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Sein
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United States1811 Posts
March 09 2011 21:21 GMT
#321
On March 10 2011 05:54 1Eris1 wrote:
Wow. She was getting a lot better. You don't have to like her, but honestly some of the racist/etc stuff I saw posted was way too offensive. Hope to see you in the future Kelly


Don't get me wrong. I don't intend to come off as rude in any way, but can you point out 1-2 posts regarding Kelly that contained racism on this site? I honestly don't remember ever seeing one and I'm curious.
Dac
Profile Joined September 2010
Canada538 Posts
March 09 2011 21:22 GMT
#322
I wonder if they will pair the upcoming caster with tasteless or artosis for a bit like they did with Kelly. I prefer that over having to caster that are still getting a hold on the ropes.

LoliKuma
Profile Joined June 2010
United States237 Posts
March 09 2011 21:24 GMT
#323
I think everyone (cept Chill who's conspiracy theories is the most interesting thing in this topic) needs to watch the Day9 and Soe dual commentary. It is an amazing piece of work and show's how to really cast the damn game. Soe's commentary makes you fist-pump at the end.

http://day9tv.blip.tv/file/4859569/
The End DOES Justifiy the Means
scatmango2
Profile Joined November 2010
United States408 Posts
March 09 2011 21:24 GMT
#324
On March 10 2011 06:21 Sein wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 10 2011 05:54 1Eris1 wrote:
Wow. She was getting a lot better. You don't have to like her, but honestly some of the racist/etc stuff I saw posted was way too offensive. Hope to see you in the future Kelly


Don't get me wrong. I don't intend to come off as rude in any way, but can you point out 1-2 posts regarding Kelly that contained racism on this site? I honestly don't remember ever seeing one and I'm curious.


So many people these days accuse others of being racist with no proof or even an understanding of what it means to be a racist. It's really fucking stupid, I often question people's definition of racism and they give some retarded explanation of what they think it is.
pyrestrike
Profile Joined October 2010
United States235 Posts
March 09 2011 21:24 GMT
#325
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.


This should probably be edited back into the op, if anyone actually catches this and bothers to read it in the first place >_>
( ^_^)o自自o(^_^ )
rysecake
Profile Joined October 2010
United States2632 Posts
March 09 2011 21:24 GMT
#326
On March 10 2011 06:18 -Archangel- wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 10 2011 04:48 rysecake wrote:
On March 10 2011 04:46 CrazyCow wrote:
Now I can stop watching Code A on mute.


You're an asshole. People like you made her leave/get fired (whatever happened). This community has been absolute garbage to her. I honestly feel sorry for Kelly.

Actually we just gave our opinions. What is unfortunate for her is that there was a lot of us. As in any democracy the will of the majority decided the outcome. So good luck in life Kelly but I really hope we do not see you again in GSL.

Next season I can now buy the premium ticket.


I am perfectly fine with people saying her voice wasn't fit for casting. I myself sometimes did not enjoy her casting. However, I got quite upset over the excessive insults to her accent. There are plenty of nicer ways to voice our opinions than the way we did. I'm a native born American. I deal with thick accents everyday in college. Some of my professors have the worst accents I have ever heard. But I learn to deal with it. Took me about 2-3 weeks to get used to it and now I can understand him as if he were also a native born speaker. I feel people never gave her as much of a chance as they should have. The majority have spoken and I agree with them, but not the way they have voiced themselves. Makes me think sometimes that the majority of users on this forum are 14 year old kids or spoiled 30 year olds.
The Notorious Winkles
Atticus.axl
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States456 Posts
March 09 2011 21:26 GMT
#327
On March 10 2011 05:11 Chill wrote:
Am I the only person who doesn't buy the trial thing? Who would fly to Korea for a 1 month job trial?


Exactly this. GOM's decision to "test" casters this way is rather selfish of them. The testing and hiring process really ought to happen outside of the regular season matches. With their current system, I could see somebody quitting their job/university to go cast, only to get sent home a month later. Not exactly fair from what I can see.
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Zarahtra
Profile Joined May 2010
Iceland4053 Posts
March 09 2011 21:27 GMT
#328
On March 10 2011 06:01 LoliKuma wrote:
http://blip.tv/file/4859569

That is a good female caster. Good voice inflection aka no GIANT pitch high/low scale, very understandable. And can really hype up battles. Wish she had her own computer though, looks like she's backseat gaming, hahaha.

Edit: She's not British, she's German btw.

