Desk hosts and commentators can form quite a fanbase within esports. Accordingly, as the voice of the action, their role is essential to every broadcast. Bearing this in mind, LCS Riot Games 2023 seems to have made an interesting decision as they’ve cut a popular desk host from the lineup – read on to learn how the community responded!
LCS Riot Games 2023 – The Community Responds
For ten years, James “Dash” Patterson has graced the LCS broadcast as a desk host. However, despite this strong relationship with the community, yesterday the following was revealed in a heart-felt Tweet:
Now, the problem here is the reason behind the decision. Accordingly, there didn’t seem to be any reason as Riot Games simply dropped the personality without any warning. Moreover, the former desk host said the following on Twitch:
The saddening part in all of it is that I wasn’t spoken to prior to the news.
After spending a decade, you know, giving a 100 percent of myself to something, that I didn’t feel that kind of respect given back towards me in that moment of just having a conversation about ‘hey, we want to make changes, and can we arrive at a decision, that, you know, with you.
Credits: James Dash
Naturally, the schedule and broadcast is changing for 2023. However, decisions such as this one cause community backlash which Riot Games would rather avoid.
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