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| mastafa Germany. April 28 2012 22:10. Posts 5 | Profile # |
Remember my article about the HomestoryCup? I published another one about Khaldor and Starcaft in the "Tagesspiegel" - a famous German newspaper.
Please click on it, so they will probably let me write more about esport.
Thank you guys.
Here , you can also comment and (dis)like it on reddit if you want
I translated it as well:
In Germany, their names are Marcel Reif, Wolff-Christoph Fuss or Bela Réthy. Almost everybody knows them as they commentate the favourite sport of the Germans – football. Only few know Thomas Kilian. He lives in South Korea, where he commentates the computer game “Starcraft 2” on a professional level. Electronic sport, e-sport, has not only within Asia developed towards a public phenomenon. On a global scale, tens of thousand are following Kilian via livestream.
„This is so epic, unbelievable! What a comeback!“ When Thomas Kilian is doing his job, pure passion comes out of him. From his room in Seoul or from big tournaments, as recently from “IGN Pro League” in Las Vegas, the 30 years old from Heidelberg, Germany, commentates the strategy game.
The biggest e-sports tournament in the world, the MLG (Major League Gaming) was held six times in 2011, at peak times followed by more than 240,000 viewers from 175 countries at the same time on its live streams. Caster, as commentators like Kilian are called in technical language, greatly contribute to this development. "They immediately point out if a player does some nice moves and tatics so it is possible for viewers without a lot of experience to understand what is going on," says Jonathan “DarkForce” Belke, one of the best players within Germany. The caster has to face the difficult challenge not to bore veteran players but also not to scare away rookies, so-called noobs, due to shoptalk. Already in school, Kilian had been active in the e-sport community under his ID “Khaldor”. In 2001, he made first experiences as a caster. “I got first instructions on what I have to focus, before just starting on a gut level.” At this point of time, viewer numbers above 100 were seen as great success.
Next to his hobby, he studied International Business Administration. However, “since my heart was committed to e-sports, I decided to try my luck as a caster for one year.” During this summer, in 2010, “Starcraft 2” was published. Due to new technological possibilities, various players and casters quickly offered livestreams to watch. Thanks to added commercials, one can earn some extra money by streaming. „Khaldor“ experienced his breakthrough by chance. As the English caster of a big tournament bored their viewers, a lot of them switched to Khaldor’s German stream. Quite surprised, he was faced with more than 20 pages of foremost positive feedback on his page. Although, the great majority of the viewers did not speak a word German, they were fascinated by “Khaldors” crazy-impassionate style to cast. Thus, he became a topic within the community starting to cast in English from time to time.
By now, he lives in Seoul for more than half a year. He commentates the Korean Global Starcraft League (GSL), which can be considered as Champions League of “Starcraft 2”. Moreover, he casts Korean and European tournaments. He is contracted with the Korean channel “GomTV” broadcasting Starcraft to prime time. By doing so, he earns good money: “It is enough to save a bit each month.” However, a lot of people do not understand that it is hard work, “what I am doing. If I see 18 years old teenager starting to cast a bit, thinking they would be rich, I have to smirk.” He is working the whole week, sometimes all around the clock. In the evening, he casts the GSL for „GomTV”. Tournaments, which take place within Europe, he has to commentate by night due to clock changes. In the morning, he attends a Korean language class. Around noon, he then tries to find some sleep before the same procedures starts all over again. According to him, his chances to get promoted are limited.
Actually, he casts “Code A”, which can be considered as second division of GSL. The first division, “Code S” is occupied by a legendary duo, the Americans Dan “Artosis” Stemkoski and Nicolas “Tasteless” Plott. “There is no way around the casting archon”, says Kilian.Last edit: 2012-04-29 09:35:18 |
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 Ruscour April 28 2012 22:14. Posts 5116 | Profile Blog # |
The only thing better than eSports coverage from gaming media, is eSports coverage from non-gaming media.
