/strats and insightful reading of the game situation as Korean casters do. True, Korean casters have been casting for much longer on air and are definitely much more professional, but I'd like to see Tastosis & other foreign casters on the same level too. I believe Moletrap can bring more of that professional casting to the scene. Moletrap is casting the Code A, Tastetosis will not be affected by this change since they cast Code S | ||
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AeonStrife
United States918 Posts
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Shikyo
Finland33997 Posts
On April 07 2011 23:42 Voidz wrote: if i were CEO of gom.tv i'd pay tastosis 3x what they are getting now and have them casting everything,I mean, you can't beat this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92J_bZGCMQE&feature=related :p , moletrap is good comentating the obvious, but he doesn't add a bit of entertainment to the game, and that will make us get bored of him very soon. Wait, moletrap doesn't add entertainment? I totally disagree, he's the most entertaining commentator out of them all except maybe Klazart, in my opinion. I'm really happy about this, moletrap has been like my favorite commentator for 3 years now. ^_^ He really deserves to do well, some of the newer fellows have no idea how much this guy has done for the community. | ||
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N3rV[Green]
United States1935 Posts
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arpeggi
United States10 Posts
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KonohaFlash
Canada1590 Posts
On May 13 2011 08:42 arpeggi wrote: Moletrap gets annoying >< I really like doa but I think the combo doesn't work. You bumped this thread just to say this? My goodness. | ||
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johanngrunt
Hong Kong1555 Posts
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Megakenny
Canada829 Posts
On May 13 2011 08:48 johanngrunt wrote: Well it's true. They don't click as a pair, not like Tastosis or Kelly/Doa I respectfully disagree with the ladder pairing. | ||
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Spacekyod
United States818 Posts
On May 13 2011 08:49 Megakenny wrote: I respectfully disagree with the ladder pairing. "Ladder" pairing or "latter" pairing?? I also am not too fond of Doa/Moletrap. Maybe they just need more time to click, but i also hope GOM keeps bringing in other casters. At the same time though i couldn't name anyone else i'd like to see lol. What a shame Klazart has retired. | ||
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