Guild Wars 2

I think it’s only right Blu or Grouch at least be involved with shoutcasting. First of all, its in North America so it makes the most sense. There will be another WTS in Europe, right? Send them then? It’s clear Kaelaris doesn’t not have the guild wars knowledge that blu does and it’s kind of insulting to the pvp fans tbh. I’m just voicing my opinion on the matter. FREEDOM OF SPEECH. I know it’s too late now but the ball was definitely dropped imo.

Mate its a pattern, lets take a closer look:
1. NA casted WTS China
2. EU will cast WTS America soooooo
3. CHINA WILL CAST WTS Europe (omg plz make it happen)
4. Repeat
5. Profit

Best wishes tho

The EU casters do fine calm your kitten

Beast.6745:

It’s clear Kaelaris doesn’t not have the guild wars knowledge (…)

What you might not know is that Kaelaris was actually getting more into the scene, and is a GW1 vet – as well as a good voice to listen to

Kaelaris actually does the effort and work to stay up-to-date with the scene, not to mention he has other ESL games/tournaments to attend to at the same time.

First time I saw him with Jebro, I was amazed by the fact he brought up old facts the current community doesn’t even know about (only small part of us)

His way of casting/speaking to the people is also off the charts. You could have Jebro/Blu/Chro Nick as the one with the current knowledge and Kaelaris to speak/play with the audiance. This way you’ll have a perfect team

Doesn’t matter how you turn it, he does an amazing job and got me hooked the first time I saw him. Doesn’t matter if he doesn’t really know the specifics; he knows how to talk through it. You have a co-caster to go through the specifics

My 2cents

Kaelaris is surprisingly good given how long he’s been in the scene. I feel like his overall professionalism and experience as a caster overall makes him one of the best.

In case anyone is wondering who this “Beast” OP is, take a look under characters.

http://www.gw2score.com/PvP/historyPlayer/Beast6745

Aiya.9175:

In case anyone is wondering who this “Beast” OP is, take a look under characters.

http://www.gw2score.com/PvP/historyPlayer/Beast6745

look at the win percentage. i suck. 8 wins and 11 losses. do u think he would have that record lmao

Blu talks too much, I literally can’t listen to more then 2 matches without needing to take off my headset for a minute.

It sucks for Blu. He’s done more than anyone else for GW2 spvp than even Anet at times. Wish he could go.

There was a time when it was pretty much only Blu casting every single tournament. He basically kept the competitive scene going before Anet was doing a single thing to support it (this was before Tournament of Legends and after the Dhuumfire patch).

It’s kind of disturbing that Arenanet wouldn’t have him casting WTS NA, especially since the stream in China was cut short and he didn’t really get to cast it. I was actually shocked when I heard he wouldn’t be casting.

If you go and look at the other thread I made about who should cast WTS NA, its pretty obvious that Blu and Grouch are the favorites, at least on this forum.

Jebro, Chronick, Kaelaris do a good job, but I pretty much guarantee that Blu/Grouch are far more familiar with Abjured, and The Dankening given that they play on NA servers and are familiar both with the playstyle and the color commentary of both those teams.

IMO, it would make sense to have Blu + Grouch (or another caster like a DPS guy or Mila) cast NA, and Chronick/Jebro/Kaelaris cast EU.

I concur. It really should be Blu, he has worked hard as hell. I remember when people gave him so much crap and he stuck through it all.

Random Weird Guy.3528:

Blu talks too much, I literally can’t listen to more then 2 matches without needing to take off my headset for a minute.

this

Beast.6745:

Aiya.9175:

In case anyone is wondering who this “Beast” OP is, take a look under characters.

http://www.gw2score.com/PvP/historyPlayer/Beast6745

look at the win percentage. i suck. 8 wins and 11 losses. do u think he would have that record lmao

I like his character names (Magic Toker Eu)

Why would “we” want BLU?

Blu is getting massively screwed over here. He is one of the hardest working people driving GW2 to something close to E-Sports yet he doesn’t get to cast a tourney on his home turf where he actually knows the teams and their styles. I have no issue with Jebro or Kaelaris (who I believe are casting WTS NA) but I think this decision by ANet or NCSoft or whoever is questionable.
/rant and prepare for flame…

Blu does work harder than he gets credit for from Anet, BUT he did cast WTS China and now it is EU’s turn to cast. I just want a caster from China to cast EU’s and that will be glorious. Hopefully who ever did this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4fsZi7cop4 lol.

I highly respect Blu for all he has done. However, he already got rewarded with a free trip to China, and might get one for the EU WTS. Further, they flew him out to Anet’s HQ last week to reveal some stuff for upcoming HOT. If they aren’t going to bring him to one of the WTS events, this is the best one for him NOT to go. Getting to Boston is way cheaper/easier than getting to China or Europe.

Having Kaelaris is good for the game, as he is a personality that people outside “the scene” can relate to. He also does an excellent job!