They taught me a lot, not just about the game but more about life in general. <\/aside>For instance, being in a team house is new for silkthread, whereas on Valiant the team was living in separate apartments and meeting to practice. The Gladiators players all live together, which is something silkthread is still getting used to. \u201cI like the separation of apartments, though the closeness that a team house brings is definitely something I think I should experience once as a pro-gamer,\u201d silkthread said. \u201cI\u2019ve always looked up to it as a kid.\u201d<\/p>
Gladiators take on Valiant at 6pm CT on April 18. It\u2019s still early in the Overwatch<\/em> League\u2019s third stage, <\/strong>but <\/strong>Gladiators sit in fourth place, three behind Valiant in first. Gladiators fared better overall in the Overwatch <\/em>League\u2019s second stage, where the team placed fifth, compared to Valiant in eighth. Both teams have seen roster shakeups in the space between stages, which leaves the match-up wide open.<\/p>
\u201cIt\u2019s definitely an honor to be the first player to represent both LA teams,\u201d silkthread said.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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Related: Home-cooked meals from Chef Heidi keep Philadelphia Fusion ready for the OWL \u201cAt the time on Valiant, my mentality wasn\u2019t the best,\u201d silkthread told Dot Esports. \u201cI was reaching close to levels of burnout. Hearing the news that they were shooting me around to other teams gave me a surge of motivation to try harder to improve. After my meeting [with Valiant owner Noah Whinston] I went back to my apartment and immediately started grinding Overwatch.\u201d Photo by Robert Paul via Blizzard Entertainment At the time on Valiant, my mentality wasn't the best. Whinston doesn\u2019t see the Valiant\u2019s sister team as a punishment, or as being benched. He sees it as a learning opportunity, he told Dot Esports in March. But being off the main stage felt bad for silkthread\u2014at least in that moment. \u201cIt was definitely a rough period of my life,\u201d silkthread said. \u201cSmall little things piled up and it eventually got to me and I reached a point where I said things I shouldn\u2019t have said, and I regret that. But we\u2019ve moved on from there.\u201d Valiant DPS Brady \u201cAgilities\u201d Girardi found himself in a similar spot as silkthread, though Agilities was offered redemption, a chance to earn back his spot on the main roster. That\u2019s something that wasn\u2019t offered to silkthread, which frustrated him. Silkthread said during a Twitch stream that he was unlikely to play on the main stage of the Overwatch League with Valiant, and that he had to \u201cmake do\u201d with the sister team, which is the only thing he had at the time. But looking back only a short time later, silkthread said he\u2019s thankful for his time on Valiant. \u201cI got to meet a lot of great people on the sister team and I got closer to a lot of them,\u201d silkthread said. \u201cThey taught me a lot, not just about the game but more about life in general and how you should take things and learn from things.\u201d \u201cI\u2019m taking all those things and using them as a learning experience moving onto the Gladiators so I don\u2019t make the same mistakes again,\u201d he added. Photo by Robert Paul via Blizzard Entertainment Silkthread is looking forward to meeting his former teammates in battle during the LA matchup, but not just because it\u2019ll be validating to beat his old team. \u201cPlaying against my former teammates is going to be super competitive in-game,\u201d silkthread said. \u201cI have insight on how the team plays. But I think I\u2019m most excited for the hugs after the game. I love [my old teammates] a lot and I do miss them.\u201d But overall, silkthread\u2019s Overwatch philosophy lines up with Gladiators better than it did in Valiant. He never wants to feel complacent\u2014\u201dI don\u2019t think you can consistently stay at the top, so being just really consistent and trying your hardest all the time and accepting and giving feedback is the most important thing in the Overwatch League,\u201d he said. Silkthread wasn\u2019t getting much feedback from Valiant at the end of his time with the team, as much of the organization\u2019s resources were allocated to the main roster. The Gladiators coaches have been integral in his improvement, pushing him to be better. But there are some differences in the Gladiators structure that silkthread is still struggling with, though they\u2019re obstacles that\u2019ll be reduced with time. They taught me a lot, not just about the game but more about life in general. For instance, being in a team house is new for silkthread, whereas on Valiant the team was living in separate apartments and meeting to practice. The Gladiators players all live together, which is something silkthread is still getting used to. \u201cI like the separation of apartments, though the closeness that a team house brings is definitely something I think I should experience once as a pro-gamer,\u201d silkthread said. \u201cI\u2019ve always looked up to it as a kid.\u201d Gladiators take on Valiant at 6pm CT on April 18. It\u2019s still early in the Overwatch League\u2019s third stage, but Gladiators sit in fourth place, three behind Valiant in first. Gladiators fared better overall in the Overwatch League\u2019s second stage, where the team placed fifth, compared to Valiant in eighth. 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