I don't believe it's been posted here yet, but since DoA has left Korea as per twitter, it appears Wolf is the next up to try out casting: + Show Spoiler +
"Dear GOMTV.net users:
For the upcoming Super Tournament, we will have the following great line up of casters: Tastosis, Moletrap + Wolf.
Please look forward to the exciting games from the Super Tournament!
Thank you. GOMTV.net
About Wolf Schröder "Wolf" Schröder grew up playing several genres of games when he was younger, especially strategy games. Wolf played Terran in Brood War, and currently plays Protoss in StarCraft II. Wolf has been commentating StarCraft II for over a year, focusing on casting live events. Wolf plays StarCraft on a high level, and is a member of the team FXOpen. Look forward to seeing his unique commentating style at the GSL!"
A reminder: All the code A casters are still part of the GomTV try out process, where they cast in a staggered sessions for two code As each, so nobody is fired (or hired) yet.
I'll miss Doa . He was a really good caster but I suppose he wants to get back to his wife and his time is up ^^. I wonder who will be replacing Moletrap next :D.
I really like Doa & Moletrap both, it is a shame to see either one of them go, but Wolf is a great caster i am excited to see how he does! Best of luck to Doa with anything he chooses to do, a truely good caster.
GSL Code A casters don't leave they stated when they first started bringing in the casters that will be cycling a handful of them around for a while before they picked some permanent ones thats if they pick permanent ones, cause they might just keep cycling around.
Would prefer doa + wolf than moletrap + wolf. Hopefully somebody will replace moletrap soon (don't take me wrong, moletrap isn't too bad, I just really don't like that way he catss games and all the "wuuuuuuuuuuuuuut" at the end of the games).
Congrats Wolf! I must say I think I was spoiled about this news ages ago though. Back in one of the Code A caster threads Wolf kept making some vague posts hinting at it and then recently set his country to South Korea.
Although I do hope either Moletrap or Wolf take up the behind the scenes recording of the Starcraft 2 scene since Doa left. Those were cool to watch.
Awesome knew this was coming as I am sure many did. He said many times he was heading to Korea and what else for, love his casting so good luck in GSL :D Will be nice ot put a name to the voice too!
Tbh, I don't really care who casts the Code A. The only thing I want is a guy(s) or girl(s) that has been around Starcraft for a long time, a guy who actually can play at a decent level himself and a guy that has a knowledge about some sort of competitive gaming so he isn't sitting there bullshitting us.
The last part is the worst imo when you are a certain level yourself and can see with your own eyes whats happening and whats probably gonna come and the caster is just talking shit and you are sitting there like an idiot wondering how that dude became a Sc2 caster.
Wolf has a really good knowledge of the game, would be interesting to see him casting GSL. Also good luck to you Doa! Your casting of GSL was certainly entertaining to me
I really love the fact that GOM is rotating heavily casters, they are probably reading comments as feedback and are looking for best casting combo no matter how long it takes. Well second best, the moment Tastosis will be second best is the moment when world ends.
On May 22 2011 02:11 OptimusYale wrote: Why did Doa leave I know he has a family to go back to but please....get rid of moletrap...Doa was a good caster
... Moletrap's been there for only 1 season, Doa for 2. Moletrap goes after this season. It's a pretty simple format.
Sweet good to see more good casters make the jump to the GSL!
Though one thing I would love, is if at the end of the GSL the CodeA english casters played a 2v2 vs the CodeS casters, the Korean casters did a simialr thing, and then the two winners of each casting team did a 2v2 head to head haha with the loosers casting it in a totally non bias way haha
On May 22 2011 02:24 Gentso wrote: I feel bad for all of the people trying out, honestly. It's a risky investment of time and travel.. I hope they don't try too many more people.
What? Assuming you're a big starcraft fan, you don't want to travel to a country where progaming has been established for 10 years, meet all the players in person and cast for the biggest SC2 tournament in the world broadcasted to hundreds of thousands of viewers for 2 months while getting paid?
Looking forward to hear Wolf casting. He sounds like a decent caster and I hope he has a good time over there. Congrats!
On May 22 2011 03:09 baldgye wrote: Sweet good to see more good casters make the jump to the GSL!
Though one thing I would love, is if at the end of the GSL the CodeA english casters played a 2v2 vs the CodeS casters, the Korean casters did a simialr thing, and then the two winners of each casting team did a 2v2 head to head haha with the loosers casting it in a totally non bias way haha
That would be epic But I guess Tastosis will simply crush Moltrap & Doa single handed.
Disappointed to see Doa leave, I liked him but Moletrap if you read this and cast the GSTL again in the future. PLEASE don't use the term snipe and sniping every single game, you overused the term so much it was getting out of hand
On May 22 2011 03:16 papaz wrote: That video doesn't make wolf look good.
Quite silent, not very exciting...He sounds even more boring than Doa in my opinion.
Oh well, good luck in GSL. It's at least good that GSL rotates casters.
Trust me, he's an amazing caster. Go watch the FXOpen Invitational Series. I just wish Moletrap was leaving instead of Doa because Wolf + Doa could have been great.
Good luck Wolf, better two seasons late than never!
Oh man I can't wait to hear more about Wolf's life and skillset and all the other self aggrandizing nonsense he goes on and on about every time i've ever seen him cast! Make sure to keep everyone up to date on your ability to read Hangeul but not actually understand the words because everyone knows that's super hard!!!
What the fuck people? Doa didn't leave because of problems. His trial time is ended and its time to test new casters. Nobody has been hired or fired yet. They will choose later.
On May 22 2011 02:34 Isaac wrote: ya i dont know who he is but if he is the guy on the fxo stuff that then im excited
Yeah it's the same FXOWolf who casts FXOpen events with Unstable, you can probably hear some of his more recent casting in VODs here, especially of the KOTH: http://www.youtube.com/fxopenesports
On May 22 2011 06:09 leakingpear wrote: Oh man I can't wait to hear more about Wolf's life and skillset and all the other self aggrandizing nonsense he goes on and on about every time i've ever seen him cast! Make sure to keep everyone up to date on your ability to read Hangeul but not actually understand the words because everyone knows that's super hard!!!
User was temp banned for this post.
Yeah heaven forbid we actually learn something about the people that cast for us instead of hearing an anonymous voice-over. In fact, why even have screen names? But you're right though, why would the topic of hangeul come up when every 2nd event he casts has a Korean talking in hangeul on screen or with a username in Korean?
