ESL today announced the pickup of Robb “Flynn” Flynn as part of their English-speaking caster lineup for the Pro League regions of North America, Europe and Latin America. He will be replacing outgoing caster Devin “mzo” Becker for the second half of Season 9 as the latter will be taking a break due to health-related reasons.
The duo of mzo (left) and Flynn (right) at the Six Invitational 2019
Flynn has had a lot of recent top-level casting experience, starting his formal casting career with the Northern Arena Canadian Nationals in the February of 2018. His first feature at a larger tournament was at DreamHack Montreal 2018, which was well received by most fans.
These were followed by more event appearances for the Canadian, including the ESL Euro Cup 2018, the US Nationals 2018, and most recently -- and most high-profile -- the Six Invitational 2019 (Group Stages). Flynn also was the caster for this season, Season 4, of the Cyberathlete Championship Series (CCS) in North America, but will not be continuing on further.
Unfortunately, fans of mzo will have to wait a while before they will be seeing him in action again. The American was not only the oldest Pro League caster at the age of 37, but also the most experienced, having joined the casting team in Season 2 of the Pro League and kicked things off with both the PC and Xbox One Pro Leagues.
Devin "mzo" Becker (Left)
This continued on for Season 3 and the Six Invitational, however his online Pro League contract was not renewed for Season 4 and 5, although he did make appearances at the offline Finals. Following that brief sojourn, though, mzo was confirmed for the Pro League from Season 6 onwards and was part of the team ever since.
Aside from his Pro League casting, mzo is also a part of SiegeGG as the host of the Debrief podcast.
SiegeGG spoke to Flynn about his new opportunity and how he plans to make the most of it.
You have grinded up the ladder through smaller leagues. How does it feel now? Did you ever think you could get this far?
You already have a very impressive list of tournaments under your belt, so this step should come naturally for you, right?
Is it intimidating that you will be replacing mzo, one of the longest serving English language casters?
Moving to Poland for casting is undoubtedly going to be a challenge for you, how do you plan to tackle this?
Is there anything you would like to say to your fans in light of this announcement?
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The Pro League returns with North American action on the 11th of March, Monday, at the usual time of 7 PM EST (GMT-5) on the Rainbow6 Twitch and YouTube channels, so be sure to catch Flynn in action for his first-ever Pro League match soon.