A bit OT(sorry about that) but that chick is pretty awesome
canikizu
Profile Joined September 2010
4860 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-03-09 21:28:03
March 09 2011 21:27 GMT
#329
On March 10 2011 05:48 JWD wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 10 2011 05:40 teamsolid wrote:
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
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6K4hhGPucs&feature=channel_video_title

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.

Or, GOM had simply already told Kelly that (contrary to their original plan not to conduct trials and to employ her indefinitely) she would not be staying on for another season. All this video proves is that Kelly's departure isn't a recent decision. It sheds almost no light on the machinery behind her departure / whether she was fired or her "contract" simply wasn't renewed.

In short: you can't draw the conclusion that you do (that the trial had been planned) from this video.

So the season start at Feb 21, and on Feb 23,24 (by the time the video made), Gom already told Kelly that she is fired after just 1 day of casting? Or Gom is some evil company who made Kelly prepare for her departure to Korea for at least a year, then just told her that she would not stay on for another season right when she landed to Korea?

Sometimes life is simple as it is, she got a chance to trial (or contract for 1 month to wait for Doe and Moletrap, although I don't understand why Gom would go great length to hire 1 random casters and made all the news for 1 month but not contract Tasteless, Astosis, Torch,.v.v.v who already are there to help out 1 month more), she paid all the expense (flight,.vv.v.) as Gom said. Then what's wrong with her to go?

Gom has their reason to test out new casters. If Astosis indeed leaves Korea for NASL as his youtube clip said, Gom need to not only find their code A casters, but code S also.
Kantutan
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
Canada1319 Posts
March 09 2011 21:27 GMT
#330
I'm sure in the upcoming seasons they'll find casters that are better suited for the job and so she won't be returning. I would personally want that at least, but best of luck to her in other endeavors.
TBO
Profile Joined September 2009
Germany1350 Posts
March 09 2011 21:27 GMT
#331
On March 10 2011 06:01 LoliKuma wrote:
http://blip.tv/file/4859569

That is a good female caster. Good voice inflection aka no GIANT pitch high/low scale, very understandable. And can really hype up battles. Wish she had her own computer though, looks like she's backseat gaming, hahaha.

Edit: She's not British, she's German btw.


she grew up bilingual so she is a native speaker - doesn't mean she is very good though.
Crushgroove
Profile Joined July 2010
United States793 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-03-09 21:29:47
March 09 2011 21:28 GMT
#332
Requirements for this job position:

Extensive Game knowledge
Ability to articulate that knowledge clearly and concisely in English.
Be considered entertaining and engaging by a majority (Ideally all) of the paying viewer base.
Be professional, showing up on time and interacting well with coworkers.

Objectively, as an employer, I would say that Kelly was 1/4 here... 25% isn't a good score on a review. I don't know if its possible to be objective and not see this.

Bonus points: be so interesting and capable that you draw more viewers than were previously subscribing.

0/1 here as well, as can be seen by the discrepancy between code A viewers this season compared with last.

This is pretty clearly a case of "not being re-hired" as opposed to "being fired".. I don't think she was let go for these things... but if GOM was holding tryouts for casters, and they found someone that was 5+1 out of 5+1 on this sheet... why would they not just re-hire them?

[In Korea on Vaca] "Why would I go to the park and climb a mountain? There are video games on f*cking TV!" - Kazuke
radu_c
Profile Joined April 2010
Romania226 Posts
March 09 2011 21:28 GMT
#333
Though her accent was not easy, I enjoyed her spirit; I wish her all the best.
Facedriller
Profile Joined January 2011
Sweden275 Posts
March 09 2011 21:28 GMT
#334
This was a good choice, i didnt like her as a commentator.

Good news everyone!
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endGame
Profile Joined June 2009
United States394 Posts
March 09 2011 21:29 GMT
#335
The amount of destructive criticism she received is really shameful for our community. Stuff like that makes me sad to see :/
"...As the world goes, is only in question between equals in power, while the strong do what they will and the weak suffer what they must." -Thucydides
Comlawics
Profile Joined January 2011
Sweden38 Posts
March 09 2011 21:30 GMT
#336
On March 10 2011 05:29 ParasitJonte wrote:
Show nested quote +
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...


Hm, I'm posting this because this post makes me believe some education may be needed:

http://www.ted.com/talks/patricia_kuhl_the_linguistic_genius_of_babies.html

Basically, children are very capable of changing pronounciation and learning a new language based on their surroundings. This ability declines with age. It may not be impossible but it may actually be more than you can reasonably ask for.

That is not a defence of any specific person. And it's not saying that you should accept how someone speaks english just because they can't be asked to change their accent. But it does mean that you can't continue making posts like that.