Good article, looks like people in the comments are supportive & fans of his YouTube channel, not that I can understand what they're saying ^_^ |
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| spatz Germany. April 28 2012 22:14. Posts 153 | Profile # | |
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| CScythe Canada. April 28 2012 22:17. Posts 802 | Profile # |
| Khaldor top 3 casting in the world. |
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| Noocta France. April 28 2012 22:21. Posts 8626 | Profile # | |
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| Fluffeh Sweden. April 28 2012 22:22. Posts 56 | Profile # |
| awesome! Man was it long time ago I read something in german ^^ |
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| Hall0wed United States. April 28 2012 22:23. Posts 7244 | Profile Blog # |
Nice article!
And damn google does a good job translating German. When I had it translate the entire page it was extremely readable and compared quite well to your translation. |
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| Denzil United Kingdom. April 28 2012 22:26. Posts 3509 | Profile # |
nice article
glad you were ballsy enough to write it |
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| Bobbias Canada. April 28 2012 22:31. Posts 1008 | Profile Blog # |
Awesome article. It was a nice chance to see if I could make sense of something in german, and apparently I don't fare that poorly, provided I can look up a word or two to clarify things 
Great job at helping spread the word in non-gaming media! |
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| roym899 Germany. April 28 2012 22:36. Posts 377 | Profile # |
Very nice article. Keep up your writing  |
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| sCuMBaG United Kingdom. April 28 2012 22:36. Posts 616 | Profile # |
good article.
you could have mentioned the German player's nickname (in the German version).Last edit: 2012-04-28 22:36:59 |
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| mayneeahk Canada. April 28 2012 22:38. Posts 278 | Profile # |
Enjoyed the article, very nice.
Hope they let you write more about e-sports. |
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| Maxilicious April 28 2012 22:39. Posts 134 | Profile # |
Indeed, the chance of promotion is low.
The community in general is so used to Tastosis and identify themselves with them. When Wolf was casting with Artosis few days ago, majority think that they are really good but just can't be compared to the casting archon. Personally, I prefer Artosis and Wolf.
Tastosis is farming well on their accumulated advantage (or Matthew effect).Last edit: 2012-04-28 22:59:20 |
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| Leviance Germany. April 28 2012 22:55. Posts 3207 | Profile # |
| Always nice to see positive articles about e-sports in "normal" newspapers |
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| ACrow Germany. April 28 2012 23:39. Posts 3180 | Profile # |
| Good article, makes me all happy to see SC2 get some coverage in a newspaper. Dan+Nick should know about this, being called legends in a printed article |
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| poorcloud Singapore. April 28 2012 23:46. Posts 2392 | Profile # |
On April 28 2012 22:39 Maxilicious wrote:
Indeed, the chance of promotion is low.
The community in general is so used to Tastosis and identify themselves with them. When Wolf was casting with Artosis few days ago, majority think that they are really good but just can't be compared to the casting archon. Personally, I prefer Artosis and Wolf.
Tastosis is farming well on their accumulated advantage (or Matthew effect).
Juding from the LR thread, majority thought that wolf + Artosis was better than tastosis to be fair. I could be wrong but thats the genral feel i got. |
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| MetalPanda Canada. April 28 2012 23:51. Posts 1137 | Profile # |
| Wolf is good, but he needs to get better with his social skills. He's quite the caster version of Naniwa. |
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| rdcpohl Canada. April 28 2012 23:58. Posts 188 | Profile # |
| Very nice article. Khaldor is a terrific caster, and more e-sports exposure in traditional outlets is always nice |
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| Lasbike France. April 29 2012 00:31. Posts 2833 | Profile # |
On April 28 2012 23:46 poorcloud wrote:
Show nested quote +On April 28 2012 22:39 Maxilicious wrote:
Indeed, the chance of promotion is low.
The community in general is so used to Tastosis and identify themselves with them. When Wolf was casting with Artosis few days ago, majority think that they are really good but just can't be compared to the casting archon. Personally, I prefer Artosis and Wolf.
Tastosis is farming well on their accumulated advantage (or Matthew effect).
Juding from the LR thread, majority thought that wolf + Artosis was better than tastosis to be fair. I could be wrong but thats the genral feel i got.
I got that feeling too. |
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| inCyde April 29 2012 00:36. Posts 42 | Profile # |
| Very nice to read! Keep it up |
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