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On February 27 2011 03:39 Faria wrote: It's weird, I'm English and find TB's accent harder to listen to than kellymilkies, no one talks like that - it's not natural :< Obvious you have not gone around then, i been to england 3 times and i have heard many accents even more unreal than TB.
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I enjoyed the interview, it was quite interesting to listen to TB's take on the economics of esports
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On February 27 2011 03:44 godemperor wrote:Show nested quote +On February 27 2011 03:39 Faria wrote: It's weird, I'm English and find TB's accent harder to listen to than kellymilkies, no one talks like that - it's not natural :< Obvious you have not gone around then, i been to england 3 times and i have heard many accents even more unreal than TB.
I think it's because he accent is manufactured: he said plenty of times that's he's spent a lot of time refining his broadcasting voice from his natural speaking voice (Geordie accent I think?), so it'll sound strange because it's not really a dialect you'd find elsewhere but still sounds familiar.
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Thanks for the mention TotalBiscuit!
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On February 27 2011 02:38 Aberu wrote:Show nested quote +On February 27 2011 01:42 Inkcrow wrote:On February 27 2011 01:24 SovSov wrote: I can't take TotalBiscuit's voice seriously after Incontrol did a parody of him. Congratulations, you are now missing out on entertaining content from someone devoted to growth of Esports and the SC2 community because someone did a australian accent. on topic, this interview is very interesting and thank you for bringing it to our attention Yes we are missing out on someone who knew as much about Starcraft as some random person that could be pulled off the street when he started casting. Not an insult, just he didn't exist in the community of Starcraft until he saw potential dollar signs in SC2, and less potential dollar signs in WoW.
This is nonsensical. I started casting SC2 when the beta came out, while I was working at a Financial Advisory, almost 6 months before I got a Youtube partnership. During this time my output of WoW-themed content vastly increased. People seem to forget this, probably a result of making assumptions based on incomplete or false information.
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Great interview, really illuminates the caster under the hats. It is nice hearing TB talk in a very level-headed fashion about the more practical side of ESports.
Thanks TB!
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On February 27 2011 03:58 Iskusstvo wrote:Show nested quote +On February 27 2011 03:44 godemperor wrote:On February 27 2011 03:39 Faria wrote: It's weird, I'm English and find TB's accent harder to listen to than kellymilkies, no one talks like that - it's not natural :< Obvious you have not gone around then, i been to england 3 times and i have heard many accents even more unreal than TB. I think it's because he accent is manufactured: he said plenty of times that's he's spent a lot of time refining his broadcasting voice from his natural speaking voice (Geordie accent I think?), so it'll sound strange because it's not really a dialect you'd find elsewhere but still sounds familiar.
Yeah this is my problem with it too, it sounds like an american comedian's impression of a british person, combine that with the liberal use of stereotypical 'british' language that no one actually uses and it becomes incredibly irritating as an actual english person. It's the general theme of his commentary being disingenuous at every point that irritates me and probably a lot of others. I actually think a geordie commentator would be hilarious however, so if TB wants to switch to being real and worked on his game knowledge instead of intentionally disregarding it, i'd probably be a big fan.
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Good interview... cheers to the guys at reddit, and TB of course, for this.
I enjoyed getting a little bit of insight into what it is like trying to make a living as an electronic content provider. I think it's difficult for some people who are deeply embedded in the starcraft scene today to step back and take a wider view on the perception of e-sports as a whole; so it was nice to get a realistic and intelligent view on our little corner of the entertainment industry, and how it might evolve in the future.
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Love TB, both during WoW beta and SC2
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Excellent interview! I enjoyed it thoughoutly. And TB, if you're reading this. Thanks for all your devotion to the growth of eSports!
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On February 27 2011 01:47 SovSov wrote:Show nested quote +On February 27 2011 01:42 Inkcrow wrote:On February 27 2011 01:24 SovSov wrote: I can't take TotalBiscuit's voice seriously after Incontrol did a parody of him. Congratulations, you are now missing out on entertaining content from someone devoted to growth of Esports and the SC2 community because someone did a australian accent. on topic, this interview is very interesting and thank you for bringing it to our attention Well I listened to the first 15 minutes and it was just him trying to save face and defend himself the entire time.
