RIP coL
#esports-discussion
still temple
what chat is this
pine star
Professional chef discussion
gentle shuttle
did something happen to Envy's roster
pine star
@gentle shuttle what do you mean?
gentle shuttle
@pine star people talking about different roles for the members in Shadowburn's chat
lol he queued against Jake
digital pond
They already swapped roles before so it wouldn't be surprising.
gentle shuttle
Nico, J3sus, Gale, Jake, Shadowburn, Rawkus and Kephrii all in this game lol https://www.twitch.tv/sdburn
silk linden
this is my first time seeing shadowburn. So far, I don't see thise huge abyss between him and the likes of Shadder and Seagull
silk linden
also what's with pro genjis and the letter S
pine star
Slice
silk linden
shrugger
pine star
They all be slicing around
silk linden
what I mean is, from what I heard about him, I was expecting his technique to be unique, to be the cutting edge (ehe) of Genji play, but I don't see him doing anything radically different
he just looks like a really good genji player to me
pine star
Yeah well
silk linden
granted, I've yet to see a full pro match of his
pine star
You could say he was kind of a pioneer
And now everyone does what he does in some form
Kinda
silk linden
any specific examples?
pine star
Wasn't he the one that popularized the dash into the air + dragonblade?
silk linden
you tell me
gentle shuttle
i'll link some stuff
gentle shuttle
but yeah as for ledge-boosting, i think that was the case
silk linden
I'm not trying to go against this public perception of his btw, I just want to understand
pine star
Yeah I know
pine star
It's really hard right now to measure his skill and were he stands against other Genji mains just because of how high his ping is in Russia
silk linden
do you think he doesn't attempt things that are too out of the ordinary when he's on such a bad ping
pine star
Oh yeah
silk linden
lel team USA
pine star
He also has one of the best reflexes to deflect stuff
balmy wolf
sdb was never very different from other genji mains playstyle wise
silk linden
good play though, how he turned around to slice star coming out of spawn
balmy wolf
Like he didnt have any unorthodox strats that others didnt use
He was just a step above
gentle shuttle
the stand out things are being able to get tripples/quads without ult, highest gravition deflect rates, shuriken accuracy
and yeah the reflexes
pretty much
pine star
@balmy wolf you know more about Genjis than I do. Was he really the one that popularized the dash into the air + dragonblade?
gentle shuttle
this should be pretty easy since i've been specifically watching a lot of his shit the last 4 days or so
silk linden
one thing I'm seeing is, usually genjis bounce around a lot as a mechanism for self defense, they're very erratic. He instead just b-lines from target to target, he's very methodic
balmy wolf
The only thing that stands out to me about sdb compared to all the other good genji players is his accuracy with shurikens and ability to kill without ult with ease
silk linden
at what hero?
balmy wolf
Don't think so @pine star
I believe that was just picked up by all the good genji players and then caught on and became popular
I didnt watch a lot of beta so maybe he started using it then and the rest picked it up by launch
but when i started watching more frequently, most good genjis were using it
gentle shuttle
@balmy wolf damn, Necro's a beast https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dht0oGFsNPY
silk linden
was he know back in beta?
pine star
Yeah I also didn't watch beta at all
balmy wolf
Yeah dude @gentle shuttle
pine star
That's why I'm not confirming anything
pine star
But I remember hearing that somewhere
balmy wolf
incase you couldnt tell from the video
gentle shuttle
SDB was know as the best Pharah during the beta
balmy wolf
He doesn't really stand out in shuriken accuracy or anything like that
kind of the same level as your average gm/top 500 genji
its his blades
silk linden
bu yeah, I'm seeing Shadowburn's nanoblade into frozen enemies, which honestly doesn't sound that difficult, but from his PoV you see he just turns and slashes straight into every single enemy
balmy wolf
that put him apart
silk linden
it's like a connect the dots game
balmy wolf
Also SDB's Pharah wasnt the best during Beta
Definitely one of the best
easily one of the best
but the top spot was heavily contested
pine star
@balmy wolf what the actual fuck was that Necros footage
I can't understand shit of what he's doing on those blades
silk linden
dammit shadowburn hits every single sword slash
pine star
Such reaction
gentle shuttle
i remember ZP saying that a lot
balmy wolf
Yeah, there is some speculation that Necros is hacking or using a script during his blades
But he's played Genji for 4 seasons now and does this repeatedly
pine star
Just from seeing that, it's not a crazy assumption lol
pine star
Maybe he's an omnic 
balmy wolf
so blizzard would definitely pay attention to that
and considering he isnt banned, I dont believe he's hacking
balmy wolf
oh and also his reflects are crazy aswell
He isn't on a team afaik
and im not sure where he's from
pine star
