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On June 07 2013 04:48 NEEDZMOAR wrote:Show nested quote +On June 07 2013 02:59 Lumi wrote:I am not impressed. The standard for casters at MLG was dropped a along time ago now, and it has just stayed there. This is a nice line-up of personalities.. but the analytical side is immensely lacking. It's just axslav, really. I've grown more and more fond of him over time.. and he has improved. But as a decent player, I don't want to listen to this crew blowing excitement up my butt via a sheer sensory experience, and hype words. Le sigh. This scene's big tournaments aren't what they used to be  To be fair, if you are a decent player you should be able to analyze the game yourself while watching (at least to some extent). Personally Ive come to enjoy playbyplay casters more and more, GOGO MLG!
Yes, this. The caster's entire role is to explain the game to people with less understanding of it, and jazz it up for people who can already analyze it themselves. No is casting to GM-level players, except to add emotion and fun. It's the exact same for every major sport
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Excited for this MLG event! but bah they should have gotten Husky or Tasteosis or Bitterdam.
Not a fan of axslav (has weird lisp/voice) or DJwheat (raspy smoker voice).
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On June 07 2013 04:40 Emzeeshady wrote:Show nested quote +On June 07 2013 04:37 TheKefka wrote:On June 07 2013 04:33 Plansix wrote:On June 07 2013 04:28 TheKefka wrote:On June 07 2013 03:50 SupLilSon wrote:On June 07 2013 03:12 TheKefka wrote:On June 07 2013 03:08 NovemberstOrm wrote:On June 07 2013 03:03 TheKefka wrote:On June 07 2013 02:59 Lumi wrote:I am not impressed. The standard for casters at MLG was dropped a along time ago now, and it has just stayed there. This is a nice line-up of personalities.. but the analytical side is immensely lacking. It's just axslav, really. I've grown more and more fond of him over time.. and he has improved. But as a decent player, I don't want to listen to this crew blowing excitement up my butt via a sheer sensory experience, and hype words. Le sigh. This scene's big tournaments aren't what they used to be Who would you like? artosis is insanely expensive and comes with tastless who is the shittiest caster out there anyway.apollo needs to be flown in as well all these guys have in common is that they are all currently in the US and MLG needs to cut costs where they can i guess. still a pretty good lineup What I'm surprised about is that they took DjWheat over Husky,I'm guessing it's a money thing as well. You're funny. not really it's the truth The truth? I can name 5 casters off the top of my head who are worse than Tasteless but I'll keep my opinion to myself. That's all you have, your opinion, nothing truthful about that. Like who?All the casters out there right now actually play the game.Tastless does not play stacraft 2 and you can hear it from his casts.There was a time during 2012 where he actually tried to better his cast and started playing again and you can actually hear from what he is talking about that he knows what's going on,but that was a pretty short period. Here's a tastless cast for you: Before the game starts artosis talks about what the player has done so far and what he might do,tastless nods his head and agrees,says some generic stuff about how good the player is Game starts,artosis talks about the map and strategy,tastless agrees says more generic stuff,inserts a joke that stopped being funny in 2011 when he used it for the 100th time. Depending on how the game goes he says the following in between when Artosis needs a breather: "Well guys I don't know what to say this is more onesided than a mobius strip" "Expect gg and second" "THIS ONE OF THE BEST GAMES I HAVE EVER SEEN" Tastless was a awesome brood war caster,because guess,what he loved brood war.You can't tell me that the tastless that's currently casting plays sc2,there is no way.If you would replace tastless with a sound board with his generic phrases there would be literally no difference for the audience. FYI, this guy really doesn't like Tasteless. Like a lot. You can tell he watches all of Tasteless's casts just to be sure Tasteless is no longer plays SC2 and is the worst caster ever. He has to be sure. Every cast, every time, every word. ? I have nothing against tasteless I'm just saying his casting is shit. It has improved a lot since the end of last year. He doesn't say that much stupid stuff anymore and he is really god at creating excitement. Anyway, I am disappointed my 3 favourite casters are not there but this lineup seems ok.
