StarCraft Sex Symbols: an interview with English Commentator Moletrap

StarCraft English Commentaries are growing in popularity. If you are a fan of StarCraft: Broodwar and have not heard of English Commentaries you should really get on over to youtube and check them out. I recently posted an interview with DiggitySC about StarCraft English Commentaries and now I am lucky enough to interview his friend and fellow StarCRaft English Announcer MoleTrap.

Noah (youtube:Moletrap and teamliquid.net: f10esqftw) is a 25 year old student and teacher from Sacremento, CA. Moletrap and Diggity run a very informative StraCraft focused blog at http://www.404industries.com/starblog . Not much longer than a month ago he posted his first StarCraft Commentary on YouTube, and since then has amassed over 11,700 views and 345 subscribers.


interview by william hessian
1. To start off this interview, how would you describe Starcraft as a game, to someone that has never played before?

Diggity and I liken Starcraft to chess, because of the endless variety of strategies that can be used with what seem like only a few different kinds of pieces. Except all decisions must be made in a split second.


2. You are friends with Diggity, another Star Craft English commentator, how do you know him? What are your histories together?

I have known him since elementary school. We have been friends for a long time, but I think we became really good friends during the latter part of or after high school. We "chatted" a lot online during college, and actually played Starcraft together online a fair bit, coincidentally. He was the only person I knew who made a really good ally in a 2v2 game! After college I ended up moving to the city where he went to college, so we hung out a lot for the few years I was living there. Now with the advent of free VOIP (Voice Over Internet Protocol), he and I and other friends from high school talk online pretty regularly.

3. Let's hear how you personally got into the act of commentating on Star Craft games on youtube? Why did you feel the need to commentate instead of simply watching the videos?

Well, one of the few main reasons I got into the pro Starcraft scene was from listening to audio commentaries by a commentator that goes by Klazart. Soon I got very much into the games and began watching other games that he had not commentated. But not very long ago, Klazart went on an extended leave of absence from commentating to work on other things in his life, so there was a void in the scene. I have been playing for several years and so I am very familiar with the game, and having become very interested in the pro scene and having consequently watched a ton of pro videos, I became pretty savvy on the styles and strategies of the pro players. More importantly I developed an understanding of the reputations and histories of many of the big name players.

Somehow or other the idea crept into my head that I could do commentary, and after that seed was there, while watching games I found myself thinking about what I would say if I was giving commentary on it. I found what I was saying in my head wasn't half bad, so I decided to do one and see how it went. My first videos, in hindsight, weren't very good. But enough people liked them and there was enough of a demand with Klazart on vacation that I decided to do more of them.

4. Moletrap, you specifically, do more swearing than most of the other commentators, is this done for added emphasis or is it just a personal habit?

It's mostly a personal habit. I don't go terribly out of my way to squelch the habit, though, because I do think that it might add some emphasis, and because I think it might be more amusing at times as well. I've been getting a lot of flak for it from some people, but others support me on it. I haven't quite decided where my style will settle on the matter, yet.

5. How do you feel about Klazart's commentaries, and your friend Diggity's commentaries?

I love Klazart's commentaries! He is the master, and part of the reason I grew interested in pro Starcraft in the first place. His Starcraft knowledge is extremely extensive, as is his knowledge of the players, and he is just amusing as well. Always a pleasure to listen to.
I'm sure Diggity won't mind me saying that I like Klazart's better than his, but his are very good, too. He is insanely good at predicting what is going to happen. Just the other day, during a dual commentary that we did (where we were both discussing the same video simultaneously), he told me exactly the strategy that a player was going to use before the game even started.

6. Moletrap, you mention dual commentaries. Yourself and Diggity have very recently attempted a few tandom interviews. I happen to find the dual commentaries some of the best commentaries to date. Where did the inspiration come to do tandom interviews? Do you plan to do them on a regular basis in the future?

The inspiration came from that when I watched Diggity's commentaries I kept wanting to point out other stuff, hehe. We each are able to come up with different views of things that work well together, I think. We will definitely be doing it on a regular basis. Usually big games or games that both of us really want to do.


