ESL Pro League S3 Finals talent out

5-5-2016 19:01

ESL have announced the broadcast talent for the $512,000 Pro League Season 3 Finals taking place in Leicester and London from May 11-15.

The ESL Pro League Season 3 Finals are bringing a whopping $512,000 in prize money to the fore as eight teams will go head-to-head over four days in the middle of May to determine who will get the brunt of the prize ($200,000).

After having already announced the group draw, tournament format, and schedule last week, ESL have now filled in the last piece of the puzzle by announcing the official broadcast talent for the event, whose location will be split between Leicester (group stage) and London (playoffs) in the United Kingdom.

All three of these gents are on the ESL Pro League Season 3 talent list

The list sees the return of the usual suspects such as Anders Blume, Auguste "Semmler" Massonnat, Mathew "Sadokist" Trivett, Henry "⁠HenryG⁠" Greer, and others, as well as a few more newfound inclusions such as putting Janko "⁠YNk⁠" Paunović on the desk and showcasing up-and-comer John "Blu" Mullen. The full list can be found below:

O.J. Borg - Host

Alex "Machine" Richardson - Desk Host

Janko "⁠YNk⁠" Paunović - Analyst

Anders Blume - Caster
Auguste "Semmler" Massonnat - Caster
Matthew "Sadokist" Trivett - Caster
Henry "⁠HenryG⁠" Greer - Caster
Lauren "Pansy" Scott - Caster
Jason "⁠moses⁠" O'Toole - Caster
John "Blu" Mullen - Caster

Heather "⁠sapphiRe⁠" Garozzo - Observer
Alex Rush - Observer

The Pro League Season 3 Finals will go live on May 11 at 14:00 in the ESL studio in Leicester and we will first see OpTic take on Astralis in Group A.

stich writes for HLTV.org and can be found on Twitter

2016-05-05 19:01

7 replies

#2 KeRiMhAn - <3 tokmakhead 1 2016-05-05 19:01:22

2016-05-05 19:02

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2016-05-06 13:49

THANK GOD NO THORIN ;D;D;D;D

2016-05-05 22:43

3 replies

But Pansy is ... I vote for WarOwl; don't know his real name.

2016-05-06 09:59

I agree

2016-05-07 04:05

typical brazil faggot have fun losing ahahahhahahah

2016-05-07 20:04

expected

Canada top1 country

Ehh

2016-05-05 19:39

Kappa

2016-05-05 20:18

sadokist goooo !

2016-05-05 22:44

hmm

Nice!!

Nice one

Oh shit its the blog legend! btw i was faster then u. fu

Tough fight you were faster this time :]

2016-05-05 19:27

jjjj

memes

ez ence

nice

YANKOO

sick gg i like em

yes

hype

woo!

now this is talent

Wtf

2016-05-06 08:23

Anders \o/

hi vip

Pansy :/

Rushly123456

Does anyone miss Tosspot?

11 replies

YES... replace blu or pansy with him.

2016-05-05 19:03

yup

2016-05-05 19:04

always

2016-05-05 19:10

ofc

2016-05-05 19:13

Never forgot abt him :/ Been his fan since I first saw him at dreamhack invitational in 2014 March. He didnt attend the last few events he was invited to due to being at a high post at twitch so he has lots of work to do.

2016-05-05 19:16

YES, BEST CASTER EVER.

2016-05-05 20:15

2016-05-05 20:16

never forget his casting of walle's 1v5 ace clutch vs pentagram: youtube.com/watch?v=sWkyQpr7Sqk

2016-05-05 20:51

Can someone tell, where is he now??? @ twitch?

2016-05-06 09:53

yeah i miss those sensational plays :(

2016-05-06 13:50

thorin xDD

ez for Pansy

Pansy :/ I have to avoid all the games she will cast =D

yep

2016-05-05 20:24

me too don't know why they let her cast :/

2016-05-05 20:37

Thorn?

ez NiP.

moses should remain an analyst, its good to have multiple analysts not just ynk ResidentSleeper

2016-05-05 19:05

Rip Anders FeelsBadMan

2016-05-05 19:07

Leicester taking over the world :)

2016-05-05 19:08

LEICESTER <3

2016-05-05 19:09

anyone know the venue for group stage in leicester and if possible to attend?

