Around the Watch Episode 30 with Team USA: "If you can't call your teammates a bitch, you can't win a tournament"

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00:00:00 Welcome: Kyky, Rawkus, Adam, Jake, FCFCTN, Sinatraa, and Coolmatt69!

00:02:00 What was it like playing on LAN?

00:05:00 Who did USA scrim at the event?

00:07:00 What kind of scouting did the team have to do?

00:09:00 Talking about Rawkus’ Widowmaker and who comes up with specific strategies

00:10:30 Talking Flash Wolves (Team Taiwan)

00:13:00 The environment at the event

00:15:00 Talking Team UK

00:15:45 What matchups do you want to go up against at BlizzCon?

00:21:00 How much responsibility did Kyky have to take on as committee member / coach of Team USA?

00:22:30 Putting together the team, how did tryouts work?

00:29:30 Discussing Team USA’s ability to swap hero compositions on the fly

00:33:00 Did Team USA get to network with “VIPs” like Nate Nanzer, Jeff Kaplan, etc?

00:34:30 Jake’s individual performance

00:37:00 Rawkus joins the call, to discuss his Widowmaker (btw, his mic is very very low, I tried to increase the volume in post)

00:40:00 Doomfist?

00:42:00 Discussing the LucioBall tournament

00:45:40 Listener Questions

00:46:00 Will Sinatraa dab on stage at BlizzCon?

00:46:30 How much time does Rawkus spend on his hair?

00:47:00 Why does Jake look so young?

00:47:30 Has Jake graduated from college yet?

00:48:00 Who is the cutest person on Team USA?

00:49:00 Thoughts on South Korea? And the Junkrat comp?

00:51:25 Is anyone picking up off-meta heroes due to the change in meta?

00:53:00 Who does Team USA most want to beat in the World Cup?

00:54:00 Opinions on the caster desk, production, analysts, etc?

00:54:30 Thoughts on the fans and the patriotism at the Santa Monica event

00:55:30 Thoughts on keeping Team USA together as a full OWL team?

00:58:00 Favorite to win Contenders? (also what is Sinatraa doing on EnVyUs for contenders?)

01:02:30 Strategies Team USA didn’t get to use at the Group Stages?

01:03:45 What heroes did everyone pick up first when they first started playing Overwatch?

01:05:00 How easy is it to swap between DPS and Tank roles?

01:05:30 Who are the best free agents not in Contenders?

01:07:00 Will Sinatraa turn 18 by the time OWL starts?

Podcast devolves for about 10 minutes here, trust me it’s worth listening to

Follow Team USA:

Kyky

Twitter: https://twitter.com/EnVy_KyKy

Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/kyleky

Sinatraa

Twitter: https://twitter.com/sinatraaOW

Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/sinatraaow

Coolmatt69

Twitter: https://twitter.com/coolmatt69

Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/coolmatt69

Jake

Twitter: https://twitter.com/jake_overwatch

Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/jake_overwatch

Rawkus

Twitter: https://twitter.com/FaZeRawkus

Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/itsrawkus

FCTFCTN

Twitter: https://twitter.com/FaZeFCTFCTN

Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/factfiction

Adam

Twitter: https://twitter.com/C9_Adam

Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/adamzee