There’s a Riot – quick, someone call a Medic!
Ahem. UK League of Legends caster and former medical professional Aaron “Sona” Chamberlain has changed his game name to Medic.
He made the announcement today after teasing us all on Twitter.
This is the announcement of an announcement. Stay tuned for further information about said announcement as it unfolds.
— The Medic (@MedicCasts) January 31, 2017
But there’s more to this story.
Earlier this month Esports News UK heard that Aaron may be off to Riot Games. Nothing has been confirmed as of yet and we couldn’t clarify the information with anyone at the time, so we didn’t run the story.
But if he was going to change his name, for whatever reason, it’d obviously before Riot makes an official public announcement.
And UK scene traitor Rioter Ben “Draggles” Forbes has been making some lighthearted comments about it on Twitter.
@KeysusUK @Sonathecaster he could also be pregnant
— Ben Forbes (@draggles) January 31, 2017
Medic’s caster/desk host partner Ceirnan “Excoundrel” Lowe also made some hints (but then he would, because he loves dramatizing and click baiting):
@Sonathecaster IT’S A BIG ONE
— Excoundrel (@excoundrel) January 31, 2017
Want to congratulate @Sonathecaster on being hired
— Excoundrel (@excoundrel) January 31, 2017
–@excoundrel @Sonathecaster by the new bee movie for his starring role in the bee movie 2!!!!!
— Excoundrel (@excoundrel) January 31, 2017
It’s not clear whether Medic will be signed up to do some Challenger Series stuff or LCS or a tournament in particular, but our money is on him joining Riot.
In a Twitlonger post, Medic explained the reasoning behind his name change: “Over time names fade and eventually you realise that casting a game where you have named yourself after one of the main champions is perhaps not the smartest idea in the world.
“On that note, I sadly must say that I am retiring the caster name, ‘Sona’. From now on I’m going to be calling myself, Aaron ‘Medic’ Chamberlain. A fitting name for both my style as a player and as a person.”
“Over time names fade and eventually you realise that casting a game where you have named yourself after one of the main champions is perhaps not the smartest idea in the world.”
Medic tried to change his name once before, to ‘The Doc’, but it wasn’t an easy pill for the community to swallow, and he quickly changed his name back to Sona.
Whatever happens now, it will be strange to see the super UK caster duo Medic and Excoundrel apart.
The pair won our Casters Bromance of the Year Award in the 2016 Esports News UK Awards. On that note, it’s only right if we leave you with this video of the pair in action:
Cheers Medic for supporting the UK scene and I’m sure we’ll see you on the bigger stage real soon.
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.
