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TapetalKarma
United States127 Posts
On August 30 2012 12:12 phunnykidd wrote: moletrap " mvp maybe lost 5 or 6 scvs... circa 7 scvs" in reality they JUST showed the worker kill count and its 24!! what an idiot User was warned for this post standard moletrap bad User was warned for this post | ||
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phunnykidd
United States22 Posts
dude... its just soooo frustrating. i think im gonna watch the korean stream for now on T_T | ||
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bakarin
Japan121 Posts
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oOOoOphidian
United States1402 Posts
Personally I think he needs to brush up on his game knowledge, because he is making many wrong calls in games. It's hard for him to be stuck with the current role of analyst and "noob friendly" caster, I would wait until he has Grubby supporting him before make decisions about not watching because of him. His bias toward players and teams is distracting, but that happens for many casters, it's natural. I think he'll recognize his current casting is not at his best level and it's affected by many things. Don't rush to judgment and miss something like Grubby casting with him. | ||
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StimiLant
United States534 Posts
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Kfcnoob
United States296 Posts
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Sinensis
United States2513 Posts
On August 31 2012 11:39 Kfcnoob wrote: i will probably get flamed for this but i cannot stand his low league quality knowledge base and thus primitive casting analysis level. he just makes nonsensical conclusions that any more expierenced player would be like "uhhhhh.....no?, have u even considered these obvious counter arugments to that idea, e.g. x,y,z," it really ruins the game for me, i cant stand knowing way more than the purported 'expert commentator'. it makes ogn look like a joke imo, even tho i KNOW its not. Do not start a thought with that if you ever want to be taken seriously. You're just asking people to flame you... why? Don't you take your contributions seriously enough to expect them not to be flamed? | ||
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Kleinmuuhg
Vanuatu4091 Posts
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titan55
United States227 Posts
It seems like most haters hate the fact that he lacks game knowledge and has bad casting skills Most supporters say "he just needs to brush up on knowledge and it should be good to go" However, the thing is, moletrap has been professional (getting paid to do so) casting starcraft 2 for basically a year +. How can a person getting paid to do his job STILL have to "brush up" knowledge after a year of doing it professionally?? I think that ALONE makes me question moletrap's effort in his job and his commitment. I criticize him because i see NO improvements in all of his mistakes. It seems like hes just doing it to get by and not trying to do it better. | ||
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ElephantBaby
United States1365 Posts
On August 31 2012 03:08 JeffVader wrote: Sorry but isn't this the definition of biased? You saying you love him and always will? I'm presenting my own support, but he is trying to start a riot. | ||
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S2Glow
Singapore1042 Posts
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PuercoPop
Peru277 Posts
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Kharnage
Australia920 Posts
On August 30 2012 04:16 BoZiffer wrote: Pretty much this. I can tolerate a less than gold plated radio voice or tangential stories if I am getting competent in-game perspective. I don't need Moletrap to be an analyst but I do need him to have a better understanding of the inner-workings of the game to keep me listening if he's by himself. Probably will be fine with Grubby though. This so much. When his cast is obviously incorrect I get angry at him. Basically I can't trust anything that he's saying because he might be completely wrong on the simpliest issue. I'm better off muting the stream and listening to music when he's actually spreading misinformation about what's going on in game. On August 31 2012 11:31 oOOoOphidian wrote: You guys should realize he is solo casting with no access to the game client. It's not like he has the same resources as GSL. Yeah, people like me also do the same thing from home, but it's definitely not easy and I make mistakes too. Don't criticize him as much for things like that. Personally I think he needs to brush up on his game knowledge, because he is making many wrong calls in games. It's hard for him to be stuck with the current role of analyst and "noob friendly" caster, I would wait until he has Grubby supporting him before make decisions about not watching because of him. His bias toward players and teams is distracting, but that happens for many casters, it's natural. I think he'll recognize his current casting is not at his best level and it's affected by many things. Don't rush to judgment and miss something like Grubby casting with him. Sorry, but this is irrelivant to me. It's part of the reason, sure, but he doesn't get forgiven for it. I'm sorry, but he's casting. him. He's the dude sitting behind the desk so he's the one who cops the hate. It may be unfair, but that's the way it works. When he says he can't see the supply count because the display is bad I just think 'wow, this is a crap cast. I can see the supply count, why bother with the cast?' What do you think tastosis would do if they couldn't see the supply count? | ||
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VirgilSC2
United States6151 Posts
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bhfberserk
Canada390 Posts
The complete lack of game knowledge is intolerable... | ||
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czylu
477 Posts
On August 31 2012 14:34 VirgilSC2 wrote: I liked him better when he was casting LoL to be honest. Much more his element I think. He does play-by-play only in the OGN LOL casting, while Torch(or Scarra/Locodoco) did the analysis. His play-by-play was tolerable and decent. The problem w/ his SC2 casting is he's kinda forced into the analyst role simply because of his knowledge(and lets be real here, he knows a LOT about the players and their styles as he's been casting starcraft for years). He just sounds like a pompous idiot because of the way he casts, interrupting people and completely missing what's on the screen, but he actually does know A LOT about the game. | ||
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pieisamazing
United States1234 Posts
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Tayar
United States1439 Posts
He's not funny or personable, he doesn't mesh well with other casters and help create synergy he's not good at play by play, he doesn't provide in depth analysis, he doesn't have insight into the current metagame, he doesn't have info on lesser known players, (this from GSL days, everyone is OSL is well known) he doesn't have stats on recent results from well known players So my 'constructive criticism' is thus: Dearest Moletrap, pick one of the items above and learn to do it. The last two would be a great idea, as all it requires is a bit of effort and research. Or just wait for grubby to arrive. Grubby is a superhero and will save OSL from their crappy format/stream/moletrap. | ||
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nmetasch
United States600 Posts
On August 31 2012 13:56 ElephantBaby wrote: I'm presenting my own support, but he is trying to start a riot. I'm not trying to start a riot, i'm trying to make a situation that would normally drive me away from watching OSL events with English commentary in favor of Korean commentary more favorable. How would you have approached the situation in a less biased way? I made as many points as I could to show respect to Moletrap and make this thread constructive. I'm trying to do everything in my power, as a consumer, to make a product that I am very interested in, more attractive than it currently is. If I were trying to start a riot, I would have just suggested all of the angry Moletrap haters all email Kespa that they are boycotting if he casts. I doubt OGN will ever even see this thread. Moletrap, on the other hand, will see it. And I hope he can appreciate the people giving honest feedback, and ignore the people rudely flaming him. I in no way condone the sort of approach and attitude many people in this thread are taking, and wish it to be as civil and polite as possible. I believe that, if Moletrap is willing to listen to much of his feedback, he can become a quality caster. Infact, there have been marked improvements in his casting not, in my view, since his switch to OSL from GSL. However, unfortunately, it is still not on par with what I would expect from a caster of the one of the most prestigious leagues in the history of esports, and a premeir Starcraft 2 league at that. So my apologies for voicing my opinion and doing my part as a consumer to try to help a product I want to support improve. | ||
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Fluid
Canada136 Posts
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