The one feature EA/Live should be ashamed of...

[Admiral50]

I'm not going to go into too much detail because it will speak for itself, but...

How the hell can EA and anyone on the Live team honestly think it is ok to use the same courtside announcer they have used since Live 1997.

Yes, that's right. This will now be the 14th year...

Even if you like the guy and the style, it HAS to be annoying.

For me, I hated the guy since day one. He can't pronounce names, has no emotion when trying to get excited and his 'fa twooooo' and 'the assist to...' just irritate the crap out of me.

To me, this is disgraceful. EA should be ashamed. I would like to hear an explanation as to why it is what it is.

[Jamin23]

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I could barely hear the PA announcer in the Cavs vs Celtics video. Maybe I wasn't listening. I'm going to watch it again and see if I can hear the PA announcer.

[o_capone]

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why should someone be ashamed of having the same announcer for 14 years?

[rockchisler]

Re: The one feature EA/Live should be ashamed of...

I'm not going to go into too much detail because it will speak for itself, but...

How the hell can EA and anyone on the Live team honestly think it is ok to use the same courtside announcer they have used since Live 1997.

Yes, that's right. This will now be the 14th year...

Even if you like the guy and the style, it HAS to be annoying.

For me, I hated the guy since day one. He can't pronounce names, has no emotion when trying to get excited and his 'fa twooooo' and 'the assist to...' just irritate the crap out of me.

To me, this is disgraceful. EA should be ashamed. I would like to hear an explanation as to why it is what it is.

So what....they will have team specific call outs this year for like chris Paul, Rudy Gay and others.

[23bluesman]

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I really find him annoying. He should've been changed years ago, just to keep things fresh. Or use other announcers for different arenas.

[magicman32]

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Yeah the commentary is pretty dry. It ruins the overall feel of the game. Steve Kerr is boring.

[23]

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Yeah the commentary is pretty dry. It ruins the overall feel of the game. Steve Kerr is boring.

Dry?

Who has better commentary in a basketball game...

I want you to give me at least 2 examples because it seems to me you're talking out of the side of your neck

[Jamin23]

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Dry?

Who has better commentary in a basketball game...

I want you to give me at least 2 examples because it seems to me you're talking out of the side of your neck

With regards to the commentary we should wait and see when the game comes out and hear the dynamic commentary before we make judgments. In years past nba live has had the better commentary.

[23]

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With regards to the commentary we should wait and see when the game comes out and hear the dynamic commentary before we make judgments. In years past nba live has had the better commentary.

Which is why I have no doubts they will again

[Bird123]

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Greg Ah-stertag

[DaWolf]

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I want Mike Breen - I would buy any game with him in.

[Admiral50]

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In terms of commentary, Live is pretty good. Although, I still think Starting Five 2005 (Japan only release I believe) on PS2 (the clips are in my profile/album) has the best overall.

There were a lot of player specific lines for mid action and barely any noticeable joins.

I wonder if EA (or anyone) would ever do what Codemasters have done with their (otherwise crap) Cricket game. They have 1 main commentator with 3 or 4 second men, who randomly join him each game. This is a great feature and something NBA games would find popular.

But... the topic and annoyance is to do with the courtside announcer.

[Tha_Kid]

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Hard to enjoy all the specific PA lines when they're done by the horrible voice thats been in Live for the longest. Touched on it in the Cavs/Celtics thread. The guy is just bad.

[DC]

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Man I was JUST about to make this same post. I hate the fact that they still have the SAME PA Announcer after all of these years.

Theeee assist to.........

[Goffs]

Re: The one feature EA/Live should be ashamed of...

Man I was JUST about to make this same post. I hate the fact that they still have the SAME PA Announcer after all of these years.

Theeee assist to.........

hah! was just gonna post that...he really does stick out since its the same damn dude for how many years now lol

i love the commentary and crowd noise though but that PA announcer needs to change...seems out of place now