Anders returns on PGL Bucharest talent list

1-4-2025 11:04

Anders and zews will take up a casting role in PGL's home event.

PGL has announced the full 15-member on-air talent lineup for PGL Bucharest, taking place from April 6-13.

The broadcast will feature a two-stream setup in the group stage and boasts many familiar names. On the desk, Richard "⁠Richard Lewis⁠" Lewis and Sam "⁠Tech Girl⁠" Wright will be joined by Alex "⁠Mauisnake⁠" Ellenberg, HLTV's very own Zvonimir "⁠Professeur⁠" Burazin, Janko "⁠YNk⁠" Paunović, and Dustin "⁠dusT⁠" Mouret as the analysts.

The on-site casting duties will be shared by the regular duos of Conner "⁠Scrawny⁠" Girvan and Mohan "⁠launders⁠" Govindasamy and Jason "⁠moses⁠" O'Toole and Adam "⁠Dinko⁠" Hawthorne.

Harry "⁠JustHarry⁠" Russell and Hugo "⁠Hugo⁠" Byron will be one of the remote caster duos, as will a new combination between Anders "⁠Anders⁠" Blume and Wilton "⁠zews⁠" Prado, with James "⁠BanKs⁠" Banks tasked with broadcast interviews and content.

The full PGL Bucharest broadcast talent list consists of:

Studio hosts

Richard "⁠Richard Lewis⁠" Lewis
Sam "⁠Tech Girl⁠" Wright

Analysts

Alex "⁠Mauisnake⁠" Ellenberg
Zvonimir "⁠Professeur⁠" Burazin
Janko "⁠YNk⁠" Paunović
Dustin "⁠dusT⁠" Mouret

Commentators

Adam "⁠Dinko⁠" Hawthorne
Jason "⁠moses⁠" O'Toole
Conner "⁠Scrawny⁠" Girvan
Mohan "⁠launders⁠" Govindasamy
Harry "⁠JustHarry⁠" Russell (remote)
Hugo "⁠Hugo⁠" Byron (remote)
Anders "⁠Anders⁠" Blume (remote)
Wilton "⁠zews⁠" Prado (remote)

Interviewer/Content

James "⁠BanKs⁠" Banks

welcome back king

2025-04-01 11:06

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3 replies

"ARE YOU KIDDING ME" intensifies <3

2025-04-01 11:31

Indeed, welcome back "No Pimp in the list"!

2025-04-01 11:54

True I missed him.

2025-04-01 19:18

Cool

Finally -launders when?!

2025-04-01 11:07

14 replies

why -launders?

2025-04-01 14:40

6 replies

I think he's boring asf and most of his commentary feels kinda forced

2025-04-01 16:27

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I agree on that and sometimes he stumbles over his words and loses his train of thought, but him and Scrawny are such a fun duo imo

2025-04-01 16:51

2 replies

Imagine if scrawny got a batter partner could surpass spj and machinegun

2025-04-01 18:54

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incredible how spunj speaks mongolian!

2025-04-02 16:04

feels bad in agreeing, but most of the time dude doesn't bring anything new to the table, just a sidekick to scrawny

2025-04-01 18:07

could not agree more, he just isnt fun to listen to

2025-04-02 10:24

I will dance in the fire and commune with elemental spirits that day, I'll do unspeakable things just out of pure joy!

2025-04-01 14:55

I've always liked Launders but the more cs I watch with him casting I realise how often his respons to situations is "Ooohhh" or whatever sound he's making, which is becoming a bit annoying. Scrawny is carrying hard these days.

2025-04-01 19:11

launders king adlib man is my nickname. but the duo is unmatched, scrawny is a voice who talks a lot, so having launders secondary to that with post round analysis really works. someone else could clash that

2025-04-01 19:17

100% this i feel it works well to have scrawny do the colour commentary and launders to be more quiet and do more of the analytical stuff but it is very cringe when launders tries to act excited over a play, it's just not in him

2025-04-02 19:36

Scrawny and launders perfect match. Funniest team and not theatrical like spunj and machine

2025-04-03 07:18

my god I can't wait till this day comes, if it ever does.

2025-04-01 20:13

Comment history would indicate you don't like Launders because of his skin, good luck with the racism and sexism big guy, he's not going anywhere.

2025-04-02 19:34

nice to see you

wow, excited!

