Yelling At Video Games Shoutcasting can be difficult, especially if you’re new to it. But when you start to find your feet, you can find yourself relying on fallback phrases that very quickly become played out and meaningless. Atlus, Rusty, Riningear, Darius Ex Machina, Michaelwa96, Matt Ross, Mike3kp and Zach have some suggestions for you! Some alternatives to common sayings that will help keep things fresh: Old and busted: “like hot knife through butter” New hotness: Obliterated, dismantled, crushing, smashing, destroyed, demolished, ravaging, outperforming, melted, annihilating, decimating, smashing, owning cut/sliced like a fresh pair of scissors broke through like an Olympic diver chowed down like a hungry toddler sliced like a shredder taking control over keeping ahead of staying a step ahead of holding the game over Old and busted: “hanging on a knife edge” New hotness: teetering on the breaking point ready to shatter with any wrong move ready to implode with the wrong rumble Go either way, narrowest margin cliffhanger Old and busted: “chasing” New hotness: Coming after, on their heels, hunting, pursuing taking off after dashing after extending to go after catching up with racing after on the tail of running them down they’ve smelt fresh blood, now are on the hunt and looking for more prey Old and busted: “overstayed” New hotness: getting too comfortable in the wrong place not using their map sense getting too greedy not keeping aware of opponents not keeping space Old and busted: “popping off” New hotness: on a mission like a man possessed on a tear conducting a medley of death If you’ve got your own suggestions, either for alternatives or for phrases that we can find better alternatives for, leave them in the comments below!