7. You two run a StarCRaft blog (http://www.404industries.com/starblog/)? Would you mind telling us what its purpose is, who is involved?

It is a place to put all of our videos together, so that if someone is looking for either of our videos they are centrally located. But also, it is a place to post all the other general rantings and analysis that we come up with. Sometimes Diggity and I will be talking outside of our commentaries about games coming up, and have some fun discussions about what might happen and what strengths of each might play against the others' weaknesses. So the blog is a place to put other thoughts on the game that aren't direct commentaries on a match. Props to our friend, who is going by the nick Telharmonium, for administrating the server and putting the blog together.

8. Where do you find the Star Craft videos to comment on?

I usually download my videos from Teamliquid.net. Occasionally other sources, such as links to Korean site downloads or other members of Teamliquid.net.

9. Ongamenet and MBCgame for those that don’t know both run Star Leagues in Korea, featuring the best Star Craft players in the world. This is the raw video source of your commentaries. What is your feeling about these leagues, and the way they broadcast the game of starcraft?

The Proleague, which features the team matches, is considered the most important or prestigious league. But personally I tend to enjoy the Star Leagues more. It's always the best of the best players, and almost always they're facing someone else who is also of the highest caliber. You see the highest level of skill in Star League games. Just as a saxophone player has a better appreciation of Charlie Parker, as a Starcraft player I love watching in awe as pro players stretch the game to its limits.

Continue with StarCraft Sex Symbols part 2 of 3

StarCraft Interview with English Commentator Moletrap (part 2 of 3)

Link to Dual Commentary video
10. How did you run across these leagues?

I don't remember exactly how, but I first found a video that a fan had made that featured a collection of incredible "micro" feats performed by SlayerS_BoxeR. "Micro" is short for micromanagement, and refers to the quick manipulation of few or single units to make them far more effective than they would be if left to their usual programming. BoxeR is the most famous Starcraft player in history, and is essentially responsible for the popularity of it in general because he has been so consistently adept over the years at coming up with unique and entertaining strategies to amuse and amaze us.
In any case, I was so amazed by Boxer's "micro" that I ended up going to the youtube account that had this video, and it had a ton of other starcraft games and related videos on it. Perhaps more importantly, VioleTAK had fascinating explanations in his video descriptions about why the game was important to a certain team or a certain player that really got me interested in the "scene" and not just the games. It was through this account that I found Klazart, and Klazart mentioned that he got his videos from teamliquid.net and sc2.org, the latter of which actually streams the games live.

11. Moletrap, what is your favorite race to watch in StarCraft? Why?

I'd have to say that Zerg is my favorite race to watch in Starcraft, because it is almost never boring, whereas matches containing only Protoss or Terran or both can end up being tedious. But mostly, it's simply awesome watching dozens and dozens of zerglings (the cheap, basic zerg attack unit) swarming over a frantic enemy army that is slaughtering them but there are simply too many of them and are overrun.

12. What is your favorite race to play with in StarCraft? Why?

I usually play Random, which randomly selects a race for you. I guess I enjoy playing zerg a tiny bit more for the same reason I enjoy watching it, the swarm aspect. But I have had just as much fun swarming zealots with protoss as I have zerglings, and only slightly less satisfying is massing a couple dozen tanks that can level any enemy ground units in seconds.

