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palanq
Profile Blog Joined December 2004
United States761 Posts
March 09 2011 20:44 GMT
#221
On March 10 2011 04:49 N3rV[Green] wrote:
I'll miss her, Thought she was funny, cute, and different from anything I've ever seen as a caster. People really did complain WAY toooooo much.


kinda feel the same way here. though I spent a few months in singapore listening to singlish, so maybe others can't parse her accent as well =/
time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana
Diamond
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
United States10796 Posts
March 09 2011 20:44 GMT
#222
On March 10 2011 05:37 Tiax;mous wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 10 2011 05:34 Chill wrote:
On March 10 2011 05:28 JWD wrote:
On March 10 2011 05:26 Chill wrote:
Okay, so my new theory is:

1. GOM selected DoA and Moletrap to be casters.
2. They couldn't make it immediately because of real life; Kelly could.
3. They hired Kelly immediately, made up this story about trials.
4. Moletrap scheduled to come, they said trial over.

Maybe not true, but at least I can justify the logic in my head as opposed to the current things GOM are saying.

You don't think they hired Kelly indefinitely, but backed off and brought Moletrap in once the community blew up over it? And are now using the bit about trial casters to make Kelly's departure look better for both GOM and Kelly?

It's certainly possible and does make more sense. I'm modifying the theory!

GOM Evil Theory rev. 2.1:
1. GOM puts out a call for casters and reviews all applicants
2. GOM focuses on availability moreso than ability.
3. Kelly is the most available and is hired immediately and openly.
4. DoA is also hired but requires a month due to real life.
5. Kelly has largely negative feedback.
6. GOM announces the "trial" and contacts Moletrap.
7. Moletrap announces he will go to Korea.
8. The trial period ends.

What do you think? BTW I've been playing a lot of Phoenix Wright hahaha.


Actually I remember Wolf ( another applicant ) saying "Just wait guys , just wait..." in one of the first Kelly Hate Threads. Wolf joined FXO after that so I don't know if it really means something but still , you may wanna include that to your theory.


I'm 99% sure Wolf was saying just wait about getting signed to FXO.
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Lunat!c
Profile Joined March 2010
122 Posts
March 09 2011 20:45 GMT
#223
Wow I am crying... because of how happy I am... :D

User was warned for this post
floor exercise
Profile Blog Joined August 2008
Canada5847 Posts
March 09 2011 20:45 GMT
#224
I think they wanted to save money with someone from the region as well. Shame it turned out the way it did
NikonTC
Profile Joined September 2010
United Kingdom418 Posts
March 09 2011 20:46 GMT
#225
On March 10 2011 05:42 hidiliho wrote:
Sad day from Esports.

Some of you really need to learn the history of Esports and know how lucky you are that there are more and more English speaking casters out there.

I not loving this new Generation. There is a percentage of this generation that seem to think they are ENTITLED to everything.

A lot of us watched Streams/Vods with Korean cast. Learn to appreciate what you have.


If people "appreciated what they had" all the time, we'd still be living in caves eating raw snake for dinner. Striving for perfection and trying to achieve dreams is one of the defining characteristics of being human, why stop just "because it's e-sports"? Personally I want e-sports to keep getting bigger and better, not rest on its laurels and coast from now on.
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nihoh
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Australia978 Posts
March 09 2011 20:46 GMT
#226
If she wants to improve, first thing she needs to do is fix that Singaporean accent. It might be acceptable in Singapore and Malaysia but it's just not acceptable outside that.

Indians speak perfect English grammatically, but would you accept an Indian caster with a thick Indian accent?
Dont look at the finger or you will miss all that heavenly glory.
LetoAtreides82
Profile Joined January 2011
United States1188 Posts
March 09 2011 20:46 GMT
#227
I'm glad others will be given a chance, hopefully they will have american or english accents.

Things that Kelly should improve on if she wants a better reception:
1. Practice your american or english accent. Plenty of actors have to do this to get better paying acting jobs in America. I am assuming, based on the comments I've heard in this forum and at GSL's forum, that a large percentage of the foreign viewers for GSL prefer american and english accents, someone correct me if I'm wrong here.

2. Improve your humor, you have to be funny when there's nothing going on (like in between matches, or when both players are macroing up) . There's been many occasions in which Artosis was working hard on keeping the casts interesting, coming up with great jokes, and he'd look at Kelly for help and she's either looking down at a paper or nodding her head at him.

3. Don't apologize profusely, it's very annoying when someone continues to apologize when they've already received forgiveness. A recent example was the first day Doa casted with Kelly, it was during a game in Shakuras and she interrupted him and then kept saying sorry for the next several minutes. Thankfully Doa handled that situation like an expert. You're supposed to say sorry once, that's it.