I think this process is getting ridiculous. If they just confirmed a casting pair, any casting pair, they would have already surpassed the level of any of the new people they keep trying out. I'm getting tired of teams reacquainting with each other for the first couple weeks.
On May 22 2011 10:23 Chill wrote: I think this process is getting ridiculous. If they just confirmed a casting pair, any casting pair, they would have already surpassed the level of any of the new people they keep trying out. I'm getting tired of teams reacquainting with each other for the first couple weeks.
You do realise if they did that it would be kelly + doa. I actually like how they are doing it - but agree that they could keep the casters on a bit longer.
I think it's been mentioned that doa wanted to go back to his wife anyway.
On May 22 2011 10:23 Chill wrote: I think this process is getting ridiculous. If they just confirmed a casting pair, any casting pair, they would have already surpassed the level of any of the new people they keep trying out. I'm getting tired of teams reacquainting with each other for the first couple weeks.
You do realise if they did that it would be kelly + doa. I actually like how they are doing it - but agree that they could keep the casters on a bit longer.
I think it's been mentioned that doa wanted to go back to his wife anyway.
I'd be fine with that to be honest. It's just my opinion, but the improvement someone makes with three months of professional experience will be way more than the chance you find someone better in those three months. They're just bringing in people cold and shipping them out when they just get warmed up.
Never heard of Wolf before but I'm looking forward to hearing his casts. Hopefully the wolftrap duo is better than doatrap. Don't get me wrong Doa and Moletrap individually are good, but no one can deny they didn't work well together.
wolf is a pretty good commentator. He casted games at the CES tournament which my university was a part of, so he definitely has some live experience in front of a camera.
On May 22 2011 02:29 AWakefield wrote: They definitely need to be called Wolftrap. It just doesn't sound right any other way. Cant wait to hear them next GSL. I have high hopes.
On May 22 2011 10:23 Chill wrote: I think this process is getting ridiculous. If they just confirmed a casting pair, any casting pair, they would have already surpassed the level of any of the new people they keep trying out. I'm getting tired of teams reacquainting with each other for the first couple weeks.
You do realise if they did that it would be kelly + doa. I actually like how they are doing it - but agree that they could keep the casters on a bit longer.
I think it's been mentioned that doa wanted to go back to his wife anyway.
I'd be fine with that to be honest. It's just my opinion, but the improvement someone makes with three months of professional experience will be way more than the chance you find someone better in those three months. They're just bringing in people cold and shipping them out when they just get warmed up.
I like that they're trying out multiple casters, they get enough time to sort of click, if it really seems to work then I hope they actually settle on those casters, but up until now I don't think we've seen a pair that we could point to and say, "It's not very likely that we could find a pair any better than this".
Also, I would not have been happy with Kelly casting permanently so I'm glad they're taking some time and gauging fan response to casters.
Also, to add on to this, I think around 3-6 weeks are generally enough to see whether the improvement in a duo is going anywhere or if they're getting better too slowly, or not at all. Just look at Gretorp and inControl, to me it feels like they've grown into an awesome duo and one that I really enjoy listening to.
As a solo caster wolf can be too unjustifiably critical of the players he casts. He's also very opinionated. Other than that, he's pretty good. We'll see how they fare together =D
Good luck to wolf. Hopefully he is better than doa/kelly but I don't know man, I wish they got some older more mature people to cast games, like in the age of Tastosis (late 20s). People might think Age isn't a factor but it is to me lol. You don't see any early 20 year olds casting other sports.
I also agree with chill, changing the casters this much sucks. It also ruins Live Report threads. Everytime there is a new one it becomes live caster criticisms.
On May 22 2011 10:23 Chill wrote: I think this process is getting ridiculous. If they just confirmed a casting pair, any casting pair, they would have already surpassed the level of any of the new people they keep trying out. I'm getting tired of teams reacquainting with each other for the first couple weeks.
What's the rush? I see no harm in giving more people a chance and trying to get a great counterpart to Tastosis rather than taking two random people and shoving it down the viewers throats. As a paying customer, I'd rather GOM give a dozen people a chance and pick from a group that have gotten a taste rather than picking one, letting them get 'warmed up' and then finding out a few months later they made a mistake.
I have to imagine not everyone is cut out for living in Korea either, as doa probably found out it wouldn't work for him long term (unless that information is untrue). So in that case, you couldn't just 'confirm' him. And this would have to have happened regardless.
Congrats but I hope you are ready to get flamed. Make one mistake... and then one person will comment on it, then another person who was about to also comment on it will agree with that person, then other people may notice it later on and keep complaining about it... and then you are officially a "bad" caster in their eyes no matter what you do, and everything goes downhill from there. Enjoy!
I miss Doa and my expectations about wolf isn't that high. If the videos posted by the OP is indicative about wolf casting style I'm a bit concerned... but I hope it work out for the best. The GSL action itself it so good that the casters must screw up big time to make me turn off the GOM TV player!
Wolf is going to be awesome. Watched heaps of FXO invitationals with him at the helm and he's always great. I think he might be the first caster other than tastosis I'm keen to listen to at the GSL :o
On May 22 2011 15:30 Theo wrote: Who is this guy? what has he done before except cast? former player in anything? ranking? connections? Just curious
His wiki page may help: Wolf. Not a pro or anything but he is more active on ladder than most casters, I'd say, and has accounts on almost every server (TW, KR, NA, EU, SEA).
I just realised most comentators are protoss players...... lol.... artosis was zerg, then sooner converted to protoss, tasteless was all the while protoss. now wolf is a protoss too.... is moletrap a protoss player too??
I have to agree with Chill that this process is to long winded. Imo the should have brought out all the applicants they wanted to try together and first have them casting replays in different pairs from the GOM studio. Then you have a picture of what pairs are working well together and what pairs don't.
The pairs that work well together are now moving on to casting code A games. And not the same pair for 1 season but just mix it up over 2 seasons with the more successful pairs getting more and more airtime. That way you get a clear picture where the chemistry is and who do and who don't impress/improve and at the end you are left with the best casting pair. Not necessarily the 2 best casters but the 2 casters who work the best together.
That being said I love it Wolf is being invited. I really enjoyed listening to his commentary during the TLOpen's where he casted a lot of the earlier rounds.
On May 22 2011 10:23 Chill wrote: I think this process is getting ridiculous. If they just confirmed a casting pair, any casting pair, they would have already surpassed the level of any of the new people they keep trying out. I'm getting tired of teams reacquainting with each other for the first couple weeks.
