I just realized Eekso is Oski backwards

@CJCJ, about whether to point out misplays while casting, I personally hate it when casters DON'T call out bad play. I think being able to accurately describe the quality of play (in the context of that team's typical level) is both better at teaching newer viewers what truly good play looks like, and at making hype moments feel properly hype. Having to constantly censor yourself to avoid ever calling gameplay "bad" seems like it might be a problem itself, but mainly there's nothing worse than seeing a game-ruining play that the caster's don't address, and then all you can think of is how you're watching an overproduced "show" where every team is always great and can't be criticized. And if there's never any lows of gameplay, how can there ever be highs? Obviously there's a balance to strike and overemphasizing misplays can also suck. Hearing the genuine reactions from casters, getting the actual personality of different casters, and getting insightful gameplay breakdowns, all three are important for good commentary. But at least for me, the insight takes a slight backseat to the other two. Anyways, thought it might be good to hear a contrasting viewer's opinion.

Rizzo outing himself as a Ted Lasso viewer by knowing about Sheffield Wednesday when zero people from the US (or other countries, for that matter) would know about that team otherwise, love to see it

I honestly feel like most the casters are pretty good, and I personally enjoy when they kinda ramble on and its not just pure shout cast play calling. Maybe its not perfect but its hard to be entertaining and talk coherently that fast while reacting to these crazy players.

Talking about the caster narratives, i feel like juicy is a big one, when he was on moist everyone would say "joyo is 1v3ing" "joyo needs actual teammates" when he's now struggling to get top 16 and gentlemates are getting top 2 and top 8

29:10 I love Rizzo just shutting down Johnny 😂

Can you guys get Khalid or INCIVIK to talk about rlcs and the MENA region .. man i would love to see that happen

Insane how this is exactly what happened in SSA 1:01:14

I love Staxx's player commentary. Ive busted out laughing when he roasts them mid play.

Episode 69 eh? This will definitely be a close and personal episode of chalked cast.

archie is just effortlessly hilarious. Favorite guest alongside Rise. Eekso was entertaining as well

got my coffee and chalked is up, let's go

Thank you for not memeing the crap out of me

I'm so glad the honeymoon thing didn't work. How can you get a pro salary to play this game and refuse to play paid tournaments in the off season for such a petty reason...

Eekso and Archie talk a lot of shit about NA for two players who haven’t won shit

Very nice episode today

As far as the NA hightlight reel, I don't think it should have been sent out as this is the highlights from NA after showing all other regions actual highlights. It begins with confusion which begs a negative reaction. I think putting out a blooper real is fine. Sportscenter used to do a 'not top 10' from the week and I used to really enjoy that and still humanized the pro players

Watched this late, but Johnny called the YMC throw drama lol

The part about SSA aged like fine wine😂

I understand trying to ignore comments made on the internet. People are going to be shit no matter what, and you can’t stop them from saying that. People have their own way of coping with that, but it’s not making yourself “not care.” You care, you can’t make yourself “not care.” It’s about how you cope. Which is why saying “training yourself to not care” is not helpful advice. You need to develop the tools to be able to properly help yourself to handle those feelings instead of just suppressing them. You’re going to feel those insecurities, you’re going to feel hurt, saying that you don’t care will not help you move past those feelings. In fact, it’s good to process those emotions instead of ignoring them because it’s just going to build up and weigh you down. This is why JohnnyBoi is not a therapist, and honestly just gave some terrible advice. This is why organizations need to provide counselors/therapists for teams. Most of them are too young to even be able to seek one out for themselves and most of them won’t seek them out as a viable option when they are old enough. This is why therapy is an asset for pro players. It would make a world of difference to not just to their gameplay, but to their quality of life. Seeing Arsenal’s breakdown, seeing Justin’s poor routines, it is sad to see.

Eekso has more maturity that ole Ronald "little jon" McDonald can fathom.

