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I never hear him question strategies or giving input on what they could have done or what they need to do to take control of a match. That is what we need for MLG not "That's F3, that move is good." no offence to Phill though, I actually enjoy his commentary every thursday night but he seems far to casual to commentate a major.
Then it seems you haven't really seen Phil commentate.Phil does question strategies and point out mistakes he sees.It even gets to a point where he's able to read the players and say what they're going to do before they even do it.

If Phil played the game god knows how much of a beast he'd be.
 
Then it seems you haven't really seen Phil commentate.Phil does question strategies and point out mistakes he sees.It even gets to a point where he's able to read the players and say what they're going to do before they even do it.

If Phil played the game god knows how much of a beast he'd be.
He did play the game for a while before he decided it sucked and went back to classic MK.
 
He didn't say it sucked he just doesn't have time to play it. In fact, a few days ago he tweeted that he wants to go back to playing.

Imagine [email protected] vs @DetroitBallin313 mirror match OMFG
Hm I kind of got the impression from speaking with him at Season's Beatings that he didn't really like the game, but if I'm mistaken and he's coming back to it that would be positively baller.
 

Flagg

Champion
Its a shame that Mayo and Glue live in different continents because they would be a dream pairing.

That said, based on FR it has to be Medina, BeerGuy Ed or Pig. I actually think Tom would do a pretty good job.
 
Its a shame that Mayo and Glue live in different continents because they would be a dream pairing.

That said, based on FR it has to be Medina, BeerGuy Ed or Pig. I actually think Tom would do a pretty good job.

actually, rumor is tom is 100% out. last night this place was buzzing with rumors as to why tom was so upset, even randomly deleting all his youtube content. the "word on the tym streets" is that tom was the name mentioned to MLG as the guy to use but apparamtly NRS and Warner Brothers said they dont want tom involved in anything MK related anymore.

all this is apparantly a direct result of all the trolling tom recieves from the community as the communities way of joking with tom. apparantly NRS and Warner Brothers bought into it and let all the trolling effect how they feel about the guy. i guess you can tell tom to ignore the haters all you want, doesnt seem to mean anything if NRS and Warner Brothers listen to them.

like Pig, I cant wait to hear who is chosen. does anyone know when MLG will announce it?
 
actually, rumor is tom is 100% out. last night this place was buzzing with rumors as to why tom was so upset, even randomly deleting all his youtube content. the "word on the tym streets" is that tom was the name mentioned to MLG as the guy to use but apparamtly NRS and Warner Brothers said they dont want tom involved in anything MK related anymore.

all this is apparantly a direct result of all the trolling tom recieves from the community as the communities way of joking with tom. apparantly NRS and Warner Brothers bought into it and let all the trolling effect how they feel about the guy. i guess you can tell tom to ignore the haters all you want, doesnt seem to mean anything if NRS and Warner Brothers listen to them.

like Pig, I cant wait to hear who is chosen. does anyone know when MLG will announce it?
If this is true, this is very unfortunate.

I feel that Tom Brady definitely could've represented our game very well, both intellectually and professionally to a new audience.

He also has knowledge of Soul Calibur V which could've been an asset to the production value of the event as a whole.

It will be interesting to see who has been selected if it has already been determined.
 
If this is true, this is very unfortunate.

I feel that Tom Brady definitely could've represented our game very well, both intellectually and professionally to a new audience.

He also has knowledge of Soul Calibur V which could've been an asset to the production value of the event as a whole.

It will be interesting to see who has been selected if it has already been determined.

I agree, it is very unfortunate. The thing is, trolling the guy by making him out to be a fraud, not a top player, under rating his tournament top placings, etc etc.. is/was supposed to be one of those "funny because its not true" kind of jokes. It was supposed to be a troll by seeing if you can get the guy mad with a joke only funny because of it being untrue and an obvious ribbing.


for sure the trolling went WAY too far, there is no way that it was started to actually get a troll joke(which was totally untrue) to some how manifest itself as a fact when there is no fact to it. while i guess the community does have a lot to do with what happened, I dont think ANYONE actually throught that anyone of marginal intelligence would ever believe or buy into the trolling and what was being said.
 
Did brady really lose his chance to do commentary at MLG because of the possibility of people trolling the stream/commentary. If so thats just stupid, cant we like sign a petition to get brady to do mlg 's commentary?
 
There is a HUGE difference between a caster and a commentator.

Caster is a person who can do the rapid fire play by play and paint a vivid picture of what is going on while simultaneously hyping the game.

Commentator is a person who talks ABOUT the game, i.e. why people are doing what they're doing, why it ssignificant, what they are going to be doing next, general matchup stuff and strategy etc.

Look at Tasteless and Artosis from the Starcraft 2 scene. Look at Husky and HDStarcraft from Starcraft 2. In both of these cases, the former is the caster who is an awesome, charismatic person to listen to, while the latter is the "analyst" commentator who talks about technical stuff. Obviously there is overlap and synergy between the two, i.e. the caster will set up the commentator for something to talk about by maybe asking a question or using allusions.

If I had it my way I'd probably have a duo along the lines of 9.95 and Pig Of The Hut , if you've read my post at all you'll know who fits which role and why. I haven't heard enough of Arturo's commentary to really comment one way or another. I know that he is going to be one of the guys there and props to him for his position within MLG, but I don't know where he really sits on this spectrum of caster vs. commentator. Maybe he's gonna pull a Day[9] that is pure man-mode and can do both simultaneously and flawlessly. Time will tell.

TLDR there is a difference between casters and commentators and I hope to see one of each for MK9. Chemistry is the most important thing of all, though.
 

