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YBT: oh god the chat is going insane I knew this would happen

YBT is now calling with Crusty to ask about his roster choices

Crusty: I have a match literally tmr/today but I felt that communicating with fans well this OWWC was important, so I decided to do this interview with you

YBT: I’m just gonna ask directly. Why no Shanghai Dragons players? Crusty: UGH ok so we wanted to tryout Diem and Dding but Diem said he would pass. Moreover, OWWC is post-Stage 4 so I wanted a rly flexible player... Gamsu’s a great Winston, but his Rein is wanting.

Crusty: same with Dding, he’s truly amazing on Pharah and Sombra, but on other picks he’s not as top tier, I say this as a former coach of his (on http://wnv.kr ). I thought it would be risky to make a bet on Pharah.

YBT: so why Haksal? Crusty: I’m v partial to Haksal - lol just kidding. If this meta goes to dive meta, we need someone who’s loud and takes initiative, and I thought Haksal could do that, he could take the lead.

YBT: Gesture passed on OWWC but why not Bumper? Crusty: Bumper’s explosive power and mechanics are great but he plays v freely, Mano has more stability

YBT: supports? Twilight?? Crust: Twilight does v well to support his team, but when you mixed up rosters, the results were not as good. Bdosin is v free and good w his positioning, while Kariv is v stable and good with long-range skills.

YBT: I think there are many doubts about bdosin but I think everyone should keep in mind that there were tryout scrims. Crusty: yes these are all based on good results from when we mixed up different roster combinations.

YBT: Architect has not been a prominent player so far, why him? Crusty: as the OWWC coach, and in part to showcase my strats and also the hero pool flexibility in Korean players, I wanted to choose Architect for his diverse hero pool of Widow, Genji, DF, Mei, etc.

YBT: Off-Tank - so Fury passed, and these two were picked - why? Crusty: Jjanu is a great shotcaller, while CHB is great at buttressing his teammates and backing them up. YBT: how’s CHB’s zarya? Crusty: not bad. And both Jjanu and CHB’s Roadhogs are good too.

YBT: so now, IDK and Anamo - why no Slime? Crusty: IDK has a very active playstyle, which can work well with Bdosin’s playstyle. Anamo is good at stabilizing the backline, which could work well with Kariv.

Crusty: Slime is very good, but when picking the flex support, we had picked Kariv and Bdosin, and we felt their styles were best complemented by Anamo and IDK. YBT: yeah this isn’t easy, we have many good players but it’s all abt the synergy.

YBT: Diem and Dding we’ve heard about - so let’s discuss the other DPS. Crusty: Carpe uses his teammates to pop off. Meanwhile Nenne is very stable and steady, working with his teammates. Decay plays both Sombra/Tracer, Widow and McCree, and he did well in scrims.

Crusty: we liked SBB a lot as well, he did well, but in terms of hero pool we went with Decay.

YBT: I understand that based on what fans see on broadcast on stream, bdosin is a curious choice, but beyond what you’re able to see, we did a lot of testing.

YBT: are you looking at the chat, Crusty? Crusty: yeah I’m scared. I’ll do a little Q&A. Firstly, Rascal - he is a superflex and I’m sad we didn’t pick him. Personally I think the OWWC meta will be a double hitscan meta, is why he didn’t get picked.

Crusty: Fleta does his role v well in the team, but I went with Architect because he fits my (coaching) style better. Architect and Fleta are similar players in personality.

Crusty: You can play this game by just picking 6 excellent players, but you end up needing more self-sacrificing, supportive players. YBT: you can accuse Crusty of nepotism but if u look at the roster, the players are from a wide range of teams.

Crusty: no matter what I say, I won’t be able to offer a satisfactory explanation. YBT: yeah, I’ve done this for 3 years and no matter what we can’t please everyone. Crusty: Since I handpicked these players, I’ll coach them to the best of my abilities.

YBT: why no support duos? Crusty: as I said, we matched bdosin and IDK both as “free positioning” players, same with Anamo and Kariv as stable players. YBT: we paired a lot of different support combos, we tested Jjonak too (he didn’t pass immediately), but jjonak dropped out.

YBT: To explain abt Contenders - we did test them. Despite ping. We tried them out, but we felt that they weren’t a good fit. Crusty: a lot of Contenders players performed well, but we also had too many good players in OWL.

YBT: Bebe tried out too. We had pretty extensive scrims, across the meta shift. Also, I advised against doing this interview when Crusty suggested it, bc I knew the roster would be controversial, but Crusty insisted. So just trust us. All your concerns are ours.

Crusty: if I were the NYXL coach, I would have picked Libero. If I were the Seoul coach, I would have picked Fleta. But I’m coaching Architect, and that’s why I picked him.

YBT: *trying to clean up Crusty’s mess* Crusty: I made these choices to best fit my coaching style ^^ YBT: if this was a nepotism pick then the OWWC roster would have SO MANY MORE SHOCK PLAYERS Crusty: yeah we had Viol2t... and Rascal...

YBT: we’ve also prepped the practice facilities somewhat for the team once the get back to Korea. And we’ll have showmatches too.

YBT: Crusty get it together. It’s gonna be like this for months. What are u gonna do after revealing the Final 7??? Crusty: yeah I just want ppl to understand that it is about my style of coaching and play, and I won’t disappoint you.

Community lead LIME: our expected OWWC twitter follower count was 2500 but we’ve reached 3500, as well as a big rise on other platforms, so I just wanted to say thank you. If we can get more view on the OWWC youtube, we can even turn a profit to give to next yr’s committee.