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The Korean Experience by FXOBoSs - Page 11
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bruteMax
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Fatze
Germany1342 Posts
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Golgotha
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Zorgaz
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Drlemur
United States153 Posts
You guys are clearly willing to spend a little money to build the sport and improve the team. I hope it comes back to you 10-fold in sponsorships. I don't agree with the caster concerns, but as a businessman, I'm sure you'd agree that it comes down to the casters should be the best for the business of esports -- which is entertainment. If the jokes put people off and make them watch less, they should be avoided. If they bring in eyeballs, then they win. GOM is doing the right thing by rotating and essentially having the casters compete. The ones who draw the best crowds rightfully win, whatever their casting style. Personally, I though Wolf/QXC was awesome as a caster duo. I like stories and information about the players and the esports scene even more than deeply insightful strategic analysis. I'll take the bad jokes with the good and even a premature "it's over" call by the casters -- it makes an improbable comeback just that much better. One of my favorite games was the "one zergling" game where Choya was bearing down on Nestea, who only had one zergling for defense, and Tastosis wrote Nestea off as totally dead... It's all good, though. Great job to FXO and continued good luck and success. | ||
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QTIP.
United States2113 Posts
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caelym
United States6421 Posts
On July 15 2011 15:41 FXOpen wrote: I love Korea, and so should every gamer out there. Without Korea, gaming is just a hobby. Dang, laying down the truth that everyone's afraid to admit. Very good write up. | ||
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ComusLoM
Norway3547 Posts
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sc_oldboy
Germany35 Posts
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Ocedic
United States1808 Posts
On July 15 2011 16:47 moose162 wrote: Have you considered that the English commentators are at the mercy of the Korean schedule? At least in GSL, the Korean commentators dictate the timing and flow, and the English commentators must adapt on the fly, which leads to those moments of randomness. Perhaps the commentators are not to blame, but the behind the scene staff. Just throwing ideas out there. This doesn't make any sense, because the foreign casters act the same way at foreign events. And you act as if the Korean casters dictate the 'schedule.' Anyways, this thread is a weird place to be discussing this issue to be honest. I don't think Boss intended it to be the focal point of discussion; he just offhandedly made a remark about the professionalism of Korean casters. For some reason, people can't accept the fact that their favorite foreign casters might not be infallible and perfect. Boss isn't insulting anyone or putting down their work, he is just commenting on how it could be better. | ||
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Trowa127
United Kingdom1230 Posts
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sc_oldboy
Germany35 Posts
On July 16 2011 02:04 tgun wrote: Personal experiences? As far as I'm aware, I'm not a transvestite. You are not  So why was I so aroused when you were on stream  Are you sure? | ||
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FarbrorAbavna
Sweden4856 Posts
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yoshi_yoshi
United States440 Posts
On July 15 2011 20:54 Spicy Pepper wrote: Uh, do you watch Ernie, Kenny and Barkley? Let's all speak out of our asses now. WTF are you talking about, they do not have people to help them improve. It's not like they all live down in Atlanta, they fly down there one day a week and do the show with 15 minutes of prep. They improv the show, to give it a natural flow. Also, they kill all sorts of time, the pregame (15 to 1 hour), half time (15min), post game (1hour). They kill lots of time. Yes, thank you. I don't follow basketball closely but every time I see Charles Barkley on TV I will watch, because I know it will be hilarious and represent a true unfiltered opinion of someone . In American football I do the same thing with Deion Sanders. (For those not familiar with NBA/NFL, they can get away with this because they are star ex-players.) And yes, Tastosis represent the same thing in Starcraft. I can appreciate OP's perspective on casters and why he thinks that is what will be good for the growth of the game. But this scenario has happened countless times, and many times if the 'business' people get their way, it is at the expense of the original fanbase (that's us, BTW). As he said himself, fan enjoyment isn't really his primary concern. | ||
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FabledIntegral
United States9232 Posts
And it's not "healthy fat" or any of that shit, it's just really flat out bad. | ||
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koolaid1990
831 Posts
On July 16 2011 01:01 Evangelist wrote: There's a reason nearly all major sports casters have two commentators. As it is, the best casters in our community are Tastosis and Day[9]. QXC was also very, very good and I'd like to see him done some skits with Day[9] himself. I love your perspective on things though, especially from the Korean ladder which does appear to contribute significantly to those that play on it. A really unique perspective. Thank you You do realize that the korean casters of GSL is 3 people right? And whats the reason for only having two commentators? Have we ever seen a day9 + tastosis cast? no we havent... so we don't know if its good or bad. Personally, i would love a 3 people cast, it feels like a party. | ||
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Atasu
Canada98 Posts
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Serdiuk
Belgium145 Posts
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SushilS
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eXwOn
Canada351 Posts
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