Tastosis casting CounterStrike - Page 4

On June 09 2011 05:50 Euronyme wrote:


Terrorists are obviously overpowered with the bomb plant ability ^.-

imo tastosis were surprisingly good at commentating CS. As and Bs and whatnot. They're the best commentators regardless of what they cast ^^

On July 20 2011 15:08 Jesushooves wrote:
When I saw the title of this thread, first thought that came to mind was

Tasteless: HUGE headshot!
Artosis: BEAUTIFUL headshot!

On July 20 2011 15:04 DanLegend wrote:
such a shame that most SC2 players don't know about the foundation of North American eSports. CS brought mass appeal to competitive gaming for a lot of North American players when Korean esports was a bit of a mystery to the West still. Nothing in the last 10 years comes close to the team play fps competitiveness that Counter-Strike contains. I know the Team Liquid founders don't have any privy to CS, and understandably so, it was the rock hard pinnicle of North American eSports while they were trying to build a name for themselves in a much less known Starcraft North American competitive scene. Don't believe me? Go look at the 2005 US WCG qualifier footage of day9, tasteless, and Artosis with virtually no spectators. In 2005 CS was bringing huge crowds and huge prize pots. Just this year has starcraft started to overcome CS prize pots world wide, even counting Korea.

But as a community of esports supporters we have to realize we need BOTH starcraft for the RTS competitive game, and CS as the Fps competitive game to gain any type of mainstream appeal of esports as a whole in North America. Hopefully after VALVe releases their first truly esports focused title, DOTA 2, (cs 1.6 was still a mod that they couldn't change drastically when they acquired it, and CS: Source was NOT competitively focused.) they realize how they have a great competitive niche title in Counter-Strike. We can thank IceFrog in DOTA 2 being esports focused because he has final say in all matters and understanding what competitive players want.