EPTMLG Groups and Casters - Page 24
| Forum Index > SC2 General |
|
SovSov
United States755 Posts
| ||
|
vaderseven
United States2556 Posts
note: this is not the gold membership or freestream | ||
|
Spaceneil8
United States317 Posts
On March 22 2012 23:34 vaderseven wrote: Does anyone know how much an HD pass for JUST this event will cost? I know they go sale at 6pm tonight but I cant find a price. note: this is not the gold membership or freestream It's 20. Every event except Providence was 10, and Providence was 50. Gold is still the much better deal tbh, but this event is 20. | ||
|
Kammalleri
Canada613 Posts
| ||
|
hugman
Sweden4644 Posts
On March 21 2012 05:55 OpticalPhonon wrote: Again, this comes across as disingenuous. I don't see the issue with just straight out saying that the main reason why he got this opportunity to cast was because he works for Blizzard. Is there really a need to brush that aside by calling it a "resume highlight"? If he's in his mid-20s and has worked there for five years it's probably the only thing of note on his resume. At the few events he has casted so far he has always been introduced as "Rob Simpson from Blizzard" so why are you all of a sudden trying to present him as something different? It's just bizarre and unnecessary especially from someone who just claimed that they were "being 100% honest". I don't buy it either. Look at how hard every other caster worked at getting to where they are now and compare it with how Rob comes out of nowhere, first seemingly as a joke, and then gets to keep casting. I think it's disrespectful towards casters working their butts off trying to get noticed, and towards the audience who deserve better. I don't think he's a competent caster. Is he making an active effort to improve his casting, like all the other casters are? Now it's at the point where he's recognizable, so other events bring him on just for that. It's like being famous for being famous. I think it's repulsive. If you want to have a handsome guy who's comfortable in front of a camera, which Rob Simpson is, then that's fine. You could at least be honest to yourselves about it. He has poor game knowledge, he has no real casting experience prior to MLG and then appears out of nowhere, seemingly because he's a Blizzard employee. It has a stink to it. | ||
|
Kreggar
United States83 Posts
Now for a hopefully new perspective on the Rob argument (I'm no expert, just a business/human relations focused student). I think the personal relationship Rob has with MLG and the other casters is being looked at in the wrong light. Yes MLG could haven chosen someone else from the community such as Husky, Tumba, Adebisi, Rotterdam, MrBitter, the list goes on and on. Other people may be great choices for reasons like game knowledge, hard work in the community, recent exposure or working for MLG on other tournaments, you name it. But here is the reason Rob was chosen: business. We all know MLG wants to be a successful, long-term business along with preserving their passion for Esports. Here are the business reasons for this decision: MLG knows that Rob is going to do a great job. He has worked for them in the past and he now works for Blizzard. I doubt he could have gotten where he is today without trying to be excellent in everything he does, this is also evident in what the community has seen from him recently. Rob knows all of the other casters and has worked with them recently. Just last weekend Rob was at RBLan with Day9 and Wheat. MLG Winter Arena was just a few weeks ago where he worked with this same team. I feel that the personal relationship between a caster pair cannot be underestimated. Any combination we see this weekend with be comfortable working together and the overall casting quality will be higher as a result. Rob's game knowledge has never been an issue for me, and I don't feel that every other caster on the list is an expert. I'm fine with the fact that not everyone does the super in-depth analysis of Artosis or Day9, we need people who can comment on the action confidently and be entertaining at the same time. I don't want the caster to hold my hand through every moment of the action, and I think most community members can follow along with the action just fine when Artosis isn't there to help. Finally, MLG will almost certainly pair casters so that we get a commentary/analysis pair as often as possible, which means we won't see Tastosis every time one of the pair is on screen. /end rant My first real contribution to an argument on TL <3 | ||
