{"id":35580,"date":"2024-04-29T21:01:50","date_gmt":"2024-04-30T01:01:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/?p=35580"},"modified":"2024-04-29T21:02:47","modified_gmt":"2024-04-30T01:02:47","slug":"lol-msi-2024-broadcast-set-to-be-without-two-key-members","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/lol-msi-2024-broadcast-set-to-be-without-two-key-members\/","title":{"rendered":"LoL MSI 2024 broadcast set to be without two key members"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/league-of-legends\/\" title=\"LoL betting guide\">League of Legends<\/a> Mid-Season Invitational is facing a notable absence from its broadcast team this year.<\/p>\n<p>Veteran caster Isaac \u201cAzael\u201d Cummings-Bentley announced on social media that he won\u2019t be making the trip to China for the three-week-long tournament due to his father\u2019s declining health.<\/p>\n<p>In a heartfelt post, Azael expressed his decision to stay in Canada with his family during this difficult time.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Hours before flying out to China I got the devastating news that my father doesn\u2019t have much time left,\u201d he shared on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I\u2019ve made the decision to cancel the trip and spend this time in Canada with my family.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I unfortunately won&#39;t be attending MSI this year.<\/p>\n<p>Hours before flying out to China I got the devastating news that my father doesn&#39;t have much time left. I&#39;ve made the decision to cancel the trip and spend this time in Canada with my family.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you all for understanding \u2665<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Isaac CB (@AzaelOfficial) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AzaelOfficial\/status\/1784976021512499683?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 29, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>This news comes shortly after another North American shoutcaster, Clayton \u201cCaptainFlowers\u201d Raines, declared he wouldn\u2019t be participating in <a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/league-of-legends\/mid-season-invitational\/\" title=\"Mid-Season Invitational betting guide\">MSI 2024<\/a> either.<\/p>\n<p>CaptainFlowers cited his sleep schedule and personal health as reasons for declining the opportunity to broadcast the event.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, his soy allergy made him hesitant to travel to China, where he would face food challenges similar to those he encountered during <a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/league-of-legends\/worlds\/\" title=\"LoL Worlds betting guide\">LoL Worlds 2023<\/a> in Korea.<\/p>\n<p>CaptainFlowers announced his decision on social media, expressing regret but also emphasizing the talent and dedication of his colleagues who will be working the event.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I won&#39;t be on the show for MSI 2024. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eBQ904yKI1\">pic.twitter.com\/eBQ904yKI1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Clayton Raines (@CaptainFlowers) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CaptainFlowers\/status\/1784682372119810344?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 28, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>He will be taking the full month of May off and won\u2019t be involved in any MSI-related content until the start of the <a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/league-of-legends\/championship-series\/\" title=\"LCS betting guide\">LCS<\/a> Summer Split in June.<\/p>\n<p>With two key members absent, it\u2019s uncertain how Riot will handle the broadcast team for MSI.<\/p>\n<p>While Azael was included in the initial announcement, it remains to be seen if his spot will be filled or left vacant.<\/p>\n<p>Riot has not yet revealed the full list of on-air talent for the event, which is set to kick off on Wednesday, May 1.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/news\/\" class=\"contentLinkBtn\">More esports news<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The LoL Mid-Season Invitational broadcast will be without Isaac \u201cAzael\u201d Cummings-Bentley and Clayton \u201cCaptainFlowers\u201d Raines in Chengdu.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":35376,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ghostkit_customizer_options":"","ghostkit_custom_css":"","ghostkit_custom_js_head":"","ghostkit_custom_js_foot":"","ghostkit_typography":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[3645,3644,24,2072,327,61],"class_list":["post-35580","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-clayton-captainflowers-raines","tag-isaac-azael-cummings-bentley","tag-league-of-legends","tag-league-of-legends-mid-season-invitational","tag-msi","tag-riot-games"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35580"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35580"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35580\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35585,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35580\/revisions\/35585"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35376"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35580"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}