Or perhaps they never intend on getting someone full time, beacuse nobody good enough would want to accept the conditions of such a offer? If it was up to GOM, Tasteless and artosis would still be casting code A.
I will really miss Doa. When Puma was playing and he made the joke about "Pumaman", and Moletrap didn't know what it was, and he explained about the movie and how it was on Mystery Science Theater 3000, my little nerd heart fell in nerd-love. (Pumaman was one of my favorite episodes). Bonus points being from Minnesota, the home of MST3k!
YES!!! No more Doa-nonsense - this is great news!!! Don't have to hear about his silver-league knowledge and math-"skills" (remember when he had a lesson that was about one hellion is worth one drone...).
On May 22 2011 10:23 Chill wrote: I think this process is getting ridiculous. If they just confirmed a casting pair, any casting pair, they would have already surpassed the level of any of the new people they keep trying out. I'm getting tired of teams reacquainting with each other for the first couple weeks.
GOM is not randomly trying out new people. Casters have their own personal stuff to attend to, it's not like everyone can just stay in Korea and do casting full time just like that.
There's lots of things that need to be worked out. You make it sound like all GOM needs to do is decide on 2 guys and then that's that.
Wolf seems good, but I really felt that Moletrap and Doa had a good thing going, really started to enjoy Code A again. Hopefully Wolf and Moletrap will be as good as Doa and Moletrap soon
On May 22 2011 10:23 Chill wrote: I think this process is getting ridiculous. If they just confirmed a casting pair, any casting pair, they would have already surpassed the level of any of the new people they keep trying out. I'm getting tired of teams reacquainting with each other for the first couple weeks.
GOM is not randomly trying out new people. Casters have their own personal stuff to attend to, it's not like everyone can just stay in Korea and do casting full time just like that.
There's lots of things that need to be worked out. You make it sound like all GOM needs to do is decide on 2 guys and then that's that.
I would assume they were looking for people that actually could move there and be a full time caster. While i also agree with them that you have to try out different combo's to see whats working. I think by next season they should have a team that will have a permanent spot, so there can be some continuation.
After the next code A possibly Moletrap will leave and we will get another caster. Code A casters are on tests each one casts 2 seasons and then is replaced. Dunno when GOM will finnaly decide about what casters should stay.
I wish him the best of luck. However, I hope for his sake his game knowledge is up to par with Tastosis. The previous casters were bronze players at best.
On May 22 2011 20:39 BatCat wrote: I just hope Wolf ups his game knowledge a bit, apart from that he is quite enjoyable.
Wolf is masters on every server.....
It's great that he knows his race well, but as a caster you need to be familiar with the other races just as well. And there I found him lacking a bit. Maybe that has improved, if so, good.
Never heard wolf before, witch is weird cuz i watch so many casts =P Watched the white-ra/tlo match and seems pretty good. Good luck to Wolf! And i miss you already Doa.
Also DoA will most likely be back depending on the other Code A casters. Just think of it this way
This Super Tournament/Code A Cycle: Moletrap/Wolf
The Code A Cycle After That: Wolf/New Commentator
They'll just keep replacing the guy who's been there for two cycles until whenever they feel they have a good sense on which two work best together, have the most support from the community, and can commit their lives to full time in Korea.
have not heard of or watched any of Wolf's stuff.. but hope hes good! DOA was okay i guess, i just dont think the chemistry was there between him and Moletrap.. not sure who i preferred
On May 22 2011 10:23 Chill wrote: I think this process is getting ridiculous. If they just confirmed a casting pair, any casting pair, they would have already surpassed the level of any of the new people they keep trying out. I'm getting tired of teams reacquainting with each other for the first couple weeks.
No, I think it's absolutely fine.
Everyone gets to cast for two seasons. TSL3 had rotating casters every week, was that ridiculous? Course not.
GSL has a new pair (with one new face) every other month, it's totally fine.
I like this. All the casters they have chosen have been very good (my heart will always be with Tastosis but Doatrap and those before them were all quite brilliant). We get a fresh, exciting new caster every season, and the casters don't have to stay away from their home for too long, especially those with families.
I'm not a fan of all those caster-bashing though, make one slightly erroneous comment and half of the internet wants your head on a stick? WTF?
Wolf sounds really good. I hope he doesnt think he should try to imitate Tastosis cause he casting is just fine as it is. Also I hope he doesnt yell as much as DOA cause its just annoying.
On May 22 2011 10:23 Chill wrote: I think this process is getting ridiculous. If they just confirmed a casting pair, any casting pair, they would have already surpassed the level of any of the new people they keep trying out. I'm getting tired of teams reacquainting with each other for the first couple weeks.
No, I think it's absolutely fine.
Everyone gets to cast for two seasons. TSL3 had rotating casters every week, was that ridiculous? Course not.
GSL has a new pair (with one new face) every other month, it's totally fine.
Congratulations to Wolf, I like him and I'm glad he's getting this great opportunity. I'm not a moletrap fan though so I'm not super happy to see him staying, I prefer Doa but his decision to go back to his wife certainly makes sense so I can't fault him for that.
Best of luck Wolf but every time I see you I am just going to be reminded of the time you confused me for motbob. Watching Code A is going to be very weird for me.
I do appreciate the correct capitalization of ESPORTS on your twitter however.
On May 22 2011 10:23 Chill wrote: I think this process is getting ridiculous. If they just confirmed a casting pair, any casting pair, they would have already surpassed the level of any of the new people they keep trying out. I'm getting tired of teams reacquainting with each other for the first couple weeks.
No, I think it's absolutely fine.
Everyone gets to cast for two seasons. TSL3 had rotating casters every week, was that ridiculous? Course not.
GSL has a new pair (with one new face) every other month, it's totally fine.
The comparison isn't that great.
All these casters were nearly already familiar with each other and have done large events in the past. Wolf, DoA and Moletrap have done large events, but to this proportion and alongside one another?
Based on the VOD in the first post, he seems like a good caster! It sounds like he knows his stuff, plus he has "the voice" needed for broadcast media. Best of luck to him!
Sad to see Doa leave, I've always liked his relaxed style of casting. On the other hand, I'm looking forward to seeing Wolf cast, he sounds like a pretty good caster. And I envy his name, it would be so badass if you were named Wolf. )
On May 23 2011 00:03 aruken wrote: Doa leaves and Moletrap stays...i dont like it
Everyone stays two seasons until the end of this screening process (although I wouldn't mind them keeping this rotation around for as many notable applicants as they have, it keeps things fun and interesting).
