Tasteless

Nicolas Plott (born August 11, 1984), known by his alias Tasteless, is an American esports commentator. He moved to Seoul, Korea in 2007 to give commentary to e-sports competitions. He has provided commentary for multiple ''Starcraft'' and '' Starcraft 2'' tournaments. Together with Dan "Artosis" Stemkoski, he currently provides commentary for Global ''StarCraft II'' League and AfreecaTV StarLeague games.

Early life

Plott grew up in Kansas City, Kansas, along with his brother Sean Plott, who is also an e-sports commentator. Upon graduation from high school, he attended Regis University in Denver studying philosophy and psychology, and was a member of the parliamentary debate team. He considered law school and philosophy dual Ph.D. programs but instead pursued ''StarCraft'' full-time.

''StarCraft'' career

Player

Plott and his younger brother Sean bought a copy of ''StarCraft'' from a local video game store in 1998 after hearing about the game's popularity. The brothers would watch each other play while offering gameplay advice. They played casually online, but were hampered by a slow Internet connection. They visited a nearby Internet café where they met players about five years older who would play and beat them. This loss and the ensuing trash-talk were an early inspiration for the brothers to hone their skills, though they never returned to the café.

With the advent of high-speed Internet, the brothers played ''StarCraft'' competitively on Korean servers. They entered and won tournaments while in high school. Plott became uninterested in school when it did not let him incorporate ''StarCraft'' into his studies. He played the game through high school and college.

Commentator

Upon losing to his brother early in the World Cyber Games 2005 finals, Plott watched the rest of the games as a spectator. He became frustrated by the tournament commentator's inexperienced handling of in-game nuances and requested to co-host the commentary, which was a success. He received offers to commentate without pay in Europe, Japan, and Singapore.

In Plott's last semester of college, Korean broadcasting company GOM TV invited him to provide English commentary for competitive '' Starcraft: Broodwar'' series as part of a strategy to extend their reach. He dropped out of college and arrived in Seoul within a week. In Korea, Plott slept on friends' couches and worked as a caster where he could. This did not guarantee a career or easy move, but offered Plott an opportunity to make a career of his ''StarCraft'' commentary and become the first Western ''StarCraft'' commentator, or caster, in South Korea in 2007. Plott provided commentary for the ''Star Invitational'', with around 75,000 viewers for the finals, and 3 seasons of the '' Averatec-Intel Classic''. Plot was joined by Susie 'lilsusie' Kim as co-caster for one season of the ''Avertec-Intel Classic''. Plott first met Kim at BlizzCon in 2005.As ''StarCraft II''s launch neared, Plott and another American commentator living in Seoul, Dan "Artosis" Stemkoski, had individually amassed followings, and had the interest of commercial broadcast networks. The two began casting together and became known by a portmanteau

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