The spice must flow
kirbynator
Profile Joined October 2010
Canada503 Posts
March 09 2011 20:47 GMT
#228
On March 10 2011 04:47 Dudemeister wrote:
For being the most tolerant and mature community out there, we really fucked up this time!


we fucked up?

what needed to happen, happened. there is nothing else to say, sorry for her but her voice is not made for casting, talent or knowledge aside.
Doodsmack
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States7224 Posts
March 09 2011 20:48 GMT
#229
On March 10 2011 05:46 nihoh wrote:
If she wants to improve, first thing she needs to do is fix that Singaporean accent. It might be acceptable in Singapore and Malaysia but it's just not acceptable outside that.

Indians speak perfect English grammatically, but would you accept an Indian caster with a thick Indian accent?


"Fix" is an interesting word choice there.
ampson
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
United States2355 Posts
March 09 2011 20:48 GMT
#230
I think that she did a good job this season, and I wonder who will be her replacement for next season? Maybe moletrap? I think that would be pretty cool. However I would be pretty happy if she eventually gets the full time position.
bh.
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
United States342 Posts
March 09 2011 20:48 GMT
#231
On March 10 2011 05:43 Shikyo wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 10 2011 05:10 Doodsmack wrote:
On March 10 2011 05:09 No_Roo wrote:
Just a point on people citing her thick accent and comparing it to other think accents: The distinction to be made with kelly is not just the way the words coming out of her mouth sound, or the value of those words, it's more about the dropped words and combined words. Her spoken sentence structure is extremely difficult to parse _quickly_ due to verb conjugation issues and missing or improper articles etc.

You can test this by transcribing to plain text what she is saying, then reading the text (removing the accent from the equation).

Any way, again, best of luck to her, I am however looking forward to meeting the new caster for next season.



Actually, it's not hard at all to understand what she means. You people need to be around non-whites more often lol

You need to realize not many people are native english-speakers. I have talked English on skype etc. numerous times and needed to fully concentrate to understand what she was saying and it was really hindering the watching experience.


This is a great point. I always thought she was easily understandable, but I am native born english speaker, i would imagine being non-native english would make it quite difficult
JWD
Profile Blog Joined October 2007
United States12607 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-03-09 21:53:12
March 09 2011 20:48 GMT
#232
On March 10 2011 05:40 teamsolid wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 10 2011 05:32 eviltomahawk wrote:
Also, I don't think the decision was last-minute.
At 2:25 of an interview from February 24


Kelly said that she was only staying in Korea until the 17th of March. It definitely does seem to be a pre-planned decision based on the availability of their applicants for these trials.

edit: LOL, I don't know how to emb Youtube videos. Feel like a noob.
edit2: nvm. Figured it out.

Yup, more people need to watch this video @2:25. The 1-season long "trial" had been planned even before she got to South Korea. It just wasn't made public by GOM until now.

Edit: the video's date probably means that Kelly was never hired to cast Code A indefinitely. But the video doesn't establish that GOM had in place a formal caster trial system from the start.
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HankScorpio
Profile Joined February 2011
Canada66 Posts
March 09 2011 20:48 GMT
#233
On March 10 2011 05:42 Termit wrote:

Where did I call him dumb? I just asked if he was. Also english isn't my native language so why would I have perfect grammar?


I hope that some day you'll understand the irony in this.
Pudge_172
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States1378 Posts
March 09 2011 20:49 GMT
#234
I really enjoyed the turd base and the Terran making tors.

I will truly miss hearing that. Honestly. I liked her because she was DIFFERENT.
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Zoia
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United States419 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-03-09 20:52:24
March 09 2011 20:50 GMT
#235
Being racist, predujist, or just an asshole has nothing to do with it. I think she is an amazing person and the fact that she knows more about the game than 98% of the retards that are threatening her makes her an amazing person.

The fact of the matter is that I'm paying for my gom.tv pass and when I can't understand/stand the voice of a person casting matches that I really want to see I feel as if my money isn't well spent and I should just wait for someone on TL to post the match updates. I have great respect for her as a person but I do not think she should pursue a career as an English commentator.
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Tiax;mous
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
669 Posts
March 09 2011 20:51 GMT
#236
On March 10 2011 05:44 iCCup.Diamond wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 10 2011 05:37 Tiax;mous wrote:
On March 10 2011 05:34 Chill wrote:
On March 10 2011 05:28 JWD wrote:
On March 10 2011 05:26 Chill wrote:
Okay, so my new theory is:

1. GOM selected DoA and Moletrap to be casters.
2. They couldn't make it immediately because of real life; Kelly could.
3. They hired Kelly immediately, made up this story about trials.
4. Moletrap scheduled to come, they said trial over.

