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short vault
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but yeah vods arent bad

pine star
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But what else can we do? ¯_(ツ)_/¯

toxic yacht
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it used to be 10:45 for me

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it's 11:45 now

short vault
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¯_(ツ)_/¯

toxic yacht
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because summer time

clever wagon
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APEX is 5 PM for me 👌🏻

solid spear
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6AM ;_;

vestal mortar
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I would prefer 11:45 even though the current time is fine. Closer to lunchtime the better 😛

toxic yacht
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it's during school for me

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🙃

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so I have to watch it during class without sound

pine star
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during class

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Such dedication lol

vestal mortar
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I am in Uni when I watch it but I have no class anymore.

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My friends and lecturers poke fun at me for watching esports though

digital pond
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Sucks for them you're ahving fun

pine star
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My colleges at work get astounded at the scale of some of the esports event I watch during lunch sometimes lol

digital pond
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When I told my mother Dota hit 12 millions

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13*

pine star
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"Holy shit, a stadium full of people watching a game? :0"

digital pond
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She was like "play games buddy"

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"Buy me a house"

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African mothers man

pine star
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"They get sportsman Visas? :0"

digital pond
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To be fair that's fairly recent

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Like a 5 or so years

pine star
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Still lol

toxic yacht
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weeb

digital pond
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I was hyped when it became a thing

pine star
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Shut it

vestal mortar
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Sojum nice profile pic

toxic yacht
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thanks, I try

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lol

pine star
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nicoTILT

toxic yacht
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Sayaplayer... Has good aim

clever wagon
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Geezus someone's a NieR maniac here it seems @pine star

pine star
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Says the one that literally had "2B" as his username

clever wagon
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In other news Denuvo is fucked yet again

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Game was out in my Steam region a fucking month after "worldwide" release

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🖕🏻 Squeenix 🖕🏻

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My hype already died down

pine star
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In mine too

vestal mortar
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I love esports too

toxic yacht
pine star
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👀

clever wagon
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Watch out

limber pine
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👀

pine star
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👀

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Sayaplayer indeed has good aim

clever wagon
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They're out for our blood @pine star

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Even SpriteGuy spawned

limber pine
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spawned what?

blazing parrot
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when is owl again?

limber pine
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never

toxic yacht
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yes

blazing parrot
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yes

vestal mortar
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yes

blazing parrot
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so blizzard is not giving out the license to for $10k+ tourneys anymore

vestal mortar
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3rd quarter this year

blazing parrot
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wont this hurt the esports scene D:

toxic yacht
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dunno

vestal mortar
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They are giving info to orgs behind the scenes now at least.

toxic yacht
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everyone who has more information seems positive about it

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orgs and stuff

vestal mortar
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Yee

toxic yacht
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but us normies who don't know anything are all doom and glommy

blazing parrot
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uncleswagg was pretty postivie about it

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DOOM AND GLOOM

pine star
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I mean

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Monte and DoA are pretty much the only insiders rn

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And they seem pretty optimistic

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So

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¯_(ツ)_/¯

toxic yacht
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org owners and journalists with more inside info also seem positive

pine star
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Shit's gun be gud

limber pine
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@blazing parrot that situation is strictly for the OMM

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we don't know if it's across the board

blazing parrot
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lets hope its good shit

toxic yacht
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I mean, we have an EU LAN

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next month

pine star
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You mean sorcery*

vestal mortar
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Yeah TaKeOver 2 is a 50k LAN

toxic yacht
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no one knows why the fuck blizz is killing the OMM

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they probably have a weird ass plan

pine star
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Maybe they're kidnapping ZP and Hex 👀

toxic yacht
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they should just make the prizepool for the OMM 9999,99

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and give the winner a cent as a gift

vestal mortar
toxic yacht
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then blizzard shouldn't be capable of enforcing their rules, right?

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🤔

pine star
limber pine
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all we know is that they told the organizers that "they could not guarantee dates after May"

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they = Blizzard

pine star
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Hopefully some big announcements SoOn™

toxic yacht
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ohh

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oh, that's really interesting

limber pine
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there's a thread somewhere

pine star
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I saw it

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The OMM organizer doesn't know why as of yet right?

toxic yacht
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maybe they do, maybe they don't

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blizzard is really secretive about this whole thing, no one knows who knows what

limber pine
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yeah

toxic yacht
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they're just betting on people like us who are really into the scene to still stay interested

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lol

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or maybe they intend to attract new fans on their own

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I have no idea

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I'd have faith if blizzard has a decent history in eSports they messed around with

pine star
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Let's be honest

toxic yacht
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but everyone who actually knows shit about it seems positive

pine star
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Most of us will wait lol

toxic yacht
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so I'll just cross my fingers

pine star
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We'll bitch like there's no tomorrow

toxic yacht
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I mean, of course I'm gonna wait

pine star
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But we'll be there first when it blows up

toxic yacht
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but I'm curious about the people who don't nolife eSports like us

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maybe the ones who had a passingish interest

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and could have gotten more into it if we actually had big competitions

pine star
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If they intend to attract casuals, those will probably fall there as well

toxic yacht
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well, whatever, I'll just 🙏 for the overwatch league

clever wagon
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F

toxic yacht
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maybe it's the savior of eSports or some shit

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I dunno, at this stage bitching and hoping is all I can do FeelsTiltedMan

pine star
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Isn't that Linkzr?

toxic yacht
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where?

