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Gackt_
335 Posts
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Targe
United Kingdom14103 Posts
On August 30 2012 03:50 bigtabs wrote: I'm basing this on GOM and the recent OSL: He needs to vastly improve his working knowledge of Starcraft 2. I feel I know more about it than he does and I've only been playing irregularly for 6 months and am a lowly silver leaguer. He's had 2 years as a professional caster. He should know a lot more than I do about the game. On that note, I think he should recieve some coaching in all the races and play them regularly. Even if his mechanics hold him in the lower leagues, he needs to understand the game at a higher level. As soon as he grasps this he will be one of the greats in my eyes. | ||
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nimbim
Germany983 Posts
I voted "I don't like his casting at all!" edit: exaggeration | ||
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stangstang
Canada281 Posts
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ref4
2933 Posts
he needs to improve his game knowledge. this is hard to do as you need to be able to play at a fairly high level to really be an insightful analytical caster like Artosis/dApollo, but Moletrap needs to work on that if he is going to solo-casting for OGN. other than those he is just like any other casters. | ||
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Mr Showtime
United States1353 Posts
Stop trying to analyze the game and everyone will be much happier. I really do want to see moletrap succeed at OGN. Grubby is the perfect co-caster to work with him. It's only temporary, but it will do for now. On August 30 2012 05:49 Targe wrote: I love his casting and can't see the reason for the hate of his voice but I do totally agree with this: As soon as he grasps this he will be one of the greats in my eyes. That's a reasonable point of view if moletrap hasn't already been casting SC2 forever now. He doesn't need to grasp the game better, he just needs to stop trying to be that guy who knows everything about the game. | ||
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themask4f
138 Posts
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Ljas
Finland725 Posts
On August 30 2012 05:18 cosmo.6792 wrote: + Show Spoiler + It's misguided to ask casters like Moletrap and Totalbiscuit to raise their high-level knowledge of the game. These guys are not GM level players. They never will be. Consequently, they will NEVER become good analysts. Trying to shoehorn them into the "analyst" role is a recipe for disaster. The only thing worse than a caster that offers no analysis, is a caster that offers wrong analysis. Moletrap (like Totalbiscuit) is at his best working as a color commentator. Provide an exciting play-by-play call on what's happening on-screen and on the mini-map. Don't overstep their bounds by trying to "analyze" the game. Leave that to the co-caster, who SHOULD be an analyst. The analyst should be a pro gamer with deep knowledge of the game, someone like Grubby or IdrA or Artosis. Unfortunately, most people in these forums don't seem to understand that color commentators are necessary in this business. They all just want a bunch of analysts droning on and on about "smart stuff". And while that may sound exciting for hardcore SC2 buffs, for the casual viewers too much analysis becomes a bore. There's a good reason why football and basketball games are almost always cast by a color commentator AND an analyst. Guys like Moletrap and Totalbiscuit are terrific, exciting color commentators. They shouldn't even try "analyzing" games. Leave that to an analytic co-caster. I think TB is a great caster and I completely agree with everything in your posts, except for the parts where it said "Moletrap", unfortunately. I just tuned in to the Korean OSL stream because I didn't feel like he was saying anything worth listening to. TB can make educated guesses about the players' intentions based on his own knowledge and from what he's gathered from their playstyle, while still leaving the more indepth stuff to the analytical caster. Moletrap's lack of insight really shows with the constant wrong calls. A good caster doesn't get hyped up about something and just go "Oh nevermind" mid-sentence because he realizes it was nothing after all. I also feel he doesn't have the voice to be a pbp caster. I lack the language skills to describe it, but I'm sure you get the idea. Not raising his voice too much like in the Jangbi v Fantasy finals has made him muchmore pleasant to listen to. All in all, his casting isn't killing Esports, but there's much to improve on. | ||
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Xiphos
Canada7507 Posts
SOMEONE TWITT MOLETRAP SOME PRECAUTIONS | ||
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Nisyax
Netherlands756 Posts
- Improve the game knowledge! Although it's ok to make mistakes the "2/2 is underway for the terran, he's building the armory now for upgrades on vikings to kill the colossus faster" was just wrong (he wasn't getting 2/2 he needed the armory for it, although viking upgrades are realistic thereafter ofcourse). That's it really improve the game knowledge, experienced SC viewers will see 90% of the tiny mistakes! | ||
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sam05396
United States783 Posts
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Ruscour
5233 Posts
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HornyHerring
Papua New Guinea1059 Posts
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pallad
Poland1958 Posts
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GhandiEAGLE
United States20754 Posts
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Chriscras
Korea (South)2812 Posts
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Kal_rA
United States2925 Posts
On August 30 2012 06:32 pallad wrote: He makes to much mistakes as a caster...( maby he is blind or dunno what , and its not agressive attack , he simple cant see numbers of supply , today he mistaken supply of players like 5 times. And many many mistakes like this. He dont know Sc2 pro gamers results. His voice sounds bored when he cast..and many many more. I simple dont like his casting. He had a low quality stream apparently.. Let the guy settle in. He can be entertaining believe it or not.. Miss his old bw stuff  | ||
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AgentChaos
United Kingdom4569 Posts
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Epithet
United States840 Posts
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bigtabs
Germany51 Posts
On the surface of it, that would be fair to say. Yet he says things I know not to be true, even with my limited knowledge. That's the point. | ||
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