Yea, makes Tastosis look like... meh at best, not to mention other English casters all over the world. I would pay to watch of vods 1-2 day later with proper "fansub-like" subtitles of GSL games. Not the ordinary GSL subtitles where they translate like 1/3, make 2-3 sentence summery of a 1 minute worth of talk etc.

groms

Canada1017 Posts

March 26 2012 23:54 GMT

#202

I wish I had never seen this....

Shebuha

Canada1335 Posts

March 27 2012 00:14 GMT

#203

On March 27 2012 08:54 groms wrote:
I wish I had never seen this....

Is that because the casting is amazing or because the casting is fucking amazing?

Cade

Canada1420 Posts

March 27 2012 00:22 GMT

#204

Wow thank you so much for this. Just watching this has renewed my interest in SC2 greatly, reminds me of the old days of BW a lot more and just makes me happy all around.

zhurai

United States5660 Posts

March 27 2012 00:25 GMT

#205

On March 27 2012 07:53 Shinobi1982 wrote:
Yea, makes Tastosis look like... meh at best, not to mention other English casters all over the world. I would pay to watch of vods 1-2 day later with proper "fansub-like" subtitles of GSL games. Not the ordinary GSL subtitles where they translate like 1/3, make 2-3 sentence summery of a 1 minute worth of talk etc.

although as a (ex-)fansubber, I'd say that the styling/typesetting needs some work :S

@FConnectionUK: if you want to join up I can do the timing/typesetting technically/if you want I guess? :o idk

groms

Canada1017 Posts

March 27 2012 00:28 GMT

#206

On March 27 2012 09:14 Shebuha wrote:

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Is that because the casting is amazing or because the casting is fucking amazing?

The second one. sigh.

Shebuha

Canada1335 Posts

March 27 2012 00:30 GMT

#207

On March 27 2012 09:28 groms wrote:

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The second one. sigh.

Yeah, I muted Ironsquid to watch the subtitled video and then when it was done I just closed Ironsquid. lol

jinorazi

Korea (South)4948 Posts

March 27 2012 00:39 GMT

#208

On March 27 2012 09:30 Shebuha wrote:

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Yeah, I muted Ironsquid to watch the subtitled video and then when it was done I just closed Ironsquid. lol

come to think of it, safe to assume casting of bw played a big role in its longevity?

snotboogie

Australia3550 Posts

March 27 2012 00:51 GMT

#209

Echoing the sentiments of everyone here - the Korean casters are on a whole other level. Makes me wish I understood Korean, or that English casters were better.

The game is SO BORING to watch with most current English commentators. And I will readily admit it's because my own knowledge is poor, so I can't pick up on a lot of things. Watching this video was like watching a whole different game, full of subtleties and feints and logical motivations behind each move. It also makes you appreciate the high level thinking of top level players.

MORE PLEASE! =D

Insomni7

667 Posts

March 27 2012 01:23 GMT

#210

Why can't English casters cast like this? The only guy who seems to have real enthusiasm is TB and he cant do any analysis. All the guys who do the great analysis rarely get this exited. Tastosis are the only casters who come close. Its really unfortunate.

Abort Retry Fail

2636 Posts

March 27 2012 01:27 GMT

#211

WOW you are awesome!
Please do more BW <3

Verator

United States283 Posts

March 27 2012 01:29 GMT

#212

Tastosis are VERY similar to this style, I think the difference is very largely overstated between the foriegn and the korean, especially with the only known koreans being our friends at GOM. I'm fairly positive that if you compared tastosis and chae + friends, in code S games they both cast, both would be extremely similar.

Not all koreans are this good, and not all foriegn casters are worse than this

Synwave

United States2803 Posts

March 27 2012 01:46 GMT

#213

They are so exciting to listen to, I wish I could watch these subtitled all the time.
Thank you for the work, very fun to watch again from the Korean casters perspective.
GGGGGG GGGGGGG!

Slate

Singapore112 Posts

March 27 2012 01:49 GMT

#214

This is really good, people should keep doing these. I'm sure there are lots of people interested in fansubbing or whatnot for free games (i.e. first in a series from gomtv vods), and it would be awesome to get to see this for more games. The Korean casters are fantastic.

sOvrn

United States678 Posts

March 27 2012 01:54 GMT

#215

Wow... this is amazing. It reminds me why I only watch soccer on spanish TV channels instead of english. Spanish speakers will give the casting so much more enthusiasm. Sometimes it's over the top but it's always welcomed when you're watching your favorite team play. Furthermore the analysis done by the Koreans was excellent and very well explained.

I'm not sure if I would watch it always subtitled because I'm spending my time reading more than actually watching the game. Just wish I knew Korean.. lol

Xapti

Canada2473 Posts

March 27 2012 02:24 GMT

#216

Yeah, this does seem a bit more enthusiastic (although not a whole lot more), and seemingly quite a bit more strategy talk, which is really nice. I will say that it seems like they're making a bit of a stretch with saying some of the things they do though. It's not uncommon to see in sports and stuff where a commentator has a certain opinion or viewpoint that they explain as fact, when it's not necessarily the case. It wasn't too bad though, and is overall trumped by what seems to be more strategy/metagame discussion.

To the author: hopefully you will read this. Please try adding different colors to the text for each commentator; that way it's easier to tell who's saying what. As it is now, I find it hard to distinguish between who's saying what just because I am reading (sometimes ahead) while simultaneously watching the match, occupying most of the brain's focus— plus it's in another language.

Jonoman92

United States9111 Posts

March 27 2012 03:17 GMT

#217

Thank you! Will be watching this soon.

Thrax

Canada1755 Posts

March 27 2012 03:19 GMT

#218

The Korean commentators keep talking about food. They have lost their passion.

Seriously, this is really cool. Thanks for subtitling this - and an entertaining game too!

Yoshi Kirishima

United States10383 Posts

March 27 2012 03:26 GMT

#219

Tastosis is not close to this style...

I would have to say, especially what seems to continual improvement as seen from MLG winter championship, DJwheat + day9 is a GREAT combo. Their voices fit well, they don't cut each other off much or make awkward pauses and such. Day9 can analysis and has good game sense/knowledge. DJwheat doesn't seem to say "wrong" things neither.

Artosis is great. He can analyze AND shoutcast. His enthusiasm is great. But whenever I watch tastosis it seems like artosis is doing 70% of the job and tasteless only 30%. In terms of the time each person speaks and the influence they have on the game.

Artosis, day9, and djwheat are the best casters that I've heard. However it seems like even their analysis and casting isn't as good as the koreans. The koreans don't ever lose the chance to shout, and don't lose the chance to bring the tension back down. Tastosis (especially artosis) can bring a lot of hype to the game, b ut many times they may be talking about one thing and miss another. Like MKP vs Genius, there were SO many probe kills, yet artosis/tasteless were talking mundanely. Koreans would have been like OMG 10 PROBE KILLS! NO 15 !!! 21 PROBE KILLS! etc.

Korean casters compared to the best of the english casters may not be THAT much better in terms of analysis (though it seems they are way better, but maybe i'm biased too much), but their incredible energy puts them way above the rest.