Why Monte, DoA and PapaSmithy don’t need Riot

MCV Staff 23rd March 2016 Event News

Earlier today it was announced by Christopher "MonteCristo" Mykles, Erik "DoA" Lonnquist and Christopher "PapaSmithy" Smith that they would not be attending the 2016 Mid-Season Invitational due to a failure to come to an agreement on contract terms. The three casters currently work for Ongamenet in South Korea, where each commentate various games, most notably the English cast of Riot Games’ League of Leagues Championship Korea.

"After all of us received invitations and negotiated with Riot Games to join the broadcast crew for this year’s Mid-Season Invitational, we failed to arrive at an industry standard rate for our services and therefore cannot work as casters in Shanghai,"they wrote in their joint statement.

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