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"the best dps players in the world... playing tanks"
i instantly bought the nutcracker skin when i saw it
i wish i could spam pharah
disgustingly underrated damage output actually
i guess i'll just spam mei in defense tho, she's so much fun
yeah you can really fuck up a dva/roadhog
honestly, im not like most people
since their critboxes are really big
i dont care what people pick in solo queue
as long as they're successful with it
and make it work
and if they DONT make it work
they switch to something that will be useful to the team
like if we're running 1 heal and a symmetra
and the symmetra is ass
i hope they swap to a 2nd healer
ya feel me?
i usually only play zen in a typical 2/2/2 lineup
idk, its too early to tell
how's the shield aspect of the ult
i havent played with sym since the changes
been busy
idk, atleast i'm like 99% sure
she'll be permapicked on 2cp point B
and she'll make it sooooo much harder to take it
her turrets charge faster
the shield is great, effectively cancels roadhog's oneshot
apparently
yeah
the turrets charge really fast
like wat i've been doing
is just rush enemy door
setup 6 turrets somewhere near that
and enjoy the free 50% ult charge to start the game
sometimes i've been able to leash a mercy flying the sky
that 8m range is ridiculous
You know, i actually dont like playing soldier
can even be lucky and kill a squishy if it focus fires him and they don't react fast enough
there's alot of pressure on you
especially if the enemy team picks mercy
its basically your job to kill her
or else you'll lose the teamfight
Has the game started?
cause she'll res everyone you just killed
i mean once you get the beam charged up, you can do some serious work
yeah
i like playing dva more cause
I think symmetra is 1v1 god now
C9 stomping?
i've gotten a nanoboost once, and i just mircowaved em all
i don't think there's any hero that can 1v1 symmetra, maybe besides mei
someone said yeah :c
mei and mcree are the only things you gotta worry about
and even for mei, i think a well timed E from symmetra just wins her the 1v1
Those mccree clips make me cri eritime
im looking forward to seeing some surefour/mendo carry
yeah rachel
i wanna see one of them play mccree/genji but they prolly won't
i think
we'll either see mendo's genji
or surefour's mccree
he picks it sometimes in clutch situations
oh right, recently surefour picked tracer
both play a good mccree
although i'd rate surefour as a better mccree
They both play the same heroes
but mendo plays a better genji than surefour imo
and surefour plays a better mccree
but who's the better tracer
but they're both pretty much on the same level
I actually dont know
and i watch them play alot
and then who's the better soldier
both have insane tracking
i think
his tracking is pretty lit
mendo has good tracking too but i think he carries harder on genji
it honestly blows my mind how accurate they are
he's like an NA shadowburn
yeah, you'd think that once you're in diamond
you might be comparable
to one of these guys
then you watch them and go
technically shadowburn is gonna be NA soon
wut @clear pollen
Oh really?
they haven't decided on a location yet, but its happening
Well there goes the NA #2 spot
im guessing they're trying to get all the visas worked out
i'd imagine its hard to get a visa for shadowburn
zombs and forsaken are already in NA i think
They're all in NA right now
well i mean current resident status
oh well apparently 3 of them are NA, so they only have to move 3 people
you know
if you look up c9
it says mendo is from europe
but he has a canadian english accent
like north american
He is from Europe
is he actually?
swedish
Yes
has he just spent a long time in NA?
He taught himself english through the internet
Probably picked up the accent
by immitating them
MENDO
lmfao
when mendo is better in the interview
than the interviewer
seagull is huge
LUL
holy shit the memes from this interview o.o
Great streamer
TF2
He got in early
ah i see
One of the first to stram OW
gotcha that makes sense
"bless mendo"
i member when seagull played tf2 and said he was gonna try to stream overwatch if anyone cared
he originally thought nobody was gonna watch
ah
little did he know
i personally like both surefour and mendo's streams
they made OW fun for me to watch
Yeah, Seag's personality is very accommodating
hella entertaining guys
Mendo and Surefour are just total memers
personally i was hooked by seagull's personality and gameplay
He's just very informative aswell
Which is why I love them
Not toxic at all
i honestly never had a team where I liked every single player on that team
really nice guy
c9 is good at recruiting likeable people lol
While I don't know the personality's of Ryb and Roolf, I do like everyone else on c9
Debitt and Reaver were ๐
i think its safe to say from the streams that new c9 has gelled very well
I dont think they were toxic really
yea i think there was just a clash of personalities on the roster at that time
i wasn't following overwatch until the world cup
do they?