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wot

clever wagon
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Context 404

balmy wolf
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Thats the copypasta

pine star
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The savior of esports

toxic yacht
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ah, the jiri

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copypasta

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jewel

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and stuff

balmy wolf
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Finlands gift to esports

clever wagon
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That one I know

pine star
spring lintel
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Cant wait to see my bois at nrg

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Oh wait

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There are no tournaments anytime soon

rapid oxide
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Oh wait

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They have to find a 6th

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They have to find a better support

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They have to scrim 6 month

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They have to drop one player 1 day before a tournament

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They have to do montage and shitty video to hype themself

clever wagon
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Wasn't that just Dummy tho

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Harb n Gull just released their YT highlights like usual

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Iddqd? Barely anything outside of his stream

rapid oxide
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Yes

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That was aimed at dummy

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The shitty video to hype themself to NRG org

solid spear
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@spring lintel theres the final Monthly Melee coming up

spring lintel
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Oh yeah

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Cant wait to see ma bois out in group stages or whatever

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Hopefully we will se obvious improvements like in the last tournament.

wintry matrix
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doesn't lots of pros do highlight videos? some even post on reddit

toxic yacht
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making highlight vids is normal

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hidan does it, ube does it (well, hidan edits them), shadowburn does it

solid spear
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I do it

clever wagon
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Well, point is not the making of those videos itself, it's when there's this huge gap between what's in those highlights and actual pro play

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@wintry matrix

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If you can't live up to what you've been showing in those videos, then you can't avoid the backlash

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Moreso being a professional esports player

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There has never been such a big issue with those players Sojum mentioned

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They normally perform just as well in pro play

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Maybe not big plays like in highlight videos, but they certainly don't underperform

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At least not persistently questionable over what... 3 tournaments

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3 tournaments

balmy wolf
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🔥

pine star
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lol wtf

ripe marlin
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LOL

vestal mortar
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lmao

solid spear
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lul

gentle shuttle
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i dont get the knoxxx one

balmy wolf
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I think he's napoleon?

gentle shuttle
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uh

balmy wolf
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Yeah i dont really get it either

ripe marlin
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he;s french

gentle shuttle
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they're all french

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weaaak

ripe marlin
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thats probably why the pic is like that does he shot call

gentle shuttle
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that makes sense

pine star
vestal mortar
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OOOOH

pine star
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I wonder where does this leave endemic orgs pixelThenk

rapid oxide
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What endemic means? I feel retarded rn

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eli5 ofc

pine star
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Orgs from the medium, e.g. C9, NRG, and such

rapid oxide
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Medium?

pine star
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Esports scene

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Regular esports orgs

solid spear
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I mean

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hmmm

rapid oxide
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I still don't understand >_<

solid spear
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he means like actual video game orgs

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C9, NV, EG, LG etc

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since it seems traditional sports teams are buying spots

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granted it all depends on how many avaiable spots there are in the first place

rapid oxide
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So rip the name, logo etc of misfist (for example) ... In favor of Miami Dolphins?

solid spear
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idk, if theyre buying the spots outright and not like backing an endemic org theyd probably have direct control of the branding so yes potentially something like that

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so its possible we see some OW teams get bought out and be under the direct control of these sports teams...not sure but it seems like indications are well be getting news on OWL in the near future

pine star
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But I mean

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If you're investing a shit ton of money into this League, you would want your name in it

solid spear
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exactly

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thing is with owners who are in multiple sports you have different team names/brandings but tied to the same city usually but idk games are different and they may want the same name for your NFL and OW team idk

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either way theyll defintely have control if theyre buying the spot and presumably buying out the team as well

pine star
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There are still endemic orgs than can potentially afford a spot for themselves

solid spear
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for sure

pine star
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Say TSM (lul), EnVy and whatnot

solid spear
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well

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TSM certainly not after the recent comments thats been made clear

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but yeah there will be some endemic orgs

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how many depends on how many spots there are but we have no clue

pine star
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They said their backing off for the time being

solid spear
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Yeah but it seems they were turned off my OWL prices based on what b1am says youd assume that with how close it is that would at least disqualify them from the first season

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which is what Im really referring to, I assume the league will continue to expand in the future

pine star
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Also, how many spots where there on Nate's sample slide for the teams?

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16?

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Because that's most likely the number we'll be getting, regardless of those being the actual cities or not

solid spear
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16 on the slide

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if its that little theres gonna be quite a few good teams that dont make League

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which will beg the question of what happens to those team during League season

rapid oxide
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I hope Blizzard doesn't fuck up. PLEASE 🙏🙏🙏🙏

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Im not expert but LCS suffer the same faith

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Other teams are fucked up

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Because they aren't in LCS

solid spear
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yeah Id imagine life would be rough for non OWL especially if Blizz is very strict about 3rd party events while OWL in on

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and with 16 teams only thats gonna eff up a lot of the good teams in the scene

pine star
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Well, the OWL promo video says "third party events during off season", so it's fair to assume that they'll be pretty strict about it

rapid oxide
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My bet is 6 month OWL 6 month ESL, MSI etc..

solid spear
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yeah thatll probably kill a lof the teams though

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if theyre doing nothing half the year

rapid oxide
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Well... Dota2 team have 1 ti, 1 major amd starladder

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This is that much honestly

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Sure, prize pool are insane

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But... Idk...

pine star
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The format is different though

rapid oxide
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I don't know if i have to have faith or being negative

pine star
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There are no relegations in OWL

