Joe Miller (commentator)
Joe Miller | |
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 Joe Miller in 2018 | |
| Born | Rotherham,England |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Commentator |
Joe MillerorJOEE(born 29 July 1987 inRotherham,England) is a British commentator. He started his career as anesportscaster at gaming tournaments, working his first event shoutcastingBattlefield 1942(short: BF1942).[1]The 3DWorld War IIfirst-person shooter(FPS)video gamewas coincidentally also the first game Miller played at a competitive level.[1]At age sixteen, he began to commentate BF1942 games at home in the UK, pushing out as many audio commentaries as he could.[1][2]In an interview with JP McDaniel (host of Real Talk onYouTube), Miller revealed that it was a "big jump" from the audio commentaries he initially produced to the audio-video commentaries we are accustomed to today.[2]
Miller's big break came when he joined TsN, through which he cast theCyberathlete Professional League(CPL) World Tour in 2005, arguably the "most definitive moment" of his early esports career.[1][3]From there he went on to work as a broadcaster for numerous professional video game leagues including theWorld Series of Video Games(WSVG),Championship Gaming Series,DreamHackand variousElectronic Sports League(ESL) events.[1][2]In amongst these achievements he worked as General Manager forFnaticback when they were based inSouthamptonas well as joining the QuadV team, headed by fellow casters Leigh "Deman" Smith andPaul “ReDeYe” Chaloner.[1][4]
Although Miller is known for casting competitiveCounter-StrikeandQuake Livetournaments, recently he has made a name for himself inLeague of Legends(LoL). Miller moved to Cologne, Germany and began working for the ESL in 2008 withMatt Riderand James Harding. He secured a regular spot casting weeklyLeague of Legends Championship Series,which he did alongside the likes of Leigh "Deman" Smith,Trevor “Qu1ksh0t” Henry,Jason Kaplan, Martin "Deficio" Lynge andEefje “sjokz” Depoortere.Miller currently resides inCologne, Germanyand speaks fluentGerman.[2]
Notable recent achievements include casting theRiotLeague of Legends tournaments atGamescom 2013and securing a casting position at LoL World Championships hosted inLos Angeles.[5][6]It was recently announced soon after the European LoL Regionals atGamescom 2014that he would also be casting at the2014 League of Legends World ChampionshipinTaipei,Singaporeand theSouth Koreancities ofBusanandSeoul.[7][8]
On 3 December 2014 Miller announced he would be leaving the EU LCS production.[9]
References
[edit]- ^abcdef"HLTV Video: Joe Miller answering questions".HLTV.
- ^abcd"Real Talk with Joe Miller".itmeJP.YouTube.Archivedfrom the original on 15 December 2021.
- ^"ESL TV's Joe Miller interviewed".ESL TV.
- ^"CeBIT 2009 - Joe Miller: Gaming is going into the right direction".Mousesports.Archived fromthe originalon 26 April 2009.Retrieved3 March2010.
- ^"Gamepedia: Gamescom 2013".Gamepedia.
- ^"The League of Legends World Championship casters announced".in2LOL.Archived fromthe originalon 26 March 2016.Retrieved11 September2013.
- ^Joe Miller [@Joe_Miller] (18 August 2014)."And since lots of you were asking and didnt click from the show yesterday: Yes I will be casting worlds!"(Tweet) – viaTwitter.
- ^"World Championship 2014 Preliminary Schedule | League of Legends".League of Legends.
- ^Ashley Underwood:Joe Miller and Deman Leave LCS.Telkom Gaming. 3 December 2014.
External links
[edit]- Official Twitter Page:https://twitter /Joe_Miller
- Official Facebook Page:https:// facebook /JoeMillerOfficial