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[PROPOSAL] Remove michael boltonIII from commentating on the AT

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Snake O'Connor
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#1 - 2012-07-02 02:05:50 UTC  |  Edited by: Snake O'Connor
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. 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. 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. Some of these teams have spent months preparing for this event and are having it ruined by this crappy commentary.
Amantus
Drexciyan Sea Unit
SPACE DETROIT
#2 - 2012-07-02 02:09:03 UTC
i dont even know who this guy is but they should have michael jordan instead
Flistir
Perkone
Caldari State
#3 - 2012-07-02 02:09:47 UTC
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
Garoun Investment Bank
Gallente Federation
#4 - 2012-07-02 02:10:00 UTC
Supported

I mute the stream when he's talking
Amantus
Drexciyan Sea Unit
SPACE DETROIT
#5 - 2012-07-02 02:15:12 UTC
is michael bolton that guy from game of thrones
Varcaus
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#6 - 2012-07-02 02:15:56 UTC
Supporting all he does is call things wrong and talk about something unrelated during the matches.
Katya Amatin
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#7 - 2012-07-02 02:26:06 UTC
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
Drexciyan Sea Unit
SPACE DETROIT
#8 - 2012-07-02 02:46:15 UTC
why doesn't hilmar commentate
Varcaus
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#9 - 2012-07-02 03:24:34 UTC
Amantus wrote:
why doesn't hilmar commentate

He's mixing the wub wub mate.
Amantus
Drexciyan Sea Unit
SPACE DETROIT
#10 - 2012-07-02 04:08:16 UTC
Varcaus wrote:
Amantus wrote:
why doesn't hilmar commentate

He's mixing the wub wub mate.

lool
Mordax Ibrium
Marlowe's Rift
#11 - 2012-07-02 04:23:55 UTC
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!

Ben Booley
Stimulus
Rote Kapelle
#12 - 2012-07-02 04:25:23 UTC  |  Edited by: Ben Booley
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 bhaalgorn 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
#13 - 2012-07-02 04:44:35 UTC
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
Viziam
Amarr Empire
#14 - 2012-07-02 05:54:27 UTC
Michael Boltons commentary makes wanna kill myself IRL.
Apathetic Brent
TURN LEFT
#15 - 2012-07-02 06:35:20 UTC
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.
#16 - 2012-07-02 07:04:05 UTC
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
All Web Investigations
#17 - 2012-07-02 07:45:13 UTC
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
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
#18 - 2012-07-02 10:49:00 UTC
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.

To quote Lfod Shi

The ratting itself is PvE. Getting away with it is PvP.

Snake O'Connor
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#19 - 2012-07-02 10:54:21 UTC
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.
#20 - 2012-07-02 11:32:33 UTC
counter-proposal: hit the mute button if you don't like someone talking...

AK

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