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NerdCRAFT
United States53 Posts
I may just be frustradted and venting because I'm not patient enough. If that's just the case then I will have to be more patient of course, but I do want to create some oppurtunity for casters like myself so here's a list of new, up and coming casters. SC2England very talented guy HDPheonixx is a caster that does mainly SEA/KR games and is more known I like the stuff this guy says makes the game very enertaining and of course myself | ||
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fAnTaCy
United States893 Posts
On a more serious note, just advertise yourself. Cast high level games, show some knowledge. It really just does come down to advertising yourself, but it does take time coming from being unknown to being known, so just have some patience, show you're a good caster and advertise yourself and you'll be good =] | ||
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zcxvbn
United States257 Posts
Link to their channel here There's definitely room for improvement but I'm sure they would appreciate any constructive criticism! | ||
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supsun
United Kingdom343 Posts
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LaxCraft
United States11 Posts
"Looks like X is moving out with bad positioning" "Is Y going to to slaughter his army?" "No no, X is pulling back with good game sense" "Y is moving in for drop play, will this be scouted by X?" "Will Y snipe the upgrades!?????" "Is he going to do it?!????????????" "??????????????????????????" Please, don't be one of these. Be direct and concise, and I'll gladly follow anyone. Edit: Also, use good intonation. I can't stand casters who don't know how to use their voice properly. | ||
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Paljas
Germany6926 Posts
try to get to cast smaller weekly cups and tournaments and you will be recognised a lot easier. | ||
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eviltomahawk
United States11133 Posts
Of course, there are the Day[9]s and the Tastelesses that have been known since the BW days of old. Husky and HDStarcraft still command large fanbases since the days of the Beta. Moletrap has been an old-school caster for tons of BW games. But beyond that, there are quite a few casters nowadays that have become known far later than the casters from the BW and Beta days. Doa was lucky enough to land a gig at the GSL, and he did a good enough job with his silky-smooth voice to eventually transfer to a more convenient job at the IPL. CatsPajamas was quite a small-time caster and casted for quite a few lesser events before grabbing the attention of IPL and landing a job there. Orb (disregarding his recent drama) managed to land a job at the EG Lair after dedicating himself to casting quite a few iCCup SC2 events, which later became the ESV.tv events such as the Korean Weekly. Overall, just try to find and apply to as many opportunities as you can if you really want to be known in the community. Each gig will look good on your resume, and keep casting games on Youtube to hone your skills. Eventually, hard work, talent, and luck might carry you to better places. | ||
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Netsky
Australia1155 Posts
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Jakkerr
Netherlands2549 Posts
There's a lot of youtubecasters nowadays. As someone else said, try to contact some weekly cups if u can join their casting teams. | ||
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ROOTheognis
United States4482 Posts
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Itsmedudeman
United States19229 Posts
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TheRealNanMan
United States1471 Posts
You could also try sponsoring show matches. For my one year anniversary of casting I hosted a 5 day event with top NA pros http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=280311 Hosting events like this for money will allow you to be featured on the calendar as well. Overall it is very difficult to get noticed but hard work does pay off, just look at some of the other casters in the scene. | ||
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ImAbstracT
519 Posts
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Seraphone
United Kingdom1219 Posts
I really doubt I'm the only person who feels this way. So try casting some weekly cups or random tournaments etc.. I imagine a lot of people like me only watch Starcraft as either a tournament or sometimes a players stream and if anything we're probably the more hardcore audience. Also for what it's worth I think you have a good voice for casting and you seem pretty confident and smooth on the mic. Another thing is casting is always way better in pairs (not even guys like Artosis, Day9, DjWheat or any of the other big names cast amazingly solo) so imo it's worth finding a partner to buddy up with for your content. It did wonders for Apollo and TotalBiscuit seen as Apollo used to be a minor guy and TotalBiscuit has barely any haters (compartively) now that he never casts solo. Another important factor is casters need to play a lot. The only casters who's below Masters which isn't immediately obvious as soon as you listen to them is DjWheat who has years upon years of experience. If you're better at the game you'll get better at casting. | ||
