ESL reveal Oakland talent lineup

12-11-2017 00:48

The talent lineup for IEM Oakland, taking place from November 14-19, has just been revealed by the organizers.

IEM Oakland's talent lineup consists of 12 members, with Alex "Machine" Richardson taking up the post of a desk host, joined by analysts Chad "⁠SPUNJ⁠" Burchill, Janko "⁠YNk⁠" Paunović, and Jordan "⁠n0thing⁠" Gilbert.

Tres "stunna" Saranthus will be on the sidelines doing interviews with the teams, while O. J. Borg will once again be hyping up the crowd on the Oracle Arena stage.

n0thing will be on the analyst desk at IEM Oakland

A total of six commentators will guide you through all of the action, including one of the most popular duos, Henry "⁠HenryG⁠" Greer and Matthew "Sadokist" Trivett, alongside the likes of Jason "⁠moses⁠" O'Toole and John "BLU" Mullen.

Here are all 12 members of IEM Oakland's talent lineup:

O. J. Borg - Stage host

Tres "stunna" Saranthus - Interviewer

Alex "Machine" Richardson - Desk host

Chad "SPUNJ" Burchill - Analyst

Janko "YNk" Paunović - Analyst

Jordan "n0thing" Gilbert - Analyst

Henry "HenryG" Greer - Commentator

Matthew "Sadokist" Trivett - Commentator

Harry "JustHarry" Russell - Commentator

Jason "moses" O'Toole - Commentator

John "BLU" Mullen - Commentator

James "JamezIRL" Macaulay - Commentator

The $300,000 tournament IEM Oakland will run from November 14-19, with 12 teams in attendance, including the current top three teams according to our ranking, FaZe, SK, and G2.

nice

2017-11-12 00:48

10 replies

GREAT, FINALLY NO THORIN!!! Now we have ppl that really know about csgo not a freaking edgy ginger who calls himself the #1 csgo expert but all he does is browse hltv statistics and try to be funny.

2017-11-12 01:31

8 replies

Shut up fakeflagging weeb.

2017-11-12 02:06

finally? he doesn't work with ESL since 2014 xD with Thorin the analyst desk is fun to watch, if you can't handle his banter then don't watch it

2017-11-12 02:35

2 replies

so that wasnt him at esl one new york 2016?

2017-11-12 04:01

1 reply

okay I was wrong I thought he didn't attend any esl event after ESL One Katowice but still it's not like he's at every esl event

2017-11-12 04:04

woah ur so 1337 omg what do u want? applauses?

2017-11-12 18:08

Lmao easily triggered weeb thorin is one of the best

2017-11-13 11:46

#cryisfree camel rider fan of Thorin!

2017-11-13 11:49

12 btw

2017-11-13 15:44

JamezIRL commentator hehe

2017-11-12 01:44

Nice

#3 guys

2017-11-12 00:49

Matchesssss

Nice but fuck blu

hes got a cute dog

2017-11-12 08:12

spunj from ukraine, nice

3 replies

2017-11-12 00:53

Ye, i was gonna say it xd

2017-11-12 00:55

Ukraine is to Russia as is Australia is to western civilisation. Easy mistake

2017-11-12 00:57

where tf is mantrousse

mantrousse works at dh

2017-11-12 08:13

Hopefully dead.

2017-11-12 11:06

Bro respect our lord and savior pala

2017-11-13 11:56

Nicr

John "BLU" Mullen nothx

-Blu + literally anyone else

2017-11-12 00:58

2017-11-12 04:50

he has the a cute dog

#87

2017-11-12 10:12

Why do people put JustHarry above him? Imo harry is possibly the cringiest person ive ever had to listen to and he knows fuck all about the actual game. His casting contains a select 10-15 phrases that he just repeats while screaming "THAT WAS INSANE" after every kill

2017-11-12 10:10

I didnt even realize harry was there tf -blu -justharry +literally anyone else

2017-11-12 18:22

LMAO look at my last visitors. Harry legit visited my page

2017-11-12 19:03

omfg hes gonna take use your criticism to get better

2017-11-12 19:05

wtf spunj ukraine ?

+1 haha

2017-11-12 00:51

spunJ ukraine ??? Lul nice one hltv :D

no thorin no party

Chad Burchill with Ukraine flag? LUL

NiP vs SK pleaseeee!

