How can a caster become known? - Page 4

On March 10 2012 16:21 RotterdaM wrote:


That's really not true at all ~ I was a professional Player in Wc3, worked my ass off to get good ( thats why I got a ton of respect for the guys who are good now cause I know how hard you have to work to get there, and even now when I put pretty much all my time into playing if I'm not casting or partying. ) but when the game changed in ways that didn't favor me, and also I didn't adapt properly but was kinda stubborn, I did a few events in Wc3. All I did was go up to a tournament organiser and be like " hey man let me cast a few games, would be fun" ;D Never knew that would take me where I am now, but didn't regret that one day ^^;;

Wc3 community liked it a lot since till that moment no pro had actually ever casted anything in Wc3, it used to be just a few random guys who somehow rolled into something. Anyway after the good feedback that the company got when they hired me, I got invited for a few more events, but casting in Wc3 was nothing compared to SC2. I did it out of passion ( still do btw ) and never tryed to get anything out of it besides having a ton of fun and giving something back to the community , back then Wc3, now Sc2, love em both so they deserved it. However, in Wc3 the whole casting business and social media etc wasnt that big, so for a 3/4 day event I would get 300 euro, sometimes 400 if I got lucky ^_^ or quite often , nothing %). I went to China twice to cast a event for 0 money since they didn't have budget, but I thought to myself, sounds like a pretty good deal ;D I get to go to China and cast Wc3, 2 things I like, why would I need to get payed ^_^, but after doing that for 3/4 events on a row I realised that its kinda hard to survive economicly :D anyways, bottom line is you don't need money to make it as a caster. You do need to work hard, many ways lead to Rome, find yours ^_^

On March 10 2012 16:52 idonthinksobro wrote:



that is exactly what i said in my post, you had money and time therefore you could cast tournaments for free, you invested money in your casting career. Or look at mr.bitter he made the show 12 weeks with the pros, in which he paid pros money to talk about the game on his show, he probably invested a few thousand dollars to get where he is right now. Or look at hdstarcarft or husky, they both promoted themselves at the start of sc2, if iam not mistaken both of these guys made sure to cast as many beta tournaments possible and therefore built a fanbase early on.
Others were known before sc2 like total biscuit is and was, and some of the casters we have today are former pros (day9,tastosis) So yeah getting a top caster as a total unknown with a job(9to5) is hard and probably impossible for most people.

On March 10 2012 16:52 idonthinksobro wrote:



that is exactly what i said in my post, you had money and time therefore you could cast tournaments for free, you invested money in your casting career. Or look at mr.bitter he made the show 12 weeks with the pros, in which he paid pros money to talk about the game on his show, he probably invested a few thousand dollars to get where he is right now. Or look at hdstarcarft or husky, they both promoted themselves at the start of sc2, if iam not mistaken both of these guys made sure to cast as many beta tournaments possible and therefore built a fanbase early on.
Others were known before sc2 like total biscuit is and was, and some of the casters we have today are former pros (day9,tastosis) So yeah getting a top caster as a total unknown with a job(9to5) is hard and probably impossible for most people.

On March 10 2012 17:01 HornyHerring wrote:
Well, youtube is capped, no way you can grow there unless you have something really unique. I know it's not really helpful, but don't focus on youtube. There's a lot of content there, people can't possibly watch it all and they rather watch a well known caster or ytb personality, than an unknown caster. Plus, can't speak for everyone, but I rather just watch a stream of somebody laddering, then a youtube video with an MLG match.

On March 10 2012 17:04 MrBitter wrote:


wtf?

There's no such thing as a free lunch, bro.

You have to put in something. Money. Time. It's all the same.

Everyone pays their dues. None of the top players, casters or personalities were given anything.

edit: And this isn't unique to Starcraft. It's life, man. Work hard, invest in yourself, and maybe, if you're a little bit smart, and a little bit lucky, you might get somewhere.