Update (Jan 3rd 2022): The full LPL English language broadcast team has been announced for 2022, and Irish casters Dagda and Oisín Molloy are returning, along with UK caster Munchables and more.
Other casters include Lyric, Hysterics and Mazel:
Original article (Jan 1st):
UK League of Legends (LoL) colour caster Dan ‘Aux’ Harrison has joined the Chinese LPL English language broadcast team.
Aux made the announcement that he will be a full-time caster with the LPL in 2022 on New Year’s Eve.
The news comes after Aux had a successful stint as an LPL guest caster during the Summer 2021 Season.
Aux has a storied history in UK League of Legends, having played as support for Excel Esports for almost two years, helping Excel win their first ESL Prem in late 2017, before transitioning into casting.
Aux has cast the NLC – the European Regional League (ERL) for the UK, Ireland and Nordics – as well as the now-defunct UKLC and the Summer 2021 Amazon European Masters.
Now he’s making an impact in Chinese League of Legends, and will be covering matches between orgs including the likes of current Worlds champions Edward Gaming, Team WE, FunPlus Phoenix, LNG, Royal Never Give Up, Top Esports and more.
The LPL English-speaking broadcast talent line-up this Summer included UK caster Joe ‘Munchables’ Fenny, Irish casters Robert ‘Dagda’ Price and Oisín Molloy, Australian caster Jake ‘Hysterics’ Osypenko and North American casters Jordan ‘Lyric’ Corby, Alex ‘Magical’ Whieldon and Lennon ‘Mazel’ White.
Esports News UK understands several of these will return to the English-speaking LPL broadcast team in 2022 – an official announcement is expected in the next few days.
Oisín and Dagda also cast World 2021 a few months ago.
Last week, Aux told Esports News UK in this feature on the NLC in 2022: “The general pay level [for players] has risen so much, and while it has become more expensive to compete with other ERLs, it has allowed the UK to compete a bit better – we’ve been closer to winning the EU Masters than ever before. And I do think LEC academy teams benefit from stronger competition.”
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.
