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Captain Peabody
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
United States3126 Posts
October 19 2022 00:15 GMT
#21
Honestly, I'm not sure how to answer this one. My intentions are to keep watching, and I'm pretty attached to GSL and the Koreans at this point, but I think realistically it will absolutely depend on what English commentators they get. Tasteless + State was good, but if Tastosis get another regular non-GSL gig I can absolutely see myself switching over to them in part, as they were a big reason why I tuned in and if possible I would want to still watch them. So possibly reduced?
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AirbladeOrange
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
United States2573 Posts
October 19 2022 01:11 GMT
#22
Any idea who the new casters will be?
moonsjde
Profile Joined October 2022
48 Posts
October 19 2022 01:30 GMT
#23
artosis had a high degree of experience and professionalism which made his casting generally enjoyable. however his repetitive, self-referential 80s nostalgia humor and his arrogant, toxic personality (outside of his casting) made me not a big fan. although he had good chemistry with tasteless he didn't have much interest in being engaging or entertaining to the audience in the manner of someone like rotterdam or incontrol (RIP). so often his casting became sleepy and made large portions of games feel skippable

state brought a lot of fresh life to the broadcast. if GSL continues ill be happy to see more of him. despite the fact that people worship tastosis out of nostalgia i think there's better out there

Beelzebub1
Profile Joined May 2015
1004 Posts
October 19 2022 01:51 GMT
#24
Not much if at all, I think State is pretty tolerable with Tasteless and he'll probably just get better with time. The games are what matters to me more then the casters, obviously Tasteosis is untouchable but hey, I'm not going to stop watching high level Starcraft just because of one caster lol I mean, Starcraft is just too good for that.

Absolutely nothing but love for Artosis, he's got a wife and kids and you gotta do whats best for you and your family. Not everybody can be a sexy chunky bachelor forever like Tasteless.
Drahkn
Profile Joined June 2021
194 Posts
October 19 2022 04:06 GMT
#25
I will still watch GSL with the same enthusiasm, but I will miss him he is extremely knowledgeable about SC and very entertaining, although he can be annoying at times but you can't help but love the guy, been watching him cast SC since the very beginning. He will be greatly missed :D <3
swarminfestor
Profile Joined September 2017
Malaysia2449 Posts
Last Edited: 2022-10-19 04:48:20
October 19 2022 04:47 GMT
#26
On October 19 2022 10:51 Beelzebub1 wrote:
Not much if at all, I think State is pretty tolerable with Tasteless and he'll probably just get better with time. The games are what matters to me more then the casters, obviously Tasteosis is untouchable but hey, I'm not going to stop watching high level Starcraft just because of one caster lol I mean, Starcraft is just too good for that.

Absolutely nothing but love for Artosis, he's got a wife and kids and you gotta do whats best for you and your family. Not everybody can be a sexy chunky bachelor forever like Tasteless.


The problem is Tasteless doesn't want to pair with anyone else except Artosis for the future project. I guess letting foreign talents to pair with State is tolerable but it depends whether they want to stay in Korea for at least one or two years ahead.

Thinking Nate because he has good humour and may be suitable to replace Tasteless. Another one is ZG,


Rogue & Maru fan boy. ^^
Kitai
Profile Joined June 2012
United States880 Posts
October 19 2022 04:49 GMT
#27
There's definitely a bittersweet "end of an era" feeling there, but it won't affect my GSL viewing habits. Tastosis was a fantastic casting duo, but there's lots of great casters out there that I'd be happy to continue listening to.
"You know, I don't care if soO got 100 second places in a row. Anyone who doesn't think that he's going to win blizzcon watching this series is a fool" - Artosis, Blizzcon 2014 soO vs TaeJa
xsnac
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
Barbados1365 Posts
October 19 2022 08:52 GMT
#28
never liked artosis cast. he never played the game except maybe on the beta of wol. never had anything smart to say that I did not know apriori. that being said, I will miss tasteless, which even if he was not playing the game either (how do ppl end up casting top tournaments when they never play the game?), I always enjoyed listening to him.
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112StaminaX
Profile Joined June 2020
37 Posts
October 19 2022 09:03 GMT
#29
as long as they dont do get in wardii or someone like this with the the relentless 'i means', 'rights', 'you knows' in every sentence,(just listen its every sentence, the whole esl casters do it more than i think is humanly possible) its a plague in sc commentary at the minute for me making ESL unwatachable with comms. Once i noticed this im not sure why its unreasonably ruining my viewing of sc and id like it to stop. I would love it if there was a seperate cast of no commentary or at least another language. Artosis going from gsl might actually be bad, he doesnt seem to do it that much but tasteless does. i wish my brain hadnt make me notice this. I mean, at least its not as bad typing it out, right?
SharkStarcraft
Profile Joined April 2011
Austria2251 Posts
October 19 2022 09:39 GMT
#30
On October 19 2022 17:52 xsnac wrote:
never liked artosis cast. he never played the game except maybe on the beta of wol. never had anything smart to say that I did not know apriori. that being said, I will miss tasteless, which even if he was not playing the game either (how do ppl end up casting top tournaments when they never play the game?), I always enjoyed listening to him.


Artosis and to a lesser degree Tasteless literally competed at close to the highest level at the beginning of SC2 and at least Artosis remained incredibly knowledgeable about the game up to this date. He is the best analytical sc2 caster by far and this is pretty much commonly agreed upon so I really have to idea WTF you are talking about. Both would woop yo a$$ in a ladder match lmao.

Tasteless lost his edge on game knowledge a while ago I'll agree but he's mostly there for the play-by-play and his personality anyway and most people are fine with this too.

