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The CBS Crime Drama Elementary will feature several prominent esports figures in its upcoming Feb. 19 episode. Call of Duty World Champion Jordan \u201cJKap\u201d Kaplan, Counter-Strike player Tarik \"tarik\" Celik, fighting game community veteran Arturo \"TS Sabin\" Sanchez, and Smash Bros. Melee pros Ryan \u201cThe Moon\u201d Coker-Welch and Hendrick \"DJ Nintendo\" Pilar will all appear in a gaming-themed episode, according to the show\u2019s writers. Executive producer and writer Robert Hewitt Wolfe told Dot Esports that the episode will involve Sherlock and Watson investigating a murder in the esports world. \u201cIt leads to the theory that it might be about teams competing to sign a hot new player,\u201d Wolfe said via a direct message. \u201c[He\u2019s] a Canadian kid from nowhere who's going to be the next big thing in a lane pusher type game. And we meet our real pros as members of one of the teams competing to sign this kid.\u201d According to Pilar, he was recommended for the part by Coker-Welch, who informed him Wednesday afternoon. \u201cTwo minutes later, Jeffrey Paul King calls to tell me all the details and [ask] if I was interested,\u201d Pilar told Dot Esports. \u201cOf course I was! I was really hype because I watch a lot of TV shows... I call myself the TV Show Master because I watch so many.\u201d King, a producer and writer for the show, was the mind behind the esports pros\u2019 inclusions.. \u201cThe idea for using real players just sort of popped into my head,\" King told Dot Esports. \"I thought it would be a nice nod to the eSports community. I didn't want the gaming community to hear that we were doing an episode about eSports and think, 'A CBS cop show about eSports? Lame.\u2019 I wanted to include the community and make them a part of it.\u201d A gaming house scene, which hasn\u2019t yet been filmed, will use the players to lend the scene a dose of authenticity. While the players will not have spoken lines, they will be present in the scene preparing for an upcoming tourney. The episode will also include shoutouts to Smash Bros. pros Kevin \"PPMD\" Nanney, William \u201cLeffen\u201d Hjelte, and Julian \"Zhu\" Zhu, along with Halo pro Richie \"Heinz\" Heinz. This isn\u2019t the first time the present-day take on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle\u2019s classic characters gave esports a shout out; a November episode of the show included hidden references to Juan \"Hungrybox\" Debiedma and Otto \u201cSilent Wolf\u201d Bisno. King worked as a creative consultant for Red Bull\u2019s \u201cCultivation: Leffen\u201d documentary series that followed the Melee pro\u2019s challenges in 2016. 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The ELEAGUE Major won\u2019t be the only time esports makes an appearance on a nationally televised broadcast in the coming months. The CBS Crime Drama Elementary<\/em> will feature several prominent esports figures in its upcoming Feb. 19 episode. Call of Duty <\/em>World Champion Jordan \u201cJKap\u201d Kaplan, Counter-Strike <\/em>player Tarik “tarik” Celik, fighting game community veteran Arturo “TS Sabin” Sanchez, and Smash Bros. Melee<\/em> pros Ryan \u201cThe Moon\u201d Coker-Welch and Hendrick “DJ Nintendo” Pilar will all appear in a gaming-themed episode, according to the show\u2019s writers. Executive producer and writer Robert Hewitt Wolfe told Dot Esports that the episode will involve Sherlock and Watson investigating a murder in the esports world. \u201cIt leads to the theory that it might be about teams competing to sign a hot new player,\u201d Wolfe said via a direct message. \u201c[He\u2019s] a Canadian kid from nowhere who’s going to be the next big thing in a lane pusher type game. And we meet our real pros as members of one of the teams competing to sign this kid.\u201d According to Pilar, he was recommended for the part by Coker-Welch, who informed him Wednesday afternoon. \u201cTwo minutes later, Jeffrey Paul King calls to tell me all the details and [ask] if I was interested,\u201d Pilar told Dot Esports. \u201cOf course I was! I was really hype because I watch a lot of TV shows… I call myself the TV Show Master because I watch so many.\u201d King, a producer and writer for the show, was the mind behind the esports pros\u2019 inclusions.. \u201cThe idea for using real players just sort of popped into my head,” King told Dot Esports. “I thought it would be a nice nod to the eSports community. I didn’t want the gaming community to hear that we were doing an episode about eSports and think, ‘A CBS cop show about eSports? Lame.\u2019 I wanted to include the community and make them a part of it.\u201d A gaming house scene, which hasn\u2019t yet been filmed, will use the players to lend the scene a dose of authenticity. While the players will not have spoken lines, they will be present in the scene preparing for an upcoming tourney. The episode will also include shoutouts to Smash Bros.<\/em> pros Kevin “PPMD” Nanney, William \u201cLeffen\u201d Hjelte, and Julian “Zhu” Zhu, along with Halo pro Richie “Heinz” Heinz. This isn\u2019t the first time the present-day take on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle\u2019s classic characters gave esports a shout out; a November episode of the show included hidden references<\/a> to Juan “Hungrybox” Debiedma and Otto \u201cSilent Wolf\u201d Bisno. King worked as a creative consultant for Red Bull\u2019s \u201cCultivation: Leffen\u201d documentary series that followed the Melee pro\u2019s challenges in 2016. According to King, his exposure to esports came from his relationship with Debiedma. \u201cTwo years ago, I bought Hungrybox a beer while he was in LA and we became friends,\u201d King told Dot Esports. \u201cIt was that relationship that, ultimately, grew into me working with Red Bull as the Creative Consultant for their Leffen documentary last spring\u2026And thanks to some of my contacts in the Smash scene, I was able to reach out to some people in New York and make it happen.\u201d Wolfe, meanwhile, is himself a gamer, who wanted to make the content as believable as possible. \u201cWhat I was interested in exploring was the way eSports are sort of exploding,\u201d Wolfe said. \u201cAnd suddenly there’s money in it. And pro teams. And all the potential for problems that brings. But also how a kid from nowhere can suddenly become a star. So all of that, I think, makes for a compelling story.