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best known for hosting the English broadcast of the ''League of Legends'' Pro League, ''League of Legends'' European Championship, and ''

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''.

Career

Before she began coaching, Black was a semi-professional ''

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'' player. In 2014, she joined Robert Morris University Illinois as ''League of Legends'' coach. After one year with the team, she left for a coaching role with a professional Chinese team Roar. She was also a coach for

Team Dignitas EU Dignitas is an American esports organization based in Newark, New Jersey. It was founded by Michael "ODEE" O'Dell in 2003 as a merger of two ''Battlefield 1942'' clans. Dignitas was acquired by the Philadelphia 76ers in 2016 and is now a part of ...

until 2015. Black began her casting career in 2015 after joining the English broadcast team of the ''League of Legends'' Pro League (LPL) and became the first English-speaking woman to commentate a live, professional ''League of Legends'' match. In 2019, Black left the LPL to join the ''League of Legends'' European Championship (LEC) broadcast team. She left the LEC in 2021. Black co-hosted ''

'' on the relaunched G4 network. In a January 2022 episode, Black criticized "sexism in the gaming industry", stating that the viewers of the program objectified the previous G4 hosts

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and

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. On September 14, 2022, the network announced that 20–30 staff members had been laid off. Black responded to the layoffs by tweeting a GIF stating, "I survived." This resulted in backlash from many viewers, criticizing the post as insensitive to the employees who were laid off. Later that week,

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, the parent company of G4, bought out the remainder of Black's contract, terminating her employment. In January 2023, Black announced she would retire from the

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industry.

Personal life

Black grew up in

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, Oregon. She married Josie Bellerby in 2020 and identifies as gay.

References

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