{"id":11467,"date":"2021-01-12T13:11:02","date_gmt":"2021-01-12T13:11:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/froskurinn-announces-departure-from-lec"},"modified":"2024-07-19T09:45:06","modified_gmt":"2024-07-19T09:45:06","slug":"froskurinn-announces-departure-from-lec","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/league-of-legends\/froskurinn-announces-departure-from-lec","title":{"rendered":"Froskurinn announces departure from LEC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Indiana &ldquo;Froskurinn&rdquo; Black has announced she&rsquo;s stepping down from commentating the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/league-of-legends\/g2-esports-victorious-lec-spring-finals\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">League of Legends European Championship<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Froskurinn&#8217;s contract with Riot ended back in October last year, but now the caster has confirmed she won&#8217;t be returning to the LEC in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing her departure on Twitter, Froskurrin wrote: &ldquo;I have decided not to re-sign with the LEC for the 2021 season.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I cannot reveal the next steps yet, but I&rsquo;ve always felt strongly about moving into management and development positions. I wish the LEC broadcast, teams, and fans the very best.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/league-of-legends\/fight-for-first-excel-esports-review-bbc-documentary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fight for First: Excel Esports documentary review<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I have decided not to re-sign with the LEC for the 2021 season. I cannot reveal the next steps yet, but I&#8217;ve always felt strongly about moving into management and development positions. I wish the LEC broadcast, teams, and fans the very best. I absolutely loved it there.&#10084;&#65039;<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Froskurinn (@Froskurinn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Froskurinn\/status\/1348948297122246659?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 12, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;Froskurinn started out as a colour commentator for the English broadcast of China&rsquo;s LPL, before joining the LEC broadcast team in January 2019.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s unclear what her next move will be, although the announcement post implies she&rsquo;ll be playing a key part behind the scenes on team development.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Her analysis and insight alongside caster Daniel &ldquo;Drakos&rdquo; Drakos will be sorely missed among LEC fans however, with the pairing becoming a fan favourite over the past couple years.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The LEC 2021 Spring Split will begin on 22nd January.<\/p>\n<div style=\"left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 0px; position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; max-width: 650px;\" data-ephox-embed-iri=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=VaxJu6xK4Mg\"><iframe style=\"border: 0; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; position: absolute;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VaxJu6xK4Mg?rel=0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" srcdoc=\"&lt;style&gt;*{padding:0;margin:0;overflow:hidden}html,body{height:100%}img,span{position:absolute;width:100%;top:0;bottom:0;margin:auto}span{height:1.5em;text-align:center;font:48px\/1.5 sans-serif;color:white;text-shadow:0 0 0.5em black}&lt;\/style&gt;&lt;a href=https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VaxJu6xK4Mg?autoplay=1&gt;&lt;img src=https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/VaxJu6xK4Mg\/hqdefault.jpg alt='YouTube video thumbnail'&gt;&lt;span&gt;&#9654;&lt;\/span&gt;&lt;\/a&gt;\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Indiana &ldquo;Froskurinn&rdquo; Black has announced she&rsquo;s stepping down from commentating the League of Legends European Championship.&nbsp; Froskurinn&#8217;s contract with Riot ended back in October last&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":601,"featured_media":11468,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11467","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-league-of-legends","content_type-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.9 - 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