I love listening to any game that you and vor cast. There, it's out.

I have to go with 2GD, though, since I mainly follow Duel-tournaments and he just provides such great analysis while doing play-by-play commentary, which I think is something many other duel-casters lack in their repertoire. :)

You're wrong vor is best, but I forgive you because 2GD is great and the person that woke us all up to what shoutcasting could actually be.

2GD also rates vor

YOU'RE

Jehar. I fap to his hair.

*in

Nope, its vor.

I've been living a lie. A LIE.

The lie is a lie!

Or is it? Maybe Dis is lying. Maybe Vor is just a cruel social experiment engineered by British intelligence. Maybe every cast made by them has subliminal messages that are supposed to turn us into easily manipulated puppets. The truth is out there.

Hes ok, but Vor is awesome at casting

casters: 2GD & Joe
guest commentator: rapha

spot on. when 2gd is on form that is. also hoping to see a lot more of rapha casting in the future. (looking at you faceit)

You mean vor

get back to casting more tdm and I might change my answer ;) tdm and duel are different pairs of shoes anyway though.

vor is the best in all modes

You got it wrong, it's vor!!

rahim

vor

esdf & ouze on ctf

Nap still vor

i will say vor, just avoid getting flamed by you

I agree

i heard Ash_ and _Agent are

im such a joker ))) rusia best

Sorry vor is still best

vor & warwitch GOAT combo

Could be nice

Vor is great, but I'm not sure if he 'works' while casting alone. I'd be glad to find out, but he's not streaming COUGH COUGH STREAMTDMVOR COUGH.

also don't pretend you don't belong up there Dis. You're definitely top and duo with Vor rates even higher.

Dunno whether it was dis or vor casting a couple of duels at dreamhack (at least i think it was DH) some time ago. I remember a game on dm13, where dis/vor casted a game of Cypher vs some random in the early stages of the tournament. That was both awesome & hilarious.

they did. dis did one day with nvc and one day with vor.

vor is amazing

suddenly i'm sensing a trap

you don't say...

http://imgur.com/UeJGK9H

SMRT EBANY PIZDEC

Duel: 2GD & Joe Miller
TDM: Dis & Vor

Uncontested.

Agreed

And I'd add
Duel: Tosspot
Tdm: nvc

Oh and I love ddk too :-)

only need 1 name... VOR

VOR!!! all modes

C O O L L E R
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V O R
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Dis + vor
TosspoT
Joe

Yes to vor!

Z O O T & I N S A N 3
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nearly.. you spell it V O R

Duel: 2GD & Joe, by a large margin. Perhaps Rapha / Av3k paired with TosspoT / Jehar also.
TDM: Vor.
CTF: ???
CA: LOLNOPE.

Just vor for every mode would cover it

2GD & co for duel, vor/dis/nvc always seem to do well with tdm, guest commentators calipt, zsx, rapha.

ddk/zoot feel too erm, forced excitement to me, not sure how else to explain it. maybe i just prefer a more relaxed environment :)

I agree with the vor bit!

rapha, _ash

oops you mean vor!

Duel - Disrepute
Instagib - Disrepute
Sex - Disrepute
Rocketarena - Disrepute
Enemy Territory - Disrepute
Pauses - Disrepute
Unreal - Disrepute
TDM - Vor
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Duel - vor
Instagib - vor
Sex - vor
Rocketarena - vor
Enemy Territory - vor
Pauses - vor
Unreal - vor
TDM - Vor

Jedi Knight 2: Jedi Outcast - vor

E

disreputje? i didn't know you were dutch

http://i.imgur.com/seWl283.jpg

OMG ITS VOR

rapha

/thread

vor

/thread

rapha

/thread

oops you made the same mistake..

its vor

rapha

/thread

vo-..

2gd

vor is

2 good!

Is it possible that disrepute has been vor this whole time? Doing a sort of ventriloquist bit deceiving us all?

impossible, but vor could do it!

