![]() ![]() Sometimes, it gave vital information about opposite teams, and sometimes players got distracted. Together with Dan 'Artosis' Stemkoski, he currently provides. 2 He has provided commentary for multiple Starcraft and Starcraft 2 tournaments. He moved to Seoul, Korea in 2007 to give commentary to e-sports competitions. It affects gameplay since hearing people get excited or casters talking about the game life can take you out of focus.” Final Thoughtsīased on our research, the majority of players were able to listen to commentators. Nicolas Plott (born August 11, 1984), known by his alias Tasteless, is an American esports commentator. “Yes, I’ve been to an event where the casters and crowd could be easily heard. Similarly, another pro player “Verbo” said, Soundproof booths are very much needed in all tournaments.” It affects the game in some way but maybe not too much since it’s not reliable to play for the speaker sound. “With that said, yes, it’s very common to hear different things from casters and just the game. “In that game, we had a couple of situations where I’m pretty sure NaVi took advantage of this and a lot of times did the perfect move.” We played our first group play game against NaVi and I remember the speakers for the crowd were behind us so it made everything much “clearer” to hear casters, footsteps et cetera.” His announcement also confirmed that he would work with Heroes of Newerth and Frostburn Studios on a contractual basis, instead of full-time.“The first memory that comes to my mind is at DreamHack Summer 2015. On the 9th September 2016, Nick made the decision to become a full-time streamer/esports caster, leaving his previous occupation to pursue his passions, with Dota 2 as one of his prioritised games. Over time, the popularity and success of Heroes of Newerth would start to die off, especially the competitive scene which would cause him to make a big decision and officially leave HoN full-time to pursue more of his esports casting career. Break圜PK would also have an announcer pack created after him due to his popularity and had several catch phrases he became known for, his most popular being "But at what cost?"īreak圜PK would work with S2 Games / Frostburn studio full-time for ~4 years, and eventually became Video Production Manager as well as his official casting duties. With the creation of HoN Tour, it provided a platform for weekly matches with a bigger prize pool at the time, which was not nearly as popular as it is today. He also occasionally casted some other games as well, such as Starcraft II and World of Warcraft, but HoN was always his main focus.īreak圜PK would gain popularity and plenty of recognition within the early esports world as HoN proved to have success within its first couple of years. After a year with Honcast on its own, S2 Games purchased the Honcast name as well as Break圜PK and his services to work full-time at the company as an esports caster for their main game Heroes of Newerth. ![]() Things seemed to pick up quickly and within a couple of months he was contacted about creating a casting company that would later be known as Honcast. Pursuing Radio Broadcasting and Sportscasting in college, including broadcasting traditional sports such as football and basketball, he wanted to find more way to get practice and eventually decided to give casting Heroes of Newerth a shot. Over time, he realized he may not be able to make it as a professional player, however he wanted to still be involved in esports in one way or another. Break圜PK was an avid gamer in his youth and also had a competitive edge which had him competing in the early days of esports with CS 1.6 as well as some local Halo LAN events.
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