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Well it's official now, Apollo joined ESL and will move to Germany.
http://en.esl.tv/blog/detail/esl-tv-adds-shaun-apollo-clark/
The new Lead StarCraft II commentator
We are happy to announce the hiring of renowned StarCraft II commentator Shaun 'Apollo' Clark. Shaun will take the role of Lead Commentator for the World Championship Series Europe and Intel Extreme Masters. With a fantastic performance in the first season of WCS Europe: Premier League, Shaun already played an important role in bringing the Starcraft excitement to our fans around the world. The fulltime addition of Shaun to the ESL TV team will further increase the broadcast quality of events like WCS Europe and the Intel Extreme Masters.
Our Head of Commentary at ESL TV, Paul 'ReDeYe' Chaloner is "thrilled to have Shaun joining what is already a world class commentary team at ESL TV and I couldn’t be happier to have secured arguably the best StarCraft II commentator in the world. I’m really looking forward to Shaun and James working closely together and developing further an already excellent casting duo, particularly on WCS and IEM.”
But let's hear from Shaun himself! "I am excited and a little nervous at the same time as this is quite the move! I suppose i'm even a little sad due to leaving Sweden and the GD Studio which I have called home for the past 18 months. 2GD bringing me to Sweden gave me what I needed to make the improvements to my commentary, bringing me to the level i'm at today - I am very thankful for that."
Regarding his future Shaun had the following to add: "WCS is the main project I want to work on and I am happy to be making the move to Germany to be fully involved in not only the WCS but also the IEM stops. Having already worked alongside ESL TV for WCS Season 1, they are very hard working and are dedicated to improving themselves and giving the best show possible, which is an attitude I relate to and appreciate. Now, lets kick ass for WCS EU Season 2!”
You will be able to watch Shaun and co-caster James “Kaelaris” Carrol live in action in the opening broadcast of WCS Europe Premier League Season 2 on June 25th live from the ESL Studios in Cologne, Germany!
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opterown
Australia54784 Posts
i think this was leaked off-stream at DH or something, but gratz to apollo and ESL :D
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wow this is amazing, finally and gratz to Apollo
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United States97276 Posts
Well I guess they had to replace ToD. Grats Apollo
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Official indeed. Those who watched TL interviews from Dreamhack, might have heard about this already.
Good luck Apollo. Great pick up for ESL.
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Aye~~~~ Apollo come to us~~~!! :D
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Pandemona
Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts
Our Head of Commentary at ESL TV, Paul 'ReDeYe' Chaloner
Head of commentary? He doesn't even commentate (well SC2 anyway). Strange title.
Back to the point though. he should add bit of flavor to the stream of WCS EU as Kaelaris can be rather dull xD
GG GL!
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Gonna miss Apollo on the GD show. Best of luck though!
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On June 19 2013 23:16 Pandemona wrote:Head of commentary? He doesn't even commentate (well SC2 anyway). Strange title. Back to the point though. he should add bit of flavor to the stream of WCS EU as Kaelaris can be rather dull xD GG GL!
I read that as the boss man. Like a head couch of a sports team doesn't need to be able to play the game himself. 
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Great news for one of my favourite casters! 
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A- Apollo! Apollo you deep sea baby.... ~~~
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What does that mean for ToD ? He can't commentate the matches he's playing but what about the others ?
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Kennigit
Canada19447 Posts
On June 19 2013 23:16 Pandemona wrote:Head of commentary? He doesn't even commentate (well SC2 anyway). Strange title.
You're incorrect.
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On June 19 2013 23:16 Pandemona wrote:Head of commentary? He doesn't even commentate (well SC2 anyway). Strange title. Back to the point though. he should add bit of flavor to the stream of WCS EU as Kaelaris can be rather dull xD GG GL!
He casts a lot of stuff actually.
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Deserved, best sc2 commentator by a mile atm
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On June 19 2013 23:22 Growiel wrote:
What does that mean for ToD ? He can't commentate the matches he's playing but what about the others ?
think he will focus more on training while in premier ^^
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On June 19 2013 23:26 mechengineer123 wrote:
Deserved, best sc2 commentator by a mile atm
hes decent yes, hes nice yes
but best ? not even close ^^ so different oppinions dont generalise ^^ (artosis is for me better as example or day9)
On June 19 2013 23:27 Daswollvieh wrote:
WCS NA, your move.
With NASL they have now mr bitter and rotterdam, they did move first ^^
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I'd prefer Apollo to commentate in Korea, he's one of he best commentators in SC2, tbh.
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