EPTFrankly, a refreshing change of pace from Wolf and Doa spending all their energy on stealing Tastosis jokes and mannerisms while misinterpreting basic in-game events.
Moletrap's casting for gom 'long term' - Page 28
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kedinik
United States352 Posts
Frankly, a refreshing change of pace from Wolf and Doa spending all their energy on stealing Tastosis jokes and mannerisms while misinterpreting basic in-game events. | ||
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Nibbler89
884 Posts
I don't particularly like hype casters that have little knowledge of the game so cover it by being loud / exuberant but I can understand how it can appeal to some people. The problem with moletrap is he often tries to be an analytical caster when he doesn't really understand the game very well. "Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt". If he just stuck to play by play instead of misleading less knowledgeable viewers and annoying ones that are knowledgeable he'd be a lot more tolerable. The above in addition to many people finding his jokes unfunny and his voice annoying it's not hard to see why he isn't very popular. You could make a laundry list of wrong analysis every time moletrap casts, I would do it just to prove a point but I'm pretty sure his supporters would still disagree anyway. | ||
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idonthinksobro
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NgrySqrrl
Canada36 Posts
On August 10 2011 16:35 Nibbler89 wrote: I think for people that actually understand the game moletrap is very distracting as the majority of his analysis are wrong or misleading. I don't particularly like hype casters that have little knowledge of the game so cover it by being loud / exuberant but I can understand how it can appeal to some people. The problem with moletrap is he often tries to be an analytical caster when he doesn't really understand the game very well. "Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt". If he just stuck to play by play instead of misleading less knowledgeable viewers and annoying ones that are knowledgeable he'd be a lot more tolerable. The above in addition to many people finding his jokes unfunny and his voice annoying it's not hard to see why he isn't very popular. You could make a laundry list of wrong analysis every time moletrap casts, I would do it just to prove a point but I'm pretty sure his supporters would still disagree either way. i completely agree with this. personally, i enjoy moletrap's casting of BW but it's because i can really feel his passion come through, coupled with many years experience of the game. when i hear him during the GSL, it just sounds like yelling and sometimes it's so wrong that i have to watch the game on mute. hopefully a couple of months there being completely immersed in starcraft will give him the assets to cast SC2 as well as he does BW. i wish him the best of luck! congrats on the job, moletrap | ||
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verifyid
United States21 Posts
At that moment I thought to myself why does moletrap feel the need to correct his co-caster, whom he is supposed to have good chemistry with and not create awkward situations, and ruin what would have been an otherwise good casting segway. The thing is this wasn't the only time he's done this (previous GSL seasons) and for this reason I believe that Doa makes a much better co-caster for Wolf. | ||
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pr0bez
United States50 Posts
If moletrap learns to stop interrupting people and turn down the treble on his voice, then he will make an excellent long-term caster. | ||
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sopas
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Bobster
Germany3075 Posts
I think Wolf and Doa make a far better team. But I'm not the one who makes these decisions and it sounds like Moletrap still commands a lot of loyalty on this board from his BW days so whatever. | ||
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imJealous
United States1382 Posts
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AxionSteel
United States7754 Posts
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AugustDreams
Australia127 Posts
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Divination
United States139 Posts
On August 10 2011 16:35 Nibbler89 wrote: + Show Spoiler + I think for people that actually understand the game moletrap is very distracting as the majority of his analysis are wrong or misleading. I don't particularly like hype casters that have little knowledge of the game so cover it by being loud / exuberant but I can understand how it can appeal to some people. The problem with moletrap is he often tries to be an analytical caster when he doesn't really understand the game very well. "Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt". If he just stuck to play by play instead of misleading less knowledgeable viewers and annoying ones that are knowledgeable he'd be a lot more tolerable. The above in addition to many people finding his jokes unfunny and his voice annoying it's not hard to see why he isn't very popular. You could make a laundry list of wrong analysis every time moletrap casts, I would do it just to prove a point but I'm pretty sure his supporters would still disagree anyway. I definitely agree with this. The analytic skills of moletrap are lacking, and he is not a particularly exciting play-by-play caster either. Doa/Wolf complement each other much better because Doa and Wolf seem to be on the same page regarding their individual roles. Not to mention, Doa has a less annoying voice than moletrap. Also, to the above post that mentioned the awkward situations moletrap creates by correcting his caster, he does create those situations very often which lead to a broken cast. | ||
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karpo
Sweden1998 Posts
On August 10 2011 17:24 Divination wrote: I definitely agree with this. The analytic skills of moletrap are lacking, and he is not a particularly exciting play-by-play caster either. Doa/Wolf complement each other much better because Doa and Wolf seem to be on the same page regarding their individual roles. Not to mention, Doa has a less annoying voice than moletrap. Also, to the above post that mentioned the awkward situations moletrap creates by correcting his caster, he does create those situations very often which lead to a broken cast. So much whine. Give it some more time then? I'm guessing GOM will have very high expectations and requirements on Moletrap now that he is casting for real. To me he's at least a much more interesting play-by-play caster than Doa, not that i don't like Doa. | ||