13. Who is your favorite StarCraft player? Why?

Boxer, of course, could always be considered a favorite of mine, because he is a genius and always fun to watch. He hasn't been playing much lately, though.
Stork was my favorite this last season. Even though he was kicking lots of butt, he still had sort of an underdog feel to him. In the MBC Star League last season, he was eliminated by Savior, who is widely regarded as the best zerg player in the game right now. But another player left the tournament because he participating in the mandatory military service requirement in South Korea, and a spot was opened up. So they had a miniature single elimination tournament that included everyone who had been eliminated that round to get another chance at that open spot, and Stork fought his way tooth and nail back into the tournament. He then ended up working his way all the way to the final match, where he matched up with Bisu, the defending champion (and widely regarded as the single best player in the game at the moment), in a best out of 5 game set, the most epic match up I have ever seen. Two Protoss players, each of nearly flawless skill, going head to head, ending in an epic final match that lasted more than twice as long as a normal game and came down to the bitter end. Stork ended up losing, tragic because he was so close to winning. Stork placed third in the OGN Star League the same season, the only player to get to the final four in both Starleagues last season. So I guess basically he is one of the best players in the game, but still seems like an underdog because he hasn't quite won any major titles yet (although his team won the Proleague).

Also, he just looks nerdy! As a nerd myself, I am appreciative of a guy who has a nerdy look to him and an awkward manner about him being a superstar making hundreds of thousands of dollars a year playing video games. That's one of the reasons I like pro Starcraft in general, actually. Kids who would have been made fun of in school are rich sex symbols in this business. It's encouraging.

Anyway, I've also recently become a big NaDa fan. You would be hard pressed to find anyone that could dispute NaDa being the most consistent and successful player in the game. Not only is he good, but he has been consistently good for YEARS. Some players dominate for a year or two and then get surpassed or their skill wanes. Winning a Star League isn't easy but many players can only win one and then can't repeat the feat. When NaDa came onto the scene, he won three major tournaments and placed in a fourth in 2002. And he has placed in at least one tournament every single year since then, taking first in a total of 9 of them. He hasn't been extremely winning lately, which is why I didn't discover him until I started going back and watching old tournaments during the recent between-season lull.

That said, the real reason I like him is because he has more hutzpah than any other player. He is very aggressive, and is willing to take daring risks, often achieving success from them. If his forces are pinned in by a "dark swarm," which nullifies his marines, sometimes the easiest escape route is to go through the swarm into the enemy base, and NaDa is one of the few players who will actually do so. Some players will give up and "gg" (stands for good game, it's the standard etiquette for admitting defeat) if they come to feel that the other player has too much of an advantage over them. NaDa fights until the bitter end, never losing focus and never giving up until every bit of hope has been lost. And NaDa is a player who you half expect to pull it off, even when the situation is dire. He is so good at using his units to their fullest effect, I often say that 1 NaDa marine is worth 2 normal ones. Sometimes his attack force will be picked down to only 3 or 4 units, but he can still press those few units home to great effect, and has won games based off of the advantage he established with 2 marines and a medic going commando in the middle of an enemy base, utilizing insane strategy to keep them alive to do more damage. His nickname, not surprisingly, is the Genius Terran.


14. I asked Diggity this, im interested to hear your response: has Blizzard, the makers of the Star Craft PC game, showed any support or distaste for your commentaries?

None at all, either way. Blizzard must be aware of this community, because they sometimes involve teamliquid.net members at things like Blizzcon, the yearly Blizzard convention. But I doubt they pay much attention to us, in general.

15. Do you feel Blizzard should link your videos to their website? Would it be a good move for the publicity of the game?

They sell Starcraft and the expansion together for less than $20 nowadays. I think they're probably much more worried about promoting new games like WoW and upcoming Starcraft 2.
That said, it couldn't hurt them. If someone did stumble across our videos on their website, there's a good chance that it would be someone who used to play (the game is 10 years old now) and hasn't in a while, and when they see that people are still having fun, might go buy another copy and start playing again.

16. Are you excited for the much anticipated Star Craft 2? Why? And what aspect of the game are you most looking forward to?

At first I was worried that they were going to just remake Starcraft with pretty graphics, or introduce entirely new play systems like they did with Warcraft 3. But having seen most of the demo videos and even some play testing done at the last Blizzcon, I am very excited about it. I have been saying for years that they need to make a SC2 (not to anyone in particular), and now they finally are. I'm looking forward to new advances in game interface, mostly. Starcraft's interface is 10 years old, and there were already some things they improved in Warcraft 3 that I would love to just shove into Starcraft. I am hoping that they include these and other ways of basically making it easier to quickly manipulate your units how you want to.