does NRG have a coach?
but they could get a life coach or an analyst who's watching vods for em
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and just pulling up stats for them
i mean all you really need a clear mind who is looking at the big picture
as a player its easy to tunnel vision
yea
tbh i think if c9's gonna lose
itll be on a 2CP map or KOTH
they're pretty good at payload maps
c9 has a lot of individual skill, they just needed a coach to really pool it into strong team cohesion
@clear pollen players have to be coachable too
like willing to listen to and adjust to play according to their coach
Wait
while also being able to voice their opinions too
Hmm
its gotta be a dynamic environment
Rachel, Monte, HuK and Flame
the most effective coaching is when you have reliable out of game coaching that can help influence your team leaders
zp is casting
ZP and DoA
zp and doa maybe?
?
mr x and who?
Used to be a big caster for Halo
two unknowns i guess
ugh fuck
When Halo was esports
Why not ZP and Ster?
i wont judge them until i see how they coach
Why not Uber?
Puckett unknown ๐ค
Why not uber?
SYMM AND TORB
sym torb
YES
AND HANZO
BRO
seagull on hanzo
HOLY SHIT I LOVE THESE GUYS
GOD BLESS C9 AND NRG
sniped wows
here we go
sym choose the shield generator
ADAM FRAGGIN OUT
yo adam is basically a dps at the moment
KyKy
like i said
such a good dva
almost always gets value out of the dva self destruct
He's a better Zarya
zarya + hanzo wombo
he's been spamming a lot of dva in ranked
One of the best in the game imo
fucking kyky
rekt
monster
NICE
nastyyy
THEY HELD WITH TORBJORN AND SYMMETRA
nrg lol XDDDDDD
WOOOOOOO
That felt dirty
double barrier new meta
this is gonna
+150 hp on every hero is not cancer at all ๐
make NRG into even more of a meme than before
that feeling when nrg can't even do the dragonstrike combo
but they opted into the zarya ult into it
what
but the rest of NRG wasnt able to
capitalize on the picks
why didnt seagull go pharah
seagull is basically playing with a diamond team
did he really even get that many picks?
seagull throw
He got like 3
none of them could ever take advantage of seagull's kills
idk clockwork was pretty decent
Seagull trying to be Mendo
yeah right he got heaps of kills at the start

i forgot clockwork was on nrg LOL
Its sad to see him transfer from TF2 to OW
don't forget adam
He was a god in TF2
clockwork or seagull?
adam did a lot too
adam's consistent yeah
im just saying in general
c9 has 3 people
that can step up to the plate
to carry them
Clockwork
wasn't he like the actual best scout
you'd think nrg would do well
275 zen
since they're the tf2 dream team
tbh I'm beginning to root for NRG just because of the c9 discord ๐ค
why?
@jagged kernel Yep
"LUL NRG. NRG is trash." etc. etc.
they are though :p
Have some good sportsmanship tho
i feel like this is a pretty neutral chat
c9 fans :/
Cheering for c9 and not relentless shitting on NRG
welp
I mean, I'm obviously rooting for C9
But I like NRG
So im not just saying they're shit over and over
yeah
dude
I think c9 played well
i need a gif of that golf clap
I'm cheering for c9 as well
I dont think NRG played terribly
I don't care for either of them tbh
c9 just played much better than NRG
pri much
they just didn't make any plays
and map 2 was roolF with the clutch sleeps
yeah, tbf they probably have no experience vs torb symmetra
i thought they would have takwn the point after they got all those kills near the bginning though
yeah definitely
hanzo had 2 good picks
they should've tried forcing
but i think mendo landed good poke
so they pussied out
but they picked off mendo first...
