The Weirdly Inspiring Story of Phreak
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David Phreak Turley is one of the most interesting people in lolesports. One of the most veteran members of Riot Games, Phreak is quite possibly the oldest caster still active in League today. League of Legends Esports wouldn't be the same without him, so let's take a look at his progression over the years!
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Been working on a number of different larger projects recently, so here's a fun little light-hearted video to break up the silence on the channel :) I hope you guys enjoy.
Do sjokz next :DD
I love you goldbay keep up the great work
if ur mad i am scared
Next up, Riot Light?
good vid gbay :)
he may have no mana
but he does have my full respect
i see what you did there😏
i was actually expecting someone say something like that.
Tons of Respect
Damage > Respect
Phreak is actually one of my favorite people, and a large role-model.
What's even more amazing is that I can guarantee that he doesn't realize how many people look up to him as someone that they genuinely respect, and want to become more like.
Phreak is like the grandfather that you always want to hang out with and listen to all their stories. He's smart, well spoken, and respectful.
I love Phreak. Seriously.
Hes also super stuck in the past and has various delusional takes about the NA scene
@@ricardoterrinha4899 oh no!! Some people are wrong sometimes!!! Oh no. Anyways..
Delusional? Nah. If anything, you've created a bias in your head that holds no water, and want to exaggerate what was probably one instance. Don't be a hater, be realistic.
@@Ayane13b Man... you now you can disagree with someone without being a hater, are we on the 2nd grade? Argue better for god sake.
Yh man! Mention the puns!!!
@@ricardoterrinha4899 Well, you're certainly in the minority when it comes to your opinion/mindset. So you're either just trying to disagree to be different, or you've formed an opinion over something you're less educated on.
For me Phreak is the face of Riot. Because of his casting and the champion spotlights there is nobody who I associate more with League than Phreak
What but Nikosaur xd
Havent watched yet, but I have never seen a documentary on Phreak, fantastic idea. Im so excited
thescoreesports made a decent one
I was just talking about how nostalgic phreak is with his champion spotlights from early league.
Tons of dmg to my nostalgia
This video better be puns of fun.
just Phreaking 3-4 times
And graphs and stadistics
Nice
As someone who casts Super Smash Bros. Melee, I feel you often _need_ to be able to swap between color and play-by-play on the fly, since that game is paced so quickly without a ton of time to breathe/analyze specific situations. It's refreshing to see someone like Phreak who really can fill for either role rather effortlessly, and it's a huge inspiration for how I approach my own commentary. He truly is such a unique and talented caster, and it was so cool to see him form into his own over these few clips. Thanks for the content Gbay!
Phreak was the first and long time only caster to knew the official english name of every ability there is and was was my moment where i started to respect him way more i ever did
U mean quickshot
I always think about that now. I remember him saying it’s lazy and boring just to hear a caster say ‘q’ or ‘r’ in a fight. He paints a good picture with his attention to detail.
You were looking so much to your right, that I was waiting for you to introduce Phreak in person, for a live interview lol.
as always great video
LOL SAME
06:18 : he would Phreaquently play. Nice one gbay99 just what u need in a phreak documentary
Only channel I have with the bell notifications on! Always excited when it goes off
God, I'm so interested in that shirt.
I think it's amazing to also see how Phreak works behind the scenes and delivers extra to the community through his TH-cam channel with patch updates and general interesting ideas regarding the game and game design in general. It makes you appreciate Pro Play that much more and makes it even more exciting to listen to Phreak since you really trust his casting that little bit more. Amazing guy. Love him
I wouldn't be surprised to catch a phreak comment in here if I browsed enough. Great guy! Tons of joy.
Not weird at all to love phreaks story. Im actually so happy and mind blown that you made this video because it scratched a good and also nostalgic part of my brain. i think you'll be known as the king of telling the old league stories.
This did make me appreciate Phreak a bit more. As I mainly watch european League, I fell in love with the european faces like Quickshot and Sjokz or newer ones like Vedius, Medic and Ender. But this definitely helped appreciating Phreak more. Thank you man!
