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But he made his name shortly after the game\u2019s release as a hitscan DPS players.\u00a0 \u201cI've had some really amazing experiences over the years,\" he said on Twitter, \"and I'm ready to transition my skills into a career in esports.\u201d https:\/\/twitter.com\/gods_live\/status\/1268601041777459200 Prior to intercontinental professional play, Gods was regarded as one of the best hitscan DPS players in North America following the release of the game in 2016, and he spent time playing with both Luminosity Gaming and NRG esports prior to the Overwatch League\u2019s launch.\u00a0 Gods was a member of the first-ever U.S. World Cup team in 2016 as a dps player. The team placed second in their pool, but ultimately lost in the first round of bracket play to the eventual World Cup winner South Korea, which didn\u2019t drop a map the entire tournament. After not getting a chance to play in the Overwatch League during its inaugural season, Gods played in Overwatch Contenders for the L.A. Gladiators minor league team the Legion. After spending a short period of time as a tank for the Defiant Gods has spent more than seven months without being on a professional roster.","apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/24130606\/Widowmaker_Overwatch_001.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262570"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1771"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=262570"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262570\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/258467"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=262570"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=262570"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=262570"},{"taxonomy":"invoiceable_action","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/invoiceable_action?post=262570"},{"taxonomy":"internal-label","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/internal-label?post=262570"},{"taxonomy":"article_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_type?post=262570"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=262570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}

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Prior to intercontinental professional play, Gods was regarded as one of the best hitscan DPS players in North America following the release of the game in 2016, and he spent time playing with both Luminosity Gaming and NRG esports prior to the Overwatch<\/em> League\u2019s launch. <\/p>

Gods was a member of the first-ever U.S. World Cup team in 2016 as a dps player. The team placed second in their pool, but ultimately lost in the first round of bracket play to the eventual World Cup winner South Korea, which didn\u2019t drop a map the entire tournament.<\/p>

After not getting a chance to play in the Overwatch<\/em> League during its inaugural season, Gods played in Overwatch <\/em>Contenders for the L.A. Gladiators minor league team the Legion. After spending a short period of time as a tank for the Defiant Gods has spent more than seven months without being on a professional roster.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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