Call of Duty League commentator ‘Maven’ says love for casting was tested during pandemic

Clint “Maven” Evans received a box of make-up in early April 2020. He didn’t ask for it, but the fan favorite Call of Duty League caster had to make it work.

An esport that required live competitions had gone completely online to survive in an ongoing pandemic that concluded its 18th month. While an online format can create an unfair Internet connection, most of the time it lacks intimacy.

That’s basically all of the final two seasons of the CDL game for Evans. Make the most of the cards he’s been dealt.

“I don’t really tweet about it much because it felt insignificant compared to what the players were going through. “It’s great in the sense that you don’t have to travel that much. I could stream more and all.

“But it’s very hard to get in when you’re in your basement, you know, you don’t have the strength next to you and Joe or the crowd behind you.”

Evans beams from the crowd. A bald joke from the Galen Center audience turned into a comedic caster moment for Evans and his popular commentator companion Joe “MerK” Deluca on Friday.

Maven, I love your hair!

There was actually a round of applause that followed this comment, echoing across to Evans from one side of the arena.

Those are the moments that he missed a lot.

“I think one thing that sets me apart from a lot of commentators is that I’ve never lost my passion for it,” said Evans. “I just love (expletive) what I do. I do. And that was the first time that I was tested. “

There was a team doing cast makeup before Evans’ basement became a studio he often uses to stream Warzone to his 160,000 Twitch followers. The Call of Duty League Evans armored himself with all the gear he needed but had to do his own makeup.

“I’m sending you this stuff. Here’s directions and a video, and good luck, ”said Evans. “I got a lot better at it and got a lot better at it. But yeah, it’s not quite the same. Not quite the same. “

It’s not just the blush or the tech crew that makes casting teams look flawless. It’s the camaraderie of being next to your partner. Evans applauded CDL casters Landon “Lando” Sanders and Jeremy StuDyy “Astacio for making their games work during the pandemic, as they had never met on the Champs until this week in Los Angeles.

So yes, the casters are happy to be there again.

“If I’ve learned anything in the last few years, I’d trade anything to be live with the crowd compared to what that was,” said Evans. “You can’t replicate it.”

Credit Evans on his caster hair and makeup. Chances are he did it himself.

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