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So everyone has their spot secured

toxic yacht
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I'm just gonna bitch and be positive

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whenever something stupid happens I'll bitch about it

rapid oxide
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Im mostly positive

solid spear
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Im not negative if anything Im optimistic but

toxic yacht
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but since everyone who seems to be informed about it

solid spear
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Im still concerned

rapid oxide
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About OW

toxic yacht
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seems very optimistic

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I'll just trust them

solid spear
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its less about the League itself for me but the teams who dont make it

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which is gonna be a lot

rapid oxide
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Possible team for new england btw?

pine star
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Maybe there's 32 spots

solid spear
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32 is good

pine star
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@rapid oxide does it matter? lol

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It's not region locked so

solid spear
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I mean the Pats would just buy some team

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most likely

rapid oxide
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I want to dream :)

solid spear
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some team that couldnt get in through their org

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so who knows

pine star
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May very well be Selfless or Meta Athena

rapid oxide
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Im sure korea will get is own owl imo

pine star
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Selfless is actually looking to sell their roster

rapid oxide
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Like LCK, broadcasted by OGN

solid spear
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yeah

pine star
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Probably

solid spear
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Selfless is like actively shopping

pine star
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¯_(ツ)_/¯

rapid oxide
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But instead of APEX, now its called OWL Asia or w/e

pine star
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OWL Kimchi

toxic yacht
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Kimchi League

solid spear
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so any endemic org that wants to buy in but doesnt have a team or any traditional sports team that wants to buy in will look at Selfless since theyre willing to part with them to get them in OWL

rapid oxide
toxic yacht
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lol

rapid oxide
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he's a sick rein

toxic yacht
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Does RNG have a 2nd dps?

rapid oxide
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yes

toxic yacht
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I haven't been paying attention to them

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who?

solid spear
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Zach

pine star
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Who on earth is this Primodulce fella

toxic yacht
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wasn't zach a tank?

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wot

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to try since juv3nile left?

rapid oxide
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was in east wind

pine star
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He's dps

toxic yacht
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okay

pine star
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Zach

toxic yacht
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he's dps I guess

solid spear
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well hes like a flex

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they still have J3sus

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and Manga

toxic yacht
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j3sus and manga

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yee

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also, this is kinda dumb

pine star
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Jfc this discord mobile app lags so fucking much

toxic yacht
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I want surefour, agilities, train and manga all to be on the canadian wc team

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but overlapping roles and stuff

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reeeeee

solid spear
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A Canada team with no XQC

pine star
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Sad thing is

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He's the best option for this meta

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He's probably the best Winston in Canada

solid spear
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oh for sure

rapid oxide
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miss juvenile since cod4 feelsbadman

toxic yacht
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lul

rapid oxide
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i hate italians

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tend to avoid them in every game i play

solid spear
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I love Italians <.<

vestal mortar
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Awwww

rapid oxide
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casters are cringy with cheap microphone it's a pain... i have to watch it muted

pine star
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tier 5 cringy Italian gameplay

rapid oxide
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that's true. italians on esport are fucking trash

solid spear
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well in esports yeah maybe but thats not important Vace kun

rapid oxide
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carnifex is decent but i hate that guy lol

pine star
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Whenever you feel that your country is trash at esports, remember you could be Colombian

rapid oxide
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hug kami

pine star
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I'm Sulli tho ;_;

rapid oxide
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i can't keep track of namechange >_>

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wish i could put a fixed nickname

pine star
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My username is still the same <_<

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There, better?

rapid oxide
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yeah it is

pine star
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cry baby

solid spear
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wow

rapid oxide
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BbyRage

solid spear
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forcing Sulli off

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smh

pine star
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No need to be jealous Oreo

solid spear
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n-nani?

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Im not jealous

vestal mortar
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👀

pine star
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Jesus Tara

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I don't even feel safe anymore

rapid oxide
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fucking weabs NotLikeSoldier

solid spear
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weebs are bad

rapid oxide
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what a pathetic human being with anime avatar

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smh

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/ s

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let's go back esport

solid spear
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but no one has an anim....fine

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ESPARTS

rapid oxide
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espriteguy

solid spear
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😮

pine star
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that's literally the same article I posted

rapid oxide
pine star
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Now that's a xD

solid spear
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but Sulli Slasher

rapid oxide
solid spear
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smh

rapid oxide
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dont be sad

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they need investors

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they have the orgs already

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i mean

vestal mortar
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omg that Taimou face

rapid oxide
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imt ceo already was in touch for owl

pine star
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Taimou is a living emote

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@rapid oxide Noah seems like such a put together guy

vestal mortar
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He IS haha

rapid oxide
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my opinion is that they want to link an endemic org with an investor

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so the investors will attract casuals and fund

pine star
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That's the best case scenario

rapid oxide
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endemic org pew pew

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mfw i read the title

vestal mortar
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😮

rapid oxide
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kys mercy bot

pine star
supple nymph
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what does that mean

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if they purchase a slot

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they host games in their venue?