Don't worry we're all in love with Sjokz too that's spans the globe
at start he seemed like we all are awkward and now he is confident.
would love to see a comment from Phreak himself on this video.
thanks for the quality content. keep up the good work.
wish all who read this or not well. even if we don't know what that "well" is.
No.
@@Phreak :o
@@genieinthepot2455 loll
Who would imagine that after 2 years this guy would make part of the balance team got promoted and start to slowing kill League of Legends
It's simple: the moment he said "tons of damage" he became a legend! No one could challenge his role after that regardless how good he was at shoutcasting!
Phreak is a certified beautician & legend. He has always been endearing but now he is skillfully endearing. Looking for some of THAT in my own life.
Man, I remember his community spotlights with Nikasaur. I am starting to feel like a League of Legends grandfather.
Met Phreak at GLaunch Event in Greece and took a photo with him ! Even then I liked him as a caster and throught the years he indeed is getting better and better ! And for real now... I can't even image someone else doing Champion Spotlight ! His addition to that alone is unmatched !
I think this a great balance of documentary vs Gbay. The cutaways to you on camera explaining different topics are exactly what people have been asking for, and those genuine, excited realizations you have while explaining something are what make you so fun to watch. And Phreak's great too!
Love seeing my favorite caster getting some love and glad to hear that he's your favorite too!
Phreak was on the cast the very first LCS match I ever watched, and I vividly remember his voice and the level of enthusiasm he brought got me hooked on watching the LCS almost immediately. Absolutely one of the best.
First of all, thank you Gbay! I love your info-gaining videos, they are just amazing. The topics are just the best.
2ndly, thank you that you point on Phreak! I liked him since the start of LoL. He is the most friendly guy that looks so humble and good-heartish. I am so happy that he got his place where he can be so confident, because he looks like he deserve it.
And as the last point i would say that his carrier was fortunate also with so many coincidance. I personaly think that the E-Sport polularity raised in around the time as Riot and LoL started, the Twitch started and i think became the most popular e-gaming and e-sport streaming service on the world. That made PvP games start to invest into e-sport content ans production, which at first could also allow hire gaming specialist that liked to improve themselves. And one of them was Phreak. Accepted a new advanture that was not in gaming "neccessery" before. I believe that his knowleadge is not ony advance in comantary, but also in production.
And about Phreak, now when i see him on the screen, i just feel like i see a friend that i know for several years, confident, knowing that he is well, just makes me feel safe, even i felt the struggle in life. This is something that i might felt only with my own friends and family. Actually when i lately saw a lcs (which is today so rarely), I was more happy to see him than the games. He is nowadays not only a caster, but also a friend to so many people that he might not ever know.
I just wish him the best of all from my heart. And also to you Gbay, thank you that you made this for Phreak, the best honour that you just could do to the person.
I’ve always loved phreak. The only times I ever didn’t like him was when he was on a witch-hunt against people like Tyler 1 but that’s because of his passion for the game so I respect it. So glad he’s still around.
Phreak has always been my favorite caster. And my favorite duo is Phreak + Kobe. Just guaranteed to have fun watching that game.
My first experience with league was after my friend told me about it and I looked it up on TH-cam and found the champion spotlights and binge watched like all of them
Your comment on the ability to swap between play-by-play and color commentary got me thinking on how that relates to the fgc. I’d say Sajam is probably on that level with how much he’s done. But the sheer amount of things that happen in a moba compared to any fighting game just puts Phreak on another level.
Glad that I can see caster that can fit both roles in LoL shoutcasting. In CS:GO - this is kinda normal, but I like that there is someone in this community. Great comparision of his stages of shoutcasting tho!
19:50 Kixtar in rainbow six is a similar story to Phreak. He was a pro in season 1 and became a caster. He is also a big proponent of both casters of any given match sharing play by play and colour commentary. Partnered with another good hybrid caster the conversation bounces off each other in a perfect natural flow.
I think the key quality of a play by play commentator when focusing on engaging the audience is dynamics. Not just having regular and excited modes, but rather a solid linear range of excitement that's able to express the real feeling of a situation. When you only have 0 and 100 those actual moments of true excitement are diminished.
