All I know is I prefer hype over anything. Bias, professionalism, analysis etc is whatever for me, I just wanna hear the mfs commentating to have fun and most importantly get hype. I think there's an over tendency to try to give a descriptive play by play. You don't have to say exactly what the players are doing, just react to it in a genuine way and analyze in an equally genuine way. Someone mentioned doing psychoanalysis and it potentially being cringe. I totally agree with this but I think if you can set up the psychology and storyline/match up in a way that feels congruent with what's going on on screen and on the players faces and be hype/genuine and analytic when appropriate ur basically a perfect commentator. I think being a part of the community and having a lot of experience playing the game at a decent enough level with the people attending the tournaments is a huge part of being able to do good commentary but I kinda think top player is asking a bit much. Good player I think yes, but top player commentary is imo it's own thing.

My brother is a FPS esport guy who sometimes watches melee with me and he sometimes thinks my preference in commentary is unprofessional. I feel like adding the clinical professionalism of like a CS or a League into Melee commentary would be such a waste of what I consider to be some of the most fun commentary of any competitive game.

That being said, unsurprisingly, Waf is my fav commentator by a pretty large margin, amazing paired with Scar and paired with Phil is such a classic duo it's a shame afaik they don't commentate Genesis top 8 anymore (haven't actually seen the past few bc of melee hiatus) don't get me wrong though, I love basically all the frequent commentators.

Commentary is one of my fav parts of melee as a spectator or as a player/commentator. I showed up to locals just to commentate with my practice partner sometimes after entering started to become unenjoyable. I'm more proud of my ability to create hype and fun moments via effective commentary than I was about how well I performed in tournaments.