Announcers, Riot - We all want them. Better yet... LCS Caster Announcers.
Going to kick off this post by saying that I'm extremely happy with your work lately. The Bilgewater event is great, the lore associated with it is top notch, and the new map is a great reskin. However, I'm going to bring this to your attention again, perhaps as something you might consider looking at later down the road - Announcer Voice packs. Players have been making posts about these for a while - that should be enough to see that we would LOVE to have new Announcer options. We like variation, we like personalization, and we like being able to customize our League expirience. You guys did an entire rework of the announcements and callouts for the Burning Tides event, which changed the voiceover to mimic Gangplank's. Honestly, you should keep it, and throw it in the shop. Bundle it together with the Piratey music. Boom. 2,000 RP bundle. Bilgewater Announcer pack.
But, even better, you guys should grab your casters - Monte, Phreak, Kobe, yada yada... and have them do voiceovers for the existing announcements. That would be epic. I would forfeit my paycheck to your amazingness for an entire year if you let me buy Monte as a commentator. I know you guys have champion updates, new designs, esports, and general life to deal with, but you can start simple just by putting this Bilgewater Announcer and the Pirate Background Music (both of which are amazing) into the shop. I have no doubt people would leap on the opportunity to scoop it up - and the work has already been done to produce it.
Again - really happy with what you've been doing lately. Not trying to whine and complain that we don't have announcers, or yell at you and tell you why you should add them. I'm just suggesting you keep them in mind. :) I'm telling you, people will love them.