PapaSmithy

PapaSmithy
PapaSmithy
Background Information
Name	Christopher Smith
Country of Birth	; Qatar
Nationality	; Australia
Birthday	January 26, 1987 (age 37)
Residency	APACAsia Pacific
Prev Residencies	OCEOceania
Competitive
Team	⁠⁠FlyQuest
Role	; Manager
Favorite Champs	; ; ;
Social Media & Links

Overview

Casting History

Christopher "PapaSmithy" Smith is a League of Legends esports personality, currently president and chief gaming officer for FlyQuest. He was previously a color commentator for the English cast of the LCK.

Team History

Combine Role Swaps:No|Yes

Dates:Approx|Exact

	Team	Start	End
KR	⁠⁠LCK	May 20152015-05-20	Jan 20192019-01-16	3yr 7mo ejel
KR	⁠⁠Riot Games Inc.	Jan 20192019-01-16	Sep 20192019-09-04^[1]	7mo 19d ejel
NA	⁠⁠100 Thieves	Sep 20192019-09-04^[1]	Oct 20222022-10-17^[2]	3yr 1mo ejel
NA	⁠⁠FlyQuest	Nov 20222022-11-10^[3]	Present	1yr 11mo ej

	Team	Start	End
KR	⁠⁠LCK	May 20152015-05-20	Jan 20192019-01-16	3yr 7mo ejel
KR	⁠⁠Riot Games Inc.	Jan 20192019-01-16	Sep 20192019-09-04^[1]	7mo 19d ejel
NA	⁠⁠100 Thieves	Sep 20192019-09-04^[1]	Oct 20222022-10-17^[2]	3yr 1mo ejel
NA	⁠⁠FlyQuest	Nov 20222022-11-10^[3]	Present	1yr 11mo ej

News

2015

KR

⁠

⁠LCK

May 20, PapaSmithy (Caster) joins.

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2019

KR	⁠⁠LCK	January 16, Caster Jun (Caster), PapaSmithy (Caster), CloudTemplar (Color Caster), Jeesun (translator), Kim Dong-joon (Color Caster), and WhyManMC (Color Caster) leave. e
KR	⁠⁠Riot	January 16, Bitdol (Analyst), Cpt Jack (Analyst), Kim Min-ah (Analyst), MadLife (Analyst), Caster Jun (Caster), PapaSmithy (Caster), CloudTemplar (Color Caster), Jeesun (translator), KangQui (Color Caster), Kim Dong-joon (Color Caster), and WhyManMC (Color Caster) join. e
KR	⁠⁠Riot	September 4, PapaSmithy (Caster) leaves.^[1] e
NA	⁠⁠100	September 4, PapaSmithy (General Manager) joins.^[1] e

2022

NA	⁠⁠100	October 17, PapaSmithy (General Manager) leaves.^[2] e
NA	⁠⁠FLY	November 10, PapaSmithy (President,Chief Gaming Officer) joins.^[3] e

2023

APAC

⁠

⁠FLY

January 1, PapaSmithy changes residency from

OCE

Oceania to

APAC

Asia Pacific.

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Biography[]

Trivia[]

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[]

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Casting History - PapaSmithy
Date	Event	Round	Team 1	Team 2	Score	VODs	PBP	Color
2023-03-09	LCS 2023 Spring	Week 7	FLY	TL	0 - 1		CaptainFlowers	Spawn, PapaSmithy
2019-11-10	Worlds 2019 Main Event	Finals	G2	FPX	0 - 3	1, 2, 3	Quickshot	PapaSmithy, Kobe
2019-10-26	Worlds 2019 Main Event	Quarterfinals	GRF	iG	1 - 3	1, 2, 3, 4	Phreak	PapaSmithy, Jatt
2019-10-19	Worlds 2019 Main Event	Day 7	FNC	RNG	1 - 0	1	Quickshot	PapaSmithy, Spawn
2019-10-19	Worlds 2019 Main Event	Day 7	SKT	CG	1 - 0	1	Quickshot	PapaSmithy, Spawn
2019-10-19	Worlds 2019 Main Event	Day 7	CG	RNG	0 - 1	1	Quickshot	PapaSmithy, Spawn
2019-10-18	Worlds 2019 Main Event	Day 6	HKA	GRF	0 - 1	1	Medic	PapaSmithy, Froskurinn
2019-10-18	Worlds 2019 Main Event	Day 6	G2	HKA	1 - 0	1	Medic	PapaSmithy, Froskurinn
2019-10-18	Worlds 2019 Main Event	Day 6	GRF	C9	1 - 0	1	Medic	PapaSmithy, Froskurinn
2019-10-15	Worlds 2019 Main Event	Day 4	HKA	G2	0 - 1	1	Atlus	PapaSmithy, Jatt