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WigglingSquid
5194 Posts
On July 26 2013 10:17 ptbl wrote: TheStc has been pretty bad for months now. I wonder if he stopped practicing. Perhaps he ran out of his old Korean blood as his bone marrow produced more and more foreign cells. | ||
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WombaT
Northern Ireland25773 Posts
On July 26 2013 10:16 Bagration wrote: I don't think it's the American accent (some of the best casters, like Artosis, are American). While a British accent may sound exotic, classy, and remind people of football commentators, just having a British accent won't make one a good caster. I think the problem with these casters is that they don't really add value to the caster. During the game, they'll say things like "thermal lance starting up", and that would be it. Now if I was blind or couldn't watch the stream, that would help. But I can see those things happening, so pointing it out in the cast and not going further and giving analysis doesn't add "value". The use of cliches doesn't help either ("it was the critical mistakes that lost him that game"). So neither of these guys are really good at analysis. But what about play by play, or just building excitement? Unfortunately, they haven't quite gotten that either. Some casters like Nathanias may not be the best at analysis, but they can generate excitement. But unfortunately, these casters have not yet mastered the art of generating excitement without sounding fake. That's kind of what I'm getting at, they have that kind of nasally 'forced' voice that is a bit grating to me as it's a bit reminiscent of other examples of fakery in American broadcasting. It's perhaps not fair, but equally these guys aren't great on the content front either. I mean imagine if a Valley girl casted, wouldn't matter if her analysis was good, some voices are just a bit grating. Actually feel it's a bit of an elephant in the room as regards casting. I do accept that it's subjective on my part, but whenever the 'how do you break into casting?' question is aired, rarely if ever does anybody see to ask 'do you have an annoying voice?, if yes, it's probably not for you'. | ||
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Bagration
United States18282 Posts
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LlamaNamedOsama
United States1900 Posts
On July 26 2013 10:20 Wombat_NI wrote: That's kind of what I'm getting at, they have that kind of nasally 'forced' voice that is a bit grating to me as it's a bit reminiscent of other examples of fakery in American broadcasting. It's perhaps not fair, but equally these guys aren't great on the content front either. I mean imagine if a Valley girl casted, wouldn't matter if her analysis was good, some voices are just a bit grating. Actually feel it's a bit of an elephant in the room as regards casting. I do accept that it's subjective on my part, but whenever the 'how do you break into casting?' question is aired, rarely if ever does anybody see to ask 'do you have an annoying voice?, if yes, it's probably not for you'. I think you're mixing up what I consider the "radio broadcast" voice and a nasally voice. Montecristo is a great version of the former - usually, proper "radio" voices are NOT nasally (since a nasally voice would usually be the opposite of the very clear radio voice) - they are, however, very forceful and often overly precise, and you can tell that there's a kind of "fakeness" to the emotion generated (maybe because they lack a certain range, always being forceful, or maybe because the overly polished tones). Nasally voices, on the other hand, are just nasally sounding voices, and a separate issue. It's subjective to the extent in which a person might tolerate or prefer such a voice, but I think we can also agree that there are those are objective qualities of a voice. It's also not really an American issue - I consider TB to be an English version of the radio broadcast voice. | ||
Shellshock
United States97276 Posts
0:00  CranK spawns in the top left HuK spawns in the bottom right | ||
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KingofGods
Canada1218 Posts
LOL no. He was infamous for jokingly saying that about himself, but he was never known for it. | ||
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Bagration
United States18282 Posts
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lichter
1001 YEARS KESPAJAIL22272 Posts
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AgentW
United States7725 Posts
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Darkhorse
United States23455 Posts
On July 26 2013 10:25 KingofGods wrote: "[Huk] was known for top 3 control" - WCS Caster LOL no. He was infamous for jokingly saying that about himself, but he was never known for it. I was about to say that. It was kind of a community joke . But oh well the casters seem to be having a rough night. | ||
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Shellshock
United States97276 Posts
On July 26 2013 10:25 Shellshock1122 wrote: 0:00 CranK spawns in the top left HuK spawns in the bottom right1:40 gate for HuK proxy gate for Crank 2:00 gas for Crank 2nd proxy gate for Crank double gas for HuK Cybernetics core for crank zealot for Crank 3:00 2nd gate for Huk 2 stalkers for Crank stalker for HuK first zealot moves into the main of HuK chronoboost on the stalker of HuK probes are pulled to fight the zealot pylon on the high ground for Crank 4:00 2 stalkers of Crank in the main of HuK 2 more stalkers for HuK another stalker for Crank probes are pulled to fight the stalkers HuK loses his only stalker out right now 3 stalkers out for Crank now vs 2 of HuK 2 more stalkers on the way for both players 5:00 4th stalker in the main of HuK probes are pulled for HuK cause Crank is targeting down a gateway 5th stalker for Crank 3 stalkers for crank vs 2 for huk now Huk still ahead by 6 probes and making another zealot and stalker on the way for Huk 5 stalkers again for Crank Crank is killing off a gateway Huk pulls probes again | ||
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lichter
1001 YEARS KESPAJAIL22272 Posts
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Shellshock
United States97276 Posts
On July 26 2013 10:29 Shellshock1122 wrote: 1:40 gate for HuK proxy gate for Crank 2:00 gas for Crank 2nd proxy gate for Crank double gas for HuK Cybernetics core for crank zealot for Crank 3:00 2nd gate for Huk 2 stalkers for Crank stalker for HuK first zealot moves into the main of HuK chronoboost on the stalker of HuK probes are pulled to fight the zealot pylon on the high ground for Crank 4:00 2 stalkers of Crank in the main of HuK 2 more stalkers for HuK another stalker for Crank probes are pulled to fight the stalkers HuK loses his only stalker out right now 3 stalkers out for Crank now vs 2 of HuK 2 more stalkers on the way for both players 5:00 4th stalker in the main of HuK probes are pulled for HuK cause Crank is targeting down a gateway 5th stalker for Crank 3 stalkers for crank vs 2 for huk now Huk still ahead by 6 probes and making another zealot and stalker on the way for Huk 5 stalkers again for Crank Crank is killing off a gateway Huk pulls probes again 6:00 Crank retreats down to the ramp Huk sends his probes back to mine Crank targets down the 2nd gate of Huk Huk loops his probes out wide for a flank Crank charges in for an attack Huk down to 1 stalker Huk ggs! CranK wins game 1! | ||
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Shellshock
United States97276 Posts
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ClairvoyanceSC2
United States758 Posts
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TotalBiscuit
United Kingdom5437 Posts
On July 26 2013 10:29 lichter wrote: This is not good control by Crank Kinda difficult to outmicro someone in PvP with US server lag. It was evidently good enough  | ||
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Bagration
United States18282 Posts
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Undead1993
Germany17651 Posts
On July 26 2013 10:29 lichter wrote: This is not good control by Crank neither it is by huk | ||
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Shellshock
United States97276 Posts
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Walnuts
United States770 Posts
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