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on a dedicated gaming channel (Xleague) on Sky TV in the UK on aregular basis – esports had surely arrived.Sadly, most of the TV contracts dried up in 2008 as the recessiontook hold, and once again we returned to scraping by on internet TVstreams, but the experience we had gained was invaluable. Additionally,internet streamingcosts at this time were hugeand prohibitive to making areal salary, but Twitch wasn’tfar away from launching.In late 2011, having kept intouch with esports throughoutthis period, I attended theWCG Finals in Korea for thefinal time, and just as esportswas really starting to lift off, again.2012 was one of the busiest years for me personally as I was hiredmore and more for hosting duties, but I continued to commentate,too, and with a wide array of games in my repertoire I was consideredone of the most flexible commentators in esports. Over theyears, I have commentated on more than 40 different titles from aswide a field of genres as RTSs and FPSs right across to pool games,racing games and many from the fighting game scene.I joined ESL TV in early 2013, as head of the commentary team,training and guiding them as well as hiring talent for all of the majorevents such as Intel Extreme Masters, ESL One and WCS. Alongsideall of this, I continued to host major events and commentate on awide range of games across the world. Towards the end of my time8