WePlay Academy League Season 1 talent announced

A six-man crew will help to shine light on upcoming players in the academy league.

WePlay have announced the on-air crew that will be walking viewers through the action in the inaugural season of their academy league, the online stage of which will take place from July 19 through to August 8.

On-site hosting duties on the desk will be headed up by James "⁠BanKs⁠" Banks, with Alex "⁠Mauisnake⁠" Ellenberg, Halvor "⁠vENdetta⁠" Gulestøl, and Jacob "⁠Pimp⁠" Winneche joining him as a trio of analysts that will provide insight into the upcoming talent featured on the academy rosters.

BanKs will host the desk, where he'll be joined by three analysts

Hugo Byron and Harry "JustHarry"Russell are the sole casting duo that will commentate all of the action, which will consist of four best-of-one matches per day until the conclusion of the round-robin group stage on August 1.

The academy league, which features the likes of Young Ninjas, MOUZ NXT, and NAVI Junior, will require four out of five players on each team to be between the ages of 16-20, and will conclude with an offline playoff stage at the WePlay Esports Arena in Kiev from August 27-29.

The complete broadcast lineup consists of:

James "⁠BanKs⁠" Banks - Host

Alex "⁠Mauisnake⁠" Ellenberg - Analyst
Halvor "⁠vENdetta⁠" Gulestøl - Analyst
Jacob "⁠Pimp⁠" Winneche - Analyst

Harry "JustHarry"Russell - Caster
Hugo Byron - Caster

Young Ninjas #51 Anton 'Sapec' PalmgrenErik 'ztr' GustafssonLove 'phzy' SmidebrantLinus 'nilo' BergmanKalle 'Ro1f' Johansson Alex 'Mauisnake' Ellenberg Age: 27 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.90 Maps played: 100 KPR: 0.63 DPR: 0.72 Jacob 'Pimp' Winneche Age: 25 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 1.07 Maps played: 976 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.64 MOUZ NXT #56 Jon 'JDC' de CastroKamil 'siuhy' SzkaradekHubert 'szejn' ŚwiatłyÁdám 'torzsi' TorzsásDorian 'xertioN' Berman NAVI Junior #137 Eugene 'Aunkere' KaryatRodion 'fear' SmykIlya 'm0NESY' OsipovSergey 'pogor3lov' PogoryelovDanyyl 'synyx' Mazur James 'BanKs' Banks Age: 31 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.00 Maps played: 0 KPR: 0.00 DPR: 0.00 Halvor 'vENdetta' Gulestøl Age: 32 Team: DignitasC