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they get to put a team in?

solid spear
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that they get a team for the League

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you have to buy slots to be in the League

supple nymph
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would it be one that already exists

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or could it be anything

solid spear
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technically they could put any group as their team but itd be assumed that theyd buy an existing team out

supple nymph
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arent most of the teams owned by orgs already

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could they buy NRG's ow team then NRG actually isnt involved anymore?

solid spear
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theyd buy the team off their current org

supple nymph
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so it would just be harb and friends

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not NRG

solid spear
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lets go with your NRG example

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if they gave NRG X amount of money they could own the team and they would play under whatever name the Patriots want, either a new brand or just the Patriots

pine star
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Or still NRG

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Depending on how the deal is made

supple nymph
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ic

solid spear
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well yeah

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but if they bought the League spot themselves Im under the assumption theyd just buy a team out outright

supple nymph
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so you buy nrg and a slot for 500 million dollars

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how do you make money back?

pine star
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A percentage of what the org makes through the roster?

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I don't really know lol

supple nymph
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so it's basically buying stock?

solid spear
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I mean however orgs make money now

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except on a bigger scale

pine star
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Exactly

solid spear
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plus buying a team is probably a lot cheaper than the slot cost them anyway

supple nymph
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they wear a logitech patch on their shirts and get paid 100 million?

solid spear
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theyll probably see after certain orgs opt in or out of OW League what good teams will be available

supple nymph
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i dont really understand

pine star
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Yeah but

supple nymph
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doesnt seem like they would ever make enough back

pine star
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Orgs with signed tier 1 rosters will rise their prices to the heavens and beyond for potential buyers

supple nymph
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it's the same brands advertising in every other esport isnt it

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why do they care about overwatch

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tiny part of the market

solid spear
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Im sure they will be expensive but probably not near the price of League spots (millions)

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well then again

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if thats the demand who knows lol

spring lintel
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Damn son this news is fantastic

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Cant wait to see more bigorgs like this

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This might get big

rapid oxide
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They aren't big orgs

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They are fucking titans

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They are as big as SK Telecom

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Ill say bigger tbh

spring lintel
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Yeah thats why i am so hyped

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If all slots are sold to titans like this, it's gonna be fucking great.

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The pressure on the devs is gonna be insane too

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OW development will reach a new height

gentle shuttle
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OW leauge whennnnnn

vestal mortar
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3rd quarter this year

gentle shuttle
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owww :C

spring lintel
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It should be around August?

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Maybe

spring lintel
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Yeh saw it

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LOL

supple nymph
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c9 payload skin

pine star
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payload skins

supple nymph
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mobas have courier skins

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could work the same way

blazing parrot
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nrg skins

pine star
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I ain't even mad

rapid oxide
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NRG skins are 6 when announced but 1 day before the patch they become 5 zaryalol

pine star
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I approve of this meme

clever wagon
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@rapid oxide nice meem

supple nymph
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@rapid oxide LOL pls post that

balmy wolf
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?

supple nymph
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you can ringer in that

balmy wolf
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what were the ranks of the people who won the tourney you entered

supple nymph
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diamond/gold/plat

balmy wolf
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hoo wee

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alright

solid spear
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Hmm

supple nymph
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if there are masters/gms in this community that like to do things besides solo q im not seeing it

low crystal
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Anyone Plat-Masters LFT? im 2900 rn peak is 3500

balmy wolf
gentle shuttle
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that name

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christ

velvet scarab
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Lol

supple nymph
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ummm

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does polo mentioning him mean he's racist too?

solid spear
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Lul

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What a name

balmy wolf
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its NA @supple nymph

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So im not gonna bother

solid spear
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Polo pls

supple nymph
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what does that even mean

balmy wolf
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Im EU

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It's a koth tourney so I'd be playing Road, lucio and genji

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road and lucio are cancer on 100+ ping

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at least for me

supple nymph
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oh i thought you were replying to me

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i mentioned the tournament like 6 hours ago

balmy wolf
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I was talking to you

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lol

gentle shuttle
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tf

balmy wolf
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Ajax am i right 😂

pine star
balmy wolf
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why is that nonsense

pine star
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There's no fundament on those numbers

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Those are probably raw statistical numbers pulled from GM players

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Solo queueing your way up the ranks doesn't mean your qualified to be a professional player

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Moreover, how many of those are smurfs and boosted Mercy mains?

clever wagon
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Wow what the fuck @pine star what the heck is this

pine star
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What?

clever wagon
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Lolo

pine star
clever wagon
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Wait what the fuck

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Wheres my screenshot

pine star
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kek it doesn't show

clever wagon
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Weeb characters??? kaplanwhat

pine star
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Rip

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No

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Heck no lol dansHulk

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Shit's also deleting my screenshots

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Oh wait, it isn't

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Fuck, Discord is all wanky lately

clever wagon
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Geezus

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Exactly 12 hours behind huh

pine star
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Today we are taking a step back from Overwatch to evaluate the game’s developing competitive landscape.

solid spear
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interesting

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well it seems Shake already knows where hes going at least hes in the process of moving

pine star
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This game is ded

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DED

solid spear
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Meza just signed too lul

pine star
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lol yeah

solid spear
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hey my boy got a check to play in like 1 tourney

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thats fire

pine star
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Pretty much, yeah

solid spear
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Shakebeing transferred to where is the question ThinkingSombra

pine star
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Northern Gaming obvs.

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...and we hope our paths cross again in the Overwatch League

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Now that's a thenkerino

solid spear
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really

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I thought it was kinda simple

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they hope these players find their ways on OWL teams and coL hopes one day theyre in the League themselves

pine star
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Maybe they'll just wait for the League to come out

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Like everyone else

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And then make a move

solid spear
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I think they probably realized they wouldnt be able to get a spot and Shake leaving kinda made it that it wasnt worth the trouble of rebulding the roster

pine star
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Yeah

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Shake's probably the best part of that roste anyway

solid spear
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yeah

pine star
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Well, no reason to follow coL on Twitter anymore lel

solid spear
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lul

pine star
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Why tf does IMT forces their players to stream on Facebook? lol

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Who on this green earth streams on freaking Facebook!

solid spear
#

huh?