Continue to Part 3 of interview

StarCraft Interview with English Commentator Moletrap (part 3 of 3)

17. Where do you feel the future of SC English Commentaries will go from here?

Well, to really go anywhere else, Starcraft would have to become more popular in general. Most people these days, unfortunately, don't care about a game unless it has pretty graphics and what have you. What I predict is that Starcraft 2 will be incredibly popular when it comes out. SC2 will have the necessary popularity, and if a pro scene develops quickly around SC2, then English commentaries on those could be pretty successful. I think SC2 is probably Starcraft's hope for gaining more popularity. Theoretically, SC2 might not develop a pro scene, but might attract attention to the Starcraft scene instead.

18. English commentating on StarCraft is a relatively new and relatively hidden niche in the gaming world. How do most of your subscribers find you? Where are they coming from?

Most of them find me, I believe, from teamliquid.net, which is basically the most popular English language fan site for pro Starcraft. When Diggity and I started commentating, we put some posts on the forums there, and we usually put up updates when we get a new batch of videos up. I think we also get some from the Starcraft youtube group as well, a repository of starcraft related videos. We probably get a lot of fans just because Klazart was really popular, and in his absence we are a halfway decent substitute.

19. So what is your process from finding the StarCraft videos, to posting them on youtube for the world to experience?

The morning after a good game, I check teamliquid.net for any videos of the game and "torrent" them (download them). I then usually have to convert them to mp4 format from either avi or wmv. This is because I use iMovie to do my commentaries, and it won't accept either of those formats. Then, I have to import the mp4 into iMovie, which actually converts it to dv format.

Then I open up the clip and go to the iMovie feature that is designed for narration, which basically records from your mic directly onto a video file as you watch it. Then I just watch it and commentate as I go along. It is almost always one take and I usually don't pause in the middle of a "cast." Youtube doesn't allow the likes of me to have movies more than 10 minutes, so if the game is longer than that I go through and cut it into pieces for uploading. Then I have to export each section out of iMovie into a .mov file. Finally, I go into youtube and upload each section, which actually converts it to an flv file. So usually during the whole process each video sees 4 different video formats. Generally the process involves a lot of time, but most of it is waiting. Even with a pretty new computer and lots of RAM, it takes a while to import to and export from iMovie, and a 10 minute video is about 100MB, which takes a while to upload. Not counting the download, a 9 minute video would take about 2-3 hours total to get from the moment I start to the moment it is viewable online. The other day I had a 3 part video (less than half an hour of commentary) that kept having problems. I had to do 7 different exports, and the one video ended up taking about 8 hours before it was completely online. Although, most of that time I can be doing something else while my computer chugs away at something.

20. What is your favorite Star Craft strategy?

I like strategies that are, if I can use the term, ballsy. Do or die, all in types of things. This is one of the reasons players like Boxer are so great. I guess more specifically, I love massive drops. For instance, flying 10 overlords full of hydralisks and lurkers into an enemy base and literally dropping units all over the opponents buildings. I guess I would say I also like death blow strategies like this, where a player circumvents the slow economic victory in favor if going straight for the jugular.

21. Final question: who will win the next World Cyber Games?

I may have to send you another answer to this tomorrow. It depends on how the brackets turn out. If Stork plays Savior first, then Savior will probably win because Stork's Protoss versus Zerg game is the area where he is ONLY above average, and not crazy good. Savior, however, is crazy good against Protoss, and has in fact beaten Stork somewhat recently in the Proleague all-star game. However, if Hwasin faces Savior first, Hwasin has about an even chance of beating Savior. The two, in fact, split a best of 5 at 3:2 last season. Savior won that match but it was close. So if Hwasin beats Savior and then plays Stork in the final match, I would bet on Stork to beat Hwasin, even though Hwasin beat Stork in the Korean WCG Qualification tournament.