Wolf is pretty good. As a former semi-competitive Broodwar player and a Masters League SC2 player, he can add a nice analytical perspective to the casting. That was sorely lacking when we had Gold League casters Moatrap doing the commentating.
I don't understand why a lot of people are so positive about Doa's casting. He looked ok when he was casting with kelly, but that's just because she was truly aweful. Have you actually watched any games cast by doa? He is just plain wrong most of the time. His casting is a string of words which are randomly collected from memory instead of being supported by what happens on the screen. He just guesses, and is mostly plain wrong as well. I like moletrap a lot better, but he has to clean up after doa most of the time. "Uhm, well actually..." is the sentence most produced by moletrap, and it is always something like "that is a pylon, not a cannon", or "they are even in harvesters". Doa seems like a nice guy, but I'd rather have someone who knows what he is talking about.
/end doa rant.
Congrats to Wolf, looking forward to see him casting Code A next season.
Congrats Wolf, you seemed like the only one who was positive about sending in your app in that old thread about GOM looking for casters, glad you're getting your chance!
On May 23 2011 00:49 Hushfield wrote: I don't understand why a lot of people are so positive about Doa's casting. He looked ok when he was casting with kelly, but that's just because she was truly aweful. Have you actually watched any games cast by doa? He is just plain wrong most of the time. His casting is a string of words which are randomly collected from memory instead of being supported by what happens on the screen. He just guesses, and is mostly plain wrong as well. I like moletrap a lot better, but he has to clean up after doa most of the time. "Uhm, well actually..." is the sentence most produced by moletrap, and it is always something like "that is a pylon, not a cannon", or "they are even in harvesters". Doa seems like a nice guy, but I'd rather have someone who knows what he is talking about.
/end doa rant.
Congrats to Wolf, looking forward to see him casting Code A next season.
This is exactly 100% my oppinion too, very well put!
Kinda suxs i really liked DOA and thought he was a great caster for GOM hope they come back to him in the future and make him one of the full time casters. As for wolf congrats hope he can do great in this postion
They are cycling through code A casters for a while then they pick the ones they liked the most, doa said that he missed his wife in 1 of the code A matches. I don't really enjoy moletraps commentary as much when he starts to scream or says things that are completely wrong, good casters cycle the income, units, and production tabs while also checking the player cams. At gsl the casters are not being obs'd so I see no reason for them to follow it. In fact no caster should fucking follow the obs, obs is meant for us, casters need to control their own cam and try to see everything at all times. Yes it inst possible but they should still aim for it.
Yeah well Doa has had by far the best voice so far, his insight into the game is definitely lacking compared to what we're used to, but he has definitely shown to have a good voice and work with his casters, while Moletrap has had the constant shouting over his cocaster problem. Maybe Wolf can show us something we've all been needing, without Tastosis in Code A anymore
On May 23 2011 01:50 MrLion wrote: If moletrap shuts up Wolf the same way he did to Doa, I will be super annoyed.
Here's hoping his time casting with Doa and the feedback he received has given Moletrap a bit more experience dual casting and actually engaging with his partner.
No offense to Doa, but I think Wolf's humour is a lot more subtle and dry than Doa's, so I can totally picture Moletrap having even more trouble following the flow of conversation and reacting appropriately (instead of shutting most of Doa's attempts down because Moletrap doesn't know how to follow up on it properly).
I hadn't heard his casts before but I think he did a great job in the game you posted. I'm looking forward to seeing him in there. I know this has been discussed to death but really, in my opinion the most important thing as a caster is just to not say anything blatantly wrong even if you just talk in generalities all the time. The previous casting pair really did make a lot of mistakes and that did detract from the games for me. Wolf seems more knowledgeable and I'm hoping he succeeds!
Yay someone who plays the game at high level! I'm really happy about this, although I would have liked to see Moletrap gone too, well it's better than nothing.
I might sound a bit mean but i never liked the way DoA casted...especially his jokes.Moletrap is just a tad bit better since he has his good moments but still... anyway....good luck to wolf and hoping to see just how much can gomtv improve they're line-up
I miss doa + kelly. His calm demeanor and her overexcited flailing made for some -great- commentary.
I like moletrap and I like doa, but they don't seem to have much chemistry together. Here's hoping Wolf mixes better.
Moletrap needs a little more practice, I think he's more used to solo casting, so he has problems interrupting his cocaster (despite being very knowledgable about the game, and having great puns)
I sort of want a smooth, sexy english accent in my GSL commentary sometime.
Also, whatever happened to Jay? That man had a sexy, sexy voice and was an amaaaaazing commentator.
Can somebody explain to me why they even liked Doa.. He's monotonous, humorless, and lacks any serious game knowledge being a plat player .. Really happy he got replaced.
On May 23 2011 05:02 deroth wrote: Can somebody explain to me why they even liked Doa.. He's monotonous, humorless, and lacks any serious game knowledge being a plat player .. Really happy he got replaced.
I don't see how you can call him monotonous or humorless, he's one of the funniest casters there. His game knowledge isn't that of Artosis, but it's not terrible like you think.
Id like to hear him on a higher quality microphone before i decide simply because the sound of a casters voice is sooo important. as for what he says, i like it because its informative of important actions taking place and he does not distract from watching the game.
I think DOA was a solid caster, so I am glad to hear that this doesn't mean he was fired. He has a good, professional, restrained voice but also can increase the excitement and drop some jokes as well.
Eager to see this guy Wolf, though. I think it's nice GOM is rotating casters to see who fits the best.
On May 23 2011 05:57 Hemera wrote: Doa was insanely dull and you laugh at HIM, not his jokes. Three cheers for Wolf.
Could not agree more. Ever since his appearance with Kelly, I found myself asking "Is this guy serious?" every time he tried to joke or be witty.
And to be blunt, to cast the GSL, the premier SC2 league at the moment, you should be above platinum league.
Congrats to Wolf.
BTW, Molf > Wolftrap
Yeah, Doa and Moletrap had a lot of really awkward moments in which nobody knew what they should answer and their transitions form a joke back to the game weren't smooth at all. When they were in the game I did enjoy them quite a bit though. Let's see how Wolf does.
Glad Doa is gone. Pretty much everything he said during the matches was incorrect, and his jokes were alright but didn't really add anything. We need more casters that play SC2 at a high level, and know what they are talking about.
The main reason tastosis is so amazing is because their analysis during the games is top notch by both of them. A lot of the time they will be dead on predicting the builds and plans of the players, where both Doa and Moletrap I haven't seen do a single time. They just spew random nonsense from a gold league perspective.