\u201d While the film industry plans to delve into the esports world, this is one of the first times an esports story will be told on a traditional television network. According to Wolfe, that might soon change. \u201cI could definitely see a sitcom based on a team house,\u201d Wolfe said. \u201cA drama would be tougher, but the Leffen doc… did well, I think. So there are great stories to tell in that world, and it’s a rising cultural phenomenon. So there will be interest from content producers.\u201d For Pilar, this episode could be a great way to showcase and expand gaming communities. \u201cThere are many kids and adults who love video games and would want to have a career in it, but think they can’t,\u201d Pilar said. \u201cThey will see that opportunities for the things they love can be achieved with hard work and dedication.\u201d<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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The CBS Crime Drama Elementary will feature several prominent esports figures in its upcoming Feb. 19 episode. Call of Duty World Champion Jordan \u201cJKap\u201d Kaplan, Counter-Strike player Tarik \"tarik\" Celik, fighting game community veteran Arturo \"TS Sabin\" Sanchez, and Smash Bros. Melee pros Ryan \u201cThe Moon\u201d Coker-Welch and Hendrick \"DJ Nintendo\" Pilar will all appear in a gaming-themed episode, according to the show\u2019s writers. Executive producer and writer Robert Hewitt Wolfe told Dot Esports that the episode will involve Sherlock and Watson investigating a murder in the esports world. \u201cIt leads to the theory that it might be about teams competing to sign a hot new player,\u201d Wolfe said via a direct message. \u201c[He\u2019s] a Canadian kid from nowhere who's going to be the next big thing in a lane pusher type game. And we meet our real pros as members of one of the teams competing to sign this kid.\u201d According to Pilar, he was recommended for the part by Coker-Welch, who informed him Wednesday afternoon. \u201cTwo minutes later, Jeffrey Paul King calls to tell me all the details and [ask] if I was interested,\u201d Pilar told Dot Esports. \u201cOf course I was! I was really hype because I watch a lot of TV shows... I call myself the TV Show Master because I watch so many.\u201d King, a producer and writer for the show, was the mind behind the esports pros\u2019 inclusions.. \u201cThe idea for using real players just sort of popped into my head,\" King told Dot Esports. \"I thought it would be a nice nod to the eSports community. I didn't want the gaming community to hear that we were doing an episode about eSports and think, 'A CBS cop show about eSports? Lame.\u2019 I wanted to include the community and make them a part of it.\u201d A gaming house scene, which hasn\u2019t yet been filmed, will use the players to lend the scene a dose of authenticity. While the players will not have spoken lines, they will be present in the scene preparing for an upcoming tourney. The episode will also include shoutouts to Smash Bros. pros Kevin \"PPMD\" Nanney, William \u201cLeffen\u201d Hjelte, and Julian \"Zhu\" Zhu, along with Halo pro Richie \"Heinz\" Heinz. This isn\u2019t the first time the present-day take on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle\u2019s classic characters gave esports a shout out; a November episode of the show included hidden references to Juan \"Hungrybox\" Debiedma and Otto \u201cSilent Wolf\u201d Bisno. King worked as a creative consultant for Red Bull\u2019s \u201cCultivation: Leffen\u201d documentary series that followed the Melee pro\u2019s challenges in 2016. According to King, his exposure to esports came from his relationship with Debiedma. \u201cTwo years ago, I bought Hungrybox a beer while he was in LA and we became friends,\u201d King told Dot Esports. \u201cIt was that relationship that, ultimately, grew into me working with Red Bull as the Creative Consultant for their Leffen documentary last spring\u2026And thanks to some of my contacts in the Smash scene, I was able to reach out to some people in New York and make it happen.\u201d Wolfe, meanwhile, is himself a gamer, who wanted to make the content as believable as possible. \u201cWhat I was interested in exploring was the way eSports are sort of exploding,\u201d Wolfe said. \u201cAnd suddenly there's money in it. And pro teams. And all the potential for problems that brings. But also how a kid from nowhere can suddenly become a star. So all of that, I think, makes for a compelling story.\u201d While the film industry plans to delve into the esports world, this is one of the first times an esports story will be told on a traditional television network. According to Wolfe, that might soon change. \u201cI could definitely see a sitcom based on a team house,\u201d Wolfe said. \u201cA drama would be tougher, but the Leffen doc... did well, I think. So there are great stories to tell in that world, and it's a rising cultural phenomenon. So there will be interest from content producers.\u201d For Pilar, this episode could be a great way to showcase and expand gaming communities. \u201cThere are many kids and adults who love video games and would want to have a career in it, but think they can't,\u201d Pilar said. \u201cThey will see that opportunities for the things they love can be achieved with hard work and dedication.\u201d","apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/12043328\/73107514-4c6e-4ea0-859e-d71480f268f3.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32382"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/908"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32382"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32382\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1463298,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32382\/revisions\/1463298"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32383"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32382"},{"taxonomy":"invoiceable_action","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/invoiceable_action?post=32382"},{"taxonomy":"internal-label","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/internal-label?post=32382"},{"taxonomy":"article_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_type?post=32382"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=32382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}