Why does Riot hire disrespectful and unsportsmanlike casters?

Blåbæret·Oct 1, 2016·5 votes·1,019 views

I'm just wondering since this caster hosting TSM vs. SSG keeps trash talking SSG. More specifically insulting SSG Crown in an extremely derogatory fashion. "He must really admire the artwork, hugging his tower - that's as far as he's going" (if I recall correctly) among other hidden trash talk.

It seems like a massive double standard to constantly ban players in-game for bad behavior, but casters are somehow exempted from the very same treatment and can trash talk people for no reason.

15 Comments

TurquoiseYoshiOct 1, 20164 votes

There's a large difference between: "He must admire that artwork, hugging the tower so much" and "Stop feeding you fucking asshole were you dropped on your head as a child?"

BlåbæretOct 1, 20162 votes

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There's a large difference between: "He must admire that artwork, hugging the tower so much" and "Stop feeding you fucking asshole were you dropped on your head as a child?"

Isn't a caster's job to be objective and convey the match? In what way does conjuring subjective completely irrelevant comments become part of that job description?

People also get banned for saying ggez, so I can't really say I agree with you.

The post getting downvotes just shows how toxic this community is anyway.

BladeSteelOct 1, 20161 votes

Noone has ever been banned for saying ggez XD you have to say a lot more than that to get banned.

TurquoiseYoshiOct 1, 20162 votes

A caster's job is to provide information about the match. If the match is super one-sided, that should probably be conveyed. Casters also are supposed to make things more interesting for the fans, and making jokes while still communicating what is going on isn't a bad way.

And they really don't get banned for that, it requires much more. Saying ggez makes you an asshole, but it doesn't get you banned by itself.

III BAKURYU III Oct 1, 20161 votes

Indeed the game was 1 sided and saying ""He must admire that artwork, hugging the tower so much" was NOT toxic at all. Krepo was making a point that TSM was playing the map.

III BAKURYU III Oct 1, 20161 votes

Maybe people just don't agree with you, why would they need to be "toxic" just because it's downvoted?

Angry MonsterOct 1, 20161 votes

its called color casting. The analysts do it when there is no meaningful play by play or any new events to break down.

They make of NA western teams when they get trounced also.

YCitizenSnipsYOct 1, 20163 votes

Krepo was fanboying really bad that game.

OleandervineOct 1, 20161 votes

A particular note, casters aren't interrupting the game with their trash talk. They're interrupting your viewing, but it's not in game.

BlåbæretOct 1, 20162 votes

That is true, indeed. But I'd assume it's not in Riot's best interest to have casters talk bad about other teams just trying to win like every one else. It just leaves a bad taste in my mouth, that's all.

CatastropOct 1, 20161 votes

It's for the same reason I can trash talk to my screen and deride the dumbasses who walk to danger pings. It's not affecting anyone, because they're not hearing it.

Brain Errör 404Oct 1, 20161 votes

You have to keep everything entertaining. Everybody loves a bit of trash talk here and there. It's funny, it's not, in any way, out of disrespect.

hotarseOct 1, 20161 votes

It's an entertainment product. A little flavor, a little spice, makes things nice. If you want boring, only watch games that are cast by Azell or Papa smith, or dangit, pretty much half of the world's casters this year. Where's my DoA?!

BlåbæretOct 1, 20161 votes

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It's an entertainment product. A little flavor, a little spice, makes things nice. If you want boring, only watch games that are cast by Azell or Papa smith, or dangit, pretty much half of the world's casters this year. Where's my DoA?!

Pretty big difference between flavoring and obvious fanboyism.

III BAKURYU III Oct 1, 20161 votes

He was making a point that Crown was playing scared and how good TSM was playing the map against SSG.
Go play Solo Q and see some real disrespectful comments.