MLG Groups and Casters - Page 21

On March 21 2012 00:09 MLG_Adam wrote:
I don't get the Rob hate Also to clarify, Rob's presence has nothing to do with Blizzard. Little known fact is Rob's first esports job was with MLG casting our events at 16 years old. He left MLG to take a full time job with Blizzard. Even though I'll never forgive him for leaving, we love Rob's casting and will always welcome him back to our events!

On March 21 2012 00:32 Mr Showtime wrote:


Would you care to justify your claim that he's a bad caster, rather than writing something useless like "Cringe?"

Most people seem to enjoy him, as do I, but I don't understand why others would rather see someone else.

On March 21 2012 02:16 OpticalPhonon wrote:
Edit: Adam actually states "Rob's presence has nothing to do with Blizzard." I mean, that's just the biggest pile of bullshit I've ever heard. Is this how the hiring process went:
Adam: "Hey Rob remember all those years ago when you were 16 and you casted for us?"
Rob: "No."
Adam: "Well, we'd like you to cast again! It's a totally different game so we'll just start you off nice and easy by putting you in front of about a hundred thousand live viewers. Don't worry they're on the Internet, so they won't be critical if it goes badly."
Rob: "I actually work for Blizzard now, so I can't."
Adam: "Blizzard? Huh, what a coincidence the game you'll be casting is made by Blizzard!"
Rob: "Wow, that must be a sign! I guess I'll take the job."

On March 21 2012 00:09 MLG_Adam wrote:
I don't get the Rob hate Also to clarify, Rob's presence has nothing to do with Blizzard. Little known fact is Rob's first esports job was with MLG casting our events at 16 years old. He left MLG to take a full time job with Blizzard. Even though I'll never forgive him for leaving, we love Rob's casting and will always welcome him back to our events!

On March 21 2012 02:16 OpticalPhonon wrote:

The issue is that all of a sudden this guy comes out of nowhere and is casting major events. His only casting credentials appear to be the "Terrible, terrible damage" videos and whatever part-time job you're referring too. In contrast, every other caster we see on stage has paid their dues putting in hundreds (or thousands) of hours into the community with little or no pay. Can you honestly say that if Rob Simpson wasn't working for Blizzard that he would be casting this?

There's nothing wrong with his casting but there are many people in the community who are just as good, if not better. In fact, you have a bunch of them casting your Beta stream. Why not give the opportunity to people who have shown their love and dedication to the community instead of someone who appears to be nothing more than a carpetbagger.

Edit: Adam actually states "Rob's presence has nothing to do with Blizzard." I mean, that's just the biggest pile of bullshit I've ever heard. Is this how the hiring process went:
Adam: "Hey Rob remember all those years ago when you were 16 and you casted for us?"
Rob: "No."
Adam: "Well, we'd like you to cast again! It's a totally different game so we'll just start you off nice and easy by putting you in front of about a hundred thousand live viewers. Don't worry they're on the Internet, so they won't be critical if it goes badly."
Rob: "I actually work for Blizzard now, so I can't."
Adam: "Blizzard? Huh, what a coincidence the game you'll be casting is made by Blizzard!"
Rob: "Wow, that must be a sign! I guess I'll take the job."

On March 21 2012 03:15 MLG_Adam wrote:


Honest answers are never accepted I guess casting experience, existing job relationships, plus hands on experience for 5 years working in ESPORTS for the publisher of said title is not good enough credentials.

You can be as dramatic as you like, I was being 100% honest. Rob is my friend, a former co worker, and we all feel he is a damn good caster.

On March 21 2012 01:49 Ronski wrote:
Finally Day[9] is back to cast at MLG, and unless they come up with another crazy PPV I will definately be watching.

On March 21 2012 03:17 hunts wrote:


Don't let the haters get to you Rob is a good entertaining caster, and Iike his casting. And it adds sweet irony/humor whenever he gets to cast a game that has b.net problems like lag or disconects :D

On March 21 2012 03:15 MLG_Adam wrote:


Honest answers are never accepted I guess casting experience, existing job relationships, plus hands on experience for 5 years working in ESPORTS for the publisher of said title is not good enough credentials.

You can be as dramatic as you like, I was being 100% honest. Rob is my friend, a former co worker, and we all feel he is a damn good caster.

On March 21 2012 04:14 OpticalPhonon wrote:

These are all valid reasons for hiring someone.

The only issue is that you're now stating that one of the primary reasons why you hired him is because he has worked for Blizzard for five years. This contradicts what you wrote earlier: "Rob's presence has nothing to do with Blizzard." If earlier in the thread you'd simply stated that "Yeah, he works for Blizzard and that makes him even more qualified for the position" I would have had less of a problem. But your earlier post came across as artificial as you tried to build him up as some sort of hard working community member that we just weren't aware of. While he may be a great guy who is a competent caster, at the end of the day he is a Blizzard employee and that's why he got the job over a community member.

On March 21 2012 04:16 Ph0en1x wrote:
Is there any posibility of any low free stream ? or atleast some free streamed games or anything.