Veteran Filipino Casters Marlon “Lon” Marcelo and Aldrin “Dunoo” Pangan Sent To Seattle For The First-Ever TI6 Philippine Coverage
2016 is quickly becoming a standout year for Philippine eSports as the country’s representatives in the biggest eSports tournament ever, Dota 2’s The International 2016 (TI6),TnC and Execration join the battle for the coveted Aegis of Champions and a huge prize pool of over $19 million. As our hometown heroes wage war in Seattle, two of the country’s veteran shoutcasters will also be flying to TI6 for the first-ever live official Pinoy coverage of TI6.
Marlon “Lon“ Marcelo and Aldrin “Dunoo“ Pangan, the country’s most renowned Dota shoutcasting duo, will be bringing their brand of Pinoy shoutcasting hype to the world’s grandest eSports stage. In a statement released by Mineski.net, Lon and Dunoo will be casting TI6’s main stage matches after the group stages and will be broadcast live through the Mineski TV Twitch channel.
Lon also hinted that his biggest tournament broadcast might also be his last as he plans on hanging up the casting mic after TI6. Here’s what the duo had to say about this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity:
Photo from Mineski.net
Marlon ‘Lon’ Marcelo:
“In a historical event like this, I’m very happy to be part of the official Philippine coverage team. I have been casting Dota since the WC3 days and this is somewhat of a dream come true for me because before I retire from casting, I want to cast at The International. To be able to cast for our kababayanand to watch the TI live is very Exciting and Byutiful.”
Aldrin ‘Dunoo’ Pangan
“Isang napakalaking karangalan at surpresa at the same time nitong pag kakataon na ito since sinong mag aakala na makakapunta ako sa pinaka malaking Dota2 tournament as an official caster, hindi ko inakala kahit sa panaginip ko, na mabibigyan ako ng ganitong klaseng opportunity.”
“(This [opportunity] comes as a big honor and surprise at the same time. Who would have thought that I would be able to go to the biggest Dota 2 tournament as an official caster. I won’t deny that even in my dreams, I never thought I’d be given this kind of opportunity.)”
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