Getting excited with Day 2 so thought I’d get down my thoughts from yesterday before things really get going today. Some of these things I noticed might be pretty obvious but good to say them anyways:
-T90 and Nili do not really work together as a casting team. Tension seemed palpable both sets they were together; a lot of passive-aggressively dismissing what the other said/delighting in their mistakes a bit more than healthy (think of Nili with T90 mic level). Casting conversation was definitely more natural once Dave replaced T90. I don’t think this is anyone’s fault, just the result of having two people accustomed to being play-by-play casters trying to share that responsibility. Since there isn’t really a shortage of talent might be good idea to recruit another color caster so that T90 and Nili don’t have to co-cast again.
-The cast needs to start from 0:00 ingame time, not 0:40. A little ridiculous to claim that “Empire Wars starts so fast” while skipping over 20 seconds of real time action. Frustrating as viewer to hear them talk about how players pull from gold and wall and rush ranges but not actually see it.
-The ship mechanic on Sinkhole is so bad that it should honestly be removed in the middle of the tournament. Ships do not sail up and down sand and player aren’t accustomed to treating hilly land textures as a valid movement area for navy. It make what would otherwise be one of the best maps in the tournament feel like a total joke.
Curious to hear what others think.
Edit: Also if this is in the wrong forum, obviously feel free to move it. It seemed like this one was appropriate enough from earlier threads.
-T90 and Nili do not really work together as a casting team. Tension seemed palpable both sets they were together; a lot of passive-aggressively dismissing what the other said/delighting in their mistakes a bit more than healthy (think of Nili with T90 mic level). Casting conversation was definitely more natural once Dave replaced T90. I don’t think this is anyone’s fault, just the result of having two people accustomed to being play-by-play casters trying to share that responsibility. Since there isn’t really a shortage of talent might be good idea to recruit another color caster so that T90 and Nili don’t have to co-cast again.
-The cast needs to start from 0:00 ingame time, not 0:40. A little ridiculous to claim that “Empire Wars starts so fast” while skipping over 20 seconds of real time action. Frustrating as viewer to hear them talk about how players pull from gold and wall and rush ranges but not actually see it.
-The ship mechanic on Sinkhole is so bad that it should honestly be removed in the middle of the tournament. Ships do not sail up and down sand and player aren’t accustomed to treating hilly land textures as a valid movement area for navy. It make what would otherwise be one of the best maps in the tournament feel like a total joke.
Curious to hear what others think.
Edit: Also if this is in the wrong forum, obviously feel free to move it. It seemed like this one was appropriate enough from earlier threads.
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