I'm not sure if my details are right in this, but let me recall it the way I remember. PapaSmithy was and still is my fave caster. Yep, over Doa and Monte and Cap. And the moment you left LCK to be President/Chairman of the LOL team for 100thieves I think, was one of the saddest moments for me as an avid LCK viewer because Papa was like the Ernie Johnson of the LCK. Always ready, never biased, had the deepest knowledge of the LCK pro scene lore, a true professional. Never sounded condescending, always ready with the quick hitters and the information, stats and all that jazz. As a 100T fan, I was happy to have a goldmine of info to be the GM. But boy, was it sad to hear LS every cast since you left. That's why I got so hyped when you did a guest casting and to hear your mountain of info again was a treat. Love your work Papasmithy, hope you're doing well and in good spirits!
Yea even compared to any other sports I've watched I stand by that being the best most hype final I've ever experienced, and the casting played a big part.
best live event i've ever been to, and i can't even imagine it ever being topped. the crowd went absolutely ballistic when they locked in bard game 5, even with it being 70% T1 Fans. I genuinely think that's the loudest Chase Center has ever been. completely packed to the rafters.
As a small time local caster and TO for all sorts of esports events, this content is so valuable to making your casts more meaningful! Literal GOAT! Definitely think we'll be talking about 2023 TL v FNC as a greatest moment when we get farther away. Your energy was unmatched. The T1 run in that worlds alone will go down in history imo, "It's T1 vs the LPL and they like those odds!"
Gotta say, I hadn't realized that the Faker shockwave call was during your first stint casting a main stage international event! I didn't start playing or watching League until 2020, and I remember watching that highlight for the first time - the call really makes the play much more special. Been loving these vids, keep up the great work Cap!
While not an in-game moment, the intense, pure, unadulterated excitement that you had for the Skarner pick TL vs DIG in Summer 2022 was just so incredibly wholesome and hilarious. To be fair though, that is also me whenever I see Sona come back and get picked by someone, like when Viper picked her and ended up one-shotting a Zoe in LCK
Hey Captain Flowers! You said you are so glad to have been apart of these moments- well we are glad to have you apart of these moments! I love esports(incl. league, CS, and fighting games) and what makes moments legendary are fantastic commentators. Keep up the great work :)
I agree. Anyone who thinks that Faker’s shockwave wasn’t the dramatic climax of that play should look up “9-man sleep”. That’s what happens without Fakers shockwave.
I went back and watched the 2022 DRX run and you can start to feel the energy they had during Play-ins. It's such a crazy tournament to watch from that perspective.
One of my favorite games casted by Captain Flowers is the World 2020 Group Stage Day G2 vs Suning I haven't watched esports a lot before 2020, only highlights that made the news. Come 2020 and i started watching more and that game hooked me more to consistently watch worlds and msi.
one of my favorites, although not a very exciting one, was very funny. It was your solo cast of UOL vs C9. "NA always manages to fuck it up at the finish line, fuck me!"
I could listen to you talk about league or probably anything all day. Captivating storyteller to say the least. All the love and appreciate you making League what it is today brother!
My favorite personality in LCS history for sure and I feel ashamed that I’m just learning about the RUclips channel 😮 but wow this is making me want to go find old vods of the games and hear the shoutcasting again after hearing your stories
DRX/T1 was my first ever in person league event ever since watching since season 3 I was so happy my favorite casters were up there and that series was absolutely amazing to see live
I was there live for the DRX/T1 series and it was probably the greatest series of league I’ve ever watched. The energy in the arena was insane, especially when it went to game 5 and the bard pick came out.
That number 1 slot, i remember the game and the day it was insane! Me and all my friends were screaming and your call was legendary!!! Everyone did great, but i do believe u made the right call!
For me it was the Worlds 2023 NRG vs G2 series. I started watching LCS in season 3 but took a long break after 2018. I happened to stay up that night for other reasons and saw the worlds live stream recommended on my RUclips home page and decided to check it out for a few mins before going to bed. Ended up watching the whole series because of Capt Flowers high energy. "BrokenBlade will be broken in half!!!" Been watching almost every LCS game since then.
Oh captain my captain 🥺 A MAN amongst "men" This just goes to show how amazing you are You are the only caster who could have pulled off the IG vs KT game for real, that alone just shows that you're just built different I personally loved your NRG vs G2 game at 2023 worlds cast You are such an amazing person and really appreciated the insight this video provided You doing what makes you happy makes me happy :) WOP WOP WOP WOP WOP FLOWERS FUCK EM UP Much love 🙏🙏
i got into league in 2018 and i gotta say that in hindsight it was such a great year, C9 knocks out Afreeka the series you talked about, Europe getting to finals, hell that was the year we got KDA - Popstars and Rise, and because of those two songs we got what is still probably one of the best live opening shows for Worlds. Good times.