yeah idk i have no excuses for them
im trying to think of a good reason but nothing's coming xD
with the way the meta is going, clockwork is the only one using dps only
seagull flexes a bit
genji is not doing too good in this meta
http://i.imgur.com/t4DkENQ.gif @forest raven
roadDOG
Excellent reaction gif @balmy wolf ๐
Saved it already
this meta is even tankier than the last one goddam
soldier incoming
SEAG
Seagull is flying
LETS GO SUREFOUR
Yusss
good to see pharah doin well here tho
Seagull's pharah is god
And there's the top 5 76 on c9
surefour got him
HarryHook/Mendo/Surefour
Perhaps going Pharah was a mistake for Seagull, since he basically forced out the best Soldier 76 in the game
I mean
surely they were going to use it anyway since soldier is so top tier in the meta
Ryb tho missed everything that fight but they won
mendo/surefour/harryhook are all contenders for best s76 in the world
well i mean harry had to play against better competition
Dude doesnt even need Tac Visor
so yeah he has more going for him
I guess at a certain level it's a matter of opinion. They are all beasts
something i'd love for pharah
saw that tracking? xD
I just like Surefor
That visor lol
like if she's flying, crouching would make her slam on the ground
he got ana with the visor
i noticed nrg is not going 100% meta
i mean
But they're just better than NRG
like seagull goes non-meta heroes
So it doesn't matter
it was effective because
nrg don't go 100% meta because the meta heroes aren't their forte
it forced NRG to back away
and then surefour still got ana with the ult
so it had value
Enigma Tracer 
and then you're good without the ult, you'll be able to carry
and surefour did just that lol
Weird, I figured Clockwork would be the one to flex
True
clockwork is better on hitscan like soldier/mccree
that's what he did in his previous team
i haven't seen enigma tracer in so long
Remember that game where he solo carried in a Monthly Melee a few months ago
I haven't followed him in OW much, but he was the best TF2 scout
Gods was the tracer until enigma turned out to be the better tracer
Never seen a harder carry
Ah that was a weird mistake by kyky
coulda saved the ult for the graviton bomb combo
but i think its okay for c9 right now anyway
NA ult from mendo right there
lol yep
yea that was awkward
nrg goes meta and starts winning ๐ค
then again this is like c9's curse for KOTH
Tracer's not meta
tracer's still good in koth
Not for 3-2-1 or 4-2
shatter pulse bomb
yo enigma is carrying hard
As always tbh
i'd argue that tracer is pretty meta on koth
yea enigma's doing surprisingly well
she gets so much value
its a bo5 koth map
Enigma
and c9 sucks at koth
Enigma on Tracer and Seag on Zarya
its enigma
enigma went ham @trim pelicanediaz#5606
It's about the maps IMHO. That part of Ilios is really tracer friendly
yeah
someone should've switched to mccree way earlier
well is shit for tracer tho
does everyone on c9 have the some keyboard
but they really wanted to play quad tank for some reason
surefour fucking hacks
world's finest mccree
nrg bringin out the 4 tanks
oh he had someone in LoS there but he didnt use it fast enough
55% ult charge already wtf
surefour pls
It's funny how the meta is tank heavy, and yet you don't see much Reaper. This meta really needs balancing
yep
Reaper has a hard time against dva and
yep
nanoboost doesnt give speed up anymore
i'd rather nano gives speed
but they nerf bio grenade
aand the game devolved into 4 tanks
I'm sure they do
Tbh
if they don't see the problem after these tournament
they're realyl stupid
and i still have some faith in them so i'll hope they do :^)
They've proven they know what they are doing imho
Good Graviton
yeah it exists for 1 patch
Yeah but we've had even more cancerous metas that were fixed by blizz
Have we?
so we still have to wait lol
Outside of Hero Stacking I cant think of any
Actually
I'm happy ults take longer to charge
you actually have to land damage
to be relevant
you cant just afk, get ult
Imo they need to buff dps ults now tho lol
Im not
and pop off
One of the problems that created this meta
i'd say soldier ult is in a good place
cuz indirectly, the ult charge nerf was a buff to tanks
enigma on tracer again
They never should have changed ult charges
tanks innate kits are way better than most dps
i feel like zarya, lucio, and ana are the real causes of this meta
might need surefour on mccree/tracer again
zarya isn't even that strong now
she's decent but she's not broken
That created this monstrosity
she's still insanely strong lol
Ana/Dva are
It's ana and Dva too to an extent
yeah she's still really strong, but she's not broken anymore tho
lucio is indispensable because of speed boost
DVA on her own isnt that bad
i still think if ana's grenade is nerfed, the tank meta would disappear
yeah the health buff was really extra
I don't think a hero being really strong is a problem tho lol
ana's grenade
Take Heal Boost and Debuff to 50%
the ult charge nerf made tanks stronger
See what happens
like you have to be able to outheal dps damage which ana can do right now
That should help immensly
because tanks dont really need ults to be super effective
yeah but they buffed dva twice in a single patch
but if she can't outheal it then dps would come back
and agreed @pearl cedar
tanks are so much stronger than dps in their basic kits
jesus
in the same patch
yea
Just like the patch awhile ago where they overbuffed mccree and nerfed 76 in the same patch
they also fixed how zarya's beam interacts with armor
so basically ana + the ult charge nerf made tanks stronger
so it doesn't instantly melt dva
i dont think they need to buff charge rates, but they should nerf a few things
for example road hog hook
should be on a 9 or 10 second cooldown
instead of 6 seconds
ana's grenade shouldnt make targets unhealable for 6 seconds lol
exactly and you get teams more likely to pick dps
throw hooks over and over blindly until you get a pick
imo, they should revert the ult charge change and nerf bio nade heal boost and debuff to 50%
2-0'd
If they did something to punish missed hooks it would offer more windows to counter that
Because right now
gg
So, NRG. They aren't bad, but they aren't good. I guess that's their place
Like something i was thinking would be to make hook maybe 10 sec base cd
No
and give 50% cd refund when he lands a hook
it would reward good players who land hooks
i want to see a c9 vs envy on lan so bad
I'm hoping to see a c9 vs Nv final
new c9 vs envy w/ mickie
and promote good mechanics
yeah that too lol
its a really forgiving spell
i dont have a problem with the cd, i just dont wanna be hooked through multiple dimensions
is it 2 losses in groups out?
