Hey Cap! Loved the interview. Could you please share where I can buy the Solid Snake poster that's hung up on your room? Loads of love, sir. Will miss you at world's.
9:10 - This is something I think needs to be emphasized. There's a stark contrast between being good at playing something and being good at explaining it. A lot of people think challenger players also make great coaches for instance, because they're high elo. That may not always be the case since it's one thing to look through your own experienced lenses, but trying to explain stuff that is common sense to you, to someone who doesn't see it like that, is a whole other ball game. I remember people used to make fun of Phreak for only being diamond 4 but how many challenger players have the split second thinking to catch every little detail happening in a chaotic fight without tripping on their words the way Captainflowers does?
It’s one of the reasons I like watching Caedrel so much. Ideally you want to be a high rank (which I would say most people view as masters plus) that can also talk well and break down concepts as a color caster or create those hype moments as a play by play. It’s a mix of skill sets that seems exceptionally rare.
This. Like I'm not gonna name names cuz I don't wanna send hate but I remember seeing a coach that just....treated someone like shit. The person he was coaching merely was saying "okay, sorry, this is why I did that/my thought process" which as someone who would do that same thing due to my aspurgers....that's just our way if trying to give YOU more info so you can better explain it to us. This coach instead practically yelled at the person he was coaching for "arguing with him"
Thats so true , i been never above Dia since the Old elo system but i learned the game somuch i sometimes help friends in Masters and GM just cuz i watch somuch and inform somuch but i cant do it myself lmao
As someone who doesn't really watch or play league anymore, this content is fantastic. Loving the documentary style and interviews. These videos deserve more views!
I used to be a caster for well-known and watched German Amateur scene and ESL Poland for CS GO. It was a great time, I have so much respect for the great shoutcasters.
Hey everyone! I have a Second channel now! th-cam.com/video/rjB00NH0BBY/w-d-xo.html&ab_channel=DongHuaPShorts This channel is for my shorts will I'll be posting extra content from documentaries and League-based comedy skits. The first video is about Captain Flower's philosophy to success in casting! This video was started almost two months ago, I've had an amazing time learning about the ins and outs of this industry. Thank you to all my casters who participated and go check out their Twitter. Maybe you'll see them on the LCS one day!
DongHuaP is such an unbelievably amazing journalist, he picks amazing and interesting topics and really dives deep into them. Unbelievable content, I'm curious if he will document other topics outside of league?
That moment, when Dash introduced Captainflowers after the whole interview story we just heard, i got such an adrenaline rush. I cant even imagine how incredible stressful it must be. Everything youve done, all the hard work, stress. It was all meaningless for the outside perspective. THIS is your one shot to impress the viewers. And lets be real, viewers always hate to changes, they wanna see their favourite casters.
One day my friends and I were playing custom 5v5s and 2 guys randomly joined before we started, linked us a twitch, and said they were going to shoutcast our game, it was so awesome watching it back, I hope they are doing well.
33:38 "These things might seem like 'well just do it then' problems..." Cap, explaining to fans that depression is a thing--that the Korean 'just get over it' attitude doesn't work. Mad respect for a professional who takes action to maintain their mental health.
This is why I've never doubted Flowers's ability to be a phenomenal caster. Watching an game that I'm investing in is exciting, watching when Flowers is casting is an unforgettable experience.
we love cap flowers~! He is a must great energy, awesome observation skills, great lines, and the articulated positivity, the vibe is what makes me come back and listen to his play by plays^^
This was an awesome video to watch. I’ve done extremely amateur casting with a Canadian secondary school esports association and it’s been a blast to do. Having the spotlight on shoutcasting and the different aspects of it was so great to listen to
idk if its on the game but i like dota's pro scenes more than leagues (more hype, more interesting) even though league is my main game, just cant bring myself to watch worlds for some reason also rip tobi, great shoutcaster shit human being
@@bau9894 games in pro League mostly have 80% laning phase so it's very boring to watch live, heck even highlights includes laning phase, that's why I prefer playing it than watch pro games While in Dota, pro games are very nice to watch since it's full of action, most clashes are very pleasing to watch because of skill visuals, though the game itself is very stressful to play since it has so many mechanics compare to league
My friend is doing his minor study at the moment about organizing esports events. His first big project was to host a complete LoL tournament. This was last week and he asked me to be the shoutcaster for the event. I don't think I'm that good at it but it was really fun to do for sure!