GOAT IS BACK

Now bring back Thorin and it would be perfect

L – Who likes Thorin anyway ??

2025-04-01 11:28

He might hurt some special snowflakes feelings so they can't :( Edit: also, jL would probably start crying live on stream if thorin said something about him

2025-04-01 13:03

Thorin is the biggest snowflake of them all lol He was banning on Twitter everyone who interacted with a post which he didn't like xd

2025-04-01 13:14

yeah his "thick-skin" is a facade. He gets mentally touched by fans in every interaction. You can hear it in his podcasts whenever fanbases are brought up.

2025-04-01 15:59

Thorin will some how will talk about zywoo when Vitality isnt even in the tournament

2025-04-01 15:36

Anders - Zews commentary? This can only go well I suppose.

2025-04-01 11:08

4 replies

Zews will cook Liquid

2025-04-01 11:17

Nah, he is very professional. Although he said what really happened behind the scenes.

2025-04-01 16:39

zews will keep telling how good he is as a coach, how people praise him and won several tournaments in the past make anders + moses again PLS

2025-04-01 18:10

2 oldmen casting from comfort of their own home, will be zero energy until anders hypes something for nothing.

2025-04-01 18:18

Give sadokist another shot

16 replies

as far as i understood he got many second chances, and i doubt he is even intrested in casting anymore cs has some of the best casters in all of esports, so just enjoy dont think too much about it.

2025-04-01 11:47

9 replies

they all drink and do some stuff, they're just better at hiding it.

2025-04-01 11:58

7 replies

what is this baseless accussation? projection much?

2025-04-01 12:49

hltv commenters we like to pretend we are saints, and when some1 fucks up we act like the moral police of the CS scene, despite us being the same people who spam edgy jokes and toxic takes on every other thread. We act like analysts and casters should be flawless, and the moment one of them slips up —the community pounces like a pack of dogs-- classic internet mob mentality. and double standards--casters and analysts must be perfect, while as a hltv commenters, I'm a saint and I have the moral authority to shit on maniac and sadokist

2025-04-01 12:56

>I'm a saint and I have the moral authority to shit on maniac and sadokist lmao you are trolling right?

2025-04-01 13:06

i dont sexually harrass women and i dont drink alcohol, i dont smoke, i dont do drugs, i dont do vapes, i dont do sports betting, i dont use social media (i browse subreddit for shows i like and whatsapp and hltv i suppose), i dont watch short form content, i dont spam edgy jokes IRL or on internet, i think my vice is that i like to eat a lot of ice creme, i am not morally superior to anyone, i am not a saint, i have my own opinions and ideas for what is right and wrong, i dont think maniac should be brought back to analyst desk, i dont think sado wants to comeback to cast

2025-04-01 14:44

+100000 This guy out here acting like every cs fan is a terrible person when most people are pretty normal online and its the minority who are complete assholes.

that's right, cook

2025-04-01 19:02

When will HLTV users understand that the casters are not just commentating cs games. They are commentating million dollar competitions that have millions of viewers. The game has become so massive you need to keep it sanitized to get sponsors and promote growth. And yes i do infact have the moral authority to shit on Maniac because it is actually very easy to not be a creep and there is no world where that should ever be forgiven. Fck him

2025-04-03 04:49

I would give him a chance if he stops drinking completely otherwise naaaaa

2025-04-01 18:56

You dont get throw a frisbee at gaules and have a career afterwards. Its over for Sadokist gg

2025-04-01 12:53

Captain America throw frisbees at people all the time people seem to like him

2025-04-01 13:31

Has he thrown it at the mighty gaules and lived to tell the tale?

2025-04-01 14:02

Was gonna argue but I guess you win

2025-04-02 10:19

Maybe don't give him a shot, it's best for him to stay sober

2025-04-01 15:08

PGL has potential to make their events more prestigious than Blast ones The only thing they need is all TOP3 teams to show up at them consistently

2025-04-01 11:09

GL Professeur!

so easy for Richard "Richard Lewis" Lewis

Richard “Richard “PGL desk guy” Lewis” Lewis

2025-04-01 11:33

PGL loves hiring this strangler

2025-04-01 15:16

my GOAT

2025-04-01 11:10

Nice to see OG Anders. Now bring in budget Anders, back in the game, Vince

2025-04-01 11:11

zews and professeur good additions

The voice of CS! Anders <3

2025-04-01 11:13

Got the pitty job.