#

what players

#

OW?

pine star
#

Yeah

solid spear
#

they stream on twitch doe

pine star
#

They stream on both

solid spear
#

oh lol

#

well at least their moms can catch the stream with no hassle

pine star
#

Everytime they're going to stream, they post a Facebook link along with a Twitch link

solid spear
#

idek man

#

FB isnt investing in IMT or anything right? lol

#

who knows they probably have a reason

pine star
#

He has 3 viewers there

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3!!!

solid spear
#

Im in the Cantus stream rn lul

#

i think its hilarious u kids talking shit about Cantus. u wouldnt say this shit to him at lan, hes rank 1. not only that but he plays the best mercy, wins on the best teams and hangs out with the 5 hottest guys in his stack. yall are pathetic lol

pine star
solid spear
#

ah you havent heard about Cantus

#

the goat

pine star
#

No idea

solid spear
#

Mercy main who six stacks late night AUS and got boosted to #1

pine star
#

kek

pine star
#

Blizzard doesn’t see us as having the money and that seems to be their focus. It’s brands such as ours that have helped Overwatch take hold in the competitive community but now we’re being pushed out. You’re unlikely to see 90% of esports brands involved if things continue this way.

ripe marlin
#

dam thats a lot of changes coming to rosters potentially

clever wagon
#

Wow did it get taken down or what?

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Not available on my end

delicate sparrow
#

holy shit. I'm late as hell but ajax didn't get a single ult against c9 in 2 rounds in a row on oasis

ripe marlin
#

lol wtf

digital pond
#

jag plz

#

It's all about S4 and CoL drama now

rapid oxide
#

CoL didn't dropped because of OWL

#

i mean... in part

#

why join OWL when your team is underpeforming

#

you are most likely waste money

#

NRG is the new CoL, good on paper but without results

#

And sulli, that article is so bad

delicate sparrow
#

at least CoL could semi consistently win maps, even if they lost almost every match

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poor harb tho

digital pond
#

Well yeh I'm sure it wasn't the only reason but in terms of OWL it was just a smart move and just saved money. For me it's just a money saver. Not because they wanna save for the OWL but because the team isn't performing so And tournament are dwindling

toxic yacht
#

you're still awake 👀

solid spear
#

I mean no point going ham spending money without Shake

#

Sojum pls

digital pond
#

Hope Shake gets a good team definitely.

#

Also waiting to see news about LGL

solid spear
#

well theysaid theyre in the process of transferring him onto another team

#

he probably already has an idea where hes going

toxic yacht
#

inb4 NRG

solid spear
#

that would honestly make too much sense

#

so it wont happen lul

toxic yacht
#

but no, I doubt that they'd just randomly get rid of dummy, especially since they've been keeping him since the LG days

#

they must have a reason, I guess

#

I won't start shitting on Dummy because everyone else does it since most of us can't really evaluate his performance properly

solid spear
#

I mean

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yeah well see they probably wont drop him at least not now

#

unless theyre like seriously concerned with the current results

rapid oxide
#

Dummy is the NA Esca now

clever wagon
#

Still with the EscA meme?

#

Really?

delicate sparrow
#

I mean esca is still an inconsistent player

clever wagon
#

Inconsistent doesn't equal being as bad

delicate sparrow
#

no one was saying esca is bad. dummy is inconsistent, esca is inconsistent. dummy = NA esca

balmy wolf
#

lol

#

Esca is nowhere near Dummy level of bad

#

we are talking about the level of idiocy that stretched back to OW Open

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all the way to MLG Vegas

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to now

#

Esca has his moments but Dummy is consisntently NRG's weak spot

toxic yacht
#

whoa, you came all the way from COW

digital pond
#

A lot of Esca tracer play was also explained during LH's coach stream where he explained that Esca was thrown on Tracer with little preparation.

#

And Tracer is just a hero that takes a while to learn.

#

At least at that level.

balmy wolf
#

Esca was alright when he was playing hitscan that only need to play around in his team

#

rather than be this explosive playmaker

digital pond
#

Yeah, I think in time his Tracer can get better.

balmy wolf
#

one too many missed pulse though

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lol

digital pond
#

It just wasn't a hero he was used to at the time but had to fill since he replaced what's his face.

toxic yacht
#

tajun

#

the tracer/hog

digital pond
#

Yeah Teajun

toxic yacht
#

and also, widow

digital pond
#

I always forget if it's him or the other dude.

toxic yacht
#

although there was that one time when jehong played widow

#

dean

#

zarya/reinhardt

digital pond
#

Dean!

#

I was thinking Sean for a bit.

toxic yacht
#

also flexed into support when jehong went widow

digital pond
#

On a side note Selly is streaming.

toxic yacht
#

go tell oreo

#

he's selly's son

digital pond
#

@solid spear Selly is streaming

#

His english is actually pretty good.

balmy wolf
#

Junkrat in a GM game

#

the plague never stops

digital pond
#

Jesus, his Cree is disgusting

balmy wolf
#

just clip that shit if people in r/OW complains about the game not carry-able then

clever wagon
#

Those pros will never adopt you

toxic yacht
digital pond
#

Ya hyped to watch those games tournaments projected temporary drought got me feeding to hibernate

balmy wolf
#

Rogue vs KDP this Thursday though

#

that going to be hyped

#

and worrying as a Rogue fan

feral solar
#

any predictions for the games today?