The smaller hitbox means its harder to hit hooks
basically 2 losses
maybe make the hook a real skillshot
ie make the hitbox of the hook actually the size of the hook
And when you hit a hook, you already outplayed the target by hooking them
so you shouldnt rely on a wonky physics engine for where they're gonna end up
They should end up in front of you
within melee range
LUL mendo
Okay
wait a second, i had a great screenshot that happened when moonmoon's stream crashed for me at the perfect time
you know, i think mendo was being sarcastic
yeah, hook is a low-risk, high-reward mechanic
mendo & flame oh gosh
can you send links here ? idk if it was sent
Yes you can
wasnt huk criticized for being too negative ?
Yeah
monte does it, all cool
MONTE u can't just say that
Dude
he outplayed the hook, not the other way around
Did you even read what I said
he baited the cd, retreated behind the wall and shit
still got hooked
You said
"And when you hit a hook, you already outplayed the target by hooking them
so you shouldnt rely on a wonky physics engine for where they're gonna end up"
Make the hitbox actually the size of the hook model, not 76 or someshit. The smaller hitbox makes hoots harder to hit.
So
you know whats funny
When you hit a hook you already outplayed them by hitting it
nrg is still in the background gathering their stuff
and these guys are up here shitting on nrg lol
can you watch vods on mlg?
So you shouldnt rely on a wonky physics engine on where they're going to end up
well in this case
Im not talking about the hook now dude
he hit a hook he had no business hitting
maybe they should buff non-tanks' movement speed
Incase you're retarded and couldnt tell
Oh you're saying once it's reworked
Then yeah i agree, i thought you were talking about the current hook being about outplaying people 
it's kinda hard to follow shit when there's multiple people talking about multiple stuff :^)
w/e nvm
Its going very slow
Guess you're just a dick, forget it
LOL
Huk might be overly negative now
maybe r/overwatchvods
still a dumb idea not putting on twitch
idk if there's such a sub
@balmy wolf envy vs complexity prediction?
there are usually youtubers who upload these vods
nv easy 2-0
i love how their trailer talks about the best dps in the world, so cringe
it's over i guess ?
eh AF blue tried being gimmicky at OGN and they lost pretty hard
CoL is gonna try their usual gimmick and its not gonna work against NV
envy hasnt practiced vs NA teams in a loong time and taimou is getting here late
i think at this point we should just expect tork to do this sombra thing and NV is gonna expect it too
He said like
but who knows, nv's last minute replacement worked for them vs koreans
wut
classic taimou
now maybe its too subtle, but i think taimou is mad that his flight got delayed
yeah just maybe...
hopefully we see CLG slowly build a name for themselves
but idk any of the players outside misospoon
i thought curryshot would be on the team
cause he's streaming under clg
Well from miso's stream i know they've been scrimming a lot
dont think curryshot is good enough
so i think CLG is trying to be serious
seems more like a streamer than a pro player
carnage streams under the complexity name too but he's not playing for them
Yeah but they already have a team
It makes sense to make the assumption Curry would be on CLG when they got a team
Like, Ster is streaming under LG
But he isnt on LG
and doesnt plan on going pro
curry doesnt seem like pro player material, more like a personality
Moonmoon's had offers from teams, no?
