EPTI don't think Moletrap and Khaldor are a good casting team though. But still, as long as they continue to improve I feel it could work.
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6BiT
513 Posts
I don't think Moletrap and Khaldor are a good casting team though. But still, as long as they continue to improve I feel it could work. | ||
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Hider
Denmark9447 Posts
I think he is decent/average.  | ||
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JonnyLaw
United States3482 Posts
You can see he's putting in effort to improve which should be commended. | ||
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Jerubaal
United States7684 Posts
Should be renamed Trolltrap. DoA's streams where Moletrap was trolling his ass off were hilarious. | ||
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The.Imperator
138 Posts
Now if he was just casting some online weekly cups or something like that, then I would perfectly fine with it. However this is the freaking GSL, most prestigious league/tournament there is in SC2 and where a lot people actually pay to watch it. GSL has the best players, best production and Tastosis. Caster like Moletrap just doesn't belong there. | ||
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Liph
United States151 Posts
On January 28 2012 06:23 The.Imperator wrote: Unfortunately I have to agree with the general sentiment about Moletrap's casting. After all this time he is still one of the worst casters that there is in the sc2 community. Now if he was just casting some online weekly cups or something like that, then I would perfectly fine with it. However this is the freaking GSL, most prestigious league/tournament there is in SC2 and where a lot people actually pay to watch it. GSL has the best players, best production and Tastosis. Caster like Moletrap just doesn't belong there. You hit the nail on the most influential point right there, in that the GSL is the biggest and most prestigious and lucrative tournament, so this amount of criticism and aim for perfection is absolutely warranted. When my friends shoutcast local tournaments, I don't insult them or say negative things, but the gsl is king and deserves the sharpest and most acrid performance review because it is expensive for a large population of viewers, and is the face of the highest level of competitive esports globally. With all this in context, I just don't feel moletrap is cut out for this job, to no fault of his own, because he's obviously trying, but effort doesn't simply trump charisma and stage presence in the entertainment industry. | ||
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dragoon
United States695 Posts
best of luck to your moletrap | ||
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Uhh Negative
United States1090 Posts
On January 28 2012 06:23 The.Imperator wrote: Unfortunately I have to agree with the general sentiment about Moletrap's casting. After all this time he is still one of the worst casters that there is in the sc2 community. Now if he was just casting some online weekly cups or something like that, then I would perfectly fine with it. However this is the freaking GSL, most prestigious league/tournament there is in SC2 and where a lot people actually pay to watch it. GSL has the best players, best production and Tastosis. Caster like Moletrap just doesn't belong there. Agreed. I love the guys passion for SC2 but casting should be competitive too. I don't think he'd be casting if there were a larger pool of english speaking casters in Korea. It's kind of proximity type problem. | ||
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Toastmold
Canada207 Posts
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dekarp
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masterbreti
Korea (South)2711 Posts
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xlava
United States676 Posts
On January 28 2012 06:23 The.Imperator wrote: Unfortunately I have to agree with the general sentiment about Moletrap's casting. After all this time he is still one of the worst casters that there is in the sc2 community. Now if he was just casting some online weekly cups or something like that, then I would perfectly fine with it. However this is the freaking GSL, most prestigious league/tournament there is in SC2 and where a lot people actually pay to watch it. GSL has the best players, best production and Tastosis. Caster like Moletrap just doesn't belong there. Absolutely my sentiments as well. I have no problem with pure love for the game, but I do have a problem when someone like Moletrap is casting a game that I'm paying to watch. I pay for the best: Tastetosis, and that's what I expect. Good casting makes the games twice as interesting, bad casting can be a detriment, and put me to sleep honestly... | ||
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willoc
Canada1530 Posts
On January 28 2012 07:47 xlava wrote: Absolutely my sentiments as well. I have no problem with pure love for the game, but I do have a problem when someone like Moletrap is casting a game that I'm paying to watch. I pay for the best: Tastetosis, and that's what I expect. Good casting makes the games twice as interesting, bad casting can be a detriment, and put me to sleep honestly... Moletrap will get better as he goes. He was a great SC1 solo caster because of his knowledge and flow of casting. He doesn't seem to be very good with a partner but I'm guessing he is just inexperienced in that area. | ||
