>>> LEAGUE OF LEGENDS WORLD
CHAMPIONS ONLY ON MSG. >> Announcer: WELCOME BACK TO
MSG'S E SPORTS COVERAGE OF THE LEAGUE OF LEGENDS WORLD
CHAMPIONSHIP. DOUG MILLER ALONGSIDE MARK
LARAMIE. AND WHAT A TOURNAMENT IT HAS
BEEN. INCREDIBLE.
TAKE A LOOK AT THIS. MOMENTS AGO, SHADOW GAMING
ELIMINATED TOP-RANKED TEAM ECHO, CLAIMING THEIR NEXUS IN ONLY 32
MINUTES. >> WHOO!
DID NOT SEE THAT COMING. WOW!
OUR REGULAR E-SPORTS REPORTER JAKE SUSSMAN IS OUT TODAY,
TAKING THE PSATs. GOOD LUCK, JAKE.
>> YEAH. >> FILLING IN FOR HIM IS LASZLO
HOLMES, WHO USUALLY COVERS THE KNICKS FOR US HERE AT MSG.
HOW YOU FEELING DOWN THERE, LAS? >> CONFUSED.
TO BE HONEST, WHEN THEY ASKED ME TO COVER A LEAGUE OF LEGENDS
TOURNAMENT, I ASSUMED IT WAS A BASKETBALL GAME WITH NBA
LEGENDS. THIS IS NOT THAT.
IT IS A COMPUTER GAME CONTEST. >> YEAH, A LITTLE DIFFERENT.
>> YES. I BROUGHT A BASKETBALL TO GET
SIGNED AND SOMEONE IN THE CROWD ASKED ME WHAT THIS WAS.
SO VERY DIFFERENT THAN THE KNICKS GAMES, BUT WE'RE HAVING
FUN DOWN HERE. I'M NOT.
BUT THE CROWD IS. LASZLO HOLMES, LIVE AT THE
LEAGUE OF LEGOS. >> LAZ, WALK US THROUGH THAT
LAST MATCH. >> NO THANKS.
I'M JUST PLAYING. IN A NUTSHELL, THERE WERE TEN
NERDY DUDES SITTING AT COMPUTERS WITH HEADSETS ON WHILE 20,000
PEOPLE SCREAMED LIKE THEY WERE WATCHING THE BEATLES.
I DID NOT KNOW THIS WAS A THING. I GUESS E-SPORTS IS WHAT WHITE
AND ASIAN KIDS WERE DOING WHILE BLACK KIDS WERE INVENTING HIP
HOP. NAH, I'M JUST KIDDING, THOUGH.
BUT YOU KNOW HOW THEY DO IN E-SPORTS.
READY, SET, SIT DOWN. >> NOW, WE'VE GOT LOTS TO UNPACK
HERE. >> WELL, DON'T LET ME STOP YOU.
THIS IS LASZLO HOLMES, SIGNING OFF.
>> NOW, HOLD ON, LAZ. I'M SURE YOU HAVE THOUGHTS ON
TEAM ECHO'S ATTACK STRATEGY. >> I DO NOT.
>> WELL, HERE'S THE MOMENT EVERYONE IS TALKING ABOUT.
LAZ, WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THIS? >> WELL, TO ME, THIS GAME LOOKS
LIKE HOW A SEIZURE FEELS. BUT I THINK IF YOU KNOW WHAT'S
HAPPENING IN THIS CLIP, YOU NEED TO GET OUT OF THE HOUSE MORE.
NO, I'M JUST KIDDING. THAT'S ME KEEPING IT LIGHT.
BUT IN TERMS OF WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THIS CLIP, I DON'T KNOW.
>> YOU CAN SAY THAT AGAIN! ECHO TRYING TO DEFEND THEIR
NEXUS WITH TWO HEROS ON RESPAWN! AND ALL THEIR CC ON COOLDOWN!
>> THAT'S WHAT'S UP. >> WELL, THEY'RE TAKING THE LOSS
IN STRIDE. LAZ, YOU'LL LIKE THIS.
ECHO'S CAPTAIN DOUBLEPUMP JUST TWEETED, CONGRATS SHADOW GAMING.
CAN I BORROW SOME XP. [ LAUGHING ]
>> HA-HA! THAT MEANS NOTHING TO ME.
>> LAZ, WE'RE HEARING THAT THE CAPTAIN OF SHADOW GAMING IS ON
THE FLOOR. MAYBE YOU CAN GET A QUESTION IN.
>> UH, LET'S DO THAT. I AM HERE WITH -- TURN AROUND
FOR ME. >> YEAH, I'M NOT GOING TO SAY
THAT. SO, HOMEY, EVERYBODY WANTS TO
KNOW, HOW YOU GOING TO WIN THAT LEAGUE OF LEGOS TODAY?
>> WE GOT SOME EARLY TOPPLING KILLS, THEN WE GOT LUCKY ON
TURRETS, AND FIVE EACH FOR THE BEACON.
>> THAT'S WHAT'S UP. >> OH, I AM SO SORRY TO BOTHER
YOU, BUT I LOVE YOU SO MUCH! LIKE, YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND, I'M
LIKE SHAKING RIGHT NOW! >> FROM MEETING HIM?
>> DO YOU WANT TO GO BACKSTAGE? >> OH, MY GOD, YES!
CAN MY FRIENDS COME? THEY LOVE YOU, TOO!
>> WHAT?! >> OKAY.
THANK YOU. >> LAZ?
DID WE LOSE YOU? NO, SORRY, WHAT I JUST SAW WAS
SO UNEXPECTED THAT MY BRAIN WENT INTO A TOM HANKS IN "SAVING
PRIVATE RYAN" MODE. LASZLO HOLMES COMING AT YOU LIVE
FROM THE UPSIDE DOWN. >> THANK YOU, LAZ! >> WHEN WE RETURN, THE QUARTER
FINALS BEGIN. >> AND WE'LL BE ONE STEP CLOSER
TO SEEING WHICH TEAM WILL TAKE HOME THE $7 MILLION GRAND PRIZE.
>> $7 MILLION? >> STAY WITH US.
MSG better start branching out so Lazlo can be reassigned to cover more events
Love when hosts have recurring characters
The e-girl bit is the most accurate thing SNL has ever created.
Dude’s face looks like an animation.
Here's the hockey one other people mentioned:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ij4a6x_mPs
god damn that was really well done! Esports are the weirdest shit for people outside of that world. But it always stuns people to learn how huge and high-paying it can be.
Also real sign of the times when SNL is making LoL esports jokes - were mainstream now!
Jeez, giving me nightmarish flashbacks to watching Overwatch League, when they would have some sports star in the audience on the receiving end of a field interview. It's very clear they were paid to show up for on-stream promotion, and they have absolutely no idea what's happening. A whole lot of "I love the electricity in the room" lip service without actually commenting on the game itself.
I love ESports for what it is, something I can have running on the side while I'm winding down for the day. But ESports is at its lowest when it tries to be at its highest; being like ESPN and crossing over into more mainstream sports.
I dunno, maybe people like seeing sports stars and musicians and celebrities simply appear on the screen. I've been working in the entertainment sector long enough to have developed a deep-seeded cynicism around any celebrity appearance anywhere. And because of that, I absolutely love this SNL bit. Lazlo just oozes with that deer-in-headlights look.
I mean is it really different from the knicks games? I'm fairly sure that most of those players don't know what a basketball is after all it's the knicks.
I feel like they could have kept it 100% accurate, terminology-wise and it would’ve still had the same effect to people outside this world. Weird that the writers of the bit didn’t do that, still mildly funny though