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Interview: Tasteless don't like SC2 at all
Posted by Patrik "Raistlin" Hellstrand 3 years ago
GosuGamers sat down with Nick "Tasteless" Plott at the World Cyber Games, and we talked about his career as shoutcaster and his thoughts on StarCraft 2.
How long have you been living in Korea now?
- I have been in Korea for 8 months now. It is one of the coolest places in the world. The nightlife is very exceptional, beautiful women and awesome food.
Photo by: TastelessGaming.com
- I live in Gongnom-District, downtown in the central business area near the Han river.
How do you prepare for the matches you are going to cast? Anything special?
- Usually I sleep until shortly before the match starts and play lots of StarCraft the night before on the maps which are used the next day. I play Protoss against Artosis and my brother Day[9] and we talk about the games afterwards. Why I won or lost the game and we usually do it until the early morning hours.One of the most important things is I have a big meal before I cast, cause usually I cast for about 4 hours.
How do you manage to be up to date with the strategies of the players and the different maps, especially the new ones?
- As I mentioned above, I'll talk a lot to Artosis and my brother about the strats we used in our games and I also talk to some pro team members about that from time to time. Additionally my TV is on SC all the day long...
How much Starcraft do you play on your own?
- Approximately 5 days a week for several hours on ICCup. My nicks are still top secret though...
Do you already have some enquirers or are you interested in casting a ProLeague or OSL/MSL match?
- I would really love to but I can't. I have a contract with GOM TV and due to that it would be a conflict of interest, so I'm not allowed. Same with the OSL casters, they are not allowed to cast MSL matches and vice versa.
Photo by: wire.ggl.com
Is casting in Korea a dream come true and for how long do you want to live this dream?
- Honestly, it has been my dream as long as I can remember to live in Korea. It is even better to do this as a caster for Starcraft, the game which I love most. I will do this as long as I can and of course as long as the people want to hear my casts.
Have you been in Germany before and do you like what you have seen so far?
- No I've never been to Germany before but I like it so much. The people here in Cologne are so nice and friendly and of course the beer is also good too.
What do you think about SC2, like it?
- I don't like it at all. It is way to easy to play, the computer plays it for you. Automining is the worst feature of SC2 followed by the MBS and the possible smart cast feature.
Any final words for your fans at GosuGamers?
- Actually I visit GG.net everyday and like it very much, the features and news about the foreign scene are excellent. The crew is very nice, just keep up the good work for Starcraft.
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| thx zulu for this nice interview :D |
| awesome :D |
| Gogo Tasteless! my fav eng commentator. |
| Nick is doing damn well for himself :P thanks for the interview zulu! |
| w00t |
| nice interview...!!! |
| nick ~~ |
| he is right, we got the best beer here in germany!:) <3 tasteless |
| cool! :) |
| I tend to enjoy the beer more in Czech Republic. |
| #10 flamewarz! :D |
| Awesome, its my dream to one day live in Korea too! Tasteless ftw! |
| ^^ Yeah German vs Czech, I also go with Czech. Anyway, Tasteless is a very charming person, I belive that's why he is successful as a caster. Keep it up! :) |
| Cool ;) |
| gG but why is his mouth so big!? |
| Hehe, nice words about SC2 :))) Oh man tasteless..you living a dream..for many of us..keep it up man! |
| i like you tasteless :D +1 for your words about SC2 :D now i like you even more xD keep up the good job in korea ! |
| Gogo Tasteless! :) I wish I could tune in more often but all the casts are in the morning in Europe... |
| thats just great, and if u read this tasteless, u rock and i totally agree what u said about sc2. |
| its sad but true what he says about sc2 |
| very good interview, now i know more about tasteless :D |
| So sad he doesn't say his nicks, but at least he could say his ranks ;) |
| pffft Polish beer > all xDD gj gg.net, nice interview ;) |
| Soon he'll be playing in intel classic tournament and he's gonna have to cast himself! |
| *cough* german beer! =D |
| OMG now loads of people are gonna go "see mbs is bad mbs is the devil Tasteless said it" |
| #22 i think he was even around A last season. Im not sure but i think i did read something on tl or here about it |
| Tasteless > Artosis > all |
| good job dude keep walking |
| nice :D |
| cmon hardcore starcraft fans we need to do something... as said auto-mining / multi-building-selection / possibly easy cast for spells thats fucking HORRIBLE nobody wants that right? ONLY oblivian/maphackers (or maybe when u just start playing sc as a rookie) blizzard is willing to listen to us so we need to cease that chance and DEMAND that they drop these ridiculous features |
| #28 Artosis > Tasteless imo : P |
| good job zulu |
| I love tasteless o,o |
| fuckin blizzard cant understand that good game has to be complex and hard to play |
| Nice interview ;) |
| Keep going! :) |
| I like how you can see how Tasteless just wants to shout "Oh my fucking God he is losing those dragoons for nothing!" but tries ever so hard not to swear and comes up with something like "Those dragoons are getting ripped to shreds! Oh God!" Excellent! ;) |
| Nice interview :P |
| tasteless is gosu in casting and gaming! i am scared |
| we love tasteless! ^^ |
| its not "german beer" here in cologne its special named: "Kölsch" there are many different companys like Peters Kölsch, Früh Kölsch, Reissdorf Kölsch, Gaffel Kölsch and so on... all those Kölsches :D > any german or czech beer (Pils) > crap (export) |
| #42 Actually Tasteless were heading for "Weizenbier" almost all night long... :P |
| c'mon tasteless .. better contract = more casting .. we r behind u man :) |
| #44 Yea i hope when gom stops or so, that tasteless would be casting in huge tournaments etc :) long shot tho...like koreans said..it might not be worth in a long run to keep casting for foreigns.. ( there was article somewhere... ) |
| Go Tasteless! xD |
| Nice man. |
| you rock. |
| The thing to hope for is GOM getting big and Tasteless being part of that success. Moving to OSL and MSL would be cool just because it would be nice to hear those games in English. But I would much rather see GOM become as respected as those two than just have Tasteless leave GOM. |
| automining / autocasting: i wonder why we can't have "the best of both worlds". wyh doesn't blizzard give you the choice - for progamer matches and anyone who wants to play SC2 seriously there's a mode where you have to mine yourself etc. and then there's another mode which is SC2 as it seems to be today - for everyone who just want to have some fun rushing their friends on bnet. it's vital though that there's only those two modes and not a whole legion of options that make everything too confusing. i can't see atm how SC2 could be as competitive and interesting as SC without enough room for micro- & macromanagement - well, about the same mixture of it as in SC at least. |
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