How can a caster become known? - Page 5

blackone

Germany1314 Posts

March 10 2012 12:08 GMT

#81

On March 10 2012 20:20 Micket wrote:
Look at exactly what Mr Bitter did. He started from nothing and is now one of the premier casters in the world.

To be fair though, he spent a lot of money to get progamers to his show when he was still relatively unknown and he was a fairly decent player to begin with, I don't think his story is easily repeatable.

Talin

Montenegro10532 Posts

March 10 2012 12:29 GMT

#82

The thing I noticed with a lot of lower profile casters is that they often sound kind of robotic. Not just in terms of voice, but the content itself - like they're trying hard to get everything right and the whole thing just ends up sounding like some dry analysis that honestly isn't very in-depth to begin with and mostly comes down to stating the obvious.

It seems to me at least that a lot of people take up casting just because they believe they have a strong understanding of the game and they want to show the whole world exactly how much they know. But even if that's true (and it very rarely is), that's not what casting is about at all. You're not there to show off your game knowledge or educate people on how to play the game, you're there to make their viewing experience more pleasant and entertaining in your own way.

Saiton

Sweden467 Posts

March 10 2012 12:31 GMT

#83

You have to produce constant material, build up a regular listener-base and then expand from there. Host showmatches and do what you can to show yourself to the community.

Also, a sexy voice helps.

EdSlyB

Portugal1621 Posts

March 10 2012 12:42 GMT

#84

I think the question you should ask is: "Why do I want to be a caster?"

If you are doing it only to get recognition and fame, you will have a hard time getting it. As you said there already several powerhouses in the caster world that you won't be able to topple only in a few months.
You should cast to have fun. The trick is to offer a good quality cast. If you do that more and more people will become aware of your casting. You should find something to give that other casters don't. That will set you apart from all the other people trying to get the caster spotlight.

This one is for free: do some recap casts. Sometimes people don't have the time to see tournaments or all the VODs. So you choose some series and do a recap cast where you highlight the best moments. About 2 minutes (or less) are enough to people see what happened in a game and have a sense of all the progress of it. Of course with this you will have to take time to analise the games and editing the parts you want to talk about.

You're welcome.

KainiT

Austria392 Posts

March 10 2012 12:56 GMT

#85

Like many people already said, the time to get known as a caster via youtube channel is over. Most people watch mainly livestreams nowadays. Besides making livecontent you just need to make casual jokes about sex every now and then + saying every 10 seconds that both players you are casting are extremely good seems to make casters prominent as well

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