Volamel
2019-11-07 07:17:00
Out of all the teams you had the pleasure of playing against at the World Cup, who surprised you the most and why? Were there any players that really stuck out to you?
I’d say Team France. Out of all the European World Cup teams, we were arguably the strongest in scrims. Of course, at LAN it’s different from scrims but we always did quite well against them. We knew what to do against their Bastion/Pharah composition but we were not ready for Soon.
He is a different animal at LAN and his Widowmaker was phenomenal.
What do you feel could have been done to shut Soon down? If you did shut him down, do you think that you could have taken the win over France?
On Junkertown we should've played Reaper/Doomfist instead of taking double sniper. We should've played more aggressively and pushed their tanks. Play together disciplined as six and kill their tanks before they get the time to pick us off.
With participating in the Overwatch World Cup three years in a row, what made this year different?
This was the first year we didn't have any weaknesses in any role. Every player on the team is a great player at their role and we meshed very well.
A big narrative point during the event was that your team did not have any Overwatch League talent and we’re still competitive. Did you guys feel any pressure or have any pride in that fact?
I’d say it gave us less pressure and yes, we are very proud of that. A lot of people didn’t even expect us, except our scrim partners, to make it out of preliminaries. From the beginning, I felt like we could do super well despite lacking star players. Everyone in the team is very underrated and are super good players.
Could you talk about what the atmosphere was like going into halftime against team France in the playoffs? Without revealing much, could you speak on how your coach Cas "Casores" van Andel prepared you guys going into the following maps?
Casores kept believing in us and hyped us up. He knew and told us that if we would play our own game that we could easily take Team France. Unfortunately, we weren’t able to play our own game cause of Soon’s Widowmaker, hahaha.
Finally, what a lot of people don’t know is that you have a very extensive history in esports dating back to around 2013-2014 with League of Legends. With how long you’ve been grinding away at Overwatch and esports, in general, do you see yourself moving into a leadership role ever or do you still want to chase the highest tiers of the game? If the latter, what keeps you motivated to chase after your dream?
Honestly, I was thinking of retiring if I didn't make Overwatch League this year since I’ve been in esports for a while. I didn’t want to but I felt like I had to. After not making Overwatch League twice you start to doubt yourself, even if you think you're good enough.
However, after BlizzCon, I'm 100% sure I still want to chase the highest tiers of the game. Previous coaches have told me I have one of the highest skill ceilings they’ve seen and I genuinely think that’s true. I know I have so much more in me and I’m hoping to get into the Overwatch League and realize that potential.