esports-discussion

[balmy wolf]

Kraft can maybe do his usual "let me grab an over the hill vet and turn him useful once again" with Dafran

[toxic yacht]

I mean, I don't want to compare it to irl sports

but in irl sports

some of the people

that actually get to compete

it's fucking ridiculous

[solid spear]

what he did was retarded but people really exaggerate it theres pros playing OW rn who did far worse in past games, if you trust him to not do any dumb shit on stream it doesnt matter bans up soon

[toxic yacht]

in the paste

as I said, I consider what happened to dafran to be far too much, lul

like, yeah, comp ban is fine

[wintry matrix]

well, at least we can be somewhat happy we don't have pros with public real bad shit

[solid spear]

they made an example out of him

thats really what it is

[toxic yacht]

but like, the contenders thing was a bit

literally ruined the team

[balmy wolf]

Dafran threw so hard Selfless folded

[toxic yacht]

but yeah, he technically violated tournament rules

but we all know that blizz wouldn't have done shit if people hadn't made such a fuss

and then they went overboard and rekt selfless and flew carpe to NA, stranding him there

[balmy wolf]

well, blame r/compow mods for handling it poorly

personally I think if people got their angry circlejerk satisfied

things wouldn't spill out

but nope. You has people posting in battle.net and r/ow

basically Streisands Effect in action.

[toxic yacht]

people would have posted it on the battle.net forums and r/ow anyway

tbh

[vestal mortar]

[toxic yacht]

especially due to how long he was doing it

[wintry matrix]

i don't think there could be any way to avoid that outside of dafran not doing it

[solid spear]

I WANT MY DAD BACK

[balmy wolf]

not if they has a place to vent and rage about how terrible Dafran is. But at this point it is conjecture.

[toxic yacht]

sure, maybe they sped up the process

but it'd eventually have happened

[wintry matrix]

the internet loves shit to be mad about, be reddit or bnet foruns

[toxic yacht]

a bit later maybe

[vestal mortar]

It's okay Oreo, you'll find a new dad next week

[toxic yacht]

smh you abandoned your original dad so fast becasue he couldn't win

dafran would cast you out

[vestal mortar]

^

[pine star]

Oreo smh

[wintry matrix]

i remember when he was tivq jr

[solid spear]

dafran wasnt a thing when he was on fnatic

[wintry matrix]

cwoosh jr

[balmy wolf]

finding a new dad

😅

[wintry matrix]

it's kinda like these women who tries to find sugar daddies

[solid spear]

and Ive been consistent even though hes dead now

[toxic yacht]

lmao

[pine star]

tfw you're Oreo and no one wants you as your dad

[balmy wolf]

https://www.reddit.com/r/Competitiveoverwatch/comments/6mx6xo/owl_should_attract_the_big_marketable_names_not/

talk about being on topic

[toxic yacht]

blyat

is my dad

[pine star]

Beware Sojum

[solid spear]

woah tviq and cwoosh

was Sojum

[pine star]

He may randomly show up again

[solid spear]

not me

[toxic yacht]

👀

[pine star]

We all know how that turned out last time

[toxic yacht]

pls, he's busy

[vestal mortar]

Heh

[pine star]

That's a diversion

[toxic yacht]

except he alt-tabs

shit

[solid spear]

better than McDonalds

[toxic yacht]

Dafran should have done irl streams

in McDonalds

tbh

[solid spear]

Id watch em

[toxic yacht]

same

because I want to see the fuckers face

[vestal mortar]

hawt

[toxic yacht]

he's not in the world cup, so I wouldn't see him there

[pine star]

https://twitter.com/JohnBuford/status/885241354208649217

Paul MacInnis (@JohnBuford)

@LemonKiwi_ @OverwatchBoston @overwatchleague Do you truly believe that in their " off time" these guys have a life ? Girlfriend ? Hobbies? Interests ?

Twitter

This is hilarious

[toxic yacht]

he's not in contenders S1, so rip that

[balmy wolf]

28 hours before World Cup

[toxic yacht]

[clever portal]

[vestal mortar]

tfw I remember I am going to Poland

AHHHHHHHH

[pine star]

Heck you Tara reeeeee

[toxic yacht]

tfw I could techincally also go but lul

[balmy wolf]

it is going to be fucking rough watching it though

[toxic yacht]

it wouldn't even be a long drive

[solid spear]

weve seen Dafrans face already

[toxic yacht]

I could touch jehong's and sebyeolbe's chests

[balmy wolf]

tfw you finally snap out of being a night owl and now OW World Cup Shanghai starts in fucking 1AM your time

[vestal mortar]

Ahem

[balmy wolf]

🔫

[vestal mortar]

Sojum 👀

[pine star]

You're lucky Witcher

It's 2am for me

[toxic yacht]

it's at 8 am for me

like, it's watchable

[pine star]

Heck you also

[toxic yacht]

but I wanna sleep

lul

[vestal mortar]

7am

[clever portal]

Yeah I'm not watching at 8

[vestal mortar]

perfect timing for me

[feral solar]

5pm

good for me too

[vestal mortar]

I wake at 6:45am for work every day so I will wake up just before it starts

[pine star]

@feral solar that's literally perfect

[clever portal]

AU?

[feral solar]

nz

[toxic yacht]

hek

it's also a really good time for draw

for once in his life

he won't have to stay awake at ridiculous times to watch

[pine star]

I'll call in sick on Friday just to see Argentina crash and burn

[toxic yacht]

lul

[feral solar]

yehh au/nz people always have to stay up till like 3 am for most of the tournamnets

it sucks

[solid spear]

2am is a good time for me lul

[pine star]

I wake up at 6am to go to work, so no lol

[toxic yacht]

literally if I wanted to watch NA contenders

I wouldn't sleep at night

lul

sorry, mash F5 for NA contenders

[solid spear]

That's apex for me

[feral solar]

apex started it 10pm for me

at*

[solid spear]

6am

[toxic yacht]

iirc arny stayed awake the whole night for contenders

mashing F5

apex is at 12 for me

11 during winter time

[solid spear]

Its 5 or 6 so either way

Rip

[toxic yacht]

yeh, that's a rip

lol

[solid spear]

I had no classes on Friday last semester

So blessed

Could actually stay up sometimes

[toxic yacht]

that would explain why I occasionally saw you

tbh it wouldn't be worth it for me, I'd just watch the vods later

like, during MLG Vegas, half the matches were at 4 am for me

I just watched the vods later

same with the OW Open finals, since it had to be on TV

[solid spear]

Idk I just love this terrible game too much

[toxic yacht]

so they decided to massively dick over their stream and EU viewers

I'm still salty

full broadcast with analysts, interviews, cool camera and stuff

were only on TV

since I'm EU, I literally couldn't watch the full broadcast

🖕 to eleague for that

and it was at 4 am too!

