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On March 25 2011 03:07 Redunzl wrote:Show nested quote +On March 25 2011 00:47 gr8ape wrote:
Not Husky
Not Hdstarcraft
Not Jp
Not DJwheat not moletrap not diggity not theGunrun Chill is probably the best pure caster-player I could name with no real tournament or sponsorship experience unlike Artosis, Tasteless, and Day[9], Incontrol et al.
I would probably consider WCG Canada, aswell as IEF (sick line-up, http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=104061)
"real" tournaments. He might have participated in some local tournaments aswell. While his experience isn't as extensive as the ones you mentioned, it's still more than most "pure caster-players".
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What about the Korean castors for GSL, they must be beasts. I haven't seen Day9 play in recent times so I am not going to presume how good he is or isn't as of compared to the others due to no basis of comparison.
TotalBiscuit is quite good I really want to see him play in IEM
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On March 25 2011 16:56 undyinglight wrote:TotalBiscuit is quite good I really want to see him play in IEM
his BC rushing in TvT's would work a hell of a lot better now. 
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I guess Rotterdam from ESL is up there with the better casters aswell (sthg like 3.8k Master) allthough i suppose Artosis might be stronger currently
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I'd love to see more clash between Artosis and Day[9]
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i think TaKeSen is the most underrated...but really good player...but thats just my 2 cents
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Need a poll on this topic.
Would also be sweet to see an actual tournament featuring all the top commentators against each other. But who would comment such an event?
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i used to watch artosis replay packs as well as POV videos he posted a while ago on TL, he is damn good but havent seen a single replay since than so dont know how good he is now.
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Artosis for sure. Even though he doesn't have as much time as he once did to play this game, he can for sure take a game against some korean progamers. Which of course the reason to his vast knowledge about the game when casting.
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On March 25 2011 00:48 DrGreen wrote:
miniWheat.
This. Or perhaps Psy's deaf cat Issac.
As for my two cents, i think we can very much call inControl a caster at this point as he will be casting the NASL and has cast many things in the past. As for Artosis having very little understanding of the game, i think that is nonsense, it is true that Tastosis do(es?) sometimes make bad calls, because they are paid to hype the game, and making bold predictions is fun to watch.
That said, from a lot of hours of simply listening to each commentator, as well as the few i have had the chance to watch i think i would place them like so:
inControl > Artosis > Psy/Day9/Rotterdam*>Chill/Tasteless>HD>Wheat>JP>Husky>TotalBiscuit
I added the last few just for the sake of thoroughness, even though as players i don't really think they have much to say, admittedly i know little about JP's playing.
*i have no idea how to choose between them, it would 100% depend on how much Day9 and Rotty practice, but i believe that they can both be better than Psy
Edit: Forgot Tasteless! :/
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Artosis definitely has the highest skill level of all active 'professional' commentators. If you saw some of his games during the beta, and even his Ro64 GSL, you'd see just how good he was despite working at GOM for so many hours a day.
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When Day[9] stops having to write all those thesis he will be dope
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Hmm. It's obviously between Day[9] and Artosis. Need a show match to find out I think!
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If you take a look at sc2ranks, you can find a replay under Artosis (KR, so probably not a smurf).
http://sc2ranks.com/kr/854110/Artosis/replays/
He apparently played oGsHero and won (fairly recently). I'm sure if you've been paying attention to the FXOpen you should have an idea of how beastly oGsHero is. I'm currently at work so I can't check out the replay, so yall can just take a look at it and see just how good he is.
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I believe Artosis. He clearly PLAYS a heck of a lot more than any of the other "high level" casters. He's also playing on the Korean ladder.
On a related note though, if there was to be a showmatch between Artosis and Day[9], with themselves casting it together from replays, wouldn't that be the most awesomest thing ever?
Back in the day, HD and Husky casted themselves in a Bo5, and it was pretty sweet (actually that was one of the first set of Star2 vods I ever watched I think... I joined the scene late) But Artosis and Day[9] would be x10 as awesome! I hope the SC2 gods align and make this possible one day!
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On March 25 2011 18:29 Hakairyu wrote:If you take a look at sc2ranks, you can find a replay under Artosis (KR, so probably not a smurf). http://sc2ranks.com/kr/854110/Artosis/replays/He apparently played oGsHero and won (fairly recently). I'm sure if you've been paying attention to the FXOpen you should have an idea of how beastly oGsHero is. I'm currently at work so I can't check out the replay, so yall can just take a look at it and see just how good he is.
Hmm, the only question is that all of those replays are of him playing Zerg, whereas he still mentions frequently in GSL that he plays Protoss more these days. Perhaps that's under a different account though.
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EPT
