Counter-Strike 2 esports casters, hosts, interviewers, and content creators have all starred in a new series of comedy skits inspired by sitcom, The Office.
The content was created for ESL and was sponsored by international logistics and shipping company, DHL who also sponsor Manchester United, Coldplay, and Formula 1.
It has been produced by Chew Productions, a London-based production company founded by Tom Newman and Becky Williams.
ESL describes the show as a “quirky, offbeat comedy” in which a dysfunctional team runs a DHL Esports Logistics Division where “chaos is just part of the job.”
The three-episode series is available to watch on both DHL’s Inmotion website and ESL’s Counter-Strike YouTube channel.
The series features a recurring cast of broadcast staff with British talent Harry ‘JustHarry’ Russell, Hugo Byron, Freya ‘Freya’ Spiers, and Alex ‘Machine’ Richardson, Australian-British caster Chad ‘SPUNJ’ Burchill, and American caster Tres ‘stunna’ Saranthus all starring in the series.
Episode one also features special guest appearances from British host Frankie Ward and British content creator 3kliksphilip, who has over 1m subscribers on YouTube.
Only the first episode is currently out at the time of writing but the DHL website gives a hint that the three featured plotlines will see botched trophy deliveries, a cyberleak, and office promotions.
The premiere episode focusses on the latter as Machine prepares to hold his own ‘surprise’ promotion party but fears the worst when boss Frankie Ward comes in with the famous 3kliksphilip as another candidate.
Frankie Ward makes a surpisrngly mean authority figure, admitting she had to “find her inner boss” for the role.
As well as entertaining existing CS2 esports fans, the series is also promoting a competition for fans which is also hosted on DHL’s website.
The competition sees viewers answer three CS esports questions for a chance to win travel, accomodation, and tickets to an upcoming Intel Extreme Masters event with a host of in-game skins also availble for other winners.
There are plenty of events for the eventual winner to choose from with IEM Dallas, IEM Cologne, and IEM Chengdu all coming up this year.
It’s a great time for the UK’s Counter-Strike esports scene. While broadcast talent are starring in this new show, British pro William ‘mezii’ Merriman has been helping Team Vitality dominate tournaments.
In my seven years of esports writing, I’ve introuduced esports coverage to newspapers, interviewed some of the biggest names in the industry, and driven viewers mad with the puns in my YouTube scripts. I’m most proud of the latter.