2025-04-01 11:14

This remote casting thing is such garbage cost cutting. PGL's offices are already in the same city. You are barely saving anything by remoting half the casters EVERY SINGLE EVENT

2025-04-01 11:16

maybe the casters don’t want to travel 24/7? I doubt PGL does that for cutting costs, but to give the casters a more flexible option

2025-04-01 12:42

pgl dont have alot of budget like blast and esl did. before this , pgl only organised major which has valve support for their financial costs.

2025-04-01 14:48

So stop doing 1.25m event every month

2025-04-01 15:39

Well travel cost are higher, hotels and all use to be standard package; for a caster to travel. I like the idea of the old "Room On Fire". Room On Fire was it for casting; only had caster come to majors!

2025-04-02 04:00

NO PIMP? LET’S GOOOOO

2025-04-01 11:26

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Why do ppl hate pimp?

rent free in hltv users heads because something something he lost weight

2025-04-01 13:10

accent

2025-04-01 13:19

His accent is alright. IMO it seems he thinks too fast and wants to talk even faster. Don't get me wrong, I get 100% what he is saying but looks like he is having diarrhea and needs to run to the toilet.

2025-04-01 16:46

L takes, has insulted get_right and his fans on stream, speaks like he has a potato in his mouth, whole personality revolve around him losing weight, could go on the whole community dislike him, at some point why tf they still hiring him ? they even had to ban the ResidentSleeper emote paired with the word ''Pimp'' on twitch chat...

2025-04-01 14:32

I bet that narcissist requested for that emote to be banned from being paired with his name.

2025-04-01 15:33

This is becoming old, besides he has become a lot better at it over the time I have watched CS, just stop being so stupid about it please. We are all here to have fun, and opinions....

2025-04-01 21:14

nice try pimp

2025-04-01 21:31

about time :D

Goat is back

2025-04-01 11:27

What a sausage party!

RETURN OF THE GOAT

2025-04-01 11:36

Harry, hugo and anders all deserve the on site job over dinko. Like why not anders moses duo again? That used to be good. Better than dinko for sure

2025-04-01 11:39

his breakups with his past-partners is surely not without reason. his past partners continued their presence but not him. maybe there's something about him that they dont favor? coz as a viewer, i can certainly see there's little to be desired having him as co-caster.

2025-04-01 12:25

harry and hugo are likely casting Dallas, right? probably they just didn't want (or couldn't make) the travel from Astana to the US at the available time. I remember spunj saying on HLTV confirmed that he was trying to reach a compromise with PGL to leave early, but he doubted that would work.

2025-04-01 15:09

This is bucharest, next even is Melbourne

2025-04-01 15:42

oh shoot you're right. I completely ignored the city in the title

2025-04-01 16:01

Finally some different cast than the usual ESL/BLAST ones

2025-04-01 11:44

Prof has returned

2025-04-01 11:49

Now get DDK back

2025-04-01 11:51

I swear I'm not as a smug as I look.. I don't know why my face is like that ok?

2025-04-01 11:52

Don't worry you look good man welcome back edit : that's a shame you're remote though it always sounds less natural and in sync in remote imo

2025-04-01 11:56

We get it, it's not smug, you are staring at someone who just stole your yogurt.

2025-04-01 12:06

it... yoghurts

2025-04-01 12:19

We'll get over these curdles in life together

2025-04-01 16:32

I love your face king.

2025-04-01 16:23

Welcome back Mr. Anders, we have been waiting for this day. Let'sssssssss gooo

2025-04-01 16:49

weird duo, low expectations for this

Could've paired with HenryG

2025-04-01 12:28

Welcome back General Anders and Tech Girl!!

2025-04-01 12:09

finaly.

2025-04-01 12:00

april fools going too far

Lets go best caster back

2025-04-01 12:02

ZEWS HAHAHAHAHAAHAHA

2025-04-01 12:03

hype +1

2025-04-01 12:22

Wait with zews?! That would be either great or terrible and i am afraid i know the outcome -_- I miss casting with moses, even with henryG and obv semmler, that was kinda fun, but that's a long stretch i have to admit.

2025-04-01 16:44

anderssssssssssssssss <3

2025-04-01 12:26

this is gonna be one of the worst and most boring event. mark my words. there's only just maui to really look forward to.

