British caster Joe “Munchables” Fenny is moving to California to host Vainglory 8 for the next five months.
Joe is well-known in the UK scene for his work casting the ESL UK & Ireland Premiership across multiple games, and recently he cast the Vainglory Unified Live Spring Championship from London’s O2.
During those finals he worked alongside the UK’s very own Jackson ‘Action Jackson’ Walters, Ceirnan ‘Excoundrel’ Lowe, Jack ‘Jaws’ Wright, Joshua ‘Dowsey’ Dowse and fellow ESL UK colleague Dan Gaskin, along with other commentators including Shaun ‘FourCourtJester’ Delaney and UK-based Xinyi ‘Xinyi’ Qiu.
ESL was the production partner at the recent tournament in London, so there are links between ESL and Vainglory developers Super Evil Megacorp.
Munchables promised he’d be back working with ESL UK after his time hosting the Vainglory 8 is over.
I’m excited to announce that I’m going to be the host of the #VG8 for the next few months! California here I come baby! @superevilmegaco
— Munch (@ESL_Munchables) June 11, 2017
Seriously going to miss all of the guys at @ESLUK for the next few months though. I’ll be back soon I promise!
— Munch (@ESL_Munchables) June 11, 2017
It’s not yet confirmed who ESL UK will enlist to cover Joe while he’s away, but we understand they may give some freelancers and up-and-coming casters a chance to make their mark.
There’s plenty of good UK talent from the National University Esports League, CompeteLeague and other areas looking to take their career to the next level.
During the last Premiership split, UK streamer Foxdrop stepped in as a guest ESL co-caster/analyst for a few matches, including the finals.
Casters from the UK scene have gone on to do big things lately. Tridd and Gregan are casting the Clash Royale Crown Championship, Excoundrel has been working with Vainglory and Medic recently made his EU LCS debut.
Could it be time for up and coming UK casters to make their mark on the UK scene?
Further reading
Dom is an award-winning writer and finalist of the Esports Journalist of the Year 2023 award. He graduated from Bournemouth University with a 2:1 degree in Multi-Media Journalism in 2007.
As a long-time gamer having first picked up the NES controller in the late ’80s, he has written for a range of publications including GamesTM, Nintendo Official Magazine, industry publication MCV and others. He worked as head of content for the British Esports Federation up until February 2021, when he stepped back to work full-time on Esports News UK and offer esports consultancy and freelance services. Note: Dom still produces the British Esports newsletter on a freelance basis, so our coverage of British Esports is always kept simple – usually just covering the occasional press release – because of this conflict of interest.