Awesome video! I’d recommend you to take a look at Ibai’s history. He’s by far the best LoL caster in the Spanish community. He left his caster job and became a Streamer, casting all type of things from football to balloon competitions organized by himself. He has won the “Streamer of the year” award twice and he still casts the games of his own esports team now. All of this being just 26 years old…
Even if it's for a moment, I'm glad you showed some of the FGC casters, they especially are doing this as a thankless job. They all hold day jobs/create content and don't get paid nearly as much as even a proving grounds caster for league of legends for the Capcom Pro Tours. Shout outs to all casters
I really disliked Captain Flowers when he first came to the LCS. I was like who is this new guy? I like the other casters and his name is dumb. But the man is so damn charismatic that he won me over in a matter of days and now I think his name is kinda cool and I enjoy his casting a lot.
Vocal Coaching makes all the difference (trust me, I make very odd sounds on songs) and sometimes you are having bad habits that ruin your vocal performance without acknowledging and a coach will help you pinpoint that. It's definitely worth it, if your job is vocal oriented or you need to buff your performance durability and intensity!
As someone who is just barely started casting, the whole street performer analogy is quite accurate. Most of the time is just spent looking for openings across many discord channels hoping that one of the regulars can't make it on a short notice.
Great video and I loved the extensive interviews. I'd love to have caster names on screen during the games or at least during champselect. I often really enjoy the cast but have no idea who I am listening to.
It is basically winning the lottery of casting. How many casting jobs are available worldwide? How many in your language or a language that u are very fluent? They had the luck to be at the right place and at the right time, who wanted to be a league caster 10y ago? Anyways i love capt flowers, he will be missed at worlds!
What a unique but great idea for a video. Very enlightening from someone who works in Smash/FGC production and has many commentator frends. The rates for these league casters are pretty crazy for the semi-pro casters compared to us. It's the obvious difference in esports money levels between a huge developer supported and facilitated game like League vs. condemned to grassroots like Smash. Are the semi-pro casters exclusively League of Legends/Riot casters? Or would they be allowed to freelance to other games? FGC people are all freelance. There's no way Riot would allow CaptainFlowers to cast The International for example. In the FGC, you basically have to learn multiplle games to be able to cast them and while fghting games are all the same genre, there's a of details that have to be learned between each game. Most all FGC commentators have to supplement their commentary gigs with content creation and streaming. Nepotism is sadly rampant in these industries.
Well, DeMan still the best caster Riot ever had. ... I don't know how he is in CS or whatever game he covers now, but is like Michael Jordan of LoL casting. Still, huge respect to these casters, I think casters are good.
I haven't watched yet, but just wanna say something. You haven't lived until you've heard some fighting game casters and starcraft 2 casters. Tastosis god tier.
I know it's about English speaker shoutcasters and I rly liked the video but when you talk about the greatest caster of all time I expected a least a mention of the Spanish caster ibai
"Casting is about passion. I don't want to listen to a caster, personally, who doesn't care about the game.[...]Because if you're not passionate about it, the audience is gonna pick up on it right away." And this, right here, is why people hated Froskurinn.
@@MauriceV3 But then that isn't sad because imagine watching the greatest moments in esports with no shout casting then? Just hearing the game sounds. Feels likes spectating a challenger game instead of an Esports, no?
Look as much I love the casters in other regions eu just has the best ones And yes I consider captain flowers is the best in the world but quickshot and Vedius and the rest of the eu casters just take it for me
Awesome video bro; thanks for having me on!
legend
Thank you CHAD Flowers
Hey Cap! Loved the interview. Could you please share where I can buy the Solid Snake poster that's hung up on your room?
Loads of love, sir. Will miss you at world's.
is this some hint that Riot is looking for another caster? the last part feels like it. Also
I had this video on in the background and got chills when I heard you LMAO
9:10 - This is something I think needs to be emphasized. There's a stark contrast between being good at playing something and being good at explaining it. A lot of people think challenger players also make great coaches for instance, because they're high elo. That may not always be the case since it's one thing to look through your own experienced lenses, but trying to explain stuff that is common sense to you, to someone who doesn't see it like that, is a whole other ball game. I remember people used to make fun of Phreak for only being diamond 4 but how many challenger players have the split second thinking to catch every little detail happening in a chaotic fight without tripping on their words the way Captainflowers does?
omg nice to see vars here
It’s one of the reasons I like watching Caedrel so much. Ideally you want to be a high rank (which I would say most people view as masters plus) that can also talk well and break down concepts as a color caster or create those hype moments as a play by play. It’s a mix of skill sets that seems exceptionally rare.
