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IEM Katowice: Commentators and on-air personalities

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Waxangel
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
United States33429 Posts
February 19 2022 15:51 GMT
#1
ESL have announced the line-up for commentators, on-air personalities, and observers for IEM Katowice:

Main stream commentators:
  • DeMusliM
  • feardragon
  • Harstem
  • PiG
  • RotterdaM
  • Wardi
  • ZombieGrub


Side-stream commentators:
  • Beomulf
  • CatZ
  • CrankyDucklings
  • PtitDrogo
  • Steadfast


Hosts
  • Kaelaris
  • Smix


Observers
  • Mapu
  • Njal



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Nakajin
Profile Blog Joined September 2014
Canada8989 Posts
February 19 2022 16:12 GMT
#2
Hey cool Smix is back, it has been a while!
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Pandain
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States12989 Posts
February 19 2022 16:30 GMT
#3
Harstem! I'll miss Catz on the main stream but excited to listen to him on the B stream!
Husyelt
Profile Blog Joined May 2020
United States836 Posts
February 19 2022 17:27 GMT
#4
Praise be Mapu. Demuslim + Rotti potential hype.
You're getting cynical and that won't do I'd throw the rose tint back on the exploded view
RogerChillingworth
Profile Joined March 2010
2983 Posts
Last Edited: 2022-02-19 17:56:17
February 19 2022 17:55 GMT
#5
Yeah, big fan of CatZ so sad to see there isn't space for him on the main stream this time but a great lineup indeed. Praying that covid red tape and weirdness and illness and all that doesn't interfere with the tournament--and if it threatens to, that the problem solving is swift!

GG GL HF
tommey.liang
Profile Joined November 2020
United States363 Posts
February 19 2022 19:00 GMT
#6
Sooo stoked!! Looking forward to the group stages this coming week.
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KalWarkov
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
Germany4126 Posts
February 19 2022 19:34 GMT
#7
no tod is very sad :/
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ejozl
Profile Joined October 2010
Denmark3408 Posts
February 19 2022 20:08 GMT
#8
Yeah it's a bit weird Catz isn't on main, guess I'll catch him on B, when some of the more subpar casters are on.
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Haku
Profile Joined August 2013
Germany550 Posts
Last Edited: 2022-02-19 21:56:30
February 19 2022 21:55 GMT
#9
On February 20 2022 04:34 KalWarkov wrote:
no tod is very sad :/


Its a good thing. We have too many good casters in a small scene, that are still way more involved than ToD is.
This discussion was probably held multiple times and I would not mind ToD at all, if the scene were bigger and we had more spots. So no offense to ToD, its not like hes a bad caster.
The way it currently is, I prefer all the people that are going to be at the event.
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BeoMulf
Profile Joined January 2014
United States94 Posts
February 19 2022 22:45 GMT
#10
So excited to bring you the B stream with Steadfast! The games should be absolutely sick
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rickzou
Profile Joined May 2019
46 Posts
February 19 2022 23:01 GMT
#11
no tastosis?!!
vyzion
Profile Joined August 2016
308 Posts
February 20 2022 02:23 GMT
#12
On February 20 2022 05:08 ejozl wrote:
Yeah it's a bit weird Catz isn't on main, guess I'll catch him on B, when some of the more subpar casters are on.


CatZ is by far my favorite caster...that energy is fire. I'll have to catch him on stream B as well
tigera6
Profile Joined March 2021
3409 Posts
February 20 2022 03:34 GMT
#13
To be honest I was surprised to see Harstem on the main caster team, because he didnt really cast much of ESL events during the past season. But I guess it makes sense because they need another technical play-by-play caster on the team, other than PiG and ZG.

On February 20 2022 08:01 rickzou wrote:
no tastosis?!!

They are pretty much semi-retired from SC2 scene at this point, not gonna expect to see them anywhere outside of GSL.
tilhorizon
Profile Joined September 2008
Germany191 Posts
February 20 2022 07:10 GMT
#14
was hoping for tastosis and lambo (when he is not playing anymore)
YuMi
Profile Joined April 2011
Israel26 Posts
February 20 2022 07:44 GMT
#15
CatZ should be on main stream for sure, his insights and game understanding is top.
too bad no Tasteless and Artosis. they bring the streaming experience into another level.
Rotti, Demu, Pig and Harstem are great picks
MattLance
Profile Joined October 2013
Germany11 Posts
February 20 2022 08:30 GMT
#16
I miss iNcontrol on the lineup Man, those times were hilarious!
Daylight's burnin'!
SamirDuran
Profile Joined May 2012
Philippines894 Posts
February 20 2022 08:45 GMT
#17
On February 20 2022 08:01 rickzou wrote:
no tastosis?!!