Love analytical video's! So much you can actually learn from them to implement in your own games. Don't let these RL BOTs stop you guys from making such magical content. Most people don't watch those video's because they have small brains and cant process basic logic. Only us very few 200IQ wizards know the real power of analysis. 🧠🧠🧠

I have all the same thoughts as eekso about most casters. Johnny and CJ don't do most of what he's saying, sometimes I even catch CJ calling out and correcting other casters mid match. But glad a pro is saying this shit. I once heard a caster say the team should intentionally lose the first game because the last 3 series, the team that lost first ended up winning the series. And then CJ was there to say how nonsense it was lol. And the worst part is how someone will beat 1 person, get an amazing 50/50 and set up a 2v1 for their teammates, and then when they score, the person who got the ball around 2 players doesn't even get mentioned. Unless it's cj or Johnny. They usually call it correctly. Other casters just get hype and yell the name of the person who scored lol. And Daz. He's good too

28:20 I don't think eekso realizes commentary isn't meant to be a breakdown of decisions but rather just talking about whats happening on the screen. When I watch Futbol its the exact same they just yappin about what's happening. That's why the actual breakdowns happen later but dis just my opinion. I get his pov since he's a pro it makes sense.

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johnny is 32 acting like a this btw

Sounds like joreuz is kind of a problem. Sucks, I really like his play style and used to cheer for him

Jonny talking about how players make mistakes, but last episode absolutely shut down retals points by saying he made a mistake and cost him a series that wasn't even close...

not a logical take at all as analysts you have to look at facts I feel like eekso hit it spot on when he said castors pick there favorites but IMO if this truly is a professionals esport then castors should do just that cast the games and analyze who has the best shot based on facts thats it whatever they do on there own channels is there own but placing MINA above NA isn't based on facts and everytime this debate gets brought up they always bring up last years season when worlds has been EU V NA in 1 goal games.

Saying Gen G are a bad team didn’t age well after the NA major. They are a top team and they can win the world championship

LMAO this major is gonna be great. EU egos are INLFATED as hell rn 😂💀🤦🏻‍♂️

Rizzo yapping a lot this video

Agree with lots of what Eekso said, I think what he's noticing is that RL as an esport and fanbase still hasn't really matured past the idea that individual player mechanics are what win games and make or break teams. The casting is reflecting the fans' intense focus on individual skill and so it's always about picking out who is the most mechy player on each team and then the other 2 players become a supporting act. Maybe someday RL fans will figure out that 3s is a team sport

I think that the people in the comments don’t understand how important regional rivalries are. It really helps people whose teams get eliminated still root for teams in their region. Johnny can be a bit of the old C word but fueling the fires of regional rivalry is important for the esport. He just needs to act his age and learn how to debate instead of turning everything into a personal argument. We also need NA to show up at a LAN for the narrative to change.

On the topic of analytical content, i think the issue is that no one have done it particularly well rather than people don't want it. Watching chicago throw up one replay and commenting on what he sees isnt exactly a good analysis. Gregan was the one that came closest to "good" analytical content. However, it turned into boost management videos, and no real questions where answered. Taking the time to watch through multiple series to find a pattern paired with stats analysis and compressing it into a 10-20 minute video would go much further than just pointing out individual mistakes in a single series/match

I wish CJ and Rizzo spoke more, I feel like they don't get that much chance when johnny is constantly talking. It just feels like 75% of the podcast is him talking over everyone else

No honestly, well played

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bro its so annoying how bias they are between the 2 regions. if an na team had fallen off like vitality has theyd be going bro rl is all about the last 2 tournaments what happened last season means nothing etc. but since its eu vitality gets a free pass and its like well yeah sure they got a 4th place and then an 8th place but surely they are still #1 in the world even though they are losing to teams like 100% and havent beat kc one time this season. like thats what is so annoying to me, they will use completely different standards and talk out of both sides of their mouth. like yes people are aware eu has come out on top but i know if say gen g after winning a major then start losing to bubble teams in swiss and get 8th place finishes theyd be saying its over gen g is chalked, but when vitality does the exact same thing they still power rank them 1st or 2nd. to me its getting to the point where its detracting from the game. because i used to love watching every region, but now its like ok if i go to tune in to the other region all im going to hear is how my favorite teams are trash my region is just losers and why would i even bother tuning into the lan its already been determined by stumpy that na is trash. like ive never wanted to watch something less after hearing analysis like that. it could pay off if na pulls out the win but i think if they lose it will do some of the biggest damage to the game weve ever seen all so stumpy could get 10 extra impressions