Notice I didn't even consider anyone besides these three winning. No non-Korean has ever won the Starcraft WCG. Generally the 3 Korean participants take the 1, 2, and 3 spots. I am really hoping that iNcontroL, who handily swept through the competition at the U.S. WCG qualifications, will manage to steal a third place spot this year. Could go a long way towards some recognition of U.S. players and maybe help the game get some popularity, especially with 3 of the best players in the world representing Korea this year. Usually the WCG is kindof a side thing that the pros don't pay particular attention to as long as 3 decent Koreans go and sweep it. This year some of the big names really turned their attention to it. Savior, in particular, focused on it. So this year we have the world's greatest zerg, the world's second greatest protoss, and the world's best terran player (it's a toss up between him and Iris for first, but personally I think Hwasin is a tad better). Either way it will be exciting.

The short answer, though... I'm betting on Savior.



...Thanks to Moletrap for the interview. Read more StarCraft strategies and predictictions here on Moletrap's StarCraft blog

...view Moletraps' StarCraft commentaries here

...see interview with Diggity SC here

Interview with StarCraft English Announcer: DiggitySC (part 1)

In the midst of the release StarCraft 2, hidden in the depths of YouTube is a niche of incredible StarCraft video goodness to soak up. Hours of it in fact. The best StarCraft you will ever see. If you are not already familiar with Korea StarCraft Pro league, their television shows, you need to read on. Wait, you don't speak or understand Korean? No problem...you don't have to. Why?

Because of StarCraft: Broodwar English commentaries.

Today, I bring to you an interview with Diggity (youtube:diggitysc)real name: Zach Smith. Zach is a 26 year old employee of UCSD, in San Diego, Califronia.. We discuss StarCraft 2, English Commentaries, StarCraft as a game, strategy, the Korean Pro League and much much more.

Next week I will bring you another interview with english commentator Moletrap. On to the interview...

Interview by William Hessian (www.zombierobotfrosting.blogspot.com) on October 12th, 2007

DiggitySC, It’s a pleasure.

1. To start off this interview, how would you describe Starcraft as a game, to someone that has never played before?

Starcraft is like full contact chess. In its core elements it is a game of strategy, but it still maintains an aura of intensity. It truly delivers a fresh adrenaline rush. It is a test of how well you can reason under pressure. There is almost something feral about it.

2. When did you start audio commentating?

I began commenting on matches and uploading videos to youtube September 17th 2007.

3. Diggity, you just recently have been receiving youtube awards for most subscribed and as of October 3rd, 2007 you have 406 subscribers and over 14 thousands views, what do you attribute to your rapid success?

I wouldn't attribute my rapid success to my amazing commentary skills (though I am getting better as time goes on). I feel like there is a growing interest in Korean Pro-gaming. I hope that Blizzard taps into this growing kraze and fosters it into something great.

4. English commentating on StarCraft is a relatively new and relatively hidden niche in the gaming world. How do most of your subscribers find you? Where are they coming from?

I honestly have no idea. I know a lot of my initial fanbase came from teamliquid.net, sc2.org and the youtube starcraft group. From there its just been spreading virally.

5. Let's hear how you personally got into the act of commentating on Star Craft games on youtube? Why did you feel the need to commentate instead of simply watching the videos?

I began watching professional starcraft after my friend Noah (moletrap) introduced me to VioleTAK. VioleTAK uploaded professional starcraft games pretty regularly until recently. Needless to say I was instantly hooked. Not too long after that we stumbled onto Klazart's youtube account. He is really the father of English Starcraft commentary.

Some time later I found myself glued to the championship set between GGPlay and Iris. A few friends joined me but they had a hard time keeping up with the action and they really didn't have any sort of context. I turned down the volume a bit and began my first English commentary. In retrospect I think that was the moment I committed myself to being more than a spectator.

Sometime later Klazart left Moletrap and I fiending for more audio commentaries. It was shortly there after that we both decided to start commentating on our own to try to fill the huge gap he left.

6. You mention that you are friends with Moletrap, another Star Craft English commentator, how do you know him? What are your histories together?

