![]() ![]() ME: This bit of advice is pretty universal but I’d say more so in esports - voluntary work. They ended up contacting me to scout a team for Rocket League in Gfinity and then from scouting a team they also took me on as their manager.ĭM: What is the best bit of advice you could give to this next generation coming into esports? Like I met Team Vitality while doing Clash Royale and said to them basically if you need Rocket League to contact me. Those connections you make will all start providing more opportunities by themselves. Was mainly just little things all over the place. I started doing other roles - a little bit of coaching here and there - my stream started growing. From that I also got Gfinity Elite Series. That was the first real time I had something that wasn’t just Rocket League. The interview came through a Rocket League caster I know called Shogun. I got invited out to LA to interview for that having never played the game before. The first job outside of small events was Clash Royale CCGS. From there I kept meeting people at events and kept taking more opportunities.Įventually people come to you with things and you can make into your job. I spent hours and hours and hours casting community tournaments - basically trying to make myself the voice of Europe. He introduced me to a lot of the American community, CloudFuel as well. I emailed JamesBot back before anyone (in Rocket League) was a professional commentator and it mainly voluntary. They invited me to cast the final with them as they knew me as “the Rocket League guy”.įrom that people were like “you should get into commentary, you’re good at this”. They didn’t know anything about Rocket League at the time - They liked the game but did it mainly because they were funny guys. Then Insomnia 56 two of my friends were comedically commentating Rocket League. That’s sort of what got me through the door - kept going to events, kept meeting people. Mike Ellis: Weirdly my start came from Minecraft. Could you tell us about how you got your start in esports? This past week at ESI London we had the chance to sit down and have a chat with Mike Ellis, team manager for Team Vitality and international esports commentator, about his start in esports and his experience in the industry so far.ĭeclan Murphy: Hello Mike, thanks for sitting down with us. ![]()
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