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Chobra joins ESL

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digmouse
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
China6331 Posts
May 13 2015 15:26 GMT
#1


He will be leaving OGN:


http://www.eslgaming.com/news/chobra-and-uber-strengthen-esl-broadcast-team-2016
ESL is both proud and excited to welcome two new additions to its fulltime on-air broadcast team: William ‘Chobra’ Cho and Mitch ‘Uber’ Leslie. Known for his work with OGN and on various major productions such as the Intel Extreme Masters and the StarCraft II World Championship Series, William ‘Chobra’ Cho joins the American on-air team on June 16th as creative producer and host. Mitch ‘Uber’ Leslie joins ESL HQ in Cologne, Germany starting June 1st after years of having hosted the Wargaming.net League.
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Circumstance
Profile Blog Joined March 2014
United States11403 Posts
May 13 2015 15:29 GMT
#2
This would be relevant to this particular Liquid site if he was joining to cast SC2, but I find that rather unlikely.
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Shellshock
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States97276 Posts
May 13 2015 15:29 GMT
#3
On May 14 2015 00:29 Circumstance wrote:
This would be relevant to this particular Liquid site if he was joining to cast SC2, but I find that rather unlikely.

if only :'(
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digmouse
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
China6331 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-05-13 15:33:26
May 13 2015 15:30 GMT
#4
On May 14 2015 00:29 Circumstance wrote:
This would be relevant to this particular Liquid site if he was joining to cast SC2, but I find that rather unlikely.

He is very likely the replacement of Redeye so him hosting IEM and WCS is a realistic possibility.

EDIT: look at the ESL announcement, Chobra will be working in their America offices, and there is no offline ESL events other than WCS Premier League and the upcoming WCS Season 2 finals in Toronto at the moment.
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looknohands119
Profile Joined March 2010
United States815 Posts
May 13 2015 15:35 GMT
#5
On May 14 2015 00:30 digmouse wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 14 2015 00:29 Circumstance wrote:
This would be relevant to this particular Liquid site if he was joining to cast SC2, but I find that rather unlikely.

He is very likely the replacement of Redeye so him hosting IEM and WCS is a realistic possibility.

EDIT: look at the ESL announcement, Chobra will be working in their America offices, and there is no offline ESL events other than WCS Premier League and the upcoming WCS Season 2 finals in Toronto at the moment.


Yup, if he's working in the U.S. then, outside of IEM, he's likely to be pretty much doing SC2 and Hearthstone exclusively.
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Circumstance
Profile Blog Joined March 2014
United States11403 Posts
May 13 2015 15:37 GMT
#6
On May 14 2015 00:30 digmouse wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 14 2015 00:29 Circumstance wrote:
This would be relevant to this particular Liquid site if he was joining to cast SC2, but I find that rather unlikely.

He is very likely the replacement of Redeye so him hosting IEM and WCS is a realistic possibility.

EDIT: look at the ESL announcement, Chobra will be working in their America offices, and there is no offline ESL events other than WCS Premier League and the upcoming WCS Season 2 finals in Toronto at the moment.

And the ESL Legendary Series finals - that is one game he was covering for OGN.
The world is better when every background has a chance.
digmouse
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
China6331 Posts
May 13 2015 15:39 GMT
#7
On May 14 2015 00:37 Circumstance wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 14 2015 00:30 digmouse wrote:
On May 14 2015 00:29 Circumstance wrote:
This would be relevant to this particular Liquid site if he was joining to cast SC2, but I find that rather unlikely.

He is very likely the replacement of Redeye so him hosting IEM and WCS is a realistic possibility.

EDIT: look at the ESL announcement, Chobra will be working in their America offices, and there is no offline ESL events other than WCS Premier League and the upcoming WCS Season 2 finals in Toronto at the moment.

And the ESL Legendary Series finals - that is one game he was covering for OGN.

It's hard to imagine ESL grabbing him solely for Hearthstone tho.
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stuchiu
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
Fiddler's Green42661 Posts
May 13 2015 15:39 GMT
#8
Chobra is the only host that I thought was comparable to Redeye. So this is pretty good for ESL
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herMan
Profile Joined November 2010
Japan2057 Posts
May 13 2015 15:42 GMT
#9
Very nice! I actually wondered just days ago what happened to the guy after all the stuff he did in 2013. It will be hard to fill Redeye's boots for sure so best of luck to him.

I'm not trying to start a flamewar or anything, but I also heard somebody say that LoL is currently losing popularity in Korea and that SC2 would be picking up again. Can somebody comment on this?
KatatoniK
Profile Blog Joined October 2013
United Kingdom978 Posts
May 13 2015 15:44 GMT
#10
Awwww yiss, Chobro is back. One of the best translators out there and I have no doubt in my mind that his time hosting at OGN has made him into someone who could rival Redeye quite easily.
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SuperHofmann
Profile Joined September 2013
Italy1741 Posts
May 13 2015 15:44 GMT
#11
On May 14 2015 00:42 herMan wrote:
I'm not trying to start a flamewar or anything, but I also heard somebody say that LoL is currently losing popularity in Korea and that SC2 would be picking up again. Can sohimdy comment on this?

Flash said it in the interview with Team Liquid
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Ragnarork
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
France9034 Posts
May 13 2015 15:46 GMT
#12
Chooobra!

Yes! It's been so long since we've seen him doing things in english for SC2. Happy to see him likely doing SC2 stuff!
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Aeromi
Profile Blog Joined August 2012
France14461 Posts
May 13 2015 15:53 GMT
#13
On May 14 2015 00:30 digmouse wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 14 2015 00:29 Circumstance wrote:
This would be relevant to this particular Liquid site if he was joining to cast SC2, but I find that rather unlikely.

He is very likely the replacement of Redeye so him hosting IEM and WCS is a realistic possibility.

EDIT: look at the ESL announcement, Chobra will be working in their America offices, and there is no offline ESL events other than WCS Premier League and the upcoming WCS Season 2 finals in Toronto at the moment.

Yet, ESL is going to announce IEM Season X soon.
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Ej_
Profile Blog Joined January 2013
47656 Posts
May 13 2015 15:53 GMT
#14
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
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TelecoM
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
United States10717 Posts
May 13 2015 15:59 GMT
#15
This is going to be huge for ESL.
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KtJ
Profile Joined October 2014
United States3514 Posts
May 13 2015 16:01 GMT
#16
Chobraaaaaa
so hyped
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Dav1oN
Profile Joined January 2012
Ukraine3164 Posts
May 13 2015 16:02 GMT
#17
Chobra is probably the only person who equally may replace Redeye.

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chipmonklord17
Profile Joined February 2011
United States11944 Posts
May 13 2015 16:05 GMT
#18
I can't believe that actually happened. I loved his work during whichever season final it was and am glad he gets to continue to do work in the scene
c0ldfusion
Profile Joined October 2010
United States8293 Posts
May 13 2015 16:07 GMT
#19
omg this is massive... chobra is an extremely solid interviewer / host
bartus88
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Netherlands491 Posts
May 13 2015 16:07 GMT
#20
Awesome news! He is definitely the best Korean translator and one the best hosts, if he takes over for Redeye, that would be amazing.
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