Behind the Stream - Episode 1: On-Air Talent

[@kshaway]

Didn't expect it to be so interesting, was very fun to watch ! Now i wanna watch caster reality tv show

[@AlexSeraia]

Kshaway we love your videos. make a Wood division lcs edition

[@danielshih464]

It’s like MarkZ if he streamed his life in OfflineTV house like his peeps

[@mrfel4851]

id be down for that

[@Lifeinadaywithizzy]

wow, what an awesome view of behind the scenes props to everyone, alot of young viewers will see the grown up side of esports and how things get done, cant wait for the next one !

[@parthyadav3724]

Bag of Bones hollow knight ftw

[@Zeputoshow]

Hollow Knight is love

[@Michael-dn7ly]

i just imagine deficio raw dogging sjokz in make up room before the make up artists come to work. they have sexual tension on there. you know hes destroyin that

[@davidez4830]

siema bon3z

[@coledelahooke809]

that was stress inducing without even being there!

[@PatriotIzzy]

Yeah I felt it, specially with the conversation preparations before the makeup. How they summarize what they will talk about, but live on air they have to expand on those prepared topics. These people are great on air talent. I hope we get something similar for NA. So interesting seeing them pre-makeup and pre-wardrobe changes. They are just like us. Even Sjokz mentions she doesn't know if she stands with her legs too forward or too open. These little things that humanize them more, with anxieties and fears just like every normal person! Thanks so much Riot for being the best gaming company!!!

[@midorikia]

This is really interesting, thanks a lot, Riot! I just love the EU on-air team :)

[@Andrew-cx1hq]

It's really cool to watch this bts preparation the casters have to put into a broadcast. It really shows how hard they work to make every broadcast great for us.

[@ItsSansom]

How do they possibly handle those nerves, I would be crazily overwhelmed

[@MaxedEntropy]

If you practise infront of coworkers often enough it probably isnt that much of a difference to do it infront of a camera, i assume they try not to think about the live crowd that much xD

[@EmperorVigor]

Practice makes perfect, also, I think you'll get used to it eventually. At least some!

[@LarsVonHired]

Exposure. Keep at it and the feeling becomes normal. Everyone who first does public speaking is going to be super nervous, after you've done it 100 times, not so much.

[@-antitruthx2479]

Takes a certain personality type as well.

[@DeutscherDummer]

Just look at people like Freeze, Kold or Amazing, they are fairly new to this, with an additional language barrier, and they are a lot more insecure. Especially Amazing, I'm surprised he made this step to become an analyst and caster, he seems a bit awkward. I guess time will tell if gets really used to it.

[@EmperorVigor]

How many times have I not thought about this! Can we have some insight about those not seen on camera? How the "control room" work, how they think about things live, what camera shots to use etc? I mean, we saw so many camera during the LCS EU final that you have to ask yourself about how they work to pick what of those hundreds of clips to show. Really interesting!

[@thomastiedemann577]

considering the first episode was on-air talent, next episodes will most likely cover other areas of the production team

[@Valletix]

Thomas Tiedemann I would love to see what happened in the production room, when suddenly the sound on twitch disappeared in finals. Must have been super stressy.

[@KatarHero72]

As an amateur caster myself, this is just the kind of video that every new caster needs to see!

[@NekoHibaCosplay]

Lot of young people is working backstage of the show, I'm really impressed

[@PatriotIzzy]

I loved seeing that. Hard working young people!

[@LarsVonHired]

When I interned at the BBC, lots of young people really carrying the production of some shows. Was quite surprising.

[@yetsumari]

This content is fantastic. I'm blown away. That part with Drakos being self critical, and drilling the tongue twisters really resonated with me because his hunger to improve is so tangible. and I would love to see more of this content.

[@jos3r5]

Fantastic series, i hope people don't take for granted the amazing and talented caster and LCS support team. They work very hard and do an excellent job at it.

[@MissedExistance]

It's awesome to see this behind the scenes view, thanks guys! Sometimes as a viewer I think they just know what to say, since many of the casters have been doing this for so long. Mad respect to all of you, seeing how much prep it takes really make me appreciate the pre/post game casts.