GOAT casting duo in esports history peroid sorry
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lechatnoir
Profile Joined November 2016
391 Posts
October 19 2022 09:57 GMT
#31
I'll watch GSL whoever commentates (in English) but I'll certainly miss Tastosis if they can't find an arrangement.
True_Spike
Profile Joined July 2004
Poland3426 Posts
Last Edited: 2022-10-19 10:04:38
October 19 2022 10:04 GMT
#32
On October 19 2022 18:57 lechatnoir wrote:
I'll watch GSL whoever commentates (in English) but I'll certainly miss Tastosis if they can't find an arrangement.


Same for me. I'll keep on watching it as long as the game is interesting to me.
t5Fab
Profile Joined July 2018
183 Posts
October 19 2022 19:08 GMT
#33
Personally, it's been a while since Tastosis lost their zest. But the nostalgia is strong and they are still great.

However, Stateless was not bad at all either, fresh and more enthusiastic to my ears.

On October 19 2022 18:39 SharkStarcraft wrote:
Artosis remained incredibly knowledgeable about the game up to this date. He is the best analytical sc2 caster by far and this is pretty much commonly agreed upon so I really have to idea WTF you are talking about. Both would woop yo a$$ in a ladder match lmao.


Simply not true. Even if we don't want to put Lambo and Harstem in the batch (which are definitely the top ones as analytical), I think Rotterdam is the best in analytical, PiG is also pretty good the few times he casts still. Anyway all of them surpass Artosis by a big amount. The number of wrong calls in GSL are super high.
DarkPlasmaBall
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States45198 Posts
October 19 2022 21:11 GMT
#34
On October 19 2022 17:52 xsnac wrote:
never liked artosis cast. he never played the game except maybe on the beta of wol. never had anything smart to say that I did not know apriori. that being said, I will miss tasteless, which even if he was not playing the game either (how do ppl end up casting top tournaments when they never play the game?), I always enjoyed listening to him.


You're wrong about Artosis and Tasteless not playing the game, which is probably why you're confused at why they're allowed to cast top tournaments.

Anyways, I always appreciated Artosis's commentary and analysis, and he + Tasteless will always be my favorite casting archon. I'm glad to hear they'll continue to do projects together, and Tasteless is super versatile so I'm confident that he'll mesh well with just about any other caster (I'm being reminded of Day[9] Daily #100, where Day[9] talked about how Tasteless seamlessly took the "supporting" role of secondary commentator for his first cast ever, after losing in a BW tournament, even though the other caster didn't actually know what was going on).

I'm excited to see who'll be working with Tasteless next!
"There is nothing more satisfying than looking at a crowd of people and helping them get what I love." ~Day[9] Daily #100
Pentarp
Profile Joined August 2015
224 Posts
October 19 2022 21:49 GMT
#35
Current viewership won't be affected too much.

The loss of Tastosis charisma will impact potential new audience - not that it's saying much at this point.
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Whatson
Profile Blog Joined January 2012
United States5357 Posts
October 19 2022 21:55 GMT
#36
it'll make some of the more boring matches a little more painful to get through, but i'm more than willing to give State a shot. I do wonder how the analysis side of things will go, since Tasteless has really leaned into play-by-play
I also liked NoRegret's casting at times, especially when it came to Zerg matchups
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ApatheticSchizoid
Profile Blog Joined June 2014
Canada85 Posts
October 19 2022 23:10 GMT
#37
With the game being dead and blizzard being dead at this point let's be honest, I really wouldn't be surprised if gsl got pulled. Wcs got cancelled. Player base is down. I went back like 3 years ago to try out. After my placement matches and a 5 year absence, got put directly into masters. That was 3 years ago on NA ladder.

I haven't watched gsl since then. I'd usually watch the finals of a season at least, but after I came back and the ladder was dead just killed my desire to watch it.
Fanatic-Templar
Profile Joined February 2010
Canada5819 Posts
October 20 2022 01:13 GMT
#38
No change from me, if they keep broadcasting I'll keep watching.

I may be alone in this, but I think Artosis and Tasteless together were actually less enjoyable than apart, at least in the last few years. Like, imagine a television series on its twelfth season. I don't know that I'd say that they're worse than they were in 2010, I think I'm just too familiar with their material by now.
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meou2321
Profile Joined June 2017
11 Posts
October 20 2022 07:53 GMT
#39
it's sad to see Artosis leaving
xsnac
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
Barbados1365 Posts
Last Edited: 2022-10-20 13:42:39
October 20 2022 13:42 GMT
#40
On October 19 2022 18:39 SharkStarcraft wrote:
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On October 19 2022 17:52 xsnac wrote:
never liked artosis cast. he never played the game except maybe on the beta of wol. never had anything smart to say that I did not know apriori. that being said, I will miss tasteless, which even if he was not playing the game either (how do ppl end up casting top tournaments when they never play the game?), I always enjoyed listening to him.


Artosis and to a lesser degree Tasteless literally competed at close to the highest level at the beginning of SC2 and at least Artosis remained incredibly knowledgeable about the game up to this date. He is the best analytical sc2 caster by far and this is pretty much commonly agreed upon so I really have to idea WTF you are talking about. Both would woop yo a$$ in a ladder match lmao.

Tasteless lost his edge on game knowledge a while ago I'll agree but he's mostly there for the play-by-play and his personality anyway and most people are fine with this too.

GOAT casting duo in esports history peroid sorry

link an account then. I stand by what I say, artosis is clueless about the game because he never plays it. also, hello we talk about sc2.
edit: link artosis ladder account and we shall see how good he was/is.
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