I don't have knowledge on her account in KR so I could be very wrong nowadays, but I believe she is/was with aLt and she was a high plat/low diamond player on SEA (you can search aLtkeLLy on sc2ranks, it was plat before she started casting etc).

She's currently Korean diamond, which is masters in NA or EU.

Of course the previous statement is just an assumption (the equivalence of korean diamond = masters NA/EU, but it should hold water.)

She statted her ladder rank on many occations during her casting with Tasteless when he started mentionning that he too is Korean masters and telling how NA server masters is a joke (for him considering all his years of BW).

Kar98

Australia924 Posts

March 07 2011 14:33 GMT

#345

Very good caster. I think with some more enthusiam he's well on his way to being as good as tasteless (perhaps better o.O)

Krehlmar

Sweden1149 Posts

March 07 2011 14:35 GMT

#346

He acually has a good voice AND pronounciation. <3

Seriously I was watching the first Code A matches again with Kelly... no offence to her it's great that she's out there doing her thing but hot damn I don't understand half of what the fuck she's saying.

Corrupted

United States1255 Posts

March 07 2011 14:37 GMT

#347

Still unwatchable with Kelly there, but if they find a replacement for her to join him, I'll be sure to check it out.

sang

United States251 Posts

March 07 2011 14:37 GMT

#348

doa was great, especially for a first cast. hope they keep him casting code a

proxY_

United States1561 Posts

March 07 2011 14:37 GMT

#349

Definitely completely fine for a first cast, we need to give him and Kelly time to find their rhythm as there were a lot of awkward moments but that's to be expected. I actually can understand Kelly just fine (4 years of Asian engineering professors) she just tends to get too excitable but I have faith it can get better.

Grezzz

United Kingdom78 Posts

March 07 2011 14:37 GMT

#350

He seems pretty decent to me as a play-by-play caster, judging by watching Code A today. He has a decent voice for casting.

As for analysis, I don't know if his game knowledge is up to that standard after only watching one days casting. He said a few questionable things, but that's excusable on your first day.

Seems like a good choice to me.

Alabasern

United States4005 Posts

March 07 2011 14:37 GMT

#351

Good start doa! I <3 Gretech and GOMTV.net!

Vardant

Czech Republic620 Posts

March 07 2011 14:38 GMT

#352

At first, I got really scared, I could deal with Kelly and her horrible english(don't tell me it's accent - steam, heyvy, mixing is and are etc.) if there was at least Tasteless or Artosis, but a guy, that I've never heard of and Kelly?

Luckily after his first few words, my fear was gone and I enjoyed it quite a bit. He was surprisingly very calm and confident for his first televised casting. Somebody mentioned, that his puns were horrible, but they gave me a chuckle. With someone else as the second caster, I think it would work out even better.

Robinsa

Japan1333 Posts

March 07 2011 14:41 GMT

#353

Sounds great! His name IS swedish tho. No doubt about it.

I dont have a problem with casters being non-native speakers. Rottendam (if thats how you spell it) was great during ESL for example. I would have loved to have him in GOM. That being said I hate Kelly as a caster.

AsmodeusXI

United States15536 Posts

March 07 2011 14:41 GMT

#354

Way to go Doa! I don't know about anyone else, but I want to hear more about his story... going all the way out to Korea for a casting job with no history of BW at all? Big risks, and I guess big rewards. Hope to hear more soon.

namedplayer

844 Posts

March 07 2011 14:43 GMT

#355

is it true that tastosis quit GSL and the new guys replace the placE?

Roeder

Denmark735 Posts

March 07 2011 14:43 GMT

#356

I like that guy. He's doing a good job!

StarStruck

25339 Posts

March 07 2011 14:45 GMT

#357

On March 07 2011 14:53 DirtYLOu wrote:

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He is not replacing Tasteless.

Kelly and doa is replacing Tasteless AND Artosis! They were switching, u saw tasteless and Artosis casting with Kelly because they didnt have 2nd caster for Kelly yet.

Yup. I got to hand it to Nick and Dan. They should get an award for being so accommodating to Kelly.

With that said, I'm pretty sure I've seen Doa on YouTube before. At least he enunciates well.

Vipsanius

Netherlands708 Posts

March 07 2011 14:45 GMT

#358

This guy has what it takes. He is relaxed, can observe well, and casts quite well, he accepts kelly is casting with him and totally ignores any bias that she can't pronounce english, he accepts the situation and is here to entertain us, and I really appreciate that. I like a motivated caster.

The only thing stopping this guy from casting code A is Tasteless and Artosis applying for code A.

Cull

Korea (South)40 Posts

March 07 2011 14:46 GMT

#359

I had never heard of Doa before last nights cast, but I thought he did an excellent job. Unfortunately I still had to watch most of the games with the sound muted due to Kelly's extremely grating voice. I look forward to seeing who he casts with next season when she is gone.

HorsetraineR

Norway5 Posts

March 07 2011 14:47 GMT

#360

Now we just need to get the ding dang dong lady out and it's alll gooood in gretech.