eUnited Kruise on The State of EU Overwatch and his Pro Player Journey - Akshon Esports Interview-

Harrison "Kruise" Pond is a DPS player chosen by his national committee to compete on behalf of Team United Kingdom for the 2017 Overwatch World Cup.

We had a chance to catch up with Kruise during some downtime at the Overwatch World Cup 2017 LA Group Stage to get his thoughts on the state of EU Overwatch, his origin story as a player, and his dream team to take down South Korea.

Kruise started competing during the Overwatch Beta as a member of Arcane eSports and had his big break as a member of REUNITED. With his second team Kruise competed around the world at major tournaments from the 2016 ESL Overwatch Atlantic Showdown to Overwatch APEX S1. Unable to overcome their financial difficulties, REUNITED disbanded at the start of 2017. Kruise was picked up by eUnited on Feb 13th and has established himself as one of the best DPS players in Europe.

The United Kingdom roster is as follows

Harrison "Kruise" Pond (DPS) Michael "MikeyA" Adams (DPS) Eoghan "Smex" O'Neill (Flex) Christopher "ChrisTFer" Graham (Tank) Isaac "Boombox" Charles (Support) Marcus "Realzx" Vining (Support)

Chapters

0:00 <Untitled Chapter 1>

0:09 Q. CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT YOUR JOURNEY TO BECOMING A PRO OVERWATCH PLAYER

0:29 Q. HOW DID YOU GET INTO VIDEO GAMES? WERE YOU ALWAYS A COMPETITIVE TYPE OF PLAYER OR DID YOU START OFF CASUAL?

0:47 Q. WHAT WERE SOME THINGS YOU STRUGGLED WITH WHEN FIRST PLAYING OVERWATCH AND WHY?

1:10 SINCE OVA DOESN'T DIE FROM HER SELF DESTRUCT ANYMORE. DO YOU THINK TRACER SHOULD ALSO HAVE THIS BUFF?

1:26 Q. WHAT WOULD BE YOUR IDEAL ROSTER TO TAKE DOWN TEAM SOUTH KOREA?

1:52 0. WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE "LEBRON SYNDROME" AND HOW WESTERN TEAMS CAN OVERCOME THIS ISSUE?

2:22 Q. WITH SO MANY PLAYERS LEAVING FOR NA, WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE EU OVERWATCH SCENE?

3:14 Q. ANY FINAL WORDS OR MESSAGES FOR YOUR FANS?