Alex "Machine" Richardson is one of the premier desk hosts in esports today. Featured on camera for games such as Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and Call of Duty, Machine recently made the decision to become a freelancing talent. He left a position at ESL that helped establish himself. Most recently, he hosted at DreamHack Master Las Vegas and is hosting the IEM Season XI World Championship in Katowice, Poland.





DBLTAP met up with Machine to discuss the major career move in Sin City as some of the best CS:GO teams battled for a share of a $450,000 prize pool. He also gave his stance on some of the comments made by ESL's new head of Special Projects, regarding the level of talent in esports casting today.