http://www.twitch.tv/tourneylocator/v/3909171?t=2h19m32s
I have a kind of atypical request. I played some games on stream, but I played god-awfully and got fucked up. Not really worth getting those critiqued, since I just played hella dumb and fucked up tech skill a bunch.
I'd like my commentary critiqued. I've always wanted to do commentary, and it ended up being really fun. I want to get better at it and do it more often.
Stuff I'm immediately noticing:
I need to speak up more. I guess nerves got to me since it was the first time I've ever commentated, so I was a little hesitant to be loud. It was really hard not to get completely overpowered by JV who has a pretty outgoing personality.
Try to speak with more inflection. I never realized until listening to myself how nasally my voice sounds. I should try to add more flavor to my voice to make it more interesting to listen.
Figure out how to fill in silence. There are times where I just don't say anything. Particularly between WF and LF, I acted super awkward because I don't really like Smash 4 and didn't know how to respond appropriately at all. I couldn't think of any positive responses, so I just kind of sat there in silence. This happened way too much. Once I learn how to do this, I think it'll be easier to play off of the co-commentator rather than have 2 people talking about a match.
I think my general game knowledge was on point enough, and I covered some pretty basic stuff without getting too opinionated or out there. I wish I could have expressed myself better on certain places; I feel like I could have extrapolated more in some places and less in others. This ties into point #1. On a side-note, it seems like Bwett has this idea that I'm like some kind of melee guru, and it's kind of embarrassing. I think they really overplayed how much I know about the game, lol.
Better word choice. Talking on stream had slightly more pressure than I thought, so I kind of fell back onto some kind of dumb things occasionally like "lel no salt" when I was talking about Gabe being campy. I could have expressed myself so much better in certain places.
Anyway, if you want to expand on my observations or offer new/fresh insight, that'd be really amazing.