They declined. Artosis said that on his stream.
Don't practice until you can get it right, practice until you can't get it wrong.
loeblix
Profile Joined September 2016
18 Posts
February 20 2022 10:05 GMT
#18
On February 20 2022 17:45 SamirDuran wrote:
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On February 20 2022 08:01 rickzou wrote:
no tastosis?!!

They declined. Artosis said that on his stream.

Declined why?
Balnazza
Profile Joined January 2018
Germany1197 Posts
Last Edited: 2022-02-20 10:35:40
February 20 2022 10:33 GMT
#19
On February 20 2022 19:05 loeblix wrote:
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On February 20 2022 17:45 SamirDuran wrote:
On February 20 2022 08:01 rickzou wrote:
no tastosis?!!

They declined. Artosis said that on his stream.

Declined why?


I don't know what or if Artosis mentioned, but just look at the last two years: According to Liquipedia the last event Artosis casted outside of GSL was Homestory Cup XX (for Tasteless BlizzCon of that year) at the end of 2019. Since then, only GSL, not a single appearance at one of the DreamHack Masters. Really feels like they practically are retired from SC2.
Honestly I'm not even sure if they would still do GSL if they could cast ASL instead, but that is just speculation from me.

Mire note-worthy is probably the absence of Nathanias. Was traveling to risky for him or were there any other reasons given?
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Rob-Zero
Profile Joined January 2011
Germany459 Posts
February 20 2022 10:50 GMT
#20
Hmm no Nathanias and no Maynarde is sad. And Catz on the B Stream is a bit strange, would have liked to see him on the main stage. But okay, it will be fun regardless of my personal wishes
Gl hf gg, let's go!
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ROOTCatZ
Profile Blog Joined June 2005
Peru1226 Posts
February 20 2022 12:08 GMT
#21
Hey everyone thanks for the kind comments / support!

ESL asked me to go to Katowice but unfortunately I couldn't make it this time around as my visa is processing and it's taking a bit longer than usual.


So instead i'll be doing the B stream from home, it's a bit of a bummer to miss out on Katowice and feed from the energy of a big live audience, but ESL was great and really accommodating, they will produce but will be hosting the stream on my own channel (ttv/rootcatz), they gave me a strong voice in deciding my co-caster (Drogo!) and one of my best friends and housemate AweesomeSauce will be our observer, so tbh I'm stoked and can't wait, I think it'll be a ton of fun.
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_fool
Profile Joined February 2011
Netherlands678 Posts
February 20 2022 13:16 GMT
#22
Cool caster lineup! Glad to see Harstem in. Gonna take a day off on thursday to enjoy the Ro24 (I always like the earlier rounds where there's some room for upsets)
"News is to the mind what sugar is to the body"
loeblix
Profile Joined September 2016
18 Posts
February 20 2022 20:13 GMT
#23
On February 20 2022 21:08 ROOTCatZ wrote:
Hey everyone thanks for the kind comments / support!

ESL asked me to go to Katowice but unfortunately I couldn't make it this time around as my visa is processing and it's taking a bit longer than usual.

Sad to not have you on the main stream. Hope to have you back next time.
Heyoka
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Katowice25012 Posts
February 20 2022 22:57 GMT
#24
For additional info we did talk to Tastosis and unfortunately it didn't make sense for either of them - right now it's tricky as if they come to Poland and then go back to Korea there is a 7 day quarantine so it's not the easiest to schedule. We've been in touch for the last 2 years since EPT started and will stay in contact, maybe it lines up nicely in the future.
@RealHeyoka | ESL / DreamHack StarCraft Lead
Zzoram
Profile Joined February 2008
Canada7115 Posts
February 23 2022 23:55 GMT
#25
Artosis is great but he is probably too expensive now considering he’d have to take a week off his stream. If you’ve seen his stream, it takes in the big bucks every day.
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