GosuLeague starts this week

David 'GoDz' Parker and Kevin 'Purge' Godec.

No thanks

What's wrong with them?

They are boring.

You are totally right, Starladder Grand final / i even cant understand russian but listen to vlad and casper instead of purge cause is so much more exiting and so more powerfull, just like Tobi's Stream is of course.

I think Purge is fine, but if I have a choice I'll usually watch something else. It's just that I don't like it when eSports takes itself too seriously, not enough general chat, there's no chemistry between him and the various co-casters. When there's downtime I really don't want to listen to people read out the last-hit numbers I'd rather just have them tell a story about the players, or about the meta game trends, etc...

That said, some people like it when commentators focus on the game and don't just try to be entertaining. I know a lot of people hate that Day9 does more 'fun' videos than before. I personally don't subscribe to that sentiment though, entertainment first.

This goes for most Dota 2 commentators, not just Purge. But it also takes time, the commentators which I currently like were a lot more "by the books" when they started.

edited by teapot at 30.04.2012, 13:05 CEST

Prizes for GosuLeague season one:

Champion: $750
Runner-up: $500
2nd Runner-up: $250

Whith those prizes i almost feel like wasting some cash and holding my very own online tournament, really weak tbh...

low quality league

Gosuleague prizes are low first season and will be increased in second/third season. keep in mind this is a much shorter event than TPL/The Defense for example, I don't see many larger monthly tours out there so why hate?


As for casters, I think Purge is much more entertaining than almost every other caster, this may be because he is less focused on appearance of his cast (screaming and getting excited) and more into being correct and analyzing stuff in the way a pro would. (With good understanding aswell, from what I saw he never makes the all-too-common mistake of claiming to know something and then end up being wrong. From my perspective that's worth a lot.)

same

You are right, the prizes are too weak, not worth it.

Purge constantly over analyze stuff. It's so annoying. Sometimes the little details doesn't matter and they just happen, you don't need a full min to explain the cause and effects about every single thing.

That said, he's a good caster:=)

these EnRo guyz... are crazy <3

barely top tier teams aside from m5, boring league. why not invite the best teams instead of having enro infused nextkz and cpt planet in the league.. zzz.

and purge to top it off, holy shitballs.

Tobi clearly is Valve's 44th international hire mentioned in their new booklet. He's been casting so infrequently as of late, there is no other explanation. Or maybe him and Synd finally decided to take their relationship to the next level and hes busy with that....

Also, to answer what's wrong with Purge: he is an extremely annoying and boring caster. Huge plays can happen and he'll remain completely monotone the entire time. Tobi makes Dota a better spectator sport than it actually should be with his unmatched casting ability. Not to mention the huge level of humor he brings to his casts (with some help from Synd/other co-commentators) which no other commentator actually does.

edited by HJC at 01.05.2012, 03:24 CEST

Don't worry, I don't cast this event like the article states :D

I'll be casting Asia/Oceania events.

so much hate on Purge .... no one is perfect, and each caster has their own styles. Tobi makes every game more entertaining with his shouting voice, but he makes lots of mistakes (game mechanics for example, not paying attention to the game bc he's trolling or being trolled by the co-caster) and sometimes saying nonsense things, Purge is focus more about analyzing & predicting tactics/strats, because he has good knowledge about the mechanics, he also doesn't make lots of mistakes while casting, therefore both of them use their own strength to become good casters and so far they all great

shouldnt it be xGosu?

Champions will be Next.kz

It shouldn't, It's GoSu is Captain Planet. They took a new team

xGoSu is another team which does not participate in this tournament.