Wolf is such a great caster. He has excellent game knowledge, and he gets excited at the right times during the match and is pretty funny as well. I can't wait to listen to him cast!
On May 23 2011 07:30 oiceth wrote: Damn doa was really good, big loss for gom.
who the hell is wolf? husky's cousin?
That made me giggle.
I do actually like wolf, for those who don't know he casts the FXOpen alongside unstable, they're actually pretty darn good together.
Kinda looking forward to seeing this, though Doa and Moletrap had grown on me, I do actually like Doa as well but the fact Gom at least seem to keep an active interest in who the casters are in our scene is pretty cool.
Haven't heard too much from Wolf, but from the small amount I have seen he's very good and I think will fit in nicely as a new addition. Best of luck to him and hope you have great fun casting over there.
Wow a lot of Doa bashing! Doa had humour and he had passion but it was not in your face, it was subtle. A quality that requires intelligence to appreciate. I hope that the Wolf can continue in Doas footsteps and make me smile.
I defenitly won't miss DoA myself, I've been missing Kelly this whole season of GSL code a and I am not a big fan of Moletrap either, Wolf seems a bit inexperienced as a caster but we shall see if he can bring some personality to his casting.
Am interested to hear this as I enjoyed Moletrap and Doa a fair bit. Sure they both have ways to go but I wasn't annoyed like I am with some. They didn't yell out anything hideously incorrect to my reckoning, sure a few "hmm I think he might be going this but..oh wait he isnt" but nothing like "He's attacking the gateways!" as they attack the pylons. So all in all Im a bit sad not to see Doa improve with GSL but Im still interested to see how it turns out. Im already a Moletrap fan from BW, his excitement is genuine and fun.
On May 23 2011 09:39 Krogan wrote: I defenitly won't miss DoA myself, I've been missing Kelly this whole season of GSL code a and I am not a big fan of Moletrap either, Wolf seems a bit inexperienced as a caster but we shall see if he can bring some personality to his casting.
I think Wolf has more SC2 casting experience than any of the other Code A casters who have applied other than Tastosis.
He ran something like 15 Open Wolf Cups and solocast them all, covered a lot of the TL Opens, and now is adapting to casting as a pair in all of FXOpen's events of which there have been quite a few now so he should be well suited to this position.
On May 23 2011 09:39 Krogan wrote: I defenitly won't miss DoA myself, I've been missing Kelly this whole season of GSL code a and I am not a big fan of Moletrap either, Wolf seems a bit inexperienced as a caster but we shall see if he can bring some personality to his casting.
I think Wolf has more SC2 casting experience than any of the other Code A casters who have applied other than Tastosis.
He ran something like 15 Open Wolf Cups and solocast them all, covered a lot of the TL Opens, and now is adapting to casting as a pair in all of FXOpen's events of which there have been quite a few now so he should be well suited to this position.
Hey! i casted about 5 OWC's. he just casted the top 8 himself in each.
Glad doa is gone, always thought he was terrible and tried to copy tasteless too much even taking his jokes etc. Moletrap is good though. Honestly don't have high hopes for wolf going off this preview video but good luck to him and I hope he proves me wrong.
On May 23 2011 08:40 archonOOid wrote: Wow a lot of Doa bashing! Doa had humour and he had passion but it was not in your face, it was subtle. A quality that requires intelligence to appreciate. I hope that the Wolf can continue in Doas footsteps and make me smile.
Word to this, Doa was hilarous. I'm imagining the people that prefered Moletraps humour over doas enjoy American remakes of british comedies.
I met Wolf at the CES Invitational as well as JP and CatsPajamas... They were all great and very friendly. This is a great fit for Wolf imo. He's a great caster and this will definitely help him get more publicity in the SC world, which is much deserved^^
Many will miss Doa. However, if you take a loot at most of the GOMTV user-comments, not many would have missed moletrap. Oh well, GOMTV should find stable casters IMO. Not especially always the same, but stable good casters (rotating if more than 4) would be appreciated by many paying customers.
On May 24 2011 01:48 niilzon wrote: Many will miss Doa. However, if you take a loot at most of the GOMTV user-comments, not many would have missed moletrap. Oh well, GOMTV should find stable casters IMO. Not especially always the same, but stable good casters (rotating if more than 4) would be appreciated by many paying customers.
If you look at this thread I don´t think you are right. There are quite some people disliking Moletrap but the same amout love his casting. The deciding factor is that he´s more good than average, by Doa it´s the other way round. I liked Doa too, but Moletrap is my favourite if have to choose one, they two just hadn´t the chemistry. So I´m excited to see him with Wolf, good luck you two.
Congrats Wolf!! been a fan ( and chat mod for part of the time) since he was even an non-featured streamer, huge fan of your casting, (and the OWC's you had) and really happy for you! keep up the good work bro!
If you look at this thread I don´t think you are right. There are quite some people disliking Moletrap but the same amout love his casting. The deciding factor is that he´s more good than average, by Doa it´s the other way round. I liked Doa too, but Moletrap is my favourite if have to choose one, they two just hadn´t the chemistry. So I´m excited to see him with Wolf, good luck you two.[/QUOTE]
Are you insinuating that doa got fired? Because that is simply not true at all, he went home to his wife ... it was never a permanent thing
Wolf knew he was doing the super tourni for some time I think(although he obviously couldn't officially say anything).
Def not a hire/fire type of situation... its just wolf's turn
I don't know how this is going to go. Wolf sounds like a good caster but Moletrap was constantly interrupting DoA I imagine this might not be much better.
But wolf will get another season with someone else so I look forward to that at the very least.
On May 24 2011 01:48 niilzon wrote: Many will miss Doa. However, if you take a loot at most of the GOMTV user-comments, not many would have missed moletrap. Oh well, GOMTV should find stable casters IMO. Not especially always the same, but stable good casters (rotating if more than 4) would be appreciated by many paying customers.
Really? I've always preferred moletrap for his enthusiasm when it is needed. His personality isn't ideal for what I like to watch, but really not everyone can be tastosis. Enthusiasm and energy go a long way.
If you look at this thread I don´t think you are right. There are quite some people disliking Moletrap but the same amout love his casting. The deciding factor is that he´s more good than average, by Doa it´s the other way round. I liked Doa too, but Moletrap is my favourite if have to choose one, they two just hadn´t the chemistry. So I´m excited to see him with Wolf, good luck you two.
Are you insinuating that doa got fired? Because that is simply not true at all, he went home to his wife ... it was never a permanent thing
Wolf knew he was doing the super tourni for some time I think(although he obviously couldn't officially say anything).