Maybe not true, but at least I can justify the logic in my head as opposed to the current things GOM are saying.

You don't think they hired Kelly indefinitely, but backed off and brought Moletrap in once the community blew up over it? And are now using the bit about trial casters to make Kelly's departure look better for both GOM and Kelly?

It's certainly possible and does make more sense. I'm modifying the theory!

GOM Evil Theory rev. 2.1:
1. GOM puts out a call for casters and reviews all applicants
2. GOM focuses on availability moreso than ability.
3. Kelly is the most available and is hired immediately and openly.
4. DoA is also hired but requires a month due to real life.
5. Kelly has largely negative feedback.
6. GOM announces the "trial" and contacts Moletrap.
7. Moletrap announces he will go to Korea.
8. The trial period ends.

What do you think? BTW I've been playing a lot of Phoenix Wright hahaha.


Actually I remember Wolf ( another applicant ) saying "Just wait guys , just wait..." in one of the first Kelly Hate Threads. Wolf joined FXO after that so I don't know if it really means something but still , you may wanna include that to your theory.


I'm 99% sure Wolf was saying just wait about getting signed to FXO.


Why would he said that in a GSL & Kelly thread tho? That Post

Whatever , I'm happy with Doa & Moletrap , or anyone I guess...
FabledIntegral
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
United States9232 Posts
March 09 2011 20:51 GMT
#237
On March 10 2011 05:42 Termit wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 10 2011 05:35 HankScorpio wrote:
On March 10 2011 05:21 Termit wrote:
On March 10 2011 05:16 GreEny K wrote:
On March 10 2011 05:14 Termit wrote:
Really, she isnt that good of a caster. Some people are just not ment to be casters and Kellys high pitched voice is not a good caster voice. But if she still wanna be a professional caster she should:
1. Take voice lessons.
2. Get a neutral accent.
3. Learn how to pronounce units correctly, "the race cars"... cmon.

It's also nice in a way that people give her some shit because to many females has it to easy in esports just because they are girls.


Once you're older than 15 your accent in a second or third language sticks with you. If you are younger you will get rid of it or learn to speak the language without the accent, once you are past that age any language you learn will have an accent. "Get a neutral accent" by far the dumbest most ignorant thing I have seen in a while.

Dude, are you dumb? Why do you think every sports caster has the same accent, because they come from the same pond? No because they learn how to get rid of there horrible accent. Just because you're over 15 years old and doesn't have english as your native language it isn't impossible to remove your accent. Haha...


You shouldn't call someone dumb and then reply with a post full of grammatical errors. That simply points out that you're an idiot well before you even have the chance to confirm that you're an idiot through the idiotic point you try to make.


When people are past a certain age, and have to learn a new language, they will retain an accent.

Sportscasters don't have to learn a new language, unless you know of a sports station that's crawling with non-native speakers? You can learn to alter your inflection/tone of voice, but you can't beat an accent in most cases.

Unfortunately, the Asian accent is not super appealing...not really much she can do about that.

ps: So when is Total Buscuit coming over? Or is he too high profile to do code A's?

Where did I call him dumb? I just asked if he was. Also english isn't my native language so why would I have perfect grammar? The funny part is that you can't see that I asked him a question on your native language. Also, Singapore speak english so I don't see how she has to learn new language lol.


Obviously English is not your first language because what you did is the equivalent of calling someone dumb. I assumed the expression went across languages, but alas, what do I know.
nekuodah
Profile Joined August 2010
England2409 Posts
March 09 2011 20:51 GMT
#238
I like this result, whether she was fired or it really was a trial i think this is best overall as the majority seemed to dislike her casting (i personally havnt watched code a since the first few rounds), i wish her good luck in promoting Sc2 in the SEA region though, that place needs more love.
lolsixtynine
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
United States600 Posts
March 09 2011 20:51 GMT
#239
I have no hard feelings towards her. I don't care that she has an accent. I gave her a chance, I'm glad she's not going to be casting Code A, and I hope they find someone that I don't have to try to decipher words to understand.
Louuster
Profile Joined November 2010
Canada2869 Posts
March 09 2011 20:51 GMT
#240
On March 10 2011 05:46 nihoh wrote:
If she wants to improve, first thing she needs to do is fix that Singaporean accent. It might be acceptable in Singapore and Malaysia but it's just not acceptable outside that.

Indians speak perfect English grammatically, but would you accept an Indian caster with a thick Indian accent?


Just like Steve Irwin shouldve fixed that Australian accent before being on US tv? Or is that acceptable.
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