[spring lintel]

I love how esport goes from almost dead to hype in 1 day

[pine star]

https://twitter.com/ggHarsha/status/885264012279205888

harsha (@ggHarsha)

Pretty funny that there are actually people who believe that Seagull isn't worthy of playing in OWL. Blind anti-fanboyism.

Twitter

[toxic yacht]

👀

how topical

[solid spear]

There are more pros worthy of playing OWL than pros that will play in OWL

[toxic yacht]

[pine star]

<3

[toxic yacht]

I want muh grassroots scene

[vestal mortar]

😭

[spring lintel]

I dunno if seagull is still fit for esport

[solid spear]

Most players on the better teams deserve to play in OWl

[toxic yacht]

ZP and Hex tournies

[spring lintel]

But his analysis is on fucking point

[toxic yacht]

NA production

ZP and Hex production values

pls

[solid spear]

Chances are all of 72 or maybe even less pros will actually get to

[toxic yacht]

we need those

[pine star]

My guess is Seagull will end up like Krepo in lol

[balmy wolf]

xQC deserves to play in OWL

[toxic yacht]

xQc

[pine star]

Never succeed as a player and became an analyst

[balmy wolf]

I wonder this will sparks a meme like "X deserves to play in Korea"

Dafran deserves to play in OWL

[toxic yacht]

iirc bird has stated that he doesn't wanna analyse or something because he doesn't wanna talk like that

[pine star]

Inb4 NRG buys Rogue

[toxic yacht]

gotte keep in mind

that he's still a person

who plays video games

for 8 hours a day

people like that typically aren't the best when it comes to talking, lul

NRG kicks all players and just flat out buys rogue

but yeah, I hope that we get something melee-like

[solid spear]

I mean at least with NRG pretty much any FA is gonna want to go to a team with a guaranteed spot and maybe theyll actually build a decent roster but they dont get the benefit of the doubt

[toxic yacht]

monthly melees always felt like the final stepping stone for NA teams to prove themselves

and solidify themselves as part of the NA scene

[balmy wolf]

it would be much better for NRG to just let Seamoose build a roster rather than fixing whatever the previous NRG coach/manager has done

but then again it is NRG

NRG does not means common sense

[toxic yacht]

Non Rational Geople

Geople is a word now

[balmy wolf]

Not Rational Group

tfw people can't English in 2017

[toxic yacht]

https://twitter.com/NRGgg/status/885219411665268736

NRG Esports (@NRGgg)

The big boss @SHAQ has a message for all the @PlayOverwatch fans in #SanFrancisco and all of NorCal..

#OverwatchLeague #OWL https://t.co/P5KOhFUucD

Retweets

156

Likes

592

▶ Play video

Twitter

[solid spear]

Slowpoke

[toxic yacht]

I already saw it longer ago, just felt like posting it now

¯_(ツ)_/¯

also,
https://twitter.com/Reinforce/status/885079320661827585

Jonathan Larsson (@Reinforce)

Pulse Bomb of my life 2 days ago, and now Winston leap of my life. 🤔

Would have done real good on my WinstonsLab page 🤣🤣

Twitter

looks like world cup scrims

[solid spear]

Thats what he wants you to think

[toxic yacht]

👀

[solid spear]

Ignore the enemy team for the sake of my meming

[toxic yacht]

all thes eplayer

fuck

[solid spear]

Lul

[toxic yacht]

I can't even write

I should go to shleep

I was about to point at the enemy team, lul

[pine star]

Shaq lul

[toxic yacht]

all those players apart from tonic are swedish

also, 3/4 are in 123

so, the 3 from 123 are the 3 swedes, lul

wait wot

fuck im tired 2 swedes from 123

tonic is russian

epzz is an FA

probably just some mix... thing they put together to scrim vs

[solid spear]

Misfits

[balmy wolf]

it is Team Sweden scrims against 123

[solid spear]

Thats what you think

[supple nymph]

?

[balmy wolf]

123 + Epzz

[clever portal]

Doomfist skins

album of skins and other content http://imgur.com/a/sLe0e

[wintry matrix]

is there even anyone right now "worthy" of OWL aside from Rogue, maybe NV and SK?

maybe some of the EU contenders team

[supple nymph]

'maybe nv'

👀

[balmy wolf]

whoever end up in the OW Contenders playoff is going to get snatch up

not convinced about or though

maybe?

[wintry matrix]

prob, i'm just responding to the ideia of someone being worthy or not that people were discussing above

[balmy wolf]

is going to be a dark horse next season as everyone is getting a team house in NA

[wintry matrix]

also slow, but still kinda surprising that disney invested in TL of all people

Faze is Faze, in theory stacked, in practice not

then in lans they upgrade

[balmy wolf]

they has been doing a VP impression for god know how long

with half of their roster in EU

so with the NA move

[supple nymph]

wasnt faze leaked to be one of the next teams

[balmy wolf]

no?

[supple nymph]

https://www.reddit.com/r/ProOW/comments/6ms85v/factfiction_from_faze_accidentally_streamed_a/

[balmy wolf]

Lui is kicked

[wintry matrix]

is that really leaked or just a meme like taimou s4 stuff

[balmy wolf]

🤔

Rawkus and Adam are gay lovers

well, there goes any credibility this leaks has

[supple nymph]

[wintry matrix]

but that's what's most important

[balmy wolf]

Which city should Faze get though

Philadelphia?