I may just start paying attention to this guy
balmy wolf
Croatia it seems
silk linden
you know what. USA didn't have that bad a lineup actually. Too bad they compeltely lacked any gameplan
balmy wolf
They were one of the strongest teams in the tournament even without practice
imo if they took it more seriously they could have beaten SK
pine star
They had good people on each spot
silk linden
well, the US has 300M people
pine star
But they got Shadowburnt
silk linden
Star keeps saying it, their biggest problem was that they didn't know what they were doing
balmy wolf
Well they did, they just never practiced
and didnt take it seriously enough
like you cant expect a team of good players to come together and win with no practice
but they just didnt seem to care
maybe because there was no money involved
idk
pine star
That's probably why Korea won
balmy wolf
yep
pine star
National pride and stuff
balmy wolf
They take it very seriously
pine star
They REALLY try-harded
silk linden
Korea are also better gamers
pine star
Yeah that's true
silk linden
Like, they are better at playing Overwatch
balmy wolf
Which is imo the biggest reason why Korea dominates a lot of esports
They just take esports more seriously than other countries
balmy wolf
Thats also why Sweden stands out among other european countries
pine star
From administration, to coaching, to skill development
silk linden
that, and also some kind of eastern mentality that values cooperation over individuality
balmy wolf
because they take gaming more seriously than the rest of europe
theres like schools where you can play games with people and shit
silk linden
some say they take gaming too seriously actually, in a non healthy and sustainable way
balmy wolf
silk linden
esports has a huge problem with that imho
was it like at the past Dota championship, where players admitted that basically everyone takes adderall
balmy wolf
@pine star Necros is actually from Serbia
and has played on amateur teams
or 1 amateur team
called The Cult
silk linden
you just mistook a Serb for a Croat. That's punishable by death in both countries
balmy wolf
I just translated the language in his twitch description :p
silk linden
"Serbian is the same as Croatian" keep digging your grave bro
balmy wolf
i didnt say that though..?
silk linden
(they are. They are the fucking same)
balmy wolf
oh right
pine star
pine star
Cya
balmy wolf
love blizzard keeping people at 50% win rate
Today all i get are people who are trolling, leaving, or not using voice comm
emm
This is esports discussion
wanton bronze
^
balmy wolf
I have no idea waht is what
with this fucking april fools joek
like waht is comp discussion
Its not the channel to complain about your terrible teams and that you deserve GM
Chill I thought this was comp discussion
wanton bronze
but lul forced 50% win rate myth
balmy wolf
just read the description
like how would i know its coofoff lolol
or just read what we're talking about
its something that i get a ton of games with leavers and people intentionally deranking thjo
We aren't complaining about ranked, so you should automatically know it isnt comp-discussion
i havent played many games today btu the odds as kinda slim for that to be just random
didnt read chat ahead
how was i supposed to know i needed to go to "cookoff discussion" lel
pine star
balmy wolf
honestly would have chosen cooking-discussion before that
pine star
balmy wolf
I just gave you two reasons
Why you should have known this wasnt comp-discussion
Cause u werent complaining?
thats not all comp discussion is
and cause of what you were talking about?
that seems like shit i'd read in comp discussion tbh.
i see esport talk in there occasionaly
comp discussion not just complaining
yeaahh
It's not
surree
anyway, im off
pine star
balmy wolf
But this group is pretty hostile for some reason
go to #overwatch-serious
like honest mistake just relax
pine star
@balmy wolf don't mind Polo, he's a Reaper main
balmy wolf
It's all explainewd
You should just read when you come into the channel, instead of instantly venting about your shitty ranked games
so what do we think about Guy Fieri?
That would have avoided all of this
@balmy wolf you have some control issues dont ya
I just dont want to see what I see in overwatch discussion in here
I already said it looked pretty regular discussion to me, and the names are changed to some weird joke
It's not your board
sorry
read the description, or the pins or check the other channels first
Yeah I'll go and read description everytime, honestly the mistake was due to the name change
why did this trigger you
just relax dude and lets talk about what the chats for
Guy Fieri, yay or nay in the upcoming cookoff
I think he's got a real nice advantage over Gordon R.
pine star
thread abandonment protocols engaged
digital pond
Nico is streaming neat
limber pine
toxic yacht
βTHERE IS ONLY ONE STREAMER THAT I WATCH: SEAGULL. I EVEN COPIED HIS SENSITIVITY. I THINK HEβS THE BEST PLAYER IN THE WORLD.β -LIBERO
Awwwww <3
No homo
digital pond
Lmao.
toxic yacht
Also, something else that makes Genjis like SDB and Haksal stand out (I've come to the conclusion that he's the best Genji after SDB) is their spacial awareness.
