Dallas Fuel's Seagull Possibly Learning New Role
By Nicholas Barth ·
A statement from the talented player on his personal discord channel points to him learning a new role for the team.
With the recent roster additions of Dong-Jun "Rascal" Kim and Dylan "aKm" Bignet, Brandon "Seagull" Larned did not see any playing time in the first week of Stage 2. This led to fans wondering what the popular player's role would be on the team going forward. Now a clearer picture of Seagull's role on the Dallas Fuel has been made available, according to reddit user nitroretro who posted a screenshot of a statement made by Seagull on his personal discord channel regarding his future role on the team.
Seagull knew that he was signing on to the Dallas Fuel as a substitute player. (Source: nitroretro)
Seagull stated that he signed on with the Dallas Fuel fully knowing that he would be a substitute player, but that is not the reason he has not been playing lately. He explains that he is in the process of doing a role swap in the same way that his teammate Timo "Taimou" Kettunen has done from his DPS role to a tank role. The versatile player will be switching from his DPS position on the team to a flex/offtank position. The reasoning behind this is that someone on the Dallas Fuel roster must be able to play D.Va at a high level if Pongphop "Mickie" Rattanasangchod were not able to play in a match. Because of his ability to play multiple heroes at a high level, the Dallas Fuel see Seagull to be a good fit to be Mickie's substitute, and because of this fans will most likely not be seeing Seagull in a official match, until he has fully learned his new role.
With a 2-0 record to begin Stage 2, the Dallas Fuel are looking much improved from how they played in Stage 1. The team will be looking for Seagull's new role to aid them in continuing their strong play through the rest of Stage 2.
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