That part of being down 10k and getting the dream engage and then it not mattering is so real. That feeling of hope being stolen sucks, and I agree that until the damage comes through that it doesn’t feel real
Back when you first became a caster I was like, maaaan who is this dude? Captain... flowers? What kind of name is that? I can confidently say you're the best caster na has ever seen. By far, my favorite anyway
More recent but at worlds last year when NRG beat G2 your casting actually made me really emotional in the moment idk if it was the NA pride and heat of the moment but dam I'll remember that one for a while
My fave flowers call is the one he did in some random pro in-houses hosted by coreJJ "ITS THE SAD PART OF THE MOVIE MOTHERFUCKERS THE DEER DIES AND THE SHUTDOWN GOES OVER TO SPICA"
I'd love to know whats your favorite calls in NA with players who are no longer playing, Bjerg, DL, Huni etc.... I've said this many times on twitter over the yrs (Hanrald) that your casting TSM When Bjerg was playing should have been mandatory you hyped them up so much and shit on them so hard when they failed to live up to expectations it was always a treat to see.
It was something along the lines of "The greatest team to ever do it have done it again! After 6 long years, T1 are once more the best of the best, as your 2022 World Champions!"
An honour to be part of 2/3 of these Clayton!
I used to wake up at 3 am to watch your all LCK casts, thanks for a lot of good memories Papasmithy
I'm not sure if my details are right in this, but let me recall it the way I remember. PapaSmithy was and still is my fave caster. Yep, over Doa and Monte and Cap. And the moment you left LCK to be President/Chairman of the LOL team for 100thieves I think, was one of the saddest moments for me as an avid LCK viewer because Papa was like the Ernie Johnson of the LCK. Always ready, never biased, had the deepest knowledge of the LCK pro scene lore, a true professional. Never sounded condescending, always ready with the quick hitters and the information, stats and all that jazz. As a 100T fan, I was happy to have a goldmine of info to be the GM. But boy, was it sad to hear LS every cast since you left. That's why I got so hyped when you did a guest casting and to hear your mountain of info again was a treat. Love your work Papasmithy, hope you're doing well and in good spirits!
dude I was up until like 2am for that DRX/T1 series. hands down the most fun I’ve ever had watching league. what a cast the 3 of you put on.
Yea even compared to any other sports I've watched I stand by that being the best most hype final I've ever experienced, and the casting played a big part.
best live event i've ever been to, and i can't even imagine it ever being topped. the crowd went absolutely ballistic when they locked in bard game 5, even with it being 70% T1 Fans. I genuinely think that's the loudest Chase Center has ever been. completely packed to the rafters.
As a small time local caster and TO for all sorts of esports events, this content is so valuable to making your casts more meaningful! Literal GOAT! Definitely think we'll be talking about 2023 TL v FNC as a greatest moment when we get farther away. Your energy was unmatched. The T1 run in that worlds alone will go down in history imo, "It's T1 vs the LPL and they like those odds!"
I like hearing the breakdown of what goes through a casters minds when they do their work.
Gotta say, I hadn't realized that the Faker shockwave call was during your first stint casting a main stage international event! I didn't start playing or watching League until 2020, and I remember watching that highlight for the first time - the call really makes the play much more special. Been loving these vids, keep up the great work Cap!
While not an in-game moment, the intense, pure, unadulterated excitement that you had for the Skarner pick TL vs DIG in Summer 2022 was just so incredibly wholesome and hilarious. To be fair though, that is also me whenever I see Sona come back and get picked by someone, like when Viper picked her and ended up one-shotting a Zoe in LCK
I noticed the option select on "The Shy - Will NOT" even as it played live and have never been able to unhear it. It's super clever though.
Hey Captain Flowers! You said you are so glad to have been apart of these moments- well we are glad to have you apart of these moments! I love esports(incl. league, CS, and fighting games) and what makes moments legendary are fantastic commentators. Keep up the great work :)
Hype to relive the memories, i watched these live and it's always better when you're on the mic. Cheers!
We need more content like this Cap. Good stuff man!
wolf's rakan and huhi's cho were the set up the for the main blow from faker's ori. perfectly cast
I agree. Anyone who thinks that Faker’s shockwave wasn’t the dramatic climax of that play should look up “9-man sleep”. That’s what happens without Fakers shockwave.
Worlds 22 Finals and semis went crazy live. We got so lucky with the worlds we got in NA
I went back and watched the 2022 DRX run and you can start to feel the energy they had during Play-ins. It's such a crazy tournament to watch from that perspective.
