[2020] Huge props to the LEC observers for always showing important things even when the casters don't realize it

As someone who usually stays invisible this means a lot! Thank you so much ❤️ (One of the observers)

They have definitely read it and are all super happy haha!

Thank you so much! I love answering questions haha :)

We don't prepare nearly as much as the casters, but we usually have a general feel of how each individual team plays, so we do change our flow slightly depending on the teams, but in the end every match is different so we can only do so much preparation. We tend to just focus more on what casters highlight and then build our game highlights around their stories or the flow of the game.

Generally 2 observers are showing the game. 1 for the live game and 1 for the replays, PiPs or Baserace. But we have a third observer as well who does jump in for double replays or if observer 2 are unable to show a replay. But he is also busy on the side making the awesome highlight reels for the end of the day amongst other things.

We keep the communication with casters during the game limited as casters are very focused. If they plan something special it's usually communicated before the games start. But we do relay information to them through producers if needed!

I agree it can be awesome at times, and it is a thing we like to incorporate if the timing is right. Just sadly we may not be doing it as often as we could! Finding the right moment to use it can be hard at times since sometimes there can be crucial movements from either side of the teams that would be missed out. It's a thing we are working on and will keep working on! But sometimes i just flat out miss the opportunity since i'm looking at multiple other screens at the same time, so it's partly something i can also just work on haha.

Our OG observer who has been here since the start, was a former pro player and i think he started off by doing the german cast back then, but that stopped and he was asked if he wanted to do observing. I may be wrong so maybe he can come and clarify it haha. The rest of us applied during a time there was a need for several new observers and here we are today!

<< OG Observer thank you for telling my story but"Did this really happen ? or are we keeping the truth under wraps ?" ;)

Also thank you everybody, very much appreciated :)

by the way

The story of the replay should have been "iam lvl 16 my dudes, lets go AHHHHHHHHH" that sums-up the hole replay

I was casting LoL but way before LEC was a thing, played back than for team ALTERNATE as a Jungler with Forellenlord for 3 Years.

There was nobody with observer experience for league at the time, while casting i had to manually move the camera myself.
Afterwards LCS started to become a thing and they needed someone in Germany since our studio is in Germany. I fit perfectly into that profile therefore they offered me a Job as an Observer, which I took.

Our current core observers were chosen by me. It would take me long to go into detail how i chose them, but some traits that are important are game knowledge, communication, team player, being decisive, working under pressure.

I genuinely believe our observer is the best in the world. The entire crew genuinely love observing and as a caster, being given additional stories that I miss while yelling a lot helps so much. <3 you obs

He definitely is 😊

awwww thank you Quickshot, its also team effort, good caster & observer synergy has a huge positiv impact on the production and viewer experiance. <3 you guys