GOMTV hiring additional casters for GSL - Page 24

On June 08 2011 20:34 Ruscour wrote:
TB won't do it, day[9] won't do it, Chill is just a bad fit.

Most likely options are Khaldor, MrBitter, Gretorp, Apollo, casters that don't have other major commitments (that we know of at least).

On June 22 2011 07:26 TotalBiscuit wrote:
I'd like to go as far as to say that Code A may not actually be the place for "popular" casters. Just as it's a place for players to break into Code S and achieve superstardom, it may also be the place to discover new casting talent. More to the point, popular casters in the West already have a lot of commitments and the Code A salary is not exactly attractive. Big-name casters are pretty much all committed to growing the foreign scene, they can't do that in Korea. There's plenty of talented casters out there that deserve a shot to grow their popularity amongst a more hardcore viewerbase, that don't already have a big fanbase.

On June 22 2011 13:17 Adebisi wrote:


You really jump around here, and while I agree with much of what you say, I will say I think you have a bit of a 1 dimensional attitude. To you, going to cast Code A means giving up basically the rest of your livelihood and taking a job in Korea, casting, and supporting your family through that, which I understand, obviously you have certain commitments. For many others, its an opportunity to spend a few months living and working in a foreign country with an amazingly unique and rich culture as well as unreal cuisine, in an industry to love, getting a taste of what can only be considered the Mecca of Starcraft; its not about the money.
Frankly I'm amazed more popular people haven't jumped at the idea, obviously its a big step to go out to Korea, and some people have specific loyalties or commitments to building the foreign scene, but this isn't a 5 year sentence, its a sick opportunity.

tldr; perhaps casting in Korea is a young man's game, as old and bitter as Artosis sounds sometimes xD

On June 22 2011 14:11 ginto wrote:
Day9 won't move. I don't think TB has the knowledge to keep up in Korea. He has his own little corner of the community. Hopefully, we can use this opportunity to find new casters, instead of watching the same ten or twelve. It would be cool to have more high quality casters on the market, IMO.

On June 22 2011 13:17 Adebisi wrote:


You really jump around here, and while I agree with much of what you say, I will say I think you have a bit of a 1 dimensional attitude. To you, going to cast Code A means giving up basically the rest of your livelihood and taking a job in Korea, casting, and supporting your family through that, which I understand, obviously you have certain commitments. For many others, its an opportunity to spend a few months living and working in a foreign country with an amazingly unique and rich culture as well as unreal cuisine, in an industry to love, getting a taste of what can only be considered the Mecca of Starcraft; its not about the money.
Frankly I'm amazed more popular people haven't jumped at the idea, obviously its a big step to go out to Korea, and some people have specific loyalties or commitments to building the foreign scene, but this isn't a 5 year sentence, its a sick opportunity.

tldr; perhaps casting in Korea is a young man's game, as old and bitter as Artosis sounds sometimes xD

On June 22 2011 13:17 Adebisi wrote:


You really jump around here, and while I agree with much of what you say, I will say I think you have a bit of a 1 dimensional attitude. To you, going to cast Code A means giving up basically the rest of your livelihood and taking a job in Korea, casting, and supporting your family through that, which I understand, obviously you have certain commitments. For many others, its an opportunity to spend a few months living and working in a foreign country with an amazingly unique and rich culture as well as unreal cuisine, in an industry to love, getting a taste of what can only be considered the Mecca of Starcraft; its not about the money.
Frankly I'm amazed more popular people haven't jumped at the idea, obviously its a big step to go out to Korea, and some people have specific loyalties or commitments to building the foreign scene, but this isn't a 5 year sentence, its a sick opportunity.

tldr; perhaps casting in Korea is a young man's game, as old and bitter as Artosis sounds sometimes xD

On June 22 2011 14:39 skrzmark wrote:
Khaldor is FXO team right? So it makes sense. I like Adebisi aswell.

On June 22 2011 16:53 Mithriel wrote:
Gstl starts Friday right? Tastosis going a week on vacation according to their Twitter, so really wonder who gom gets to cast. I do like wolf a lot, but solo casting sux.

On June 22 2011 13:17 Adebisi wrote:

You really jump around here, and while I agree with much of what you say, I will say I think you have a bit of a 1 dimensional attitude. To you, going to cast Code A means giving up basically the rest of your livelihood and taking a job in Korea, casting, and supporting your family through that, which I understand, obviously you have certain commitments. For many others, its an opportunity to spend a few months living and working in a foreign country with an amazingly unique and rich culture as well as unreal cuisine, in an industry to love, getting a taste of what can only be considered the Mecca of Starcraft; its not about the money.
Frankly I'm amazed more popular people haven't jumped at the idea, obviously its a big step to go out to Korea, and some people have specific loyalties or commitments to building the foreign scene, but this isn't a 5 year sentence, its a sick opportunity.

tldr; perhaps casting in Korea is a young man's game, as old and bitter as Artosis sounds sometimes xD

On June 22 2011 17:44 TotalBiscuit wrote:


The 1 dimensional attitude is a practical one. Code A is a "job" for those who can afford to take it and don't have a lot to lose. The pay sucks, you have to pay for your flight there, accomodation if you can't get in the GOM house (and if you can, you are staying with like 10 other guys which for some is not preferable), there is a massive language barrier and it's a lot of work for minimum compensation.

More popular people haven't jumped on it precisely BECAUSE they have specific loyalties and commitments. Code A is best suited to bachelors with nothing tying them down. You can't support a family on "love" for Starcraft alone so for many of us, even considering Code A would be ridiculously irresponsible. Trying to paint it as a lack of commitment to the scene rather than a realistic, sensible decision to not do something rash and impractical, is fairly silly.