Hey there! My name is Andrew "Grapes" Hau. I'm a freelance esports broadcast talent and am LFW in 2024!
🍇Fervent storyteller
🍇LAN experience
🍇Content-pilled zoomer
BOS/NYC based, down to travel/relocate for major region opportunities!
✉️andrewjhau
@gmail
.com
👾speedygrapes
Sniper
Yukino
Tomio
ExYu
Copy
Meech
Breezy
Concept
RoseThorn
Young
Array
Prismal
Chad
Wixxi
Doxa
15 resident North American prospects (0 full LCS splits) failed by their organization.
Not to mention the 20 other veterans/imports fighting for another shot.
An utter travesty
CLG took 5 academy players, developed them throughout spring and summer and got 1 nexus away from top 4 against the 5-import superteam
THE DEV PIPELINE IS WORKING, THERE IS TALENT IN NA THIS IS ONLY THE START
[Sources] Toplaner Castle 🇰🇷 is set to join Immortals in the LCS.
Toplaner Licorice 🇨🇦 was also considered, however Immortals locked Castle before the exit of Golden Guardians from the league.
Read on
@Sheep_Esports
TO ANY
#LCS
FANS BUMMED ABOUT THE SPLIT BEING DELAYED:
THERE WILL BE NA LEAGUE OF LEGENDS BEING PLAYED THIS WEEK
@RSAAOfficial
CLOL Top 4 is happening today, tomorrow and Tuesday at 12 PST! The best of collegiate are taking to the LCS stage.
If you’re in LA, tickets are FREE!!
Idk if it’s just me but the memeing about how your 47 coaches won you LCS on all ur socials into dropping a bunch of them this late into the offseason doesn’t seem like the best look
Today we bid farewell to
@Damonte
,
@DontMashMe
and
@MindBodyEsports
.
They grew alongside our players and staff to become champions this year, and we cannot thank them enough.
We look forward to their future endeavors and leadership in the LCS, and wish them all the best.
[SOURCES] Jungler Inspired 🇵🇱 to aquire Green Card.
This means that FlyQuest will be able to have another import within their LCS 🇺🇸 roster.
More details by
@LEC_Wooloo
⬇️
📎
Would be so cool if ANY of the 10 LCS orgs proposed legitimate ways to improve the tier 2 space instead of saying “We don’t believe NACL creates a legitimate path to pro”, vomiting out a bunch of buzz words, and then going on and signing players from other regions and not our own
A day late but that’s okay.
Graduated from Tufts University magna cum laude with a B/A in Film and Media Studies & Psychology!
Thank you for the memories the past four years. Roll ‘Bos 🐘🐘
[SOURCES] Jungler UmTi 🇰🇷 is set to join Team Liquid in the
#LCS
The former OK BRION player will be discovering another league for the first time in his career.
More details by
@LCS_Eevee
⬇️
Announcing our new co-streaming program! Community members and partners can provide live coverage of College League of Legends and VALORANT matches.
Read more about it ⬇️
Billy, this is Yuxin. He's 18 years old, peaked Rank 1 2000 LP, and is one of the best mechanical top laners on the server. He's on a team full of driven players who want to have continued success in North America together. The problem is that he's on a student visa.
What a day.
Nerves were definitely there at the start, but glad I got to settle in and finish my first ever LAN cast in style.
The amount of love and support I’ve gotten sent has been overwhelming. So thankful for everyone. 🍇🍇❤️❤️
Anyone saying “NACL players don’t need a living salary” and reference minor league sports is coping EXTREMELY HARD !!
Here are min salaries for some of the closest examples to NACL in Big 4 sports in NA:
JUST LANDED IN LA!!!!
Being considered among this group of awesome people for Top 4 is honestly surreal. Have followed and covered CLOL intensely over the past two years and I hope you see my hard work pay off this weekend.
IM GONNA CAST IN RIOT ARENA LETS GOOOO
MSW has been DQed from
#NACLQ
.