[wintry matrix]

they said where they were going in the move?

[solid spear]

Lui being kicked wouldnt be surprising with guys like Logix, Sinatraa, Retzi, Dafran, Carpe etc being avaiable and better

[pine star]

I totally ship Adam and Rawkus

[solid spear]

Thats pretty hot tbh

[balmy wolf]

@wintry matrix no

Lui is a flex

so maybe Sinatraa or Carpe?

[wintry matrix]

if it's true guy can't get a break

[hot wasp]

yo

i just realized

i'm norcal so i gotta rep nrg now

watdo

[sturdy granite]

Move to LA

[solid spear]

Eh I mean they could use a better Tracer/Soldier any of the guys I mentioned would be improvements

Well cept Daf cuz contenders season 1 lul

Carpe and Sinatraa make sense, maybe Retzi?

[balmy wolf]

@hot wasp still have the Warriors

lolz

[sturdy granite]

Until Chi gets a team, I'm rooting for IMT

[hot wasp]

we got nrg and the warriors

i guess it balances

shaq got me all hyped up tho

[solid spear]

I think NRG is a top 7 team in OWL rn

[sturdy granite]

Believe 🙏

[balmy wolf]

top 7

[hot wasp]

i think nrg is nrg

[sturdy granite]

Any chance LK gets a spot? I Imagine Alicus could get one with his magic

[solid spear]

@balmy wolf also I think xqc said something about if its 12 teams he thinks he heard something about it probably being 8 NA

[balmy wolf]

2 asian, 2 EU, and 8 NA then?

would fit the original twelve

[solid spear]

I mean he said players know a lot of stuff we dont so just gotta wait and see

[bleak silo]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2BerUswV_k

[sturdy granite]

You're late

[pine star]

Shit's annoying cause I can understand what he's saying lol

[clever portal]

It's pretty funny

Zarya buffed?

https://images.discordapp.net/attachments/112968553669378048/334852394913628160/unknown.png

[solid spear]

[limber pine]

with PTR you never know

[blazing parrot]

https://twitter.com/CLGMiso/status/885293335786672129

Miso (@CLGMiso)

Zarya's been buffed in PTR, lotta heroes can't get out of grav now. Tracer can't recall or blink out, genji can't dash out. (1/2)

Twitter

how to make sure dva stays in the meta

and genji

[clever portal]

[balmy wolf]

btw doomfist neutered

[solid spear]

thats fire if its like not a bug and its intended

[clever portal]

Changes to doomfist in ptr?

[solid spear]

it would make sense cuz it makes grav better against heros with mobility

[pine star]

Zarya buffs

My time to carry has come again

[solid spear]

Sulli we dont have to be D.Va bots no more

[wintry matrix]

ptr out but no patch notes?

[pine star]

[sturdy granite]

Ptr notes- We decided our Black Hole wasn't realistic enough, so now graviton instantly crushes anyone caught inside, instantly killing them.

[solid spear]

only 3 tanks gonna be 0% usage

[pine star]

Lmao

[sturdy granite]

I was climbing with rein and hog before last patch too, FeelsBadMan

[pine star]

Match instantly ends in a draw when graviton surge is used

[sturdy granite]

Self Destruct Now cancels all future Overwatch Events, as the world enters WW3. Dva is labeled as a war criminal for nuking a civilian population, and lucioball is canceled for the next for years

[clever portal]

Are Zunba and Hoon back?

[clever wagon]

Fuck is this bout tha ptr? cmonBruh

[solid spear]

real talk I dont think this change like makes Zarya super meta cuz she still has the same general problems but grav is actually not trash against dive heros now

so its defintely good

[pine star]

Member when Zarya was part of dive? I member

[solid spear]

when D.Va didnt exist lul

[sturdy granite]

Not sure how I feel about it, because grav was already fantastic before, but at the same time, stopping dive seems interesting.

[pine star]

Not really, the problem is that now defenders also run dive, so they counter dive your backline and Zarya is kill

[solid spear]

hard for her to get energy this meta too, shes still dive weak

[pine star]

Yeah

[solid spear]

if Doomfist is good and people wanna run Zarya with him thatll help her more than the grav change tbh

[pine star]

No poke

[balmy wolf]

http://www.twitlonger.com/show/n_1sq19n6

even S4 is fed up with rank somehow

[earnest viper]

meter strike and grav would go well

[balmy wolf]

almost uncounterable tbh

[earnest viper]

maybe

[balmy wolf]

list one counter to Meteor Strike outside of a really good Sound Barrier

[earnest viper]

uhh hax?

lol ur right

but doomfist did get a nerf so he will have to require alot more skill

and also the doomfist would have to be very good

[solid spear]

I mean I can say the same thing about big bang combo

outside of soundbarrier nothing really stops it

does more actually

[earnest viper]

yes but does require skill

and i suck

[balmy wolf]

you can kill the Tracer before she throw the bomb though

the bomb has 400 dps but it requires more fitnesse

meanwhile the Strike is like 300 dps but has 100% accuracy

[earnest viper]

but does have like a 1 second delay

which makes it alot less op

[solid spear]

I mean the ult isnt that great but with grav its strong

but without defensive support ult grav

• a lot of ults

destroy you

[earnest viper]

yea

but basically everything is good with zaryas grav thats why zarya so good

[pine star]

You know what stops a big bang gloriously?

