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Snake O'Connor
Doctrine. FEARLESS.
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Posted - 2012.07.02 02:05:00 -
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He is literally the worst commentator in the history of the AT, seriously even that chick from AT8 was better.
He does not know game mechanics at all and tries to pass his lack of knowledge off on the other commentators by saying things like "what do you think about this setup?" etc. His jokes and puns are really terrible, and every time he speaks I want to kill myself with a rusty machete. I was really hoping that he would have dramatically improved from last year but unfortunately he has not.
Can we please replace him with someone that actually knows the game, and can speak coherently about it? It is making the tournament completely unwatchable for a number of people. |
Amantus
Doctrine. FEARLESS.
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Posted - 2012.07.02 02:09:00 -
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i dont even know who this guy is but they should have michael jordan instead |
Flistir
Doctrine.
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Posted - 2012.07.02 02:09:00 -
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What's the quickest way to bring attention to the picture of Shadoo I have hanging on the back of my wall? Oh, I know. I'll comment on Zastrows posters and subtly steer the conversation.
Terrible. :( |
wallenbergaren
University of Caille Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2012.07.02 02:10:00 -
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Supported
I mute the stream when he's talking |
Amantus
Doctrine. FEARLESS.
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Posted - 2012.07.02 02:15:00 -
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is michael bolton that guy from game of thrones |
Varcaus
Celestial Janissaries Curatores Veritatis Alliance
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Posted - 2012.07.02 02:15:00 -
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Supporting all he does is call things wrong and talk about something unrelated during the matches. |
Katya Amatin
CiriThorn Mining Corp STEEL BROTHERHOOD
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Posted - 2012.07.02 02:26:00 -
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I support this, the Michael BoltonIII is the worst out of the lot of miserable commentators that somehow got picked to shoot their mouths off and bullshit.
I have to wonder how bad they are when they can't follow the Shields/Armor/Structure or the names of the ships. Honestly, it's not like THEY'RE watching it in ****** 360p or with the laggy stream.
Replace them with someone decent. If anything, (and I regret this) get CCP Soundwave to commentate. At least it won't sound like he's overly excited about every little thing. |
Amantus
Doctrine. FEARLESS.
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Posted - 2012.07.02 02:46:00 -
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why doesn't hilmar commentate |
Varcaus
Celestial Janissaries Curatores Veritatis Alliance
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Posted - 2012.07.02 03:24:00 -
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Amantus wrote:why doesn't hilmar commentate He's mixing the wub wub mate. |
Amantus
Doctrine. FEARLESS.
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Posted - 2012.07.02 04:08:00 -
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Varcaus wrote:Amantus wrote:why doesn't hilmar commentate He's mixing the wub wub mate. lool |
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Mordax Ibrium
Stimulus Rote Kapelle
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Posted - 2012.07.02 04:23:00 -
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I'd say he was the Johnathon Legard of EVE commentary, but he's much, much worse than that. Totally useless and offers nothing but worthless observations while he points out the things you are yourself seeing!
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Ben Booley
Stimulus Rote Kapelle
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Posted - 2012.07.02 04:25:00 -
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In 30 seconds in our match MB3 revealed he has paid exactly 0 attention to the rules or anything surrounding the tournament by pointing out how we were fielding our vindicator flagship in the prelim match. However, our flagship is a vindicator (well perhaps our vindicator murdered an armageddon and wore its skin?????? It certainly is bloody enough.........) and you can't even field a flagship in prelims.
Every match he commentates on I have to mute, which is annoying as sometimes I want to hear some commentary that isn't my corpmates (gorion talks way too much) and I actually like Laz, but MB3 just ruins everything and makes me want to stab my eardrums. |
Bacchanalian
Stimulus Rote Kapelle
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Posted - 2012.07.02 04:44:00 -
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Snake O'Connor wrote:The fact that in one of the matches he said that the Bhaalgorn was a flagship shows how ignorant to the tournament format he actually is being that flagships cannot even be fielded in the pre-qualifiers.
Let's not overlook the fact that the team who fielded said Bhaalgorn doesn't even have a Bhaalgorn listed as their flagship.
Let's be fair, his partner hasn't been brilliant either ("hurr if they're HAM drakes they'll hit out to 35 except that HAMs barely scratch 20on a Drake"), but he's at least talking about the matches and what's going on in them rather than his molesterstache.
His performance is forced at best, at worst a mockery. He was bad last year, but is just cringeworthy this year as sometime between now and then he's decided he needs to be an eve-celebrity and let it go to his head. |
Stoffl
Doctrine. FEARLESS.
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Posted - 2012.07.02 05:54:00 -
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Michael Boltons commentary makes wanna kill myself IRL. |
Apathetic Brent
Stimulus Rote Kapelle
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Posted - 2012.07.02 06:35:00 -
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This actually makes me a bit sad. I thought MBIII was kinda **** last year, but cute and likable in his own way. I think he took that qworkyness and saw that some people liked it and decided to go full ******. We all know how full ****** goes. I know it's CCPs way or no way, but **** man, this is really terrible. |
Serena Rae
Links are UP.
