EPTHow does the number of casters affect your enjoyment of es…
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Waxangel
United States33269 Posts
Even if it's not a "big" tournament, I feel like having 2+ casters makes them mutually lock-in and take things a bit more seriously. The work solo-streamers do in the SC2 scene is absolutely vital, but you do definitely feel the fatigue/jadedness when they've been doing the solo stream for too many hours. | ||
GTR
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Yrr
Germany802 Posts
Good thing you mentioned people speaking.  | ||
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True_Spike
Poland3415 Posts
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jodljodl
143 Posts
3 casters with no knowledge of the game they cast will almost certainly make the cast less enjoyable for me compared to a one-man-cast with an knowledgeable caster. Even if the casting skill for the trio is superior to the solo person. For example: I would take Pig, Zombiegrub, Winter, Lowko, State, Artosis, Harstem, Lambo and probably any progamer solo casting over State and Tasteless any day. With all due respect to Tasteless I feel like his knowledge of the current state of sc2 is barely existing. This makes his participation in any sc2(!) cast less enjoyable to me. Totally different story for bw of course. On the other hand though I love the casting archon in its prime decade :>. I didn't want to miss a GSL cast just because of them. Not only but also  So i guess I can summarize, not the number of casters is deciding if I enjoy a cast but the game knowledge and casting skill of each participating caster. And of course just because someone is an amazing solo caster doesn't make him/her an amazing duo/trio... caster. edit: I don't wanna shit over Tasteless here. I only meant him as an example. He right away popped into mind since I was watching the GSL cast yesterday. And I like State and Tasteless a lot. But not their sc2(!) duo-casting. Probably I dislike it more than other comparable duos. Probably because I subconsciously measure him/them against Tastosis. Which to be fair is not fair | ||
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oliverjames123
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oliverjames123
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Ciaus237
South Africa270 Posts
I think we are lucky to have many great casters who can do solo content and make it enjoyable, but there are only a few people I can listen to do solo content for hours on end (shoutout to Wardiii for this, he is goated). | ||
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DarkPlasmaBall
United States44064 Posts
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Kitai
United States870 Posts
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Balnazza
Germany1114 Posts
That being said: When I was still a caster for WC3, I usually prefered to cast solo. Might just have been the a problem with the time, Skype/Teamspeak having delays etc. but I did not cast with many that I truely clicked with. Though I probably had some of my best shoutcasts with the partners I actually had amazing syngery with | ||
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jimminy_kriket
Canada5493 Posts
If I am better tnan you at the game, get the hell off the stream. | ||
afreecaTV.Char
United States337 Posts
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DavidHennry
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Ciaus237
South Africa270 Posts
On May 09 2025 13:59 DavidHennry wrote: I was watching a stream the other day and it really hit me how much smoother things feel with two casters instead of just one. The energy just flows better when there’s someone to bounce ideas and reactions off — even if it's not a huge tournament. That said, major respect to solo casters who hold it down for hours, especially in SC2. Wardiii and Winter do a great job of keeping it engaging on their own. On a side note, I’ve gotten into working on a beaded bag from Tillie Beads while watching streams lately — surprisingly relaxing combo. Anyone else do something with their hands while watching casts? Definitely makes the downtime between games more fun. ![[image loading]](https://www.verblio.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Screen-Shot-2023-02-10-at-1.57.09-PM.png) | ||
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Blitzball04
175 Posts
But I’ll watch any games being casted by Pig and Rotti. They are literally the best in the business. Their voice really engages with the audience and knows when to hype up during each game Wardi is the best for keeping the sc2 scene alive | ||
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Galacsia
Chile159 Posts
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WombaT
Northern Ireland24548 Posts
The colour, the anchor and the specialist. The colour is there for vibes and banter when there’s downtime, Tasteless would be a pretty obvious example of that. The anchor is your kinda mainstay caster, can do some banter, but knows quite a lot about the game/scene to sorta carry things that way and be a bridge. Here you’ve an Artosis, a Rotterdam etc Your specialist is a very high level pro, they’ll have that extra level of depth and knowledge across most matchups, but especially that of their race. They can still banter if they’re good at that, but you want them for the real granular detail and understanding they can bring, think Grubby or Idra when they did some casting, or a Harstem or a Lambo these days. If it’s all in sync, it’s great. If the 3 roles pop in and out at appropriate times to bring what they bring, massive fan of that setup. | ||
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Cricketer12
United States13970 Posts
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SpaNiarD
Spain346 Posts
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Pietro1906
3 Posts
Remove those two from the equation however, and my opinion would probably change. Most people who enjoy doing some casting do benefit from having someone to go back-and-forth with. | ||
BisuDagger
Bisutopia19217 Posts
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Harris1st
Germany6834 Posts
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Vasoline73
United States7795 Posts
I moderately prefer solo casting. Tastleless at the GOMTV Invitational... KCM solo casts... Nyoken solo... even old casters like Diggity (?)... I feel like solo casting forces the caster to express their personality more and it leads to funnier casts most of the time. 2 casters is fine too of course. | ||
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