Volamel
2023-06-04 03:08:34
Before we get too far in the weeds, we wanted to bring a spotlight to Odyssey's departure from Overwatch Contenders. You mentioned on Twitter how much that team meant to you, but is there anything else you like to say on behalf of one of the most prolific North American Contenders teams? Any stories or fond memories to share? I just think the team would like to say thank you to everyone again. I know I enjoyed every scrim and every moment I had with that team and anything we went through was fun. I know we also always played American Tornado and usually lost, but I would like to thank them for making us better too because we knew we had to push ourselves. Overall I think the best memories I had of the team were made outside of scrims because even though scrims were fun when we were messing around and winning, I think when we would just chill in voice chat with each other while playing comp or any random game was the best. I always love watching back old clips I have or old clips on Malthel’s, Rak’s, or K1ng’s Youtube channels. As someone who has not only been competing since they were barely a teenager but also someone who has been spotlighted as a talent in waiting, what has it been like quite literally growing up in Overwatch? Was that a weird experience to have people bring you so much attention at such a formative age? It was a little overwhelming having so much attention at such a young age and I think I definitely let it get the better of me early on. I just had a big ego and whatnot and I definitely didn’t deserve it. However, after I started to kind of just focus on myself and my team with Odyssey, I improved a lot and I think I matured a lot too. I don’t think it has been the weirdest thing though, especially because I stopped streaming so I didn’t have direct contact with people outside the scene as much. To Overwatch Contenders, talk to me about that WISP upset. You mentioned it on Twitter, but this was the top seed against the lowest seed, how did that statement win feel? The win honestly just felt like a win. It was nice to get upset but that was all it was. I was confident going into the match in my abilities and I underperformed in my eyes but I was proud of my team for being able to pull through. If we could pick your brain for a moment, let's go back to the Genji/Echo on King's Row Point A. We see you guys identify that you're playing into a Ramattra and then commit everyone to diving the high ground and winning the fight. Was that the general game plan for that composition or something you guys called on the fly? It was kind of something just called on the fly because we have done it a few times in games or scrims after seeing the Mayhem do it in Overwatch League and we know it’s a solid strategy with the correct setup. Once we knew their comp and knew their bap would be on the high ground alone, we just decided to go for it. We were confident it would work, even though it was still really sloppy from us.Graduated ✅ Salutatorian after skipping a grade ✅ pic.twitter.com/BNHLMGVLXi
— RhynO (@RhynO_OW) May 23, 2023