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Posted - 2012.07.02 07:04:00 -
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Amantus wrote:i dont even know who this guy is but they should have michael jordan instead
Those are some nice clothes Space Captain Amantus.
also please get rid of MB3 and get someone who knows basic game mechanics and how things work in eve?
We don't even have Shadoo this hear to give MB3 the Shut Your Mouth You Idiot look |
TheGunslinger42
Bite Me inc Exhale.
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Posted - 2012.07.02 07:45:00 -
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The commentators have all been abysmal so far. The woman from AT8 was hilarious in her terribleness, at least. Replace all commentators with her so we can have a lolfest tournament.
And on a related note, is the thing that switches cameras between the two commentators a god damn random number generator? It's so erratic and poorly timed. |
Markus Reese
Incertae Sedis Cascade Imminent
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Posted - 2012.07.02 10:49:00 -
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Not agreed. We don't know what the commentators are seeing on their end. These current qualifiers, they are streaming from their home. As for the comment about the brianna from AT8 being better, no way. Bolton may not have that energetic voice that brings excitement, he still has clear articulation which is just as important. |
Snake O'Connor
Doctrine. FEARLESS.
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Posted - 2012.07.02 10:54:00 -
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So it is ok to talk out of your ass as long as it's well articulated?
Sweet. Next year we should have celebrity guest commentators like Barak Obama and Mitt Romney, since the only thing that matter is how well you can speak, not what you actually say. Honestly though, I think that comment is unfair to the politicians, because at least they do some minimal amount of research before they speak which is a lot more than I can say for MB3. |
AlleyKat
The Unwanted.
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Posted - 2012.07.02 11:32:00 -
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counter-proposal: hit the mute button if you don't like someone talking...
AK GÇ£You go into combat, and itGÇÖs NOT going to be WagnerGǪindustrial techno or really hard drum and bassGÇ¥ Reynir Hardarson, founding member of CCP Games, 2002.
somethingjustgotreal.com |
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CracatusMilo
Ghost Net Industrialists Rebel Alliance of New Eden
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Posted - 2012.07.02 13:13:00 -
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I support this petition - MB3 was all over the place and i really wanted to mute but was interested in what the other commentator was doing.
I really, really really, don't want to watch someone talk about themselves in my free time.
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ry ry
Doctrine. FEARLESS.
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Posted - 2012.07.02 13:16:00 -
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AlleyKat wrote:counter-proposal: hit the mute button if you don't like someone talking...
AK
countercounterpoint: the other commentator is fine, so manually editing him out of the stream would also involve mashing the mute button and sticking a postit note over his ridiculous face.
This situation is far from ideal, and i think the most sensible way to resolve it it to go back in time and feed MB3's mother gin...
rr |
RuriHoshino
Stimulus Rote Kapelle
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Posted - 2012.07.02 14:44:00 -
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ry ry wrote:AlleyKat wrote:counter-proposal: hit the mute button if you don't like someone talking...
AK countercounterpoint: the other commentator is fine, so manually editing him out of the stream would also involve mashing the mute button and sticking a postit note over his ridiculous face. This situation is far from ideal, and i think the most sensible way to resolve it it to go back in time and feed MB3's mother gin... rr
Implying that this hasn't happened already.
Honestly CCP, we understand that the Alliance Tournament is more to do with bringing in new or lapsed players than giving a couple of alliances annual e-peen bragging rights, but MB3's "commentary" has been flat-out painful and does a disservice to both AT audiences and the game itself.
We all deserve better than Michael Bolton III. I can't believe that there wasn't another person who applied to be a commentator who wouldn't be leagues better than what we're getting from this guy. |
Lazarus Telraven
Amok. Goonswarm Federation
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Posted - 2012.07.02 15:17:00 -
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Bacchanalian wrote:Snake O'Connor wrote:The fact that in one of the matches he said that the Bhaalgorn was a flagship shows how ignorant to the tournament format he actually is being that flagships cannot even be fielded in the pre-qualifiers. Let's not overlook the fact that the team who fielded said Bhaalgorn doesn't even have a Bhaalgorn listed as their flagship. Let's be fair, his partner hasn't been brilliant either ("hurr if they're HAM drakes they'll hit out to 35 except that HAMs barely scratch 20on a Drake"), but he's at least talking about the matches and what's going on in them rather than his molesterstache. His performance is forced at best, at worst a mockery. He was bad last year, but is just cringeworthy this year as sometime between now and then he's decided he needs to be an eve-celebrity and let it go to his head.
the HAM drake comment was incorrect when i mentioned the HAMs i had the HAM range of Tengus in my head which is actually 30.5km with max skills ( i looked it up after the tourney was over) But yeah, i am open to any criticism this is my first year as a commentator and i want to give you guys the best i can give by the time the 12mans start up so i really want to get the kinks worked out in the Prelims.