Def not a hire/fire type of situation... its just wolf's turn
No no, I probably said it the wrong way. I know that there is simply a rotation, after this season Moletrap get probably exchanged with someone new or a old caster they decided to work with on permanent basis.
Just wanted to show the poll once again because I think there are enough votes to see a trend. If Moletrap could stop some of his bad habits (interrupting the other caster) he could be a real fan favourite. And it really should not sound that I downgrad Doa, I like Moletrap more, don´t mean I don´t like Doa.
There´s now a interview with Wolf where he states that was contacted by GOM and they talked about the date, so yeah, you are right he knew for quite some time that he was casting. Uncommon that it stays secret till the official announcement^^
He's doing an excellent job, I'm really pleased with his low key style. He doesn't flip out over things to much, he's very neutral from what I've seen and I'm glad hes getting to show his stuff.
wolf rulez! best one so far, i think kelly is definately no option anymore and doa .. i think he wont make it either because of family. wolf & moletrap seems like a great duo
Wolf is doing great, huge improvement over the previous casters. Someone at GOM needs to bitchslap Moletrap and make him stop interrupting his cocasters, it really degrades the quality of the cast.
The way gom has set up the code A casting has been fantastic for me. I really like seeing all these different casters, many of which have worked long and hard on fostering the community, get their shot. Also it's nice to have new opinions, new analysis, and new jokes. Go Gom!
On May 24 2011 19:12 cybiz wrote: Wolf is doing great, huge improvement over the previous casters. Someone at GOM needs to bitchslap Moletrap and make him stop interrupting his cocasters, it really degrades the quality of the cast.
I agree so much with you, i like Moletrap but he often inturrupted Doa.
I will say Wolf is doing a great job and him and Moletrap seem to have alot more chemistry than Moletrap and Doa
Seems like wolf actually knows alot about the game and not just commenting on whats going on, great add to the caster team imo, moletrap tho.. I wont say what I think about him :-)
On May 24 2011 20:46 s00pr wrote: Seems like wolf actually knows alot about the game and not just commenting on whats going on, great add to the caster team imo, moletrap tho.. I wont say what I think about him :-)
he can do a frontal flip and has dedication thats something
I am pleasantly suprised by the lack of hate and plethora of support for wolf! I've liked all the casters they've had in so far, my only issue with Kelly was that I had to concentrate to understand her sometimes, and thats not really her fault.
I really love Wolf's casting style. I don't think he meshes well with Moletrap, actually I don't think Moletrap works well with anymore tbh.
I too, believe that Doa and Wolf would be the best duo so far. They are both chill and can get excited when they need to. They have a similar sense of humor and they probably would not interrupt each other either.
Wolf is actually very awesome. Moletrap is also an excellent caster. At least when wolf makes jokes about april fool in aiur, moletrap goes along with him unlike some of the joke Doa cracks. I think they have pretty amazing synergy for their first cast. Hope that they would improve and be more awesome.
I seriously think that people should stop complaining about Moletrap. If GOMTV thought that all the stuff that haters are complaining about are issues, don't you think they would've done something about it long time ago?
A worldwide broadcasted tournament needs a commentator like Moletrap who can go crazy and yell 1000 words in 2 seconds. You should know that it is not only you guys in here who are watching, and the stream is not only for people in here, so please stop the complaints. I'm sure if GOMTV's viewer count, or if they think their quality has decreased since Moletrap started casting, they would not hesitate to mention things for him to improve.
Wolf did seem a bit in the background compared to Moletrap but hey first day at work. So far so good, I think and correct me if I'm wrong, he is a long time friend of Moletrap so their chemistry is very good. I hope they stick to it together and not keep replacing code A casters cause I think Wolf and Moletrap got awesome potential as a team.
Well, I think he is a great co-caster, he is more analytical than any of the other Code A Casters i.e His Crossfire in ZvZ explanation was spot on, said very clearly and straight to the point.
Also liked how he doesn't just trash players for making mistakes. He seems to sympathetic to the actual players. Not that he ignores mistakes, just points them out in a way that isn't demeaning.
On May 22 2011 10:23 Chill wrote: I think this process is getting ridiculous. If they just confirmed a casting pair, any casting pair, they would have already surpassed the level of any of the new people they keep trying out. I'm getting tired of teams reacquainting with each other for the first couple weeks.
You do realise if they did that it would be kelly + doa. I actually like how they are doing it - but agree that they could keep the casters on a bit longer.
I think it's been mentioned that doa wanted to go back to his wife anyway.
I'd be fine with that to be honest. It's just my opinion, but the improvement someone makes with three months of professional experience will be way more than the chance you find someone better in those three months. They're just bringing in people cold and shipping them out when they just get warmed up.
I used to be of this opinion, I'm not totally convinced anymore. I really like doa/moletrap entertainment wise, but sometimes they say things that are just wrong because they don't have enough experience trying to figure out higher level strategy. They make very bold statements about strategies sometimes that are one of the 2 or 3 most common builds in that matchup.
Kelly was the best analytical caster of the first 3 "code A" casters and actually seemed to have a decent understanding of all 6 matchups. The same really cannot be said of DoA and Moletrap. I think this is an important role for a caster as during the slower phases of the game it helps let the audience feel like they understand what's going on.
From what I've heard from Wolf though it seems like he's a promising addition. This doesn't surprise me from what I've heard, but he sounds a little less stiff than DoA (who I really liked as a caster anyways) and sounds like he has at least as good of a base knowledge of some matchups to make obvious reads early. (e.g. He's still mining gas, probably getting a baneling nest.)
hes awesome! you can tell he knows what he talks about, wich is a nice combo with moletrap which is more of a "tasteless"-type. when doa and moletrap commentated together both were mostly there for husky-type-entertainment
Wolf did very well today. At times I though he seemed a bit nervous and not quite used to the whole situation of being in a studio, casting with someone he hasn't casted a lot with and a producer telling him stuff in the ear. That's perfectly understandable though and I'd be more surprised if that wasn't the case.
I expect that once he's gotten used to it he's going to do really well!
I really enjoyed todays cast and specifically Wolf. I think a big part of it (for me) is that it's obvious that he knows what he's talking about and that makes it actually worth while to listen to the casting instead of the usual herpderp of Doa and Moletrap.
I know a lot of people have been talking about the vocal minority and the fact that most satisfied people stay quiet while the unsatisfied people complain everywhere, so here we go. Wolf did really really well today! I really enjoy his casting and I think it will only get better and better since this was his first day.