So vor is the man behind the mirror?

say vor's name 46 times into the mirror and he will appear in front of you!

Disrepute, Vor, Rapha, 2GD (when he was active), Joe (likewise), even nVc is pretty good when paired with one of the above

Additionally there are a two American casters I can't name specifically but seem quite competent - also couldn't comment on any Russians unfortunately, but I'm sure one or two of them must be great too.

My list is similar its

Euro:

vor.....

american casters:

vor (pretending to be american)...

Drunken Zoot!

sober vor

Has zoot been drunk streaming?

He always is, cant you tell!?!

P.S. the answer is vor

F O R 3 C A S 7
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¯\_(o_o)_/¯

V O R
O
R

¯\_(o_o)_/¯

mute and ani

vor and... just vor

Thanks for not replying mate :D
Therefore I'll say Slasher!
EAT IT!

replying to what?

You should be saying vor!

YUM YUM!

Joe. Any game.

almost!

the answer is:

Vor. Any game.

J O E
O
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How can someone not love this guy? ;)

omg vor...but my choice is calipt.

omg vor...but my choice is VOR.*

YOU GO GIRL!

is vor the thing on the right?

yea he's a vorb.

Yes, it's vor

I just read the chat convo in the description of this video. Absolutely sickening.

Deletion requested by user.

Dont cheat.

Its vor.

Deletion requested by user.

The nicks being contained in reply to this comment are fags

Except vor

h8m3

So Dis, what was that announcement you were going to make last weekend?

Or have I missed when it actually happened after hours of waiting?

Disrepute? :(

its vor

Oh that our YouTube channel is partnered with Curse.

single duel caster: 2gd, brings both experienced duel insights and a sense of humour, followed by ddk (guy's a natural, don't care if his analyses aren't always as useful as 2gd's ones, he's so energetic he counts for two).

duel caster duos I'd love to see: rapha+ddk, ddk+2gd, strenx+2gd. czm should loosen up a bit and talk louder/more, av3k should analyze more without worrying about his english.

single duel caster: vor
duel caster duos: only need vor

Not vor.

oops typo you mean

"Yes vor."

Vor and Di... ok ok ... vor & vor.

spot on!

Well one thing is for sure: Vor is the most handsome caster of all times.

certainly is!

That Canadian dude (S. Weaver) from bro team pill is the best SHOUTcaster.
And I succumb to artificially created hype and peer pressure a lot so also vor.

Just vor

its vor!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Narrative/Hype - 2GD, djWHEAT, Tosspot
Insight/Knowledge - 2GD, Rapha, Calipt
Overall play-by-play and marathon casters - Joe, Zoot, Jehar
Hilarity - Strenx

Narrative/Hype - vor
Insight/Knowledge - vor
Overall play-by-play and marathon casters - vor
Hilarity - vor

VOR? Brits please...

So you agree VOR

.

lol

fuck no

vor could do et

Nobody accuses Poles of cheating with quite as much elegance as vor, so I guess it has to be vor.

A great point well made.

2gd and rapha if I'd had to choose two

You have to choose 1, and thats vor

as I see it, you must like vor quite a bit?

voraciously

best caster is no caster.
most of them talk too much

except vor, he talks the perfect amount.

V O R
O
R

I'm pretty fucking awesome if I may say so

But as you know.. vor is better

I S C H J U
S
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& the Farm.

V O R
O
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& the airfield

Did you lose a bet?

did you mean vor?

1st place all modes - Vor
2nd place tdm + duel Dis + Vor
3rd place ctf Betija - Empy
honourable mention Ischju - tdm

iTG'Lun the master of CTF shoutcasting

R.I.P.