But over-all so far i havent hear /too many/ bad things about my commentating |
ry ry
Doctrine. FEARLESS.
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Posted - 2012.07.02 16:16:00 -
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Lazarus Telraven wrote:Bacchanalian wrote:Snake O'Connor wrote:The fact that in one of the matches he said that the Bhaalgorn was a flagship shows how ignorant to the tournament format he actually is being that flagships cannot even be fielded in the pre-qualifiers. Let's not overlook the fact that the team who fielded said Bhaalgorn doesn't even have a Bhaalgorn listed as their flagship. Let's be fair, his partner hasn't been brilliant either ("hurr if they're HAM drakes they'll hit out to 35 except that HAMs barely scratch 20on a Drake"), but he's at least talking about the matches and what's going on in them rather than his molesterstache. His performance is forced at best, at worst a mockery. He was bad last year, but is just cringeworthy this year as sometime between now and then he's decided he needs to be an eve-celebrity and let it go to his head. the HAM drake comment was incorrect when i mentioned the HAMs i had the HAM range of Tengus in my head which is actually 30.5km with max skills ( i looked it up after the tourney was over) But yeah, i am open to any criticism this is my first year as a commentator and i want to give you guys the best i can give by the time the 12mans start up so i really want to get the kinks worked out in the Prelims. But over-all so far i havent heard /very many/ bad things about my commentating, and again criticism is expected/welcomed So basically what you're saying is that you agree MB3 should be off the commentary team? |
ry ry
Doctrine. FEARLESS.
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Posted - 2012.07.02 16:20:00 -
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MBOLT 3:
I know you're reading this.
Collectively fearless(dot) have found themselves in a pickle. We've spent our entire AT fund already and can't afford spaceships for the second weekend. For 10 billion isk i can guarantee Fearless(dot)'s unflinching support of your quirky commentary, including the editing of posts in this thread which may previously have contained negative sentiment, to appropriately reflect the amount of goodwill such a gift would inspire.
A meagre sum to help secure your holiday to Iceland.
Think about it meight. isk to 'ry ry' |
Krukk Vuld
Pator Tech School Minmatar Republic
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Posted - 2012.07.02 16:29:00 -
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Lazarus Telraven wrote: the HAM drake comment was incorrect when i mentioned the HAMs i had the HAM range of Tengus in my head which is actually 30.5km with max skills ( i looked it up after the tourney was over) But yeah, i am open to any criticism this is my first year as a commentator and i want to give you guys the best i can give by the time the 12mans start up so i really want to get the kinks worked out in the Prelims.
But over-all so far i havent heard /very many/ bad things about my commentating, and again criticism is expected/welcomed
At least your commentary is pertaining to the matches and the action which is going on. MB3 is constantly making mistakes, or not paying attention to what is going on and seems more interested in sounding like he's actually relevant when we just want to hear someone who can comment, constructively, on the match and what is actually occurring.
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Marconus Orion
Massive PVPness
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Posted - 2012.07.02 18:00:00 -
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Joke commentator for a joke tournament. What is wrong with that? |
Swidgen
Republic University Minmatar Republic
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Posted - 2012.07.02 18:40:00 -
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Marconus Orion wrote:Joke commentator for a joke tournament. What is wrong with that? +1
If MB3 continues in his present capacity for the rest of ATX then I'm out. I don't want to hear his voice and I don't want to see his face. He is negatively affecting the tournament both in form and substance. There is no possible tournament matchup that will overcome my decision to not tune in as long as MB3 remains on the team. |
mxzf
Blackened Skies
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Posted - 2012.07.02 19:00:00 -
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Meh, I don't see what all the rage is about. He might not be a stellar orator, but he doesn't really seem that bad.
A couple things to point out. First off, those "So, what do you think about their setup?" comments don't seem to be a lack of knowledge, they seem to be attempting to generate interesting dialog while the ships on the field are busy just grinding each other down. It's kinda boring to just say "well, the match is over really, now it's just mopup" and then sit there silently watching them take out one ship after another for 5 min.
Second, not knowing that flagships weren't allowed in prelims isn't that surprising. IIRC they haven't broadcast prelims yet, so it's not surprising that the commentators don't have every rule minimized. Seeing a Bhal on field and guessing that it might be the flagship isn't a bad guess, especially when about 4/5 of the flagships seem to be Bhals. However, once he was notified that he was wrong, he corrected himself. Commentators aren't perfect, everyone makes mistakes at times.
I'm more or less indifferent on the matter, I don't know the guy at all. But commenting on something like this is much harder than people give these guys credit for, I doubt that 90% of the naysayers could do any better. Trying to keep up a constant stream of dialog on camera for thousands of people at once and have everything come out perfect is impossible, so why not cut the commentators some slack and be a bit understanding. |
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