Too little money or differences with the production team? What reasons drove the well-known Overwatch League caster to this drastic step – and what are his plans for the future?

Anyone who actively follows the Esports scene has certainly come across the name Christopher “MonteCristo” Mykles. With his current 300,000 followers on Twitter, he is by far one of the most popular personalities in the industry.

MonteChristo is a true veteran of the casting scene and is especially known for his work in the Overwatch League, which he joined back in 2016. Even before that, he made a name for himself as a coach for the North American League of Legends team CLG (Counter Logic Gaming) and as a caster for StarCraft 2 in South Korea, among others.

For a short time, he even co-owned the Renegades – an Esports team that had to vacate its place in the North American League of Legends, however, after Riot Games accused them of several rules violations.

Why did Monte leave?
To be fair, the caster is not the only one who left the Overwatch League. In addition to him, his colleagues Erik “DoA” Lonnquist and Chris Puckett have also decided to leave the OWL.

But why are so many familiar faces suddenly turning their backs on Overwatch? As an interview with the Washington Post revealed, the aforementioned casters took the departure of Nate Nanzer, the founding father of the Overwatch League, very much to heart. The latter left the game and went to Epic Games, where he will henceforth take care of Fortnite. With the loss of Nate, MonteCristo feared that the OWL no longer had a leader who was truly interested in Esports – which is probably why he sees no future for himself there.

Furthermore, he said:

“Losing Nate was really tough because he understood both the game and the audience”
During the interview, MonteChristo also clarified again that money had nothing to do with his decision. He simply couldn’t imagine working for that company anymore, as they were pursuing completely different goals than he was. He would have liked to put more emphasis on highlighting individual players and their exceptional plays, but was ignored with this idea.

The places of the old casting team will be taken in – Season 3 of OWL by Andrew “ZP” Rush, Jacob “JAKE” Lyon and Scott “Custa” Kennedy. They will try to fill the “casting void” to present the audience with an entertaining and exciting league.

Monte’s future looks bright nonetheless
Those who follow MonteCristo’s Twitter have already noticed that he is looking for new challenges. Since he is very versatile and knows his way around the Esports scene, he shouldn’t have too many problems with that.

He even created his own poll where he let his fans vote on different options:

• Own Talk Show: Summoning Insight – 5,083 votes.
• Countdown of MonteCristo (best LoL matches of the week worldwide) – 3,942 votes
• Podcast about the economy/industry of Esports – 3.220 votes
• Interviews with old school Esports players about their crazy stories from 5-20 years ago – 2,581 votes
• Discussions/reviews of movies/video games – 2,172 votes
• Retro gaming tournaments with other casters/professional gamers – 1,636 votes
• Weekly board game streams (Pandemic, Kingdom Death: Monster, etc.) – 1,094 votes
• Monte has also already announced on Twitter that he will be a content creator for Cloud9 in the future. The organization supports his creative vision and allows
• him to produce content in his own way. He also says he will be working with Cloud9 to create new competitive content.

We are excited to see and hear from MonteCristo in the future. All the best, Monte!

Overwatch

Overwatch is a computer game by Blizzard Entertainment (Diablo 3, World of Warcraft) and a first-person shooter with individual fantasy elements. The game was released in May 2016.

In Overwatch, the player must choose between 21 unique characters, which can be freely selected in a loosely held classification system (offensive and defensive class, support unit and tanks).

A character’s three to four different abilities can be controlled and activated through the mouse and keyboard. The game modes already vary from scoring points to cargo hauling. Team play is required in both modes, as each character takes on a specific role in the battlefield (e.g. heal teammates, provide backup, or secure defensive lines).

The name Overwatch derives itself from a fictional elite military unit that came together when robots tried to subjugate humanity in a near future. Individual characters are associated with this unit in the game, while others oppose it. It is not yet known whether the storyline will continue in multiplayer.

Brawl

Brawl is a game mode in which time-limited rule variations of the well-known modes are drawn. Sometimes completely new game modes are used in Brawls.

Rule variations include, for example, the restriction to certain heroes or classes, changes to the cool-down times or certain cards. New game modes that have been playable so far include a soccer game and a PvE mode.

Usually, Brawls are restarted as Brawl of the Week every Tuesday at 22:00 UTC and are then playable for a week. On certain occasions, such as – Season al events, Brawls may also be playable for a longer or shorter period of time.

The game mode is comparable to the card chaos from Hearthstone and was activated for the first time in the beta phase on March 22, 2016 through a patch.

Actions

• Arcade: More health, shorter skill and ultimate cooldowns, and faster resurrection after death.
• Girl Power: Female heroes only.
• Head’s Up!: McCree, Genji, Hanzo, and Widowmaker. Only head hits count.
• High Noon: High Noon on Route 66, only head hits with McCree count.
• Highly Offensive: Only offensive heroes. Limit is two of the same hero per team.
• Junkenstein’s Revenge: Soldier, Hanzo, Ana, Mc Cree only (1 each). The first co-op PVE mode in Overwatch. Part of the – Season al event Halloween Horror.
• Justice rains from Above: Only Mercy and Pharah playable.
• Moba Watch: Only unique heroes per team. No hero switching allowed.
• Mystery Heroes: Upon death, you will be resurrected as a randomly selected Hero.
• Overly Defensive: Only defensive heroes. Limit is two of the same hero per team.
• Show Your Support: Support Heroes only. The limit is two of the same Hero per team.
• Super Shimada Bros: Welcome to Hanamura. Only Hanzo and Genji are playable. Shorter skill cooldowns, longer ultimate cooldowns.
• Tanks A Lot: Tank heroes only. Limit is two of the same hero per team.
• The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: Only McCree, Reaper and Roadhog playable.
• We’re all Soldiers now: Only Soldier: 76 playable on control cards.
• Lucioball: Lucio only: Soccer mode, 3 vs 3.
• Yeti Hunt: Five meis against a yeti that has the characteristics of Winston.

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