You're from Sweden, so you know who Alexander Skarsgård is. When he played the lead in Generation Kill he took accent classes so he would sound as American as possible. He did a pretty good job:

You know how silly a Swedish-English accent really can sound. And you don't need to bring up that in Sweden we are exposed to English all the time through TV and music, because English is an official language in Singapore. I've been to Singapore and all the natives (not recent immigrants from like Nepal or Malaysia) speak English from a very early age. So yes it is very possible to change your accent even if you are above 15 years old. If not perfect it, at least make yourself a lot more understandable.

I think we as viewers can demand someone who is understandable. Take Artosis for example, he used to have some regional American accent but now speaks in a more generic accent. Just like news casters here in Sweden, most of them speak rikssvenska (standard Swedish), they usually don't hire someone with a obscure thick accent like östgötska, värmländska or småländska. And just like when I turn on my TV in Sweden I dont want to hear småländska. When I am watching my favorite program, GOM, I dont want to think about the casters English, I just want to enjoy the cast and the game.

To please the largest number of viewers possible, they need someone who does not have an obscure accent! But that is not the most important part, they need someone so comfortable in the English language so it does not hinder their casting. They need a native English speaker. Unfair to all of the non-native English casters? Yes. But its the way it is. I am not a native English speaker myself, but its the way it is. If a lot of their viewers complain that they cant understand, then how can they keep her, GSL is nothing without viewers.

Its funny how some people are trying to turn this in to some kind of "ignorant thing", where the persons who have problems understanding her are "ignorant" and "need to realize that most people have English as their second language and its quite difficult for them QQ.. QQ.. QQ". Im not a native English speaker either.. but I want one to cast for me!! Either that or in rikssvenska or västmanländska, which is best?
Naniwa, Sase, and Axslav fan!
Sanguinarius
Profile Joined January 2010
United States3427 Posts
March 09 2011 21:31 GMT
#337
Will be nice to see a new caster take her place in Code A. Hopefully it will be Moletrap coming at ya!
Your strength is just an accident arising from the weakness of others -Heart of Darkness
Crushgroove
Profile Joined July 2010
United States793 Posts
March 09 2011 21:32 GMT
#338
Too bad uNcontrollable has so many better things to do.... she'd be ideal.
[In Korea on Vaca] "Why would I go to the park and climb a mountain? There are video games on f*cking TV!" - Kazuke
SpiffD
Profile Joined August 2010
Denmark1264 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-03-09 21:36:00
March 09 2011 21:35 GMT
#339
On March 10 2011 06:16 Reason.SC2 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 10 2011 05:57 SpiffD wrote:
Wow, I can't believe how many native English speakers can be so arrogant about this issue. It isn't good enough for you that the rest of the world is learning your language, they also have to have the "correct" accent?


Are you serious? You're really holding it against English speakers that the world is structured in such a way that people learn English for casting/business etc.? You're such a prick. It is not my decision to have GOM stream in English. I would watch if it was Korean only. Given that they are streaming in English, why the hell is it unreasonable to request a caster that can actually speak english fluently?

Even if someone has a deep understanding of the game, they can't be a good caster if they are unable to articulate their thoughts in the language that they have to cast. When there are so many good casters willing to do the job, how are you going to say it is unreasonable for fans to request that the most qualified person gets the job?

I think your anti-English speaking bias is disgusting and offensive. There are many accents in the English language (British, Canadian, Australian, and a variety of different American variations)... what accent the caster speaks in is completely irrelevant. The point is that if they know the language well then they will be able to effectively communicate everything they need to. Sorry to say but it is glaringly obvious that Kelly is not capable of this. I don't doubt that she understands the game quite well - she just can't communicate her understanding effectively.

How many times you hear her say "You do see that terran is expanding", or "Actually, xxxxx".

I implore you to look at casters/commentators of ANY sport, regardless of accent or language. Are any of them incapable of communicating their understanding of the sport/game in question because of a language barrier? I didn't think so. Thats the point - its not about some arrogant "english-speaking" decision to hate on anyone that speaks with a different accent.

*edit* btw I'm not a native English speaker.


First of all. It's not unreasonable to make such a request and GOM can do whatever they want. If the majority of the community want her replaced so be it - it's GOM's decision.

I was just stating that as a non-native speaker myself I find it offensive when native speakers of English mock a person for their accent when they are in fact totally understandable (to me, at least).

Also, way to over-react in your post. It really doesn't serve the discussion and I think it was totally uncalled for based on what I originally posted.




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Zealotdriver
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
United States1557 Posts
March 09 2011 21:35 GMT
#340
What a disappointment. I hope GOM brings her back in the future.
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