A flashbang

[earnest viper]

wat

[sturdy granite]

DM

[pine star]

Man I don't remember who did that

[earnest viper]

mcree

[pine star]

But it was very pog champ

I believe it was IDDQD

Also yeah, dm

[earnest viper]

dm is defense matrix right

[sturdy granite]

Cant wait for Zarya to become meta again so I can watch my boi Zunba's ults get eaten again

yep

[earnest viper]

isnt a tank meta right now

[solid spear]

right now? no

only 2 tanks see any play

[earnest viper]

who

dva is one right

[solid spear]

Monkey and DVa

[earnest viper]

winston?

ok

what else is in meta

[solid spear]

Im referring to like pro scene though

[earnest viper]

i know

i watch overwatch contenders all th etime

[solid spear]

oh cool

[earnest viper]

and also i see genji and tracer alot

[solid spear]

Tracer is very strong as is Lucio but Lucio is good every patch lul

[earnest viper]

zen

[solid spear]

Genji is strong rn too yeah

yeah Zen too

[sturdy granite]

Zen, Lucio, Tracer, Genji, Soldier, Pharmercy, Dva, Winston, and some Sombra

[balmy wolf]

"some Sombra"

except in 2CP

[sturdy granite]

pretty much

[supple nymph]

@balmy wolf that leak thread got deleted

[balmy wolf]

that thread probably is real

[sturdy granite]

which leak?

[balmy wolf]

a few things

Faze got an East Coast spot

Lui kicked out of Faze

[sturdy granite]

https://www.reddit.com/r/Competitiveoverwatch/comments/6my274/doomfist_can_no_longer_slam_to_higher_ground_and/

Poor boy hasn't even launched yet

[balmy wolf]

@supple nymph what was in that leak again?

[supple nymph]

faze east coast owl slot

lui deleted

someone gay

[wintry matrix]

does the ult work like reaper wraith form, as in, there's a timer to activate and you can't activate sooner

[pine star]

You can activate it whenever

[supple nymph]

apparently eurozone got banned from flamecord

[balmy wolf]

oh Kungarna being bullshit in their claim that they are getting pick up

[supple nymph]

because the screenshot was from there

[balmy wolf]

🤦

[supple nymph]

so he deleted thread

[balmy wolf]

what

an

idiot

https://www.reddit.com/r/Competitiveoverwatch/comments/6mye8z/the_espys_just_had_a_commercial_for_owl/

[pine star]

Poggers

[sturdy granite]

[balmy wolf]

https://us.battle.net/forums/en/overwatch/topic/20757587228

McCree flashbang now slow people down

Reinhardt got buffed

increase swing speed by 10%

and of course Grav

[pine star]

SHADOW STEP BUFFS

IS THIS THE REAL LIFE

Oh wait

I read wrong

[solid spear]

Winston

[balmy wolf]

Nope

That is a buff

You were correct

[pine star]

Wait

[solid spear]

its quieter

[balmy wolf]

Not quieter per se

[pine star]

Oh right

Like the Sombra buff

[balmy wolf]

Its just you have to be closer t ohim

[solid spear]

well

[balmy wolf]

to hear it

[solid spear]

the distace

yeah

[pine star]

Naisu

[sturdy granite]

Mccree's buff sounds like some nice QOF

[solid spear]

McCreee

[balmy wolf]

I kind of want exact numbers on that though

[clever portal]

[balmy wolf]

Impacting another charging hero (Doomfist or Reinhardt) no longer deals damage to both characters, but still causes a knockdown on both.

oh wow

[wintry matrix]

can i bring my dad game banner or is it too soon?

[pine star]

That one is more convenient for DF tbh

[balmy wolf]

https://www.reddit.com/r/Competitiveoverwatch/comments/6myi6s/thorins_thoughts_first_7_owl_teams_announced_ow/

[pine star]

He took his time didn't he

[balmy wolf]

https://www.reddit.com/r/Competitiveoverwatch/comments/6myo8x/kephrii_is_currently_throwing_in_comp_games_on/

@supple nymph

[supple nymph]

.

[solid spear]

I hope hes banned from contenders

[balmy wolf]

https://www.twitch.tv/chanmanv

[supple nymph]

what

who is jacob wolf

some espn guy?

[balmy wolf]

yeah

the ESPN guy

so apparently Stephen Ross deal fell through

[supple nymph]

need context

[balmy wolf]

there was report that Stephen Ross being one of the owner of the Miami spot

but that fell through

also regarding

https://puu.sh/wIcQI/4762f5be2e.png

[supple nymph]

all teams in one location

for city based teams

with players where half or more of the players arent from the city or even contintent

[pine star]

https://twitter.com/NWhinston/status/885262989510627328

Noah Whinston (@NWhinston)

@Kellenbeck @NRGgg @Immortals Rivalry requires a close matchup😉 GL @amiller

Twitter

Savage

[supple nymph]

GOT EM

c9 and nv unbrandable

esports names bad

[clever wagon]

Anybody can link me the OWL TV ad?

[supple nymph]

it's on cow

[clever wagon]

Hoooly shit everything's just going berserk

I'm in the middle of converting 1 week+ worth of music

[supple nymph]

did you just have it randomly downloaded as mp4 lol

????

[pine star]

I just happened to have it in a WhatsApp convo with a coworker

So I just downloaded and uploaded

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[clever wagon]

Interesting

[solid spear]

Seija is mine

watch yourself

[pine star]

What are you talking about?

I mean, you're mine, so Seija is technically also mine

[solid spear]

this is

all true

[pine star]

This is actually sad lol

[solid spear]

[clever wagon]

What the fuck?

Who's fighting over the mastu circlejerker again?

Also, props to Muselk for calling that out

My blood boils

[wintry matrix]

yes, because everyone must be obligated to be interested in esports or otherwise face death

[clever wagon]

I admitted what I am and I don't regret it

WAR

chiGun

[wintry matrix]

[clever wagon]

I DON'T SEE THE DETERMINATION IN YOUR EYES

YOU SHALL LOSE

[solid spear]

[balmy wolf]

didn't Lui was thrown out?

now who?

Spree?