Yeah i remember watching so much CTF because of him. Now I watch no CTF.

surprised you didn't go vor-commando on this one as well :D

you just can't deny him beeing the best CTF shoutcaster ever that's why ! :)

we're gonna change that! :D

impossible tbh but we gonna get 2nd place ! :D

OH vor is still best

surprised no one has mentioned zsx. Also redeye used to be quite good way way way back in the day.

nope vor

ctrl f zsx :>

disrepute gonna get pissed when he realizes vor got onto his esr account

either this, or hes boosting googles estats by creating a thread with this title and having 'vor' in it, aprox 2897496721897426189476447 times :D

either way, full potat

or some kind of lost bet

strange bets they make in the uk

No bet, just casted with him and remembered how good he was. Iv watched a smidgen of Quake recently and the casting Quality (bar a few instances) has been atrocious. I think people forget what a good caster can do for the game, and that person I believe is vor.

so
we have heard many peoples opinions in this thread
but how about you disrepute, who is your favourite caster?

Probably ins

vor

qltdm: dis & vor
cpmtdm: lsv & hoens
qlduel: 2gd & joe
cpmduel: dj wheat

Nice try but it's actually
qltdm: vor
cpmtdm: vor
qlduel: vor
cpmduel: vor
vor: vor

lets start a "send vor to cast ql ca at qcon" movement!

SEND VOR

Seriously though, I really do rate vor. I have known him for around a decade now and his knowledge of games and essecially Quake is amazing.

His technical skill is astounding in so many games and his judgment of situations is close to perfect. I am really glad I get to cast with him and we just do it because we enjoy it.

To note vor has NEVER had anything from Level Up TV, not a penny. I had to force him to accept a video capture card so he could stream from his PS3. He does it for the enjoyment and to create something others can enjoy more. He is not doing it to be famous or to grab every dollar bill he can like some casters out there.

I feel very lucky to have been given the chance to cast at DreamHack and QuakeCon, but the best casts have always been with my good pal vor.

how's sally?

Little Sally is doing well, she thinks she aced her exams.

sweet! say hi from me!

free is the way it should be regarding "e-sport", which is just a bunch of dudes playing decade old videogames

Hello the best movie maker! X

you're far too kind

and you're wrong about the vor thing, he wouldn't be able to cast as well if you weren't asking the right questions to him always

For me, Dis and vor are the only casters I can listen to talk for 3 hours straight about various topics without any game getting streamed. So even though I love TDM, I don't even bother if no game is on, I just want to listen to them.

Seriously guys, do more podcasts. I enjoyed the hell out of it when one day all games got wildcarded but you guys kept talking for the whole evening, touching every topic from gaming to rape. I miss the good old days of Level Up TV. Wish you were paid to do this so you wouldn't be busy working other jobs.

I do not think either Dis or vor is the single best shoutcaster (although they are among the best). But they are the best duo for sure. That chemistry between them, you don't see that anywhere else.

Thank you Level Up TV for every single stream in the past and the future!

Thanks x

I would love to do a podcast. I think that's my goal for the future, but we need more than me and vor for that.

It this the vor appreciation thread? I'm confused.

No! Just a clear statement about who is the best caster. Totally unbiased.

Its vor by the way

V O R
O
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DJ Wheat is fucking terrible.

But as a person, I think both of us nuggas could kick back a few beers, and have some fun.

Day9 is good, probably the best. I don't like his show (pink unicorns and carebears aren't my thang nugga), but he's a VERY GOOD shoutcaster. Let's not mince words here... the whitey has it goin' on.

2GD is decent as well, but a lot of casters are 2GD good. You feel me?

I think Idra could be really good from an analysis standpoint. A guy like me would probably enjoy his casts very much, though I haven't really heard him.

Wheat used to be a good quake shoutcaster back in the day. Some might disagree, but I think his radio / tv voice suited the straight forward play-by-play really well. As for sc2... its just not his kind of game.