Three things:
- Had to be done given it's a clear break of the rules, intentional or not
- Pretty embarrassing someone telling TOs 4 weeks into the event was what caused an investigation.
- This rule is dumb, outdated, & actively harming our region
All showed promise, all have dreams of representing their region on the biggest stage.
All are left scrambling to sort out their lives 2 weeks before the season begins.
Hearts go out to all players/staff affected, if there's anything I can do to help I will
I am Andrew "Grapes" Hau. I am a Play-by-Play League of Legends caster and am currently LF opportunities in the NA Semi-Pro/Academy/Collegiate Scene for the 2022 Season.
Eager to pour my heart and soul into telling the stories of our region's future stars.
RTs appreciated!
Wait, the [insert video here] guy also casts?!?
What's up! I am Andrew "Grapes" Hau and I am a LoL Play-by-Play/Host.
Witty personality with an eye for content who will take your broadcast to the next level.
BOS/NYC based, down to✈️
✉️: andrewjhau
@gmail
.com
👾: Grapes
#6666
If this is going to work we are going to need some BIG changes in the "full, long-term strategy" for NA
- Games back to watchable times for NA audiences
- Best of 3s
- Robust infrastructure upgrades to T2+3/VCT-style promotion
- Ways to generate true brands/fandom for ALL 8 orgs
Sources: Former 100 Thieves 🇺🇸 player Busio 🇺🇸 has reached a verbal agreement with FlyQuest 🇺🇸 and will be the team's support.
Read on
@Sheep_Esports
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Second split IN A ROW that people’s livelihoods and plans for the next entire year are uprooted last minute without much time/opportunity to adjust.
Good arguments can be made abt how these moves are
good for long term sustainability of the league but timing is once again brutal
Very happy for APA, performed admirably whilst thrust into a very strange situation halfway through summer, a full stable season in LCS with his work ethic will do wonders.
Seen rumors for TLCK 2.0 but with this move + Spawn promotion perhaps things look different? (SPICA PLS)
21 today🥳🥳
The past year certainly had its ups and downs but was one of the most transformative ones of my life. Made countless memories and found something that's given me true direction for the first time.
Grateful for all who I got to interact with this year, cheers 💜💚
The level of hospitality and welcoming I’ve been shown the last 5 days by every person I’ve met in LA has been absolutely incredible.
If we crossed paths this weekend, thank you, thank you, thank you. I can’t wait to see u again soon 🥲🥲
Things I learned after watching 21 games of
#NACL
and
#NACLQ
today:
- Ban Garen against Wildcard
- Varus is the best champ in the game
- Ban Garen against Wildcard
- NACLQ Group C is group of death
- Ban Garen against Wildcard
- Srtty is still a top player in the NACL
- Ban Gare
Maybe I'm blind but this Trundle W looks exactly like GP ult I keep getting confused and looking at the draft to see if there was a GP in the game that I forgot about
An important piece of news some might've missed:
ALL GAMES of
#NACLQ
will be OFFICIALLY STREAMED by on ttv/RallyCryOfficial and ttv/RallyCry2.
No more stream swapping and cutoffs! Ravish, Alk, Smr and I will be live every day of the quals, super excited to get back to work :)
The future of the
#NACL
is here. Check out the article below to learn more about the fresh faces, returning Challengers, team revenue sharing, and more ways to support your favorite players on the
#PathToLCS
!
Read:
If anyone following the
@NALCSPA
walkout wants to learn more/feel fired up about collective bargaining in sports, allow me to introduce you to this masterpiece by
@jon_bois
.
Support the players. Support our region.
My legs are tired.
Hope I was able to do a decent job filling in as host and caster for the first day of groups today. Got some crazy games, this group got real interesting real quick.
Leaving you all with the best interview segment of all time from
@GryffinnLoL
Good night <3
Dragoon and Kisno didn't get to play in the spot they earned.