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scatmango2
United States408 Posts
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Teacher74
United States47 Posts
On January 28 2012 07:16 Liph wrote: You hit the nail on the most influential point right there, in that the GSL is the biggest and most prestigious and lucrative tournament, so this amount of criticism and aim for perfection is absolutely warranted. When my friends shoutcast local tournaments, I don't insult them or say negative things, but the gsl is king and deserves the sharpest and most acrid performance review because it is expensive for a large population of viewers, and is the face of the highest level of competitive esports globally. With all this in context, I just don't feel moletrap is cut out for this job, to no fault of his own, because he's obviously trying, but effort doesn't simply trump charisma and stage presence in the entertainment industry. Completely Agree. He's a cool guy. He came to our school and casted our tournament. But when we're paying to watch Starcraft we demand the best. He is simply average or below average in the spectrum of casters. He has low game knowledge, grating voice when he starts yelling, and has bad chemistry with co-casters. | ||
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Mellon
Sweden917 Posts
However, i feel he sometimes takes up too much space, interrupts fellow casters while tlaking about something that wasn't worth interrupting for. He's a fun guy, but he really need to work better with other casters. Also, i feel he needs to be coupled with some analytical caster, with indepth knowledge of the game, which clearly is Wolf to me. Khaldor is good, but he should also be coupled with someone like Wolf. The current setup, Khaldor and Moletrap is like having 2 Tasteless casting together, and even if they are fun to listen to, they need something to fill out. Everyone loves Artosis/Tasteless, and thats because they are both really fun guys, but at the same time a really great team. Artosis knows this game inside out, and is very brilliant. Tasteless is really much fun and goofy, being able to talk about anything when it's needed, from stealing ladder points to talking about something totally unrelated while still keeping the viewers entertained. Aslong as we have Tastosis casting for GomTV (may it be forever) every other duo will be compared to them, they are the standard of casting, and since we've seen them for 1½ year i think most viewers got picky and won't settle for less. To sum it up: Moletrap needs to take less space, let his co-caster finish sentances, and be coupled with an analytical caster. | ||
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yoshi245
United States2974 Posts
On January 28 2012 08:13 willoc wrote: Moletrap will get better as he goes. He was a great SC1 solo caster because of his knowledge and flow of casting. He doesn't seem to be very good with a partner but I'm guessing he is just inexperienced in that area. And how long will that take? He's been casting Code A and GSTL for several months if not longer now with another person whether it's Wolf, Doa, or Khaldor. Fact of the matter is, I am disappointed people are making excuses for him. He is a professional caster casting for the biggest SC2 league there is and his knowledge for someone in his position is absolutely abysmal, it's not just a few cases that can be forgiven either. It's as if he really was unintentionally disrespecting some of the players by mixing up various facts or game knowledge regarding them. Let alone the yelling he does, passion is one thing, but just trying to break my headphones is another, I have to turn the volume down before going deaf. The other problem is that for as long as he has been casting, overall quality of his casting has gone down, one can blame it due to downtime, but I find that an inherent issue that needs to be addressed(if that were the case, Khaldor would be a crappy caster due to the downtime as well, but that's obviously not the case since he kept busy the past month or so before returning to Korea). Unless he shows some improvement, GOM should really consider trying to stick Wolf in more often in his place with Khaldor. I wouldn't be surprised if people were to rank the current GSL english speaking casters, Moletrap is most likely far in the bottom out of all of them. Sure there will be fans of his work, or people who think the criticism to him especially at the moment is harsh. But you can't argue it's not justified after hearing him most especially after today's GSTL match. A certain standard must be held, and right now, he's not cutting it. | ||
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Popsicler
United States40 Posts
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IPA
United States3206 Posts
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RainmanMP
United States1698 Posts
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