Gay9 is the sleaziest fag around. He has some good reads, yeah, but I just cant get over his personality. Its so obvious his faking his attitude so much, that I find it hard to believe people are not paying any attention to it. And for example, I think it was MLG Dallas 1-2 years ago, he and some other guy were rambling in the studio and Gay9 said with a disgusted face: "Oh no, we have another game coming... I cant wait this event to be over, get my money and head back home". One of his rare moments of honesty.
On the other hand, tasteless, gay9's brother, used to be really, really fucking awesome at casting scbw. Too bad hes now yet another example that doing drugs is not the best idea.

tasteless was so awesome in scbw. haven't seen him recently since i don't follow sc2.

Tasteless is riding the wave. I hear a funny mother fucker in there somewhere, with a lot to say, with a personality to push it forward.

But he has chosen to go stagnant and not ruffle feathers IMO.

I don't agree that Tastless' decline was because of drugs.

Perhaps he just got burned out and is now more passionate about different things in addition to holding back a little, on avg now, given how mangina societies have gotten.

I see a person who is potentially funny as hell, but he's dialed it so far in, he is just a another part of the left singularity.

As an aside, I like listening to good players shoutcasting.

Vo0 comes to mind. The guy who says "keep it frosty" comes to mind. I can't even remember his name. I guess he's hung like a donkey, because who else strips at an event? lol

In short: bring the quality players in. For better or for worse, it's always fun to hear them out.

I think this keeps casts fresh and interesting.

I think Rapha has incredible potential to be a really good caster - perhaps exceptional. Somehow, he can articulate why he does what he does, and most good players can't do that to a sufficient degree.

This isn't hating. Most players can't. That's life. Thus Rapha.

vo0 constantly stares at the camera in a fucking weird way.

He's intense man. I loved listening to his first casts. A little rough around the edges but that's to be expected.

Is he streaming somewhere?

Somehow, he can articulate why he does what he does, and most good players can't do that to a sufficient degree.

zis is rapha - © Cooller

It's prozac you are referring to.

Gay nerd voice: wheat

A pity most of you can't understand these guys:

http://www.twitch.tv/arenazero/c/2344498?t=28m07s

That's emotion!

" The guy who says "keep it frosty" comes to mind. I can't even remember his name. I guess he's hung like a donkey, because who else strips at an event? lol"

That's just the most awesome quake player : the swede ProZac.

Yeah him. lol

He's a little shy on stream, but it made it better IMO.

Lun

Now when i come to think about it i realised almost every caster i enjoy listen to is british.

Disrepute
Vor
Zsx
Joe
2gd
Zoot - didnt like his casting at first but he have grown on me.

Calipt and rapha is also good tho. Dis and vor is the best casters though especially when they cast togheter. Very much miss your casting, sad that you havent got that much time for it anymore :(
Also this post is not to asslick i just genuinely like to listen to you guys!

Thanks for the compliments, us Brits have an unfair advantage with the language compared to non-native speaking.

We did it from late 2009 and never had more than around 3 weeks gap. This year I have a new job and just no extra time to stream. There is no real possibility of making it a full time job in itself and I am not sure I would want it to be anyway. I really just enjoy casual streams with vor.

Yes the language is one reason, but for me there are very few american casters i enjoy listen to. I guess for me as a swede england is just closer socially and culturally, brits are also generally more fun, for me that is.

Generally Europeans have complimented my voice and Americans criticised. I think its a cultural thing that Americans like the deeper, gruff, manly voice and mine sounds too soft for them.

Not only voice, cant say jehar, greasedscottsman etc have that much more manly voices, guess its more an accent thing. To me its more about the style of casting. Also one thing that makes for example you and vor work so good is you obviously know eachother well. Making the "shows" seem more genuine perhaps.

Your soft voice suits your soft features! </natalieportman?>

HAHA

Where you been??! Come back to us!

I'll be back a week tomorrow. I've got a lot on at the moment, it's ridiculous.

