UK eSports is a strange spectacle, but at times it can be quite beautiful.
There was a moment during last week’s ESL UK Overwatch Community Cup that demonstrated this.
UK caster Ceirnan “Excoundrel” Lowe promised a WWE-style intro on Twitter – and he delivered it on stream with aplomb.
The announcement introduced the match between UK teams Royal Plebs and Winston’s Peanut Butter Factory. Not only that, but Excoundrel delivered it while casting from an iPad – because the other PC available to him at the time didn’t have a microphone.
So, to summarise: Winton’s Peanut Butter Factory vs Royal Plebs. A WWE intro. Casted from an iPad.
A lot is said about UK eSports, but you’re probably not going to get that kind of entertainment anywhere else.
You can check out the video (including the full match – and a Play of the Game by streamer Mark “Valkia” Purdy) below:
ESL is hosting UK Overwatch community cups each Wednesday on the UK Overwatch and ESL UK Twitch channels.
Dom is an award-winning writer and finalist of the Esports Journalist of the Year 2023 award. He graduated from Bournemouth University with a 2:1 degree in Multi-Media Journalism in 2007.
As a long-time gamer having first picked up the NES controller in the late ’80s, he has written for a range of publications including GamesTM, Nintendo Official Magazine, industry publication MCV and others. He worked as head of content for the British Esports Federation up until February 2021, when he stepped back to work full-time on Esports News UK and offer esports consultancy and freelance services. Note: Dom still produces the British Esports newsletter on a freelance basis, so our coverage of British Esports is always kept simple – usually just covering the occasional press release – because of this conflict of interest.