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XRaDiiX
Canada1730 Posts
On August 10 2011 16:50 verifyid wrote: I don't really like to post to bad-mouth people I don't really know, but just a few minutes ago I really felt sad for Wolf when he casts with Moletrap. Wolf made a witty comment about code A qualifying being Daunte's Inferno with 7 levels of hell and Moletrap, for whatever reason, feels the need to correct him saying, "You mean 5 levels." insinuating that Wolf was wrong since code A qualifying only has 5 levels. At that moment I thought to myself why does moletrap feel the need to correct his co-caster, whom he is supposed to have good chemistry with and not create awkward situations, and ruin what would have been an otherwise good casting segway. The thing is this wasn't the only time he's done this (previous GSL seasons) and for this reason I believe that Doa makes a much better co-caster for Wolf. Agreed IMO I can't stand watching Code A when Mole Trap is Casting. He interrupts his fellow Co-Caster often usually doesn't predict anything right. Is actually rude to his Co-Casters often. and his voice isn't say the best for a caster.. Although he does seem to have some charisma when things get crazy and the battles... he gets excited I'd say thats the only good part about his casting... I think Gomtv has made the wrong choice in choosing MoleTrap to cast he doesn't jive well with any casters. And For having an opinion On Team Liquid Forums gets you in Trouble honestly i don't care this is my opinion of him.. I've seen tons of other Casters since i've watched since the GSL 1,2 Seasons. Tastosis> Wolf > Jason Lee> Torch> QXC> DOA> Kelly> Mole Trap. | ||
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Manbulance
United States25 Posts
His voice and energy is quite excellent though, would not mind at all if it was only him, since it's not I'm afraid I'll have to mute most of his casts for a while till we see some improvement. He seems to be here to stay for a while so really hope he does get better, he is better with Wolf so possibly they will get a better cohesion going. | ||
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Wak.Turtle
29 Posts
On August 10 2011 16:50 verifyid wrote: I don't really like to post to bad-mouth people I don't really know, but just a few minutes ago I really felt sad for Wolf when he casts with Moletrap. Wolf made a witty comment about code A qualifying being Daunte's Inferno with 7 levels of hell and Moletrap, for whatever reason, feels the need to correct him saying, "You mean 5 levels." insinuating that Wolf was wrong since code A qualifying only has 5 levels. At that moment I thought to myself why does moletrap feel the need to correct his co-caster, whom he is supposed to have good chemistry with and not create awkward situations, and ruin what would have been an otherwise good casting segway. The thing is this wasn't the only time he's done this (previous GSL seasons) and for this reason I believe that Doa makes a much better co-caster for Wolf. I completely agree with this post and I thought the exact same thing when this happened tonight. I personally do not like moletrap at all. I agree with what everyone has been saying on this thread. what I dont understand is why GOMTV isnt listening to the viewers? I mean there is a thread on the GOM site about the casters and its all about moletrap and how no one really likes him. Why would GOMTV bring him back to cast when the majority of people hate him to the point where they are saying they're not going to watch the GSL anymore, not that I think that is true, and or mute the stream? It just doesn't seem like a smart move to bring him back, He doesn't mesh well with DOA OR WOLF. At this rate what are they going to do bring kelly back? | ||
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Leo702
United States53 Posts
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karpo
Sweden1998 Posts
On August 10 2011 18:08 Wak.Turtle wrote: I completely agree with this post and I thought the exact same thing when this happened tonight. I personally do not like moletrap at all. I agree with what everyone has been saying on this thread. what I dont understand is why GOMTV isnt listening to the viewers? I mean there is a thread on the GOM site about the casters and its all about moletrap and how no one really likes him. Why would GOMTV bring him back to cast when the majority of people hate him to the point where they are saying they're not going to watch the GSL anymore, not that I think that is true, and or mute the stream? It just doesn't seem like a smart move to bring him back, He doesn't mesh well with DOA OR WOLF. At this rate what are they going to do bring kelly back? Why do you feel like your vocal minority (as seen in the GSL caster vote thread) should dictate who GOM hires and not? In every GOM comment section i see people shitting on Wolf, Doa or whatever caster is casting at the time. It's the internet, people like to complain about everything. | ||
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Nibbler89
884 Posts
On August 10 2011 18:13 karpo wrote: Why do you feel like your vocal minority (as seen in the GSL caster vote thread) should dictate who GOM hires and not? In every GOM comment section i see people shitting on Wolf, Doa or whatever caster is casting at the time. It's the internet, people like to complain about everything. If he improves that's great but I don't feel like my criticisms were off, if moletrap thinks his casting is fine why would he change? Why research the game and try not to make bad assumptions if no one is calling him out on it. If you just give a hard look at his casting without bias you can see there are some pretty glaring holes in it. Saying "you're just a vocal minority" and completely side stepping points made about his weaknesses as a caster seems like blind adoration to me. It's not like I made a post saying "LOLMOLECRAPSUX HE SHUD BE FIRED". That is the other extreme of the spectrum. He has his strengths and I already discussed in my previous post how he could easily improve as a caster just by not trying to over analyze without properly knowing if he is correct. Once he learns the game better then sure I'd welcome analytical casting from him. | ||
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29 fps
United States5725 Posts
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