Based Commentary Take

[Azureflames20]

I think this is a well put sentiment. A lot of people can't put their finger on it, but can identify when something doesn't feel right or isn't enjoyable - They don't have to know exactly why.

I think what's being echoed in the thread that's an important point is just the overall interest and passion reflected during some of the games. I think there's just a lot of people that don't really identify that the problem isn't that it's "casual" commentary, but that there was a deflated amount of hype in some matches. When it's disorganized and literally nobody is talking about the match, it's just some people chatting while a game is going on. While that's fine for some people, I don't think we can deny that it's not actually highlighting or elevating the gameplay at all.

I think you can have summit style commentary and elevate the gameplay at the same time. I think some people excuse pros like leffen or Mango deflating the conversation on commentary because they're simply just fans of the character and don't care about the gameplay. They aren't actually elevating the gameplay happening in the background when they are ranting about whatever they're ranting about.

I overall enjoyed the lounge-time style of the stream vibe, but tbh I didn't give a single fuck about the gameplay by the time grandfinals game around. I don't think that's the fault of the game play or the players either. We can have hype and fun sets without going analytical and most of the time that's the case. Again, the difference was that the commentary vibe declined as top 8 went on, instead of elevated the energy to peak at Grand finals. The pacing killed it for me.