For most of you who doesnt know Greg Laird ” WhatIsHip ” he is a caster on an intership for 6 months with Gosugamers, who has caught many eyes of the fans during the casting of Gosu-League 3, lets take a look at his career, life and casting.

Greg Laird

• Currently doing a six-month eSport intern
• Studying at Northeastern University Boston
• Started casting at the Collegiate StarLeague in Starcraft 2
• Joined GosuGamers casting crew this spring
• Working hard on improving his knowledge on the game
• Appreciates all the feedback from his viewers
• Would love to see BarCrafts for Dota more frequently

What is most important for you concerning feedback, is it the live chat on Twitch? Or is it the comments?

Live chat is only marginally important for me. I only rely on chat when I want to see that I have done really dumb. I have a bad habit of keeping my picture overlay up for the first minute of the game. I rely on the live chat for that. Like I said, I haven’t really gotten flamed anywhere yet, which is decent. Ok, occasionally someone says something like “wow, that guy is the worst person that ever existed”, but that happens to pretty much everyone, right? But occasionally I get a message from someone like “I know you are brand new, and I think you are doing an awesome job.” That encouragement is really, really cool. Someone that you don’t know, probably that you will never meet, takes a minute out of his day, saying that you are doing great. That type of encouragement goes a long way, for anyone, big or small. I’m sure Purge and Toby get a lovemail everyday, but you can’t really discount those things.

Are you afraid you might get used to these kind of things?

Oh man, I hope I never get used to it, because it is so cool. I hope I never get to point when I think ‘ah, ye, just another person that likes to thank me’, I hope it never gets there. I hope I always take it for how awesome it is.

Which playstyle do you prefer when casting games?

When I am casting, I love watching really aggressive games. Maybe not as crazy as that one Darer-mouz-game with 90 kills in 20 minutes, but I like aggressive game plays. They are much more enjoyable than just watching teams sit back and let their carries farm up, because there is so much dead space in those games. Even with a cocaster, there is only so much time you can talk about when you say ‘Oh, he is now going to buy a Monkey King Bar and eventually he is going to be huge’. That kind of game is pretty boring for me. I’m a much bigger fan of way closer games, action-packed games with tower pushing, quick raxes. A good example: Darer versus Wolves, which I casted, both games were really good in my opinion. These were the kind of games which I enjoyed casting. You can tell when a caster is not loving the game. Usually, in really long games, you can kind of tell who is going to win after the first thirty minutes, based on the carries. Obviously, when those games get turned around, that is when it also gets exciting and you really enjoy casting them once again, but usually the really long games are just snore fests. So I would say shorter, action-packed games are my favorite. I think I perform a lot better and my energy levels are a lot higher in those cases, and I think the viewers appreciate and enjoy it when the caster has fun. That is what it comes down to, if you are having a great time, when you cast those action packed games, it’s cool.’

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