Profile of Cyru$

Jump back to quoted post15 Feb 2014, 20:03 PMInverse

I never understood this obsession with Harlequin. I never got the sense that he cared for the community; he really only cared for himself. Back when CoHO didn't have replays, GR was given a backdoor means of accessing replays and told not to reveal this until Relic was able to implement it in a user-friendly way for everyone. Harlequin had a friend who worked at Relic and gave him access to replays as well, and while we at GR were respecting Relic's NDA, Harlequin, an entirely unknown caster with no history in CoH and seemingly no regard for the community, starts posting replay casts. Needless to say, those of us working so hard on growing the game's community were pretty upset about that.

And when he joined GR as a caster, he really only did it as another avenue of self-promotion. He didn't participate in the community beyond posting links to his casts, and he didn't help with the site at all. He hosted a tournament, sure, but it was a clusterfuck of organization and again was an avenue of self-promotion for his casts. After CoHO went under, he left for DoW2.

As for his casts, they were painful as hell to listen to if you had any knowledge whatsoever of the game he was casting. He never really tried to improve his game knowledge, even after it was pointed out to him a million times, and his only saving grace was his ability to entertain people with drab play-by-play.

With that in mind, why would SNF feel obligated to recognize him? He didn't really do anything for the community in my eyes. He's the kind of caster that gets people interested in himself, not in the game. He's like Krebs. People are going to watch them regardless of what game they cast. And when they switch games, so do their viewers. They never really engaged with the community.

I don't think that's the type of person Noun and Relic are looking for; at least I hope it's not. I hope they don't want to promote someone who doesn't really engage the community and who jumps ship the moment they find something more profitable, even if they do attract new people to the game.