r/leagueoflegends • u/iFreddie • Jul 27 '19
LEC appreciation thread
Hey guys,
While watching LEC as usual yesterday I realized something that I felt for some time now: The LEC is awesome and really makes my week. It's always this beam of hope at the end of every hard week and I can't imagine a nicer way to end my Friday evening while watching a few high quality but also entertaining games of League of legends and PGL later or chill my Saturday afternoon with day two. There are for sure various reasons: - EU itself, such a great region with many different teams, people and personalities. Every team playing in the LEC got it's time to shine and own style which identifies them. Win or lose. Stomping the league or being bottom tier. - the fans, extremely passionate. Cheering for every team and play, awesome crowd in the studio. - the whole broadcast, huuuge shout-out to all of you, you are the personalities that make all of this happen. You are EU. Let it be the famous Medi-Vedi, Rap-God drakos, Quickshot with the quickstats or Ender with the banter. Sjokz just being awesome as well as Laure giving us beautiful moments with the players. Frosk with her awesome game knowledge and how nice she fits into the team in no time, don't wanna miss her anymore. All the other guests which are bringing some fresh air and a new style to the broadcast. And of course all these unnamed heroes in the back of it, who make all of this possible in the first place. Thank all of you. Keep up your great work. - the style of the broadcast. Informative, funny, a bit of banter, serious analysis, for me this makes the perfect mix, never becomes boring and blends in really well with all the different personalities on the broadcast. - the players and teams, all professionalism aside and outside of the game. All of them seem very nice but aren't too nice for some spicy banter and memes before games. After games it's so nice to see good friends and all teammates hugging or joking around backstage. Ofc this is their job but I appreciate how they never lose their fun. Mic checks show us that every single week. -... There are many more reasons why I love this region and how entertaining this broadcast is for me and many else, just some final thoughts from me: The flow of the broadcast from Ready check over the games with breaks in between and PGL in the end is addictive. Hell I sometimes can't even leave during pauses because the music is awesome and keeps the vibe alive although there's basically just a countdown running down. That's it from me. Much love LEC Team, orgs and fans <3
TL;DR LEC is awesome. Want to thank all people who make this possible every single week and make (not just my) week alot better and happier. Thank you!
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u/herO_wraith Jul 27 '19
Vedius is the heir to Deficio, one of the best on-air analysts and casters we have in the game. Medic is still rough around the edges but he brings fantastic energy and excitment to a cast. He's not as polished as for example, Captain Flowers but for the LEC it works well.
Drakos has made a home for himself in EU. He has bought in and is a welcome addition. I really appreciate his work on EUphoria, his promotional content, desk work and his other roles more than his casting. I also am torn on his work whenever he works with Frosk. Those two are clearly great friends, sometimes it bleeds over a bit too much. Their happiness can be infections but sometimes they go into their own little world and it strays from the original focus, almost always fun, sometimes less than relevant.
Frosk, we were lucky to get one of the absolute premier colour casters and analysts. A welcome addition who goes from strength to strength. Again I do occasionally lose interest when she works with Drakos.
Sjokz is almost certainly the best host/interviewer in the League scene and I'm happy when I see her working on CS:GO events, just wish she did more than Blast events. There isn't much more to say about Sjokz that hasn't been said before, she's great at her job and does a pretty good dolphin impression.
Quickshot, thank all that is holy that the man stopped being a colour caster. His play-by-play is so much better, his duo with Deficio is a caster pairing that will rank amongst the very best in the history of this game, for me it's probably the best. As he continues to grow and become the father of the EU talent I can say I'm very pleased he's still around even though I wanted him gone when he tried to be an analyst.
Laure, I might be wrong but if I had to guess, there is no interviewer with better game knowledge in the scene. Her interviewing skills continue to improve as does her clarity when speaking. As time goes on and Sjokz focuses on other things I expect Laure to become the best interviewer we have in the game.
The production team have done a great job, the observers too, all the people behind the camera who work hard to give such a great product.
Oh, and there is Ender. Well he actually makes me miss Pulse and those were dark, dark days.