Sucks cause I actually liked eekso before I heard his dogshit opinions. Bro says he promises he doesn't care, then proceeds to give the most caring response about how he feels about casters, not to mention his interview was unique BECAUSE he was the only person to point out casting.

Eekso take on casting doesn't factor in entertainment at all. Just a bunch of technical talk for 6 hours? nah bruh

Strange Eekso wants content tailored towarda the pros but thats not the point. Its for the viewers. W take on the interview but L here.

I respect confidence and ego. You should have it to some extent, but thinking you are way better and shitting on NA is crazy when you haven’t won shit. Except maybe a regional?

Love my boy Johnny but I feel like if NA does well at the major Johnny will find every way to say that it wasn’t NA doing well it’s EU playing bad😂😂 vice versa for tbates

Doing a "bloopers" section on your main broadcast would be fine if it wasnt so bias. If you only do it for NA, then thats not right. Especially with constantly comparing the two main regions and creating the stigma that EU is so much better. The main broadcast probably isnt the best place to do it, but if you had a designated segmant like when yall did top 10 highlights then that might be fine. Look at other professional sports, they have bloopers... but its on youtube channels, not typically their main broadcast.

Johnnyboi’s ego has gotten the best of him the last year or so. Reaaalllllyyyyyyy has fallen off a cliff.

Why is it NA vs EU when it's actually France vs rest of the world. The debate is silly.

NA fans being annoyed at the reel of lowlights is hilarious

Its going to be embarrassing when these guys loose to a NA team.

what a boring narrative...... "he was trying his best and didn't obviously mean to whiff that ball". Fuck that shit. That's not entertaining and people should be tough critics to these pros. It's their job to compete and not blunder

Current form, nobody is handling Daniel and beast mode idk what ppl are thinking

Bro G2 will win in Copenhagen remember I said that Johnny. NA looks like they aren’t playing well when they play G2 bc G2 is playing that good. Both regions are playing pretty well with a few teams struggling that shouldn’t be

Eekso with L arguments.. casters are here for entertainment and the viewers. Ofc you shouldnt care as a player what they say. But this whole argument just sounds like he feels personally attacked by not being in the spotlight.

The montage of NA's misses just feels low after every Rocket League personality already spends every waking minute shitting on the entire region. Just feels like a class with a bullied kid and the teacher pulls up a video of all the kid's most embarrassing moments and encourages all the other kids to point and laugh. EU vs NA is dead. Y'all won, EU is on top, no arguments to be had. But y'all are never satisfied. You're gonna keep kicking the kid on the ground until he finally hops off a bridge...

Also for context, I’m really more mad at his FT appearance last wed…Not from this

Important to remember that the US is a huge place and players live all over the country. So the cost of travel is prohibitive for NA orgs.

Idk if he knows it but Johnny’s I know everything and I’m so perfect attitude is really getting old

Players know. Johnny never won anything.

Lol where do these two mediocre pros get the gall to talk down on NA like that. I understand understand if it were BDS, Vitality, or KC, they’ve earned that right. These two have won nothing, and I’m confident they would fail to qualify in NA as they are going to fail to qualify for EU.

Johnny has more L takes than most. More importantly, he is one of the most condescending people in the scene. Should have dropped Johnny and kept a different caster instead. It's actually unpleasant listening to the guy cast a game. How many times can you just yell into the mic "whoa!" ? He is just a low quality person.

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