Bumper couldn't stop smiling after his victory against the Atlanta Reign. The Main Tank has brightened the Blizzard Arena with his joyful, almost unbridled aggressive play. As he leads the Titans as they walk across the stage to shake the Reign’s hands, one might recall the Titans’ last Overwatch League match.









Head in hands, Bumper’s emotion after the loss against the San Francisco Shock in the Stage 2 Finals embodied the pain of the Titan’s first defeat in the Overwatch League. In an interview with Upcomer, Bumper discusses his recovery from the difficult loss and gives advice on maintaining positivity.





Congratulations on your victory against Atlanta, a team that almost beat the Shock this week! What makes this team tricky for top tier teams to compete against?





I think that whenever Atlanta plays high level teams, that’s when they focus the most.





You had a long break in between stages 2 and 3, how did you spend it outside of All Stars?





I actually didn’t play a single game of Overwatch! I played League of Legends to relax. You know how when you work out you need break periods? It’s just like that when you play a game. Rest helps me stay good.





After San Francisco won in the Stage 2 Finals, how did you and the team regroup and recover?





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Even though we were undefeated as the Vancouver Titans, we had experience when we were on Runaway of being in second, being the runner-up. It wasn’t anything new for us, we have strong mentality because of Contenders. It didn’t affect us much, basically. Since we were second place in the Stage 2 Finals, in Stage 3 we want to be the winner again, so we are more motivated.





Recently Vancouver was able to meet local fans in Canada! Can you tell me about your time?





It felt really good, it’s great that people from outside of the United States, those from overseas are our fans. It was a great experience. Unfortunately we didn’t have too much time to go around, so we just ate Italian food at the hotels.





Many teams created third jerseys, if you were responsible for designing Vancouver’s third jersey, what would it look like?





I would think of our Runaway days, I think we would use pink colors! A lot of teams now use pink, too.





One of the greatest parts of watching Vancouver at the arena is seeing your joy when you play. How do you maintain such positivity?





Our job is so fun. I try to have fun no matter what I do, I want to keep that positivity when I play. If I could give advice to players at home, it would be that a lot of players tend to focus too much on SR and rank. If you can try to not think about that and enjoy, the more you enjoy, the more your SR will rise.







