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Pot Noodle University All Stars 2025 - Overwatch 2 Shortlist

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NSE
30/07/2025

Let's get voting! This poll is for the Overwatch 2 North & South regions. Vote for your two favourite players to make up the full team.

The All-Star action will take place on Thursday 14th August live on our Twitch channel!

Duplicate votes for the same player will not be counted and will be removed.

Voting closes on the 4th of August, 11:59pm

Here are the shortlisted Overwatch 2 players!

North - Beef and Tomato 

Choose your two favourites wisely here...

PotNoodleOW, Glasgow Caledonian University

Highest Rank: Grandmaster 1
Current Rank: Grandmaster 4
Primary Role: DPS
Secondary Roles: None
Top 3 Heroes: Symmetra, Torbjorn

Why should you be chosen to represent your region?
It’s literally called Pot Noodle All Stars.

Greatest Overwatch achievement?
Getting followed by Flats on Twitter

 

Poyo, University of Hull

Highest Rank: Grandmaster 5
Current Rank: Grandmaster 5
Primary Role: Support
Secondary Roles: Tank/DPS
Top 3 Heroes: Lucio, Juno, Tracer

Why should you be chosen to represent your region?
A true improver from an underrepresented region, I am the manifestation of the Overwatch Improver inside us all. I got ability, agility, mobility AND capacity all neatly rolled into a movement
-hero-favourong shaped bundle :)

Greatest Overwatch achievement?
Climbing from Silver all the way to GM through the course of uni, also from Div 5 to top 5 finish in NSE, all while getting twitch affiliate :)

 

Envii, University of Strathclyde

Highest Rank: Champion 5
Current Rank:Champion 5
Primary Role: Support
Secondary Roles: DPS
Top 3 Heroes: Baptiste, Kiriko, Illari

Why should you be chosen to represent your region?
I love overwatch !!

Greatest Overwatch achievement?
9th-12th in stage 1 owcs qualifiers with meavedron

 

Ajbuddha, Manchester Metropolitan University

Highest Rank: Grandmaster 4
Current Rank: Grandmaster 5
Primary Role: Support
Secondary Roles: None
Top 3 Heroes: Baptiste, Lucio, Kiriko

Why should you be chosen to represent your region?
This would be the last uni event I'd play in since I'm graduating

Greatest Overwatch achievement?
Winning the last All stars event and playing in Tree9

 

Upgradelucio, Queens University Belfast

Highest Rank: Grandmaster 4
Current Rank: Master 3
Primary Role: Support
Secondary Roles: DPS
Top 3 Heroes: Lucio, Brigitte, Zenyatta

Why should you be chosen to represent your region?
I'm just a chill guy

Greatest Overwatch achievement?
Hosting IECS's first season of overwatch

 

iiTsUnknown, Abertay University

Highest Rank: Grandmaster 2
Current Rank: Grandmaster 3
Primary Role: DPS
Secondary Roles: None
Top 3 Heroes: Tracer, Genji, Mei

Why should you be chosen to represent your region?
They call me a Tracer OTP, but here’s how I see it: why use a diamond sword when I’ve got a sharpness 5 iron one? Oh...I guess I also captained Abercrazy Raccoon to a surprise 3rd place NUEL finish.

Greatest Overwatch achievement?
Played Overwatch for a consecutive 400 days, verified by discord.

 

Ewan, Abertay University

Highest Rank: Masters 1
Current Rank: Masters 3
Primary Role: DPS
Secondary Roles: Tank
Top 3 Heroes: Genji, Cassidy, Reinhardt

Why should you be chosen to represent your region?
I'm a true blue irn bru connoisseur

Greatest Overwatch achievement?
3rd in NUEL

 

Mango, University of Dundee

Highest Rank: Top 500
Current Rank: Grandmaster 5
Primary Role: DPS
Secondary Roles: None
Top 3 Heroes: Genji

Why should you be chosen to represent your region?
I believe that having someone who is a little bit silly can make for some funny moments and decrease some tension in the tournament.

Greatest Overwatch achievement?
Just making friends :)

 

Stmpypenguin, University of Dundee

Highest Rank: Grandmaster 2
Current Rank: Grandmaster 4
Primary Role: Support
Secondary Roles: DPS
Top 3 Heroes: Baptiste, Brigitte, Juno

Why should you be chosen to represent your region?
I'm passionate for the game and for university esports and I'd love the opportunity to represent the northern teams in nse and compete with the best players from each team

Greatest Overwatch achievement?
Finishing top 500 on all roles

 

GreenShell, University of Sunderland

Highest Rank: Masters 5
Current Rank: Plat 1
Primary Role: Tank
Secondary Roles: Support
Top 3 Heroes: Ramattra, Rein, Lucio

Why should you be chosen to represent your region?
I believe I could be a decent personality for the team, keep the mood and spirits high whilst having a laugh with teammates. I’m flexible on which roles i can play as well as being able to dedicate a lot of time to practicing what my teammates want from me.

Greatest Overwatch achievement?
Top 10 on Lucioball and multiple Top500 appearances on console

 

South - Chicken and Mushroom

Choose your two favourites wisely here...

