-Can I see the trophy? -Yeah.
-Well, it's a little heavy, if you think you can pick it up.
-Gosh! This is -- Oh, my gosh! -It's like 40 pounds.
-Is it? That's legit. -Yeah.
This is the best trophy I've ever seen in my lifetime.
How cool is that to win this? How did it feel?
-It's crazy.
Before walking on the stage -- literally, 12,000 people --
like, I literally couldn't feel a thing in my body --
like arms, legs, yeah.
But this is like 12,000 people came to watch you play.
-Yeah.
-Look at this -- the Wells Fargo Center.
Look at all these people.
And explain to everyone what "Overwatch" is,
if people don't know what that is.
-Yeah, so, basically, in a nutshell,
"Overwatch" is a six-versus-six team-based action game
by Blizzard Entertainment.
And the main goal of the game is to get different objectives
across various maps, using a variety of different heroes.
-Yeah, on top of that, like, Overwatch League
is what we're in, and it's basically like a --
It's like a franchise sports league, essentially.
-Yeah. -It's kind of like the NFL, NBA.
Like, we go traveling to Asia, like, Europe,
and stuff like that.
We have home games, away games.
-Is "Overwatch" big in other countries?
-Yes, it's huge in China, and Asia, in general, it's huge.
-Wow.
-Yeah. -It's just growing.
And how old are you guys, if you don't mind me asking.
-We're both 19. -Yeah.
-19. Wow. And you're professional gamers.
Was it hard to convince your parents
that this is a legit job?
-Yeah. It was very hard.
At first, I waited until Christmastime, actually,
because I want to -- Yeah.
-You thought that would make it easier?
-Yeah. I wanted them to be more willing, you know?
Because it was a huge step. I would have to move across --
-You waited for the holidays.
You're like, "You can't kick me out of the house now, Mom."
-Yeah. -Yeah.
-Yeah, I mean, for me, like, the big thing was --
I would always stay up late and, you know,
I'd be screaming in the house.
It's like, 1:00 a.m., 2:00 a.m.
My parents -- they're coming in the room on school nights like,
"Can you go to bed?
Like, can you stop speaking?" -Yeah.
-But, basically, when I got my first e-sports contract,
my dad had to co-sign it 'cause I was under 18.
And I explained to him, like, what e-sports was.
The first thing he does -- looks up e-sports.
He finds a "Forbes" article about, you know,
the growth of e-sports.
And he reads about it and he lets me do it.
-That helped him, yeah,
because he knew what "Forbes" was.
He was like, "I don't know what e-sports is,
but I know what 'Forbes' is," yeah.
And, so, now, do you travel with the team or what --
-Yeah. -Like, what is life like?
Like, you wake up in the morning, and do you train?
-Yeah, currently, we just wake up and we play like
8 to 12 hours a day.
I mean, like 8 hours as a team,
including, like, VOD review and stuff like that.
And then we want to work on our mechanics, like, individually,
so we're playing, like, extra time after.
So it's like 12 hours a day.
-Yeah, I think, like, the easiest way to
explain to people is -- like, you if you compare it
to an NFL team, they have their team practice,
their scrimmages, their game tape, stuff they go over,
but then, individually, they do, like, weight training,
to keep their physical performance up
and their strength up.
And that's kind of what
the individual performance is for us.
We, like, we make sure our movement is still good
and our aim is still good.
-Wow. And then individually train.
So how many hours, like, a day are you playing?
-I play, personally, maybe like 10, 11, 12 hours.
-Holy mackerel. -Yeah. It's around there, yeah.
-Is it fun? -Uh...yeah.
-Yeah, it's pretty fun.
-It gets kind of tiring, like, 'cause we have to
compete to be the best, so it gets tiring because
it's, like, intense practice.
We're not, like, playing just casually, you know?
We're playing, like, to practice ourselves.
-What advice would you give to anyone out there
that wants to be a pro gamer?
-Yeah, I mean, like, I consider it, like, an extracurricular.
Like, most parents wouldn't let their kids
play football or baseball in school
if they were failing or, you know,
doing terrible in all their classes.
So I just try to say, like, stay on top your responsibilities,
you know, be a smart person about it,
but if this is something that you're really into
and you're really passionate about,
then I would say give it a shot.
-Yeah, but, on top of that, I would also say
you have to grind a lot, because you're competing with
millions of players that want to be pro, that want to be best.
So you have to put a lot of time,
like eight hours a day, while balancing your life with it.
So it's pretty hard.
-Congratulations, guys. I appreciate it.
Thank you so much for coming on. -Thank you.
-Jay "sinatraa" Won and Matthew "super" DeLisi.