You know how most Genjis, even really good ones look for their targets? These two people... They just know
They see the entire team for a short time and instantly know where everyone is and have ridiculous prioritization, even in the heat of battle where lesser Genjis would just get confused
Also, SDB does this thing where he deflects ultimates at every LAN
digital pond
Good Nano blades are definitely impressive because they know where to go next.
Even WhoRU displays it when he gets good blades.
No hesitation when they turn.
tawny girder
O _O
clever wagon
I mean I don't know how the "professional" part isn't enough for a hint
@toxic yacht it's like how Miro is Winston himself, SDB is Genji
They're at the level at like, they use their abilities like they breathe
tough summit
balmy wolf
This was posted like as soon as I went to sleep :c
rapid oxide
Tempo... Didn't they had a better replacement?. ..
Like... Fnatic π€
People on reddit are like "one more team that drop and Fnatic can play" lol
Honestly, meme aside, bo1 is shit... Fnatic could easily be qualified
And even if they didn't perform well in APEX, they are still pretty high tier
Bo1 is trash, bo 3 5 are nice, bo7 is too much
rapid oxide
Bo7 is stressful
Imagine if all the matches are close
That means you have to play 7 matches!
Whoru was dead after thr 5th match
I agree that bo1 doesn't show nothing
balmy wolf
bo7 is the most interesting
rapid oxide
For viewers, not for players :p
I could watch bo 999 the old rogue vs envy
Or lh / runaway
Pardon, lw blue
balmy wolf
i wouldnt lul
balmy wolf
There isnt anyone to buy them out i suppose
rapid oxide
People are already speculating on SKT T1
People have too high expectations
Meh... They will get all the juicy money then without giving at the org :)
toxic yacht
They're 100% getting an org after this performance
rapid oxide
If OWL will start in korea and KeSPA will join tok
I think lh and lots of team we know will "disappear"
And im with you sojum
What is weird is that they are waiting
pine star
I'm sure they already have TONS of offers
rapid oxide
I look at Ghost that sign Kungarna just at semis
Kasier is getting a fucktons of notoriety
I think i saw his stream getting 6k views
Ryu usually got 7/8k
Since that fatty hs
pine star
He's pretty much the only player that I've seen interacting actively with the west
Add to that the fact that he's an absolute god
rapid oxide
His English is ok indeed
pine star
And he's such a memer 
rapid oxide
And the rein god we had before was reinforce :p
rapid oxide
Are rogue in vegas right? Gaming house?
balmy wolf
Yes
rapid oxide
π
rapid oxide
Who's the KR soon for you guys?
supple nymph
@spring lintel track-god https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDY7kFZC1vk
rapid oxide
Ill say sabyeolbie or w/e is his name
spring lintel
Wow now that I think about it
rapid oxide
Saebyeolbe
spring lintel
Bastion can be a great thing to learn tracking
balmy wolf
Damn he gets a pocket mercy every game
lilac drum
You all should get a Gordon Ramsay
balmy wolf
Live in 5min 
Overwatch PIT Championship πͺπΊ Group Stage
Group 2 - Round 5
18:00CEST: πͺπΊ 
Hammers Esports versus Misfits 
πΈπͺ
19:30CEST: πͺπΊ 
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@limber pine
ruby stirrup
I just got matched into a game with 3 dia 3 plats
while on my team I had 1 dia 2 unranked
and 3 plats
what the fuck
balmy wolf
pine star
Is that the real deal?
toxic yacht
Yes
vestal mortar
What a babe π
silk linden
wild brandon in a rare moment when he isn't caw cawing on people all over the place
clever wagon
It's April 2nd in 49 minutes on my end
They might as well return the server to normal since so many people think this is #comp-whine-dump
I mean I bitch about comp too but not everytime
Β―_(γ)_/Β―
vestal mortar
I have only seen one person think this is a comp whine place
clever wagon
And comp bitchings are always either matchmaking issues, trolls, leavers, or non-switching bullshit anyway... even I'm tired after 2-3 times doing a written bitching
toxic yacht
The other one complaining about the mix of noranks + normals
vestal mortar
smh
clever wagon
Call me an elitist but there are at least 2 people in this channel who think 2 comp bitchings by non-pro players are too many
vestal mortar
Totes elitist 
clever wagon
I'm personally certain enough that I'm expecting professional scene discussion here... Occasional memes and shitposts are fine but there are more than infinite other places you can bitch about your shitty comp experience. And yeah practically anybody who have touched comp at this point have been through more or less the same shit, so there's no use in even mentioning that here.
rapid oxide
5 of 6 lunatic hai ppl are streaming
clever wagon
When they're streaming but you don't understand Korean 
rapid oxide
I don't speak anime too
vestal mortar
That's why I'm watching Pit
clever wagon
But ~5 years of being a weeb helps a tiiiny bit with Japanese π€
rapid oxide
Koream=|=japanese. Anyway let's not offtopic :p
pine star
β
clever wagon
How am I going to assert my point if putting 3291041234 i's in "tiny" is considered spam-esque
rapid oxide
I can post link but how dare using more than five "!"
