Hey everyone! Last week I sat down and did a cast with Comedian and Podcaster Duncan Trussell. Some of you may know him from the Funny or Die video series, Drunk History (Tesla and Edison), or the Joe Rogan Experience podcast.
We understand that this isn't for everyone, please understand that our goal here isn't just to entertain, but to spread Starcraft 2 and eSports to people who might not otherwise see it. He tends to be a pretty polarizing figure, so if you don't find this funny or entertaining (*cough* protoss *cough*), try and see the intent behind it!
this is the guy who is sometimes on the joe rogan show right? he definitely does drugs because when he was explaining the game to Joe in that podcast, I was like "wtf?"
"That's all I do. I fly in with the purple thing, drop one of the mutated things, look at the base, realize I have no idea what's happening and then get beaten."
all fear the banana butcher galloping into battle upon his segway XD
"That's all I do. I fly in with the purple thing, drop one of the mutated things, look at the base, realize I have no idea what's happening and then get beaten"
"/mothership asplodes I bet that thing smells like febreeze when it explodes" also rofl :3
Oh man. Duncan seems to genuinely like the game, too. He's pretty amateur when it comes to casting a game, but he's trying, and i'd be interested to see if he'll try it again.
On July 04 2012 14:29 Bobbias wrote: Oh man. Duncan seems to genuinely like the game, too. He's pretty amateur when it comes to casting a game, but he's trying, and i'd be interested to see if he'll try it again.
I mean, obviously the cast wasn't done for his SC2 insight or professional casting ability hehe
Those that don't get it, don't know Duncan Trussell, that's pretty obvious. Dude's a comedian that tours with Joe Rogan and he talked about how amazing SC2 is on the Joe Rogan podcast which reaches to like hundreds of thousands of viewers.
I bet not many people here have listened to his podcast with Artosis. Just from the fact none mentioned it before in this thread. http://duncantrussell.com/artosis/
One of the better regulars on Joe Rogan's podcast along with Joey Diaz, Ari Shaffir, Dom Irerra, etc.
Speaking of Joe Rogan's podcast. Pro teams (*caugh*+ Show Spoiler +
eg would love this
*caugh*) should watch the commercial part of it (first 5-10 minutes) where they give some love to the sponsors and learn something from it! It's hilarious. I've listened to +- 200 episodes sofar and NEVER skipped the sponsor part. Even got hooked on nootropics for crying out loud (also a things pro players would benefit from :D).
My goodness this is superb. Some of his descriptions are just absurdly hilarious. "Those probes I guess are pretty tough... But look how cute they are. They're like Pikachu."
This rage brings me back to when I first started in the post-Roach-nerf beta and had no idea how to beat Protoss. I've listened to a few of Duncan's podcasts and they're pretty interesting, although very strange at times.
the thing with duncan is that most of his jokes are bad but there will be some gems here and there which are really funny. Atleast that`s how I view him. Enjoyed the video anyway.....sometimes lol.
edit - one thing i like about him is that he promotes this game like on the joe rogan podcasts.
On July 04 2012 15:05 dezi wrote: Is it the voice that makes it NSFW? I don't like this style of casting but somebody else might so ~
pretty sure its the rampant swearing rofl
edit: wasnt as bad as I though but during some parts at least.
I for one thought it was an awesome cast even though I'm protoss lol... Extremely biased casts are hilarious! :D So please, do more casts of protosses winning, preferably with cannons and dts.
Just a note for the beginning, I've always heard ostojiy pronounced as "AUS-tuh-GEE." Can anyone else confirm this? I'm not totally sure, it's just what I've experienced.
On July 04 2012 13:57 emc wrote: this is the guy who is sometimes on the joe rogan show right? he definitely does drugs because when he was explaining the game to Joe in that podcast, I was like "wtf?"
What?
I love duncan trussell, one of my favourite joe rogan podcast guests. He's done a lot of psychedelics from what I can understand, always makes for interesting discussions.
On July 04 2012 13:57 emc wrote: this is the guy who is sometimes on the joe rogan show right? he definitely does drugs because when he was explaining the game to Joe in that podcast, I was like "wtf?"
well duh hes a well known pot head and psychedelic adventurer. and he was probably extremely high when he was explaining the game to Joe, and Joe was also probably extremely high. Thats just how they roll
I'd liken this to the Blamous and Stargirl casts. Not necessarily the most informative, obviously meant to be fun and funny attempts to not take ourselves too seriously.
On July 04 2012 13:57 emc wrote: this is the guy who is sometimes on the joe rogan show right? he definitely does drugs because when he was explaining the game to Joe in that podcast, I was like "wtf?"
well duh hes a well known pot head and psychedelic adventurer. and he was probably extremely high when he was explaining the game to Joe, and Joe was also probably extremely high. Thats just how they roll
Hold up, the guy who goes on Joe Rogan's show and they talk about how they love drugs, the drugs they just did, other people on drugs, how drugs make you feel, the effect of drugs on society, and generally conversations that people on drugs would have, probably has drugs?
I think I remember when Duncan first brought up SC2 to Joe Rogan and Joe thought he was talking about Star Trek or something. I don't recall. Was there an episode where the explained the game somewhat indepth?
LOL this Duncan dude seems very cool too me. Very interesting voice for sure haha you guys could be like the new "gay e-couple commentating" I'm not saying that you guys are. It was just funny with u 2 guys commentating haha.
absolutely terrible.. duncan sounds like a retard (yes offense) and all i heard him saying was how much he hates protoss.. please dont ever let this guy get famous or start casting any more games.. he is ruining esports..
btw banana color is yellow... hes basically saying he hates the "yellow race".. what a fucking racist.. i do not condone this, it is not funny at all.. in fact i was offended by almost every word he said...
on a positive note, the other guy was decent... he basically saved my life, cos i woulda shot myself if i watched duncan solo cast..
thats all i have to say, its just one mans opinion.. but if people are actually in favour of this type of behaviour and casting, then i dont think the esports scene will last... at least not for me.. fuck this..
ps: sorry about the language/bm i'm just very offended by this video i cant get over it...
