This has been a benchmark year for Jessica ‘ZombieGrub’ Chernega. The SC2 caster recently wrapped up work on her first ever WCS event at WCS Montreal. For any SC2 caster, the dream goal has to be casting a premier event alongside people like ToD, Rotterdam, iNcontroL, and the other top names in the scene. It's something that people work towards for their whole careers, with a select few actually reaching those lofty heights. After starting her year with a spot on the caster desk for Ogaming’s Nationwars, it seemed inevitable that ZombeGrub would hit those heights. Well liked by the community, and ever present through her work with BasetradeTV and other online projects, ZombieGrub’s WCS casting time has been received favourably by the fans and viewers, leaving everyone wondering what might come next for the American caster.

I had the chance to chat with ZombieGrub just after the WCS Montreal finale about what brought her to this point, and what may come next for her.

Timestamps

0:15 – How are you feeling after wrapping your first ever WCS cast?

1:07 – How much of this experience is just ‘another day at the office’ for you?

2:19 – You opened the year with Nationwars and now you’re closing it with a WCS broadcast. How were you looking at this year? Did you have specific goals that you had set out to accomplish?

3:31 – It feels like the space for top tier SC2 casters is becoming very crowded. Is it difficult for you to gauge how you’re performing compared to the other people vying for these jobs?

5:12 – In the past, one of your big goals was getting to stay in Korea for any length of time. That’s another goal that you’ve accomplished this year, tell us about that.

6:52 – When you travel around the world, do you do anything touristy? Do you do any sightseeing?

8:41 – Are you happy to hear that WCS 2018 will look similar to 2017? Are you happy with the number of LAN events that were offered in WCS Circuit 2017?

10:18 – What are your thoughts on StarCraft Remastered? Do you think that it can claim its own slice of the RTS esports pie?

12:08 – What about with BasetradeTV? You guys dealt with negative reception when you tried to run your first SCR tournament, will you try to run more?

14:16 – The big boss at BTTV, Rifkin, has been playing a ton of PUBG recently. There’s been some talk of bringing that game into the BTTV world. Is that a game that you enjoy? Would you be willing to cast it?

16:50 – Its interesting that you say that FGC games aren’t a potential for you at all. I’d say that there are a lot of similarities between the BTTV style of casting, and FGC casting.

18:49 – You mentioned earlier that you’ve met all your big goals for this year. What do you think you’ll set your sights on for 2018?

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