I can post porn and go away without consequences
π€·
Put spamming "Ka.ppa" no!
clever wagon
But man blizz servers hasn't been great especially lately
vestal mortar
clever wagon
A shit-ton of "unable to connect" at the starting screen
For some inexplicable reason
rapid oxide
I get atleasy 3/4 dc in 1h π’
vestal mortar
Misfits noo
clever wagon
OWL is in 5 months and server issues still happening smh
rapid oxide
Im pretty sure they will use realm server lol
clever wagon
How are The Chavs handling Misfits
rapid oxide
Because they are good
clever wagon
@rapid oxide sssshh
clever wagon
Wow what
vestal mortar
Yeah I am not sure how I feel about Misfit's ult management
rapid oxide
Inb4 "showing that tier 2 eu team are still tier 2 euΒ₯
clever wagon
Twitch usual bullshit incoming
clever wagon
Where's Kruise from again
rapid oxide
Twitch chat
vestal mortar
Twitch chat born and raised
vestal mortar
welp
rapid oxide
HAMMER 
Sorry misfits but i will cheer for hammer, yd thry were unlucky and they deserve to go in quarterfinal
Twitch chat asking if take a pizza or wait for his dad? Wtf lmao
vestal mortar
Janus was discharged from hospital! \o/
rapid oxide
NICE!
vestal mortar
wow
digital pond
Rofl
I mean to be fair all they have to judge is their performances at APEX.
And aside from their last game vs KDU C9 struggled
vestal mortar
C9 with Bishop now though π
digital pond
Fingers crossed.
clever wagon
Hammers is really looking like that one org that might be not as big but have really good eyes for talent
Eye for rough diamonds
rapid oxide
2cp is fucking horrible
wintry matrix
which map did Hammers win?
vestal mortar
Nepal
digital pond
How is the role swap treating Misfist?
shrewd jackal
What??
toxic yacht
Nevix on DPS always makes me happy, so I'm biased, but I'd say that it's going well
vestal mortar
^
clever wagon
EU hours 
digital pond
Dafran is finally streaming π
pine star
Godfran 
digital pond
He's playing Genji again too. Back to his original OTP.
6 man Queue. Silk/Space/Dafran/Spree/Kephrii/J3sus lmao.
balmy wolf
Silkthread 
digital pond
Lol he came in Dafran stream and went "Space/Daf and I could queue and snipe Kephrii for easy SR if we wanted"
balmy wolf
lul
nimble owl
digital pond
Been like that since yesterday.
plain thorn
max bm mode
solid spear
Harry, Chips duo yum
balmy wolf
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Group 1 - Round 3
16:00 PDT: 
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17:30 PDT: 
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clever wagon
6 hrs and 22 minutes into April 2
clever wagon
Kruise won't say that to C9 bois at lan, they jacked, go to the chillest restaurants, wear the freshest clothes and bang the hottest dudes @rapid oxide
pearl aurora
did they forget to announce the na portion of the pit
balmy wolf
Yee
rapid oxide
@clever wagon wat
clever wagon
Memes
And by freshest clothes I mean team uniforms that could easily be mistaken with AFBlue
naive barn
Did the skill rating decay mechanic get cut entirely? I'm looking under my SR, and I can't find the time left until rating decay.
tulip jewel
@naive barn Check in the competitive play info page
naive barn
When I right click it, the top thing reads "Skill Rating"
instead of "Time Until Skill Rating decay" as it should
shell rain
definetely there for me as of 30mins ago
clever wagon
I want this server to go back to normal already :/
naive barn
im confused and worried cause
i dont want my SR to decay
but i dont know how long i have left and i really dont wanna play today
naive barn
ah
clever wagon
Competitive is #cookoff
naive barn
alright thanks
shell rain
i thought it was cooking discussions
clever wagon
LGE 2-1 convoLuted yeee boi
dreamy terrace
why is comp cook off lol
clever wagon
...