Good luck with the casting Wolf! You just earned a new fan.
Wolf did a pretty good job today. He just casts very natural without the awkward humor that Doa and moletrap have so often. If the casters are funny like tastosis it's a plus but it's not needed really.
i give it 1 week til people start bashing wolf (and every new caster)
sc community(1st week of moletrap): doa and moletrap are awesome thank god kelly is gone. sc community(1st week of wolf): wolf is awesome moletrap sucks sc community=bipolar
On May 25 2011 00:22 archflames wrote: i give it 1 week til people start bashing wolf (and every new caster)
sc community(1st week of moletrap): doa and moletrap are awesome thank god kelly is gone. sc community(1st week of wolf): wolf is awesome moletrap sucks sc community=bipolar
but moletrap still continues to cut people off, and the major issue was Doa was that he didn't seem to understand doas jokes. and would just repeat them 2 minutes later without knowing doa had already made the same joke, albeit more subtly and cleverly.
Wolf did a really good job today. I couldn't watch Doa + Moletrap, something about their chemistry as a pair just threw me off but Wolf + Moletrap was easy listening. So happy I can enjoy the Code A casters again!
Had no issues with Wolf, great caster, good voice - good analysis. Moletrap however needs to let go of his solo casting. It's clear how he sometimes just keeps talking even tho he has nothing to say, and it cuts wolf off many times. Over all, very happy to see code A get proper casting.
Wolf is amazing and covers up almost everything (play by play and analyzing the game) and doesn't really start talking out of his ass. Moletrap however just likes to have the spotlight on himself all the time and needs to give up the solo casting. It's a duo cast where both casters share the limelight. He also just starts to say random stuff that ends up being 90% wrong. Like I understand there's a lot of casting he had to go through but to keep saying he's now in code A when he's not for a quick example. Moletrap does have energy though. I will give him that.
Moletrap needs to not treat Wolf as the rookie, and treat him as an equal. Moletrap and Wolf are both great, but during last nights show Moletrap was solo-casting.
On May 25 2011 06:31 ronpaul012 wrote: Moletrap needs to not treat Wolf as the rookie, and treat him as an equal. Moletrap and Wolf are both great, but during last nights show Moletrap was solo-casting.
yeah this moletrap youre not as gosu as you think you are.
Finally a code A caster I enjoy and it was his first day. Good voice, doesn`t try hard with jokes and understands the game and what is going on. Obviously he has some kinks to work out, but I thought he did fantastic.
Wolf is awesome. Judging by the comments he seems to be the most likely of all the Code A casters thus far.
Moletrap needs to STFU. He has a very condescending attitude. Constantly interrupting DOA and not playing along with his jokes. He treats Wolf like he's a newb at casting.
I don't think Moletrap is condescending, he's just not a caster that works well with others. He already has the same awkward dynamic as he did with Doa. He is also incapable of rolling with a joke, and it just halts the sort of nerd in-joke banter that is the staple of good casters.
I liked DoA/Moletrap, it got really good. Wolf seems pretty good, a little awkward in front of the camera, doing shifty eyes etc, (compared to say tasteless who is a god in front of the camera and feels comfortable just staring straight down it) but I think he'll relax a bit as time goes on. He's saying good stuff so, I'd be happy with anyone so far.
I don't think Moletrap is condescending, but I think he finds it hard to "act". I'm also not sure about this whole cutting off Wolf thing, needs time for them to get used to each other. He's gotten used to casting with DoA and this Dynamic will be different.
Wolf is the best of the hired code A casters so far, he actually knows whats going on and has a nice, calm voice. Moletrap is screaming like a girl most of the game :D
I couldn't/can't stand moletrap or doa (doa isn't as bad though), but I would probably be tempted into buying a season ticket if they kept wolf+another GOOD caster, even wolf+doa would probably be enough to get me to buy a ticket and watch some of code A.
Wolf seems pretty decent from what I've heard so far. It's not an easy task for GOM though, they have to find someone willing to go to Korea with enough knowledge, personality and confidence to be natural in front of the camera. Not a common skillset. On top of that the SC2 community can be pretty repulsive.
But I think the fact that moletraps still there means it's going to be the first time I'm skipping buying a season ticket. He doesn't bring personality or useful knowledge, more importantly he's just not nice on camera, one-upmanship has no place in a casting duo (or anywhere really, it points to insecurity and or incompetance in my experience). Talking about the up and down structure over bombers code A winner interview was pretty unforgivable too... I'd defintely choose a no commentary stream over one with moletrap given the choice. (I want game sounds at least, I'm not paying to mute it and sit in silence!)
I would like to hear more from Wolf, but he often gets interrupted by Moletrap. Wolf + Doa could may be work better as a team. I like Moletrap for his street fighter voice type announcing replacements or for his "toastyyyy" as Doa called a Mortal Kombat between two SCVs. I watched some of Moletrap's Youtube casts and found them good. As a GSL caster, I would still prefer to see other guys.
I like Wolf, he's just a very neutral caster, easy to listen to and knows what he's talking about.
Moletrap is just getting worse and worse for me. I thought it was just he didn't gel well with DoA, with the constant interrupting and subtle rudeness but he's doing exactly the same things with Wolf.
I think DoA/Wolf for Code A would work well, they have similar styles.
On May 26 2011 07:09 mostevil wrote: Wolf seems pretty decent from what I've heard so far. It's not an easy task for GOM though, they have to find someone willing to go to Korea with enough knowledge, personality and confidence to be natural in front of the camera. Not a common skillset. On top of that the SC2 community can be pretty repulsive.
But I think the fact that moletraps still there means it's going to be the first time I'm skipping buying a season ticket. He doesn't bring personality or useful knowledge, more importantly he's just not nice on camera, one-upmanship has no place in a casting duo (or anywhere really, it points to insecurity and or incompetance in my experience). Talking about the up and down structure over bombers code A winner interview was pretty unforgivable too... I'd defintely choose a no commentary stream over one with moletrap given the choice. (I want game sounds at least, I'm not paying to mute it and sit in silence!)
If HuK makes it by San I may reconsider,
there you go.. being one of the resulsive type in this community!
On May 26 2011 20:37 jexxto wrote: I like Wolf, he's just a very neutral caster, easy to listen to and knows what he's talking about.
Moletrap is just getting worse and worse for me. I thought it was just he didn't gel well with DoA, with the constant interrupting and subtle rudeness but he's doing exactly the same things with Wolf.
I think DoA/Wolf for Code A would work well, they have similar styles.
