16 talent members to deliver "unique experience" in ESL Pro League S17 broadcast

17-2-2023 18:34

ESL promises a new experience for the upcoming broadcast of ESL Pro League, which will boast a total of 16 talent members.

ESL have announced the on-air broadcast team for ESL Pro League Season 17, which will run from February 22-March 26. The list boasts 16 members, including many staple figures and a newcomer to tier-one event commentary in Lucy "LucyLuce" Eastwood.

Lead producer of the tournament promised the broadcast of the month-long event would bring "something new." Alex "⁠Mauisnake⁠" Ellenberg, who is a part of the talent lineup, also said on Twitter that "there's a lot in store for this season that'll make it a unique experience."

HenryG and Dinko feature on the 16-member talent list

What exactly that will entail is yet to be seen. ESL has not distinguished the talent members by roles and called it a "family show" in the announcement Tweet.

ESL Pro League S17 groups and opening matchups set

The full talent lineup is:

Chad "⁠SPUNJ⁠" Burchill
Alex "⁠Machine⁠" Richardson
Adam "⁠Dinko⁠" Hawthorne
Henry "⁠HenryG⁠" Greer
Anders "⁠Anders⁠" Blume
Jason "⁠moses⁠" O'Toole
Harry "⁠JustHarry⁠" Russell
Hugo "⁠Hugo⁠" Byron
Lucy "LucyLuce" Eastwood
Jack "⁠Jacky⁠" Powers
Mathieu "⁠Maniac⁠" Quiquerez
Alex "⁠Mauisnake⁠" Ellenberg
Janko "⁠YNk⁠" Paunović
Tres "⁠stunna⁠" Saranthus
Freya "⁠Freya⁠" Spiers
Anastasija "⁠Heccu⁠" Tolmačeva

nice yo

2023-02-17 18:34

3 woamn pog

2023-02-17 18:35

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im pretty sure Tres "⁠stunna⁠" Saranthus is a dude tbh

2023-02-17 22:20

wtf?

16 y.o. talents

2023-02-17 18:36

Exactly what I've read xD

2023-02-17 19:15

EPL personally is the most boring tournament out of the whole calendar goes so long and spans over a big time that the matches from 1 and 2nd week become very forgetful by the end. its like the groups and playoffs feel like entirely different events.

2023-02-17 18:37

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they changed the format months ago good morning asia

Well, they changed format so let's see how it's now.

2023-02-17 18:38

Groups and playoffs being different events was the whole thing. They fucked up by holding them in Malta, that’s all. Pre COVID was perfect. Studio groups and go to a different place each time for playoffs.

2023-02-17 18:55

I mean, groups and playoffs were a separate thing for a long time. It's only post-pandemic that they've been combined.

2023-02-17 19:19

internet explorer

2023-02-18 01:08

Spunj 34 yo talent ez

no scrawny no party

its gonna beyond the summit style isnt it

HENRY G LFGGG

2023-02-17 18:40

no launders and scrawny sadge

2023-02-17 18:43

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I think they are mostly hired by Blast, thats why

2023-02-17 18:46

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yes but it's really hard to understand what kind of contract they have with blast and if they are allowed or not to work with other TO's because they were present at kato

2023-02-17 18:47

yeah I think they are only allowed to cast other bigger events like IEM and Majors

2023-02-17 18:54

If you want to watch clowns go to a circus

2023-02-17 18:51

2023-02-17 18:52

I just noticed, thanks for pointing that out, my fav tournament instantly. Finally some decent casters and not those...

2023-02-18 06:22

No launders L event

2023-02-17 18:45

No launders and scrawny = no fun

2023-02-18 02:52

I prayed for the event without those cringe fools, I've been heard, what do you see in them

2023-02-18 06:23

rip sado

2023-02-17 18:48

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I miss him so much :c

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I asked him on his stream a couple days ago if he would ever come back to CSGO scene and he said probably not.. but then said that anything can happen

2023-02-17 19:00

I like him too but if he can't control himself then... But it's sad.