Saying that Innovation is the best RTS player of all time is absurd though. He has not even won a tournament yet. I get that Tasteless want to create hype, but every single big-name caster in this business has managed to create hype without telling outrageous lies. He overhyped it to a point it was bothering more than it was hyping, which is where he kinda failed.
Another thing Tasteless is supposed to do is to attract new viewers. Well I got some new viewers to watch some StarCraft and Tasteless said "you are awesome nerds" "xyz nerds" like 10 times in 5 minutes which bothered them to not watch it anymore. Personally I don't mind being called a nerd because I am. But if his only job to get new viewers to watch he failed that miserably.
I don't mind Tasteless casting itself. But my relation to his casting is bad atm because he has failed at the things he was supposed to do.
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I would love to see a 5 man cast  Korenas do 3-4 it should be interesting to see more than 2
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On June 07 2013 04:32 dicex wrote:
Y U NO IDRA???
seriously, get him for the "analysis desk" or something...
maybe because hes shown himself to be a toxic individual towards the community? looks bad for MLG to hire someone who earned himself such a reputation and has been recently kicked from his team for poor behaviour
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its gonna be dat good ol' MLG atmosphere!
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On June 07 2013 04:20 Waxangel wrote:Show nested quote +On June 07 2013 02:47 NonY wrote:
Hey you should have more content in your posts than quoting a tweet.
Hey you should have more content in your posts than quoting... ah fuck it.
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On June 07 2013 05:03 obsidia wrote:Show nested quote +On June 07 2013 04:32 dicex wrote:
Y U NO IDRA???
seriously, get him for the "analysis desk" or something... maybe because hes shown himself to be a toxic individual towards the community? looks bad for MLG to hire someone who earned himself such a reputation and has been recently kicked from his team for poor behaviour
Idra would be a good caster.He is still one of the faces of foreign starcraft.Please do not speak in the name of the entire community members who want to see him cast.Thank you
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NonY's comment, lol.
But I wish Husky was casting instead of Axeltoss, or maybe instead of Axslav. I want the K9!
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I kinda feel sad for Husky. I like the day9 and husky combination. Husky was the one that got me into watching esports and finding teamliquid and everything.
Im not a huge fan of that hyping non educational caster but day9 and husky still deliver.
Not really that fond of the rest of the caster line up. DJ Wheat is cool but Totalbiscuits behavior in forums and such is kinda annoying. axslav and axeltoss are kinda too drowsy too watch.. a bit boring.
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On June 07 2013 05:00 DrPandaPhD wrote:Show nested quote +On June 07 2013 04:40 Emzeeshady wrote:On June 07 2013 04:37 TheKefka wrote:On June 07 2013 04:33 Plansix wrote:On June 07 2013 04:28 TheKefka wrote:On June 07 2013 03:50 SupLilSon wrote:On June 07 2013 03:12 TheKefka wrote:On June 07 2013 03:08 NovemberstOrm wrote:On June 07 2013 03:03 TheKefka wrote:On June 07 2013 02:59 Lumi wrote:I am not impressed. The standard for casters at MLG was dropped a along time ago now, and it has just stayed there. This is a nice line-up of personalities.. but the analytical side is immensely lacking. It's just axslav, really. I've grown more and more fond of him over time.. and he has improved. But as a decent player, I don't want to listen to this crew blowing excitement up my butt via a sheer sensory experience, and hype words. Le sigh. This scene's big tournaments aren't what they used to be Who would you like? artosis is insanely expensive and comes with tastless who is the shittiest caster out there anyway.apollo needs to be flown in as well all these guys have in common is that they are all currently in the US and MLG needs to cut costs where they can i guess. still a pretty good lineup What I'm surprised about is that they took DjWheat over Husky,I'm guessing it's a money thing as well. You're funny. not really it's the truth The truth? I can name 5 casters off the top of my head who are worse than Tasteless but I'll keep my opinion to myself. That's all you have, your opinion, nothing truthful about that. Like who?All the casters out there right now actually play the game.Tastless does not play stacraft 2 and you can hear it from his casts.There was a time during 2012 where he actually tried to better his cast and started playing