#

i doubt many will be watching though

forest raven
#

3-1 BK Stars

#

3-2 MVP Space

feral solar
#

yehh im not sure about the first game

#

could go either way

clever wagon
#

HaHAA

#

Dafran just went live

#

And I'm still otw

#

Sad lyf

#

As absurd it might sound, his S76 is actually fun to watch for some reason

velvet scarab
#

Cause it's amazing

#

Aimer says dafran aimbots Thonkang

vestal mortar
#

Bastion! pogchimp

delicate sparrow
#

weren't the committee members for the world cup supposed to be revealed yesterday? that's what the website says but there's nothing there

forest raven
#

I think it was postponed

delicate sparrow
#

ah

clever wagon
#

Not just the aim

#

The way he plays S76 overall

#

Maybe just because I see aKm on spectator view less but at times it's just fun watching Dafran dominate the high ground positioning and be all ninja like even more than a Genji as a character, suddenly just raining down suppressing fire from high grounds that normally belongs to the enemy team when they're on respawn time

#

@velvet scarab i hope that's a joke

velvet scarab
#

he seemed pretty serious lol

clever wagon
#

Dafran is barely suspicious compared to Thighmou's closed beta Widow footage on Numbani

toxic yacht
#

to play the devil's advocate, he DID get a VAC ban and mysteriously has amazing aim

clever wagon
#

Idk

#

I feel like I can trust Emongg and Kresnik at the very least

#

On that

delicate sparrow
#

has dafran not played at a lan tournament yet?

clever wagon
#

But idk

#

Selfless as a roster havent had the chance

#

Because thanks Blizzard

toxic yacht
#

lul

clever wagon
#

Most younger NA teams that started rising since early 2017 haven't had the chance, in fact

#

Again, thanks Blizzard

velvet scarab
#

apparently dafran got his VAC ban lifted

toxic yacht
#

steam community is such cancer

velvet scarab
#

This is what I found on it

clever wagon
#

Steam is more retarded than reddit in appearance

forest raven
#

Why is Twitch so bad

#

Sometimes it just randomly decides to not load at all

toxic yacht
#

dunno why the ban is still displayed on his account though if it got lifted 🤔

clever wagon
#

Twitch often buffers on lower speed than normal until I do a flushdns for me

#

Ban record stays

#

Idk

#

I just dunno how the display of a person's intelligence can get so low as the likes of those Steam comments

#

Even if it's intentional I just see no reason to

#

making the enemy look like the idiot has always felt better

#

You might notice that about me here

delicate sparrow
#

if I'm watching a twitch vod and leave for a bit to like get dinner or something it like. loads even slower than it did before I left instead of buffering during that time frame. I have to reload to page for it to work again. twitch sux

clever wagon
#

Hurling insults coupled with the display of 1-digit IQ in your comment doesnt help

#

Try everything

#

Even ipconfig /release renew and flushdns

#

Or clear browser cache

#

Or w/e

wary falcon
#

Why BK Stars are favorites?

clever wagon
#

No idea

#

Why won't they be

wary falcon
#

Judging on their past perfomance

clever wagon
#

What about RGW?

#

Bunny is a pretty good Tracer to say the least

wary falcon
#

1.367 - BK Stars win

#

I'm not sure why, they are on similar level

#

maybe recent players addition?

clever wagon
#

Dunno

pine star
#

Just noticed the trial change they did to r/ow

#

Holy fucking shit

#

May as well be a completely different sub

#

I even found an esports thread! What is this witchcraft?

supple nymph
#

it's only a week trial and they are gonna revert it

#

and there's a meta thread where everyone is screaming about how much they miss highlights

#

worth a try I guess

pine star
#

That's why I said trial change

#

I'm aware it's gonna be reverted

#

Which kinda sucks

wary falcon
#

What do you think about future of competitive OW?

#

seems like game is going to die

pine star
supple nymph
wary falcon
#

Exactly, TSM dropped their overwatch roster too

quiet bone
#

Here comes another chicken little

wary falcon
#

plus CIS orgs just ignoring OW scene at all

supple nymph
#

well there is high risk in not letting the esports side keep developing organically

#

if they are gonna crush that and assume they know exactly what people want

#

could end up having no interest at all

wary falcon
#

Vaevictus parted ways with their OW squad too

#

even early days of CS:GO were better

#

OW reminds me Battlefield

#

Dice wanted BF to become cybersport

#

and did nothing

quiet bone
#

Dice is retarded if they thought battlefield could be an esport

pine star
#

How is Blizzard "doing nothing"?

toxic yacht
#

battlefield is not appropriate to be an eSport

#

at all

wary falcon
#

Well they killed Month Melee

#

HEY i played on semi-pro BF2 and BC2

#

don't hurt my feelings

toxic yacht
#

it was probably just EA being EA and trying to force money out of a place where you couldn't get any

#

kek

pine star
#

They're planning probably the most ambitious league in esports history

#

It could flop, sure

#

But how are they doing nothing?

toxic yacht
#

iirc the monthly melee got cancelled because blizzard couldn't guarentee any dates past may

pine star
#

Which probably means something is coming

wary falcon
#

BF had esports potential, especially BF2/3

pine star
#

I'm gonna go ahead and say it didn't lol

wary falcon
#

we had lans and very interesting cups

#

DICE just ignored all of this and decided to make BF4, Hardline, 1

quiet bone
#

How is watching 22 players run around shooting each other even remotely watchable

wary falcon
#

22 players?