[solid spear]

probably Lui

tbh

what thats referring to

[pine star]

Lui new TwoEasy confirmed

FeelsKickedMan

[solid spear]

like

less good Twoeasy

so Faze and CLG gonna take 2 hitscans in FA

[balmy wolf]

Carpe, xRetzi, Sinatraa, etc etc

[solid spear]

gotta wonder what other team will be in the market soon

[balmy wolf]

albeit Sinatraa on hitscan is kind of throwing

[solid spear]

Tracer is hitscan

and his 76 is

ok?

didnt see it much

very strong Tracer/Zarya player though

Carpe is obviously the best (not banned) option for sure, retzi is a good hitscan player though too

I guess in the case of CLG theyre not in contenders season 1 anyway so ban wouldnt matter but yeah

[balmy wolf]

I'm curious to see why CLG has been sinking money into their OW team for god know how long

and they haven't been anything but proven

and all holding on to their roster because they has capital to OWL

but not

[solid spear]

Idk could be hoping for a partnership down the line in a smaller city

Or want to get the roster to T1 status with the hopes of one day flipping it and maybe try to get into Contenders and non OWL stuff in the meantime

[balmy wolf]

good luck with that

they need a hitscan first

considering the NALCS connection

they can maybe grab a KR hitscan?

[solid spear]

well unfortunately Silk is gone but yeah Carpe, Sinatraa,Daf, Retzi all avaiable

Carpe makes a ton of sense

[thorn holly]

And there a lot Of free agents in EU as well

[solid spear]

yeah I was gonna mention guys like Logix and stuff but

idk if they wanna go that direction

when theres already guys in NA

[thorn holly]

Honestly i think Carpe will Play in NRG

[solid spear]

I dont think so

[thorn holly]

If The kind Of player which they need

[solid spear]

tbh hes just like a better idd though I guess he has the Genji

[thorn holly]

Its*

[solid spear]

there pool is basically identical

[thorn holly]

No

[solid spear]

Carpe Genjis a lot

on ladder

it seems good tbh so theres that

[thorn holly]

Iddqd is a hitscan player, Carpe is like Tviq or Flower he can play everything

[solid spear]

also Khan when someon asked Harb if they trialed Carpe they he said "no comment"

so you may be right

[balmy wolf]

Carpe is a flex in BK Stars so it is a possibility

[thorn holly]

He is The best FA right now

[solid spear]

yeah Khan is a smarter human being than me

it actually makes sense

[balmy wolf]

I'm curious to see where Selly is going

if not NRG

[solid spear]

cuz he can play Tracer in Tracer/76 comps and probably flex on Genji too

[thorn holly]

The best Flex Dps right now are Carpe and Seagull (he will Play OWL)

[solid spear]

if theyre not bringing Seagull back Carpe makes sense and Harb wouldnt deny that they trialed him

[thorn holly]

Exactly

Faze may do trials with Bromas or Logix (i think both Of them are better than Lui)

[solid spear]

yeah there probably isnt a stronger option for them unless they wanna try out Sinatraa or something

if they can get Carpe they probs should

Faze idk if theyll turn to EU or not

lot of FA talent there as well

moreso than NRG they really need a main hitscan

[balmy wolf]

Logix seems to be a good choice, but idk about getting visa ready before Contenders

[solid spear]

yeah

Retzi is probably easy

[balmy wolf]

Sinatraa can be good on hitscan but requires buyout because he is still in contract with Selfless

[solid spear]

and better than Lui

I doubt Sinatraas buyout is that big

if they really want him

[thorn holly]

Its hard to get a Visa???

[solid spear]

daf is eliminated cuz theyre actually a team in contenders season 1

[balmy wolf]

@thorn holly as someone who has to get Visa for US a few time, it is kind of hard, yes

especially if you have no history travel to the US before

SDB and Spree did so it is easier for them

[solid spear]

I guess theres Selly too

[thorn holly]

9/11 fucked americans minds

[solid spear]

pls

[balmy wolf]

Selly said he is heading toward an NA team but it has been weeks since the news

so who then

[solid spear]

well cant be CLG Silk left this week

I guess NRG is technically in play

Faze would only be in play if the Lui stuff has been brewing for a while which I kinda doubt

[balmy wolf]

it probably has been brewing for a while

OW news always hit first in protalk before seep out slowly

[solid spear]

yeah but idk if theyd confirm to Selly he would be on the team weeks ago

thatd mean hed been trialed quite a while ago

[balmy wolf]

I mean at this point, which fucking team? 8 in the Contenders more or less has solidify their roster

the only logical conclusion is

but even then it is a crapshoot

[solid spear]

yeah idk if its even a contenders team

Rogue/Kingarna/Envy/IMT/FNRGFE obviously arent

I doubt RNG would either

and now would be a weird time for Liquid to dump AZK

[balmy wolf]

it could totally happem

AZK has been on the upswing

but I argue that he is still inconsistent

and Shadder/Fury might need another, more consistent DPS to help

[rapid oxide]

DF legendary are legit horrible

Welcome Zarya 2.0

[solid spear]

@balmy wolf oh yeah I dont think we ever mentioined the Kungarna NRG stuff that fctfctn said

[balmy wolf]

Kungarna being shit with their mouth. What else is new

[solid spear]

well I was talking more about

"apparently some of their players are trying to tryout for NRG"

100% think its Dogman

[wary falcon]

Graviton Surge
Now disables all movement abilities of affect targets. This is similar to how Junkrat's trap affects abilities.

weeew

when this patch will hit live?

i uninstalled game yesterday

[balmy wolf]

@solid spear historically has been a shit team internally so im not surprise if Dogman is already looking for a way out

[solid spear]

I mean

also

its NRG

they have a league spot

why wouldnt you wanna dip Kungarna for NRG

he said some players though...so more than one

Pookz return?

[balmy wolf]

LoL

[solid spear]

I mean with Pookz

literally no one on the old roster is there

[balmy wolf]

They probably need a shotcalling Lucio more and Pookz is not one of them

[solid spear]

idk who is trying to try out though

well

theyre gonna be able to get 2 supports of their choosing

idk how Dogman/Pookz deal with calling together

[balmy wolf]

Im not Seamoose so this is just me observing the train wreck of NRG

[solid spear]

but if youre picking them up together

idk who else would be trying to get a trial

unless iRemix trying to replace Num

[balmy wolf]

would be shit out of luck if both of them drop to go to tho

[solid spear]

oh for sure

[wintry matrix]

so dogman and pooks free of kun?

that was posted on cow i think

[solid spear]

no no were speculating

cuz fctfctn said "some of their players trynna try out for NRG"

[balmy wolf]

I'm fine with being shit. Babybay and Mykl along with their fans need a reality check. One that is harder than what was giving to them

[solid spear]

I mean

the team would probably disband again if theyre getting poached like this

unless they try and get b1am back

but even b1am got an NRG tryout

[balmy wolf]

Good. Time for to die again.

died for this tho

[wintry matrix]

c9 died?