Lauren "Pansy" Scott - Caster LUL LUL LUL LUL LUL LUL

2016-05-05 19:11

tier 5 lan? what you mean? 1 place - 200k idiot not 50k

2016-05-05 19:14

-ynk +richarlewis

2016-05-05 19:15

No, Just +thorin +RL

2016-05-05 20:00

ESL "talent" WutFace

2016-05-05 19:25

We are getting there, the one position that can be improved is the Desk Host. Especially now that RL and Thorin are not a "package deal" anymore. I mean talent like RL, Sir Scoots and ReDeYe are available and you still went with Machine, what gives?

2016-05-05 19:28

6 replies

Machine best!

2016-05-05 19:29

Machine works for esl

2016-05-05 19:58

So do, Deman, Kaplan and Joe Miller. You don't see them in the talent list.

Joe works more of a managerial role, Kaplan is fucking horrendous, and Deman has hopefully ran off back to LoL with his tail between his legs.

I know, but still it doesn't mean that they have to use all of their staff for all tournaments. It's not like there aren't other games that ESL cover.

2016-05-05 20:26

I don't think Richard works with esl and he is doing fewer events now anyway

2016-05-05 23:36

YNK ResidentSleeper

Please stop getting YNK He is not a good analyst, has never been, will never become one. Just ask Olofmeister to analyse aslong he cannot play.

5 replies

He is probably the best analyst in the game, just cuz you don't like him or his English doesn't mean that he is not good rofl, the way the dude breaks down individual plays/rounds is something that has been missing from the analyst disk and his views are a fresh addition to any analyst desk.

2016-05-05 19:34

2016-05-05 20:32

Bingo. YNK is great at what he does in my opinion.

2016-05-05 21:24

It always feels like he struggles with his english. He speaks not too bad, but i just cant listen to him.

2016-05-06 09:49

Where the fuck is thorin. wont even bother watching.

2016-05-05 19:30

borg is great , i prefer redeye tho

2016-05-05 19:31

ez for Leicester

2016-05-05 19:35

SadokistHenryG :^)

ESL still thinks pansy is worth keeping? But whyy

2016-05-05 19:38

Where are thorins.........

It's ESL dude... They did reach out to him and invited him as a guest through twitter a while back, to try and mend relations, who knows what will come of it tho.

2016-05-05 19:41

One Thorin is enough m8

2016-05-06 09:50

Leicester :D

No Thorin no fun

This will surely be a breeze for Finnish Counter-Strike: Global Offensive electronic sports team, ENCE eSports

2016-05-05 19:43

awww yeah no deman

2016-05-05 19:49

No BaBam no party

I am talent.

2016-05-05 19:50

we want rahim !!!!! BA BAM !!

2016-05-05 20:03

Just 1 analyst???

2016-05-05 20:08

no navi no party

2016-05-05 20:09

OH C'MON. WERE'S TOSSPOT, HOLY SH*T!!!!

2016-05-05 20:14

and vendetta??

fuckin hate blu

2016-05-05 20:19

Thank fuck no deman

2016-05-05 20:23

No Deman, OJ as Host and Machine as deskhost. FUCKING AWESOME!

2016-05-05 20:59

No Thorin no RL to sad and OJ as host fml atleast we got Ynk, Sado and Moses then ofc anders and semmler so its almost a perfect lineup..

2016-05-05 21:06

-OJ +Redeye -Machine +RL +Thorin Best ESEA LAN Finals ever.

2016-05-05 21:56

have to agree with this but i like machine as host tbh

2016-05-07 14:59

I also like Machine and I'm glad he does other events and not just ESL events, but I enjoy Richard as a desk host more :)

2016-05-07 17:27

ResidentSleeper Again ?

2016-05-05 21:10

Machine <3

2016-05-05 21:22

pansy will eat all the food and everyone will go hungry

2016-05-05 21:23

Thanks GOD, NO THORIN!

2016-05-05 21:46

What happened to being smart and friendly? Looks like the face of HLTV's BR community has faltered..

