The making of Frankie Ward: why I took a huge risk for esports Frankie Ward is one of the most recognisable hosts and interviewers in esports, working for high tier CSGO events such as IEM Cologne, BLAST Premier, PGL and more, but it hasn\u2019t always been smooth-sailing for the esports star. In this exclusive interview, Frankie Ward discusses her introduction to esports, her most memorable moments, the huge risks she has taken, as well as her future in the industry. Entering the world of esports Fresh out of university, Frankie Ward joined the team at the BBC as a producer, covering a wide range of content and most notably working as the senior producer on League Of Legends Worlds 2015, in which she was first introduced into esports. When discussing the experience, Frankie explained: \u201cOnce I got there I just fell in love with the whole atmosphere, all the fans, and the storylines, and I think I was very fortunate that my first encounter with esports was in a stadium because that\u2019s where you understand, you get the emotion straight away.\u201d Following this, Frankie discovered the streaming platform Twitch, which ignited her passion for the industry even more. She later left her role at the BBC to join the team at Twitch as a producer, alongside making some freelance host appearances at GinxTV and ESL UK, solidifying her future within esports. After facing an unexpected redundancy from Twitch, Frankie took a leap of faith and risked it all by deciding to go freelance within esports. Working as an interviewer and host, she said: \u201cI gave myself three months\u2026 and my husband was like \u2018if you can\u2019t afford to pay me rent while you try this out then I don\u2019t mind for a few months.\u2019 So I knew I had that safety blanket not everyone else has. So yeah, I went for it, and I never didn\u2019t pay rent.\u201d Frankie\u2019s most memorable moments Following her growing success within the industry, Frankie has worked on some of the biggest productions within Counter-Strike, DOTA and PUBG, with her even hosting a segment on the \u2018PC Gaming Show\u2019 in 2018. When discussing the broadcast, Frankie added: \u201cI ended up with blooming, Day 9 on stage in Los Angeles, that show changed my life.\u201d The life-changing show skyrocketed Frankie\u2019s experience within the industry, seeing her become an interviewer at CSGO\u2019s IEM Katowice 2019. She faced uncertainty within her role, though, stating: \u201cI was very conscious that I wasn\u2019t a stage host, so I was very much \u2018this is not my role, this is not the job I\u2019m meant to be doing\u2019 and I think I was a bit shy about taking command about things. I feel like I\u2019m a much better stage host than I was then.\u201d This experience helped Frankie find her true passion as a stage host. Commenting on her interaction with the crowds, she added: \u201cIt\u2019s very difficult when you tell people to turn on the torches on their phones and everyone holds it in the air, and you have to stand there and focus and not cry, because honestly, it\u2019s the most incredible sight you will ever see when you\u2019re in a role like mine.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The making of Frankie Ward: why I took a huge risk for esports Frankie Ward is one of the most recognisable hosts and interviewers in esports, working for high tier CSGO events such as IEM Cologne, BLAST Premier, PGL and more, but it hasn\u2019t always been smooth-sailing for the esports star. In this exclusive interview, […]<\/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-39180","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39180","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=39180"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39180\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39180"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39180"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}