| Mjade Australia. June 30 2012 18:40. Posts 10 | Profile # |
Hi Khaldor,
Only complaint I have is when big fights are going on and you get a little worked up (which isnt a bad thing), then start just saying what is happening. I've never been a fan of this sort of play by play casting (why i dont like most casters), really like it when the caster can do some analysis. Of all the casters i have seen you are in my top ten though =D |
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| Shantastic United States. June 30 2012 18:47. Posts 342 | Profile # |
Hihi Khaldor
To be honest, I didn't really use to like your casting, but you've improved so much recently, and now, you and Wolf are one of my favorite casting teams, especially because of your versatility and both of your abilities to be both play-by-play and analytical with regard to what is needed. You have fantastic knowledge of the game, and more importantly, you are very much aware of your level of knowledge of the game, which leads to some great strategic analysis. Sometimes, you get into periods of minutes at a time where your speech starts to slur 'cause you're processing too much on screen, something pretty much every caster I know of has gone through, I'm sure. Try slowing down the word flow when that happens, instead of trying to catch up with what's going on. Noticed Day[9] doing it in some MLGs last year, and it improved my casting substantially. |
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| Jarree Finland. June 30 2012 19:03. Posts 841 | Profile # |
Yo Khaldor, usually i think you and Wolf are great together, but i think in today's gstl you got a bit too excited and kept on talking and talking and felt like Wolf didn't get to say something he wanted  . Still, i liked it and your enthusiasm was great to see. I couldn't help smiling when 16 mules were dropped and you yelled "HE DROPPED THE MULEHAMMER!!" haha i have no idea what that is. Hope it isn't what urban dictionary suggests :D
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Mule%20Hammer |
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| Zandar Netherlands. June 30 2012 19:10. Posts 1255 | Profile Blog # |
On June 30 2012 03:41 KThrace wrote:
Hello Khaldor!
I've never commented on a caster before, usually I find something positive about a caster that enables me to zone out their quirks or bad habbits. I have never been a huge fan, and that is the reason why I wont be going into great depths explaining my validation of you as a caster. However, this post is concerned with a situation that happened on GSL last thursday, that, because of its nature, made me feel obligated to say something. The situation I am refering to is the one in wich Wolf was giving his description of low fat cheetos (or something like that). He made an argument concerning their usefulness ("you can touch your friend if you want to). I found your reaction to Wolfs said argument to be so blatantly homophobic it felt offensive."If you start touching me, there will be a fist coming away so fast you wont even be able to dodge it." Really? I know this is something many would reply with, but doing so live in front of thousands of people comes off very unproffesional and, for some, even offensive. No matter what your thoughts are on this subject, I would advise you to keep it to yourself or at least modify its form when you are on the air.
Or maybe he just doesn't like to be touched by ANYONE. not just males?
There are many people with social anxieties like that. People with asperger for example often have it, not implying that Khaldor has asperger btw 
http://www.fearofstuff.com/objects/fear-of-being-touched/Last edit: 2012-06-30 19:11:55 |
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| Ucs June 30 2012 19:27. Posts 261 | Profile # |
Since months have passed since he came to Korea to cast I can give out my opinion on him after I have actually heard him. I belive he is very repetitive(when it comes to describing the game), he dosen't bring much to the table when it comes to game analisys and he is not perticulary funny. I think he is somewhere between mediocre and okay.
The only thing I don't understand is why isen't dApollo casting GSL instead of him or Wolf.
P.S. this tweet by him made me cringe. IMO its very dumb to say this:
"Thomas Kilian @Khaldor
When will people finally understand that the job of a caster is NOT to please every individual viewer but the broader audience as a whole?"
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| Spidinko Slovakia. June 30 2012 19:50. Posts 1149 | Profile # |
On June 30 2012 19:27 Ucs wrote:
Since months have passed since he came to Korea to cast I can give out my opinion on him after I have actually heard him. I belive he is very repetitive(when it comes to describing the game), he dosen't bring much to the table when it comes to game analisys and he is not perticulary funny. I think he is somewhere between mediocre and okay.
The only thing I don't understand is why isen't dApollo casting GSL instead of him or Wolf.
P.S. this tweet by him made me cringe. IMO its very dumb to say this:
"Thomas Kilian @Khaldor
When will people finally understand that the job of a caster is NOT to please every individual viewer but the broader audience as a whole?"
Just a quick question: You do understand that, right? |
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| johnnywup United States. June 30 2012 20:02. Posts 2743 | Profile Blog # |
| feel like you need to not say everything that a player is doing wrong all the time, it sets a bad mood for the game (IMO and i believe others agree). if you focus less on the negative and more on the positive than it seems like a much ebtter cast |
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| habeck June 30 2012 20:12. Posts 795 | Profile # |
| Klahdor i like your casting, and in that game one, MC vs Squirtle, i loved that you didnt call early GG like wolf did, This is the thing most people include me hate when casters call such a early GG. Gratz |
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| rEalGuapo Germany. June 30 2012 20:14. Posts 782 | Profile # |
I have tried to get a defenite opinion on Khaldor's GSL casting for quite some time now.
