FACEIT Major on-air team announced

29-8-2018 19:58

For the most part, filled with well-known casting and analysis figures, the FACEIT Major talent lineup also features some surprises in the form of current and former professional players.

The FACEIT Major, which starts with the New Challenger Stage on September 5th, is right behind the corner. Today, FACEIT announced the team which will be tasked with broadcasting the action from London over the course of three weeks.

Alex "⁠Machine⁠" Richardson is the first name on the list, with the talented Brit slotting in as the host. The interviews will be done by Pala Gilroy Sen and Freya Spiers, with the latter being seen in the role at ECS S5 and at the Minors.

daps will be breaking down the action at the Major

The casting will be done by three established casting duos, while the list of analysts is a bit more interesting. Chad "⁠SPUNJ⁠" Burchill, Jacob "⁠Pimp⁠" Winneche and Sean "⁠seang@res⁠" Gares, who are regular figures on analyst desks, will be joined by Björn "⁠THREAT⁠" Pers and Damian "⁠daps⁠" Steele.

THREAT has worked on FACEIT's broadcasts prior to his Ninjas in Pyjamas coaching berth, but hasn't been active in CS since departing the Swedish team, while this will be the first big analyst gig for daps, whose team NRG didn't make it through the NA Minor.

The full broadcast team lineup is available below:

Alex "Machine" Richardson - Host
Freya Spiers - Interviewer/Stage Host
Pala Gilroy Sen - Interviewer

Daniel "ddk" Kapadia - Commentator
James Bardolph - Commentator
Anders Blume - Commentator
Jason "Moses" O’Toole - Commentator
Henry "HenryG" Greer - Commentator
Matthew "Sadokist" Trivett - Commentator

Bjorn "THREAT" Pers - Analyst
Sean "seang@res" Gares - Analyst
Chad "SPUNJ" Burchill - Analyst
Damian "daps" Steele - Analyst
Jacob "Pimp" Winneche - Analyst

Nice lineup! Finally we see Henry+Sado casting again!!!

2018-08-29 19:59

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fkin daps and pimp over thorin wtf faceit

2018-08-29 20:05

19 replies

^ this

2018-08-29 20:09

no thorin LUL

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Thorin refuses to act like a professional. So its a good decision. If we want esports to be respected. We cant have 40 year olds acting like children during every stream and event...

2018-08-29 21:37

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I'd rather have esports be entertaining than entirely sanitized and neutered to please corporate sponsors.

2018-08-30 00:24

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2018-08-30 01:53

esports investors dont

2018-08-31 18:54

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Not relevant to my opinion, I'd rather have esports be smaller than have it change in this direction. This need to become a shitty copy of "real" sports is silly.

2018-08-31 23:08

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it was bound to happen honestly, and thorin cant just walk with his dick out and expect no consequences, not like the analyst team is going to be weak without him tbh... but im with you in the sense that for exaple cs.summit is a great change from the proffesional image that esports want to show, and i would like to see more of these laidback events come to the annual cycle

2018-08-31 23:49

best decision ever

2018-08-29 20:14

2018-08-29 20:21

2018-08-29 20:55

You would be better than thorin.

2018-08-29 20:24

Thank god, this drops the event’s autism rate by 120%

2018-08-29 20:25

2018-08-29 20:37

-Daps +Thorin

2018-08-29 20:28

fuck thoorin

2018-08-29 20:39

valve doesnt allow thorin to work at majpr events.

2018-08-29 21:25

NONONONOO IM SO HAPPY THAT THORIN IS NOT THERE

2018-08-29 22:33

thorin is a retarded manchild, he can stay in his cave

2018-08-29 23:26

Threat!

ded lineup for dad gayme

no ginger gnome? ehhehehehe +1

2018-08-29 20:03

100x times better than ELEAGUE

one hundred times times

2018-08-29 21:16

Where the stickers

2018-08-29 20:06

WHERE. ARE. THE. STICKERS. AT

2018-08-29 20:15

Nice

2018-08-29 20:19

THREAT NIP OLD COACH?

Yeah! That`s really interesting!

BRA7-1L

2018-08-29 20:20

Plz no henry doesn't know shit about cs

2018-08-29 20:47

maan like ddk + bardolph thats what i wanna see

2018-08-29 21:38

2018-08-29 21:39

awesome caster lineup, thorin missing on analyst desk though

2018-08-29 21:45

2018-09-02 03:18

nice

Hype

epic lineup

STICKERS.