Who knows
Maybe it has something to do with the April fools theme
I mean I thought this channel is being clear about itself with "professional" in its name but apparently not
/shrug
pine star
This whole April's fools joke is stupid tbh
clever wagon
It was fun while it lasted, but then people started mistaking this channel with comp cum rant dump :/
pine star
Hands off ladies
pine star
jovial eagle
WD40
misty spire
Back at it again with another koocking with the one and only MrKrabs
Lastime we made the krabby patty
Now we're making the krusty krab pizza
First you have to sing the krusty krab pizza song
krusty krab pizza, is the pizza for you and me
Where's Gordon Ramsey when you need him
sick musk
So Bastion has seen a 0% pickrate in pro tournaments for the last 2-3 weeks in a row
jovial eagle
no one has tried
sick musk
And why do you think that is?
I've seen so many people say that Bastion is Overpowered, yes this is after the nerf to 20% damage reduc, but the numbers say otherwise
pearl aurora
comp vs pro is diff
sick musk
I think Bastion needs another rework tbh, hear me out
Bastion is very difficult to balance
You can either buff him too much and make him OP and a staple in the meta
like we saw at the beginning of the season
pearl aurora
a coordinated team can easily take a bastion out, which is what pro teams are (for the most part)
sick musk
or you make him too weak that he's such a niche character that never gets picked
pearl aurora
im disappointed by all of the torb picks because it never works out smfh
elder oracle
Bastion needs support and is immobile is why I think he's not very good, unless he's getting pocket healing when I play Pharah it's easy kills all game
sick musk
Which I'm not saying is a bad thing
Huh usually I experience the opposite
I usually destroy pharahs
On Oasis we were losing to a very good Pharah and I was playing Mercy
we were down 1-2
I switched to Bastion
and we won
3-2
I do think that Bastion needs to be looked at again, what do you guys think?
elder oracle
Happens I guess I've never had an issue unless he has backup, if he has backup it's another story cause u got to flank and if there's a soldier or Mcree and is in good position it becomes difficult, but mind you I'm 2300 so maybe that's why we see a difference
sick musk
He needs a more active and interesting role as a hero, not just a "press the lmb button and get kills"
and yes
I'm a Bastion main
I climbed from 1850 to 3000 this season with 95% bastion
sick musk
I just think that Bastion could use a change to make him, for lack of a better word, more "fun", and I think that may be why he isn't used much in E SPORTS
elder oracle
I believe bastion is in a decent spot, his immobility will always keep him out of the top meta imo, it's too dangers to sit still like that
And how do you make it so hes more mobile without making him op, it's a fine line
Give him more armour but we all see what happened with tbat
sick musk
In a perfect world, every single character would be played the same amount
elder oracle
True
jovial eagle
because bastion is focus fire magnet
the moment someone picks bastion in a pro tournament he's getting fucked by 6 people
it's not so much he needs reword
but the mindset he attracts
nothing you can do about that
sick musk
Then what would you propose? Keep him as he is and have him almost never picked in any pro tournaments ever? The numbers don't lie.
pearl aurora
there's always gonna be heroes that aren't picked
sick musk
ah
But shouldn't Blizzard's, and the playerbase's for that matter, goal be to strive to make all heroes picked equally? Because that's when you have true balance.
pearl aurora
...that would be horrible
sick musk
I'm not saying you are wrong, but how come?
pearl aurora
if all heroes were picked equally then you'd have a 1/24 chance of getting either a reinhardt or symmetra on your team π€
sick musk
Ah, but you would have an almost equal chance of getting support, offense, defense, and tank characters
jovial eagle
you shouldn't be asking for changes to a character just because said character is getting no picks in a pro tournament
sick musk
My argument is that if pros NEVER use him, then shouldn't that at least be a sign that MAYBE a character may need a change?
I mean
these are the top tier teams of Overwatch
If they don't touch certain characters then maybe that means there's something inherantly wrong with them
jovial eagle
there are a lot of characters that pros don't use in tournaments i think
but no, i don't think a character warrants a change just because pros either don't pick at all or use seldomly
pearl aurora
^
sick musk
You make a fair point. But why do you think pros don't use certain characters then?
I mean, surely, if a character was balanced, wouldn't it see use at ALL levels of competitive play?
jovial eagle
i don't think you realize the mentality of picks in either tournaments or different levels of competitive play
certain characters are picked more because it's a lot easier to perform well on them
others are either inconsistent or takes an incredible amount of skill to be better than the so called "meta" picks
pearl aurora
yeah
jovial eagle
people shit on hanzo, but if you watch seagull's hanzo you'd think hanzo is OP
pearl aurora
also do you realize how incredibly common mirror teams are in esports
sick musk
Okay
I may be flawed in my logic here
but doesn't Ana have a high skill cap? Which means it is harder to perform well with her?
jovial eagle
not exactly
sick musk
Then why was she the second most picked hero if she has that high of a skill cap?
jovial eagle
as a support, her first priority is keeping people alive
pearl aurora
because people who are good with her are extremely good
jovial eagle
it's very easy to do that on ana
pearl aurora
same as with genji
jovial eagle
when she starts to dps that's when her skills really shine
second most pick because she literally is the best healer of all healers
sick musk
Well Bastion has the most DPS in the game so by that comparison shouldn't he be used more?