[crisp lynx]

??

[clever wagon]

The tiebreaker match

[wintry matrix]

oh, got it

[clever wagon]

Probs

[solid spear]

well he also said everyone is really unsure about whether or not S4 is leaving

so even with pros

theres some confusion on the situation

[wintry matrix]

wait, so is the taimou leak legit? i thought it was only a meme

[balmy wolf]

Yeah the tiebreaker. And possibility of disband.

@crisp lynx any news? Leaks?

[solid spear]

yeah also said Jake was looking at hitting up bish for the spot when it seemed like LGE was in trouble

seems like the Taimou stuff wasnt just a meme

and theres may actually be some stuff going on there

Kungarna is like a top 6-7 NA team but I have some doubts about how attractive theyll be to potential OWL orgs for obvious reasons

[crisp lynx]

@balmy wolf http://imgur.com/a/a9Pxh LH coach's discord. 6th is "big orgs named C"

[solid spear]

[crisp lynx]

C reminds me CJ

[balmy wolf]

Kevin Chou?

[crisp lynx]

wow

[balmy wolf]

[crisp lynx]

But Kevin Chou's ksv company is not big org in esports scenes yet.

[balmy wolf]

Who cares about it when he can poach LH wholesale

[crisp lynx]

yes.

[jagged crater]

did people actually say seagull wasnt good enough for OWL?

like that comment that compares seagull to tim and moon, absolutely ridiculous

like they're forgetting seagull actually has played at a pro level and isnt just a streamer

[red anvil]

We cant really judge seagull one way or the other atm

we've not seen him in pro play for a long time

[jagged crater]

that is reasonable

like right now i would put seagull as a backup DPS for a team at best until he derusts himself by practicing in a pro environment more

[clever portal]

@wintry matrix https://i.imgur.com/OprGv4h.png

Bit late

[solid spear]

Please

[clever portal]

But here's the pic

[wanton bronze]

hot

[feral solar]

[clever portal]

@jagged crater Seagull is no better than Tim or moon

In fact, moon even has better emotes

[fast sand]

Does anyone know when the World Cup games start today

[clever portal]

Tomorrow

When it starts depends on your time zone

[fast sand]

I'm EST, do you know how many hours from now though

[clever portal]

https://www.over.gg/event/130/world-cup-2017

[jagged crater]

Combo break er

[fast sand]

Ty ❤

[clever portal]

21 hours

[feral solar]

[clever portal]

https://www.reddit.com/r/competitiveoverwatch/comments/6mw9nj/_/

BabyRage

[red anvil]

ffs. how do people watch retards like that

[vestal ermine]

I donno, I see it all the time in league and unless if gets on the front page of the league subreddit, they normally don't get any punishment

[red anvil]

throwing is popular in leauge also?

never managed to get into to get so i've never really heard anything about it

[clever portal]

Throwing is probably worse in league

Gold/levels of the enemy is decided by kills

Feeding is overwatch doesn't give much to the enemy team

In league it's pretty bad

[clever wagon]

Lmao https://www.reddit.com/r/Competitiveoverwatch/comments/6n0o3c/lunatichai_second_team_name_candidates

@jagged crater "like that comment that compares seagull to tim and moon, absolutely ridiculous" sounds like a comparison that a fucking filthy bronze that shouldn't concern themselves with eSports would make

[jagged crater]

Uh oh

[red anvil]

Lunatic terrible lol wat

[clever portal]

Those are pretty bad

Probably need a name without Lunatic and Hai

[red anvil]

Lunatic Bai

[clever portal]

I laughed at Frantic-Hai though

I read it as Fnatic

[crisp lynx]

Mystic-Hai i like it

http://imgur.com/a/92l2t

KDU temporary roster

[clever portal]

Is this some game thats going to happen?

[crisp lynx]

7/18~4week kr small tourney, 1st round is X6 vs KDU

winner play next match, so-called battleroyal, bo7, final is 8th round

[toxic yacht]

Lunatic Lo

Lunatic Bai

Sanity Hai

[crisp lynx]

Shang-Hai

[red anvil]

Shang Hai-ed 😉

[toxic yacht]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPZrRQQX3q4

[rapid oxide]

Blubby

[feral solar]

just watched thorin's vid about the owl and i agree with the most points

hopefully he goes more in depth once we have more info

[pine star]

That video made me feel kinda unsure of the geolocation aspect of the league

[feral solar]

oh definitely

but we dont know everything yet so guess lets just wait and hope

[pine star]

Still

The format is not gonna change regardless

[feral solar]

i agree! not a fan of it either but just wanna stay optimistic

[rapid oxide]

http://www.ksv.gg/english/home/

KR spot team owl website

The Seoul team will play 40 games during the regular season, 20 of which will be in Seoul. While the first season will be played in Los Angeles, we intend to start hosting Invitational tournaments in Seoul starting in 2018.

[forest raven]

I have the APEX BGM

[toxic yacht]

pls

giff name

linkz

[forest raven]

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9EpGpJjbb1O7wss4xCovZppExYU8DQnV

[toxic yacht]

🙏

[forest raven]

Win the Medal is my favourite

[toxic yacht]

literally every video

ffs

[forest raven]

Well that fuckin sucks

You know the names though

[toxic yacht]

wait, I have an idea

nope, not working

[forest raven]

:EU:

Wtf

My EU pepe is gone

[toxic yacht]

lol

at least we still have this

[forest raven]

[clever portal]

@toxic yacht in de as well?

