Championship 2010 - Atlanta - Your Thoughts Please?

[Andy Grady]

Originally Posted by Tetraman

What gets me the most frustrated, is play-by-play announcers. Can we clone JonDarr? How is he not Einstein's announcer yet? Announcers should be exciting and engaging, and some are just BORING to listen to. Expecially if you sit at home watching the webcast. You hear the announcer more then the MC; a spirited Announcer is just as important as a spirited MC. Are there try-outs and cuts? Yes I understand that a job such as an announcer requires a person who knows what they are doing, but there can't be a total lack of volunteers with pip in their step and fire in their belly who know the whats what.

While I know that not every announcer is off the charts amazing, you gotta understand things from an announcers standpoint. On Galileo we ran 144 matches this year. 144! Do you realize how difficult it is to find exciting things to talk about in even half of those matches? As a game announcer, you try to be exciting as much as possible, but you can't just fill the time with a bunch of useless crap either. This can be particularly challenging when 6 robots are litterally doing death circles on the field. Not to mention, we have to save energy. Two and a half days of announcing is murder on your voice. This is also the reason for the rotation of announcers and splitting play by play and intros/scores. The guys we have work hard on the field, some are amazing and some are still learning the ropes. Every single one of them prepares hard, and tries to bring the best they can to the table for you. You will never make everyone happy, and you can't clone a JohnDarr for every field, so be patient. I know that the people organizing these events are trying hard to bring you the best product possible.

For the record also, Blair has been an institution on Einstein as a play by play announcer for years. There are certain traditions that shouldn't be touched, and that is one of them.

We appreciate your input, and I hope things get a little more enjoyable for your tastes in the future.

Congrats to all!