I don't agree with the Moletrap comments - I'm seeing that Moletrap is integrating with Wolf, picking up the verbal hooks, catching the references etc etc. in the exact way I found totally was totally lacking from him when he was with DoA.
I don't think this was DoA's fault though. Maybe Moletrap was nervous or else he didn't get on that well with DoA or for whatever reason they just didn't mesh, but it sure was painful when DoA would say something and he would just get <blank evil stare> or "....anyway..." from Moletrap.
I do agree, DoA+Wolf would be my first choice combination out of all the Code A casters we've seen so far.
In the short term, if someone could tell Moletrap that melee is pronounced "may-lay" and not "mee-lee" I would be appreciative!
Both keep saying horribly wrong things tonight. whatever, they arent as funny/fluent as tastosis, i dont mind. but i HATE it when they make comments about strategy that are blatantly wrong. shits me
i facepalmed the hardest when wolf actually stated that fast expanding as zerg is dangerous versus 4gate during one of the ensnare vs revival games. i mean jesus christ
On May 26 2011 20:48 Paradice wrote: I don't agree with the Moletrap comments - I'm seeing that Moletrap is integrating with Wolf, picking up the verbal hooks, catching the references etc etc. in the exact way I found totally was totally lacking from him when he was with DoA.
This is the first time I've heard Wolf, and I have to completely agree with this.
Check my post history, I've always said that the problem with Moletrap is that Doa had absolutely no chemistry with him, and he couldn't help Moletrap out at all. Doa had a completely different knowledge set than M, they never connected when it came to calling strategies, casting battles, or joking.
Moletrap has always needed a season casting with someone who can keep up with him to really show what he can do.
Wolf is already my favorite code A caster by a long shot. Wolftrap has a lot of potential, lets see what they do during this tournament and during July's Code A.
Keep an open mind and I think that you'll be surprised by how good they get by the end. I already think that Gom is going to keep the two of them for a extra season.
I like Wolf as caster, he doesn't try fancy jokes or anything... he just casts Everyone has their own favourite casting style ofcourse, and I like the Wolf casting style.
Wolf a tad bit extreme usually in a negative way when joking.
Analysis isn't that great, but will do.
He doesn't work well with his co-caster.
The issue is it is just too hard to find good casters. You've really only got 5 that really know how casting works. Tasteless Artosis Day9 DJWheat JP
Why did I add DJWheat and JP? Because despite the fact that they're almost noobs they speak on what they KNOW and work well in a communication environment. Anyone of those 5 could be paired with any Code A caster past or present, NASL caster, or random web caster and make that caster improve ten times over. Simple point they know how to talk, in an entertaining fashion, about the game, with cute asides.
GOM really should put Tastless and Artosis on alternating days for Code A / Code A Casting group days for GSTL or Super Tournament. It just seems like that is what they'll have to do to give tasteless and artosis a break without killing the casting quality.
On May 26 2011 23:05 NoobSkills wrote: GOM really should put Tastless and Artosis on alternating days for Code A / Code A Casting group days for GSTL or Super Tournament. It just seems like that is what they'll have to do to give tasteless and artosis a break without killing the casting quality.
I don't know. Tastosis works because of the chemistry, I think. I think other caster duos need to find their own chemistry.
Holy shit Wolf knows his stuff. A few times now he's just come out mentioning a great game a player had a couple of months ago, that you've completely forgotten about and then are like "Ohhhhhhh I remember that".
Today his casting was awesome. First day I thought he looked a bit awkward in front of the camera, which is to be expected really; complete non-issue today. He's really good.
Wolf is realllllly good. Very analytical. I love it.
I think he is a keeper for sure. Now it's just time to find a sidekick for him who is not super annoying and actually contributes something.
Doa wasn't terrible but he was just kind of 'there'. Moletrap is annoying and Kelly was too hard to understand most of the time to actually get anything from her casts.
I didn't dislike wolf that much until I just saw the vods of yesterday where he made the most sexist comment I've heard from a SC2 Caster about the queen is where she belongs. I really hope GSL does something about this problem
^ Srsly? How can anyone be offended by that. It was one of those sarcastic jokes that don't reflect any morals or anything. It was simply a funny and unexpected thing to say. Stuff like that makes a caster interesting. You don't have to be so PC all the time.
And it's not like women watch the GSL anyway. They are in the kitchen where they belong.
Wow. Nice to see Wolf has developed much in his casting career. I think I watched some of his early commentaries and I thought he sucked pretty badly :D and wrote him off. But he's doing a very nice job in the GSL and clearly holding his own vs Moletrap's barrage style.
He has a good voice and is pleasant to listen to, don't know about how good he is analytically but well see!! watching Him and Moletrap cast huk's day/group in super tournament and enjoying it so far!!
The guy actually has some insightful things to say. Really liking it. However, I don't think Moletrap is a suitable partner for him (or anyone for that matter.)
Wolf is great. Moletrap...sorry man but your voice is not the best for a caster And mistakes like the ones today "roaches need to borrow" with the osberver on top of them, is really bad :\
On May 27 2011 18:38 Tofugrinder wrote: I didn't dislike wolf that much until I just saw the vods of yesterday where he made the most sexist comment I've heard from a SC2 Caster about the queen is where she belongs. I really hope GSL does something about this problem
lmao dear GOMTV: the majority of your viewers are not hypersensitive, hyper-politically correct people like the poster above. please don't fire your commentators for having sometimes "adult-ish" humor, because then tastosis would be out of a job and we all love tastosis ;]
Like Wolf casting code A, have to say he's come a long way from casting SEA tourneys with unstable - it's good to see he's been improving his game knowledge, I remember one tournament he saw a zerg 6 pool and his reaction "Looks like no gas for the zerg, ling speed will be late"...
I struggle to watch when Moletrap is casting now. At first I was okay with him because it was different, but now I just want to rip out my soul listening to him.
I am a fan of Wolf though. He has some good insight, is nice to listen to and has some jokes.
Wolf is a great caster, and the fact that he picks up on very minute, seemingly trivial details really adds to his personality as a commentator. The only thing I would be critical of his voice, but then again not all of us are blessed with that luscious, guttural voice of tasteless, or that endearing, magnetic voice of artosis.
Wolf has been doing great. Watched the Leenock and Clide series a few minutes ago and Wolf can hold his own casting alone. It would be a bit better if he had someone do play by play commentating with him.
EPT
I know he has a family to go back to but please....get rid of moletrap...Doa was a good caster
Wolf
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