[@R5OZ]

Maaan respect for these casters and presenters, didn't realise it took so much work and preparing, nerve wracking and scary!

[@nsrydding599]

Top quality content that highlights the hard work the people behind the scenes, and on screen, put into the entire esport scene. Can’t wait for more!

[@jacobmorris3295]

From a fan of LCS, THANK YOU for all the hard work you put in to everyone that makes LCS happen!

[@FiaraGC]

Wow, I had no idea so much work goes in to presenting a match. I can't imagine how much you have to do before an entire days worth of games. Everyone on stage does such a great job it all usually seems pretty flawless and smooth. I'd never have guessed that everyone had so much prep before hand. Great job guys! Your hard work pays off!

[@arthurbrant]

That was a great behind the scenes. I loved seeing the development of the scripts, how you guys what and how to tell the stories. A lot of respect to you all.

[@bohanxu6125]

EU PRODUCTION POGGERS

[@MrJakeunderscore]

So awesome to see stuff like this. It really made me appreciate not only how insanely talented everyone is (love how every has input), but also how much work and effort goes into this.

[@laughingcoffin6584]

WOW..! i don't have any words to express my true feelings after watching that video till the end. This show us how much goes in through the caster even though they did not play on the actual stage. Really appreciate this and looking forward to the upcoming episodes of this. Just wanna say, on behalf of the whole League community, we love u all the League casters, stream crew and appreciate what u guys doing for this game. And u guys are doing amazing job @ it. much love.

[@arthurmonteiro9788]

That's the level of content I expect from the EU Region. I really like this backstage stage and I can't wait til the next videos come out! I'm very curious about the effort that it's put in the production of the show. I am a EU LCS fan - and I can say you guys are incredibly entertaining! So all the work is being worthy. Nice done, guys

[@lumacx]

Excellent to understand all the hard work and preparation is being done behind the "action" .. Very professional congratulations!!

[@Shamanalaful]

I love how they take their job seriously, like any sports analist out there. Props to them for making an awesome show. We all just tune in and don't realize the work put behind. When I was watching the semi finals in October at a family meeting, most of my uncle thought I was watching sport until they saw my phone screen :p

[@KevinLenaerts]

OMG!! Just wanna watch more LCS when i see all the work you guys do for us every week!

[@joaorodrigues7993]

I love that there's such a dedicated team behind all of this!

[@Niqeth]

I'm really happy that they did show this side of the shows. I don't think many people understand how much work goes into these live shows bc they only see the live shows and base their opinion on that alone.

[@lampisalex2446]

An amazing video showing the side of e-sports that the viewers don't normally see. Really educational showing that there is a lot of stress and hard-work behind, what it seems, to come natural to them. Indeed inspiring for a lot of people seeking up a career in e-sports but also in general.

[@atotaM]

Been waiting for something like this since the creation of the LCS. THANK YOU!!!

[@HiImV]

I'm happy for the crew you guys made this. It really show how hard they work behind the scenes and how much preparation they do. It is so refreshing to see the process in which a broadcast is made and how much everyone puts in to make sure they have the best show. Thank you, as always, to the broadcasters, crew, writers, and everyone involved in the LCS and LoL Esports brodcasting.

[@DeoAlong]

Shout casting on a professional level. GJ guys! Love you Sjocks!

[@GuihVicentini]

Amazing to see all the work behind the final presentation!!

[@taterobinson9841]

I have so much respect for these guys, its what makes watching league interesting

[@stephanvanamelsfoort7917]

This. Is. Amazing! I loved every frame of it! The passion, the emotion! Wow, more!

[@EffeDiMarte]

This is SOOOO cool to watch! Didn't know they had to coordinate and do so many reharsal for the actual live show. This really seems like a very interesting serie to follow. Thanks, Rito! ;)

[@kingofthale503]

Really dope video. Its amazing how much the casters have to actually prep for. I was stressed and nervous for them while watching this. Much more respect now for them.

[@DaoYeLung]

It's not just the pros on stage that put in tons of hard work and effort.

[@matthewhenry3170]

Fascinating. Love this. Could watch a full length documentary if it was produced to this standard.

[@LizardBrainRiot]

This is such a great idea of a video! I was always so fascinated to see the work of casters from inside!

