PapaSmithy
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Overview
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| Background Information | ||
| Name | Christopher Smith | |
| Country of Birth | Qatar | |
| Nationality | Australia | |
| Birthday | January 26, 1987 (age 34) | |
| Residency | Oceania | |
| Competitive | ||
| Team |  100 Thieves | |
| Role | Manager | |
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Christopher "PapaSmithy" Smith is a League of Legends esports personality, currently general manager for 100 Thieves. He was previously a color commentator for the English cast of the LCK.
Team History
| Team | Start | End | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 LCK | May 20152015-05-20 | Jan 20192019-01-16 | 3yr 7mo ejel | ||
 Riot Games Inc. | Jan 20192019-01-16 | Sep 20192019-09-04[1] | 7mo 19d ejel | ||
| 100 Thieves | Sep 20192019-09-04[2] | Present | 1yr 5mo ej |
| Team | Start | End | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LCK | May 20152015-05-20 | Jan 20192019-01-16 | 3yr 7mo ejel | ||
| Riot Games Inc. | Jan 20192019-01-16 | Sep 20192019-09-04[1] | 7mo 19d ejel | ||
| 100 Thieves | Sep 20192019-09-04[2] | Present | 1yr 5mo ej |
News
2015
 LCK | May 20, PapaSmithy (Caster) joins. |
2019
| LCK | January 16, CloudTemplar (Caster), PapaSmithy (Caster), and WhyManMC (Caster) leave. | |
 Riot | January 16, Bitdory (Analyst), Cpt Jack (Analyst), Kim Min-ah (Analyst), MadLife (Analyst), CloudTemplar (Caster), KangQui (Caster), and PapaSmithy (Caster) join. | |
| Riot | September 4, PapaSmithy (Caster) leaves.[1] | |
 100 | September 4, PapaSmithy (General Manager) joins.[2] |
Biography[edit]
Trivia[edit]
- Grew up in Perth, Western Australia.
- Played with Rusty and Swiffer in 2012.
- Worked as a school psychologist in Western Australia for two and a half years before becoming a caster.
- Holds dual Australian & British nationality.
- His brother's first vocation was cartography - he is now a pilot.
- His mother is Iranian and his father is Australian.
- Assisted Cloud9 in choosing Smoothie as their new support, after Hai was moved to Cloud9 Challenger in 2016.
- Traveled to Europe for Week 7 of LEC 2019 Summer to appear on the broadcast and analyst desk, one of the few times that a broadcaster has cast in another region outside of international tournaments.
- Became so well known for his catchphrase "in a world where" that he stopped using it in broadcasts.
- Infamous on his VOD review streams for using YouTube in light mode.
Casting History[edit]
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| Casting History - PapaSmithy | ||||||||
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| Date | Event | Round | Team 1 | Team 2 | Score | VODs | PBP | Color |
| 2019-11-10 12:00:00 | Worlds 2019 Main Event | Finals |  G2 |  FPX | 0 - 3 | 123 | Quickshot | PapaSmithy, Kobe |
| 2019-10-26 10:00:00 | Worlds 2019 Main Event | Quarterfinals |  GRF |  iG | 1 - 3 | 1234 | Phreak | PapaSmithy, Jatt |
| 2019-10-19 17:00:00 | Worlds 2019 Main Event | Day 7 |  FNC |  RNG | 1 - 0 | 1 | Quickshot | PapaSmithy, Spawn |
| 2019-10-19 16:00:00 | Worlds 2019 Main Event | Day 7 |  SKT |  CG | 1 - 0 | 1 | Quickshot | PapaSmithy, Spawn |
| 2019-10-19 15:00:00 | Worlds 2019 Main Event | Day 7 | CG | RNG | 0 - 1 | 1 | Quickshot | PapaSmithy, Spawn |
| 2019-10-18 15:00:00 | Worlds 2019 Main Event | Day 6 |  HKA | GRF | 0 - 1 | 1 | Medic | PapaSmithy, Froskurinn |
| 2019-10-18 14:00:00 | Worlds 2019 Main Event | Day 6 | G2 | HKA | 1 - 0 | 1 | Medic | PapaSmithy, Froskurinn |
| 2019-10-18 13:00:00 | Worlds 2019 Main Event | Day 6 | GRF |  C9 | 1 - 0 | 1 | Medic | PapaSmithy, Froskurinn |
| 2019-10-15 18:00:00 | Worlds 2019 Main Event | Day 4 | HKA | G2 | 0 - 1 | 1 | Atlus | PapaSmithy, Jatt |
| 2019-10-15 17:00:00 | Worlds 2019 Main Event | Day 4 | C9 | GRF | 0 - 1 | 1 | Atlus | PapaSmithy, Jatt |
Media[edit]
- 2017
- 2018
- 2019
- 2020
- May 11, An interview with PapaSmithy, the caster living the history of LCK and writing a new one in APEX with HyunJun "Hevve" Lee on Inven Global
- May 13, PapaSmithy: Is Kingzone still the final boss like SKT before them? What's up with the west? with , and on Travis Gafford
- November 7, PapaSmithy: Casting iG vs. Fnatic was a 'career highlight' for me with Ovilee May on ESPN Esports
- September 4, 100 Thieves Announce Chris “PapaSmithy” Smith As New GM by Cody Hill on The Game Haus
- October 13, "Go Dong-bin's I'm Going Alone Show" Episode 2 (Korean) by Riot Games on YouTube
- October 25, Papasmithy talks joining 100t, how off-season is going for the team, and returning to Worlds casting with Travis Gafford on YouTube
- January 31, PapaSmithy chats joining 100t, the Cash App Compound (training facility), spring split expectation by Travis Gafford on YouTube
- March 4, PapaSmithy isn’t here to turn North America into Korea, he’s here to build a sustainable winner at 100 Thieves by Henrique DaMour on Dot Esports
- March 10, 100T PapaSmithy on the Caster/Pundit Criticisms : “Coming onto the team side, I speak to a lot of people on the team side that don’t like casters because their job security or the reality of what they’re doing was [secondary] to the easy to understand criticism of pundits” with Izento on Esports Heaven
- June 29, 100 Thieves GM PapaSmithy gives update on Meteos, Stunt benching with Preston Byers on Dot Esports
Images[edit]
PapaSmithy
Redirects
The following pages redirect here:
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 100 Thieves' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 100 Thieves' Tweet twitter.com
