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I have had a long time of being skeptical towards Incontrols casting, he has this recent year started to improve on me. I think like many others have said that Incontrol isn't very professional, and yes that is the phrasing I think is correct.
He's funny, he's sarcastic but he is not professional. What has started impressing me is that Incontrol has a great understanding of the game. He rarely uses it however, when other casters are talking about what the players are thinking, why they put a building in a specific place or why they choose to start building something and cancelling it. When they talk of that Incontrol is joking around or shittalking. Sometimes when the other caster in the duo mentions something like why player X is making the building there, then Incontrol comments on it with very impressive insight and understanding.
He rarely does it himself however he prefers to entertain the viewers with content that is not SC2, when I watch SC2 I want to entertained by the game not a comedian. I think his focus is a bit off, especially for Blizzcon, I want the games not a comedy act.
In HSC or in long outdrawn SH games for example then incontrol is awesome, he gives you entertainment where the game doesn't. When he puts focus from the game to himself during good games though, not so much.
Focus on the game please.
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Also, Chobra & James (Red Bull) are far and away the best interpreters...
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So who do you think will have the honor of casting the grand finals match? Considering that soO's opponent will most likely be another Code S player, I think that the task should go to Tastosis. Hell, if it was up to me, I'd have them cast the entire thing, with maybe occasional matches where Apollo would replace one of them to give them a break. It just seems that they've got that special kind of magic going on between them (in a completely non-gay way, of course) that just isn't there with any of the other casters.
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On October 24 2014 21:41 WastedSunsets wrote:
Am I going to have to pay to watch this?
Ehm no? What makes you think that?
So who do you think will have the honor of casting the grand finals match?
Tastosis one should expect
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I think there might be some conflict between Incontrol and some people/person in charge in Blizzard. We don't really know what's happening behind the scenes.
Also, Incontrol's tweets (these hahaha) are a bit strange for me. He was not like "wtf? why not me?" it was more like he knows why he didn't get invited and laughs because it's silly to devolve these bad feelings into Blizzcon.
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On October 24 2014 22:26 Penev wrote:Show nested quote +On October 24 2014 21:41 WastedSunsets wrote:
Am I going to have to pay to watch this? Ehm no? What makes you think that? Tastosis one should expect
Blizzcon ticket can make you think that 
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On October 24 2014 16:26 gasmeter wrote:
Very happy to see no Incontrol. While I give him credit for having a long career in StarCraft, he hasn't been very succesful in StarCraft 2, his commentary is not entertaining or insightful whatsoever, and his jokes are never ever funny.
The lineup for BlizzCon looks great as it is.
Not gonna lie I can't see why anyone would say "incontrol is never ever funny". You would axtually have to lack a sense of humor and/or be boring as a person in order to hold that opinion. Rarely would I call an opinion nuts (unless I'm reading yahoo news comments) but you managed it.
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On October 24 2014 21:48 Shuffleblade wrote:
I have had a long time of being skeptical towards Incontrols casting, he has this recent year started to improve on me. I think like many others have said that Incontrol isn't very professional, and yes that is the phrasing I think is correct.
He's funny, he's sarcastic but he is not professional. What has started impressing me is that Incontrol has a great understanding of the game. He rarely uses it however, when other casters are talking about what the players are thinking, why they put a building in a specific place or why they choose to start building something and cancelling it. When they talk of that Incontrol is joking around or shittalking. Sometimes when the other caster in the duo mentions something like why player X is making the building there, then Incontrol comments on it with very impressive insight and understanding.
He rarely does it himself however he prefers to entertain the viewers with content that is not SC2, when I watch SC2 I want to entertained by the game not a comedian. I think his focus is a bit off, especially for Blizzcon, I want the games not a comedy act.
In HSC or in long outdrawn SH games for example then incontrol is awesome, he gives you entertainment where the game doesn't. When he puts focus from the game to himself during good games though, not so much.
Focus on the game please.
I share your opinion, I was actually kinda glad to see him off this caster lineup. Since this is Blizzcon, there's likely to be a good number of new viewers. The lack of professionalism can leave a bad impression on people.
Yeah he just wants to have some fun good-timey trolly times instead of being super-cereal about a video game all the time, but in the end it leaves a bad taste in my mouth even if he doesn't do it all the time.
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People have seem to forgotten the best SC2 caster of all time already.
![[image loading]](http://s.sk-gaming.com/image/album/591/f29ec24beba30009.jpg)
It's a shame it's been so long 
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Mute City2363 Posts
Can't believe that the caster most seem willing to swap out for Incontrol is ToD - to me he's the best caster working at the moment. Pretty damn happy with the list - Kaelaris does deserve it for all he's done and how much he's improved, and I love that Moonglade's coming too. Would love Incontrol to be there, and I think I'd take him over Day9, but just like last year I guess someone had to get cut for the budget
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United Kingdom10443 Posts
Yeh blizzard need to watch those pennies
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I'd love iNcontroL to be there but I'm happy with all the casters/hosts that are going.
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So much salt about incontrol not being at Blizzcon. People in this thread are ridiculous, it's actually quite hilarious. I like Incontrol, and I think he is a fine host, but when you look at the lineup, they have pretty much everyone who has represented WCS as a caster/host/analyst. Day[9] is a show-in based off of his name alone. Moonglade has started to make a transition to full-time caster, and might be there to give SEA region some representation at the event.
But to say you are genuinely upset or mad that incontrol isn't at Blizzcon or that you wouldn't watch because of it is downright absurd.
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On October 25 2014 00:12 thecrazymunchkin wrote:
Can't believe that the caster most seem willing to swap out for Incontrol is ToD - to me he's the best caster working at the moment. Pretty damn happy with the list - Kaelaris does deserve it for all he's done and how much he's improved, and I love that Moonglade's coming too. Would love Incontrol to be there, and I think I'd take him over Day9, but just like last year I guess someone had to get cut for the budget
I agree, I'm a big fan of ToD and would prefer him over Incontrol any day.
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I don't like ToD for some reason, esp. the way he pronounces some words like 'push' very wierdly which makes me go nuts sometimes
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for the record, i enjoy incontrol about 98% of the time greatly. nice banter, nice joshing, good fun personality.
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cant say im a huge incontrol fan, but atleast the guy still actually likes and plays starcraft, my guess is you need to suck some Blizzard dick to get a spot on the panel and tasteless/artosis/day9 already got that covered.
Hopefully people like total biscuit incontrol take guys who have given so much and asked for so little will get an invite and some recognition as well one day, but doubtful they will keep trolling out a guy who has left for hearthstone and a guy who couldn't handle the campaign on easy.
more positive good to see moonglade get a shot that guy is a real class act, nathanias is in there so some passion will be in the air, tod great game knowledge, Rotterdam seems burned out lately hopefully he comes back firing.
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That is disappointing, but I guess you have to reward the people who were casting their WCS regions all season. He easily should be there over some others. If there is one thing that might go against him, though, is that it seems everyone plays Protoss, so even a plat Terran/Zerg player could potentially get a leg up on you...
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