Disband in 1 month

3 replies

ahahah

2018-08-29 20:04

lol

2018-08-30 08:01

2018-08-30 16:56

Better than expected

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still pretty shit tho. they would rather get that danglish speaking idiot than the lord of entertainment in esports LOL and they get that greasy haired cringelord to interview instead of redeye? how about u just cancel that blonde hooker and pala and let redeye do both those jobs. thorin for pimp and kaboom u got a nice lineup.

2018-08-29 22:27

What the hell are you on about? Pala works full time at FACEIT. Obviously they'll be including him. And red-eye is full time at ESL if I'm not wrong. You'll never see Pala in ESL and red-eye in FACEIT. It's like a real permanent job, although dreamhack and ESL have the same parent company, I guess they operate independently. Rest of them work on contract basis I think.

2018-08-30 02:07

as far as im aware none of that is the case. and even if it was, the point stands. pala is completely incompetent while redeye is the best in the business.

2018-08-30 17:19

How is none of that the case? just because you're not aware of it? JFYI - I don't like Pala either, I'd rather have JBorg or Redeye any given day but that's not happening until Redeye leaves his perm job at ESL and starts working as a contractor. I mean that guy hosts everything for ESL, be it PUBG, Dota 2... you name it.

2018-08-30 17:28

verify the information brother neither redeye is bound to esl nor is pala to faceit. i have no idea why ur even saying that.

2018-08-30 18:38

NO! You verify YOUR information that neither redeye is bound to esl nor is pala to faceit. I do not know what YOU are talking about.

2018-08-30 18:56

LOL piss off.

2018-08-30 19:09

Finally

Noooo Pimp nooooooo

Nooooooooooooo

2018-08-29 20:23

+1 cant stand that danglish shit.

Better english than your third world shit

2018-08-30 08:32

LOL no. i bet u i can speak english better than pimp and its not my first language either.

Sadooooooooo

Good one

YEEEEEES NO THOORIN YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES. AND BLACK DDK & WHITE BARDOLPH <3

2018-08-29 20:00

AHAHAHA NO THORIN :D #FUCKYEAH

expected flag

Nice flag

2018-08-29 22:58

solid

Solid list. God Anders in = kick-ass Major. NOW GIMME DE STICKERS

No pansy :C

2018-08-29 20:33

thank fuck

2018-08-29 22:09

Thankfully

2018-08-29 22:22

sado? cmonbruh

YEA

tier 4 tournament

No Thorin and richie GOOD EVENT

Daps being an analyst? Curious to see how he performs

WHERE IS STICKERS

No Frankie? 😭

YAAAAY SPUNJ and Sean! At least one reason to watch the major

where is thooorin and ynk

...ynk is the coach for MiBR. Where the fuck have you been? Or is this one of those "OMEGALUL I just bait and make pointless comments on HLTV all day get rekt xddd" type of comments?

2018-08-29 20:02

OMEGALUL I just bait and make pointless comments on HLTV all day get rekt xddd

2018-08-29 20:07

ROASTED

2018-08-29 20:31

yeah , u won this XD

2018-08-30 04:17

why are you so mad

2018-08-29 21:22

Nice!!! I missing Fifflaren and thoorin , Richard Lewis

2018-08-29 20:01

RL will not do cs events again, probably ever ;(

2018-08-29 21:09

Where stickers suka? I know, tomorrow update. 😎

tomorrow you mean this night? or night thurs-friday

2018-08-29 20:11

Today mean

2018-08-30 10:28

Best lineup

major in UK and Thorin Kappa

threat LUL

Racist sadokist - 1

finally sadokist

love the casters and no thorin, maybe stunna could be better for interviewer/stage host but whatever

we need stickerz

What the ass is this analyst line-up?

no maniac :(

I cried when i was watching the vid

THREAT as an analyst?I think this will be interesting Also can't wait for DDK and Bardolph to cast another major final.Imo they are the best caster duo now

2018-08-29 20:08

OYYYYY YEEEEEEE SADOKISTTT + HENRYG

Nice!

I WANT STICKERS!!!!!!!!

THREAT YES

Woho!

2018-08-29 20:13

Henry + Sadokist + Bardolph = perfection

Sado <3 What about thoorin? No cs historian at the major? :(( Also didnt expect daps there, but glad to have him. nice to see THREAT, great guy. Dis gonna be gue

Its serious event

STICKERS???????????????????????????? ALL > FACEIT PGL>FACEIT

Major in the UK but no Thorin/Richard? What a joke.

so glad those retards were left out, unprofessional randoms with no knowledge about the game

++++1000

2018-08-29 20:26

+1000

2018-08-29 20:40

+10000000

2018-08-30 18:06

If only they could announce stickers next...

sgares my man!

anders PogChamp

no thorin on uk major ahhahaha yay

daps lol

Best talent i ever see just miss semmler

no thorin yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

-pala gilroy -sadokist -pimp

Nice! Cant wait

This lineup is great, the casters are the best out there, and i really love the analysts, so many great minds there

Very good panel. In fact I'm a bit susprised about Freya, I thought OJ or Richard were going to take her role but it's good to see new faces.

