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I don't think Day[9] racks in as much as everyone thinks. His said before that he is only surviving with the basics, and only JUST got a new computer, and that was only because he started a donation thing for himself to get a new computer, so it's not as good as everyone thinks.

But he loves doing it, he enjoys doing it too otherwise he wouldn't sit in front of a webcam 5 days a week talking to his monitor.

I'm live-casting my games for two reasons. First: I myself can improve when I say the things out loud, they might not make much sense to viewers but at the time I understand what I'm saying, this is because I think about it in my head, pausing speech for a second then continue saying what I was thinking essentially skipping the part I was thinking, I think I only do this while playing live, so I don't think it's the same as the "avoid casting" section.

The second is, my friends enjoy sc2, they enjoy watching me play and even if they're better/as good as me, They still watch just because they know I love sc2, and they enjoy supporting my other friends and myself.

I really think "avoid casting" is a very very de-motivating read. I would put it down to 'practice before releasing your first cast'

I mean look at kelly, everyone who wasn't a racist dickhead all said 'The only thing she lacks is game knowledge and stutters' which is reasonable, her accent wasn't as thick as everyone made it out to be and she definently is a very successful caster in my eyes. So I don't think you can just outright say it's a waste of time for those people, and if the person is motivated to cast sc2 games then they can definently improve on these so called "natural talents"

Then you said that casters responsibility isn't to get viewers, I would say compare NASL to IPL
NASL: Better players, Better tournament, only two casters
IPL: Good players, A test tournament, a range of casters

IPL got 20k viewers on the finals night, I don't think I've seen NASL get any higher then 13k(on the first day).

Why you ask? Because of the casters. The casters were good and you never got your ears droned out by the same two unenthusiastic voices, so they bought in the viewers. I don't believe any of this shit that you have to be TL featured, cast tournaments or cast good people playing to be a successful caster. Look at TB, a lot of people hate him because he talks fast, but a lot of people love him because he has a passion for the game, and he gets excited. Wait.. what? His not TL Featured, he doesn't cast "GREAT SUPER OMFG" players unless he is asked to cast a tournament. He just sits and casts his ladder experience, and he is entertaining in the process, thus keeping the people watching.

My point is: No matter how good the tournament, no matter how good the players, no matter if you're the only TL featured, if the casting is crap then people will leave or just mute it and only glance at it every 5-10 mins. It's the quite opposite in my eyes, great casting with mediocre players with a mediocre tournament will bring a lot more people then some half-assed mediocre casting with good players and a good tournament.

I think they're the only part of the "tips" that is complete crap, and very de-motivating for any newcomers that came here for tips on how to begin casting.

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