|
ref4
2933 Posts
too bad he's too busy having a real job lol | ||
|
Neacant
Germany40 Posts
any way to get spoiler free vod watching on monday? :O | ||
|
Nizzy
United States839 Posts
have to hear JP trying to cast again.  JP i'm begging you, please stick to just being a host. You don't have it. You're an average SC2 play by play caster at best. You have one tone of voice, which isn't exciting at all to me. I really like watching you JP, YOU'RE AMAZING FOR THE SC2 COMMUNITY/ESPORTS. All the shit you do with MLG/sotg/youtube its sick. Just please please please stop trying to be a caster. You're not good, you're better at other things, focus on those. How does this keep happening? There's so many talented casters coming up. How is MLG spending all this money to fly all these top players out but we can't get Apollo/TB or Rotter/Bitter over this guy? Unreal. | ||
|
FloKi
1490 Posts
| ||
|
mRandy
Sweden146 Posts
also stoked for the event. | ||
|
jmbthirteen
United States10734 Posts
On March 23 2012 02:30 Nizzy wrote: I swear if I buy a MLG GOLD membership and.... have to hear JP trying to cast again. JP i'm begging you, please stick to just being a host. You don't have it. You're an average SC2 play by play caster at best. You have one tone of voice, which isn't exciting at all to me. I really like watching you JP, YOU'RE AMAZING FOR THE SC2 COMMUNITY/ESPORTS. All the shit you do with MLG/sotg/youtube its sick. Just please please please stop trying to be a caster. You're not good, you're better at other things, focus on those. How does this keep happening? There's so many talented casters coming up. How is MLG spending all this money to fly all these top players out but we can't get Apollo/TB or Rotter/Bitter over this guy? Unreal. I like JP casting. He has great chemistry with Day9 and Tastosis. Some of his casts with Artosis have been pure gold. | ||
|
unnar
Iceland211 Posts
| ||
|
HejaBVB
Germany125 Posts
btw Polt will take it all! | ||
|
TheRealViceroy
United States16 Posts
| ||
MLG-Kyle
United States123 Posts
For Free you get... - Access to 2 StarCraft 2 Streams in up to 480p - Access to the Halo: Reach Stream in up to 480p - Access to the Fighters Stream (King of Figthers XIII, Soul Calibur V, and Mortal Kombat) in up to 480p - You can watch any combination of the above streams at the same time. As a Premium User you get... - Access to 2 StarCraft 2 Streams in up to 1080p - Access to 2 additional StarCraft 2 Streams in up to 1080p - Access to the Halo: Reach Stream in up to 720p - Access to the Fighters Stream (King of Figthers XIII, Soul Calibur V, and Mortal Kombat) in up to 720p - No ads - DVR functionality - Near-instant VOD access in the player throughout the weekend - You can watch up to five streams at one time and seamlessly switch between them How do I become a premium user? For Columbus, you have two options...: Buy a Columbus HD Pass through the live player ($20) - Head to our Live Viewing Page and attempt to access any premium feature: - Select "High" or Ultra" on any stream - Select either the StarCraft II Gameplay 2 or 3 stream - Click the Gold "Get Premium" pop up icon in the bottom right of a stream. - In the player, click "VOD", and then try to click on a VOD. Buy a Gold Membership Pass in the MLG Store ($30) - Gold Membership gets you premium access to a year of Championship Events (4 total) - This product will no longer be available for purchase online as soon as Columbus ends - Purchase here If you have any other questions, I'll do my best to try and answer 'em for you guys. Things kick off on http://majorleaguegaming.com/live Friday at 5pm ET | ||
|
mDuo13
United States307 Posts
| ||
|
jmbthirteen
United States10734 Posts
On March 23 2012 08:25 TheRealViceroy wrote: i thought that JP McDaniel was in Pax east that sunday? Pax East is the same weekend as IPL 4, not MLG Columbus. | ||
|
Chicane
United States7875 Posts
| ||
|
Twiggs
United States600 Posts
| ||
| ||
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!
