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Korea (South)11232 Posts
Our roster of English language regional on-air talent will narrate your journey during the 2015 World Championship.
Before we kick-off the Group Draw Show, we’re excited to share our on-air team of shoutcasters, analysts, interviewers, and hosts for the 2015 World Championship. Starting at the Group Stage, a mix of on-air talent from the regional leagues will be providing commentary, analysis, interviews, and a dash of humor for the English language broadcast of Worlds.
Below are the voices and faces that will be narrating your journey through Worlds as part of our on-air team:
NA LCS:
![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/ONbCMsi.jpg)
- Rivington Bisland III
- Sam "Kobe" Hartman-Kenzler
- Joshua "Jatt" Leesman
- David "Phreak" Turley
EU LCS:
![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/xAsMPjS.jpg)
- Trevor "Quickshot" Henry
- Martin "Deficio" Lynge
- Devin "PiraTechnics" Younge
- Eefje “Sjokz” Depoortere
- Mitch “Krepo” Voorspoels
LCK, LPL, and IWC
![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/d8D70fn.jpg)
- Julian “PastryTime” Carr
- Max “Atlus” Anderson
- Christopher “MonteCristo” Mykles
- Erik “DoA” Lonnquist
Analyst Desk
![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/EBAWdmp.jpg)
- James “Dash” Patterson
- Aidan “Zirene” Moon
- Jake “Spawn” Tiberi
During Worlds, our panel of analysts will be debating over predictions and sharing recaps of the matches. We’ll also have guest spots for pro players, coaches, and former pros joining us at the analyst desk throughout the event (we’ll miss you, Doublelift!) including:
- Alberto “Crumbz” Rengifo
- Jakob “YamatoCannon” Mebdi
We’ll update this post as we confirm more of the analyst desk guests.
Which caster combination are you looking forward the most? Really happy to see DoA casting at Worlds  He deserved it
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So Doa will be going to WC after all? good news
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Bearded Elder29903 Posts
Analyst desk gives me cancer.
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On September 11 2015 04:06 St3MoR wrote:
So Doa will be going to WC after all? good news
Good thing Riot had this all planned out in advance so we didn't have anything like DoA announcing he wouldn't be going a month ago.
Their foresight and care is really admirable.
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On September 11 2015 04:12 739 wrote:
Analyst desk gives me cancer.
At least YamatoCannon is pleasant enought to listen to.
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On September 11 2015 05:22 Hotfyr wrote:At least YamatoCannon is pleasant enought to listen to.
I like Spawn too. He grows on you. Papasmithy should be there over atlus imo.
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I'm expecting a Jatt/Quickshot/Krepo final from Riot.
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On September 11 2015 04:12 739 wrote:
Analyst desk gives me cancer.
Spawn should be good. Dash and Zirene are pretty blech though.
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On September 11 2015 06:34 Ansibled wrote:
I'm expecting a Jatt/Quickshot/Krepo final from Riot.
Oh god please no
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Its nice giving lots of people a chance to be part of worlds but at some point there's too many cooks in the kitchen
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More like Jatt/Riv/Krepo.
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Krepo used to be cute, but with that weight lost he is really HOT now.
Yay more Krepo air time!! :D
Im not liking the analyst desk tbh, tho YamatoCannon is pretty cool and i do like Crumbz, basicly i like the invites not the Rito hired people xD.
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Godlike potential finals quadracast (because why have a tricast when you can have a quadracast):
Deficio/Phreak/Kobe/Doa
Honorable mentions:
Riv, great energy, yes he doesn't make sense at times, but that doesn't matter since his flow is excellent, his hype is even better. He's best compared to a great action flick that doesn't need any kind of plot/entices you to reflect on certain situations
Montecristo, he's a great caster. But in the past I've noticed a slight anergy between him and Kobe and since I prefer Kobe (he's my favourite caster by far) I cannot put him into my dream quadra cast.
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If I get at least one game of Doa/Deficio/Kobe I'll be a happy man.
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Doa/Phreak/Kobe would be nutty
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I wish riot didn't take a participation award approach to their finals and just narrowed it down to the best performing casters of the year.
That said my criteria and theirs for such a style would inevitably be different so, everyone gets equal time probably works out the best for me personally.
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To Dash's credit, he stopped drinking so heavily in the summer split. Actually, I'm not sure if that's a good thing or not. I dislike the Australian caster's accents. I don't know what they're saying and maybe a part of it is they're bad at casting. Really not a fan of Atlus in particular. Too bad Froskurin isn't going, she clearly knows the most about LPL. Maybe Riot just doesn't like neck tattoos. They probably think it's unprofessional.
