What is key to being a Good Caster - Page 13

PardonYou

United States1360 Posts

September 24 2012 16:25 GMT

#241

I feel like esports has changed so much that it has become about the money, and maybe some casters drift off of giving information and maybe stop playing. I feel there has been a loss of passion for the game from many casters (and players) as of late. When we saw Grubby casting, I felt like he had more insight into all the match-ups, especially in his PvX casting, and he articulated to the audience well, while keeping the match exciting. I find he still has the passion for competetive gaming, that some casters have lost. A good caster needs more knowledge than charisma, but both are required to strengthen the casting skills.

.kv

United States2332 Posts

September 24 2012 16:36 GMT

#242

I personally favor analytical casters than play by play casters but that doesnt matter....you can still be a great caster as a play by play caster...the issues I have with casters that leaves a bad taste are

Wrong information....there's a difference between 10p and 14p. I don't know how some casters can't see the difference

Degrading the players....generally the players are higher level than the casters so he generally knows more especially when hes executing his own build

Faking the excitement...its pretty to tell when casters are taking excitement and I get that at an event your job is to hype it up but you shouldn't have to fake it...casters should be passionate about what they do so when casting an event you shouldn't have to fake it

Wingblade

United States1806 Posts

September 24 2012 16:38 GMT

#243

I too feel like a lot of casters recently at least are slightly lacking in some of their game knowledge, which is key in my opinion. I find myself talking or thinking to myself about things that I am picking up on way quicker than the casters or things that aren't being picked up at all. I think Apollo is a very good caster, however, there were several instances this weekend when I noticed that an upgrade was being missed for a player, or what seemed to be key parts of the game were being forgotten by casters for a long period of time.

Tastosis makes up the best caster duo but not by a landslide, however, I've seen Artosis cast some games without Tasteless and still be very, very good. I haven't seen that much of Wolf or Khaldor, but I think Khaldor get way too much hate in situations from the community. Day9 has done a ton in growing North American E-sports, and his casting is solid enough for me to be quite fond of him. He understands a ton about the game, more than most casters, but sometimes he doesn't have quite the excitement factor that other casters who maybe know less can do.

I feel the same way with Tastosis sometimes, I remember watching game 5 between Seed and Symbol from last season's quarters, and they were both so subdued. I was waiting for them to show a ton of excitement for Seed's big comeback in that set, but they never really sounded that exciting.

There is about a 70/30 balance for me when it comes to game knowledge/excitement. There has to be some exciting quality in the caster, but having game knowledge is still much better.

myRZeth

Germany1047 Posts

September 24 2012 16:41 GMT

#244

in my opinion to keep it short the most important skills are knowledge, understanding the game, and so on and personality

like grubby has

Luepert

United States1933 Posts

September 24 2012 17:00 GMT

#245

The best caster are great players. That's why Artosis was a better caster when he played more. Also Grubby and Incontrol are great casters because they actually understand the game. But I like Catspajamas just because he has a professional radio voice coming form a real radio background.

M7Jagger

Sweden237 Posts

September 24 2012 17:05 GMT

#246

There has to be two casters. One who is good at analyzing the game and one who brings energy and who can talk really fast when he needs to in order to make it excitement. People focus way to much on the analyzing part, don't get me wrong, it's important, but people just ignore the actuall casting and just want analysis.

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