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for nothing so Marv won't be trying to get me we're about to find out who the 2016 fall global championship is for heroes of the storm but there's a group of people that we think are a little underappreciated casters before we dive in full disclosure everybody my brother does in fact work for blizzard and was unfortunately of no use or influence to me for this piece okay acta casters these are the people giving play-by-play and analysis of what you're watching during an eSports game basically they're your guides to what's happening on screen any eSports championship is a big deal which is why we decided to follow Wade pencils aka dreadnought to the fall global championships for heroes of the storm f'lessan 2016 I cast heroes of the storm professionally I guess I originally was a professional player for the game but then moved towards commentary at the beginning of this year a friend of mine actually said that I should consider getting into commentary and I decided to give it a shot and it kind of just blew up from there so what exactly is a viewer getting when they're listening to a caster while they watch a game from an analytical perspective I can convey to someone who's almost never seen the game not only what's happening but the importance right from taking what the point zero one percentile of heroes of the storm players know and translating that to the ninety-nine point nine percent accurately okay I see so it's like Vin Scully or chicken or Bob Costas or Vin Scully you always are looking for that guy who's been there who's done that and kind of can give you everything that you need to know and I try to be that guy as best as possible for heroes it's talking about what you're seeing on a screen sounds easy it's not heroes of the storm has 61 heroes and Counting all with their own skills and special abilities each region has a specific play style so casters must study which heroes each team might draft and how they might use them every game the terminology suddenly needs to be a little bit more basic but still appealing to that complex dynamic that is by far the hardest thing we have eight regions going to be represented at blizzcon so keeping track of all those is going to be kind of difficult it's pretty apparent that MVP black looks pretty but everyone expects that from them how was it it's just that's all I had it's just I don't I don't know history was made up sets like this are awesome forecasters in the moment because they're exciting and they make the game really cool to watch but it doesn't make their job easier a lot of it was just I changed who the target was you know I a I don't come in here with like well I've got all my research done whatever happens happens it's like I'm sitting in the back eating a meal while I'm like reviewing drafts over and over again the whole time so with another blizzcon in the books and a ton of events tournament and championships on the horizon dread has some goals he'd like to achieve in the coming year moving on making a better game hopefully making a better eSport and trying to find your place in it I guess you