Greased Scotsman. Who else would say holy poop nuggets?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_d...jZ7g_dAyHA

I just failed harder than GreasedScotsman casting

I think you have to differ between a sole and two caster combination. As a solo caster you require a lot more skills (play-by-play, telling background stories of the players (style clash) and game analysis) which are often times not met by the individual caster. Also, it can be really strenous to cast for a long period when you are alone. The quality that caster often give over such a period fluctuates.

Just compare it with the normal "casting" of games such as soccer, football, basketball.. you name it. Tournaments often do not last 8h like they do in in Quake Live. I think people tend to forget that.

First, I understand that most Quakers want a pro to cast games. This is true for me as well. It is so nice to see rapha, cooller, zsx, av3k cast. But they will not have the stamino to do it for a very long time, also they are bored casting low tier games. People as such a really good for insight and usually just work best in quarter/semi finals. Everything else is just pain.

Caster:
zsx
rapha
av3k
calipt
memento
garpy



Caster TDM
vor and dis (obviously)


Main Caster:

ddk
zoot
ins (although he is best paired with the two mentioned above, as his style suits play-by-play caster who have more structure in announcing games etc.)
that dutch guy

that dutch guy

See what I like about issue is he is actually entertaining to listen to. He has passion for the game and was actually a very good player so he understands the mindset and the skills required.

I wish very much that you had kept casting for the last few years with us, I would imagine you would be one of the best.

I totally agree with your points about pros casting. One or two games as a co-caster here or there but not all the time. I actually think it highlights just how poor Quake commentary is, if most people would rather have pros than actual casters.

I think while its nice to hear rapha's analysis of the first spawn for 3 solid minutes of a map or two, if he was casting all the time people would get pretty bored. I actually doubt he would keep casting like that either. There is a tendency when you start to just analyse, which over time develops more the way of being descriptive and play-by-play. Finding the balance is the key.

I get your point Disrepute and I very much agree. I appreciate the opportunity lvlup has given me to cast some duel as well as tdm games. However, to be honest, I knew there was no room for me in casting tdm. You guys were perfect for each other - and I mean that. I would always cast when you guys had games but other than that I was fine with how the things were.

Also when I was done with dreamhack in 2010 I took the criticism hard that the community voiced. Firstly, because I listen to what others say and second because I was agreeing with them. My duel cast back then was simply not good enough and that originated from the fact that 90% of my life I had been playing TDM. If I had to make a guess, I would say that over a year in total time played I've played tdm!!! I am 28 years old now. And I have been playing way before I created this esr account (that was 2002).

You see, in my opinion, If I had taken a different path namely played duel from the very beginning, I would be the among the best caster in duel. No doubt. I have roughly 3000 duel games on my account. This is the experience I can use when I cast games.

But probably has you have experience as well, you do not get paid in Quake for casting. Sure, if you do it on a level of dediction like ddk, zoot and ins are doing it right now you can maybe hope to make a buck or two. But overall, I have to make a decision because as much as I love Quake as a hobby, it does not pay my rent. I know this is sad for some people, but at the current state I simply cannot afford casting for an entire day.

I just want to highlight the fact that I love quake, that I love casting (mostly because I LOVE speaking the English language) and I will try to enrich our rather small community with a cast or some other kind of content. We deserve it.

I haven't watched Quake in a while but I watched the last two FaceIts and I'm sorry to see how bad the casters are. If you compare them to the ones who cast other games (for example the League of Legends casters) they are seriously painful. Zoot has improved and is so much better than the other FaceIt ones, but he isn't with FaceIt anymore?
Secondly, Dis and Vor are not what I would call amazing casters instead I would say they cast well but that is secondary to their relationship and entertainment role that they provide (which some might argue is casting and if we do then they are great casters). *

And 2GD and Joe Miller were the best casters, I had no idea what Quake was and had never played an FPS before Quake but I stumbled across their IEM Dubai when I was looking for a WoW VoD on IEM (and they were live on the stream) and I just kept playing because of how good they were.

*I love Dis and Vor, don't get me wrong!

