I just watched the Magnus/Grichuk game and I simply don't get why Daniel Rensch cannot act professionally for more than half an hour. Last year he kept changing away from the board and was constantly commentating on what the players was eating or their facial expressions, this year it seems the theme is really bad sex references -- I cannot recall a broadcast where the co-commentator wasn't the more professional (Ginger GM, Eric, Hess). It is all the more annoying because when he is focusing on the chess he is doing a pretty good job.
I cannot think of any other form of sport/game broadcasting where commentators are doing something similar; even random chess youtube commentary is more professional. Chess.com should force him to watch a random twitch stream of an esports event and reflect on what the commentators do/don't do during broadcast or alternatively follow the following three rules:
Avoid any sentence with "snack"
If you think the pun is funny it isn't
If a sentence contains "I shouldn't say.." don't say it
I cannot think of any other form of sport/game broadcasting where commentators are doing something similar; even random chess youtube commentary is more professional. Chess.com should force him to watch a random twitch stream of an esports event and reflect on what the commentators do/don't do during broadcast or alternatively follow the following three rules:
Avoid any sentence with "snack"
If you think the pun is funny it isn't
If a sentence contains "I shouldn't say.." don't say it