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Pootie too good!4331 Posts
On September 11 2015 12:09 Sonnington wrote:
To Dash's credit, he stopped drinking so heavily in the summer split. Actually, I'm not sure if that's a good thing or not. I dislike the Australian caster's accents. I don't know what they're saying and maybe a part of it is they're bad at casting. Really not a fan of Atlus in particular. Too bad Froskurin isn't going, she clearly knows the most about LPL. Maybe Riot just doesn't like neck tattoos. They probably think it's unprofessional.
Uhmm what?
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Too bad Froskurin isn't going, she clearly knows the most about LPL. Maybe Riot just doesn't like neck tattoos. They probably think it's unprofessional.
She has a crazy sense of style, so she has to understand that in doing so might retract from her own career. I too enjoy her deep knowledge of the scene, but seeing her with a giant tattoo wasn't exactly fun to look at during casting.
Doa and Monte at Worlds... so... happy. Hope to see Monte at the Analyst desk again, or at least some hint of the KR hype train, especially in a year when they're not guaranteed to win.
Oh and personal preference, but I hate NA caster voices and their methods of hype building. I don't mind Rivington's voice, but he does say stupid stuff. So I pray they mix them well with the EU/LPL/LCS casters.
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All I want are doa and montecristo.
And froskurin. ):
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On September 11 2015 17:43 DarkCore wrote: but seeing her with a giant tattoo wasn't exactly fun to look at during casting.
it's 2015 man, I don't know how you found out about the internet, but tattoos aren't weird.
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It does seem silly to not have Froskurin. She really knows her stuff so having her on at least the Analyst Desk would have been smart.
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Kobe has a tattoo on his arm. We've seen that soooo many times.
A neck tattoo is no different in my opinion.
I mean she could just wear a scarf or something if it bothered Riot that much. She could also just wear a hat or dye her hair to a normal color. I mean its worlds why wouldn't you want to be there to cast. Can just dye it back when worlds is over.
Also, why wouldn't Doa be going to worlds in the first place? Did he do something to make Riot mad or something?
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So just because of that tweet it got people riled up enough to make Riot change their minds?
Neato
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On September 11 2015 06:34 Ansibled wrote:
I'm expecting a Jatt/Quickshot/Krepo final from Riot.
rofl omg
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@JonGalt
During the spring split Dash would heavily, heavily, slur his words some weekends. Sometimes you'd notice as the broadcast went on he would slur worse and worse. It was speculated that he was getting drunk.
I know this is the internet and everyone is apparently a far leftist, but depending on the poll you read only about 20 percent of Americans have tattoos. Also a clear majority still dislike seeing people with tattoos. I'm not sure where you come from where neck tattoos aren't weird, but they are. I live in a lower middleclass apartment complex, which is considered a good area of town because this city is so awful. It's still extremely rare for me to see people with neck tattoos. Then if I go to the nicer towns it's literally nonexistent. Neck tattoos connote being of a lower class or gang affiliation. Of the people I've personally met or known with neck tattoos many of them have some sort of connection to criminal activity.
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It's as if they drew the groups best possible to get CLG and Fanatic through.
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On September 12 2015 03:00 lilwisper wrote:
It does seem silly to not have Froskurin. She really knows her stuff so having her on at least the Analyst Desk would have been smart.
Maybe she would be invited if she would dress "properly" like they seem to have everyone else do.
They end up with everyone else in pretty much every region wearing shirts and jackets and sometimes even waistcoats etc, and Sjokz is typically wearing something "sensible", but every time she's on a broadcast she looks like a random weirdo dragged in off the street.
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On September 13 2015 05:19 Sonnington wrote:
@JonGalt
During the spring split Dash would heavily, heavily, slur his words some weekends. Sometimes you'd notice as the broadcast went on he would slur worse and worse. It was speculated that he was getting drunk.
I know this is the internet and everyone is apparently a far leftist, but depending on the poll you read only about 20 percent of Americans have tattoos. Also a clear majority still dislike seeing people with tattoos. I'm not sure where you come from where neck tattoos aren't weird, but they are. I live in a lower middleclass apartment complex, which is considered a good area of town because this city is so awful. It's still extremely rare for me to see people with neck tattoos. Then if I go to the nicer towns it's literally nonexistent. Neck tattoos connote being of a lower class or gang affiliation. Of the people I've personally met or known with neck tattoos many of them have some sort of connection to criminal activity.
