I .. as many others .. cant say, if this decision is right or wrong - but what i can say is: that with the loss of Inc as a caster for the nasl, nasl just lost the one caster i could stand listening to and enjoy the whole stuff

ShatterZer0

United States1843 Posts

June 24 2011 13:49 GMT

#443

Is iNcontroL going to try and qualify for NASL 2? I mean... I'v e always looked up to him as a progamer more than anything, I think the NASL would be enriched by his stellar play! I mean seriously if he could almost break even, in one of the hardest groups, while being hampered by NASL casting and SOTG imagine what he could do if he just spammed practice with iDrA all day :DDDDDD

Zyori

United States48 Posts

June 24 2011 13:52 GMT

#444

This decision really makes sense if Geoff wants to completely focus on being a player. There just aren't enough hours in the day to focus on casting and playing professionally

utyske

Denmark185 Posts

June 24 2011 13:57 GMT

#445

Excellent! I love me some iNcontrol, but I would love to see him dig into some serious training, and win himself a tournament.

ZergX

France436 Posts

June 24 2011 14:01 GMT

#446

iNcontroL Fightingg ! Go iNcontroL go !

jakethesnake

Canada4948 Posts

June 24 2011 14:03 GMT

#447

I really enjoyed iNcontroL's casting and he'll be missed from the NASL - but I'm glad to see him focusing on playing and working to become an even better progamer. Wishing you huge success man!

Rinnegan5

Netherlands319 Posts

June 24 2011 14:04 GMT

#448

On June 24 2011 21:53 jarocket wrote:
does anyone else miss the days of super human iNcontrol? When he played, Streamed, Cast NASL, Hosted SOTG, flew all around the country doing stuff with Kingston and Intel.

hmmmmm i wonder why he stopped doing that? Maybe he ran out of magic.

You forgot the part where it say..."And then the Koreans came into the foreigner touraments and dominated them" This made alot of foreigners realise that they need more dedication to the game to step it up to the Korean's lvl of play.

CactusSC2

United States61 Posts

June 24 2011 14:09 GMT

#449

I love Geoff as a caster... And in turn, that makes me root for him as a player... I can only imagine how hard it is to be successful as a player when you devote so much time to making so many other great things happen... I know I will definitely miss him on the NASL casts, but I really look forward to an improved iNcontroL playing Starcraft 2... I think when he's playing consistently, it's phenomenally good for not only Geoff, but also for all the members of his team... And if this opens up a casting spot for MrBitter, then I'm pretty happy... I thought his casting was very good in spot duty for the NASL...

Tsuki.eu

Portugal1049 Posts

June 24 2011 14:15 GMT

#450

unexpected...gl with ur gaming.

AJMcSpiffy

United States1154 Posts

June 24 2011 14:17 GMT

#451

This is definitely a good move for InControl I think. I know he's said before that with his insanely hectic schedule he has no time to really practice his play, so hopefully now he'll be able to post even better results. I'm gonna miss his casting though, I hope they do bring him back for those guest commentaries.

JMC4

United States261 Posts

June 24 2011 14:17 GMT

#452

I think it's a good decision on Incontrol's part. If he wants to be a good Starcraft player and make a good name for himself then he needs to focus specifically on his play. He is a good caster but I honestly would like to see him getting better results in tournaments than see him on the NASL cast. To be a good player, playing Starcraft requires alot of time and dedication to specifically playing and watching reps with a purpose of learning (not for entertainment purposes like he does in the NASL) I'm glad to see that he now realizes that he can't be both a great commentator and player at the same time. It's either one or the other. Now I expect to see him producing some better results now that he isn't taking on so much at one time.

FenneK

France1231 Posts

June 24 2011 14:17 GMT

#453

well, gl to him and gl to NASL, i think geoff has done the right thing to make a decision about either casting or playing

BleaK_

Norway593 Posts

June 24 2011 14:22 GMT

#454

Gl to incontrol, wish him the best in future tournaments!

MHT

Sweden1026 Posts

June 24 2011 14:26 GMT

#455

Actually glad to hear it, want to see iNcontroL as top pro rather than a semi-pro player/caster. Hopefully he wont have to censor himself as much now that he doesn't represent NASL.

Edit: Though most of all i want to see him back on SOTG even though the chances seem slim.

ViperaViRuS

United States82 Posts

June 24 2011 14:28 GMT

#456

Personally I'm not terribly surprised. Casting I feel takes away from your actual playing ability since you spend more time analyzing and less time actually playing the game thereby letting your mechanics get rusty.

Best of luck to him with practicing full time.

Ganjamaster

Argentina475 Posts

June 24 2011 14:31 GMT

#457

On June 24 2011 22:46 Regina wrote:

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Bullshit, incontroll takes games off players who have alot better mechanics just because his decision making scouting and getting the right unit comp is excesively good. He just misses some mechanics which he can improve on when he practises more.

Incontrol has not produced any noteworthy results as a player, "taking games off" successful players does not constitute success in my book. His most important accomplishment is getting 4th at MLG, which is mediocre at best. I hope he proves me wrong and becomes the best player in the NA scene, but he is very, very far from the top at the moment.

He is a very popular and entertaining caster NOW and he could capitalize on that if he wanted to, that is why I think this is not the optimal choice for him now given these facts.

But again, if this is what makes him happy then he should do it even if here were the worst player ever (which he clearly is not).

zarepath

United States1626 Posts

June 24 2011 14:33 GMT

#458

I saw this coming. I'm excited for iNcontroL to step up his game, and for an EG team renaissance.

QTIP.

United States2113 Posts

June 24 2011 14:35 GMT

#459

GL Incontrol. I see some people really want Mr. Bitter to be brought in... but I prefer someone else (I don't like listening to zerg analysis in games with no zergs)