I grew up to your videos. I'm 23 now. It's so good to see you aged well Gbay99
i think another interesting figure is probably blitz / dota capitalist as a duo, they both did some play by play and color casting, and were a genuinely incredible duo with a ton of great insight (obviously this isn't something you'd likely ever make a video about considering your league centric audience and content but i think they deserve some love)
This is why I tuned in to champ spotlights all the time back then.
Also, amazing video as always Gbay. Keep grinding. Can't wait for you to reach 500k 🔥
I am starting the vid, but seeing my fav riot employee makes me happy
My all time favorite caster was Jatt hope to see him back at the analytic and casting desk
Such a fun vid. I hope a lot of people interested in the League scene would see this
When he flames the players yelling in the cast that is my favorite part of him.
Just wanted to ask does anyone else really enjoy the videos of gbay just playing leauge?
I felt like his personality made watching the game really fun.
Gbay kinda starting to look like Phreak ngl
Delicous video gbay. I wonder if another video could be made about Deman. His commentating is a thing of beauty.
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I DO NOT BELIEVE that Deman doesn't have a video yet!
As someone from the world of broadcasting, talent having to do both roles of play by play and color is fairly common. That being said, I have seen senior broadcasters struggle to keep the broadcast engaging when it happens, let alone someone new to the role.
A documentary about Phreak? I can get down with this. I love me some Phreak.
Hey, do more scenes of yourself in the chair talking to the camera! It looks good (and probably saves time on editing)
Damn, he’s knowledgeable
Your voice keeps me calm mr Bay. Appreciate.
instantly drawn to the Infinite Jest book on the shelf, right beside House of Leaves.... they're like the burnt-out gifted child bibles. I respect that.
Your last 2 videos have not shown up in my recommended list, I'm not sure why. Still, this was a fine watch
Honestly, I love Phreak, been watching him since Season 1.
Riot kept Phreak around for all these years because they still owe him big time because he let Riot have Season 1 Worlds in his basement.
I kept waiting for the 2 second cameo at the end of the video where Phreak sits down next to Gbay, says "thanks, dude!" and the screen fades to black.
You could say that Phreaks influance and impact on the early days of league did... Tons of damage.
Always excited to see Gbay posting 👍🏻
although I agree with all of this. I think a big part of this is 10 years ago esports wasn't anywhere near as big in western culture and so it seems awkward and forced to 'act' like that. Where its a huge deal now, and phreak is around his friends (fellow casters) so you would also feel more confident. Where for the new casters its easier to do this because everyone else around you 'acts' at that level now so you just copy them now and fit in. This is what I've learnt from being a teacher and learning to find my own 'voice' as such.
As someone who doesn't play anymore. Phreak was and still is one of the few good things about League.
Hi Gbay, great video, quality content as usual. It would have been great to include maybe some of the perks that are unique to Phreak and make him awesome - phrases that became historic in the community (this is peak League of Legends and it comes from Europe, or "Quaaadrakill for Huni" etc, i am sure there are more) since most people focus on the puns he is now famous for, his charisma and synergy with other casters (like the Dr Seuss bit with Kobe for ex.) and the exquisite borderline flame he sometimes does when he criticizes a play during his commentary, haha. Kind of like Sjokz trolling players in interviews, and how he can get away with it because of his tenure and probably having good relationships with the players by now.
I will never forget how an entire stadium during the Worlds in Europe chanted his name just because he had come on stage shortly before going live :) he is a legend!
Thank you for all the hard work and time you put into these!
Interesting. While I do hear how he can convey the information more clearly nowadays, I do think he sounded more excited in his early days. I don't think the higher pitch was an act - I think he actually got excited!
But then again, I haven't spent as much time watching his casts as you have, so you'd probably know best. I enjoyed that piece. Maybe you could try to get an interview with him about his carreer as a shoutcaster at some point? I'd love to see that.
Also a thing that needs to be adressed cause he did not really say it like that: Every struggle, every difficulty, every bump of the road can turn around and become your blessing. Phreak had to do twice the work and now he has a unique skillset in casting. So each time you struggle a few years down the line you might look at what you are doing and you will be glad that you struggled with something. Not because it wasn't awful or something, but because what you do today is a sign of your triumph versus adversity...