#

4x4 and 8x8

pine star
#

By Blizzard's history we won't be getting an OW2 in a lot

wary falcon
#

were most popular

pine star
#

So that's out if the argument

quiet bone
#

What game types were there

dusty surge
#

I don't know much about this argument, but when I look at the production quality of some of these tournaments, I don't see a dying scene.

#

Especially with how much money Blizzard is about to put into it "soon."

wary falcon
#

Conquest 8vs8, 6vs6, Squad Rush 4vs4

pine star
#

SoOn™

#

Also

quiet bone
#

The maps are way too big to be a strategic gqme

pine star
#

Even if OWL sucks, which it hopefully won't, Koreans won't let Overwatch die

#

The game's just way too popular as an esport there

supple nymph
#

they still do SC:BW tournaments

pine star
#

Fucking ^

wary falcon
#

The maps are way too big to be a strategic gqme

BF had a lot of maps

#

some of them were big and others were small

#

plus you can restrict game zone

quiet bone
#

No strategy, slow gameplay

wary falcon
#

you are hater, dude

quiet bone
#

Game meant for casuals

supple nymph
#

that would be cool to go see

#

wish i was in KR

pine star
#

I know nothing about SC

rapid oxide
#

TSM and CoL didn't drop their team for OWL... atleast it's not their first reason

pine star
#

I mean

rapid oxide
#

TSM is focused on LoL and a new team is a big ? despite being able to buy owl spot

#

CoL was underperforming and had 139019023 trials

#

was matter of time the disband

pine star
#

Selfless haven't dropped theirs

rapid oxide
#

Selfless most likely will being selled

pine star
#

The only other team with signs of being disbanded is LG Loyal

#

And the still have Evil

#

So

forest raven
#

Selfless are actively looking for an org big enough for an OWL spot to move their OW roster to

pine star
#

^

rapid oxide
#

I know Draw

pine star
#

They can't afford the buy in

rapid oxide
#

even selfless are helping them knowking they cant afford the spot

pine star
#

But they'll still support the roster to get them in there

rapid oxide
#

Im not a fan of sister team tbh

#

i would like drop Loyal for Evil

#

but, maybe, LG can afford a spot in toronto

#

but pretty sure they have to keep 1 team, and that team is not Loyal for sure

toxic yacht
#

fun fact

#

twoeasy then the reunited guys

rapid oxide
#

Northern Gaming want a toronto spot too widowlol

toxic yacht
#

used to play bf3 competitively

wary falcon
#

not only bf3

#

they played BC2 and BF4

toxic yacht
#

also, they were fnatic back in bf

#

lul

forest raven
#

If LG wants to keep Loyal they should probably drop everyone except Hidan and Spree

toxic yacht
#

also bc2 and bf4?

wary falcon
#

uNFixed was infamous for his no-recoil shooting 😃

toxic yacht
#

didn't know that

wary falcon
#

in BC2 uNFixed played for Omerta

#

then left to Epsilon -> Fnatic

rapid oxide
#

most likely they will drop everyone or sell them at someone @forest raven

forest raven
#

Yeah

#

Free Hidan

pine star
#

@forest raven then do what with them? Haven't as subs for evil?

toxic yacht
#

they'll probably try selling everyone

#

they're probably trying it with ube rn

#

which is why he's trying for NRG

pine star
#

I hope they sell them quick

toxic yacht
#

also, #FreeHidan

#

inb4 Ube and Hidan join NRG

pine star
#

Being in contract hell must suck even if you're getting paid for doing nothing

clever wagon
#

Ahh here it is again

pine star
#

?

toxic yacht
#

but yeah, I'm almost a 100% sure that they just want to sell off the LGL squad

#

I doubt that LG wants to have 2 teams occupy one city/buy two spots or something, especially when one of the teams has been underperforming so much

#

and they picked up a much stronger squad

pine star
#

Yeah

clever wagon
#

nvm

pine star
#

Loyal days where counted the moment luminosity signed the hammers squad lol

clever wagon
#

I thought connection was acting up again with Twitch and torrent around

#

It was my DNSCrypt

#

(Fuck Indonesia)

pine star
toxic yacht
#

pls let gankyou have his weekly drunken rant

clever wagon
#

Is it even on a weekly basis?

