Note the importance of the words Constructive Criticism, this isn't meant to be a flame thread, but something to help him improve so be mindful.
Here's the Reddit Thread:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Competitiveoverwatch/comments/6zbp72/goldenboy_constructive_criticism_thread/
Feel free to add to it...and please avoid pointless insults.
One thing that keeps coming back to my mind is Goldenboy and Mr X keep casually talking when something big happens off screen (Dva/Pulse bomb kills, Zen right click first pick etc). Now spectating can be tough sometimes for casters in Overwatch, but keeping track of the killfeed should be paramount to casters.
Other thing kind of related to this is they missed something like 2 reflected gravs (not sure about the number) the past 2 or 3 weeks of play. Those are huge moments cause they don't happen very often.
Mixing names/teams up happened way more than it should have, and hasn't been corrected by either party, so someone who isn't necessarily following the scene will get confused very easily by this.
Last point, which is critical and is what Monte, ZP, Hex and Uber do very well, is talk strategy during off fight screen time. EMP for team A, Zen will have to use his trance before it hits. Or trance for team A, Ana needs to position herself to nade it. These are just examples of what to expand on when nothing big is happening on screen.
Jokes and small talk are fine by me as long as they don't keep them going for a long time, which they do more often than not. And I feel like their deep understanding of the game is not there yet, and they struggle to fill down time with strategic talk.
Gb and X on first week were absolutely awful, which is understandable given it was their first game casted in a year or so. Huge improvement from second week onwards, went smoother and was more natural, but still not at the level expected. I'm sure with time and more work put in it, they'll keep improving.
I also find Mr X to be very monotonous, which throws me off a lot tbh, but that's just me.
I don't mean it in like a rude way but merely as an easily understood way. Their casting sounds like what a gold tier player would say if you were asking him about the strategy of the game.
They need to learn to not only cast the ins and outs of the fights better but communicate why certain things are happening or developing the way that they are. There are some hard to understand concepts for non-players/newer players/less cerebral players. For example, why is a team waiting to take a team at this spot vs another one. It's not always "we are grouping up", there are literally spots on maps that are worth waiting 10-15 seconds and giving up cart push to make sure you get a fight there or understanding the movement of certain characters. Particularly Genji/Doomfist/Pharah.
I can understand people missing things as it's a bit of a hectic game to say the least but I can't understand people trying to be a comedian as much as this guy, there's far too much dicking around and immaturity at times which might cater to the 12 year old you tubers but not old bastards like me, I just want commentators to tell me what's going on at the time it's happening and talk about either what happened or what they think might happen in between maps not take that time to be immature and try and crack jokes.
Maybe I'm just biased because when I started watching OW it was ZP and Hex so for me those two are still the best, do like Mitch and JK as well though even if they can be slightly immature as well but at least the play by play is on point.
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