I guess your independence helps you with keeping up your caster career. Would it be a goal for you to work fulltime as a caster?
It's more than a goal for me; it's my dream! I'm already investing well over 40 hours a week on it, but the main issue right now is that I don't make much money from doing it, so I have do other stuff like the paralegal / IT work to pay the rent/bills.
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Was it good for you to cast the tournament (TI2) with Luminous, a guy you already know from your work for Dotacommentaries?
Absolutely. Despite the tentacle hentai jokes he loves to make on his live stream, Luminous is really a consummate professional. We both studied our asses off preparing for the event in the weeks leading up to the group stages. Even going into the final day, we were both constantly taking mental notes and stealing a few moments of PC time backstage where we could to study each team and get a deeper understanding of how they were building and using each hero.
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You show great synergy with Luminous, but you also cast solo. What do you prefer?
I enjoy both! From an analytical standpoint, I prefer having a co-caster, since it gives me time to ‘breathe’ mentally and take stack of the state of the game. When you're solo casting, you tend to get tunnel vision and buy into your own narrative of how the game is going to unfold. It’s good to have someone to push back on that and give you opportunities to re-examine your own perspective.
It's more than a goal for me; it's my dream! I'm already investing well over 40 hours a week on it, but the main issue right now is that I don't make much money from doing it, so I have do other stuff like the paralegal / IT work to pay the rent/bills.
[...]
Was it good for you to cast the tournament (TI2) with Luminous, a guy you already know from your work for Dotacommentaries?
Absolutely. Despite the tentacle hentai jokes he loves to make on his live stream, Luminous is really a consummate professional. We both studied our asses off preparing for the event in the weeks leading up to the group stages. Even going into the final day, we were both constantly taking mental notes and stealing a few moments of PC time backstage where we could to study each team and get a deeper understanding of how they were building and using each hero.
[...]
You show great synergy with Luminous, but you also cast solo. What do you prefer?
I enjoy both! From an analytical standpoint, I prefer having a co-caster, since it gives me time to ‘breathe’ mentally and take stack of the state of the game. When you're solo casting, you tend to get tunnel vision and buy into your own narrative of how the game is going to unfold. It’s good to have someone to push back on that and give you opportunities to re-examine your own perspective.
Interview: David 'LD' Gorman