I think Khaldor in general is a good caster. Very energetic and well spoken (compared to other german casters, I don't feel the need to throw up when listening to his english)
However, I feel like he doesn't play the game as much as a caster should, that is propably because he is casting 26hours/day average. Still I feel like that is a huge deficit. Plus the need to appear so strong and tough, I don't get it. If someone trys to make a joke why threaten physical violence?! It just annoys me and the people I have spoken to.
We all know you work out.
We all know you are in exceptional shape.
No need to act tough during a cast.
One should try to be funny and go along with a joke of one's co-caster instead of saying that he will get beaten up for this and that...
It's sad because I think Khaldor might have the potential to be one of the absolute Top casters out there. With a lot more game knowledge and a bit effort to support his co-casters in almost all situations to avoid the awkwardness I get from every Khaldor dual-cast.Last edit: 2012-06-30 20:16:40 |
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| Khaldor Germany. June 30 2012 20:29. Posts 642 | Profile # |
One thing I forgot to mention: where do you guys get this homophobic bullshit from? xD Some of my friends in Germany are gay and I don't see where you get the impression from I'd have a problem with this. We joked about it on stream and apparently some people ware WAY too touchy about this topic and completely missjudge a situation where Wolf and I have some friendly banter going on. Unfortunately we were not on camera when it happened so you couldn't see us but the reaction from some people here is a little bit odd.
On June 30 2012 18:40 Mjade wrote:
Only complaint I have is when big fights are going on and you get a little worked up (which isnt a bad thing), then start just saying what is happening. I've never been a fan of this sort of play by play casting (why i dont like most casters), really like it when the caster can do some analysis. Of all the casters i have seen you are in my top ten though =D
But as you already said: YOU are not a fan of this kind of casting. Other people are. I'm sorry that you don't enjoy it but I have a different approach to a shoutcast. I personally dislike it if a casting duo is not able to express excitement and entertain me while there is a huge battle going on. That's exactly why I mentioned earlier that different people just like different things.
Cheers, Khaldor Last edit: 2012-06-30 20:32:19 |
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| yosisoy Israel. June 30 2012 20:40. Posts 197 | Profile # |
I like your casting and your chemistry with Wolf is quite good.
Quote of the day: "He's losing a shitload of stuff" xD |
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| AxionSteel Australia. June 30 2012 20:54. Posts 6321 | Profile # |
The Zerg bias was pretty annoying today. Just watched Shine vs Jjakji as i missed it but you spent the entire game talking about Shine basically and how good he is. Was similar in the other games. But as you said, you can't please everyone. Others probably like it
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| Khaldor Germany. June 30 2012 21:01. Posts 642 | Profile # |
| Your hear Zerg bias, others told me I would be biased towards Protoss and I also heard I would focus on the terran too much. And it might be true in some individual games but in the whole schema of things I don't think you really have a point. And Shine impressed me a lot today, plain and simple. Doesn't mean that jjakji is not a good player and I think we talked about him quite a lot today too. |
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| meltingmykohchoo June 30 2012 21:02. Posts 166 | Profile Blog # |
| edit: my friend didnt like you and posted on my acc ipp.. i didnt mean any offense Last edit: 2012-07-04 19:18:04 |
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| eksert France. June 30 2012 21:11. Posts 656 | Profile # |
Khaldor, you are doing really great.
If u want one bad side of your casting i can only think you think every TSL zerg is "symbol".
Man, it's revival!! |
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| Zandar Netherlands. June 30 2012 21:12. Posts 1255 | Profile Blog # |
I loved how you often didn't fall in the premature gg trap today but instead said things like "but let's see if player X can have a comeback"
Keeping the cast exciting that way.
Instead of the usual downer comment "ok that's gg" when the game goes on 20 min after, but casters made me lose all excitement.Last edit: 2012-06-30 21:20:07 |
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| SilSol Sweden. June 30 2012 21:13. Posts 2665 | Profile # |
I think your doing just fine Khaldor. Ur not like some casters that calls stuff SO much earlier than they should. You have some knowledge at least about the game. Your fine Khaldor don't worry  |
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| Probe1 United States. June 30 2012 21:14. Posts 16445 | Profile Blog # |
I'm not really picking up on any zerg bias. I don't have anything relevant to critique or mention but I was wondering what the use in a poll on the first page was. Surely your casting would improve/decline over time and opinions cast over the last six months would be affected by different stages of your casting career? Oh well, it's needlessly complex to worry about and everyone likes a poll.
Oh, I actually wanted to say that the casting tonight was terrific. Symbol v Sculp- the casting was great. Lots of excitement and pretty accurate observations on what was happening and what each player needed to do. Good job. |
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