2025-04-01 12:31

-maui when

Zews? Has he ever casted? Anders - huge W

2025-04-01 12:37

I believe he hasn't. But there is a first time for everything. He is smart and his English is off the charts. Let's see how he goes, I am really curious to see it. Anders are being missed. Finally he is back.

2025-04-01 16:55

bigwin

2025-04-01 12:40

CS2 is healing

2025-04-01 12:43

W PGL

2025-04-01 12:45

ez for Prof

Let's goooo!

2025-04-01 13:11

finally

2025-04-01 13:16

Great

2025-04-01 13:21

who?

2025-04-01 13:26

Pog, but no HenryG sadge

LETSGO

2025-04-01 13:32

GOAT is back

LETS FKIN GOOOO ANDERS MY MANNNN

2025-04-01 13:41

add to that -maui and it's perfect

2025-04-01 14:11

Welcome back king

2025-04-01 14:17

L caster. Man only has one sentence.

2025-04-01 14:27

This is just a reminder: Take your Meds asap.

2025-04-01 16:58

well, he'd be wrong, literally speaking, but in meaning he's right. you on the other hand, u need some brain/iq med.

2025-04-01 17:02

Yeh kiddo. I might need, which one have you been taking? Just so I can know and don't take it as well, because clearly is not working for you.

2025-04-01 17:08

i guess -pimp comes at a price..... +zews

2025-04-01 14:34

What does "remote caster" mean?

2025-04-01 14:36

online cast like ohnepixel and flom did.

Aha aha thank you

2025-04-01 14:54

HOLY FUCK ANOTHER PGL W

2025-04-01 14:42

As long as Jason "Moses" is on the list anything else is not that important.

2025-04-01 14:51

Analyst desk combos gonna be vibes

2025-04-01 14:53

ähm... flair? YNk and dust ain't gonna let u. poor maui

2025-04-01 15:23

don't ask YNK who the top5 AWPers in the world are

2025-04-01 15:43

Every mention of VRS Ranking on desk MUST be followed by a reference to HLTV's, quoting its superiority obv

2025-04-01 15:53

3 casters at Cluj were the vibe btw hope PGL will do it again

nice! big w

2025-04-01 14:59

2025-04-01 15:03

Huge W

2025-04-01 15:28

Hoorraah, a blessing for us oldheads!

less mauisnake, please!

2025-04-01 15:48

superb!

2025-04-01 16:02

very good!

2025-04-01 16:31

"That is incredible"

2025-04-01 16:38

'i cant believe it'

2025-04-01 17:15

ZEWS KEKW

2025-04-01 17:17

pogu

2025-04-01 18:05

W cast

2025-04-01 18:08

2025-04-01 18:16

TIME TO BRING BACK DDK AND BARDOLPH FFS

2025-04-01 18:57

Ddk + Black DDk Waiting Room

2025-04-01 19:05

His presence is so indispensable to the equilibrium of the CS world. Welcome back, KING.

2025-04-01 19:20

RIchard and Anders should cast together....

2025-04-01 19:51

I CAN'T BELIEVE IT

2025-04-01 20:17

bne

2025-04-01 20:31

great news man, welcome back mr. Anders!

2025-04-01 21:25

can't these tournaments find better analysts? maui and ynk are so annoying. dusT who is clueless about cs? don't even know who the fourth guy is

2025-04-01 21:39

2025-04-02 00:28

Big W

2025-04-02 00:45

they did try new talents recently, ESLCSb. They were terrible bar 1 guy. Not trying to say anders is any better than them. but i don't know what's the point bringing back old guys who had never had the way. take fliffaren for example, is he still trying to play? coach? just go do something else. imagine fliffaren trying to join/play for vitality now. yes im careful to use fliffaren and not get_right/f0rest. every now and then you're gonna come across decent talent. just as every now and then you get donk. in the line of talents, there's at least maui.

2025-04-02 10:28

Anders the goat

2025-04-02 14:42

Finally he cried his way on talent list

2025-04-02 23:08

Fuck yes, no pimp

2025-04-03 00:05

Thank god these TO's came to their senses and got Anders back on t1 casts, I would LOVE to see him cast a match with Scrawny as his duo though, I think that would be a really insane duo.

2025-04-03 20:26