#Is Gabby (LeTigress) meant to be a play-by-play caster?

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vale siren
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This past year-or-so, LeTigress has taken up the role of play-by-play caster. This is a large move from her and she has been putting a lot of time and effort to become better at it. However, she has been met with less than positive reaction and feedback, and now that she's been on the caster desk for quite some time, it begins to beckon the question of whether or not she's cut out for this discipline. Putting aside the blatantly non-constructive comments that border on misogynistic, she has been called out for her slow reaction to important moments in the game, her off-topic rambling on tangents, her misanalysis of the current state of the game, her shrill voice when becoming loud/excited, and the list goes on and on. There are countless clips of her just doing very poorly at what her job kind of constitutes. Examples being:
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Now granted, it takes a lot of time to become good at such a complex discipline such as play-by-by casting. CaptainFlowers, imo the gold standard of English LoL shoutcasting, says that he took much time with vocal coaching. It's clear to me that LeTigress has a big passion for the subject, but she severely lacks a fundamental understanding on what makes a shoutcaster successful. Even if we were to tunnel vision what could she needs to improve on, a shoutcaster, at its core, should be able to describe the situation at hand as it happens. And LeTigress doesn't do that well most of the time. As one fan commentator puts it, *"Le tigress isn't casting. She's reacting." *
https://clips.twitch.tv/BombasticBlitheToothTinyFace-XDOOObfYKPhy3DCk

What I want to know is, how could LeTigress improve? I don't think it's deniable that she thrives in the esports environment. She was respected as an interviewer (although, sometimes controversial there too) and she does have some sort of flow down in-game. I just believe that it would do her better to ease into the role through perhaps becoming a color caster that takes more time to analyze the game and play off of what another person may be seeing. I think this comment has a view to consider, "We've seen this story already with Pastrytime. He wasn't the best caster, but with a lot of hard work and an ambitious work schedule, he's found a hell of a career in casting as a versatile everyman. LeTigress is well on route to becoming that, she's done host jobs and casting jobs, and interviews. She preps a ton for every week, she works hard on every show, she just needs some time to polish the rougher edges."

Lord knows we need more women in this industry. I want her to thrive and become a staple. But I think she needs to find the right footing, and a lot of the comments that are coming at her right now aren't very constructive.

I would like more thoughts on this topic/matter. Is the community being too harsh on her? How big of a factor is her being a woman contributing to the feedback that she is receiving? Could she improve, and if so, how? If she were to apply her expertise elsewhere, where?

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tranquil crescent
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she's meant to be a play-by-play caster

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she's simply fucking trash at her job

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and no it's not a "gender" thing

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no the community isn't too harsh

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people love esports personalities like sjokz/ashley kang/jee sun/frankie ward etc

vale siren
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then what do you mean she's "meant to be a play-by-play caster"?

tranquil crescent
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people also had nothing but praise for Yinsu when she did MSI stuff in 2022

tranquil crescent
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she simply shouldn't be a caster

vale siren
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if she is stinking at this role, I believe it does not fit her, no?

tranquil crescent
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I agree

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but Riot and their infinite wisdom don't give a fuck

vale siren
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i believe it would benefit her to step to a more color analyst role, IF she really wanting and willing to learn more about how casting works

vale siren
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much different for females to be in a more traditional "hosting" role

tranquil crescent
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they're not

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but my point is, she's(gabby) not getting "hate" because she's a woman

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she gets hate because she's shit at her job

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if Sjokz and co were bad at their jobs, they'd get hate too

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they get very little hate because they're good at what they do

vale siren
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mhm, i get that, but I wanted to sort of introspect the discipline of casting and how women have had a notorious reputation across many different competitions entering it. Off the top of my head, I can think of female commentators on UCL football and how they were also very frequently criticized (with a lot more vigor and even less constructivism i might say). LeTigress clearly has issues that are much bigger than her gender, but I do not believe it is helping her case, and I believe it gets her a lot more attention.

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Oh yeah, and it has also not been to the benefit of NA's reputation that production becomes this in the middle of important teamfights:

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a little bit less of this would be a nice start, i'd say WEIRD

vale siren
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Might I also note that Azael, who is normally a color caster (and he's been one for quite a long time for that matter!), also recently made his play-by-play casting debut this most recent LCS broadcast (W3D2, DIGvTSM) and it was EXPONENTIALLY better than LeTigress. Another sign that practicing color casting can help with the transition to play-by-play.

fathom gale
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Best way to check is someone is good: close your eyes, listen to the cast: can you imagine what's happening? Not with LeTigress: she's had multiple instances where she will literally call things that didn't happen, or misunderstand fights, or completely miss action. This is without even touching on her style, which you either like or don't. She is just objectively bad at colour casting. And of course she is, she's never casted League before even at a collegiate level. All the other casters have pro-play backgrounds like Azael, or worked up from casting literal Bronze games like Flowers. She was pushed into a role her talents are not suited for, and was never given a chance to succeed. Imo they should drop her to Academy and let her refine her casting there.

neon swan
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How much of the hate Gabby gets is due to her being a female?

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She even made a post about her name change and then OP disrespects her by using the old name,

vale siren
vale siren
# fathom gale Best way to check is someone is good: close your eyes, listen to the cast: can y...

I agree to let her refine it some place else with a little bit less attention and heat from the critics, but I do think she has the qualifications to become a great caster. I mean, according her wiki, she has a master's degree in communication (with a focus on esports!) and competed collegiately in informative speaking. I think she just needs time to adapt, so this post is to kind of inspect that element.

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Is Gabby (LeTigress) meant to be a play-by-play caster?

neon ridge
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The toxicity she is receiving is on par from League Esports community and honestly Riot should be blamed for cultivating this amount of toxicity

dusky smelt
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Gabby's personality screams interviewer to me, not caster