Deman

Deman
Retired
Deman
Background Information
Name	Leigh Smith
Country of Birth	; United Kingdom
Birthday	August 27, 1977 (age 48)
Residency	EUEurope
Competitive
Role	; Caster
Favorite Champs	;
Social Media & Links
Team History
???	⁠⁠QuadV
Dec 2012 - Nov 2014	; ⁠⁠Riot Games Inc.
Nov 2014 - Present	; ⁠⁠ESL

Overview

Tournament Results

Casting History

Leigh "Deman" Smith is an eSports Gaming Commentator currently employed by ESL.

Biography

Initially a semi-professional Battlefield 1942 player he first found his love of casting games when he would spectate games that were already full and commentate on them. This led him into casting other games; his next major one being Supreme Commander. He casted the Super Commander final with long time friend and casting partner Joe Miller at the Multiplays I30 event. He was then picked up by QuadV; it was during his time as a caster for QuadV that in 2011 while at The Ultimate Gaming Championship in Italy he asked Joe Miller if he would help him get onto the roster for casting some League of Legends games.

After to rising to prominence in the League casting scene for his passionate and energetic performances he began casting some of the biggest League games. This finally culminated in him casting the Season 2 world finals along with Jatt. During the break in professional play between the World finals and the beginning of Season 3 he was formally offered a job at Riot as a full-time shoutcaster for the upcoming LCS.

On November 28, 2014, Deman announced his departure from Riot Games to join and work at ESL alongside with Joe Miller.^[1] In October 2015, during the World Championships, the BBC announced that he would headline a BBC Three cast of the quarterfinals, which would take place at the SSE Arena at Wembley in London, alongside Stress.^[2]

Trivia

Played for Team Dignitas's Battlefield 1942 team in 2003.
Attributes his start to commentating to Warwitch of TsN.
Broke into LoL casting during a tournament in Italy where he asked Joe Miller to give him a chance at the casting desk.^[3]
The name 'Deman' comes from the album Demanufacture by the band Fear Factory. He has been using the handle since 1995.^[4]
Favorite League of Legends match to date was the Season 2 world final.^[5]
Favorite champions are: Cassiopeia, Kha'Zix and Ziggs.
Has known fellow caster Joe Miller for over 10 years. ^[6]
Is one of Riot's play-by-play commentators (he describes what is happening), as opposed to one of the colour commentators who give expert analysis and background information.
Played LoL since release in 2009.^[7]
Uses the Season 2 World Championship icon as his in-game Summoner Icon.
Is an avid Liverpool FC fan.

Casting History

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Casting History - Deman
Date	Event	Round	Team 1	Team 2	Score	VODs	PBP	Color
2016-03-06	IEM Season 10 World Championship	Finals	SKT	FNC	3 - 0	1, 2, 3	Deman	Deficio, MonteCristo
2016-03-06	IEM Season 10 World Championship	Semifinals	SKT	TSM	2 - 0	1, 2	Deman, DoA	MonteCristo
2016-03-05	IEM Season 10 World Championship	Group B	QG	FNC	1 - 2	1, 2, 3	Deman, Uber	Krepo
2016-03-05	IEM Season 10 World Championship	Group B	FNC	QG	0 - 1	1	Deman	Deficio
2016-03-04	IEM Season 10 World Championship	Group A	ESC	TSM	0 - 2	1, 2	Deman	Deficio, Krepo
2016-03-04	IEM Season 10 World Championship	Group A	OG	RNG	0 - 1	1	Deman	Krepo
2014-10-12	Worlds 2014	Semifinals	SHR	OMG	3 - 2	1, 2, 3, 4, 5	Deman	Joe Miller, Kobe
2014-10-06	Worlds 2014	Quarterfinals	NJWS	OMG	0 - 3	1, 2, 3	Deman	Deficio, Kobe
2014-10-04	Worlds 2014	Quarterfinals	SSB	C9	3 - 1	1, 2, 3, 4	Deman	Joe Miller, Kobe
2014-09-28	Worlds 2014	Day 8	KBM	ALL	1 - 0	1	Deman	Deficio, Rivington