God, Sheever was terrible at casting. When Navi or IG came up and I saw Sheever as the option, it was a 'Noooooooooooooooooo.....'
Watching the Group Stages, you kept praying that the game you wanted tow watch wasn't cast by her.
Is this Sheever?
You should see Reddit talk about her.
God, Sheever was terrible at casting. When Navi or IG came up and I saw Sheever as the option, it was a 'Noooooooooooooooooo.....'
Watching the Group Stages, you kept praying that the game you wanted tow watch wasn't cast by her.
TI3 has been thoroughly entertaining so far. Holy crap Valve, you really learned your lesson from TI2 and made all the shortcomings gone.
The All-Star game was indeed hilarious- a refreshing break from all the serious games. It was awesome to see all the pros acting silly, having a blast, picking garbage heroes, and RAGE pausing before dying. LOL.
I was hoping to see some super troll builds in the All-Star game. Dagon on entire team or something. >_>
So, the panel of guys that talk about the game (and the casters) are they professional players in any capacity?.
Lumi is legit with long ass experience as the content manager of dotacommentaries.com since Dota 1 days.
LD crushed other casters with his insight on the Asian scene last fall while Tobi and others knew nothing about them.
You know casters are good when they make predictive analysis that are spot-on rather than just reading what's happening play-by-play (Tobi).
So, the panel of guys that talk about the game (and the casters) are they professional players in any capacity? I just feel like (and I haven't watched a ton of games) they don't add any real insight into what is going on. Perhaps I am just used to having professional players to commentary (in the FCG and HoN, the casters are extremely knowledgeable of the games). At one point, one of the casters said something like "Puck still doesn't have his blink dagger." Which isn't bad in itself, but it was 8 and a half minutes into the game. Of course, he doesn't have a blink dagger, because if he did, it would likely be the fasted blink in Dota history!
I guess they just don't explain things that I feel they should be explaining. They talk about how Wisp is OP, but don't really give any insight into what makes him that OP besides "at 6 it is gg." In the FCG, commentators know the frame data for moves and unblockable setups, as well as ways to get out. They can suggest possible scenarios in which a person could have countered a set up or if something wasn't an optimal combo; and all while being hype and entertaining. HoN tournaments have a professional player (who gives the intricate knowledge) and a shout caster for hype. They also have the same guys doing the post game analysis. TI3 just seems like they need better casters. This could be because this is only their 3rd tournament (and it has improved a lot over the 2nd apparently). I think games like Dota and such require commentary that players completely unfamiliar with the game can understand why someone is building a certain way or what heroes / items do to enhance the synergy.
EDIT: Well, that all came off rather negative. I am really enjoying TI3 so far as just a twitch viewer (even with the cancer that is twitch chat).
That being said, I do agree that everyone mentioned here could be more newbie friendly. They don't elaborate further on why Wisp is good because they assume everyone knows that hero.
EDIT: Well, that all came off rather negative. I am really enjoying TI3 so far as just a twitch viewer (even with the cancer that is twitch chat).
Merlini and Maelk are ex-pros.
I agree that casters in general should be explaining a bit more about the game mechanics, and this goes for casts of most competitive dota, not just TI3, but you have to remember that the main audience for these casts are people who are already dota fans and who already know about the game. There's been a lot of stuff about getting SC, LoL, and HoN players into Dota, but TBH I think given the pace of the games that a lot of the time explaining things in such depth would just bore people and mean the casters would miss out on plays because of it. Like, when I first started playing Dota, I never watched professional casts because I just didn't have the knowledge to understand what's going on and why the players did what they did. I think it's admirable for people to expend all this effort into getting new viewers in just for the International, but I don't really feel that they have much chance of getting to grips with all the mechanics and stuff in a few days.
Or did you watch a replay? - concerning KaOTiK's post.I thought LGd.int was eliminated by FNATIC?
Holy shit that Alliance LGD int game was amazing.
Who is casting DK vs IG on twitch right now? These guys are better than the guys I heard yesterday.
-Ayesee & Draskyl: There is one guy with a super sexy FM radio DJ-like voice. That's Ayesee. He has a healthy balance of both excitement and analysis. Very professional too, I like him. Draskyl is rather generic.