Connor “Avast” Prince is formerly a Team Fortress 2 ESEA Invite level Demoman. He has now transitioned into becoming one the rising stars of Overwatch. He and his former team, Luminosity Gaming Evil, have played extremely well within Overwatch’s short life span. Some of their most notable accomplishments are taking 1st at the CyberPowerPC 2017 Spring Invitational, 4th place at the Alienware Monthly Melee: May, and their 2nd place finish during the Overwatch Carbon Series.

As one of the best statistical western support players, Avast is quite the prospect seeing how he is currently looking for a team for Blizzard’s upcoming Overwatch League, set to launch sometime soon. According to Winston’s Lab, he marks above average across the board, which is strange seeing how Support players, on average, are focused down and tend to have a higher number of deaths per ten minutes.

Avast is my first guest on my new podcast/interview show called “The Viewfinders.” We sat and talked about his past within games, why he hates elevators and JAKE’s sage advice. Enjoy!

Time stamps 1:02 — Mercy changes:

3:30 — Talking about this past week’s PTR:

5:59 — Is there a reason why OWL teams have been signing late?:

10:30 — Out with the old brands and in with the new:

12:50 — Should these new brands and organizations use pre existing talent to run the back-end stuff or do you think they will bring in their own people?:

15:30 — Discussing map balance and overall map discussion:

18:30 — Are jumpacks better than elevators? Are they okay to have in Overwatch?:

20:02 — Would Eichenwald benefit from having something that helps players traverse the map more quickly?

22:06 — What about Hollywood second point? With the removal of the elevator could that change the metagame of the map?

23:49 — Map’s are characters themselves, when it comes to Control, is their any map tileset that could be changed at all?

26:55 — Avast talks a bit about his past in Team Fortress 2 anc Control overall.

28:03 — From a player’s perspective, was playing a best of five for Control that detrimental or is the change to best of three better? Which would you prefer?

30:25 — Do you as a player enjoy Control/King of the Hill?

32:26 — Do you think Deathmatch or Team Deathmatch has a place in competitive?

34:03 — Could you talk a little about why it seems like teams that are a bit more fresh and have made roster changes have historically done so well?

41:15 — Clarification of the last question and Avast take a bit about JAKE and his teammates on LG Evil

45:01 — I know your teammate, JAKE, has been quoted as being almost wise beyond his years, has there been any advice that JAKE has given you personally mid match?

47:58 — Talking about leadership within LG Evil and how Avast played his part

52:42 — Could there be room for one solo caller? (referencing other esports titles)

53:49 — As a former vocal leader, could the communication be improved within Overwatch scene? Could calls be more concise and clear?

56:24 — Would you ever be interested in doing some back end work for a team? Perhaps as an analyst or a desk host? Maybe even a caster?

58:51 — Clearing up the misconception around Avast and -bird noises-

59:48 — Closing and Social Media plugs

Follow the interviewer on Twitter at @Volamel.