Is it me or DDK sounds more err englisher than ~5 years ago.
I hear some subtle accent that I don't remember, or maybe I'm just hallucinating?

I don't know, but you can try and check while listening to him talking about commentary five years ago:



This whole interview is amazing BTW, it's really the kind of esports conversation I love. I've listened to it at least twice.

Thanks.
Hmm, his voice did change. Can't really pinpoint the difference. From what I can spot - he spoke faster(at least in monologue), kinda more energetic. Now he reminds me of Sam Harris. It's not good or bad, just different.

And yes, great interview, I enjoyed listening to it.

Well his new audio equipment adds a lot of depth and bass, but also as we get older our voices get deeper. Also being such an analytical person he's probably been working on his speech delivery due to his profession.

This sounds right, yeah.

Could be voice training.

Voice training.... right. Also called socializing in countries other than Switzerland.

He's pretty tryhard. He could definitely be doing voice training. I don't really know about socializing, sure it could be that, but the way people's voices change doesn't seem all that predictable. Many bunker up and don't really change anything for years despite socializing with people speaking very well, look at people like Zizek. So who knows.

I haven't done any form of voice training besides just listening to myself and working on projection etc

E-"sports" LUL

:D

I used to laugh at the idea and never consider it a real sport but my opinion has changed drastically over the years, I definitely consider it a real sport and a very high skilled one at that.

Real life people doesn't though, and actually mock the term. The term e-sports goes against its best interest.

Better call it something like competitive gaming for the time being. And when this thing actually becomes mainstream, then call with separate names for each. For example "Street Fighter"; because when someone watches Football doesn't say they are watching "sports" in general.

Definitely not as bad now tho as it used to be let's be fair here.

people mock other sports too. It doesn't necessarily mean that much. Besides, who cares about people who mock things they don't understand? They're the same people who are going to mock the whole venture regardless

Well compared to it was now it's nowhere near as bad, you'd probably be hard pressed nowadays to find people who wouldn't call e-sports a legit sport (apart from the older generation who didn't grow up with technology or very little)

In my book any caster who narrates the action on screen failed to understand his purpose.

I encounter this time and time again with so called 'famous casters', It's a joke. Your semi-fake euphoria does not impress me in the slightest, stop shouting in my ear and drowning the in-game sound, thank you.

Take lessons from shining examples like 2gd, ins (yes, I said it), rapha or any other top player and take some, no, take a fucking lot of lessons, study them for years, then maybe come back

Also, the chemistry has to match. Last QC tourneys were prime examples of horrible unmatching chemistry imo. If I ever see those long hair brothers grim with the stupid nicknames (forgot who) narrating me to death again I will simply switch QC off and never watch again, it has come to this point

Those are colour commentators.

red and yellow

AND THE PLAYER IS PICKING UP THE RED AND THE OTHER ONE CAN'T PICK IT UP HE'S GOING TO TRY TO PICK UP THE YELLOW AND THIS IS SO EXCITING

TB is totally gonna give you shit about tha- oh wait...

Not just you but everyone is better than slandering the dead even if you didn't like the person.

False.

That's sad.

No trolling, what do you get out of talking bad about the dead when they can't defend themselves?

Well first off, I didn't actually say anything bad about him there. Secondly, mocking a person is definitely preferable when they're dead rather when they are alive, for the very obvious reason that there is absolutely no possibility of them ever hearing and being hurt by it, the same way it is preferable to do it when the person in question is not in the room. The jokes have literally infinitely less potential to do harm to him now that he's gone.
Btw: If TB, while alive, had had the option to postpone all the online and offline insults, slander, harassment, death threats and-what-have-you against him and his co-workers/family to be delivered to him the time after his death instead of having it ruin his last few years before it, I'm sure he would have taken it in a heartbeat.

I think Ketchup is a good shoutcaster and he at least tries his best at understanding the game for what it is.

The amount of hate he recieved wasn't justified

what hate?

I wasn't serious in case you did not get it. but I genuinely think those two 'ketchup' and the other long hair guy make one of the worst cast teams with a profoundly weird vibe, or chemistry, or whatever you want to call it. in fact almost none of the caster pairs worked last QC 2on2 tournament, what was that about, really weird. maybe it was the venue, or the format of constantly switching casters


on the topic of narrating, Imagine a football amateur commenting at the WM finals. telling you what you already see as if it was help for the blind.

after the games was another story, there was some attempt at in-depth comments, but far from the insight pro or ex-pro players give you even on the fly during the game. that's what I want damnit!
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He got an irrational amount of hate on esr for a good while (and probably still does) for his apparant lack of in-game knowledge.

But his casts did sound like he lacks it! I don't necessarily know if that still holds, but he was defintiely a caster who focused hard on getting his catchphrases and his points about champions out without really considering the deeper parts of gameplay.

I don't diss him for learning on the job but I didn't enjoy at the forefront of QC events when other, better casters didn't get as much love. I'm tired of overly professional casters who overuse catchphrases since 2011 or so, so there's a personal preference aspect here, but let's not pretend like he always knew Quake. And it's fair enough to criticize him for it.

Comments are slim here, just throwing in to say I enjoyed this - ta ddk.

Really nice interview