Where is asa akira????

Thorin? :(((

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People who play(ed) the game and have a lot of knowledge > common knowledge and edgy jokes

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hell na we need atleast 1 dude like thoorin to be analyst otherwise it would be boring to watch analysts

2018-08-29 20:17

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It's called analysis because the people are supposed to analyze the game, not shittalk people

2018-08-29 20:30

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yeye you must be very fun at parties too huh?

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Thorin is pretty much clueless about the game and isn't funny

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2018-08-29 21:01

His livelihood in YouTube pretty much says the exact opposite

2018-08-29 21:15

You may like him but edgy jokes to satisfy twitch chat and limited arguments don't make me comfortable watching a professional analysis of the biggest tournament of the year

Define "limited arguments" pretty much every claim Thoorin makes is backed up in fact. I already knew he wouldn't be attending so it's no surprising Also the desk needs personality, all of these people are knowledgable but very dry. It doesnt matter if he specifically isnt funny to you, he lightens up the desk and allows others to make jokes as well instead of being emotionless statmonkies.

2018-08-29 21:29

well his orange hair is pretty much the only thing that lightens the desk ; we'll never get agree anyways

2018-08-29 21:30

Not really like I said even if you don't like his humor, him making jokes allows the other analysts to do the same because they dont have to worried about being called out, if thoorin takes all the negative energy (which twitch chat and viewers in general have endless amounts of) then the others dont have to worry about "if this joke is too risky" or "if they can call out this player for making a really dumb play and not get flamed" Sad that you cant even back up your own claims though. You said he has limited arguments but can't name a single one. Maybe it's you who is the insane person not thoorin because you're apparently hearing things.

tldr

2018-08-29 21:46

Classic thoorin hater. Makes false claims, cant back up a single one.

2018-08-29 21:53

2018-08-29 22:04

analyst desks = parties yes

+99999

Those analysts are really refreshing. Looking forward to it!

Definitely I like the addition of Daps and Threat

Yup same

the mibr era

Wanted to see thorin banter in this event oh well

Hmm, easy to see where they saved some money

What why daps???

2018-08-29 20:10

Freya Spiers <3

No Thorin - No life - No major - No stickers ;(

I wonder if Thorin is just blacklisted at this point lmao.

he better be

Yess

lol wtf these analysts

top tier is what they are

2018-08-29 20:42

no YNk no major

2018-08-29 20:12

ddk and black ddk together, how am I supposed to know who is who

Finally true analysts which actually were played on CS high level not like a some bald british guy and his redhead boyfriend lul

+ THREAT

Nice threat

No thorin......... why??

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2018-08-29 20:16

I hope there would be subtitles for Pimp at analyst desk

2018-08-29 20:18

No Thorin :( Why isn't he at events anymore? He was by far the most funny.

He may be funny but doesn't know shit about the game, it was quite embarassing

2018-08-29 20:38

Best lineup available Tbh i woupd like oj borg and ynk but it is not possible

Pala "Ibrahimovic" Gilroy Sen

THREAT, seang@res and daps on desk? Holy fuck I'm excited

Why no Semmler?

hired by owleague, can't cast anything else :/

This is not FPL, this is a MAJOR!

How the fuck can you invite Pimp, give him some speaking lessons before you let him work all those big events.

2018-08-29 20:22

maniac better than most of the new analysts

finally godkist is back

Where is natu

SADO POGCHAMP

Pala? Won't be watching this major I guess

STICKERS!?!!?

its gettin on fire

2018-08-29 20:29

Interesting decision to make all the analyst current/ex pro players

2018-08-29 20:32

I don't know what pimp is doing there but it's nice to see Threat.

2018-08-29 20:35

We want the stickers.

2018-08-29 20:36

NO THORIN ALLELUIA THANK GOD MAJOR IS SAVED

stickers?

6 commentators and 3 stages. Very big oof. Expecting bad caste by tired casters. Have tier 2 like bleh, vince, justharry etc cast the New challengers stage. Mix them with tier 1 for new legends stage and let these tier 1 cast playoffs fully.

2018-08-29 22:07

you got a point there, plays are as epic as the commentators want to make it, and for t2 comentators to get to work in such a big thing is hyping them, and the "i only cast the playoffs" exclusive mentality will hype the usuals too

2018-08-31 23:53