again and you can actually hear from what he is talking about that he knows what's going on,but that was a pretty short period. Here's a tastless cast for you: Before the game starts artosis talks about what the player has done so far and what he might do,tastless nods his head and agrees,says some generic stuff about how good the player is Game starts,artosis talks about the map and strategy,tastless agrees says more generic stuff,inserts a joke that stopped being funny in 2011 when he used it for the 100th time. Depending on how the game goes he says the following in between when Artosis needs a breather: "Well guys I don't know what to say this is more onesided than a mobius strip" "Expect gg and second" "THIS ONE OF THE BEST GAMES I HAVE EVER SEEN" Tastless was a awesome brood war caster,because guess,what he loved brood war.You can't tell me that the tastless that's currently casting plays sc2,there is no way.If you would replace tastless with a sound board with his generic phrases there would be literally no difference for the audience. FYI, this guy really doesn't like Tasteless. Like a lot. You can tell he watches all of Tasteless's casts just to be sure Tasteless is no longer plays SC2 and is the worst caster ever. He has to be sure. Every cast, every time, every word. ? I have nothing against tasteless I'm just saying his casting is shit. It has improved a lot since the end of last year. He doesn't say that much stupid stuff anymore and he is really god at creating excitement. Anyway, I am disappointed my 3 favourite casters are not there but this lineup seems ok. Saying that Innovation is the best RTS player of all time is absurd though. He has not even won a tournament yet. I get that Tasteless want to create hype, but every single big-name caster in this business has managed to create hype without telling outrageous lies. He overhyped it to a point it was bothering more than it was hyping, which is where he kinda failed. Another thing Tasteless is supposed to do is to attract new viewers. Well I got some new viewers to watch some StarCraft and Tasteless said "you are awesome nerds" "xyz nerds" like 10 times in 5 minutes which bothered them to not watch it anymore. Personally I don't mind being called a nerd because I am. But if his only job to get new viewers to watch he failed that miserably. I don't mind Tasteless casting itself. But my relation to his casting is bad atm because he has failed at the things he was supposed to do.
Yeah, the obsession with the word "nerd" is too much.
Perhaps he underestimates how many non-nerds are watching.
Just imagine a football commentator would call the viewers hooligans or ultras all the time. That would be funny for about 5 seconds, then he would be fired.
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I quite like the djwheat/day9 combo for their casual chats and since axslav went sort of full time analysis he's had some of the better strategic reads I've seen.
While I would've thought getting a current pro to sit in with tb/wheat/day9 would be a cheap and effective way to get that up to date analysis, this is by no means a bad line up. Certainly not going to put me off giving it a try.
I can't actually remember what axeltoss is like.
I'm looking forward to tb asking the guy next to him, 'would you say we're likely to see some hellbat play?'
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So sad there's no Husky. Him and Day9 are my favorite duo. Apollo would hhave been nice but the reason's understandable.
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On June 07 2013 02:55 USvBleakill wrote:
At least day9 is there to save the day. I hope mlg is not as bad as usual.
Hmm, maybe. Kinda gone off him a bit recently.
Still, he's the best out of that lot. Axlav is okay ish (needs to be paired with someone useful though imo). I don't mind DJWheat, but I'm going to cringe when its Wheat/TB or suchlike casting when they call everything wrong as usual.
Might mute the casting tbh.
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very boring caster line up.
wasn`t really looking forward to the next MLG, this line up puts just another nail on the coffin.
only the players that will come can, if at all, rescue anything.
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On June 07 2013 05:00 DrPandaPhD wrote:
Another thing Tasteless is supposed to do is to attract new viewers. Well I got some new viewers to watch some StarCraft and Tasteless said "you are awesome nerds" "xyz nerds" like 10 times in 5 minutes which bothered them to not watch it anymore. Personally I don't mind being called a nerd because I am. But if his only job to get new viewers to watch he failed that miserably.
On June 07 2013 05:23 testthewest wrote:
Yeah, the obsession with the word "nerd" is too much.
Perhaps he underestimates how many non-nerds are watching.