[@abdulbasethassounalnajjar6944]

i have so much respect for the casters now . great video

[@jannred5016]

YES!!! FINALLY!!! I'm really curious about what goes behind this production and I'm so glad that EU LCS are the ones who did it.

[@RizeTB1]

This is incredible! what an amazing view into how tough this job really is.

[@steph_man372]

Loving the EU content and this was really interesting to watch. Looking forward to the next one.

[@yashpatel717]

You know this is vary vary good. Just goes to show just how much time and effort this guus to give us some good quality content. I never imagined this can be soooo tought to be analyst or caster. Hats off to you all.

[@ghesta38]

this is more than amazing, i have always wondered how you guys prep for the show and this one right here.. just stunning to see how the magic is produced

[@andrewzeng887]

Wow - can't wait for next episode! Respect the team even more now.

[@xstickyxbeadx]

that was actually really cool to see! I love how professional the lcs has become over the years

[@gflame6117]

As a one of production person, this is so insteresting to watch.

[@TheSirRaymond]

Oh yeah more of these! Awesome to the the behind the scenes.

[@markusohov5381]

In stream it looks so easy what they are doing like just speak what you want but now you got me amazed how hard it is actually. It's not only a speaking it's days and hours of hard work, you just must have a talent to do this.

[@kaozbender]

Behind the scenes are always super cool. Keep these coming please :D

[@moritzfrohlich978]

wow really nice to see how much effort gets put in the broadcast

[@ixplain]

and I always thought they just talk randomly lol

[@EmperorVigor]

Yeah, kinda shatters the illusion. It's still super interesting and I guessed it was much more work behind a show than seen but this is much more^^

[@jannikostermann9821]

I have no idea how you thought that tbh. You don't come anywhere near LCS levels of production without hundreds of hours put in.

[@TungNguyen-xf4ok]

It is extremely difficult to talk randomly because you will definitely get stuck somewhere along the way

[@brendondevilliers1350]

Jannik Ostermann - To be fair, though; it used to be all just 'off the cuff' back in the day when it was pretty much just Deman and Joe Miller doing the Shoutcasting solo. I'm pretty sure even back when they added Jason and Quickshot it was still mostly just done on the fly. And though that was 5 or so years ago; it was still only 5 or so years ago.

[@joaorodrigues7993]

IKR

[@kondinator]

Now this is new and interesting love the view into the casters and the crew behind the scene!

[@maleficlizard]

I absolutely love this type of video, give me more!

[@KazekanAgiel]

Really cool video folks! As with so many things in life, most people only see the results and never what it took to get there. All the long hours of practice, content creation, collaboration, and so forth, generally go unseen by the majority of people. Even for those of us that know it's there, it's still *really* cool to see a glimpse of what that actually looks like.

[@pedroverme1]

Wow really good piece, makes you feel somewhat closer to all the production team. Seeing some of the hard work thats is being put into everyday we get to see the LCS make things even more enjoyable to watch. Thanks for everything and keep up the good work.

[@DiegoDiaz27]

Genial desempeño de todos! muchas gracias por darnos EU LCS con tanto profesionalismo y diversión :3

[@happalula]

holy moly! the last few days i had been wondering how the background work for the LCS would be and now i get the answer! please do more about this, give us more insight how you work on which topics to talk about, show us the people working behind the scenes and thanks for 2:02 Drakos! please remember: the matches would be pretty boring w/o the whole caster and analyst team, so put yourselves more into the spotlight! all of you make the LCS as interesting as it is!

[@unbounder]

This is so cool, absolutely need more of this. Could watch seasons of this, goddamn.

[@Arizzo97]

Been hoping for something like this for a while. Refreshing

[@JustStef018]

Chills and a bit or tears in my eyes, keep up the good work please! :) You're amazing!

[@froylancorona1]

I love you this! Please try this with NA too!

[@IsgrisLoLGaming]

I could watch this for hours. The more detailed the better. If we are able to see the planning -> the live to se how the planning went, that would be super cool. Even the backstsge after the cast, if they review it in any way

[@goodreason3123]

EU production went so high up in playoffs good job guys.

