Who The Blank? Interview with Clockwork Vendetta’s Munkutta.

Putting in the work.

Philip Tegman, AKA Munkmutta, is a “support player” for Clockwork Vendetta in Contenders Europe. In week 3 of Contenders, however, it was his sniper play that caught the eye of many.

Whilst Clockwork Vendetta defines a stubborn playstyle, Munkmutta is the complete opposite — able to play both the DPS and the support role at a moments notice! This week I got to talk to 21-year-old about his time in contenders and how he has to juggle playing in Contenders and working at Volvo where he “Screws a lot”, some might even say he does the same in contenders, but not me…of course.

Munkmutta, first of all, a belated congratulations on making it into Contenders! How does it feel, after your incredible journey in Open Div, to be moving up to Contenders competing against some of the best players in Europe?

Thank you very much! It of course feels amazing and I’m very excited to be playing in contenders.

This has probably been the most competitive season of Contenders Europe yet! What do you think the reason for that is?

I can’t really tell why but it’s for sure an exciting season.

Clockwork Vendetta has been playing together for a long time, a year together in ranked and then in NoUotp in Open Div. Was there always the goal of going pro, or did you just want a crack at some of the teams in Open Div?

I never had any goals to go pro due to my working schedule, it sinks me down a lot and I never would have time to be on scrims etc. But I heard NoUOTP didn’t scrim and they wanted me in so I thought to myself why not.

You played against British Hurricane last week and went 3–2! I have to ask though, is it true that you were coming home from work before the last two maps where you were subbed in?

Hahahah yes that’s true.

It certainly didn’t feel like you’d just got in from work, because you put on an excellent show on Widowmaker and Hanzo. How do you stay calm under that kind of pressure knowing that single loss would have meant the series was over?

I was not warmed up and I was shaking because it was so cold in my apartment but I somehow managed to pull it off. I don’t know really, I ignored the score and hard focused the game we were in.

You don’t just play Widowmaker and Hanzo to a high level though, you’re currently listed as a flex support, playing Lucio and Ana too. What made you make that decision to play flex when we’ve seen how good you are on DPS Heroes?

I really love to play snipers, Widow/Hanzo/Ana and Zen also I really don’t mind if I’m flex support or DPS, I love them both equally. But the DPS slots were taken so I was put in as support.

Do you think your team is going to benefit from the rumoured 2/2/2 lock?

The 2/2/2 lock I definitely think will be in our favour because that means less spam from the enemies and that helps us a lot in many ways.

OWL is obviously the end goal! If you could choose any team to be on, who would you choose and why?

If I had to chose a team it for sure would be Chengdu Hunters because of the comps they play, really fun to watch.

Fun question, and for science I need to know. Are you a dog or a cat person?

I’m a cat person :D

So I’m sure you already know, but your team has a lot of fans! Have you got anything that you’d like to say to them before we wrap up this interview?

I’d like to thank all of you for supporting us and we will keep on doing our very best and I hope we don’t let you all down :)

Follow Munkmutta’s social media:

https://twitter.com/Munkmutta

Catch him this Thursday on European Contenders starting at 8PM CEST.