I have known Moletrap since highschool. If I were getting married tomorrow he would definitely be in the wedding party. I think he knows me better than anyone else that is currently alive on this earth. We started playing Starcraft together during college. I StarCraft is one of the reasons we have been able to maintain such a good relationship despite great distances at times over the years.

7. Where do you find the Star Craft videos to comment on?

There is a very active world wide Starcraft community called Teamliquid (www.teamliquid.net). VODs (Video On Demand) are regularly uploaded through torrents there. When I need an out of date game I usually rely on Sonuvbob (he is my hero). The people there are fantastic.

8. So what is your process from finding the StarCraft videos, to posting them on youtube for the world to experience?

I do things a bit differently from moletrap since he is on a mac.

The general process for me is as follows:
1) Download a StarCraft video for commentary
2) Convert it to a compatible format for Windows Movie Maker
3) Load the movie file into Windows movie maker
4) Use the built the built in narration feature to view the video and comment on it simultaneously.
5) Split the video into segments that are less than 10 minutes and 100 MB (youtube standards)
6) Put in video descriptions into youtube
7) Upload the vid
8) Wait
9) Remove from oven and enjoy

The process usually takes about an hour depending on the game. Shorter games can go as quickly as half an hour start to finish. One upload took me about 3 hours.

9. Ongamenet and MBCgame both run Star Leagues in Korea, featuring the best Star Craft players in the world. What is your feeling about these leagues, and the way they broadcast the game of starcraft?

Honestly both leagues are brilliant. There were definitely rough times during the beginning. If you look at some of the old videos of professional play you will see guys dressed up in ridiculous costumes. Fortunately that has been replaced by stylish jumpsuits and fitting music.

I really appreciate how they have developed the style we see today. Everything is so streamlined and sharp. The game is really treated there with the respect it deserves. I feel like there is so much lost potential here in the US. That is partially why I decided to start I have sent emails to blizzard and other corporations encouraging them to mimic the Korean model of corporate sponsored teams.

I think having the readily identifiable names like Samsung, MBC and CJ Entus really propelled the sport by giving fans something more to cling to than a screen name.

10. How did you run across these leagues?

When you watch any decent amount of professional starcraft, they are really hard to avoid. I think the point of no return for me was the Stork Bisu match for the MSL championship last season. Every game dripped with tension and the final match was epic. I still get a warm fuzzy feeling when I sit and think about it.

11. What is your favorite race to play with in StarCraft? Why?

I have always loved the swarm (Zerg). I enjoy the fact that they are very basic and very fluid. Its more difficult to pull off a hidden upgrades, but you can seamlessly shift from mass production of one unit into mass production of another.

click here to read Part 2 of interview with Diggity

Interview with StarCraft English Announcer: DiggitySC (part 2)

(part 2: interview with Diggity. Click here to see part one)

12. When I watch these commentaries, I cannot help but think of Iron Chef, and Most Extreme Elimination Challenge, two wildly successful English dubbed shows airing basically in their original foreign form, with English commentating over the top. Could you envision Star Craft making this same leap onto American television? Do you feel has any chance of making this leap?

StarCraft needs a novice approach to breech into American mainstream media. Its an intricate game with intricate rules. This creates an initial barrier to viewers, but at the same time it offers intrigue. The first few broadcasts would need a focus on some of the general gameplay rules.

Right now moletrap and I are in the process of making an equivalent guide so people can hopefully enjoy the commentaries without having
even played broodwar.

Although my guess is that comprehension would be followed with curiosity and Starcraft sales would go up again. It would be awesome if Blizzard did a relaunch with some new CGI for just such an occasion.

13. Has Blizzard, the makers of the Star Craft PC game, showed any support or distaste for your commentaries?

Blizzard thus far has been entirely silent. I am personally very surprised. I know they have their own commentator, Tasteless, who has a prestigious history in Broodwar and is very energetic, it is SO hard to find his commentaries on the web. I really hope that they give Tasteless a personal section on their website highlighting his commentaries, especially with the recent World Cyber Games.


14. Do you feel Blizzard should link your videos to their website? Would it be a good move for the publicity of the game?

