How important is commentary to your enjoyment of StarCraft…
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TL.net Bot
TL.net116 Posts
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sugarmuffinpuff
Canada38 Posts
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Darkness2k11
Chile313 Posts
5 I guess | ||
ZigguratOfUr
Iraq16955 Posts
So 3. | ||
Kitai
United States838 Posts
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yxme
15 Posts
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dogmode
Philippines491 Posts
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Shuffleblade
Sweden1903 Posts
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Vindicare605
United States15761 Posts
But, I look forward every week to hearing Tasteless and Artosis while I'm watching games. I love their commentary and it definitely improves the experience a lot. I'm really starting to love listening to PiG and Maynarde together too, because they're just so goofy and fun. Good commentary improves the enjoyment I have watching Starcraft, but it's not mandatory. | ||
Morrissey
Germany55 Posts
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naughtDE
158 Posts
I guess bad commentary takes more away from the game (the game sounds for one when muted) than good commentary adds? My favourite cast ever was snute and socke at one of the HSCs, but it didn't make the games better, it had value for itself, sooo much deep knowledge. Just like Tasteless and Artosis could banter over anything and it would be a good time, the game itself does not become better or worse i think. | ||
Greenei
Germany1754 Posts
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TheDougler
Canada8287 Posts
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Vindicare605
United States15761 Posts
On May 05 2020 01:06 Greenei wrote: I sometimes wish you could mute the caster without muting the game sounds. Well heck, there's plenty of streams I can think of where I can't hear the game sounds at all or barely. | ||
Geo.Rion
7376 Posts
Then again, i do watch many of the smaller online cups, where i have to mute the caster. That means, I can enjoy it enough to tune in even without commentary, so i voted 4. | ||
Immaterial
Canada510 Posts
All of that being said, I do find it kind of annoying when people constantly shit on casters they don't personally enjoy listening to. That kind of attitude strikes me as a bit infantile, because as important as good casting is to the experience of watching Starcraft, if you dislike the casting that much there is always the option to mute. | ||
VGhost
United States3602 Posts
It's not the highest level analysis, but Rapid and Nyoken as a pair have done a great job with the BSL casts, they might be my favorite right now. | ||
paddyz
Ireland628 Posts
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_fool
Netherlands665 Posts
Commentary by (ex-)pro players is the best imo, and I'm ok with a play-by-play wingman. Hype casters I don't care that much about (except iNcontroL ) When commentary is just play-by-play, it becomes somewhat redundant at times. But mix in the occasional prediction (who cares about caster curse) or fun fact and I'm a happy camper | ||
Lazy_Einstein
1 Post
Personally, I don't always enjoy it when some casters add banter and non-SC2 talk in excess. Banter/Joking/etc, between games, can add to the enjoyment of the cast but can easily go overboard and lower the quality of the casting. Talking about non-SC2 things on one's Twitch streams is fine but it doesn't have as much of a place in online tournaments and joint casts. To me, the good casters/commentators are: - Invested in the game. (Be an active and regular player/watcher who knows the game to a high level(the units, their stats, builds, etc.) - Spend 85%-90% of the time talking about the game during casts. (Mechanics, play-predictions based on information, providing less known information on units/etc for low-level players(PiG does this well), talking about errors in play and potential ways to avoid those errors in the future.) - Focused when casting. (One would not do well playing SC2 if one did not focus while playing. I find many casters, who banter and talk about non-SC2 things too much are the ones who end up being less focused while casting and give the least amount of productive/interesting input.) I'd like to see more new casters being brought in and have a third and/or fourth person join Tastetosis to add to the between-game SC2 discussions. I feel that would create more thought-provoking debates about game mechanics/play/strats/builds; all while adding a fresh addition/perspective to every cast. +1 for adding pro players to the commentary is awesome(Like paddyz said above. Showtime and special on the couch was awesome. More of that would be great.) | ||
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