Kuzuha and Four Nijisanji Colleagues Spend Six Hours on Overwatch Team Practice

NIJISANJI — Kuzuha streamed about six hours of Overwatch team practice overnight Tuesday into Wednesday, Japan time, playing custom-game matches with fellow Nijisanji members Ushimi Ichigo, Ibrahim, Genzuki Tojiro and Umise Yotsuha. The group had also practiced the day before, and chat greeted the opening with cheers for the stream’s “older brother” theme.

Early losses pointed to one problem: the opposing lineups kept using Winston, the gorilla tank the players simply called “the gorilla,” whose jumps into the backline picked off teammates. Around the 15-minute mark, after a lost round, the group pulled up the match replay, and one participant shared a screen to walk through hero positioning and ability timing. The plan that came out of it was to break Winston’s dome shield, then have the supports and damage players turn on him together, while the tank holds its position rather than chasing him. Side-flank players were told to take high ground.

“All right, let’s call it here for today. It went well.” — Kuzuha, closing the stream

About two and a half hours in, Kuzuha tripped over his own callouts in the middle of a round, mixing up the calls for the gorilla and the barrier and admitting he was flustered. Chat teased him for it. Later the group talked through when a player flanking alone should call for a healer, and agreed to call early and sort out the right moments from feedback afterward.

The last matches went noticeably better. After a win near the 5 hour 56 minute mark, a participant praised the team’s coordination, including a play in which Kuzuha called a flank and Ibrahim followed with an ability, and the callouts from Ichigo and Genzuki. Before the others signed off, one of them gave each player a single point to work on in Quick Play and ranked matches, and the group agreed to take the following evening easy. Alone with chat, Kuzuha said he planned a look-back stream within a day or two.