My god, you people. He's not supposed to be the next artosis or mlg commentator. It's supposed to be fun. If you are getting offended by what he's saying, you're watching it wrong.
I enjoyed it and would certainly enjoy a light dose of more from time to time.
On July 05 2012 00:26 MagnuMizer wrote: absolutely terrible.. duncan sounds like a retard (yes offense) and all i heard him saying was how much he hates protoss.. please dont ever let this guy get famous or start casting any more games.. he is ruining esports..
btw banana color is yellow... hes basically saying he hates the "yellow race".. what a fucking racist.. i do not condone this, it is not funny at all.. in fact i was offended by almost every word he said...
on a positive note, the other guy was decent... he basically saved my life, cos i woulda shot myself if i watched duncan solo cast..
thats all i have to say, its just one mans opinion.. but if people are actually in favour of this type of behaviour and casting, then i dont think the esports scene will last... at least not for me.. fuck this..
ps: sorry about the language/bm i'm just very offended by this video i cant get over it...
He's already famous! He's a great stand up comedian and podcaster.
I will let you do your thing, I ain't mad at cha. But um, this is terrible and quite immature. I suppose this kind of commentary is good for the immature flamers that play the game but absolutely horrendous for StarCraft as a "sport". I mean, dude sounded like he was constipated or grew up with steve erkle as his idle or some shit, crazy.
On July 05 2012 00:26 MagnuMizer wrote: absolutely terrible.. duncan sounds like a retard (yes offense) and all i heard him saying was how much he hates protoss.. please dont ever let this guy get famous or start casting any more games.. he is ruining esports..
btw banana color is yellow... hes basically saying he hates the "yellow race".. what a fucking racist.. i do not condone this, it is not funny at all.. in fact i was offended by almost every word he said...
on a positive note, the other guy was decent... he basically saved my life, cos i woulda shot myself if i watched duncan solo cast..
thats all i have to say, its just one mans opinion.. but if people are actually in favour of this type of behaviour and casting, then i dont think the esports scene will last... at least not for me.. fuck this..
ps: sorry about the language/bm i'm just very offended by this video i cant get over it...
Not sure if you're kidding or not.
If not, get less offended in life. You'll live happier.
On July 05 2012 00:26 MagnuMizer wrote: absolutely terrible.. duncan sounds like a retard (yes offense) and all i heard him saying was how much he hates protoss.. please dont ever let this guy get famous or start casting any more games.. he is ruining esports..
btw banana color is yellow... hes basically saying he hates the "yellow race".. what a fucking racist.. i do not condone this, it is not funny at all.. in fact i was offended by almost every word he said...
on a positive note, the other guy was decent... he basically saved my life, cos i woulda shot myself if i watched duncan solo cast..
thats all i have to say, its just one mans opinion.. but if people are actually in favour of this type of behaviour and casting, then i dont think the esports scene will last... at least not for me.. fuck this..
ps: sorry about the language/bm i'm just very offended by this video i cant get over it...
I like the guys humor in various things (assuming he writes the content) but his voice is aural rape ala Gilbert Gottfried. I tried to listen but had to turn it off after a minute.
LOL I was a little bit apprehensive after reading the OP but I thought it was great! Now that I think about it, Protoss is a stupid sparkly febreeze spraying banana race!
I think you picked a very boring game to watch, nothing happened for a long time.
With that said, I did enjoy the casting, and would like to see more. Of course don't have him casting tournaments on a regular basis, but seeing one of these here and there gives me a good laugh. I like his jokes, maybe they could be a little more sophisticated (or mature, not really sure what word to use there)... Although his voice is pretty annoying.
What kind of retard get's offended by this? Don't find it funny, sure I understand. But to get offended? The only thing funnier than Michael Jackson the banana butcher is some peoples reaction to it.
That was quite funny. I really like how he doesn't really know what's going on, but he's really fascinated by the game. And some of his comments are awesome. Glittery Disco Ball Race. Banana Butcher on a segway. Awesome.
On July 05 2012 06:22 TheBlueMeaner wrote: From now on whenever I lose vs protoss im going to go "gg banana colored bitch"
I intend to drop the "fucking disco ball race"
Some of his jokes were a little too out there for me (the relating of creep to some cancer patient's skin was beyond even my sick sense of humour) but all in all he was pretty funny. I actually liked watching a cast from a bronze league perspective, it was funny listening to bad players talk about what gets them to rage, reminded me of myself a year and a half ago
MAKE IT HAPPEN. they have talked about esports a lot on joe's podcast.. wouldn't be surprised if they go for it. although i assume they would both be really high. joe actually used to play quake at a high level so who knows
On July 05 2012 08:49 Destro wrote: duncan trussel vs joe rogan show match!
MAKE IT HAPPEN. they have talked about esports a lot on joe's podcast.. wouldn't be surprised if they go for it. although i assume they would both be really high. joe actually used to play quake at a high level so who knows
too many here thinking of stuff as things when really it's all just stuff if u would just relax you would see things as stuff and not be so mad at what isnt there
On July 08 2012 08:51 socommaster123 wrote: I enjoyed it. He has true love for Starcraft even if he doesnt fully understand anything. There is nothing wrong with this at all.
So true. This really got confirmed from watching this
On July 09 2012 12:48 zala2023 wrote: its cool and all but this guy isnt very funny to me :/ i come to tl for news on the competitive scenes. stuff like this is for reddit
then I wouldn't visit the forums of TL: SC2 GENERAL