Observing 2GD, I can see his alpha antics like I do when I go to any party. He needs a special someone to make him feel like the boss witty clown, while at the same time acquiring his respect.

Rapha.

Unimposing. Emotionally sound. And respected. 2GD - lol

I love 2GD... I just wish he wasn't a book to be read; a book that is not written but seen - a picture book that is seen but hardly read!

By the way you call him alpha makes it negative. What you are saying is that he is confident, charismatic and charming. I see this too, but instead of taking it badly for some reason I enjoy how he is and Joe as his partner was a great team due to Joe's ability and 2GD's entertaining persona.

I find Rapha very dull to listen to, I have no idea why people suggest he gives incredible insight into the game. He often says either obvious things or completely hypothetical situations that could have happened - I don't find that impressive.

Secondly, what is wrong with being imposing (or what is good about unimposing?), what is there to say 2GD isn't emotionally sound, nor can we say Rapha is either, then why is that bad? And 2GD isn't respected? That's news to me, also I see no reason for someone to be respected when I tune in for entertainment and gaming.

And to pick up on your other comment how can you enjoy DDK? From my perspective his is camera awkward and lacks any fluidity in his speech, which translates particularly when casting. He also lacks emotive intonations or a shifting vocabulary. Every cast you can expect the same words (for example 'engagement') said in a rather robotic way (almost falsely given different pitches). Everything about his interaction with the game is poorly done from my side of the monitor.

That said I still appreciate his efforts towards Quake.

Being witty, fun, alpha, and basically THE BOSS is fine with me brah! Don't misunderstand me.

Talking about imposing...

I mentioned imposing INSOFAR as it relates to two people getting along and jiving. You find Rapha boring. That's fine. How is Joe less boring?

(edited bragging)

I think you are right about the quality of casting being poor in Quake compared to other titles. That is probably due to the talent pool. Pretty much anybody that wants to talk on stream can in Quake. We see examples regularly of guys that can barely hold down a normal conversation being the lead caster at LANs.

Whats even more shocking to me is that they are lauded for their ability. It truly is perplexing. I actually preferred it when we started out casting in 2009 and got a lot of criticism, now everybody just loves every random that mumbles bollox in-between heavy breathing down a mic.

It is kind of unbelievable the situation Quake has found itself in when we compare the year of release of Quake Live to LoL.

The talent pool also gets diluted at the level of language. The "top" casters in Quake are all Brits or Americans because everyone else sounds weird (with exceptions of course). I could perfectly well bring witty remarks and a more interesting fluid cast if I could do it in Dutch, but my spoken English just isn't that good. Now last time I checked the Dutch/Belgian community, there aren't many people to reach in that region and English reaches further anyway.

Caradnick: do you think Quake would reach more people if people were to cast on the level of Tasteless and Artosis for example?

I don't think it would make a difference. Quakers watch Quake, the rest isn't looking for it or turns it off because they like MOBA/RTS more and/or Quake is too unrealistic for other FPS players (COD, BF, even TF2 perhaps), etc..

I think we would enjoy it more and it would be more enjoyable for new viewers.

Although I personally agree with your first point and the innuendo behind it (aka thx baldy for your coverage, now there's no quake@DHS13), but I completely disagree with the rest of your post.

What is perplexing is your opinion: people are lauded for spending their free time and hardware resources in order to showcase games the spectators otherwise wouldn't be able to watch. You went inactive post-clanbase EC, however there has been an influx of cups and tournaments (125fps,FaceIT and more), and streams are required for an audience that has been accustomed to Quake content. And the official streams tend to follow a level of professionalism. As the lesser streams, well, what is the exact point of criticising them? It's more of a fanbase sub-culture rather than anything on a professional level. Just quakers who wanted to show their mates games.