VoltsA, University of Southampton

Highest Rank: Grandmaster 1
Current Rank: Grandmaster 2
Primary Role: Support
Secondary Roles: None
Top 3 Heroes: Lucio, Brigitte, Juno

Why should you be chosen to represent your region?
Got 2nd + 3rd in winter playing exclusively Brig and Juno, Currently 2nd seed in EMEA Faceit Master Season 5 playoffs (as of July 3rd), Voted the Overall Goat of Uni League on NUEL TMZ (Playing, Coaching and Rep combined)

Greatest Overwatch achievement?
4th EMEA Faceit Master Season 4

 

Chief, Imperial College London

Highest Rank: Grandmaster 4
Current Rank: Grandmaster 5
Primary Role: DPS
Secondary Roles: None
Top 3 Heroes: Genji, Tracer, Pharah

Why should you be chosen to represent your region?
Moving into second year for ICL so I will stick around for anyone new watching. On one of the more prevalent teams and know a lot of people already so I shouldn't look too out of place ::)

Greatest Overwatch achievement?
42nd in OWCS qualifiers

 

Derpyyy, University of Southampton

Highest Rank: Top 100
Current Rank: Grandmaster 4
Primary Role: DPS
Secondary Roles: None
Top 3 Heroes: Widowmaker, Sojourn, Tracer

Why should you be chosen to represent your region?
I enjoy being involved in the wider university OW community, and I'm enthusiastic to meet and play with a variety of players and friends from other universities.

Greatest Overwatch achievement?
3rd place in EBC EMEA Eastern and qualified for EBC EMEA Major

 

SA1NT, Roehampton University

Highest Rank: Grandmaster 2
Current Rank: Masters
Primary Role: Tank
Secondary Roles: DPS
Top 3 Heroes: Ramattra, Orisa, Mauga

Why should you be chosen to represent your region?
Hitting top 150

Greatest Overwatch achievement?
2 years of being forced onto DPS, it's time to Ram.

 

Eloi, Imperial College London

Highest Rank: Grandmaster 4
Current Rank: Grandmaster 5
Primary Role: DPS
Secondary Roles: None
Top 3 Heroes: Cassidy, Soldier, Sojourn

Why should you be chosen to represent your region?
Because I click heads better than anyone else and my aggressive, duel taking, aim intensive playstyle will win us the game and be a fun watch for spectators

Greatest Overwatch achievement?
Top 4 NSE last season

 

NeoFried, University of Sussex

Highest Rank: Grandmaster 1
Current Rank: Grandmaster 2
Primary Role: Support
Secondary Roles: Tank/DPS
Top 3 Heroes: Lucio, Kiriko, Brigitte

Why should you be chosen to represent your region?
Ummm i play lucio and im good at it maybe!!!

Greatest Overwatch achievement?
Going to Riyadh to play ewc lcq and reaching quater finals (then losing on stream LOL)

 

Gligger, University of Southampton

Highest Rank: Grandmaster 4
Current Rank: Grandmaster 4 
Primary Role: Tank
Secondary Roles: Support
Top 3 Heroes: Orisa, Winston, Hazard

Why should you be chosen to represent your region?
Voltsa told me to and i wanna win

Greatest Overwatch achievement?
Peaked Top 9

 

Styx, University of Exeter

Highest Rank: Grandmaster 1
Current Rank: Grandmaster 4
Primary Role: Support
Secondary Roles: None
Top 3 Heroes: Lucio, Brigitte, Baptiste

Why should you be chosen to represent your region?
Big NSE fan since starting in September, play the game a lot and have a decent amount of experience doing so as well as being good friends with a lot of the UK Uni OW scene

Greatest Overwatch achievement?
Winning EMEA Expert Division Season 5

 

WanTom, Imperial College London

Highest Rank: Grandmaster 3
Current Rank: Grandmaster 4
Primary Role: Tank
Secondary Roles: DPS/Support
Top 3 Heroes: Winston, Hazard, Wrecking Ball

Why should you be chosen to represent your region?
I play Winston pretty alright (Guxue approved), and this is my last year so please take pity on me. Also I can give you free monster.

Greatest Overwatch achievement?
Won NSE monster plays

 

Geode, Imperial College London

Highest Rank: Grandmaster 1
Current Rank: Grandmaster 2
Primary Role: Support
Secondary Roles: None
Top 3 Heroes: Lucio, Torbjorn, Genji

Why should you be chosen to represent your region?
Im a washed up lucio one trick that makes for excellent television

Greatest Overwatch achievement?
Ending season at #69 support. this is forever on my career profile

 

Void, Cardiff University

Highest Rank: Grandmaster 5
Current Rank: Masters 1
Primary Role: DPS
Secondary Roles: Tank/Support
Top 3 Heroes: Sojourn, Cassidy, Tracer

Why should you be chosen to represent your region?
Only person in Cardiff to ever do it and cos of that I’m willing to put Cardiffs reputation on the line

Greatest Overwatch achievement?
Won div 2

 

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