| RedJustice United States. February 18 2011 15:10. Posts 999 | Profile Blog # |
Who is CatsPajamas?! The most epicly bearded caster in ESPORTS! Also known as Kevin Knocke, Cats, and the proud owner of two cats.
In his own words:
"I primarily played FPS/RPG games as a kid with a healthy dose of adventure games for flavor. While I screwed around in Brood War, it was more fun for a 10 year old kid to play turret defense than league matches. But, despite not playing much, I held a special place in my heart for it and was excited for the release of Starcraft 2. It wasn't much long after that my friend introduced me to Team Liquid and I started watching the best players in the world compete. So, despite being an RTS noob, I set out to play the game as intended, no more turret defense for me It was shortly thereafter that I started watching the major casters. Day[9] dailies, especially, took me from a gold level player to diamond in under 100 matches.
As I got further into the game, I started finding out about the wonderful world of esports casting. I was introduced to Ipp, Raelcun, TheGunrun, Tasteless, Artosis, Psy, HD, Husky, and others in a very short period of time. Given the fact that I had three years radio experience and was going to school for a masters in communication, I thought it appropriate to give casting a try. Thus, I established a stream here and began my adventure." (1)
Before Cats was hired by IGN to cast the IPL, he worked hard to build his reputation as a caster by holding weekly Masters and Open KOTHs. His small stream following was quite close, and often able to observe the KOTH games. He held viewer replay night as well, and allowed his viewers the opportunity to co-cast a game of theirs with him.
The story of how he got hired by IGN in his own words:
"The story was this: At MLG Dallas 2011, the players could hear the commentary, so there was actually no live casting for the crowd because they had to shut it down. During Kiwikaki vs Idra, I ended up sitting next to David Ting, General Manager of the eSports division of IGN. It started with him asking me questions about the match, but it ended up that I starting casting/giving insight the entire match. Apparently he was impressed, and a few days later he asked me to work on some IPL projects."
Subscribe to him on YouTube!
Follow him on Twitter!
Stalk him on Facebook!
His stream is here, but he doesn't use it so often now because he casts so many games for work.
This thread created for the purpose of honor, guts, and glory.
(1) - http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=181418Last edit: 2011-10-24 13:43:19 |
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| Slayth United States. February 18 2011 15:10. Posts 325 | Profile # | |
| | Fanclubs I'm in: Destiny, EGHuK, EGIdrA, IMNestea, LiquidTLO, LiquidJinro, IMLosira, TypePhoeNix, MvPDongRaeGu, STJuly, WhiteRa. "this is more fucked up than lord of the flies" - Tasteless , "WHEN THERE'S NO INTERNET, LAN ROCKS" - Lim Yo-Hwan |
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| how United States. February 18 2011 15:11. Posts 526 | Profile Blog # | |
| | http://twitter.com/howsc http://howsc.com |
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| Flaunt New Zealand. February 18 2011 15:12. Posts 781 | Profile Blog # |
| I just listened to his cast for the first time and wow his voice is basically perfect for commentating. |
| | What? You seek something? You wish to multiply yourself tenfold, a hundredfold? You seek followers? Seek zeros! |
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| Suspense United States. February 18 2011 15:13. Posts 499 | Profile Blog # |
| Cats is like a simile... yes I said it |
| | Call me Mr. Tripped-Fell-Landed-On-1-A |
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| DoA United States. February 18 2011 15:15. Posts 565 | Profile Blog # |
| He's got a great voice and has done an awesome job with his KOTH events and the Reddit opens. Last edit: 2011-02-18 16:05:09 |
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| GhostKorean United States. February 18 2011 15:16. Posts 2260 | Profile Blog # |
On February 18 2011 15:12 Flaunt wrote:
I just listened to his cast for the first time and wow his voice is basically perfect for commentating.
Whoa same here he has an amazing voice for commentating. I'd listen to his voice all day..... :D |
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| zylog Canada. February 18 2011 15:17. Posts 941 | Profile # |
| Yeah, he's really friendly on his stream and has a good radio broadcasting type voice. |
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| Arcana3 United States. February 18 2011 15:19. Posts 4 | Profile # |
| Cats voice is like smooth creamy milk, but is also sweet like melted Carmel, chocolate covered cherry |
| | Yargh, Starcraft shall not dominate, but Destory The World, Protas All The Way |
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| Slayth United States. February 18 2011 15:20. Posts 325 | Profile # |
| Cats voice is like bacon, you cant live a day without it |
| | Fanclubs I'm in: Destiny, EGHuK, EGIdrA, IMNestea, LiquidTLO, LiquidJinro, IMLosira, TypePhoeNix, MvPDongRaeGu, STJuly, WhiteRa. "this is more fucked up than lord of the flies" - Tasteless , "WHEN THERE'S NO INTERNET, LAN ROCKS" - Lim Yo-Hwan |
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 motbob  United States. February 18 2011 15:20. Posts 11467 | Profile Blog # |
| You guys don't want to go down this road. |
| | <marttorn> lucky I don't live in a culturally diverse place | |
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| pigtheman United States. February 18 2011 15:25. Posts 325 | Profile # | |
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| Megaliskuu United States. February 18 2011 15:30. Posts 5015 | Profile Blog # |
uhhh who??
brb youtube
Holy fuck this guy sounds like a radio announcerLast edit: 2011-02-18 15:30:35 |
| | aka Megalisk, TheMuTaL|BW>Everything|Add me on KR TheMuTaL.675 for practice games :) |
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| Rorra Australia. February 18 2011 16:36. Posts 1049 | Profile # |
In my opinion fan clubs should be kept to more well known members of the community and top players.
I've never heard of this guy and I can guarantee most other people on teamliquid haven't either.
No offense but at this rate everyone will have their own fan club.....
This is ridiculous. |
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 hmunkey United Kingdom. February 18 2011 16:40. Posts 1971 | Profile # |
Who is this guy? What major accomplishments does he have? And why does he have a fanclub that's basically just cluttering up the forums?
I mean, I respect anyone willing to dedicate themselves to casting, but until he has something significant to show for it I personally don't think this should exist. |
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| Rorra Australia. February 18 2011 16:57. Posts 1049 | Profile # |
Allow me to reiterate, I personally agree that this shouldn't exist. Especially since:
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=182538
I would Love it if the mods could remain somewhat consistent, and btw,
+ Show Spoiler +This Steven Bonnell II/Destiny guy has way more viewers/followers and is a featured streamer on tl
I'm sure you don't like your chances :D
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 Chill Canada. October 09 2011 12:55. Posts 25253 | Profile Blog # | |
| | http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=275302¤tpage=225#4490 | |
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| how United States. October 09 2011 12:59. Posts 526 | Profile Blog # |
| Thanks Chill! Now people, how awesome is the Catspajamas??? |
| | http://twitter.com/howsc http://howsc.com |
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| Bonkerz United States. October 09 2011 13:00. Posts 817 | Profile Blog # |
On October 09 2011 12:55 Chill wrote:
Reopened!
<3 Chill
Anyway cats has definintly grown on me since he started with IGN. |
| | High masters terran streaming in 720p 60 FPS with commentary and analysis after every game twitch.tv/bonkerz1 |
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| Gimmickkz October 09 2011 13:11. Posts 152 | Profile # |
| the fact that this is only one page long after this weekend disgusts me -_- |
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