Okay
bad comparison
jovial eagle
with a tradeoff of being incredibly vulnerable
sick musk
but still
jovial eagle
and immobile
he needs a shield in front of him
and shields burn stupidly fast in tournaments
sick musk
He gets more EHP when he goes immobile
Enemy shields would melt faster with a Bastion
When playing Bastion it's all about melting their shields before they melt yours
jovial eagle
and comes in dva
pearl aurora
^
jovial eagle
the thing is that a lot of teams will speed boost into a better position
and if they have a mei with dva
it gets dicey
sick musk
Dva can not take on Bastion in a 1v1
now if she right clicks with her team nearby though...
that's a different sotry
jovial eagle
bastion's value becomes apparent defending an area where the enemy is forced to be on said area without leaving
not on chokepoints
sick musk
This might just be my personal experience, but I find it actually easier to play Bastion on attack/koth than defense
Coming from a Masters level guy
solid spear
nah lets just buff Lucio lul
balmy wolf
I really hate some people on this game sometimes
I play sombra in comp and even though I stopped 4 enemy ults on a round 5 koth map and won us the game
someone still insists that I was the most garbage player
just because i was sombra
can this hate for her please come to an end
toxic yacht
clever wagon
@sick musk the equal heroes mindset is fucked up
Nerf sombra, nerf bastion, nerf all the niche heroes
Let them complain and don't give a fuck
That'll be golden entertainment
Also THIS IS ESPORTS
I doubt the regulars give as much fucks about hero usage here as they do the pro matches and pro personalities themselves
Pls for the sake of everything that's holy return this server to normal already
2-3 days we've been getting new randoms that came here because they mistook "professional" with their shitty comp experience
clever wagon
π
toxic yacht
Mods all already renamed themselves
At this stage they're just being lazy, methinks
Or "waiting for April 2nd in the whole world"
rapid oxide
Knoxxx married dafuq
"immune to stun, hook" "50% increase health" its 2 April π¦
clever wagon
A bit late for April fools
viral umbra
Sup guys.
edgy remnant
not even his real account
rapid oxide
it is real... got confirmed by himself in the official overwatch forum post
clever wagon
Competitive discussion wut
clever wagon
Esports discussion where D: muh safe space
@balmy wolf
Hint see channel topic, this has esport channels while cookoff has competitive
clever wagon
Yeh should be April 2 for all time zones as of now, no idea why the server hasnt returned to normal
heavy hearth
ohh right yeah saw the overcooked thing
that makes sense now
why its called cookoff
clever wagon
Looks like changes are underway
vestal mortar
Back to normal!
gentle shuttle
π
clever wagon
THANK GOODNESS
BOIS https://www.reddit.com/r/Competitiveoverwatch/comments/62yxyg/kaiser_ama_on_this_subreddit_soon/
vestal mortar
YES
vestal mortar
Awwwwwwww! β€ :' )
rapid oxide
Holy cow she's cutie :o
clever wagon
And with that KnOxXx gains more composure, his heart calmed and his mind strengthened, proceeding to better his role as tank in his team
vestal mortar
rapid oxide
As always i dont post questions, others will make it
gentle shuttle
she's pretty, congrats Knoxxx
clever wagon
pine star
He better wake up fast π
solid spear
Word
toxic yacht
TviQ doing his ama "eventually"
vestal mortar
clever wagon
@frank frigate IS THE TRIVIA STATS HERE TO STAY OR NAH
PLS SAY IT IS
Also I dunno if the numbers are made up or nah, because I know I report a lot
Also, Kaiser is up and awake for AMA.
pine star
One question answered, 222 to go
clever wagon
Lul
inland jolt
Blizzard stil not doing map drafting
balmy wolf
Of course they arent lol
pine star
Β―_(γ)_/Β―
frank frigate
LOL yes the trivia stats are not real
i don't know when we're going to take them down or not
clever wagon
D'aw
Let it be there
https://www.reddit.com/r/Competitiveoverwatch/comments/630pwl/amahello_im_kaiser_from_team_runaway/dfr4mq1/?utm_content=permalink&utm_medium=front&utm_source=reddit&utm_name=Competitiveoverwatch So...SDB Genji, Miro Winston, Kaiser Reinhardt?