Pig Of The Hut

Day 0 Phenomenal Dr. Fate and Darkseid player
actually, rumor is tom is 100% out. last night this place was buzzing with rumors as to why tom was so upset, even randomly deleting all his youtube content. the "word on the tym streets" is that tom was the name mentioned to MLG as the guy to use but apparamtly NRS and Warner Brothers said they dont want tom involved in anything MK related anymore.

all this is apparantly a direct result of all the trolling tom recieves from the community as the communities way of joking with tom. apparantly NRS and Warner Brothers bought into it and let all the trolling effect how they feel about the guy. i guess you can tell tom to ignore the haters all you want, doesnt seem to mean anything if NRS and Warner Brothers listen to them.

like Pig, I cant wait to hear who is chosen. does anyone know when MLG will announce it?

I know who the two are

But it's not my place
 

Pig Of The Hut

Day 0 Phenomenal Dr. Fate and Darkseid player
There is a HUGE difference between a caster and a commentator.

Caster is a person who can do the rapid fire play by play and paint a vivid picture of what is going on while simultaneously hyping the game.

Commentator is a person who talks ABOUT the game, i.e. why people are doing what they're doing, why it ssignificant, what they are going to be doing next, general matchup stuff and strategy etc.

Look at Tasteless and Artosis from the Starcraft 2 scene. Look at Husky and HDStarcraft from Starcraft 2. In both of these cases, the former is the caster who is an awesome, charismatic person to listen to, while the latter is the "analyst" commentator who talks about technical stuff. Obviously there is overlap and synergy between the two, i.e. the caster will set up the commentator for something to talk about by maybe asking a question or using allusions.

If I had it my way I'd probably have a duo along the lines of 9.95 and Pig Of The Hut , if you've read my post at all you'll know who fits which role and why. I haven't heard enough of Arturo's commentary to really comment one way or another. I know that he is going to be one of the guys there and props to him for his position within MLG, but I don't know where he really sits on this spectrum of caster vs. commentator. Maybe he's gonna pull a Day[9] that is pure man-mode and can do both simultaneously and flawlessly. Time will tell.

TLDR there is a difference between casters and commentators and I hope to see one of each for MK9. Chemistry is the most important thing of all, though.

I really appreciate your compliments, if asked I would without hesitation do it but from what I heard I'm not one of the two chosen.

I too think 9.95 would have been amazing
 

Tolkeen

/wrists
Pig has been posting about how sad he is he can't make it, I'm sorry to rain on parades, but it's probably not Pig.

And as for Tom Brady.....

Trolling is just being an asshole on the internet. Good job "trolls", you cost a real person a real job that could have benefited him in real life. Stop "trolling" (being a douche) and give this man the respect he's fucking earned. He's more important to this community than any of you "trolls".
 
Trolling and being an asshole are two very different things, but that's neither here nor there. Can't wait to see who's up there by Art's grace.

Casters, whoever you are, if you read this, I DEMAND an intro at least 5x as hype this.
 

Pig Of The Hut

Day 0 Phenomenal Dr. Fate and Darkseid player
Pig has been posting about how sad he is he can't make it, I'm sorry to rain on parades, but it's probably not Pig.

And as for Tom Brady.....

Trolling is just being an asshole on the internet. Good job "trolls", you cost a real person a real job that could have benefited him in real life. Stop "trolling" (being a douche) and give this man the respect he's fucking earned. He's more important to this community than any of you "trolls".

If asked id make sure to be there
 

Ermaculate_Slim

We are Many but we didnt make MK11 not one
Dont make it seem like that it is 100% stream monsters fault cause NRS spoke out against brady doing commentary. I mean they had something to do with it but Tom makes it worst cause he feeds em, for example reading chat and arguing with people in chat when they arent trying to get a point across at all they just love the attention.Yet Tom feeds the trolls and they continue to do it because Tom acknowledges them.Thats how I see it.
 
Dont make it seem like that it is 100% stream monsters fault cause NRS spoke out against brady doing commentary. I mean they had something to do with it but Tom makes it worst cause he feeds em, for example reading chat and arguing with people in chat when they arent trying to get a point across at all they just love the attention.Yet Tom feeds the trolls and they continue to do it because Tom acknowledges them.Thats how I see it.

and i agree... if this was still 2011. tom used feed the trolls, thats true, but in the last 3 months i cant remember a stream or event of this happening. I have watched the last few VSM's, FR, WB and didnt see any troll feeding. I was even in the kombat network charity stream and donated, still no feeding any trolls. dont think he even was on stream from december to feburary due to no stream for NEC and him not competing afterwards until WB because of what happened in his personal life .

the trolls keep trolling, fed or not. no one of intelligence should ever believe what trolls say, this is why nrs doing so is so surprising.
 

Flagg

Champion
Trollin translated into real life speech is someone being an asshole, and there is no debating that. People reveal their true colours on the internet.

If TB has been dropped by NRS and WB for MLG and that abuse contributed then I feel pretty bad for the guy.
 

Spirit Guide

Friend Gang
Sabin is the best commentator to me. He makes listening to SOMEONE talking about the game entertaining. And that's what matters when it comes to a commentator.
 

matterovermind

mindundermatter
Hey guys. Sorry I haven't posted on TYM. Been very hectic past few weeks. I'll get yall updated as soon as I can. I cant comment on the MLG stuff yet.
Thanks for your efforts Art, we know you're working hard in the background for MK. In the meantime, can we get an 'Esports, sports sports sports?' or 'Money, money, money, money, moneeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeey' ;) Just kidding. Can't wait to get all the details!