BLAST pick up a Nifty analyst

BLAST have announced the on-air talent for the BLAST Premier Spring Showdown, featuring former Envy player Noah "Nifty" Francis as an analyst for the desk. This will be Nifty's third stint doing analyst work for the tournament organizer, having previously filled that role at the BLAST Pro Series events in Madrid and Miami in 2019.

Nifty has been out of action for quite some time, not having been in the server since the end of Envy's run in Flashpoint 2 in December of 2020. At the beginning of the year, Nifty announced his desire to return to competing in Counter-Strike, but no moves have come to fruition since then.

Nifty will be joined on the desk by former NIP analyst Danny "mahone" Hsieh and analyst and former Liquid player Jacob "Pimp" Winneche.

The complete list of talent for the event is:

• Freya Spiers - Desk Host

• James Banks - Interviewer

• Jacob "Pimp" Winneche - Analyst

• Danny "mahone" Hsieh - Analyst

• Noah "Nifty" Francis - Analyst

• Mohan "launders" Govindasamy - Caster

• Conner "Scrawny" Girvan - Caster

• Jason "moses" O'Toole - Caster

• Anders Blume - Caster

Both the BLAST Premier Spring Showdown for NA and EU are coming up soon, running concurrently from April 27th to May 1st.