Finally, streamer amounts are directly proportional to playerbases: for example there are at the time of writing 52 (!) sc2 streams with a at least a thousand individual viewers each, and as the level of competition becomes fiercer, the quality of the streams must be nearing perfection in order to achieve any form of popularity. Quake has a much smaller playerbase, and nonetheless there are great streams of lesser popularity (not mentioning the major FACEit, levelUP, 125fps and ZootLive ones) such as Inferno's stream, Lanf's aAa and Vamp's SadlyTV which all have proferssional production values. It is sad that Quake playerbases are very low, but that;s the result of a massive marketing clusterfuck nobody out of the industry would probably know, or tell about.

And I am not sure where exactly you see "lack of criticism", as both on twitch and on esreality it is possible to find raging pedants offended by commentating style or at least one of the on-screen commentators, regardless which stream, caster or event it is, no matter of the actual quality of said event. On top of which, in the golden days of QL casting in 2009 level up tv, despite Mr Florin's tech brofessionalism on your side, was up against a company spearheaded by an idiot Scouser who was unable to finish a sentence without adding "yeah?" at the end. (and inferno was part of it, sorry bro but that guy was a massive retard).

And the people that "Mumble bollox in-between heavy breathing" might be aware of their mistakes and limitations, partially through VOD self-analysis and partially from all the fan lauding, And possibly try to evaluate and change them through testing and excercising? I'll make sure to play The Fat Boys "The Human Beatbox" on my comeback stream event tomorrow.

I was talking about the top event streams but, do you really think people try to improve their casting? I don't bother anymore. Nobody seems to care and its not worth the effort because the game doesn't seem to grow.

I felt like we had a positive impact on TDM though so I can be happy with that.

You cant really question my understanding of doing it for free considering I have done for 3+ years now with this being the longest 'inactive' period during that time.

I dont see any constructive criticism anymore no. Maybe I just don't read enough.

In 2009 Trance was not a part of Level Up TV, it was me, vor and nvc. We encouraged others to stream to help us all improve and did not see it as competition. The only issue we had with HS.tv was when they tried to get exclusive rights to the nations cup TDM, where they would stream silent streams. That got resolved.

You seem to have taken it personally, but it wasn't directed at you. Even so you cant defend breathing down a mic. If you cant do a stream without doing it then you have to accept you are not suitable for commentary.

In summary we agree that the casting level is lower than it could be (that includes ME) and this means Quake is not portrayed as well as it could be to a new audience. This makes it harder to grow that audience. But you are right that its really the lack of popularity of the game that stops the growth.

If Quake was a popular game on LoL's level do you honestly think any of us that commentate Quake would be employed to do it?

except vor, he is the best.

new audience? where is this mysterious creature?!

Sorry to intercept here, I remember the exclusivity of streaming quite well and it was offered to us, not demanded by us. The event organiser was so happy with the casts and we had such a team then that we could have covered most of the games. That ordeal made Crystal_Method leave actually and I think you (levelup) actually had your own exclusive streams later on. That and the levelup/HSTV merger that failed made it very hard for me to "like" levelup, but I'm happy to say that that is all far away and left behind and I recognize the effort and value that levelup brought to Quake, now. It also made for healthy competition trying to out-do eachother.

It was agreed between Crystal_Method and the organisers, who then backed out of the agreement once I complained. Crystal_Method stated that he/HSTV deserved exclusive rights because of the hard work he/HSTV had put in. I disagreed that it was a good thing for the community at that stage and I still would have that opinion now.

We have never had exclusive rights to anything, never asked for them and never wanted them. I even let anybody who wanted stream our own show match, stream it.

However I do think in certain instances exclusive rights make sense. For example Faceit.

I don't know what happened with joining forces between us as nvc was dealing with that, but I think it is a shame we did not. We could have made quite a team.

Yes, he saw it as a reward for his hard work, he was even working on the vods at work back then and let his pc work day and night to convert vods.

I think it was because we didn't like the name levelup and you didn't like the name holys1t (although back then we already had our minds set for a name change and some time later came up with ground-zero). There was also FOR3CAS7 and you that needed to get along for it to work :)

They're all gone now so there only 1 person left to do the negotiation with..

