The Analytical Caster - A Twitter Story - Page 2

On November 30 2011 08:25 Zzoram wrote:
I honestly think play-by-play is an outdated idea. We have eyes, we don't need someone to tell us what's happening.

Purely analytical casters explaining the decisions both players are making, and the possible responses they have to choose from in any given situation is much better casting and something that only active players can do.

The current crop of casters are entirely made up of people not good at the game, and who therefore are wrong about so much of the things they say about the game, and who barely take their job seriously because they can't even remember the hotkeys for the resource tab and production tab. It's more about making jokes and either hyping up a player ridiculously or tearing down a player to the extreme.

That said, we do need humor in casts. However, players can be funny AND analytical, and with a rotation of players doing the casting, all the players will gain exposure and popularity so they can start to develop a fanbase.

Basically, the glut of casters right now is unnecessary, they are of questionable quality, and the whole scene would be better off with fewer casters and more active players doing rotating casting at tournaments.

On November 30 2011 08:33 WhiteDog wrote:
I think HuK is just jalous of caster's paid... Sorry to say it this way but that's how it sound. Casters (Day9, Tasteless, Artosis, TotalBiscuit, Apollo, MrBitter, RoTTerdam) are all big figures in the community with huge fan base and great personnality : that's why they are so paid, because the community just love them and follow them even more than players, and not because they know how to justify their salary.

On November 30 2011 08:25 Zzoram wrote:
I honestly think play-by-play is an outdated idea. We have eyes, we don't need someone to tell us what's happening.

The current crop of casters are entirely made up of people not good at the game.

I don't think he's jealous, but casters are definitely the cushy easy job compared to being a player.

Casters don't have to practice 10 hours a day every day. Their biggest complaint is having to fly all over the world so much on someone else's dime.

On November 30 2011 08:25 Zzoram wrote:
I honestly think play-by-play is an outdated idea. We have eyes, we don't need someone to tell us what's happening.

Purely analytical casters explaining the decisions both players are making, and the possible responses they have to choose from in any given situation is much better casting and something that only active players can do. They are also free to point out any notable events going on, but it would be such a relief to not have to hear "He's moving out of his base. He's unsieging his tanks. He's making a planetary fortress." when it's something so basic and we can see it.

On November 30 2011 08:25 Zzoram wrote:
The current crop of casters are entirely made up of people not good at the game, and who therefore are wrong about so much of the things they say about the game, and who barely take their job seriously because they can't even remember the hotkeys for the resource tab and production tab. It's more about making jokes and either hyping up a player ridiculously or tearing down a player to the extreme.

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Basically, the glut of casters right now is unnecessary, they are of questionable quality, and the whole scene would be better off with fewer casters and more active players doing rotating casting at tournaments.

On November 30 2011 08:39 Zzoram wrote:


Casters aren't journalists. There are no journalists in eSports right now. Journalism involves hard hitting questions and breaking news, and casters provide neither of those things.

On November 30 2011 08:46 Zzoram wrote:
Wouldn't MLG be so much better if instead of pairing Day9 with djWheat (who barely knows the game), he got paired with championship bracket players that were either not playing yet, or already eliminated? If say, Idra vs MC was casted by Day9 + Ret + Naniwa, HerO vs Leenock was casted by Day9 + Socke + Idra, and MVP vs MMA was casted by Day9 + DeMuslim + Thorzain?

On November 30 2011 08:46 Zzoram wrote:
I'm not saying that I don't respect Day9 and Tastetosis. They're my favourite casters by far because they have legitimate roots in Starcraft and they're entertaining.

However, I don't understand why people are pretending that they're top level players or something. They're not. Their analysis is sometimes wrong because they're not top level players and may misread or misunderstand a few situations. That's fine, everyone makes mistakes and it's usually not too bad. I'm just saying that active high level players would provide better analysis.

Wouldn't MLG be so much better if instead of pairing Day9 with djWheat (who barely knows the game), he got paired with championship bracket players that were either not playing yet, or already eliminated? If say, Idra vs MC was casted by Day9 + Ret + Naniwa, HerO vs Leenock was casted by Day9 + Socke + Idra, and MVP vs MMA was casted by Day9 + DeMuslim + Thorzain?

On November 30 2011 08:49 garlicface wrote:

Absolutely not. Why are people forgetting the charisma that our current popular casters have? There are very, VERY few players who could cast in a way as animated them and still be worthwhile because of their insight.