RAPiD
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RAPiD
Reid "RAPiD" Melton is a StarCraft:Remastered and StarCraft II commentator from the United States, currently residing in Seoul, South Korea. He has casted for Global StarCraft II League (as a replacement for Tastosis) and StarCraft II StarLeague. He casted Bombastic StarLeague together with Nyoken.
Biography
[edit]Before casting StarCraft, RAPiD was a League of Legends commentator alongside LastShadow at SpoTV.
Allegations of Sexual Harassment
[edit]On June 23rd, 2020, amateur SC2 player Deity posted on Twitter alleging that Reid had sexually harassed her via explicit social media messages in early 2018.[1] Shortly after, users YkieLoL and theresagaffney also posted their accounts of sexual harassment by Reid.[2][3] Following these allegations, ZZZero announced via BSL's official twitter that they would be terminating their relationship with Reid "until the situation is resolved".[4]
Trivia
[edit]- Started watching Brood War in 2006 and self casted Proleague matches before becoming an official Proleague commentator for StarCraft II in 2016. [5]
Notable Events Casted
[edit]| Date | Tier | Tournament | Position | Partner List | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-06-07 | Major |  | Bombastic StarLeague 9 | Commentator | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020-02-16 | Major | | Bombastic StarLeague 8 | Commentator | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019-10-13 | Premier |  | RCG 2019: Corrupted Cup | English commentator | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018-11-11 | Major |  | Brood War 20th Anniversary LAN | English commentator | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018-10-28 | Premier |  | ASL Season 6 | Commentator | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018-05-27 | Premier | | ASL Season 5 | Commentator | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017-11-12 | Premier | | ASL Season 4 | Commentator | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017-06-04 | Premier | | ASL Season 3 | Commentator | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017-01-22 | Premier | | ASL Season 2 | Commentator | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016-09-10 | Premier | | ASL Season 1 | Commentator | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| About achievementsBroadcasts from any Tournament | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Interviews
[edit]- 2018-06-09 |
WCS Austin Interview: Rapidcasting by ZombieGrub at WCS Austin 2018 - 2018-06-06 | Incoming Transmission #7 - RAPiDCasting by nice username
External links
[edit]- tl.net - RAPiD Appreciation Thread
- reddit.com - RAPiD: Ask Me Anything
- The pylon Show: Ep68, Part 1, Interview with Grant Davies
- The pylon Show: Ep68, Part 2, Corrupted Cup Review
References
[edit]- ↑ "MeTooStarcraft and @RAPiDcasting". June 23, 2020.
- ↑ "My experience with @rapidcasting #metoostarcraft". June 23, 2020.
- ↑ "theresagaffney replies to naomi". June 23, 2020.
- ↑ "Official BSL Statement". June 24, 2020.
- ↑ "RAPiDCasting comments on "Shout out to Rapid, the new caster for proleague!"". reddit.com. July 18, 2016.