Just imagine a football commentator would call the viewers hooligans or ultras all the time. That would be funny for about 5 seconds, then he would be fired.
tsk tsk tsk... Tasteless gotta stop using the n-word
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On June 07 2013 05:56 Emzeeshady wrote:Show nested quote +On June 07 2013 05:00 DrPandaPhD wrote:On June 07 2013 04:40 Emzeeshady wrote:On June 07 2013 04:37 TheKefka wrote:On June 07 2013 04:33 Plansix wrote:On June 07 2013 04:28 TheKefka wrote:On June 07 2013 03:50 SupLilSon wrote:On June 07 2013 03:12 TheKefka wrote:On June 07 2013 03:08 NovemberstOrm wrote:On June 07 2013 03:03 TheKefka wrote:
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Who would you like?
artosis is insanely expensive and comes with tastless who is the shittiest caster out there anyway.
apollo needs to be flown in as well
all these guys have in common is that they are all currently in the US and MLG needs to cut costs where they can i guess.
still a pretty good lineup
What I'm surprised about is that they took DjWheat over Husky,I'm guessing it's a money thing as well. You're funny. not really it's the truth The truth? I can name 5 casters off the top of my head who are worse than Tasteless but I'll keep my opinion to myself. That's all you have, your opinion, nothing truthful about that. Like who?All the casters out there right now actually play the game.Tastless does not play stacraft 2 and you can hear it from his casts.There was a time during 2012 where he actually tried to better his cast and started playing again and you can actually hear from what he is talking about that he knows what's going on,but that was a pretty short period. Here's a tastless cast for you: Before the game starts artosis talks about what the player has done so far and what he might do,tastless nods his head and agrees,says some generic stuff about how good the player is Game starts,artosis talks about the map and strategy,tastless agrees says more generic stuff,inserts a joke that stopped being funny in 2011 when he used it for the 100th time. Depending on how the game goes he says the following in between when Artosis needs a breather: "Well guys I don't know what to say this is more onesided than a mobius strip" "Expect gg and second" "THIS ONE OF THE BEST GAMES I HAVE EVER SEEN" Tastless was a awesome brood war caster,because guess,what he loved brood war.You can't tell me that the tastless that's currently casting plays sc2,there is no way.If you would replace tastless with a sound board with his generic phrases there would be literally no difference for the audience. FYI, this guy really doesn't like Tasteless. Like a lot. You can tell he watches all of Tasteless's casts just to be sure Tasteless is no longer plays SC2 and is the worst caster ever. He has to be sure. Every cast, every time, every word. ? I have nothing against tasteless I'm just saying his casting is shit. It has improved a lot since the end of last year. He doesn't say that much stupid stuff anymore and he is really god at creating excitement. Anyway, I am disappointed my 3 favourite casters are not there but this lineup seems ok. Saying that Innovation is the best RTS player of all time is absurd though. He has not even won a tournament yet. I get that Tasteless want to create hype, but every single big-name caster in this business has managed to create hype without telling outrageous lies. He overhyped it to a point it was bothering more than it was hyping, which is where he kinda failed. Another thing Tasteless is supposed to do is to attract new viewers. Well I got some new viewers to watch some StarCraft and Tasteless said "you are awesome nerds" "xyz nerds" like 10 times in 5 minutes which bothered them to not watch it anymore. Personally I don't mind being called a nerd because I am. But if his only job to get new viewers to watch he failed that miserably.
I don't mind Tasteless casting itself. But my relation to his casting is bad atm because he has failed at the things he was supposed to do. This is the one thing I hate about Tasteless's casting. I don't tune into the GSL to hear derogatory comments about myself. Being called a nerd feels like an insult no matter what people make it out to be. I go to great lengths to be a healthy, active and balanced person and just because I watch SC2 I must be a nerd?
I think nerd is a word that has no purpose anymore. People will either take offense assuming it must be negative or, like Tasteless, use it to describe someone who watches a video game or likes niche stuff like comic book heroes and things like that. Thing is, the term can now apply to probably the majority of people in some way so it's a pointless word, kinda like hipster, nobody really can agree on what it means, as it can apply to almost anyone.
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