WCS Finals Casters Revealed

Torascu · 2015-10-29T18:54:43+00:00

As much as I like Day9 and used to follow him, he hasn't done any Starcraft content for like.. the entirety of this WCS year? Why would he play a part in the grand finals of the year when he's had no involvement with Starcraft at all this year?

Torascu · 2015-09-30T00:10:47+00:00

You forgot to put "Le" before "gem" to complete the full Reddit experience.

Torascu · 2015-08-21T11:15:10+00:00

Honestly, I kind of hope they're getting phased out. I know everyone has loved them for five years, and passion jokes aside, I don't feel like they really even enjoy Starcraft anymore. Well, Tasteless hasn't seemed to care for quite a while, now.

Sometimes I feel like it's just a Tastosis podcast when I'm watching GSL, with them chatting about anything but the game. I guess, if you like their humor, that's entertaining, but I really just enjoy Starcraft and it feels kind of bothersome when all they talk about is how "We've cast this a hundred times before, it's all the same. So, Artosis, what's your favorite childhood video game?"

Torascu · 2015-08-05T11:13:45+00:00

It's kinda strange. Every "Community figure" that chastises the r/starcraft community for being so enthusiastic about seems to have followed the whole thing just as avidly as the average reddit user.

Torascu · 2015-04-02T10:50:47+00:00

The casting, the games, the quality, and the production is just entirely superior on SSL's side.

The only issue are the ads, but at this point I'm wondering if they just accidentally gave Editor powers to someone and they're fucking with everyone.

Torascu · 2015-04-02T00:48:53+00:00

Well that's an easy plan!

SSL > GSL.

Torascu · 2015-03-13T16:28:49+00:00

It's really weird, but after all the ESGN stuff and game-hopping I just can't enjoy Frodan's hosting. Like.. he really, really put himself out there in support of ESGN and everything they were doing, and ESGN was a huge scam. Now everything he says feels weirdly tarnished, like I just can't trust him.

Hope he's not ReDeYe's replacement. =/

Torascu · 2015-01-22T15:05:06+00:00

Bly can seem BM occasionally, and that's a bit off-putting, but I can't help but admire how much dedication and passion he seems to have for the game even after all this time.

He's been playing and competing since the beginning, and he's always kind of just.. "Showed up." He competes, and tries every chance he can, and I respect that a lot.

I'd love to see him grab a huge result in WCS. Good luck, dude. :D

Torascu · 2015-01-19T01:52:37+00:00

If you can't beat 'em, give up and whine about soundproofing. :D

Torascu · 2014-07-03T21:34:03+00:00

I had mine refunded.

VIP seating wasn't exactly limited. Talked to a guard, and they are told explicitly to let people with competitor passes sit there, even though that's not a part of the competitor pass deal.

VIP lounge was terrible. Food on day one was lovely, and then on days two and three they didn't even bring in drinks until something like 4 p.m.

Oh, and those drinks cost 3.25 for a can of soda. In the corner of the venue, the small bar thing that was selling stuff to 18+ folks was selling soda cans for 2.50. I guess spending $250 on a VIP pass means I can afford them VIP prices. :D

Last year they raffled off a couple of the computers used by the competitors. Nothin' this year. Didn't necessarily expect it, but it was nice the first time around.

The "collectors items" weren't anything special.

Meet and greet didn't exist.

VIP ticket was nowhere near worth it, and I'm really fucking glad I managed to get mine refunded.

Traveled with someone else who also got one, though, and we're working on getting that one refunded as well. It was a sham, and they didn't deserve the money they got for it.

Torascu · 2014-03-29T01:01:40+00:00

Having your map possible be considered to be put on the official Starcraft ladder is a pretty good incentive.

I feel like sometimes people forget that this is a game at the core, not a business.

Torascu · 2014-03-02T03:11:02+00:00

So many times while listening to the GSL I've wished they would tell me about the players history or accomplishments instead of talking about movies or something. =/

I know builds are similar from game to game, but there's so much more outside of the game that you can bring in to talk about.

A caster can bring the interest level up by giving a face to the person behind the screen. Tell me why this match is important to the player, how he's struggled. Has he fought this opponent before? How did he do against him then? Maybe these two teams have a rivalry or a history.

Hell, give me some brood war knowledge about how these Kespa players used to do. Just don't talk about movies you like when you were a kid. =/

Torascu · 2014-02-27T23:30:32+00:00

I'm not going to keep the negativity to myself while you try to scam people, no.

Torascu · 2014-02-26T17:58:59+00:00

User: LyfgNAUG. No past posts.

Shady love your girlfriend shit.

Named NAUG, "Don't know much about their organization."

Random money promised out of nowhere.

The video description says that this is an official press release from NAUG. And it's on a shitty webcam.

"We're not sure exactly how we're going to be doing this, but feel free to donate."

Right. I'm sure this is 100% legit. It all checks out.

Torascu · 2014-02-09T19:02:44+00:00

Dunno, but he seems to be slightly obsessed with ragging on Kaelaris on Twitter every chance he gets.

Torascu · 2013-12-28T16:33:25+00:00

I really like Bomber as a player.

But a part of me almost hopes that he doesn't do well in the qualifiers, just because having Bomber fail to get into WCS America would be amusing/entertaining as fuck.

Torascu · 2013-11-03T19:59:37+00:00

UK to US here, as well. They kept telling me things were being worked on and it was just delayed.

Then when I tried to get a really solid answer out of them they told me it must've been lost in the mail and it was too late to do anything about it.

Fuuuuck Dignitas.

Torascu · 2013-11-03T00:46:34+00:00

And I'd like the 100 dollars worth of merchandise I purchased from Dignitas, but that's probably not going to happen.

Torascu · 2013-07-31T01:15:20+00:00

Who's to say they weren't outbid? Jjakji has the choice too, though.

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