[@CptScrade]

holy moly give us more of this awesome behind the scenes coverage, if it's in any way possible I would love to watch it as a documentary series, rito pls !!! #thedreamisreal

[@fizzpopify]

I like this, Really shows something we haven't seen before

[@witchkingkei]

You guys do more prep that most of us viewers thought. Keep up the GJ guyz ^^

[@hyugo1359]

super interesting I never thought about how hard these talented ppl need to work to get the show right !

[@IronwoodWB]

As someone that is in college majoring in production this was really cool :) can't wait to see more.

[@TimboCanada]

Very cool video guys. Interesting to see how much hard work goes in behind the scenes.

[@lordflab969]

As a student who hopes to one day make it to Caster level within league i find this so insightful and entertaining to witness. Thank You Rito ^_^

[@GanjaGardner]

WOW I cant get enough of this! So fascinatingly interesting! Keep em coming plzzzz!!

[@Chumbv]

This is super interesting, hope you guys do more AND DO IT LONGER

[@1Puppe]

These was such an awesome video, huge props to the production team, more of these please!

[@ndaipori]

Wow, this is amazing, i wanted to see what is happening before the stream, and all the work that goes into it, i wanted to see something like this for a long time, thank you

[@satset]

Very nice to see how the big guys do it :D Its a pleasure to see you guys work

[@tombackers9824]

Damn, that was actually pretty cool! Looking forward seeing more!

[@Tortilla4ever]

Great video, can't wait for episode 2!!

[@reipogi1234]

never really put much thought into how hard it is to shoutcast a game, great content

[@masters21]

this concept ils really good please keep up !

[@LikeAFoob]

WOAH! This video blew me off! At the end of it i was like "Hey, this is what i want to do in the future"! Having the possibility to see also the other face of the stage it's so interesting, so fascinating and may really be inspirational for people, letting us now how much effort is required, how much work is continuously done and letting us fall in love more with that... Really well done Riot, I really hope this will be the start of new a "format"!

[@seprius1494]

i love it so much , hope u guys keep doing something new like this ! great job !

[@EdgyScream]

What a wonderful take on the behind the scenes. Would love to see more from other regions as well :)

[@taizocss1757]

Love So mush 👍🏻❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ all time new things incredible creativity keep on you are the best

[@trystar3401]

Awesome. Didn't realise the amount of work that goes into these streams

[@-antitruthx2479]

So much work. Thanks for the insight.

[@SlaSh3r89]

Great, that's something I wanted to see for a long time ! Well done !

[@Mckibzz]

This was awesome please continue this and I hope you do an NA episode.

[@jacbelgin8363]

Wow this was really really cool. Can't wait for the next ep

[@EagleJet420]

Fantastic, love these behind the scenes looks! I want to see how this compares to NA lol

[@virs2625]

1:43 rap god o_O Seems like we have another really good series, can't wait for more. Keep it up!

[@AndreyKivokurtsev]

Pro players on stage requires also professionals at backstage. Great job.

[@braumishere4890]

You guys smashed it this split! Good work guys!

[@pixelllls]

Really loved this! Surprised this isn't a weekly thing

[@criley0007]

Super cool! NA too please!

[@ingrem002]

EU is working way harder than NA at this kind of stuff

[@FrozonoxCA]

he just said he wants to see NA too... dont make this an EU>NA or NA>EU thing.

[@colemyers1560]

and how would you know if they have never made a video about it?

[@jpfidalgo7]

No not NA, we would see the serious side of Phreak, and who wants to spoil that.... xD

[@moopotrop5462]

agree with this, and between eu and na they really prepare the same anyway, i'd like to see more casting training like medic and drakos did, that was fun

[@kylebrown6756]

This was REALLY fucking cool guys, it's awesome to see what it takes to make it all happen

[@FrizzleTheDizzle]

SUCH AN AMAZING AND INTERESTING VIDEO!!! MORE MORE MORE MOREEEEE

[@mightymarg]

this is incredible work. well done.

[@hiruzenao]

LOVE IT RITO PLEASE GIVE US MORE OF THIS PLEASE !!!

[@darkhorseash4337]

Yeah this is super cool I hope we get more of these