If Blizzard linked to my videos, or gave me a personal spot on their website I would pee my pants. But should they? I don't think it could hurt. A lot of companies puzzle about starting viral marketing. I think the majority of my growth on youtube is viral. Right now I am getting 10,000 views a week and rising.

On the other hand, I am currently doing commentary out of my passion for the game with no cost to Blizzard. Honestly I feel like any publicity heading Broodwar's direction is of benefit, especially with StarCraft II on the horizon. Remind everyone how stellar Starcraft and Broodwar were in preparation for the release.

Either way I'm not that far from the Irvine office being here in San Diego. I would love to sit down with them.

15. How has StarCraft influenced the world of strategy/PC games?

I saw a poll not too long ago that put StarCraft as something like 10th among all games of all time. I think as time passes it will slowly crawl towards the top. I know that StarCraft sold in the realm of 9 million copies. Really StarCraft proved that perfecting a popular concept (StarCraft being new rendition of Warcraft II) can be extremely successful. Granted, this has resulted in a lot of subpar knock offs, but it has also resulted in amazing successors such as Homeworld 2.

16. Are you excited for the much anticipated Star Craft 2? Why?

StarCraft 2 has made me both nervous and excited. I don't want it replace StarCraft and thus kill the programming establishment in Korean. However if it is a true sequel and instead ends up being a supplement I could quickly see myself doing both StarCraft:Broodwar and StarCraft II commentaries.

17. And what aspect of StarCraft 2 are you most looking forward to?

This might sound silly, but I really want to see how they handle the plot. I was somewhat disappointed by WarCraft III. In WarCraft III it felt like the staff plagiarized their own work from StarCraft and then repeated the same story several times. Seriously how many people can fall for the old corrupt person/thing of power trick before someone catches on?


18. Where do you feel the future of SC English Commentaries will go from here?

I have no clue. StarCraft II is really a wildcard. Will StarCraft II end professional Broodwar gaming or will it simply fuel the popularity for the sport? Either way I plan to enjoy this as long as I can.

19. How do you feel about Klazart's commentaries, and your friend Moletrap's commentaries?

I die a little more every day that Klazart doesn't release a vid. The depth of his knowledge is staggering.

I feel like Moletrap gets too much flak for his foul language. I get a lot of comments from people saying they prefer my style to his, but I think it comes down to just that, preference. I think Moletrap exudes a lot more energy than I do and I feel like his knowledge of pro-gamer history is a lot deeper than mine. As long as I continue doing English commentaries I want to be doing them with him. I feel like our dual commentaries are the best commentaries either of us produced. Now if we can just figure out a way to reduce lag.

20. Who is your favorite StarCraft player? Why?

Got to be Nada. Savior is a strong second. Nada is just so solid, a total rock for his team. I feel like his character pours into his play.

21. What is your favorite Star Craft strategy?

I love it when Terran float their buildings out to launch an attack. My 2nd favorite match of all time involved Boxer floating 4 barracks into a neighboring zergs base. He never saw it coming.

22. Final question: who will win the next World Cyber Games?

My bets are on Savior. He has been on another level lately. I hope that Incontrol has a good showing though



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(Thanks to DiggitySC for his time and commentaries. Interview by William Hessian- www.zombierobotfrosting.blogspot.com)

StarCraft:Brood War Pro League english commentaries

The best thing on youtube!

If you are a StarCraft fan, itching to play StarCraft 2, or just a fan of great skilled strategy games, watch this video and enjoy Diggity's StarCraft english commentaries on the televised Korean Pro League. Make sure to sample Moletrap's great commentaries as well as the King of English Commentaries Klazartsc, links found below.

The Best StarCraft Players in the World
Watch hours of the most skilled starcraft players in the world. Korean Pro Leagues are extremely fun to watch, and with the English commentating, its fantastic.

In a few days I am interviewing English Commentators Diggity and Moletrap. The interviews will span the topics of the Korean Pro League, StarCraft 2, Strategy, and Blizzard. Do not miss it.

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