Interview: British Hurricane's CrusaDe and Fusions on winning the Overwatch Contenders

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British Hurricane annihilated the competition in the Overwatch Contenders finals this month to bring home a victory against rivals Team Gigantti.
Contenders is a level below the Overwatch League, with many players hoping to transition to the latter.
George Moncaster sat down with two of the team’s players – British player Fusions and Dutch player CrusaDe – to talk about their victory and plans for the future.
 

Esports News UK: Firstly, after such a great finish to Contenders, can you describe to the readers at home some of the emotions you felt? 

CrusaDe: During the final map of the EU finals Dorado, in the last fight, after we used Zen ult, we knew after this fight we were gonna be crowned champions. The feeling I had during that fight was amazing, and one of the best feelings I’ve ever had.
Fusions: After winning the final I was extremely happy, I don’t think I’ve ever been as happy as I was at that moment, it was quite surreal.
 

How is the team planning to celebrate? 

CrusaDe: We celebrated our win that same night in Poland by having a meal together at the hotel and having a few drinks after with some other teams and casters.
Fusions: Aside from going out the night after the final wins, we are also celebrating by taking some time off before starting practice again, but aside from that nothing special.
 
 

“Coming off this victory in Contenders, we want to keep up the momentum and show that we can keep competing at the top. And our victory shows that there is definitely up and coming talent in the UK.”
Fusions, British Hurricane

 
 

What kind of impact do you think your victory will have for British esports?

CrusaDe: I don’t know what impact it will have for British esports, but i do think we’ve shown that Europe is not something to just overlook. And we hope that by winning the EU vs NA show-match, that more people will look at EU closely now.
Fusions: I think our victory shows that there is definitely up and coming talent in the UK, especially with me and Astro coming from much smaller teams. Hopefully people give more chances to UK players because of it.
 

 

What is next for British Hurricane?

CrusaDe: Right now we are having a one-week break after the months of grinding for contenders S1. After this we will start practicing hard in the new meta for the upcoming tournaments.
Fusions: We will be looking forward to the next season of Contenders for now, although there may be some stuff before that.
 

What lessons have you learnt from the experience? 

CrusaDe: That hard work pays off.
Fusions: I think the whole LAN experience in general just helped me learn to keep calmer in a lot of situation inside of the game especially.
 
 

“We’ve shown that Europe is not something to just overlook. And we hope that by winning the EU vs NA show-match that more people will look at EU closely now.”
CrusaDe, British Hurricane

 
 

What are your goals/targets for the next event?

CrusaDe: If we don’t lose people to OWL, our goal is to win the next season of Contenders of course!
Fusions: Our goals for the next events are definitely to win, coming off of a victory in Contenders we definitely want to keep up the momentum and show that we can keep competing at the top, since most of us want to be in the Overwatch League eventually.
 

 
Thanks to both Fusions and CrusaDe! You can follow the team over on their twitter here and see the full team above.

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