The Road To Pro #3 — Stoic philosophy, Doomfist and the Overwatch Season 5
Every time i see in my schedule its time to write this blog, i cant believe its already been 1 month. Time goes by so quickly with this lifestyle even tough the ‘’clock’’ never felt so noisy.
Nothing really out of the ordinary happened this month. No special celebration, not any bad or good news. I dont even think i left my apartment once if it wasn’t to get food or visit friends n familiy. I spent pretty much the entire month grinding my Overwatch gameplay in the day and then training with my team at night. The ladder this season offers a pretty bad experience for anyone trying to take this game seriously wich makes it extremely hard to experience 8+hours on a daily basis. My team environment has also been affected by this, turning everyone into a tilt machine. Basically, my month was full of high and lows and the neat future doesn’t look different at all.
This whole emotional roller coaster made me remember a book i read in college called ‘’Meditation’’ by Marcus Aurelius. It talks about the Stoic philosophy and the ability to stay still in any situation. I thought it would be a good idea to revisit it and ohhh was i right ! I’m still half-way trough the book but i strongly believe the Stoic philosophy has a lot to offer to anyone living a competitive lifestyle.
Enough with the deep sh*t ! My tournament run with the team Jestars in the Overwatch Open Division is going pretty well ! We’re now 3–2 with 2 matches left wich leaves us with the possibility to qualify for the top 8 elimination part of the tournament. My personal grind on the ladder isn’t going well at all, but with what’s going on this Season, i am trying to focus more on my personal skills and my impact on my team rather than a number. As long as i see improvement in my own statistics,i’ll keep working in that direction. I hope i will be able to grind back next month and that Blizzard modify their ladder system.
We experienced some modification in our team Roster, our flex DPS decided to become our Coach so we had to fill up his spot with a new one. Our new member has a lot of potential but out team synergy will be affected in the short term. I was kinda shocked from how sad i was to lose this teammate, but then i remembered how volatile this environment is. We can only look forward.
On another note, i started streaming more and more ! It is one of the first time i managed to respect a stream schedule for a full week and it ended up being way easier than i thought. I do struggle to maintain a certain level of disucssion going on when the ladder is tilting me but thats just another skill i’ll have to develop. I’m extremely surprised and grateful to see the people following and watching my stream on a daily basis.
The release of DOOMFIST this month also brought some action to my training routine. He’s HELLA FUN to play
He is fun, but also extremely hard to play in my opinion. A single mistake can kills you and lets say his gameplay offers you plenty of occasion to F*%#$ UP in a teamfight. There’s not a lot of thing in life that feel as rewarding as one shotting an annoying Tracer by punching her into a wall. Ever get that feeling of Déja ….. SMASHED IN THE WALL BITCH.
Anyway ! Speaking of Doomfist, im the one playing him for my team when we need him, so you’ll probably see me play him a lot on my Twitch ( If i am not playing mercy because it gives more SR and i desperately need more SR in this casino royal season )
See you on my Twitch or next month here ;)
Hard Work, Good Vibes.
