A household name in the PH esports scene, Bridgitte ‘Brigida’ Ramos has captured a lot of hearts around the world with her exceptional way of storytelling, charming smile, and bubbly personality.
Casting in the MPL Philippines as part of the English broadcast and creating content for esports organizations, Brigida worked her way to be recognized as one of the well-known personalities in the industry.
From what started as a humorous suggestion from her mother as an in-game name to becoming one of the most talked about names in the esports scene, “Brigida” proved that it’s possible to pursue passion and career.
Bridgitte as ‘Brigida’
Back in college, Brigida took up AB Communication back in Ateneo. However, it wasn’t because it was her dream course. She even admitted that it was because she wanted to explore at the time, and esports wasn’t really the first thing that she had in mind.
Brigida’s pursuit of a casting career in esports stemmed from watching streams on YouTube, where household names in the esports industry like Manjean ‘Manjean’ Faldas and Chantelle ‘Chantelle’ Hernandez.
“As viewer, yung pinaka naging inspiration, motivation ko na talaga was Manjean and Chantelle talaga. I think sila naman yung pinaka-prominent na features nung time na ‘yun up until now, and para sa kanila ko po talaga nakita na: ‘Ay, ang saya nung ginagawa nila’,” she said smiling.
“Wala talaga akong alam sa casting, pero nung napanood ko sila, sabi ko parang ang saya ng ginagawa nila.”
By then, she was juggling her studies while being part of one of the biggest esports leagues in the country—all at just 22 years old.
For Brigida, what separates a good caster from the others isn’t the energy, hype, or voice. It’s about connection.
“A great caster is a good co-caster,” she emphasized. “Yun talaga yung pinaka-vinavalue ko na maayos po kayo na co-caster, at halata pong iniintindi at pinapakinggan ninyo ‘yung isa’t isa.”
It’s neither man nor woman, just me, Bridgitte
In an industry where the majority of the talents and players are men, Bridgitte had to deal with noise from time to time. Female talents in the industry often get compared to one another.
“It’s not that easy (to) be compared. People will be a lot more critical about you, at what you can do, because they already have a certain level of expectation.”
Maturing as an individual, she learned not to let the opinions of other people control her, as it would only lead to self-doubt and overthinking. Instead, she reminds herself of her own worth.
“Believer din naman ako na hindi sobrang importante lagi ng mga sinasabi sa community, kasi majority naman ay sobrang baseless and keyboard warrior lang ang peg,” she said.
“It has nothing to do with me being a woman. Doon ko po na-feel na hindi, kaya ko rin.”
This is For the future
In another world where she wasn’t in the MPL as a caster, she would have pursued news reporting. But then again, she admitted that her passion is heavily rooted in MLBB.
“To me, honestly, yung passion ko po talaga for casting ay heavily rooted on ML:BB lang, and for the past few years never po talaga ako nakapag try mag-cast ng ibang game.”
“Nahanap ko na yung gusto ko nag-aaral palang so there wasn’t a need for me to go anywhere else,” she added.
As she looks forward to the next generation of esports talents, Brigida expressed her hopes and optimism for every aspirant, reminding them to not succumb to fear and grab every opportunity.
“Hopefully, through me, ma-realize and makikita nila na they shouldn’t be worried about that kasi parang kanya kanya po kami ng kayang mabigay. Iba-iba po kami ng magiging personality for sure, and people will learn to love and accept that as long as you just be yourself.“
“The future is bright,” Ramos added.
