Denisse: “At one point, I found out about the MPL Philippines tournaments and decided to try streaming.”

Thea: I was also a sports reporter and covered basketball and volleyball games. I listened to the players and interviewed them. Besides them, I could also talk to other people during the games, like analysts.

Denisse: Working with news, gathering material, interviewing players, and writing my own script, and then reporting. Afterward, you talk about the work you’ve done.

Denisse: Before getting into this field, I was very passionate about various public speaking and hosting programs, although initially, I planned to pursue a career in medicine. I studied biochemistry but decided not to give up my passion for public speaking. I had a teacher who told me I could succeed in this field. Shortly after that, announcements came out for casting calls for hosts for some tournaments during the pandemic. And I decided to give it a try.

Thea: I never thought I’d become a caster. In college, I studied chemical engineering for two months, and then I realized I didn’t want to do that for the rest of my life. I had a lot of doubts. Then I became interested in tournament coverage and commentary, and one day I received a link to an audition for tournament commentary.

Denisse: As you know, Hans was also at USD, right? We were tournament hosts at USD together. I don’t remember where we were commentating—I think it was on Tiger Media Network. We did it on the radio. At one point, I found out about the MPL Philippines tournaments and decided to try casting. One day, I was invited to host one of the tournaments. It was easy to say yes, since I was already familiar with the scene. Then I reached out to Hans and told him, “Some people from MOONTON messaged me—do you know anything about this?”