There's nothing for him to save.. He wasn't the one making shit up.
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Hey TB; since you're here, whats your ladder rank? JP for example is mid-diamond and he seems to have an excellent amount of game knowledge and does an great job casting.
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Don't you people listen to the radio? Their voices don't sound like regular humans either, but they're fun to listen to. God!
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On February 27 2011 05:34 Dental Floss wrote: Hey TB; since you're here, whats your ladder rank? JP for example is mid-diamond and he seems to have an excellent amount of game knowledge and does an great job casting.
Why does this even matter? People who watch TB is because his fun and they dont care much about game knowledge other then the basic.
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i am kind of confused as to how tb is so popular. i'm not trying to be mean here, but he offers next to zero insight into anything, wow included. do people really need a guy screaming through their headset about nothing in particular to make things exciting? i'm not trying to have a go at him or anything, its a great thing that he does so well, but he kinda ruins the games he commentates - for me at least.
There was a morrow v kiwi (i think it was kiwi, at least) game a while back that was pretty epic. i dont know about anyone else but i felt i had to watch that on mute, tb seems so obnoxious to me when hes trying to cast.
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On February 27 2011 00:52 kazansky wrote:
He also adresses the state of esports in United Kingdom.
We have esports here? :O
On February 27 2011 03:39 Faria wrote: It's weird, I'm English and find TB's accent harder to listen to than kellymilkies, no one talks like that - it's not natural :<
yesyesyesyesyes
This.
TB is great and all, but I just dont understand the accent.
I hear a bit of geordie/northern in there, but apart from that it is just nothing like any other natural accent we have here - its like the gunrun's accent is to an american one I guess. I find it really amusing when people go on about how they love TB's english accent ^^
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On February 27 2011 04:06 TotalBiscuit wrote:Show nested quote +On February 27 2011 02:38 Aberu wrote:On February 27 2011 01:42 Inkcrow wrote:On February 27 2011 01:24 SovSov wrote: I can't take TotalBiscuit's voice seriously after Incontrol did a parody of him. Congratulations, you are now missing out on entertaining content from someone devoted to growth of Esports and the SC2 community because someone did a australian accent. on topic, this interview is very interesting and thank you for bringing it to our attention Yes we are missing out on someone who knew as much about Starcraft as some random person that could be pulled off the street when he started casting. Not an insult, just he didn't exist in the community of Starcraft until he saw potential dollar signs in SC2, and less potential dollar signs in WoW. This is nonsensical. I started casting SC2 when the beta came out, while I was working at a Financial Advisory, almost 6 months before I got a Youtube partnership. During this time my output of WoW-themed content vastly increased. People seem to forget this, probably a result of making assumptions based on incomplete or false information.
No TB! You do this for the money. So much money in casting SC2 it's unreal!

Great interview :D
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On February 27 2011 03:44 godemperor wrote:Show nested quote +On February 27 2011 03:39 Faria wrote: It's weird, I'm English and find TB's accent harder to listen to than kellymilkies, no one talks like that - it's not natural :< Obvious you have not gone around then, i been to england 3 times and i have heard many accents even more unreal than TB.
Lol, I'm sure you heard a lot more British accents in that time than someone that lives there :/
He's right, very few people in the UK have such a clipped nasal accent. It's associated with men in Jane Austen novels.
will listen to this though, might be interesting.
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I like tb's cast of sc games. He's very entertaining, and I wish he would actually cast more. As far as the whole sotg thing, they seem to just bash other players/casters for good portion of the shows but as tb said that's kind of what sotg is about, frat house type environment so he shouldn't take all that is said to seriously i guess.
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Got nothing but respect for this guy despite what the community has to say about him. He's very dedicated in what he does and he probably have had a huge impact in the growth of Esports and sc2. He may not be the most experineced sc2 caster but he is one of the funniest and most entertaining casters out there. Alot of players watch sc2 for entertainment instead of learning and this guy offers that.
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