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So you want to be a tf2 caster

i just want them to come back please god

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Watch part 1!

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Please consider becoming a producer instead

  • We desperately need eu producers

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  • Jmaxchill’s pc is on fire and it doesnt work and hes trapped in a spreadsheet

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  • Message DuMmTm#4988 on discord

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  • thanks

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Game knowledge

  • If you don’t know what is happening,�how is the audience supposed to know?

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  • Understand the flowchart of the game

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  • Predict what is about to happen�-both roles�
  • You cannot play by play properly if you don’t know what to look at

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Flowchart example

Midfight starts

Red team wipes

Blu team wipes

Blu pushes last with add

Blu wins round

Blu med drops to an airshot

Red team holds

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Game knowledge

  • Good prep lets you tell good stories

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  • Storylines for players + teams

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  • Who are they?

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  • How do they play?

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Warming up and exercising your voice

  • Stolen from ”The Casting Chamber” by Hysterics (Lpl pbp)

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  • Tongue twisters!

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  • Breathing exercises

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  • Ideally every day

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Warming up and exercising your voice

  • Drink tea!

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  • Camomile+honey tea SLAPS

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  • No cold water

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My routine (lol)

  • Stretch tongue

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  • Articulation phrases

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  • Tongue twisters

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  • Before every cast�gets me ”in the zone”

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Join a choir

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¡Con ánimo!

  • Project your voice

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  • Speak with your hands

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  • Stand up!

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  • Allow yourself to be excited�(prepare!)

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Slow the fuck down.

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Why you should not cast like ODPixel

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Why you should not cast like ODPixel

  • You probably don’t have the lungs for it

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  • The more words you say, �the less impact they have.

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Why you should not cast like ODPixel

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Why you should not cast like ODPixel

  • Slower scentences allow for more time to think

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  • More time to think, more time to breathe

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  • More time to breathe, more power

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  • More power, better result

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Cast with rhythm!

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Who should I listen to?

  • Tf2 is a weird mix of cs and LoL/dota2

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Who should i listen to?

Play by play

  • Captain Flowers (LoL)
  • ODPixel (dota2)
  • Scrawny (cs)
  • Anders (cs)
  • Machine (cs)

Colour

  • Caedrel (LoL)
  • Vedius (LoL)
  • Kobe (LoL)
  • HenryG (cs)
  • Launders (cs)
  • Spunj (cs)

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Further reading

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  • Blast Caster Cams

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How do I actually start casting?

  • Message the people in charge of the broadcast you want to be on�and ask

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  • Do it yourself

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  • Cover lower tiers

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How do I actually start casting?

  • Weekend cups

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  • Odd hours

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  • After big LANs

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  • B streams

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Most worthwhile things in life are scary

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Questions?