No idea
moonmoon will never go pro
moon is insanely popular, some teams might get him just for exposure even if they dont win
atleast that's what he said
Hell no would he go pro
but of course he wouldnt go pro since he's having a more relaxing time streaming
THe dude makes so much fucking money from strams
All I know is he go an invite to be one of USA's picks for the WC
And he doesn't have the same passion for esports like Seag does
beign a pro gamer is a lot of work, way moer than streaming
yeah and he can goof around instead of being super serious
He definitely wont go pro
streaming is a TON of work too
For at least 2 more years
especially for someone like moonmoon
Does moonmoon play anything other than OW on stream?
i don't think he ever did
if you have the personality for streaming, i see no reason to go pro considering the amount of effort you need to succeed
I saw him play Dwarf Fortress
And eh
Some other game
i cant remember the name of
But mostly OW
I wonder what would happen to his fanbase if he began to consistently stream games that wasn't OW
streaming = 8 hours of goofing around vs pro = 8 hours of serious scrims
He also has his mother to take care of
Thats the main reason why he wont go pro
Or go to any Cons
ic
summit was initially going to go pro since he was already "semi-pro" but streaming worked way better for him so he stuck with it
he played for invite teams, never any successful ones tho
I like how MGA is still in the channel description
stopped playing at a high level because it was way too stressful
who is kyb
yea kyb started out as a MM star
decided to go pro to try it out but became way too time consuming when it involved traveling and lans
draw pls
what
also misfits 0-3'd yikes
cant wait for the meta report tho
more tank meta than the last
that's hilarious
they really didnt need to change anything but i guess that full swedish lineup might be something to develop for the future
i mean yeah it was 3-0 lunatic hai, but misfits played really well for a team that played together for 5ish days
give misfits time, i think they'll get better
It was me HAHA @balmy wolf
it wasnt tho
I posted it there first
Which channel
Tournaments
HAHA
so did anybody record the las vegas MLG invitational first day matches?
the vod on the official channel is missing a lot of stuff from what ive heard
because unfortunately YT wanted it streamed on their garbage service instead of twitch
After reunited dropped TwoEasy and were looking for a new dps, they found kyb in matchmaking
Draw only cares about like 2 teams
He was a pretty fantastic gengu
He only cares about his 2 NA teams
No love for Custa though
If there was an Irish player I would root for that team no matter what
But when it was C9 vs Fnatic, you rooted for C9
disspointed
Hugh Jackman isn't my favourite actor just because he's Aussie
Yeah but he isnt the only good australian actor
Unlike Custa
Who's the only good Australian pro player
Only Aussie on a pro team =/= Only good Aussie player
Were they there at Apex ๐ค
ic
@balmy wolf do you even sleep?
ic
yeah
tbh your active times made me think you're NA until you mentioned your timezone
yeah my sleeping pattern is fucked 24/7
Why do the Koreans use mundane, western names as their usernames?
ยฏ_(ใ)_/ยฏ
Because English tends to sound cool to them
Same with Japan, if you watch chinese naked cartoons
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Reverse weebs
Kinda, I think
Asians who are obsessed with western culture
So KD Panthera lost R2der, AF Blue lost Jin and Yesman and CLG got a team
Jesus
That throw
Used every ult to contest
killed 1
Is there a site that tells you about all the upcoming esports for OW?
Gosugamers I guess
rip AF Blue
Why is rogue running solo heal :/
Rogue's washed up ha HAA
Deserved loss
They just walked off the cart ๐ค
That's the least of their problems
roasted
I nearly forgot about complexity vs Envyus
ikr!
symmetra hype?
@balmy wolf guess you were right
I missed the match though- I couldn't find a fucking time for it!
it's not anywhere on the website that I can find
Right about what?
envy 2-1
Complexity
Oh well yeah
@balmy wolf team liquid vs nrg prediction?
Bo3?
i think so
Hmm
yes afaik
Thats a lot harder than Envy vs coL
Indeed
Wait
nrg is shit, but i dont know anything about TL
It is the next match
man nrg so bad these day
they're so disorganized
could probably have full held if they didn't throw zarya and dva ult at a long won fight..
First point taken like 10 seconds faster than Liquid
that dva ult + zaraya ult + mcree ult in the same time vs 3 opo
really waste
should have save it
who winning
NRG has 1:37, Liquid has 1:00
^
Liquid couldn't take it
NRG win Kings Row
when will we see better stream quality