One of my favorite games casted by Captain Flowers is the World 2020 Group Stage Day G2 vs Suning
I haven't watched esports a lot before 2020, only highlights that made the news. Come 2020 and i started watching more and that game hooked me more to consistently watch worlds and msi.
one of my favorites, although not a very exciting one, was very funny. It was your solo cast of UOL vs C9.
"NA always manages to fuck it up at the finish line, fuck me!"
It'll always be Faker's shockwave for me, and I agree wholeheartedly you made the right call. There's a reason it's so iconic.
I could listen to you talk about league or probably anything all day. Captivating storyteller to say the least. All the love and appreciate you making League what it is today brother!
My favorite personality in LCS history for sure and I feel ashamed that I’m just learning about the RUclips channel 😮 but wow this is making me want to go find old vods of the games and hear the shoutcasting again after hearing your stories
Being at that DRX/T1 match live, you made all the difference for commentating. Easily one of the best days of my life.
These are definitely the top 3 moments for you, I'm glad you broke em down a bit more in detail.
NRG win over G2 will forever be in my memory, Captain Flowers the GOAT.
Agreed. I have it ingrained in my brain hahahaha. I always go back to find it when I watch league with some friends and Captain Flowers is casting.
DRX/T1 was my first ever in person league event ever since watching since season 3 I was so happy my favorite casters were up there and that series was absolutely amazing to see live
I was there live for the DRX/T1 series and it was probably the greatest series of league I’ve ever watched. The energy in the arena was insane, especially when it went to game 5 and the bard pick came out.
That number 1 slot, i remember the game and the day it was insane! Me and all my friends were screaming and your call was legendary!!! Everyone did great, but i do believe u made the right call!
The 2022 Worlds Finals was absolutely unforgettable.
For me it was the Worlds 2023 NRG vs G2 series. I started watching LCS in season 3 but took a long break after 2018. I happened to stay up that night for other reasons and saw the worlds live stream recommended on my RUclips home page and decided to check it out for a few mins before going to bed. Ended up watching the whole series because of Capt Flowers high energy. "BrokenBlade will be broken in half!!!" Been watching almost every LCS game since then.
Oh captain my captain 🥺
A MAN amongst "men"
This just goes to show how amazing you are
You are the only caster who could have pulled off the IG vs KT game for real, that alone just shows that you're just built different
I personally loved your NRG vs G2 game at 2023 worlds cast
You are such an amazing person and really appreciated the insight this video provided
You doing what makes you happy makes me happy :)
WOP WOP WOP WOP WOP FLOWERS FUCK EM UP
Much love 🙏🙏
i got into league in 2018 and i gotta say that in hindsight it was such a great year, C9 knocks out Afreeka the series you talked about, Europe getting to finals, hell that was the year we got KDA - Popstars and Rise, and because of those two songs we got what is still probably one of the best live opening shows for Worlds. Good times.
CaptainFlowers you are hands down the GOAT of casting and I am including traditional sports casters.
That part of being down 10k and getting the dream engage and then it not mattering is so real. That feeling of hope being stolen sucks, and I agree that until the damage comes through that it doesn’t feel real
DRX was my favorite!
You should do top 5 calls you wish you could have made (basically your favourite calls other casters have made)
Back when you first became a caster I was like, maaaan who is this dude? Captain... flowers? What kind of name is that?
I can confidently say you're the best caster na has ever seen. By far, my favorite anyway
No Infinity Esports vs EDG ;)? Love your casting man, u made some iconic moments even more iconic
More recent but at worlds last year when NRG beat G2 your casting actually made me really emotional in the moment idk if it was the NA pride and heat of the moment but dam I'll remember that one for a while
When I tell people about Lol esports the Base Race is one of the first clips I show them to this day!
My fave flowers call is the one he did in some random pro in-houses hosted by coreJJ
"ITS THE SAD PART OF THE MOVIE MOTHERFUCKERS THE DEER DIES AND THE SHUTDOWN GOES OVER TO SPICA"
Miss papasmithy casting lck but hes phenomenal
Yo there is no way Flowers only has 7k subs. This crime must be rectified.
I'd love to know whats your favorite calls in NA with players who are no longer playing, Bjerg, DL, Huni etc.... I've said this many times on twitter over the yrs (Hanrald) that your casting TSM When Bjerg was playing should have been mandatory you hyped them up so much and shit on them so hard when they failed to live up to expectations it was always a treat to see.
Flowers is the GOAT
GOAT!
Are you able to watch some LPL or LCK vods? Also when you became the rap god caster!
What did you have prepared if T1 beat DRX lol
It was something along the lines of "The greatest team to ever do it have done it again! After 6 long years, T1 are once more the best of the best, as your 2022 World Champions!"
@@CaptainFlowers22 that’s my goat
“Glad you didn’t get *more* brain damage”, you mean?