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Joedaddy
United States1948 Posts
Thank you for this. It's been a while since I heard moletrap and I was having a hard time remembering why I didn't like his casting. I remember now though... It's a great opportunity for him and I wish him the best of luck, but I'd be lying if I said I was anything less than ecstatic about him leaving Gom. | ||
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themask4f
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TotalBiscuit
United Kingdom5437 Posts
On April 17 2012 01:29 MrLion wrote: Also, I think eventually the casters who are clueless about the game (like TB, etc) will disappear, once esports become more popular and standards are raised. 99% of casters in "real life" sports (like cricket) are those who are ex-sportsmen, and can explain the intricacies of the game. Bullshit. As eSports becomes more popular play-by-play will be required even more. The hardcore who want analysis and nothing but will become marginalised just as they are in any other mainstream sports and that kind of content will be relegated to specialist shows. Cricket is a pretty terrible comparison, try sports like American Football or Soccer where there are plenty of professional commentators that never played the game. This is how it works - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sports_commentator Note the guys in the picture, major Rugby commentators. One of them played at club level, one of them did not play at all, his background was in broadcasting, just like every other play-by-play sports commentator. Just one of many examples of exactly this team. Some of these guys are paid millions a year. I just wanna point out as well that these same comments were being made back in the beta of 2010. "The play by play guys will fade away very soon". It never happened. As more and more people stop laddering (as we've seen by the shrinking number of leagues and active players on a season by season basis), we'll see even more demand for articulate play-by-play/analysis combos rather than hardcore analysis teams. Ex-players are less interested in learning how things work than active players who want to get better at the game. | ||
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Technique
Netherlands1542 Posts
On April 17 2012 01:43 Trowa127 wrote: Flat meta? Have you watched any pro LoL in the last 6 months? The changes are astounding. Jesus man these forums are fucking terrible. Ain't lol wc3tft with only 1 hero and no other units and no base/basebuilding either?  Sounds hard indeed. | ||
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testthewest
Germany274 Posts
Didn't like Moletraps voice too much, his casting wasn't too good either, but I think he is a decent person... ...hope he finds a nicer audiance now. Also hope LoL won't eat SC2... | ||
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MugenXBanksy
United States479 Posts
On April 17 2012 01:43 Trowa127 wrote: Flat meta? Have you watched any pro LoL in the last 6 months? The changes are astounding. Jesus man these forums are fucking terrible. I have and I am bored of it, its a boring esport | ||
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[F_]aths
Germany3947 Posts
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Antyee
Hungary1011 Posts
On April 17 2012 01:53 Technique wrote: Ain't lol wc3tft with only 1 hero and no other units and no base/basebuilding either? Sounds hard indeed. Make buildings and stuff will come out of it. Sounds like Sims. Oversimplification at its best. | ||
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SupLilSon
Malaysia4123 Posts
On April 17 2012 01:49 TotalBiscuit wrote: Bullshit. As eSports becomes more popular play-by-play will be required even more. The hardcore who want analysis and nothing but will become marginalised just as they are in any other mainstream sports and that kind of content will be relegated to specialist shows. Cricket is a pretty terrible comparison, try sports like American Football or Soccer where there are plenty of professional commentators that never played the game. This is how it works - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sports_commentator Note the guys in the picture, major Rugby commentators. One of them played at club level, one of them did not play at all, his background was in broadcasting, just like every other play-by-play sports commentator. Just one of many examples of exactly this team. Some of these guys are paid millions a year. I just wanna point out as well that these same comments were being made back in the beta of 2010. "The play by play guys will fade away very soon". It never happened. As more and more people stop laddering (as we've seen by the shrinking number of leagues and active players on a season by season basis), we'll see even more demand for articulate play-by-play/analysis combos rather than hardcore analysis teams. Ex-players are less interested in learning how things work than active players who want to get better at the game. TB, just keep doing what you do. People think they want to hear SOTG every time they watch SC2. | ||
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ghosthunter
United States414 Posts
Best of luck Moletrap, I'm sure you'll do great at LoL as you did at GOM. | ||
Whitewing
United States7483 Posts
No offense to Moletrap as a person or anything, but his casting annoyed the hell out of me: I actually stopped watching code A when he was casting. Every time he insulted a player I wanted to strangle him. | ||
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Br3ezy
United States720 Posts
User was temp banned for this post. | ||
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ZenithM
France15952 Posts
On April 17 2012 02:07 SupLilSon wrote: TB, just keep doing what you do. People think they want to hear SOTG every time they watch SC2. Lol SotG. Could you not have found a better example than this one? :D | ||
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Glurkenspurk
United States1915 Posts
On April 17 2012 01:49 TotalBiscuit wrote: Bullshit. As eSports becomes more popular play-by-play will be required even more. The hardcore who want analysis and nothing but will become marginalised just as they are in any other mainstream sports and that kind of content will be relegated to specialist shows. Cricket is a pretty terrible comparison, try sports like American Football or Soccer where there are plenty of professional commentators that never played the game. This is how it works - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sports_commentator Note the guys in the picture, major Rugby commentators. One of them played at club level, one of them did not play at all, his background was in broadcasting, just like every other play-by-play sports commentator. Just one of many examples of exactly this team. Some of these guys are paid millions a year. I just wanna point out as well that these same comments were being made back in the beta of 2010. "The play by play guys will fade away very soon". It never happened. As more and more people stop laddering (as we've seen by the shrinking number of leagues and active players on a season by season basis), we'll see even more demand for articulate play-by-play/analysis combos rather than hardcore analysis teams. Ex-players are less interested in learning how things work than active players who want to get better at the game. The main thing is that even the play by play guys usually have a deep understanding of the game. That's really something a bit unique to starcraft 2 though. It's very difficult to really get some things that happen without having experienced it yourself. I'd say you're one of the better casters (even taking into account analysts) recently with not making shitty calls or talking out of their asses when something happens. Anyway I'm mad that Moletrap is casting LoL. It's like we're starting back at the beginning with a caster with nearly 0 game knowledge who prefers yelling over speaking intelligently. The lack of a good analytical commentator at OGN for LoL is sad. | ||
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Ldawg
United States328 Posts
On April 17 2012 02:10 Br3ezy wrote: YES FINALLY! Methinks ban incoming for this guy ^^. Anyway, I must say I found myself avoiding code A due to his casting. I enjoy Wolf, and find Khaldor OK. If the rumor is true that Artosis will be casting code A while the position is filled, then I am very excited! | ||
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Destroyr
Germany299 Posts
On April 17 2012 01:53 Technique wrote: Ain't lol wc3tft with only 1 hero and no other units and no base/basebuilding either? Sounds hard indeed. Yeah MY game... terrible thing. It is sad that he is going as he has been casting bw... But to be onest i avoided code A a lot and i still prefer nukes casts over his on youtube if it centers around bw. | ||
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thepuppyassassin
900 Posts
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Trowa127
United Kingdom1230 Posts
On April 17 2012 01:53 Technique wrote: Ain't lol wc3tft with only 1 hero and no other units and no base/basebuilding either? Sounds hard indeed. Sigh. As I said before, this forum is disgusting. And its getting worse. WP. Moletrap, do what you enjoy mate and good luck to you. | ||
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Marddox
United Kingdom108 Posts
aw well, best of luck to moletrap! | ||
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