This. Like I'm not gonna name names cuz I don't wanna send hate but I remember seeing a coach that just....treated someone like shit. The person he was coaching merely was saying "okay, sorry, this is why I did that/my thought process" which as someone who would do that same thing due to my aspurgers....that's just our way if trying to give YOU more info so you can better explain it to us.
This coach instead practically yelled at the person he was coaching for "arguing with him"
Thats so true , i been never above Dia since the Old elo system but i learned the game somuch i sometimes help friends in Masters and GM just cuz i watch somuch and inform somuch but i cant do it myself lmao
Next we gunna see happy chime noises.
Captain flowers should be paid for being a skarner main. Manly men like him are rare these days.
He seems like a good friend to have, genuine dude.
My friend plays Skarner and loved him but is the most girly man I know so this comment made me laugh
We Skarner mains are a rare sight. Too bad Riot will destroy him.
As someone who doesn't really watch or play league anymore, this content is fantastic. Loving the documentary style and interviews. These videos deserve more views!
Username checks out
Gbay makes videos like these too
@@WooperPiano a lot more actually. Lotta great quality league documentary youtubers out there
I used to be a caster for well-known and watched German Amateur scene and ESL Poland for CS GO.
It was a great time, I have so much respect for the great shoutcasters.
Flowers you are the man no question.. you killed this interview. But azael talking about passion vs prep was my fav part. 100% the truth.
Azael with his wedding pic in the b/g while Capt is just chilling with his homie skarner pic in the b/g XD
Hearing Azael talk about Flowers at the end is downright heartwarming
Hey everyone! I have a Second channel now! th-cam.com/video/rjB00NH0BBY/w-d-xo.html&ab_channel=DongHuaPShorts
This channel is for my shorts will I'll be posting extra content from documentaries and League-based comedy skits. The first video is about Captain Flower's philosophy to success in casting!
This video was started almost two months ago, I've had an amazing time learning about the ins and outs of this industry. Thank you to all my casters who participated and go check out their Twitter. Maybe you'll see them on the LCS one day!
39:44 Gotta love Azael reaction to other casters answers :D
This guy is always so rational
DongHuaP is such an unbelievably amazing journalist, he picks amazing and interesting topics and really dives deep into them. Unbelievable content, I'm curious if he will document other topics outside of league?
That Captain Flowers intro was so sick!
That moment, when Dash introduced Captainflowers after the whole interview story we just heard, i got such an adrenaline rush. I cant even imagine how incredible stressful it must be. Everything youve done, all the hard work, stress. It was all meaningless for the outside perspective. THIS is your one shot to impress the viewers. And lets be real, viewers always hate to changes, they wanna see their favourite casters.
Come on man Ryu had suffer enough... Poor guy
NA casters keep me more invested in LCS than the players themselves ngl.
One day my friends and I were playing custom 5v5s and 2 guys randomly joined before we started, linked us a twitch, and said they were going to shoutcast our game, it was so awesome watching it back, I hope they are doing well.
12:50 For those who don't know, this guy is Dovydas. He's an awesome musician, you should definitly listen to his stuff ♥
Yeah! He's in my hometown of Sarasota! He's the man. Check him out guys
I gained so much more rspect and appreciation for the casters. Thank you for sharing this with us. Stay safe!
33:38 "These things might seem like 'well just do it then' problems..."
Cap, explaining to fans that depression is a thing--that the Korean 'just get over it' attitude doesn't work.
Mad respect for a professional who takes action to maintain their mental health.
This is why I've never doubted Flowers's ability to be a phenomenal caster. Watching an game that I'm investing in is exciting, watching when Flowers is casting is an unforgettable experience.
we love cap flowers~! He is a must great energy, awesome observation skills, great lines, and the articulated positivity, the vibe is what makes me come back and listen to his play by plays^^
Captain Flowers is the most likeable man on earth
seeing Deman and Joe always makes me feel so nostalgic holy crap
Finally, someone showed that casters matter and how hard is it. It's even harder in smaller regions like Czechia/Slovakia and Western Europe
Is TH-cam bugged? How does this masterpiece of a video only have 40 k views. I wasn't bored for a single sec of this video, keep up the good work.
