EPTOn July 15 2011 17:41 sunman1g wrote:
Regarding the overall post
To be honest I was expecting something more interesting but I found the usual
"Koreans look depressed but they are really warm-welcoming people"
Believe it or not, that is the average idea most westerns get while in Asian countries such as Korea or Japan.
Regarding the skill-level difference
I agree that lots of NA GM would be low masters (or even less) but NA is also the weakest of the "big" servers (KR/EU both are > NA) so it's not really surprising.
Regarding the English casters
Personally I think Tastosis is perfectly fine (and absolutely the best) but I realize that everyone's taste is different.
Wolf could easily one of the best if he did not sound so critical so often and if he made less jokes.
The other "main" GOM casters have been average or below average which resulted in me not watching code A while Moletrap and DOA where casting.
Doa had no knowledge of the game and he made it so painful to watch.
He would say stuff like "Oh, this is so unusual I have never seen this before" while the P player is about to wall his ramp on the 3rd base on Metalopolis with gates and cannons.
One of the biggest polls here on TL had him as the least-favored caster (Just above Kelly) scoring more than 70% of "average" votes (even Moletrap did better) so I am extremely surprised he is coming back.
In general though, I agree with you that we need more "professionalism" in English casters, too many of them have such a poor understanding of the game (Doa is a big example) that it is really annoying to watch.
Regarding your posts
I respect FXO a lot because of what they are doing for esports but there is something I believe makes most of your posts look a little silly.
I have been reading TL for some months now and I noticed in so many of your messages you tend to "show off" how much you spend/pay for stuff you buy and/or want.
Whether it is for food, a flight or anything else it is extremely hilarious/goofy the way you brag about it. Even the post regarding Choya to MLG falls within the same "range"
From a psychological point of view there are several reasons why you do so and while I do not need to stay here to explain all of them to you or to the community I believe your posting-quality would benefit immensely if you stopped doing so.
To be more clear about it:
All this "money-talk" from an external point of view makes it look like you need to "compensate" (which it may very well be the case)
It is pretty well-known in the esports community that the majority of the players (and people) involved do not have a particularly high income (actually, quite the opposite); so you constantly telling us how much you spent left and right is a subconscious way to "show off" that you are not part of this group of people whose income is low.
As a professional who works in a field completely different from yours, I guarantee that it would be far more impressive if you did not do that.
That is something I wanted to tell you for some time now but I never had the chance to address it -mainly because I did not have an account on TL yet-
You believe that English casters have to stop the lame jokes to become professionals yet you fail to see that "showing off" on a board like TL how much money you spend makes people like me smile.
Please keep in mind that my criticism regarding this last issue comes from the respect that I have for FXO and what you guys are trying to do for Esports and not to bash you.
Keep it up with the great job.
Cheers
Regarding the overall post
To be honest I was expecting something more interesting but I found the usual
"Koreans look depressed but they are really warm-welcoming people"
Believe it or not, that is the average idea most westerns get while in Asian countries such as Korea or Japan.
Regarding the skill-level difference
I agree that lots of NA GM would be low masters (or even less) but NA is also the weakest of the "big" servers (KR/EU both are > NA) so it's not really surprising.
Regarding the English casters
Personally I think Tastosis is perfectly fine (and absolutely the best) but I realize that everyone's taste is different.
Wolf could easily one of the best if he did not sound so critical so often and if he made less jokes.
The other "main" GOM casters have been average or below average which resulted in me not watching code A while Moletrap and DOA where casting.
Doa had no knowledge of the game and he made it so painful to watch.
He would say stuff like "Oh, this is so unusual I have never seen this before" while the P player is about to wall his ramp on the 3rd base on Metalopolis with gates and cannons.
One of the biggest polls here on TL had him as the least-favored caster (Just above Kelly) scoring more than 70% of "average" votes (even Moletrap did better) so I am extremely surprised he is coming back.
In general though, I agree with you that we need more "professionalism" in English casters, too many of them have such a poor understanding of the game (Doa is a big example) that it is really annoying to watch.
Regarding your posts
I respect FXO a lot because of what they are doing for esports but there is something I believe makes most of your posts look a little silly.
I have been reading TL for some months now and I noticed in so many of your messages you tend to "show off" how much you spend/pay for stuff you buy and/or want.
Whether it is for food, a flight or anything else it is extremely hilarious/goofy the way you brag about it. Even the post regarding Choya to MLG falls within the same "range"
From a psychological point of view there are several reasons why you do so and while I do not need to stay here to explain all of them to you or to the community I believe your posting-quality would benefit immensely if you stopped doing so.
To be more clear about it:
All this "money-talk" from an external point of view makes it look like you need to "compensate" (which it may very well be the case)
It is pretty well-known in the esports community that the majority of the players (and people) involved do not have a particularly high income (actually, quite the opposite); so you constantly telling us how much you spent left and right is a subconscious way to "show off" that you are not part of this group of people whose income is low.
As a professional who works in a field completely different from yours, I guarantee that it would be far more impressive if you did not do that.
That is something I wanted to tell you for some time now but I never had the chance to address it -mainly because I did not have an account on TL yet-
You believe that English casters have to stop the lame jokes to become professionals yet you fail to see that "showing off" on a board like TL how much money you spend makes people like me smile.
Please keep in mind that my criticism regarding this last issue comes from the respect that I have for FXO and what you guys are trying to do for Esports and not to bash you.
Keep it up with the great job.
Cheers
Also, the FXO team logo says "When Money, Makes Money"
