Apex Legends caster eviscerated for esports hot take: \u2018Casters are least important part of broadcast\u2019 \/ESL Gaming via ESPATApex Legends caster Brad \u2018im_b_rad\u2019 Lusher decided to wade into the waters of controversy by posting a hot-take Tweet saying esports casters are \u201cthe least important part of a broadcast and should be paid like it.\u201d Esports Twitter was set ablaze on July 11 as Apex Legends caster im_b_rad posted a hot-take on Twitter. The take ruffled the feathers of many in the community as it seemingly belittled the role of commentating in esports production and put casters at the lowest end of the totem pole. \u201cEsports hot take. Casters are the least important part of a broadcast and should be paid like it. Admins, observers and production are more essential to a broadcast,\u201d im_b_rad said. The post has racked up almost 500 replies and quote retweets at the time of writing as the esports community, and his fellow casters, largely disagree with the opinion. \u201cI think this might be the most ignorant thing I\u2019ve read about not just esports, but broadcasting in general,\u201d veteran multi-esports caster Erik \u2018DoA\u2019 Lonnquist said in a reply. Esports caster hot take sets community on fire Another veteran caster Mitch \u2018Uber\u2019 Leslie also decried the post, saying im_b_brad comes across as a \u201cpick-me.\u201d \u201cIf you\u2019re in that much of a hurry to devalue the craft of casting just go and undercut your peers. More effective and produces one less utter tripe opinion on the internet,\u201d he said. Even some esports players got in on dunking on the post. Notably, The Guard Valorant player Michael \u2018neT\u2019 Bernet chimed in saying casters make highlights \u201ceven more special.\u201d \u201cGreat casting makes the experience as a fan so much more enjoyable. I can still recall early CS highlights just because of how much more the casting emphasized the importance of the moment,\u201d the pro player wrote. Another industry leader in the esports broadcasting space, Alex \u2018Goldenboy\u2019 Mendez, poked holes in the post\u2019s logic by revealing the work he has had to do as a caster over his career. \u201cI\u2019ve had to block cameras for a show because production didn\u2019t consider rotating casters for breaks and didn\u2019t prepare for that,\u201d Goldenboy replied. \u201cI re-wrote an entire run of show hours before we went live because of incompetence. I know I am worth more than the rate I\u2019m paid. Period.\u201d Some behind-the-scenes esports production people also chimed in saying that casters often put in hours of unpaid work in preparation and video review sessions before matches, unlike other members of broadcast production. One person argued that his post fits best within Apex Legends esports, but not the wider esports ecosystem. Im_b_rad, however, disagreed. \u201cMost other esports I\u2019ve watched have been live when casting I think is irrelevant as you cannot hear them and simply need a stage host, where it is more akin to traditional sports with no commentary in the venue,\u201d he said. Im_b_rad has not responded to some of the more high-profile community figures reacting to his tweet, despite sharing his opinions with others in some replies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Apex Legends caster eviscerated for esports hot take: \u2018Casters are least important part of broadcast\u2019 \/ESL Gaming via ESPATApex Legends caster Brad \u2018im_b_rad\u2019 Lusher decided to wade into the waters of controversy by posting a hot-take Tweet saying esports casters are \u201cthe least important part of a broadcast and should be paid like it.\u201d Esports […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14293","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14293","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14293"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14293\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14293"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14293"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}