This was an awesome video to watch. I’ve done extremely amateur casting with a Canadian secondary school esports association and it’s been a blast to do. Having the spotlight on shoutcasting and the different aspects of it was so great to listen to
“Prep, I assume, right?” LOL
I would say this is the best and interesting doc you have done yet. Thank you for that.
what a difficult job man. to choose to get into that profession is such a huge risk compared to any other profession
Great documentary and Azazel climbed up a couple levels for me with this interview
I really appreciate that you made interview with actual casters and put it into video, it gave it more depth and seriousness
I love this, also whoever did the photoshop at the end, i love you and keep doing you.
Capt. Flower's last point perfectly explain one of Dota's greatest shoutcast: "Ceeeeeeeeeeeeeebbb, he gets the call" by odpixel(Dota's rap god)
idk if its on the game but i like dota's pro scenes more than leagues (more hype, more interesting) even though league is my main game, just cant bring myself to watch worlds for some reason
also rip tobi, great shoutcaster shit human being
@@bau9894 games in pro League mostly have 80% laning phase so it's very boring to watch live, heck even highlights includes laning phase, that's why I prefer playing it than watch pro games
While in Dota, pro games are very nice to watch since it's full of action, most clashes are very pleasing to watch because of skill visuals, though the game itself is very stressful to play since it has so many mechanics compare to league
@@bau9894 wait tobi who why a shit human being?
@@eloelo6944 tobiwan is a really good dota shoutcaster, but turns out he was a manipulator and a sexual abuser
@@kuroba4068 if you don't like the laning phase, then watch professional wild rift. It's League but faster and more volatile.
My friend is doing his minor study at the moment about organizing esports events. His first big project was to host a complete LoL tournament. This was last week and he asked me to be the shoutcaster for the event. I don't think I'm that good at it but it was really fun to do for sure!
Awesome video! I’d recommend you to take a look at Ibai’s history. He’s by far the best LoL caster in the Spanish community. He left his caster job and became a Streamer, casting all type of things from football to balloon competitions organized by himself. He has won the “Streamer of the year” award twice and he still casts the games of his own esports team now. All of this being just 26 years old…
Even if it's for a moment, I'm glad you showed some of the FGC casters, they especially are doing this as a thankless job. They all hold day jobs/create content and don't get paid nearly as much as even a proving grounds caster for league of legends for the Capcom Pro Tours. Shout outs to all casters
Damn, that Zed outplay at the beginning is sick! Never seen that before.
I really disliked Captain Flowers when he first came to the LCS. I was like who is this new guy? I like the other casters and his name is dumb. But the man is so damn charismatic that he won me over in a matter of days and now I think his name is kinda cool and I enjoy his casting a lot.
It was pretty interesting to watch.
I pretty much agree with the last statement, that you gotta be yourself and not someone else.
I like the animations and art you put in the video they were funny. Congrats to the artist
Wonderful vid dude. Very hyped to see poll to release
Thanks for having me, turned out great!
Vocal Coaching makes all the difference (trust me, I make very odd sounds on songs) and sometimes you are having bad habits that ruin your vocal performance without acknowledging and a coach will help you pinpoint that. It's definitely worth it, if your job is vocal oriented or you need to buff your performance durability and intensity!
Thanks for doing these DongHuaP, great videos
This is such a great video, and not only the info or interviews, but I really loved the editing. Excellent job!
This is an AWESOME vid. I learned so much. You're so underrated
Oh hey I know that guy, I'd like to say it was all because of me cause I casted with him in his last amateur tournament ;)
You should do something with Exil really, with him focusing on ingame issues and you doing stuffs outside that area.
This sounds like a great idea, hope they can do something one day.
Captian flowers might be the single coolest person in all of league of legends!!
There is shoutcasters and there is Tastosis.
One of my favorite videos so far 😍😍 insane work thank you for the really interesting content !
I remember back when I heard flowers cast. I knew he was going to be legendary.
this type of videos are amazing, please keep going!
Both Captain Flowers and Quickshot deserve a Hall of Fame.
Great video, my guy!
Was really hoping you can get an interview with Jatt, would've loved to hear his perspective
Incredible video. The part with the chicken leg was hilarious too lmaoo
As someone who is just barely started casting, the whole street performer analogy is quite accurate. Most of the time is just spent looking for openings across many discord channels hoping that one of the regulars can't make it on a short notice.
Best of lucks mate, hope to see your name in the big screen some day!
Great video and I loved the extensive interviews.
I'd love to have caster names on screen during the games or at least during champselect. I often really enjoy the cast but have no idea who I am listening to.
