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Dear RL Community

Last year, I got a lot of attention during my walkout at Worlds. I knew this year I needed to up my game to follow it up. In 2017, all I did was hold up a sign that said, “Follow CJCJ.” There was a lot of pressure this year with people asking what I was going to do – I didn’t think a walk-out would make the impact that mine did. It was a pretty last minute decision. I was streaming during the boot camp in London the week before Worlds when I asked my chat for an idea on [...]

Overwatch World Cup 2018

Second Time Lucky

I started playing PC games when I was 12. This year, I get to represent Japan for the second time at the Overwatch World Cup. Growing up, I played Team Fortress 2 and competed in a couple of Southeast Asia tournaments. I placed second in some tier 2 tournaments, but I didn’t do anything else in TF2. I switched to CS: GO, but I didn’t do anything of any note there either. When Overwatch came out, though, everything changed. I was just playing casually with my friends from my TF2 days, but I couldn’t join tournaments or anything because they were region [...]

Overwatch World Cup 2018

Prepared For Everything

In previous years, I didn’t even have the chance to try-out for the Overwatch World Cup. This year though, I will get to represent my country. In 2017, if Finland had moved past the group stages, I probably would have played the Lucio role during BlizzCon, but sadly, they didn’t make it. I’m trying not to get too excited about anything yet, even though it’s obviously incredible to be able to represent your country. None of us know what will happen in the upcoming group stages. The trials were pretty straightforward since our team coach was responsible for selecting the lineup. [...]

Dear RL Community

Last year, I got a lot of attention during my walkout at Worlds. I knew this year I needed to up my game to follow it up. In 2017, all I did was hold up a sign that said, “Follow CJCJ.” There was a lot of pressure this year with people asking what I was going to do – I didn’t think a walk-out would make the impact that mine did. It was a pretty last minute decision. I was streaming during the boot camp in London the week before Worlds when I asked my chat for an idea on [...]

Overwatch World Cup 2018

Second Time Lucky

I started playing PC games when I was 12. This year, I get to represent Japan for the second time at the Overwatch World Cup. Growing up, I played Team Fortress 2 and competed in a couple of Southeast Asia tournaments. I placed second in some tier 2 tournaments, but I didn’t do anything else in TF2. I switched to CS: GO, but I didn’t do anything of any note there either. When Overwatch came out, though, everything changed. I was just playing casually with my friends from my TF2 days, but I couldn’t join tournaments or anything because they were region [...]

Taiyo Henderson

Overwatch World Cup 2018

Prepared For Everything

In previous years, I didn’t even have the chance to try-out for the Overwatch World Cup. This year though, I will get to represent my country. In 2017, if Finland had moved past the group stages, I probably would have played the Lucio role during BlizzCon, but sadly, they didn’t make it. I’m trying not to get too excited about anything yet, even though it’s obviously incredible to be able to represent your country. None of us know what will happen in the upcoming group stages. The trials were pretty straightforward since our team coach was responsible for selecting the lineup. [...]

Benjamin Isohanni

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