#

I was sure I have more than that

#

Just discovered BTTV mention ping sound the other day holy shit

pine star
#

Dankyou

clever wagon
#

👏🏻 it's 👏🏻 lit 👏🏻 fam 👏🏻

#

Dafran's stream is surprisingly peaceful today

#

Not even a single hint of pasta

dusty surge
#

This is why Genji didn't need a buff. :P

rapid oxide
#

27k w or without bot? 🤔

spring lintel
#

2.5 days until rogue's first loss

supple nymph
#

👀

spring lintel
#

Remember i have predicted their loss

#

If they win, it's gonna be really unexpected to me

rapid oxide
#

ofc i will cheer for my qtie rascal

spring lintel
#

If rogue is gonna play like they played with aod then panthera is gonna stomp em

rapid oxide
supple nymph
#

you open up a random thread in cow

#

somehow there's an NRG discussion

#

even if the topic has nothing to do with them

#

it's great being an NRG fan

pine star
#

Wow, I didn't notice this part in coL's announcement

To best assist the team and provide what sense of stability that we can, the group currently in our team house will be given the option to continue using our facilities for the next two months as they pursue new opportunities

#

Unless there's some undisclosed shit underneath, that's so nice of them

supple nymph
#

could just be the notice period they have to wait anyway lol

#

unless they actually own it

pine star
#

You're right Ford lmfao

supple nymph
#

rip

pine star
#

I'm still curious about the combine for OWL

#

With all those free agents lately

blazing parrot
#

@soft wren scroll up a bit

balmy wolf
spring lintel
#

I wonder how contracts in owl will be ?

supple nymph
#

seagull signs four-year $17 million contract with $10.6 million signing bonus with Miami Seagulls

pine star
#

Miami Seagulls

spring lintel
#

If it's gonna be like real sport then it's gonna be so sick

#

With some actual steady future

#

Imagine me as an analyst for miami seagulls

clever wagon
spring lintel
#

We will win all tournaments DvaCop

pine star
#

SoOn zpgasm

#

Wait

#

That wasn't a stick

#

The Lúcio just didn't ran away in time lol

rapid oxide
#

Kruise - Duo with Mirage and last day in Korea (for now)

#

guess eUnited back to EU with no tournaments

clever wagon
#

Was it?

#

Huh

#

Well, still gottem

pine star
#

Yeah

#

The voice line wasn't one of the "sticked" ones

clever wagon
#

His career high is fuckin 4921

balmy wolf
#

Yeah he got that in S2

clever wagon
#

God bless Korean ranked

pine star
#

Is Evermore the only one that has reached 5k?

balmy wolf
#

Yes

pine star
#

Damn

clever wagon
#

By 6 stacking

#

But at least in Korea you're less likely to get those shitty matchmaking I guess

pine star
#

And he then sat on it forever lol

#

How did I miss this tweet lmfao

balmy wolf
#

LUL

clever wagon
#

SoOn-AKM duo-ing

vestal mortar
#

lmao

gentle shuttle
#

that surefour thing luls

supple nymph
#

@balmy wolf movistar riders vs wizards club?

rapid oxide
#

someone have an idea for a possible name for a dps meme like esca?

balmy wolf
#

lol @supple nymph

rapid oxide
toxic yacht
pine star
#

That stage looks dope

solid spear
#

Naisu

gentle shuttle
#

esports truley is the promised land

rapid oxide
#

reddit claim to be out but i can't see them

supple nymph
#

were you f5ing that

#

lol

rapid oxide
#

works for you?

#

no, went on reddit

#

USA: Ster, KyKy, Jason Kaplan

supple nymph
rapid oxide
#

hahahaha

#

this committee are, as usual, popularity contest

supple nymph
#

who voted for huk

#

what the fuck?

rapid oxide
#

call bullshit

#

rigged af

#

he's not even a streamer

#

he's barely a caster

#

wtf

supple nymph
#

yea...

#

my country is retarded apparently

wintry matrix
#

i mean, does it reall matter?

#

like that Around the Watch ep with Phaz, they probably will be consulting other people

gentle shuttle
#

that

#

is 100000% rigged fck outa here LOL

#

huk?

#

wait the group stages are played @ Lan also?

wintry matrix
#

Brasil has a chance to make it out of group stage, yea boi

#

apparently yes

gentle shuttle
supple nymph
#

LOL

#

YES

wintry matrix
#

i'm surprised neither monte, flame or ZP got elected

balmy wolf
#

Yknow

#

At least Kruise got in

gentle shuttle
#

ty Polo

balmy wolf
#

what did i do

gentle shuttle
#

just gonna go back to enjoying my frosties ;_;

wintry matrix
#

I mean, numlocked isn't a terrible choice for committee either, memes aside

balmy wolf
#

No but I would still prefer Hayes over him

pine star
#

The group stage for the world cup is up bois

rapid oxide
#

flame HYPERLUL

pine star
#

Oh wait I'm late af

limber pine
#

oh boy

#

the comp people are not going to be happy

gentle shuttle
#

tfw im not american but no ZP

#

:C

vernal halo
#

Can someone please post a pic of the finnish committee? Thanks!

gentle shuttle
#

tfw im not canadian but HuK

#

:C

pine star
#

....

#

What the fuck

gentle shuttle
#

why didn't they just make all the committee's visible to all

pine star
#

No ZP, no Flame, not even Monte lol

balmy wolf
#

US no Flame or ZP

#

lul

pine star
#

What's this bs

gentle shuttle
#

surely the general public knowing who's in them isn't going to affect anything significantly...plus everyones going to find out anyways

limber pine
#

@vernal halo according to reddit its Zappis, Taimou and Tseini

balmy wolf
#

That aint bad

vernal halo
#

@limber pine Ah, thank you!

balmy wolf
#

Honestly ster isnt a bad pick

#

But not better than zp or flame

gentle shuttle
#

woow

limber pine
#

i don't think any of them are bad picks

#

either

#

but flame and ZP ain't gonna be happy

pine star
#

US was stacked

limber pine
#

ooooohhh

#

and Monte too

vestal mortar
#

Oh dang

limber pine
#

piiiisssseed

pine star
#

No Noukky in Germany's committee feelsbad