It is basically winning the lottery of casting. How many casting jobs are available worldwide? How many in your language or a language that u are very fluent? They had the luck to be at the right place and at the right time, who wanted to be a league caster 10y ago?
Anyways i love capt flowers, he will be missed at worlds!
That Olivee clip was literally how it is to cast a game to yourself. ahahaha
Your voice is too low meanwhile the background music is too loud,other than that great vid!
Love those documentaries
This was great. Keep up the awesome work!
21:32 finally fixed naut's hook hitbox
14:40 I can't believe you missed the IWD reference with the semi-pro meme.
they deliver the hype as always
My favorite caster is Riv. I miss him.
What a unique but great idea for a video. Very enlightening from someone who works in Smash/FGC production and has many commentator frends. The rates for these league casters are pretty crazy for the semi-pro casters compared to us. It's the obvious difference in esports money levels between a huge developer supported and facilitated game like League vs. condemned to grassroots like Smash. Are the semi-pro casters exclusively League of Legends/Riot casters? Or would they be allowed to freelance to other games? FGC people are all freelance. There's no way Riot would allow CaptainFlowers to cast The International for example. In the FGC, you basically have to learn multiplle games to be able to cast them and while fghting games are all the same genre, there's a of details that have to be learned between each game. Most all FGC commentators have to supplement their commentary gigs with content creation and streaming. Nepotism is sadly rampant in these industries.
man, i miss Monte..
Same and riv
Captain Flowers calls Football the correct name. Ok, I'm invested now.
So what you're saying is, in ten years from now, 34 year old me can make as a Riot Employed Color Caster. Nice.
Lovely video. Sad there will be no flowers in world. Really sad.
this channel should be publicly funded for the amount of public service it does, I mean seriously get this shit on PBS
Was that a skarner poster in Flowers' room? This man has taste
holy shit I made it in a dong huap video and he even flamed me! Poggers 13:02
Well, DeMan still the best caster Riot ever had. ... I don't know how he is in CS or whatever game he covers now, but is like Michael Jordan of LoL casting.
Still, huge respect to these casters, I think casters are good.
This channel deserves 1m+ subs. Amazing content. Keep it up! Didn't know my man crush on captain flowers could get any stronger lol
Love your work, keep it up ❤️
I haven't watched yet, but just wanna say something. You haven't lived until you've heard some fighting game casters and starcraft 2 casters. Tastosis god tier.
Holyshit , you actually invited captain motherfking flower ❤❤❤
I know it's about English speaker shoutcasters and I rly liked the video but when you talk about the greatest caster of all time I expected a least a mention of the Spanish caster ibai
Just shout, OH MY GOD THIS IS GREAT TEAM WHISTLES AND THISTLES IS WINNING WITH MISSILES
"Casting is about passion. I don't want to listen to a caster, personally, who doesn't care about the game.[...]Because if you're not passionate about it, the audience is gonna pick up on it right away."
And this, right here, is why people hated Froskurinn.
this made me wanna watch the first game of cpt flowers
never would have guessed to see DØVYDAS in a league of legends video lmao
lmao captain flowers playing spongebob when he got the riot job
Music’s a bit tol loud on this one, at least at the beginning, other than that, class documentary as usual
I died and went to heaven. I miss that smile @8:12
Esport casters are one of the best freestyle rappers, change my mind
When I think of league of legends esport, I don't think about Bjergsen, Faker or Rekkles, I think of Captain Flowers.
That's sad
@@MauriceV3 Elaborate please
@@shinjimirou928 all the amazing players and their great moments, legendary teams to think of. And one things about a caster... A caster
@@MauriceV3 But then that isn't sad because imagine watching the greatest moments in esports with no shout casting then? Just hearing the game sounds. Feels likes spectating a challenger game instead of an Esports, no?
@@shinjimirou928 casters are added value, not the main focuspoint
sjokz be raking in that money for sure
Look as much I love the casters in other regions eu just has the best ones
And yes I consider captain flowers is the best in the world but quickshot and Vedius and the rest of the eu casters just take it for me
Man what a banger of a video
Deficio was my favorite caster i wonder where he is now. So sad
Can someone tell me where I can buy that Solid Snake Poster that is hung up on the wall inside Captain Flowers' room?
Ex: @29:16
Background mzsic is kinda loud at times but really interesting video nonetheless
why is the music so loud ? at least at the part that im on
Saw Flowers: INSTALIKE.
Am I the only one who loves Phreak's puns?