balmy wolf
What @clever wagon
gentle shuttle
Fusion Girls, aren't they all dudes tho π€
pine star
gentle shuttle
pine star
Maybe they're all secretly grills
balmy wolf
gentle shuttle
π·
pine star
iron cedar
pine star
I see what you did there
gentle shuttle
π·
balmy wolf
Blank eSports is terrible
I wish they would have taken Fusion Girls' name and logo
so much better
pine star
The logo was rad
clever wagon
Fusion Girls
Esports
pick one
pine star
Fusion Girls Esports
clever wagon
balmy wolf
???
clever wagon
Ikr
iron cedar
Why did they?
digital pond
It's their sponsor
clever wagon
lul if I hadn't been using BetterDiscord with bg pic that massive B is probably near invisible
digital pond
So they had to
gentle shuttle
looks like a 16-bit retro racing game logo
pine star
And catchy name too
jovial eagle
fusion girls logo is incredible
great teamname too haha
got that hotline miami thing going on
balmy wolf
im using an even darker discord than dark theme @clever wagon
clever wagon
Vaporwave/80s vibe
pine star
When does the Taiwan tourney begin?
clever wagon
Lul
pine star
kek
iron cedar
damn
clever wagon
Advertising basics
balmy wolf
April 8th @DMcSullivan#2402
clever wagon
Like you don't even need a major for that
balmy wolf
jovial eagle
it's not like they're noctua fans where people know that it's incredible
forest raven
Ye
jovial eagle
despite the shitbrown
clever wagon
Hyperbolically speaking it's like, make it as bright as possible, catchy af, shove it in the viewers' faces, slap them like you're slapping your dick, but noooo let's use "Blank" with a massive B and dot
solid spear
"I dont know much about the Western teams"
clever wagon
Because advertising basics like brand recognition is hard
solid spear
Oh Kaiser my man
clever wagon
He's too busy being Reinhardt @solid spear
pine star
Kaisar doesn't care about plebs Overwatch
balmy wolf
Taiwan tourney has a big prize pool but idc about the teams so
jovial eagle
or do they
balmy wolf
personally, ill be watching Apex
pine star
Me too
jovial eagle
taiwan tournament is 270k USD?
pine star
But I really want to see AHQ and Fusion Girls
balmy wolf
wait fusion girls is in it?
forest raven
FUSION GIRLS LETS GO
balmy wolf
i thought it was chinese
forest raven
π¦πΊ π¨
pine star
Yep
clever wagon
@jovial eagle I don't see how the major attention from NA/EU tier 1/2 pros qualify as doesn't know much though
pine star
They got invited
jovial eagle
hmm?
balmy wolf
Ill watch their matches then
forest raven
Can't wait for my bois Fusion Girls to sweep $98k
jovial eagle
it makes sense if KR teams don't constantly go against NA/EU teams i think
forest raven
pine star
We need a huge ass LAN in US with KR, NA and EU teams and $500k prize pool
And hookers
pine star
clever wagon
Don't ever stop being yourself Kaiser
jovial eagle
in tennis they'd have tournaments disclose the financial committance with every tournament
like the recent tournament has about 6m USD committed
i want that big number for esports too
clever wagon
OWL though?
clever wagon
Hm
balmy wolf
so what have I missed this week? can someone update me?
forest raven
@balmy wolf LW Blue defeated Meta Athena 3-1 in the 3rd place match of APEX Season 2, the group stages for The Pit EU concluded and the group A matches for The Pit NA will conclude tomorrow
Group B matches of The Pit NA will begin on the 4th, the grand final of APEX will be on the 8th, playoffs for The Pit EU will begin on the 9th
@balmy wolf It's Misfits vs Laser Kittenz in the playoffs
forest raven
np fam
balmy wolf
okay you said fam.. we are through
forest raven
balmy wolf
I thought we had something
wow Laser Kittenz made it farther than I thought they would.. there is no way they are winning againsts Misfits though
clever wagon
Cutting all ties~ Tumbling down, tumbling down, it's all tumbling down~
balmy wolf
saaame
wtf @forest raven
Hammers lose to Dig and Ninjas is a pretty convincing fashion
Played terrible on Nepal against both
balmy wolf
And then the only map they take against Misfits is Nepal?
