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Hey SC2SEA!

It's been so long since I blogged here! Today's one is just going to be real short, and more of a request for feedback than a fully-fledged blog.

The other week I had the pleasure of attending the WCS ro32 Premier in Cologne as an Expert and Analyst. It was an amazing experience for me to experience the show from the other side of the table! Getting to see these players up close and talk to them when not being focused on my own play for once was really cool I was able to observe them as they put so much effort into this moment which they've been working so long for. Also really watching all their games closely and actually having my job be to analyse them was awesome as I felt I got to absorb so much more information about the players and their builds than I ever would otherwise.

The show was absolutely amazing and was full of new experiences for me. Flying to an event where I wasn't playing was very alien at first, and felt much less stressful at first.However soon enough my relative lack of experience made me realise how much I had to learn...

This is where you come in SC community! Please give me critical, no-holds-barred feedback on what you think I can improve upon and anything you didn't like or prefer I'd change in my presentation. Shoot!



Some points I already noticed in my commentary:

• Tendency to talk for too long - jumping between different points, and swapping between play-by-play and analysis. Instead passing off to my co-caster would create a smoother flow. This was especially evident in the game 2 of the series between GungfuBanda and Jaedong,
• Sometimes speaking too softly or in too smooth a voice - perhaps I should work on speaking from the diaphragm and projecting my voice more to get more energy and excitement into the cast. There are times a bit more intonation and forcefulness in my voice may create a better viewer experience.

Some points in my Interview questions and analysis:

• I need to work on memorising questions and having better notes for a smoother transition into the next question
• I can take the pressure off the player (trying to remember specific moments from each game) and get more personal expression and emotion by alternating hardcore questions with those about the match-ups in general. For instance asking about their styles in broad strokes: "Why is this aggressive zergling ZvP so effective?", "So many terrans are struggling with Protoss right now, but you look so confident out there, what makes you different?"
• There were times where I re-introduced the interview to an extent by congratulating the player and talking about their style, when doing a 2-man interview hosted by Apollo I should have dived straight into the questions I feel and been looking to extract more information from the player with open-ended questions - not filling the air with my own thoughts

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