I tune in to sc2 stream once in a few months and almost every time turn it off withing 2 minutes. Speech defects, terrible pronouncing, dull voices - mostly. I think we are not doing that bad compared to them.

As for the rest, I think a lot of people take it as theres no choice, thus negative feedback would only discourage those people casting events. Depends on what names in particular do you have in mind.

Negative feedback is never pleasant, but it's necessary to grow.

Yes, its supposed to.
On the other hand I dont feel that anyone besides ddk takes the negative feedback seriously. Nowadays, that is. Its more like 'Im saving the community, bitches.'

Can you give examples of people? It could be the person's personality (not able to cope with comments) or sometimes I get feedback based purely on personal preference. Like the killbeep to name a tiny example.

u talking about axslav from MLG?

I don't want casters being apt to hold a normal conversation brah!

Ha

Oh yeah I forgot about ddk. Good dude. Good caster.

His algorithmic philosophy on how to play Quake is just ass backwards... but who am I to say? I have a 24% LG! (or something)

ddk's philosophy is about analysing your game and working on different elements to improve. If Quake was even slightly professional EVERY player at the top level would do this, and probably require coaches to assist them.

Quake is not professional though, its just a laugh.

I suppose at some level - a level much greater than mine, the analysis you speak of that is so common many other places, makes sense. But at the same time that kind of analysis can be counter productive (initially) to those that know but can't explain.

If the level progresses more and more, then you become more and more correct, I think.

I'm guessing Dis forgot to take his pills today :D

This is the only question in life in which the answer isn't cooller.

in ru-lang Shadow better of best

The thing about choosing a "best" shoutcaster is that this person needs to work well both alone and with any other caster. Rapha comes to mind as a counterexample - he's extremely analytical but he doesn't really bring any excitement with his casting. Put him with another analytical and non-exciting caster and you've got a recipe for a very dull-to-listen-to cast. Likewise, if you've got two casters who provide little to no in-depth analysis and basically describe what's happening on screen/shout excitingly at what's going on, it's going to get annoying to listen to very quickly.

I would say that the best shoutcasters are therefore those that can both provide in-depth analysis and channel emotions - in particular excitement - through their casting. This means that they can both shoutcast alone and with someone else, adapting their style based on what the other caster is providing in order to strike the right balance between analysis and emotion between the two of them. Also, a good sense of humor is important to keep things interesting.

Based on this, I'd have to say my favorite casters for QL and SC2 are 2GD and Apollo respectively (Artosis comes a close second).

I like you.

send vor to co-cast faceit TDM.


he can wear a mask all day long if he wants.

or sit under the desk next to ins

LOL

CATSUIT !

It's much more about the chemistry between the two casters then the individuals at hand. Best example is CZM and vo0, best casting duo I've heard, the southpark references, the in-depth analysis, all really spot on. On the other hand, CZM with DDK just didn't work out so well.

Yep that is important, but vor is still best!

Only when he's with you.

without u he is nothing.

Incorrect!

VOR is the best, now plus me dis

+

thank you :>

I have spent a ton of time watching a lot of casting over the last six months, mostly to help improve my skills as a castor. I welcome criticism on my streams anytime because i know it will help me improve and actually provide a better overall enjoyment to the stream.

I have to agree with a few people that have commented above, that a good castor is a well rounded one who can adapt to different co-castors by either analyzing the game at hand or calling the play by play. I also think that a good castor can also keep there thoughts short and concise in order to allow smooth transitions between both individuals. I find a lot of the time that even I make the mistake of talking to much and my fellow castor looses his train of thought because what he wanted to comment on has already gone by in-game.

I do not think there is one amazing castor there is quite a few amazing casting duo's who have manged to just gel together and each personality compliments the other nicely.

Best duos:

Euro: 2GD and Joe
N.A.: Jehar and GreasedScottsman