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Michael Bolton - commentator needs to go like the singer
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Linda Shadowborn
Dark Steel Industries
#21 - 2012-07-07 15:05:17 UTC
a HUGE improvement in the commentating from mr bolton :) good job cutie
Desmond Robinson
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#22 - 2012-07-07 16:23:43 UTC
How about keep it simple.. after the first weekend (and so far this weekend) how do you rank these guys? Here's my rankings:

#1 - Raivi: Well rounded.. good overviews of the action, pertinent comments on how the teams were matched up.
#2 - Lazarus Telraven: After he got in the groove, he was great. Stuck to the facts,focused on the play-by-play. Great for a first time!
#3 - Kil2: VERY knowledgable..yes suffered at times from "information lag", but seemed to have the most depth of knowledge.
#4 - Zastrow: Seems to be a better "color" guy than a play-by-play guy. Most experienced..and yes did well enough.
#5 - Michael BoltonIII: Weakest link. Yes painful at times.. MBIII could stand to remember that he is basically standing on a podium with 10,000 people listening to him speak. Yes, you WILL be nervous.. and please do not channel that nervous energy to your mouth and random thoughts about items in your environment or in that of your fellow commentator's environment (wall pictures? really?). Focus on the action.. if you have information lag.. say nothing ("better to be silent and thought a fool than speak and remove all doubt"). Perhaps you should focus on the tactical screen and let us all know where each teams ships are positioned. It's hard to see the tac screen on those displays.

I am a trained public speaker, and considering the live nature of what these guys are doing, I think they did OK. Whenever you get up in front of an audience of ANY size.. let alone the 10,000+ or so who watch this live.. you are going to be nervous. Focus on what you know.. and only that.. we want to hear what you have to say..and your experiences that give credence to your statements. You will never ever NOT be nervous.. but we have a saying.."It's not the butterflies you have in your stomach.. it's how well you can make them fly in formation!" {grin}

Keep working guys.. and yes.. I recommend you pair up and have one focus on "color" and the other on "play-by-play".. pretty good job all around, and hopefully you'll have the routine polished in time for the GROUP stage and FINALS. I'm enjoying watching. ---Des
Lazarus Telraven
Amok.
Goonswarm Federation
#23 - 2012-07-07 17:04:20 UTC
Desmond Robinson wrote:
How about keep it simple.. after the first weekend (and so far this weekend) how do you rank these guys? Here's my rankings:

#1 - Raivi: Well rounded.. good overviews of the action, pertinent comments on how the teams were matched up.
#2 - Lazarus Telraven: After he got in the groove, he was great. Stuck to the facts,focused on the play-by-play. Great for a first time!
#3 - Kil2: VERY knowledgable..yes suffered at times from "information lag", but seemed to have the most depth of knowledge.
#4 - Zastrow: Seems to be a better "color" guy than a play-by-play guy. Most experienced..and yes did well enough.
#5 - Michael BoltonIII: Weakest link. Yes painful at times.. MBIII could stand to remember that he is basically standing on a podium with 10,000 people listening to him speak. Yes, you WILL be nervous.. and please do not channel that nervous energy to your mouth and random thoughts about items in your environment or in that of your fellow commentator's environment (wall pictures? really?). Focus on the action.. if you have information lag.. say nothing ("better to be silent and thought a fool than speak and remove all doubt"). Perhaps you should focus on the tactical screen and let us all know where each teams ships are positioned. It's hard to see the tac screen on those displays.

I am a trained public speaker, and considering the live nature of what these guys are doing, I think they did OK. Whenever you get up in front of an audience of ANY size.. let alone the 10,000+ or so who watch this live.. you are going to be nervous. Focus on what you know.. and only that.. we want to hear what you have to say..and your experiences that give credence to your statements. You will never ever NOT be nervous.. but we have a saying.."It's not the butterflies you have in your stomach.. it's how well you can make them fly in formation!" {grin}

Keep working guys.. and yes.. I recommend you pair up and have one focus on "color" and the other on "play-by-play".. pretty good job all around, and hopefully you'll have the routine polished in time for the GROUP stage and FINALS. I'm enjoying watching. ---Des


Yeah, i totally agree. I am getting passed around like a well rode bicycle or another more crude thing that gets passed around.. in other words during the prelims im getting paired with every other commentator to see who i mesh the best with as i am the new guy :)

and MB3 is doing great today
James Arget
Future Corps
Sleeper Social Club
#24 - 2012-07-07 17:11:06 UTC
Linda Shadowborn wrote:
a HUGE improvement in the commentating from mr bolton :) good job cutie

Agreed on both points. I can't help myself, the stache is pretty nice.

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Jimmy Luv
Brutor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#25 - 2012-07-07 17:14:12 UTC
I would smash mb3's back doors in.....FACT!!!!
Desmond Robinson
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#26 - 2012-07-07 17:44:05 UTC
Lazarus Telraven wrote:
Desmond Robinson wrote:
How about keep it simple.. after the first weekend (and so far this weekend) how do you rank these guys? Here's my rankings:

#1 - Raivi: Well rounded.. good overviews of the action, pertinent comments on how the teams were matched up.
#2 - Lazarus Telraven: After he got in the groove, he was great. Stuck to the facts,focused on the play-by-play. Great for a first time!
#3 - Kil2: VERY knowledgable..yes suffered at times from "information lag", but seemed to have the most depth of knowledge.
#4 - Zastrow: Seems to be a better "color" guy than a play-by-play guy. Most experienced..and yes did well enough.
#5 - Michael BoltonIII: Weakest link. Yes painful at times.. MBIII could stand to remember that he is basically standing on a podium with 10,000 people listening to him speak. Yes, you WILL be nervous.. and please do not channel that nervous energy to your mouth and random thoughts about items in your environment or in that of your fellow commentator's environment (wall pictures? really?). Focus on the action.. if you have information lag.. say nothing ("better to be silent and thought a fool than speak and remove all doubt"). Perhaps you should focus on the tactical screen and let us all know where each teams ships are positioned. It's hard to see the tac screen on those displays.

I am a trained public speaker, and considering the live nature of what these guys are doing, I think they did OK. Whenever you get up in front of an audience of ANY size.. let alone the 10,000+ or so who watch this live.. you are going to be nervous. Focus on what you know.. and only that.. we want to hear what you have to say..and your experiences that give credence to your statements. You will never ever NOT be nervous.. but we have a saying.."It's not the butterflies you have in your stomach.. it's how well you can make them fly in formation!" {grin}

Keep working guys.. and yes.. I recommend you pair up and have one focus on "color" and the other on "play-by-play".. pretty good job all around, and hopefully you'll have the routine polished in time for the GROUP stage and FINALS. I'm enjoying watching. ---Des


Yeah, i totally agree. I am getting passed around like a well rode bicycle or another more crude thing that gets passed around.. in other words during the prelims im getting paired with every other commentator to see who i mesh the best with as i am the new guy :)

and MB3 is doing great today



Yes he's doing better. I agree with another poster that it seems being inside the arena trying to report and not watching what we are seeing makes a bit of a difference with the commentators trying to report based on what they see vs what we are seeing. The last match MBIII and Kil2 did (just finished.. Cyclones vs Tengus) was well done. For what it's worth I like the Lazarus/Raivi combo the best! Maybe we can have a commentator death match to see who (of five) makes it into the final four broadcast team! {grin}
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