EPTThe Artosis Hour - Page 10
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Stress
United States980 Posts
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ulan-bat
China403 Posts
And, to me, improvising your commentary is a good thing. | ||
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Ebzy
United Kingdom153 Posts
+ Show Spoiler + Maybe emphasise a few timings/counters a little more so if your going this new build you need to look out for this and this. I like the way you showed at x time Nestea had seen this and this so could deduce from x/y/z. I think more commentators need to use the players point of view more. Again during highly micro intense moments show what the players are trying to achieve with their control groups etc. So maybe view the fight from Tod's point of view show how he prioritised his storms over his forcefields (or whatever it is for this player and fight) and then show it from the other point of view. I think this would help improve veiwers micro and decision making. Maybe when you miss a drop just go back and check it, just to check drones killed or anything else. Also when a player does drop, maybe you can explain their decisions regarding what to target, tech, drones, expansions or whatever. Maybe make it have its own vod section (not sure how) so people in Eu can watch it/find it easily. (Maybe a thread on TL that you update with the twitch links) Although as I said I really enjoyed it, learnt a fair chunk along with helping a student with a ruined sleeping pattern! Thanks Artosis! | ||
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VashTS
United States1675 Posts
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Entteri
Finland108 Posts
The only part I didn't like was you blaming mules for the income difference when a ton of probes were transfering on your screen. Great stuff anyway! C: | ||
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Cereb
Denmark3388 Posts
Thanks alot for doing this! Also, I find it quite funny that the Artosis hour is 1 hour and 30 mins long...Would make for a perfect catch phrase like "The Artosis hour - Longer and better than your regular hour!"  | ||
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Tivu
United States244 Posts
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Swede
New Zealand853 Posts
On February 14 2012 12:17 Durn wrote: If I could be critical of Artosis, it would have to be the apparent lack of preparation. During the Nonge/Nestea game, it just seemed like he was casting it and arbitrarily pausing to reflect on game decisions. He uses lots of "ifs" and "maybes" and "probablys" where it begins to feel like he hasn't necessarily watched the replay or anything. I know the unfortunate comparison is Day[9], so I guess it bares mentioning that Day[9] ALWAYS knows what's coming and can explain how these things relate to the late-game (which he has seen). For instance: Artosis will say things like "If Nestea is considering Broodlords later, this may be a good move." Day[9] will say things like "And this move makes sense, as Nestea moves towards the late game with Brood Lords in mind." It just makes the analysis feel more solid and less on-the-fly. I know it's just the first episode (and it was really good, I obviously watched) but that's some constructive criticism. Overall, I enjoyed the episode!  Keep in mind that Artosis is doing this when he has time. That should tell you everything you need to know about whether he is going to prepare by watching the replays or not. Besides, I didn't feel his analysis to be lacking or less 'solid' at all by lack of preparation. I think it's just your personal preference... Which is fine; I just don't think it deserves the criticism. My opinion is that Artosis will provide the best quality analysis if he ignores everything the viewers suggest and just does what is natural for him. After all, he will be most experienced at what is most natural and therefore give better insight that way. It's like, I dunno... asking Jimi Hendrix to play metal. He'll do it, and he'll do it well, but since it's not what he likes nor what he's experienced at it won't be as good as his blues/rock/fusion kinda stuff. The best quality music will come from him doing exactly what he wants to do. | ||
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Uncultured
United States1340 Posts
I caught a ton of information I had never really dwelled on, until I watched him analyze the games. Small things, That you sometimes think about while playing at a high level, but never really stop and really consider if it's actually good or bad. (like canceling an important unit like the prism from coming out while underneath the scan, or making small changes like switching your 4sentry drop into a 1 zealot drop depending on the other players unit movements) All in all I enjoyed it, will watch more. | ||
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Sporadic44
United States533 Posts
good stuff artosis! | ||
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Dodgin
Canada39254 Posts
Personally I believe the analysis is more genuine if you are improvising and thinking about the situations on the fly instead of having a game plan already in mind going into it. That way we get to see how artosis' brain works more than just him explaining what happened during the game. | ||
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Altern
United States1053 Posts
 If you won't duke it out in 1v1s then take it out in dailies | ||
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SovSov
United States755 Posts
On February 14 2012 12:17 Durn wrote: If I could be critical of Artosis, it would have to be the apparent lack of preparation. During the Nonge/Nestea game, it just seemed like he was casting it and arbitrarily pausing to reflect on game decisions. He uses lots of "ifs" and "maybes" and "probablys" where it begins to feel like he hasn't necessarily watched the replay or anything. I know the unfortunate comparison is Day[9], so I guess it bares mentioning that Day[9] ALWAYS knows what's coming and can explain how these things relate to the late-game (which he has seen). For instance: Artosis will say things like "If Nestea is considering Broodlords later, this may be a good move." Day[9] will say things like "And this move makes sense, as Nestea moves towards the late game with Brood Lords in mind." It just makes the analysis feel more solid and less on-the-fly. I know it's just the first episode (and it was really good, I obviously watched) but that's some constructive criticism. Overall, I enjoyed the episode! The way Artosis is doing it is real and actually gives insight to decision making and the possibilities that can result from it. The way Day9 does it is just so he can trick people into making them think he knows what he's talking about. | ||
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GhandiEAGLE
United States20754 Posts
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Mrvoodoochild1
United States1439 Posts
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Mawi
Sweden4365 Posts
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stokes17
United States1411 Posts
shit I missed it X__X is there going to be another episode tomorrow? | ||
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Nagano
United States1157 Posts
Thanks for making it convenient! You da man now dawg! | ||
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skb_
United States3 Posts
I really liked when you pointed out alternatives, highlighting the strengths and weaknesses of certain decisions and what not. You did this in the Nestea game ("should have pulled back and kept his flock alive"), but I felt you could have pointed out what Nada could have done to really take that game. In that game you were highlighting the good things that each player was doing, but not really pointing out how they should ideally play it. If you can get some tournament replays, that would be gravy too. Analyzing games from some of these weekly tournaments would be real nice, especially the ones with more modern maps. | ||
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bovineblitz
United States314 Posts
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