After no one taking a map off them in the group?
oh no wait ignore that last statement
hm
the 1 map they lost vs ex-attax was nepal aswell
Maybe Misfits just suck on Nepal 
hm
Just going by the maps and rounds won
Hammers seemed to really step it up vs Misfits
compared their last games
forest raven
Why do you think they struggled so much @balmy wolf
balmy wolf
Hammers?
forest raven
Yeah
balmy wolf
No idea
I just counted it up there
And since playing in Enter The Arena and coming 6th
They didn't play in anything till March 28th
forest raven
rip
balmy wolf
36 days
without playing in anything
and this is their debut as Hammers
idk what happened
toxic yacht
Guys, but Misfits are scared of LK, you forgot?
rapid oxide
Hammers didn't stugle against misfits tho
Hammers got unlucky cuz the dc :/
Is surely higher tier than singularity lol
flat sparrow
when will the world cup start ?
rapid oxide
3-4/11/2017
burnt token
when is the apex final on?
burnt token
thanks for that
vestal mortar
gentle shuttle
hey which channel has the laser kitten matches c:
solid spear
Oh snap it's da boy Zoro
gentle shuttle
sup bruuu
clever wagon
G2 owner?
@rapid oxide
Man what I wouldn't give to see G2 in Overwatch
It's all Blizzard's fault 
pine star
This leads me to believe that not even team owners know what the fuck OWL is going to be
Which is concerning to say the least
toxic yacht
Lmfao
pine star
Either that or the teams that are going to be in the league are already set in stone
toxic yacht
I want to trust in blizz
pine star
LUL true
toxic yacht
Pls don't fuck it up
solid spear
I mean it was just a couple weeks ago where they had illustrations for cities
Cuz apparently 6 months or so out and they don't even know where tf teams will be
pine star
It's already April
And zero meaningful information whatsoever has been released to the public
Only rumours and ambiguous ass statements
rapid oxide
Not really
I mean, not always
SKT T1 are investors
Misfits aren't, Miami Heats are
So i think they want to secure the city spot first
Find investors and people that can broadcast etc...
If you dont find this and go straight for team without investors, you have most likely nothing tbh
Finding a team that will attack to a sponsor is ez
Kraft want to be in OWL, he have tge money to bu w/e yhe fuck he wants
pine star
Yeah well, the clock's ticking
rapid oxide
Buy
Even Lunatic Hai
Ticking is subjective
Overwatch matches will start in 2018
Combine during world cup imo, aka November or earlier
They said August for more info
rapid oxide
The Overwatch League 2017 season will commence in Q3 of 2017. During that time, the league will be in a condensed format as drafting and team building will take place. From 2018 and onward, we hope to provide a consistent timeline for regular seasons.
OWL could be either a revolution that COULD possibly stomp all the eSport or fail miserably
pine star
The problem is, with how much Blizzard is putting into it, it can go one way or another
rapid oxide
I just look at soccer, now there's a fucktons of money and income arr growing
So if u pump a fucktons of money the ROI is amazing
Sometimes
I want to belive Blizzard and im overly positive
rapid oxide
But their past....
rapid oxide
As i said, we could assist a revolution
That can fail or be a fucking success
And yeah, i agree with sojum
Don't fuck it Blizzard
Pls, it's the only esport i enjoy π
pine star
What players, team owners, and us audience want is some official information
Something
Because even the slightest of whisper will turn into ridiculous rumours
You have to keep people fed Blizzard
Just look how that slide turned out
pine star
One thing is building hype, but they're not doing that atm
They're just letting people wildly speculate, which could turn out very bad for them
Create false expectationsβ
pine star
Krusher99
vestal mortar
rapid oxide
What kind of products do you use for your beard?
vestal mortar
I wonder if they could get beard product sponsorships
rapid oxide
I keep the "3 days beard"
pine star
"as a non-bearded woman"
rapid oxide
kek
pine star
Don't know what I expected tbh
solid spear
Lol
rapid oxide
Women with beard tho π π―
solid spear
Lmao
vestal mortar
Maybe I will get somebody to make me a Zebbosai beard to keep my face warm
rapid oxide
Zebbo bodypillow
pine star
Bearded Tara is very Pog Champ
vestal mortar
But only with Zebbo sponsored beard products TM
vestal mortar
Fragi also has a nice beard
rapid oxide
Different vikings, different beards
rapid oxide
I prefer zebbo tbh
pine star
Not that
solid spear
I'd buy body pillows of both
forest raven
Ryb beard > all
pine star
Look at this magnificence jfc
clever wagon
I wonder who else is nr.1 at something
vestal mortar
Inb4 they are all looking at this channel rn π
clever wagon
No, Zebbo beard ππ»
solid spear
This is esports
rapid oxide
That's a sick beard tho
clever wagon
@vestal mortar no ragrets smh
vestal mortar
π
clever wagon
@solid spear you think professional beards don't count??? THINK AGAIN LAD
pine star
We are discussing the fine beards in competitive OW and their implications in pro performance
rapid oxide
@forest raven π
pine star
@clever wagon oh shit, you're right
solid spear
R/ow
pine star
Why tho
solid spear
shudders
clever wagon
The thread starter seems to be NiP account instead of his own
pine star
Don't make me go to that place Fragi 