What a world we live in where an entirely separate broadcast of an esports major can match the official on-site event in terms of its talent line-up.
Richard Lewis, British esports journalist and personality and Dexerto editor-at-large, has announced the talent line-up for his next No Majors Club (NMC).
NMC was set up to give Counter-Strike esports fans an alternative to the official majors broadcasts – it usually features hosts, casters and analysts who aren’t currently working at other events.
And this time, the talent line-up is pretty damn impressive. As are the captions.
The No Majors Club broadcast of the PGL Antwerp Major, which runs from May 9th to 22nd, features the likes of Anders, Moses, Semmler, Montecristo and more.
British talent includes the likes of Thorin, Jacky, Pansy and Redeye, whose addition is significant given he has not featured on an esports broadcast for some time.
Redeye, aka Paul Chaloner, is an experienced esports host that’s been around since the early days of the industry, and is known for his work on broadcasts in Dota 2 and other titles. It’s his first time doing something like this in almost two years, after Redeye announced he was quitting esports following claims made by fellow host James Banks.
While it’s no guarantee Paul will definitely ‘be back’ in esports, he has been more active on socials in recent weeks, and has been running a few casual Twitch streams. His content is pretty F1/sports-focused, though he has also been reviewing caster showreels, offering advice and highlighting upcoming talent on Twitter.
Richard Lewis has also run the ‘Bot Major’ in the past, a light-hearted tournament featuring bots when there were no majors taking place.
Today Richard has also been talking about ESIC issuing charges resulting from its historical spectator bug investigation, both on stream and on Twitter.
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.
