KMoMo and Baconjack

Lo “Baconjack” Tzu-Hwan is the star Tracer player on Flash Wolves and is known as the “talented high school student” in Taiwan. Flash Wolves were not able to overcome the United States and United Kingdom last weekend to make it to Blizzcon, but Baconjack still proved his merit as an individual player.

Firstly, about your background. Have you played any competitive games prior to Overwatch?

Nope. Overwatch is my first competitive game. I’ve played a variety of FPS games like TF2, but never at this level.

What would you say is the most fun and least fun about being a pro gamer?

The most fun thing about being a pro player is that I can travel and even come to America to play tournaments. I really enjoy tournaments and playing against teams from different countries. I really enjoy this kind of life. The hardest thing about being a pro gamer are the critics. If I make a mistake, media will write about it saying, ‘How can you make this mistake or how can you lose to this kind of team?’ Overcoming the critics is kind of hard.

How do you feel Flash Wolves compares to the top Chinese and Korean teams?

Compared to the Chinese teams, we feel very comfortable and if we went to play in OWPS, we could probably still be the champion. But compared to Korean teams, we could possibly make it top 8, and maybe (he says maybe about seven times) if we’re lucky, top 4. To be clear, top 4 is a big maybe.

The OPC is 13 weeks long with matches being played weekly. Was it difficult for you?

Actually, OPC is the very first league I’ve played in and I’m really inexperienced in professional tournaments. I thought it was normal to play 13 weeks so I thought it was really fun and I enjoyed playing every week. Although, I know some of my teammates feel that it’s way too long and exhausting.

What is it like playing with Zonda? He has experienced playing professionally in League of Legends and is known as a charismatic twitch streamer.

I love playing with Zonda because he’s very experienced and shares a lot of his experience from other games with our team. He helps set up a lot of strategies and he’s a great leader. Of course, he has some shortcomings and weaknesses, but he’s sitting right over there so I can’t say that now. *laughs*

Lastly, how do you feel about the strength of the upcoming OPC (Overwatch Pacific Championship) season?

Since there are a lot of teams coming from different countries in the OPC, I feel like everybody is really good. The team that will give us the most pressure is Ardeont, because they are a Korean team and didn’t lose a game qualifying. Even though there will be a lot of struggles in Season 2, I am sure our team will be at least top 3.