Don't forget that he had an immense dedication to the grind of competition. He's a meme now but I consider him one of the hardest grinders to play Overwatch. Bringing an unsponsored F/A team against one of the best teams in the world to an incredibly close game is unbelievable.
It's the equivalent of something like Nearest Airport/Lenny Time/Dark Ratio going 3 maps triple OT against OpTic.