The Electronic Sports League has announced the talent panel for the season finals of the ESL ESEA Pro League. Starting on Thursday, July 2, ESL's esports arena, in Cologne, will play host to the offline finals of the inaugural ESL ESEA Pro League season, featuring the top four sides from both the European and the North American divisions. Half of this season's $500,000 prize pool has already been distributed between all the teams that competed in the online portion of the league, which means that the season finals will have $250,000 on offer. The winner will take home $100,000, the equivalent of a first-place finish at a Valve-sponsored major. Hosting this four-day event will be Alex "Machine" Richardson, who will be joined by Jonatan "Devilwalk" Lundberg, Joona "natu" Leppänen and Jason "moses" O'Toole at the analyst desk to break down all the action. In terms of the commentary panel, it comprises RoomonFire duo Auguste "Semmler" Massonat and Anders Blume, Jason Kaplan, Leigh "Deman" Smith and Lauren "Pansy" Scott. Below you can find the talent panel for the ESL ESEA Pro League offline finals:
Machine will host the four-day event Alex "Machine" Richardson - Host
Jonatan "Devilwalk" Lundberg - Analyst
Joona "natu" Leppänen - Analyst
Jason "moses" O'Toole - Analyst
Auguste "Semmler" Massonat - Caster
Anders Blume - Caster
Jason Kaplan - Caster
Leigh "Deman" Smith - Caster
Lauren "Pansy" Scott - Caster
Janko "YNk" Paunović - Observer
Simon "pAn" Schumacher - Observer
Janko 'YNk' Paunović
Age: 22 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.99 Maps played: 92 KPR: 0.69 DPR: 0.70
Jonatan 'Devilwalk' Lundberg
Age: 24 Team: 1337 Rating 1.0: 0.90 Maps played: 252 KPR: 0.60 DPR: 0.66
Jason 'moses' O'Toole
Age: 28 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 1.03 Maps played: 13 KPR: 0.70 DPR: 0.68
Joona 'natu' Leppänen
Age: 30 Team: Ninjas in PyjamasC