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Shopify TSL 5 Talent

With the main event of the Team Liquid Starleague 5 just around the corner, it’s about time we announce the talent that will be accompanying you through the event. We hope you’re as excited for them as we are!

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Kevin “RotterdaM” van der Kooi
RotterdaM needs little introduction at this point. He has been around the StarCraft II scene since the beta days and began casting the game for ESL in 2010. Fast forward ten years and he’s now a full time caster, streamer for Team QLASH — and player. To be honest, we were not completely sure whether RotterdaM would even have the chance to cast as he’s quickly becoming the first success story in the long-anticipated experiment of turning casters into high level players, rather than the other way around, and participated in all European and North American qualifiers. While it would have been very exciting to see him qualify and compete, we’re also not too unhappy that he will be casting TSL5 instead.

Jessica "ZombieGrub" Chernega
ZombieGrub, by comparison to ancient RotterdaM, almost seems a new face to big StarCraft II events, but she too should be counted among the veteran casters by now. Originally making her name co-casting for BaseTradeTV as early as 2013, ZG’s first appearance on a Premier Tournament panel came in 2017 at WCS Montreal, followed quickly by a gig at the biggest event of the year at the Global Finals. She has been a mainstay at Premier Tournaments ever since, but also regularly casts online tournaments — such as our qualifiers! We’re very happy to have ZombieGrub with us for the main event of TSL5 as well.

Jonathon "Wardi" Ward
If you’ve followed the various competitions StarCraft II has to offer, you’re pretty much guaranteed to have run into Wardi’s stream. Listing the amount of online qualifiers and tournaments he both casts and organizes himself would have you staring at this page for multiple hours, so we’ll skip that part. Wardi cast every single one of the TSL5 qualifiers, resulting in full-day streaming sessions more than once. But, deservedly so, Wardi has recently made the step up to Premier Tournaments as well, jumping in as a replacement for Mr.Bitter at IEM Katowice and delivering a splendid performance. We hope this positive trend continues for Wardi and are glad to be part of it by welcoming him to our casting crew for TSL5!

Special Guest

Sean “Day[9]” Plott
Yes, you read that right. The legendary Day[9] is returning to cast some matches of TSL5 as our guest caster. Before turning to game development and focusing on content across various games, Day[9] was one of the first names on the list of most big StarCraft II tournaments, and hosted the popular Day[9] Daily series that covered close to all aspects of StarCraft one could think of — from mechanics, to build orders, to simple messing around. Sean has been part of every single Team Liquid Starleague and we couldn’t be more excited to continue that legacy.

Day[9] will join us on the 17th of May, the second day of play on the first weekend. Get your calendars out, you don't want to miss this.

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VictorNattier
Profile Joined August 2018
4 Posts
May 06 2020 15:55 GMT
#2
Day[9] !
fastr
Profile Joined February 2011
France901 Posts
May 06 2020 15:59 GMT
#3
Holy shit, I couldn't have hoped for a better line-up. Three excellent and hard working casters, and Day9 the legend himself making a welcome appearance. Absolutely cannot wait!
Musicus
Profile Joined August 2011
Germany23576 Posts
May 06 2020 16:03 GMT
#4
Very deserving main casters and a nice suprise with Day 9, I am hyped!
Maru and Serral are probably top 5.
SamirDuran
Profile Joined May 2012
Philippines894 Posts
May 06 2020 16:04 GMT
#5
Day9 needs to update his casting meta
Don't practice until you can get it right, practice until you can't get it wrong.
Ziggy
Profile Blog Joined June 2013
South Korea2105 Posts
May 06 2020 16:20 GMT
#6
bring back day9 full time
WriterDefeating a sandwich only makes it tastier. @imjustziggy
batatm
Profile Joined June 2014
Israel116 Posts
May 06 2020 16:28 GMT
#7
Day9?? Well, i'm gonna right down the date, not gonna miss it!
Nakajin
Profile Blog Joined September 2014
Canada8989 Posts
Last Edited: 2020-05-06 16:39:14
May 06 2020 16:39 GMT
#8
Wow day9's back baby!
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GoloSC2
Profile Joined August 2014
710 Posts
May 06 2020 16:40 GMT
#9
very much like the choices
"Code S > IEM > Super Tournament > Homestory Cup > Blizzcon/WESG > GSL vs The World > Invitational tournaments in China with Koreans > WCS events" - Rodya
Schelim
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Austria11528 Posts
May 06 2020 16:57 GMT
#10
wow Day9 casting SC2 on my birthday :D

colour me happy (and old)

also, ZG and Wardi deserve every casting gig they've been getting. Rotti too, of course, that kinda goes without saying.
TY <3 Cure <3 Inno <3 Special <3
shadow4723
Profile Joined October 2018
87 Posts
May 06 2020 17:09 GMT
#11
Day9 heeeeellllll yeahhh!!!!!
Bob_Vernen
Profile Joined July 2018
41 Posts
May 06 2020 17:20 GMT
#12
Holy moly- day9!!!

I am beyond pumped for that!

Also I am very happy Wardi is gonna cast the main event!

Gonna be killerrrrrr
derkopf
Profile Joined July 2004
Germany77 Posts
May 06 2020 17:31 GMT
#13
amazing that Sean will be casting already hyped!
Geo.Rion
Profile Blog Joined October 2008
7377 Posts
May 06 2020 18:20 GMT
#14
cant help but to remind myself how much I miss Incontrol It's great to see Day9 talking sc2 again tho
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Zetter
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
Germany629 Posts
May 06 2020 18:47 GMT
#15
Having Day9 casting again will be great!

Would've loved to have Chill as well tho. That would've been awesome, even if it were for just one match.
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D-light
Profile Joined April 2012
Finland7364 Posts
Last Edited: 2020-05-06 19:17:52
May 06 2020 19:17 GMT
#16
Always neat to have DayJ talking 'bout some sc.
why even
Jacenoob
Profile Joined August 2014
299 Posts
May 06 2020 19:55 GMT
#17
Great lineup. So glad that ZG gets a main event casting, absolutely deserved.
SC-Shield
Profile Joined December 2018
Bulgaria818 Posts
May 06 2020 20:08 GMT
#18
No Tastosis?
ilax30
Profile Joined November 2019
720 Posts
May 06 2020 20:20 GMT
#19
On May 07 2020 05:08 SC-Shield wrote:
No Tastosis?


Nope they actually got casters who know a lot about the game to cast. Hyped!
Acrofales
Profile Joined August 2010
Spain17971 Posts
May 06 2020 20:36 GMT
#20
On May 07 2020 03:47 Zetter wrote:
Having Day9 casting again will be great!

Would've loved to have Chill as well tho. That would've been awesome, even if it were for just one match.

But everybody would just yell at him to get out.

I see why it would be worth it.

Anyway, fantastic casting lineup. Really looking forward to this!
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