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ReketSomething
United States6012 Posts
On March 10 2012 08:56 TheRealNanMan wrote: Hey Nerdcraft, I am also an up and coming caster (been casting since November 2010) And the best way that I have found to help get attention is casting other live events (Show Matches/Tournaments) TeamLiquid Opens/Local LANs things like that help bring new viewers your way. You could also try sponsoring show matches. For my one year anniversary of casting I hosted a 5 day event with top NA pros http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=280311 Hosting events like this for money will allow you to be featured on the calendar as well. Overall it is very difficult to get noticed but hard work does pay off, just look at some of the other casters in the scene. Just ask two known players to play a showmatch and then cast it! | ||
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SupplyBlockedTV
Belgium313 Posts
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Recoil
United States276 Posts
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Seraphone
United Kingdom1219 Posts
On March 10 2012 08:59 ReketSomething wrote: Just ask two known players to play a showmatch and then cast it! He should ask a Korean and a foreigner. That's generally the best combo for max viewers I think. | ||
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VirgilSC2
United States6151 Posts
Step 1: Stop watching replays before you cast them (should you cast from replays) Step 2: Stop casting games from tournament replay packs (outside of practice) Step 3: Practice your casting, eliminate all "umms" and lengthy pauses. Step 4: Improve your observing, not only for yourself (making sure you don't miss any action), but for the viewers (try to keep it smooth and "cinematic") Step 5: Reach out to smaller tournament organizers, approach them about co-casting some of their events, be eager (but not to the point of harassment). The most important thing is to start casting live games on stream. Step 6: Make sure you can stream in High Definition (at least 720p). I can't stress how important this is; nobody wants to watch < 720p if it's not a major tournament. Step 7: Expand your vocabulary. You need to be able to use different words and phrases interchangeably, otherwise your casts may seem repetitive and stale Step 8: Be professional. If recent events have shown you ANYTHING, it's that you need to act like a professional caster, even if you aren't one yet. Furthermore, even if you're not a fan of some players (perhaps IdrA for example, he's very polarizing) try to be as equalizing as possible when discussing players. There can only be so many Huskies out there who get famous from YouTube content, and frankly I think that era has come and gone. There are too many live tournaments, or live tournament VoDs to watch, the majority of StarCraft fans aren't searching YouTube for random games to watch anymore. You also need to look at marketing yourself attractively; Orb got famous back in the beta because his stream was hilarious and he raged a lot. He then evolved into a fantastic and very professional caster, but his past marketing himself unattractively came back to get him unfortunately. Make yourself appear like a professional whenever you're on camera, hell, even better if you do it off camera. You should also focus on expanding both your game knowledge and player knowledge. I can't even begin to explain how frustrated I get when I hear casters (that I employ sometimes mind you) say something like "I don't know who this is, but he's Korean and he plays Protoss for Slayers, we have Crank!" Also, keep up to date on recent major tournament results for the scene you're casting. For example, if you're casting Korean content, research the players you know will be playing, find out when they last qualified for GSL (if ever), Korean Weekly results, play in GSTL/KSL, EWM results. European scene you're going to want to know how they've done in the recent Weekly/Monthly cups. North America you'll want to check past MLG Open Brackets, IPL content, team leagues, qualifiers, etc. It's even better if you actually take the time to WATCH a lot of the games, it helps you keep notes on specific tendencies of certain players (ex: InCa and DTs). Keeping up with the metagame is also extremely important, knowing what players are doing in certain matchups, on certain maps, etc. You should be able to spot builds like a player would spot builds only you should be better because you see EVERYTHING. Watch the recent GSTL finals, look at what Artosis is able to predict just seeing Genius cancel is 4th gas after DRG saw it (I believe it was on Cloud Kingdom). Make sure you're aware of past matches players have played against that specific opponent, or that specific match-up. TLPD is an amazing tool to use for this, just remember to check both International and Korean databases in some cases (or always use the one more relevant to the content). For example, PuMa vs MC coming up in the IEM WC Hanover finals: Third finals meeting internationally between these two, PuMa holds 2-0 series wins over MC in the finals, yadda yadda. I could go on for hours about this but I have errands to take care of, but I think these are some good places to start. | ||
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bluQ
Germany1724 Posts
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