In the final tho ;)

2017-11-12 02:49

SpunJ isn't ukranian lol

Spunj flag wrong

spunj ukrainian?

SPUNJ in ukraine lul

nice SPUNJ flag btw

SPUNJ UKRAIN FLAG XDDD

2017-11-12 00:50

SPUNJ Ukrainian? LuL

SPUNJ Ukranian nicee

imgur.com/a/FebDP GJ HLTV

ukrainian spunj best spunj

*Flashbang Dance.*

+738383

2017-11-12 17:58

Didn't know Chad is from Ukraine

SPAMJ from Ukraina

Spunj is now ukrainian? good shit

2017-11-12 00:52

Blu ResidentSlepper

Blu NotLikeThis

2017-11-12 01:02

pros: oj borg cons: no anders, ukrainian spunj

2017-11-12 00:54

pros: no anders**

2017-11-12 01:11

Spunj ukrainian my friend

Ez for Ukrainian SPUNJ

GO NIP!

well well well... another muted tournament because of blue, well done!

2017-11-12 01:00

machine vs blu pls.

Where is DDK and Black DDK

2017-11-12 01:03

I miss them so much :(

2017-11-12 13:47

why do people hate blu?

2017-11-12 01:18

idk, I don't really mind him myself. Ofc Sadokist and HenryG duo is better and more experienced but blu is decent.

2017-11-12 08:21

SPUNJ Ukrainian? L U L

2017-11-12 01:21

n0thing as analyst = zZZzZZZzzzZz

2017-11-12 01:33

2017-11-12 02:09

James Earl from RANK S????

2017-11-12 01:35

2017-11-12 01:43

Blu feelsbadman

2017-11-12 01:52

no Anders Blume,no fun :(

2017-11-12 01:57

No pansy thank god I'll miss anders though

2017-11-12 02:20

Lol nothing talk soooo much zzzz boring

2017-11-12 03:01

SPUNj fakeflagger ?

2017-11-12 03:40

oh no blu

2017-11-12 03:48

oh kewl, Jordan as analyst. Ex pro players are usually awesome as analysts in tournaments, Spunj, Sean and Jordan especially been doing a pretty nice job.

2017-11-12 04:10

where the fuck is thorin cmon esl get ur shit together

2017-11-12 04:41

pretty much perfect talent :)

2017-11-12 04:45

John "BLU" Mullen - Commentator James "JamezIRL" Macaulay - Commentator are you fucking serious esl????

2017-11-12 04:56

and no launders either

2017-11-12 05:05

DESK: Machine, SPUNJ, YNk, n0thing -- fine COMMENTARY: HenryG, Sadokist, BLU, JamezIRL, moses -- fine Harry "JustHarry" Russell -- what the actual fuck?

2017-11-12 05:25

I'm assuming blu knows someone important at ESL and has personal/family connections that gets him commentator jobs there.. His commentary/play-by-play is terrible, misses shit all the time, stumbles on his words lots.. And his actual CS knowledge is that of a silver 2 MM player.

2017-11-12 05:59

God dammit. Spunj is fake flagging. Or is he doing a wayLander being Aussie and Ukrainian

2017-11-12 06:14

Shit casters

2017-11-12 06:18

BLU I SLEEP

2017-11-12 08:15

you're a wizard harry

2017-11-12 08:22

I want SEMMLEEER

2017-11-12 10:00

Metuz plz!!!

2017-11-12 10:41

no anders no party

2017-11-12 10:44

Omfg what is BLU doing there? Tbh only commentators i don't mind are henryg and Moses, Mb sadokist also, but the rest are trash

2017-11-12 13:13

Smix my lady ;c

2017-11-12 13:32

No adhd kid Semmler, everything is perfect behind the desk.

2017-11-12 17:13

The desk is perfect, ynk is the best, SPUNJ is good too, and n0thing is a very nice guy and is a experience player with good gamesense. Casters: - Gay duo: Ok, probably the best casters nowadays. - BLU: hmm.... Better no. - Moses is good, but I miss Anders who worked very well with him in the last events. - The last duo should be replaced for Bardolph and DDK.

2017-11-12 23:58