No apex music for us

[red anvil]

this song? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xmz8ilfWB0

[clever portal]

Apex soundtrack is godly

The first season I was like wtf is this

[red anvil]

its really hype

[clever portal]

Then it grows on you

That music they play when they show the stadium for the first time

And it's a big game

[red anvil]

wish i could look forward to the finals

[clever portal]

Wtf, this playlist works here

https://youtu.be/2PIc85FYHBY

I actually feel sad

I just saw apex s1 finals intro

OWL will not have even close to the production of ogn

[toxic yacht]

Austria @clever portal

[clever portal]

Same thing

Actually wait

[toxic yacht]

[clever portal]

Austria

[rapid oxide]

https://twitter.com/tobitherabbit/status/850768263994785792

동결토깽( •̀ו́) (@tobitherabbit)

혼자 두고두고 볼라고 개이쁜 결승전 클립영상 잘라옴,,, 진짜 넘 이뻐ㅠㅠㅠ 에이펙스 열일했다ㅠㅠㅠ https://t.co/da4s0HoxfY

Retweets

784

Likes

550

▶ Play video

Twitter

[clever portal]

[red anvil]

Runaway

Runaway without Runner in the rooster aint gone be the same

or god Kaiser

[toxic yacht]

came for haksal back in S1, stayed for runner and kaiser in S2

[red anvil]

Apex s2 finale was the match that truly got me into OW esport

[clever portal]

For me it was Apex S1 Rogue vs NV

I didn't know the history of the teams

But monte and doa were hype af

[rapid oxide]

Im sure S3 final can't beat S2 hype imo

Was like a top anime battle

[clever portal]

That split cam of whoru and haksal killed me

That is the best things about LANs imo

When they show the reactions of the players

[red anvil]

My only hope s3 final is that LH brings out the craziest of crazy strats

i feel like they are the only ones who does slightly random things in dive

[clever portal]

They pull out Whoru?

https://twitter.com/LiquidHULK/status/885475408044371968

Dennis Hawelka (@LiquidHULK)

When you dont behave at the bar and the bartender needs to scold ur spanish butt.. @EnVy_HarryHook https://t.co/I6jyG3MoPr

▶ Play video

Twitter

[limber pine]

any info running around on DH Valencia?

liquipedia is extremely unhelpful

even their own site doesn't have info

[clever portal]

@limber pine https://www.hltv.org/events/2570/dreamhack-open-valencia-2017

[limber pine]

never heard of hltv.org

@clever portal what you linked me is the CSGO tourney

[toxic yacht]

lol, I was already wondering wtf was up with the teams

[limber pine]

ikr

why does EnVy have 5 players and why is the score 16 - 11?

[clever portal]

http://www.dreamhack.es/en/xbox-one-vs-ps4-paladins-console-wars/

50k paladins console tournament

@limber pine on that same page

Under the tournaments tab

You can see all the tournaments happening

[toxic yacht]

paladins is on consoles?

lol

at least the console scene there is more succesful than OW's console scene

[clever portal]

Theres a 100k pc lan as well

A large prize pool that all overwatch 2017 western LANs

[toxic yacht]

[limber pine]

I must be blind, because I don't see it

[clever portal]

@limber pine

http://imgur.com/5RRHBSe

[limber pine]

yeah I was looking at the first link you sent me

and that still doesn't list teams

just times, which is nice

[clever portal]

Are you looking for the overwatch tournament?

Because I think they don't have a stream/schedule to any of the smaller tournaments

Just the big ones

[wary falcon]

PALADINS SUMMER CUP

My body is ready

[limber pine]

I was just hoping for whose playing

[clever portal]

This part was actually interesting:

Saturday, July 15th – Xbox vs PS4 Finals (Bo5)

[balmy wolf]

A little bit more than 12 hours before OW WC

[wary falcon]

Where i can bet on WC?

Pinnacle didn't add matches sadly

Also, any predictions except Rogue-ARG?

[clever portal]

Will France win 4-0 or 4-1

[balmy wolf]

4 games series

[wary falcon]

so 4-0 or 3-1

or 2-2

but FRA-ARG is boring, 0 chances to upset

I think China is heavily overhyped by people

[balmy wolf]

I'm curious to see the French players emotes though. Soon doing the Charleston dance is going to be stupidly hilarious

[clever portal]

China is overhyped?

Kyky was saying they're bad

[red anvil]

france aint before saturday i think?

[clever portal]

Winz was salty about the emotes LUL

I think he said "it's embarrassing for the players and the audience"

[wary falcon]

China is really overhyped

on bookmaker's sites

so is Russian team

[clever portal]

@red anvil everyone plays every day

[wary falcon]

14-17 Shanghai LAN Matches

[red anvil]

i was messing something up then my mistake

[wary falcon]

Group A and Group B

[pine star]

https://twitter.com/theScoreesports/status/885517931882229760

theScore esports (@theScoreesports)

.@LaserKittenz CEO: 'There's definitely a lot more interest, globally, than what was announced today'

https://t.co/x4fNm1V0kc

#Overwatch

Twitter

[clever portal]

Alicus getting ready

[pine star]

`As for Laser Kittenz, Saba claimed, cost has not been a major issue.

"It's all about picking the best deal for us at this point."`

💰 💰 💰

[sturdy granite]

Alicus gonna announce that he bought enough players for a second roster, and has gotten 2 EU positions for OWL

[wary falcon]

Alicus can create his own league

[solid spear]

Yum

[clever wagon]

30-man roster here we go

5 sister teams

Have them all compete in the same league/tournament and take the top 5

👌🏻

[pine star]

Aliwatch League

[clever wagon]

iBP match fixing ain't got shit on that

This isn't your normal match fixing. This is advanced match fixing

[clever portal]

Forget splitting the prize

Just take all the top spots

[gentle shuttle]

does FaZe still exist

[wary falcon]

yes

[gentle shuttle]

thank jebus

[balmy wolf]

FaZe with Lui, Joemeister and Spree

[solid spear]

Well not Lui

[balmy wolf]

What?