Exactly, this is like the OPPOSITE of prejudice. If you want a job you better dress like everyone else, and if you don't, you obviously don't want a job which makes you a COMMUNIST.
Replies may be addressed to the flat of my hand.
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Poland3748 Posts
On September 13 2015 06:05 Lonyo wrote:Show nested quote +On September 12 2015 03:00 lilwisper wrote:
It does seem silly to not have Froskurin. She really knows her stuff so having her on at least the Analyst Desk would have been smart. Maybe she would be invited if she would dress "properly" like they seem to have everyone else do. They end up with everyone else in pretty much every region wearing shirts and jackets and sometimes even waistcoats etc, and Sjokz is typically wearing something "sensible", but every time she's on a broadcast she looks like a random weirdo dragged in off the street.
Well it's nothing compared to Bruno at TIs (Dota2) and yet he wasn't dismissed ASAP. Truth be told it would be nice to have a bit more even gender ratio.
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Pootie too good!4331 Posts
On September 13 2015 05:19 Sonnington wrote:
@JonGalt
During the spring split Dash would heavily, heavily, slur his words some weekends. Sometimes you'd notice as the broadcast went on he would slur worse and worse. It was speculated that he was getting drunk.
I know this is the internet and everyone is apparently a far leftist, but depending on the poll you read only about 20 percent of Americans have tattoos. Also a clear majority still dislike seeing people with tattoos. I'm not sure where you come from where neck tattoos aren't weird, but they are. I live in a lower middleclass apartment complex, which is considered a good area of town because this city is so awful. It's still extremely rare for me to see people with neck tattoos. Then if I go to the nicer towns it's literally nonexistent. Neck tattoos connote being of a lower class or gang affiliation. Of the people I've personally met or known with neck tattoos many of them have some sort of connection to criminal activity.
Was him being drunk a speculation of yours or a popular opinion? I can't find anything other than you post on liquidlegends that talks about this.
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England2657 Posts
Regarding Froskurin (who's name I've only just learnt) - She seems to know her stuff but I know multiple people who have complained either about her out of place looks, her voice (lots of Euro's hate her accent) or just her in general.
Sure that's who she is and that's fine, but Riot probably are aware of this. Give her another year and she might make the desk, but if you compare her to everyone she sticks out like a sore thumb (and in no way, for once, is this because of her gender - which in a rather ironic way is a sign of progress). I think Riv, Quickshot and Sjokz have pierced ears and that's literally the only body alteration on the team. Simply put, she's not famous enough to overcome that. There's a reason they all wear similar clothes on air. Bruno got past this for Dota because he's an incredibly popular character in the Dota scene.
At the end of it, Riot casters are something they're selling to us and this is their biggest event of the year, their chance to bring in a bunch of new viewers.
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Monte wears different clothes and has a not-visible tattoo. Kobe has a visible tattoo. Quickshot has much more piercing than just the ears. Froskurinns broadcast clothes are much more office-like than sjokzs.
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i really hope we can get quickshot + rivington + montecristo
pretty sure montecristo dies before the game ends
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I guess I'm a minority (or a far leftist, whatever that means), but I just want good commentary.
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Am I in the very minority where I enjoy NA casters, even more than EU casters?
I really enjoy Kobe's casting (especially his energy when things get hectic), I think Jatt is alright, Riv can get real random with Phreak, but I'll at least take Kobe/Jatt over Quickshot/Krepo.
I'll admit, I don't watch much Korean/Chinese leagues, so I can't really compare those guys to NA/EU, besides Monte (who I also really enjoy).
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Riot passed over Froskurin long before she got a funky haircut and neck tatts.
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Poland3748 Posts
On September 21 2015 13:03 sung_moon wrote:
Am I in the very minority where I enjoy NA casters, even more than EU casters?
I really enjoy Kobe's casting (especially his energy when things get hectic), I think Jatt is alright, Riv can get real random with Phreak, but I'll at least take Kobe/Jatt over Quickshot/Krepo.
I'll admit, I don't watch much Korean/Chinese leagues, so I can't really compare those guys to NA/EU, besides Monte (who I also really enjoy).
As far as commentary goes I think NA and LCK had the best. EU was close but significantly behind. LPL sounded like semi-amateurish compared and I actually couldn't stand them.
But I think EU had the most rounded analysis desk.
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