2023-02-17 19:17

depression…

2023-02-17 19:21

no sadokyst sadge

2023-02-17 18:49

No bleh :((

2023-02-17 18:50

+1 F

2023-02-17 18:53

Holy fuck this lucy gril is so annoying. Ruski stream here I come

Sure

no scrawny and launders, good lineup finally

True

Replace spunj with bardolph or semmler for a perfect lineup.

2023-02-17 19:07

that wouldnt even make sense role wise, bardolph is not even color caster and semmler used to be both, but objectivly speaking spunj is just a better color caster than semmler, if u really wanted perfect lineup u would have to kick rookies and change dinko for sadokist

2023-02-17 19:12

semmler is actually dogshit now though

2023-02-17 23:09

Bardolph already out expected by racist esl

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pgl incident

2023-02-17 18:59

Wut happend

sadokist couldnt get there, covid plane incident or something like this and they moved moses to analist because of that and said bardolph that he ll cast quaters or something like this, later on they realised that they can get anders as a replacment and moses/anders duo is goated so they moved moses and anders back to casting and bardolph went off after that, he said that semmler/moses are pieces of shit and they made him not cast it, when later on it was proven that they had nothing to do with it and it was all managment decision

after that he was not getting t1 tournaments which i assume have something to do with it, after all managment doesnt want to have bad blood between talent

2023-02-17 19:16

He casted just few games in katowice

2023-02-17 21:07

moses wasnt in katowice and he said on podcast that he doesnt want to have anything to do with bardolph

2023-02-17 21:15

Yeah I‘m aware that their relation is sour . Now I remember why Bardolph was there in katowice just as short term replacement

2023-02-17 22:46

no sadokist shame

Dinko pog

Bardolph where?

anders comeback thats a W

No pimp kkkkk

2023-02-17 19:01

or Kassad

pimp annoying

2023-02-17 19:22

who cars about talent lineup

2023-02-17 19:05

No launders no Sjokz

HenryG poggers. Still sad goat sado keeps getting himself in trouble

except anders is no talent. one of the worst casters in history of esports.

2023-02-17 19:10

+1 give Scrawny and Launders please

2023-02-18 02:58

henryg back to real work after shilling scam for almost one year

hehe is he still promoting NFTs?

2023-02-17 19:14

naa, not for some time now glad that he's back tho, guy has iconic voice

2023-02-17 19:20

he's only back for events at Malta (pro league and CCT), we all wanted him to cast in the arena in front of a crowd like good old days

2023-02-17 19:50

something better than nothing

2023-02-17 20:23

Only sad thing is that it isn't round Robin anymore, it is still broken because in between groups you have free time? Why is this? Event can be way smoother

I'm excited to see Dinko & HenryG back, I've enjoyed their casting at CCT, hopefully they can deliver in EPL.

2023-02-17 19:13

What next they gonna add Jay and Dweg from tier 2 tournaments too ???

I don't care until they bring back ddk and black ddk

No Banks no win

will still be meh event like always

Literally nothing unique about it, which is good

2023-02-17 19:18

no scrawnders/no banks/anders 😒

2023-02-17 19:23

No scrawnders, bardolph and sado? Tier 2 event.

2023-02-17 19:26

Its alright, when they say unique I want some actual fun talent members like thorin :)

2023-02-17 19:30

No thorin is a huge W

2023-02-17 20:05

Not really, a lot of these broadcasts are really plain and stale. Thorin, even if you dislike him (which I do sometimes) is always interesting.

Why are they being so vague? Is it supposed to be a surprise? Why is the headline worded so weirdly, what is the point of this announcement? Instead of just revealing the talent they promise to bring something new? Do they even know what's going to be so special themselves? I mean, what could they be talking about? They're casters. They are going to present the event, cast the matches and interview the players. What more can they do? Will they learn some magic tricks?

2023-02-17 19:33