Messages caught bad break after bad break despite his incredible promise.
ROCKBOOM didn't get to play promotion in Spring after a finals berth.
Plux never got a fair shot in Tier 2.
Today makes it all worth it.
Maybe im wrong but feels like there's a TON of really talented players seemingly left to be teamless in LCS for 2024
Seems like a mix of esports winter and importing new players. Wonder how this will affect T2 roster building when that eventually rolls around
What a weekend.
Grateful to have made my Academy channel debut for
#LoLCC
Ro32. Talked about some great collegiate programs & watched some crazy games.
Really happy with my casts, especially on Day 1. Hope I delivered on the biggest stage I have stood on in my short career.
Think there are a few mids already in our ecosystem (Haeri, Young, etc) that deserve a chance on the LCS stage, still hope they get their chance.
Also wouldn't be surprised if ppl passed on IMT as they have unfortunately gained a reputation of being where careers go to die
[Sources] Midlaner Mask 🇰🇷 has reached a verbal agreement with Immortals in the LCS.
This move marks the debut of the LCS offseason.
Read more about
@Maski2happy
on
@Sheep_Esports
ALL of Week 1 of
#NACLQ
are now published on the LoL Esports VOD Channel!
Unsure if this will be the cadence or if it will be different as the weeks go on, but glad we have all of the games on a consistent platform :)
Check out my stream VODs to watch reviews of all the games!
VODs of all
#NACLQ
games in will be uploaded to the LoL Esports VODs channel weekly!
In the meantime, S/O to
@RunninTheRift
who are putting together casted VODs of select games on YouTube as well!
Going live in around 30 to review as much of Day 1 as I can before LCS! Link 👇
Hit affiliate today on twitch!
Thanks for all who have been tuning into the NACLQ reviews, they’ve been a lot of fun and hope to do them throughout the split (as long as games aren’t streamed live)
Full time streamer arc incoming…? (no)
Watching people complain about how it’s unfair a team didn’t get picked to join the NACL as someone who covers the tournament that teams can enter OPENLY to qualify into the NACL
1. The
#LCS
broadcast, where the top three teams qualify for the live finals at the Prudential Center, so a teams success would result in them visiting the state.
Huge shoutout to
@JamesDash
@JordanCorbylol
@esportsjatt
for putting on a great show on the AD throughout all the delays.
If I was put on an desk for 10+ hours straight I think I would lose my mind...
<3
@PapaSmithy
Papa, there’s not a single Black player in the league since Aphro left. Most of the players are white or of East Asian descent. Some exceptions with players from Turkey of course, but “culturally diverse” isn’t true at all.
If I had a nickel for everytime Maryville brought in a player from FlyQuest Challengers this offseason, I'd have two nickels, which isn't a lot but it's weird that it happened twice, right?
Rally Cry just gave a HUGE new contract to their “Pro Caster" Grapes.
Grapes has never played a game above plat in his life, yet he will be paid $17287 million a year to talk about it on woke NACLQ.
LoL is no longer about esports, it's about promoting equity among the pisslows!
People who are mad about the TL roster because "NA NO TALENT LUL" are either arguing in bad faith, incredibly misinformed, or xenophobic.
2 resident players who worked their way up the dev pipeline + the player who's put the MOST work into helping NA grow in his time here
If 1 thing leads to another and
@Disguised
find their way into LCS for ‘24…
Keep the roster. DSG has been a great homage to grassroots NA LOL, would be awesome to see a “promotion”
The players have earned the chance. Give them the full year they will contend for worlds.
#NACL
Let’s not let 1 middle of the pack split in LCS distract you from what happened last time Tenacity played in T2.
Comes into 2024 as best top in NACL, that DSG T-Shirt will also look very good on him 💪
One of the first times I felt welcome as a college student was early my freshman year when I got to cast for the Tufts League team in the NACE regular season.
Yesterday I got to cast the CLOL lower finals the last day of my lease of my final college apartment.
Full circle