In other words, the story of Phreak and many others is a story as old as video games. If you are going in a direction and things start becoming more difficult, you are going in the right direction.
Notifications are sooooooo FUCKING GOOD when they work
I remember back in 2013 when 12 year olds were playing, I had a name called "EH Phreak" that I had till 2018. I remember kids actually thinking I was real.
Love the content on people that we love to watch outside of players. Prędkość has been in the scene for forever. Story Worth sharing.
I love your work, and phreak is a really awesome caster and has a super dope youtube channel where he goes super in-depth on patch notes and is a huge resource for anyone looking to learn the game at a deeper level. Thank you Gbay for the ridiculously good content you put out, and also phreak for being a wonderful caster and content creator in his own right :)
This is how you know you've made it in the league Scene now btw, Gbay covers you and your history! I'm glad you did the Pun Master!
How is this just now popping up in my feed I am subbed and have all alerts checked
Tons of damage
This guy ALWAYS reminded me of Jim Parsons.
He just REALLY looks like him.
Meanwhile Sneaky resembles Napoleon Dynamite.
"welcome to the league of legends champhion spotlight, I am Phreak and today we'll be look at "
And now he's on the Summoner's Rift team! Easily one of the most influential rioters.
Oh hey, never seen a Phreak documentary. Also wasn't expecting this from you, but I'm pleasantly surprised. Woo!
Oh hell yeah new Gbay
Awesome video as always, however, Valdes (very underrated LCK caster) is another example of someone who can play-by-play OR color cast (usually with Atlus)! Very talented!
Always nice seeing you posted
Phreak: "Sjokz call in mcdonald's because I'm loving it"
I hope u mention that he was the first caster that knew every champion ability name there was and is in the game :)
Really appreciated your analysis of Phreak's growth over the ages, but now I'm wondering how HatPerson would have turned out given years to improve. Also really love how you used your own video as an example of how different you were starting off.
Id say pansy might be able to do a similar play by play/colour switch like phreak can. Though its a totally different kind of colour casting in fps games than mobas
Still love the vids, ever since the old climbing to diamond series
An OG, a legend.
A piece of trivia: Phreak is also a caster on official events of Legends of Runeterra
Phreak and PapaSmithy are two of the best casters in e-sports. period.
True, you don’t get the years of experience that Phreak got lol, he did get better over the years!
omg Gbay I just got a Wild Rift advert on TH-cam! Was weird with the music but amazing lol
Thank you for your hard work and dedication to your channel and the game, even though you can't even play.
Phreak and Riv are my favorite duo
I am glad someone else acknowledges how good Phreak is.
Captain flowers is my favorite caster
Phreak is amazing.
Does this open the possibility for Monte and Doa's? That would be awesome.
Really good vid Gbay!
This makes me think I wanna hear you shout cast or giving live colour commentary now 😂
For me when I think of League two people come to mind, Papasmithy and Phreak.
I would be interested in you covering more casters whtehr they be shout casters or color casters. There seems to be some interesting stories there
Fantastic! Great video. But what about the famous 2010 pax cosplay tournament:)
O.k. First of all I really like your content, I'm an older guy and I probably would have never been exposed to League without the pandemic,so I've recently,last 2 years gotten familiar with the casters, I didn't know Phreak was a company man with RIOT, but as far as casting goes I'll take Cpt. Flowers any day, Phreak seems to make Azael feel really uncomfortable calling them the whatever DUO, but I've got to suck it up,I doubt he's going anywhere,keep up the good work Gbay99
I should have read the comments before chiming in,It seems he is very well liked, Oh well we've all got an opinion
Loved this gbay!!! Love your work
Loved the video! Very well done. Learned a lot about Phreak and about casting! Thanks for all your hard work to bring us such great quality videos.
You didn't talk about the puns. And also, one of the reasons they kept him on, even though his casting was subpar for a long time, is because he did loads of other stuff for league as well.
He's a great ambassador for league in general.
Honestly, most casters were better than him for the longest t ime, but now he really shines at play by play, imo.