2016-05-05 21:57

Of course we smart, loyal, friendly and from BRAZIL, but this is it!

2016-05-05 21:59

Well you aren't being smart because Thorin is an amazing analyst, and you aren't being friendly because you're happy that he isn't at an event! You're lying!

2016-05-05 22:02

4 replies

Dude u lierrrrrr, i said the truth, accept!

2016-05-05 22:03

Thorin = besterest analyst

2016-05-05 22:06

BTW Thorin and Rlewis are going to be there. Thorin said it on Richard's last episode of 'by the numbers'. ESL wanted to mend fences because there was a reddit appreciation thread trying to get Thorin and Rlewis to be at all majors as a duo.

2016-05-06 15:42

I remember seeing a Twitter conversation between a higher-up at ESL and Thorin awhile back so this doesn't surprise me! I hope it comes true because those two really do crazy amounts of work for the community, even though they come off as a little brash sometimes.

2016-05-06 20:36

I dont watch matches where Pansy is casting, no matter whos playing. I find it that unbearable, she literally struggles at all aspects of competitive CSGO and continuously says moronic things. :-( Hope she gets better tbh

Is it because she is a woman?

2016-05-06 10:03

m8 women can be bad at their job too

2016-05-06 10:42

White knights dont belong to this scenario...

2016-05-06 19:16

No RL no Thorin zzzzz residentsleeper

2016-05-05 22:13

OJ should be doing every event.

2016-05-05 22:18

No budget Anders? Darn...

2016-05-05 22:41

no Thorin no cry no Thorin no "sorry LG is the best team I was wrong everytime"

Brilliant! No Richard Lewis or Thorin. Praise black jesus

2016-05-05 23:32

Blu go to school

2016-05-06 00:20

- pansy + missharvey

2016-05-06 00:54

sapphire is a girl? wow all this time i thought it was a guy

2016-05-06 01:07

Only one dedicated analyst? I mean, I know Anders, Sado, and Moses are all good on the desk, but only one permanent analyst still seems just a little short..

2016-05-06 01:16

No thorin. Fuck you ESL. Is it thorins fault? Well fuck ESL still. Thorin is a must-have in any LAN. Idiots.

2016-05-06 03:35

no Na'vi no party bye

2016-05-06 05:40

Zeus twitter ,He one taps,cuz Scream throw Astralis,so Duncan can kill Debil ,but fox will never -fox,and Fallen wallbang Pansy so Anders arent think that but still -Shoowtime,Shox is not gay but Smithzz somehow Ceh9 famous youtuber

2016-05-06 05:55

Henry G gets way too little respect. Then again what do you expect from a community that likes to watch the likes of Rahim and all other mentalists. Anders and Moses also stick to the point. Good stuff.

2016-05-06 06:23

HenryG and sadokist best duo imo

2016-05-06 09:52

HenryG / moses / Anders / Semmler / JZFB / ddk are the best casters you can get. No one else is close to how good they are.

+1 Semmler is imo annoying sometimes, but that's me being subjective. Agree that these ppl understand the game the best and there is no one even close.

2016-06-02 16:50

no Na'vi no party

2016-05-06 06:28

No Babam, no fun!

2016-05-06 07:26

hfhfhf

2016-05-06 08:18

Gonna mute pansy as usual. Her commentary is useless and annoying.

2016-05-06 09:45

2016-05-06 10:05

How long has it been since you tried to listen, she has improved a lot

2016-05-06 15:03

Like half a year ago...she talks about most basic stuff, its boring and unisightfull

2016-05-06 17:16

Where is cadiaN?...oh wait

2016-05-06 09:48

First

2016-05-06 13:01

I hate this fat girl called "PANSY", She is the worst caster i've seen in my life!

2016-05-06 14:42

no thorin yes pansy i like it.

2016-05-06 16:16

Why did they have to ruin a good lineup with fucking pansy.

2016-05-06 17:23

2016-05-06 18:13

reoero asd as)))

2016-05-09 10:47

Big Talent if Pansy wouldn't be there. She is a very good caster espacially since he is a woman but I think he has no chance against these Tier1 Caster like Anders, Semmler, Henry, Sadokist, Moses!

2016-05-10 21:08