QFT and lulz about Marvel.
I stepped up at Cannes and although it was far from perfect, the FR commentary was dire by comparison generally. Hype can only go so far before its just annoying as commentary and if you're going to commentate a freaking major, as Engared rightly said - have SC players do it.
DK alone would have done a significantly better job imo. =/
What exactly was so dire about the FR commentary?
The commentary wasn't bad at all and it is still a work and progress. I agree with the post stating that some player background should go into it. Like when a big time player comes on hype them up. This was done to some extent but not at all extensively. Like I remember thinking no one on the stream can appreciate what a big deal Thuggish is. They don't know the half.
People who don't play Soulcalibur aren't going to know or appreciate who thugish_pond is, so hyping him up isn't going to do much. That has more to do with the lack of coverage that SC gets compared to Marvel and AE where the viewers know who the players are because you have multiple websites dedicated to covering/interviewing them and mentioning their accomplishments.
SCV is starting to receive more coverage, but still lacks in coverage on the actual players. But the background of the players was mentioned though, just not in the hypest of fashion.
You kinda need a mix of both really for good commentary. FilthieRich and Bibulus would've been a good team for example, as Bibs could've laid down the information on the game, the community, and its players, while FilthieRich can make up shit like "Nightmare with that CHUCK NORRIS 9k!"
I'm a huge hoops junkie, and Hubie Brown is the best, most informative commentator for bball. But on his own, he'd be incredibly boring to listen to. You need a guy who gets hyped up over dunks like Mike Breen next to him.
Having two people of the same personality doesn't work out from a viewership standpoint. You need someone who can bring the hype and someone else who can do the analysis. I'm just not going to lose sleep over who was on the mic because there's alot going on at these tournaments, and the people doing commentary are also playing in the tournament as well and need to worry about not getting disqualified.
When we get to the point where we have people who do nothing but commentate on the gameplay, I will worry about it. Guess we need some more washed up players to do that.
Props to the SC community for finding more time to bitch about the stream than actually giving props to the top 8. Great job SRK....err.......8wayrun. I know at least the old school vets appreciate the fact we even HAVE a stream. Some of you are so insanely ungrateful
It's not the entire community bitching about the commentary. I do appreciate that SC was even streamed. Personally I was mad at the lack of coverage that SC was getting when it was the third largest tournament at Final Round when other, less exciting games got tons of air time, and when plenty of people were asking to see it.
Malice and Bibulus is a good combo imo - Malice commentating is hype. No other commentator got hype over Maxi FC 3A series. ^^
I hate doing commentary.
But people need to show more appreciation to those who do get on the mic and keep people entertained. It's hard to be funny, witty, informative, and not clichéd to an audience of people who want to say the most vile, vicious, racist, sexist things about you.
If anyone can do a better job, the opportunity is there. Put up or shut up.
