Hey there, I really appreciate you replying and I think your perspective is completely fair. I want to start by saying I think this is easy to solve and a general tone shift for fnatic can be achieved, but I'd like to provide some examples of where these comments come from.

While it's true that fnatic throwing in the late game was something prevalent to the team last year, its something we've actually already seen from them this split like in Game 2 of their series vs SK. Inconsistency comments are also tied to this. They go from losing to SK one week and beating KC the next. With only 1 series being played a week, It can be hard to gauge their performance given their results.

When we think about last split, I stand firm in my belief that they should've lost their series to BDS and wouldn't have made top 3. They themselves acknowledged how poorly that series was played.

I want to reiterate that I completely understand how you feel. For example BDS last year consistently made top 3...

Hey man, I saw your comment and normally I ignore these but I'm not above criticism and so I decided to vod review the series to better understand your perspective.

From my perspective, the most 'inflammatory' comments I made about Fnatic was how in game 1, they were getting individually outplayed by Vitality which I don't think was unfair given they were killed in lane in both top and bot at this point. And then, in game 2, Medic and I talked about Razork playing Zed and I mentioned that I don't trust Razork which was meant to be a joke but I think my tone was poorly executed and so I could totally understand if it was interpreted as me actually meaning that.

Aside from that I couldn't find myself criticising fnatic for anything really, I definitely wouldn't describe anything I said as flame. Regarding your humanoid point, I checked in the vod and at roughly 26+ minutes, he had about a 400g gold lead over Czajek, which given the state of the game I didn't really think was that im...

mrsata1

I don't think Vedius understands how Madness - Passive stacks.

Correct. I thought it stacked like conqueror, but I was wrong. I know now though!

Toxicyoshi7

Hopefully that was the last time Vedius casts a Fnatic game, he only talks about them never mentions the other team...

That happens when one team dominates as hard as fnatic did. I believe I talked a lot about the options schalke had in the early game, along with things I'd like to see them do, but they didn't do anything, so o changed my focus to be more on the lanes, spending a lot of time talking about bwipo. The moment they won that fight though, I'd like to think I have schalke their fair share of credit and time. I'll be sure to go back and listen though.

inde99

I was going insane thinking: "omg not another overused narrative" but then Rogue kinda inted, so I guess they were right?

I was right :(

RonnyBoyBoombayah

Thank you Vedius for showing us your point of view.
In my eyes the main focus of the LEC broadcast team shifted a little bit too much into pleasuring G2 and Fnatic fans. Maybe I am wrong but it is also understandable because a shit ton of viewers are G2 and FNC fans. Im watching LoL esports since the very beginning and Im still into it (1072 games and 1009 hours watched in about 2 years according to the watch.lolesports site) but as an SK fan I am having a very hard time to enjoy the LEC for the last few weeks. Not only because they arent that successful atm - more because I have the feeling that some of the casters want to tell me that I am watching a group of washouts in jerseys trying to imitate G2. I think the SK vs S04 cast was fine. Probably the best SK cast so far. But MAD vs SK on friday was painful to watch/listen to. Im sure most of the neutral viewers were entertained by Quickshots 'skillshot-missed-counter' but we, the supporters of the team who gets 30 minutes of banter into their faces, are not entertained. I want to watch my team play and I also want to hear why my team is playing bad and what their mistakes are. But I also want to enjoy the stream without feeling depressed and ashamed afterwards.
Nevertheless keep up the good work and keep improving - I only can imagine how difficult it has to be trying to satisfy thousands of people.
Thanks for hearing me out.

I appreciate your comment and will share it with the team. I hope we can help you enjoy the SK games more from this point on!

Hey! I was the caster on the SK vs S04 game and I think you're mis-informing people of what we talked about on the cast.

I listened to the whole game before writing this comment and grabbed some timestamps to help clear things up. G2 and FNC were not mentioned once during the cast outside of this moment. I think Medic and I would agree this comment is unfair. G2 as a team make these fountain dives at the end of all their games and that's where the reference comes from, but I can understand how that would be received negatively. I do think though that saying "from minute 1 was that it was going to be a shit fest And that they should end the game so G2 vs FNC would start sooner." is an unfair statement.

We set the expectation very early that this was 8th vs 9th and were not expecting it to be a high quality game, saying that it has the potential to be like the Roccat vs Origen game from 2016. This does not mean that we did not commentate the game fairly. We looked at and talked about ...

inde99

Are we going to have one pro player casting every day? Nothing wrong with you guys, but having an actual pro tells us so many little interesting details

Probably not everyday but we definitely aim to continue this throughout the split!

tankmanlol

I don't even dislike vedi and normal casting but it felt like bwipo captured so much more about playing the game, especially top, than most casts are able to convey

That's the point! We try to set them up for success so that they can showcase their knowledge and give a lot of extra insight that casters don't have. Glad that they're resonating with fans and doing so well!

Quick Charles, bring the tea. This one's sure to be a bloody kneeslapper!

AtlusLoL

It's a darn shame.

I just want to say Atlus that I've only watched 5 minutes but the random edits made me LOL IRL. Maybe they're not for everyone but I was a big fan. I for one, hope they don't tone it down.

Alright, this is gonna be used as a means of shitting on NA, which I'm not particularly happy with. I was just chilling with my stream and they asked me what I thought of NA. I talked about how I get frustrated when I see a lot of the basics getting skipped, even by top teams and I used the dragon as an example. I couldn't remember the game, I just remember a drake fight that I thought was weird in the C9 game and just picked that game out of my loose memory.

I love the NA broadcast and think they make a great show. I also much prefer watching NA as a fan rather than an analyst, which was the main point of me saying this. I also exaggerated for comedic effect because I was streaming. Let's please try to avoid turning this into a shit throwing competition. LEC teams also do dumb shit and I get equally as annoyed when they do it. You only have to watch the G2 v OG game where I said on broadcast G2 were trolling when they threw away that baron. This isn't some weird elitist thing and wa...

Winggy

Vedius explained it very well... FNC has a shit team comp but they have better players than SK so they win.

I never called the comp shit, I just thought it was hard for them to play in the mid game. It felt like the rengar didn't offer a huge amount of value outside of lane which made it harder for Fnatic, but they played the reengages well and showed that they were the better team

DrHouse064

I dont know who will show up, but I hope its Sett because I wanna see your Sett cosplay.

Sett is disabled for week 1!

GMcFlare

What are your thoughts on Jg Ekko for this first week, and general junglers that we might see?

Jungle ekko is too slow imo. Hard aggro junglers are best right now

Hey! We're back for 2020 :) Let me know what you think of the episodes and which champs will show up! LEC is back tomorrow!!

I am excite

Fractal_Audio

Nice PRS, is that yours?

Yeah! Recently acquired :)

Hambrailaaah

tab the solo please

Yo, remind me! I can look into doing that for sure

This was honestly one of the most fun content pieces I've ever worked on! The song was composed by A music studio here in Berlin. The lyrics were written by drakos and I and I got to write the guitar solo, which I am very proud of :)))

I hope you all enjoyed it! Looking forward to making more music throughout the year. I'm thinking metal next 8)