EPTWhich commentator has the highest play skill level - Page 20
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branflakes14
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bigjenk
United States1543 Posts
Watching other casters 99 percent of the time they just call what is seen or make blatantly obvious calls. Artosis actually makes predictions and is not casting pre seen replays either. But seeing as how he is the only full time commentator to qualify for gsl, and do relatively well on kr ladder i would say he is far and away the best, then again i don't count the pro's that moonlight as commentators. | ||
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link0
United States1071 Posts
Gretorp Psy InControl | ||
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bigjenk
United States1543 Posts
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bornslippy
Australia50 Posts
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EchOne
United States2906 Posts
It's somewhat of an irrelevant consideration anyways because of the fact that no one can spend maximum time on both pursuits. Believe it or not, but time spent commentating improves one's commentary, and time spent playing improves one's play... moreso than it improves anything else. The best in the world usually won't be commentators, and the best commentators will probably not be bonjwas. | ||
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Rylaji
Sweden580 Posts
On March 25 2011 04:36 iNcontroL wrote: lol No it isn't. How much did you two play eachother in Sc2 as of lately tho? | ||
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Ksyper
Bulgaria665 Posts
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sCuMBaG
United Kingdom1144 Posts
On March 25 2011 00:45 ShinyGerbil wrote: it depends on who you consider a commentator. Gretorp and iNcontroL are very strong players but they aren't as committed to commentating as artosis. However, PsY and Artosis are perhaps the strongest players who are also top commentators. Day9 is a total dark horse, nobody knows what his real skill level is at so I wouldn't even bother discussing that. that'S exactly right. In my opinion RotterdaM is a pretty strong player too, considering he's primarily a commentator. | ||
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woofwoof
Canada63 Posts
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Demonace34
United States2493 Posts
On March 25 2011 23:15 woofwoof wrote: commentating doesn't make you a better player. Thats akin to saying commentating basketball is gong to make you a better basketball player. Yeah maybe you have an advantage on a 12 year old but against any real player who trains your commentating wont help you at all. We all love day9 but some people take too much of what he says as gospel That's like saying that when you talk to your friends about the game and think deeply about the game that you won't become better. Your mechanics might not become better, but if you are making a shitty unit mix then execution isn't going to matter as much either. Good analytical commentators play the game along with talking about the game with friends. Commentating a physical sport isn't the same as commentating a mental game, so the link between the two isn't coherent. Day9 talks broadly about the game and his BW background gives him an extra edge in understanding a similar game. | ||
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Scila
Canada1849 Posts
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StarBrift
Sweden1761 Posts
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Silmakuoppaanikinko
799 Posts
On March 25 2011 18:40 bigjenk wrote: There is a difference between making a prediction that is wrong and saying 'There is no chance he's coming back, some of you noobs at home might think that he can possibly come back if he does ... but trust me guys, there is absolutely no way.', after which he comes back.I find all the criticism of artosis lol in this thread. Watching other casters 99 percent of the time they just call what is seen or make blatantly obvious calls. Artosis actually makes predictions and is not casting pre seen replays either. Calling a game over is also not a prediction, saying what someone is going to probably do is. Also, there's a lot more we criticized, like the fact that despite constantly preaching to go templar, he was unaware that one has to get armour before attack upgrades then, and the next week when obviously tonnes of people mailed him on it he was like 'Yeah, he gets armour before attack, that's what you have to do.' sounding all confident (I doubt he still understands the real reason). Or the fact that he perpetuates popular myths about vikings which have no empirical backing whatsoever but are just sustained by the parroting effect. Also, he has a tendency to call people good just because they win (winning is a lot about luck) instead of them actually being good and then trying to rationalise this. Come on, San isn't THAT good, he makes some good decisions, but also some bizarrely bad ones. But it's a cool story how he suddenly got that far. But most importantly the fact is his analyses which are filled with shaky logic, it's like talking to a psycho-analyst, trying to find a connexion or pattern between simple things which may or may not be true. | ||
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tGFuRy
United States537 Posts
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Comeh
United States18919 Posts
On March 25 2011 05:16 JackDino wrote: BiggerT How did we all forget about him? Clearly one of the most skilled to ever play the game, to think he ALSO had the time to cast is amazing. | ||
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vicariouscheese
United States589 Posts
On March 25 2011 00:47 emythrel wrote:he said on SotG he intends to once school is over Actually what he said was that he "plans on doing sc2 fulltime". While I do want to see him play competitively, that could mean that he will become a fulltime commentator/promoter/esports organizer kind of thing, and if goes down that way he probably wouldn't have the time to become a top pro. But who knows, hopefully it'll come out the way you said | ||
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Ethic
Canada439 Posts
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GreEny K
Germany7312 Posts
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Silmakuoppaanikinko
799 Posts
On March 26 2011 03:26 Ethic wrote: Lolnowhat.Uh guys? Tastosis? Archon is better than Templar. Maybe better than a templar out of energy. In most situations a high templar with enough energy to perform a storm is worth more than an archon, of course, there are exceptions, like versus ultralisks or immortals or something. | ||
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