trippai’m aware we’re fucked now, but the only person with any actual necessary skill to run an event was dashner
finding a replacement for him would’ve been hard. lets not act like samiface or tsc were bringing anything to the table that a normal level headed adult wouldn’t be able to do
Tbh some of the more broadcast-savvy people in the community can tell you that dashner's strength was never technical ability on a broadcast. When he first got hired onto blast pro series, he asked ME for advice because I was actually in school for broadcast at the time and there were certain parts of the run of show or the hardware he was using he didnt understand. He also really really hates doing cable runs because he just isn't engineering oriented. I'm sure that many people from blast could probably tell you that he's a mediocre EVS replay operator and only really shines because his main role is producing the replays. From working with him, his main strength is and always has been his ability as a director and creative mind to put together a show and keep targeted on a central focus.
With lots of technical knowledge myself, Arch also having a decent amount of technical knowledge and experience, and seeing how well executed the majority of i65 was on his back, there should be no doubt that a stream with at least a semblance of professionalism and quality can be produced, given the event continues on.