Why not lui?

[solid spear]

Hes out bro

[balmy wolf]

Really?

[supple nymph]

https://www.heroesneverdie.com/2017/7/12/15959592/overwatch-league-fantasy-sports

[limber pine]

That's...interesting

[pine star]

[solid spear]

no wagering

mah fantasy

[balmy wolf]

welp

reminder that CSGO got their jumpstart by skin betting

so this is a rather curious move

[wintry matrix]

how CSGO skins are worth anything anyway?

[balmy wolf]

rare skin = money

rare skins are those that Valve allows officially

so thus, instead of betting actual money

you are betting skins

and you can also get skins by buying keys to open crates

it is a gambling spiral without it being outright gambling

[wintry matrix]

it's kinda interesting how that value grew out of nothing

still shitty

[balmy wolf]

perception is reality

if it looks rare

then someone somewhere will think that it worth money

etc etc

also EFFECT seemingly landed in US https://twitter.com/2FF2CT/status/885506835268096001

기내식 먹다 김치흘린 이펙트 (@2FF2CT)

\ㅇㅅㅇ/

Twitter

[solid spear]

naisu

Effect is bae

[pine star]

Effect is baest

[iron cedar]

https://us.battle.net/forums/en/overwatch/topic/20757527371#post-2

[limber pine]

inb4 not balanced at pro scene

[supple nymph]

IT'S QUICKPLAY, WHO CARES?

[balmy wolf]

R66 most balanced map confirmed

"Eichenwalde: Attack 46.13%, Defense 53.87%"

why using QP stat even

[solid spear]

@pine star Effect is also a filthy Miku loving weeb Tracer main like me so hes best boy

[pine star]

I'm screenshoting this shit

[solid spear]

rip

[balmy wolf]

@limber pine the only thing I found it amusing is whether or not Blizzard and Jeph used this statistic and think that 2CP is balanced because it is close to 50/50

in QUICK PLAY

[solid spear]

half the time you can get 2 points in qp feelsgoodman

[limber pine]

I mean it is balanced for quick play

the OP asked about quick play

[solid spear]

indeed

[sturdy granite]

https://us.battle.net/forums/en/overwatch/topic/20757607399#post-2 Time to send more people back to flipping burgers

Jkap "It doesn't anymore. It hasn't done this for some time.

There is a post coming about updates to the punishment system coming soon"

[toxic yacht]

Jkap

👺

[solid spear]

Carpe is rank 1,2 and 3 in NA rn lol

#FreeDafran

[red anvil]

lol

Koreans takes our jobs, they take our wifes, and now they take our top 500 spots, deamn them i tell u!

[solid spear]

Kariv and 4 Envy at 5

[red anvil]

But seriously, he got nr1, nr2, and nr3 u wat carpe

Soultion to mercy mains, bring enough koreans

[rapid oxide]

Paladins more views than OW

[wintry matrix]

is bc ow dad game

[rapid oxide]

yes ow is dead

[red anvil]

where do i download paladins?

[rapid oxide]

"ow is ded esprite 12 btw haHAA"

[red anvil]

or do i go back to minesweeper?

[rapid oxide]

i love when people compare the worst wiewership of a game to the bigger of their own game

"csgo major had 1m, athena cup had 1k... ded esport xdxddxdx"

[red anvil]

LOL just started watching Carpes stream, its glorious

and indeed, paladins is a succesful game, but it cant compare to OW

[solid spear]

Yeah Carpe and effect are the only koreans I watch often

They're nice

[rapid oxide]

"We spent a lot of time with our own financial teams looking at the opportunity financially, and we believe that it is a big opportunity," Wakeford said. "And that the returns will far outweigh the investment."

https://www.thescoreesports.com/news/14758?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

[red anvil]

GL

[rapid oxide]

https://twitter.com/JacobNWolf/status/885548277524987904

J. Wolf ✈️ #EVO2017 (@JacobNWolf)

.@ATVI_AB stock increases by over $3 between Wed-Thurs following Overwatch League owner announcement.

More: https://t.co/7udUhungUO

Twitter

[solid spear]

will defintely get a spot I feel like

[rapid oxide]

https://twitter.com/GiliusLoL/status/885525492497092609

Berk (@GiliusLoL)

eulcs 20 k viewers

Likes

135

Twitter

[clever wagon]

Vace looks like such a Blizz apologist at this point that any and all circlejerk meme or shitpost against OW espruts gets shot down by him real hard

[wintry matrix]

CS ded game too?

[rapid oxide]

im a blizzard fanboy

i'm passionate

[balmy wolf]

https://us.battle.net/forums/en/overwatch/topic/20757527371#post-18

"When a map gets close to 40/60, most players perceive it as balanced. So being within 4-6% of 50/50 is still pretty good."

[rapid oxide]

slowpoke

[balmy wolf]

not that other one, you retards

[solid spear]

[toxic yacht]

I dunno, people have become so fucking retarded an irrational about blizzard that shooting any nonsense down seems like a perfectly natural reaction, lol

[balmy wolf]

lulz

"The problem with competitive is that both teams attack and both teams defend. Statistics are nowhere near as reliable and/or useful as they are from QP."

Battle.net, never change.

[rapid oxide]

wish one day i will shit on other esport as people do on ow right now

[toxic yacht]

lol

you already take every chance you have to shit on csgo

<3

also, that's an actual quote

from a user

wtf

[balmy wolf]

https://us.battle.net/forums/en/overwatch/topic/20757557550#post-1

I fucking wish I was kidding

[toxic yacht]

[solid spear]

Sojum you underestimate them

[balmy wolf]

SR: 2315

well then

[toxic yacht]

lolz

[solid spear]

Like a lot of people on there are straight retarded

[rapid oxide]

other esport trigger me more @toxic yacht

[toxic yacht]

well, the guy got downvoted

which is at least nice

wot, there is something that triggers you more than counter strike?

[solid spear]

Every game that's not OW

[balmy wolf]

Quake Champions

[rapid oxide]

pretty much