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but you can likely watch on https://overwatchleague.com/
That has the vods to the tournaments
i believe it's all being hosted there
for regular tournaments theres /r/overwatched
for vods
but OWL will be different
i think you'll be able to watch VODs on the official site
and they're releasing a mobile OWL app january 9th
that im sure will have VODs too
Aight I'll keep my eyes out
@hexed vale

Very nice c:
Ideally eventually somebody makes dedicated sites for this
But this'll do for now^^
my guess is https://overwatchleague.com/ will be the dedicated site in the future
its just not all set up yet
If this is season 1 how do we know which teams are the best?
the teams are assembled from players that have a record
for example London Spitfire's roster is made up of 2 elite Korean teams
GC Busan and KongDoo Panthera
Seoul Dynasty is just Lunatic-Hai
So is it basically speculation?
in a way
it's pretty easy to speculate (London Spitfire) GC Busan, the reigning apex champions will beat the roster on LA Gladiators
I picked a decently convenient time to get involved with this game
for sure
they're trying to get new people interested in OWL now too
so plenty of newcomers
I've heard lots of rumors that OW is crappy from a spectator's perspective
that was the case up until last month
they revamped all the spectator features for world cup/owl
South Korea
and yes, they weren't a "team" though
world cup teams are just a mish-mash of players from each country
so the players for South Korea 2017 are now primarily on Seoul Dynasty & New York Excelsior
my country Canada came 2nd place

So was the Wordl Cup an official Blizzard-sanctioned championship
yes definitely
it's played each year at Blizzcon
it's the big yearly overwatch esports event
but now we have OWL to look forward to
for the rest of the year
So is OWL just the American league?
they're all playing in LA for now
There are Korean and Chinese teams
since teams dont have established home stadiums yet
it's going to be more international in the coming seasons
So the new OWL teams are the only official teams?
correct
Yes
Got it, and that can expand in coming years
Yes
i was predicting what new teams we could see for season 2
assuming they add 12 more
rounding the number to 24 total teams
my picks were
Still hoping for a Seattle team

Overwatch League S2 Predictions: 

Atlantic Division:
- Paris
- Berlin
- Chicago
- Toronto
- Stockholm
- Rio de Janeiro

Pacific Division: - Seattle
- Tokyo
- Beijing
- Sydney
- Phoenix
- Busan
My boys don't get a basketball team at least give us an OWL team
seems likely
washington state has a lot of big money investors
i rank it very likely we'll see seattle in s2
I feel like it'd be more complicated to go with your predictions versus an NA vs EU setup
and i'm from vancouver so they're the closest "regional" team i can relate to
Vancouver WA or Canada
canada
they're keeping the "Atlantic" "Pacific" division stuff
that's their creation
not mine
Does that mean people might have to fly to Europe and back between matchups?
yes
they will further restrict games to "atlantic" or "pacific" in s2
so people in china dont have to fly to france
for a match
I see
but yeah there will be a lot of flying around just like real sports
Chicago to Berlin would be a monster though
I can see Paris and Stockholm, but I don't know any possible investors for Rio
So a fairly hot and humid place to a one of the coldest countries
I really hope I'll be able to watch VODs of the games tomorrow :c
meh so xQc confirmed pre-season won't be on twitch... at least regular season apparently are
no clue
most likely
would be a big thonker if they didnt
Prob they will upload vods on YT, not sure which one
PlayOverwatch or OWL YT channel
^
they havent uploaded the WC ones yet
🙏
i can live with twitch
it's gotten more reliable over the years
and twitch chat i'll admit is someething I like
emulates an audience reaction
something about seeing bunch of poggers on chat gets me excited too
whwnever a big play happens

nothing like c9 LuL spam when london spitfires will step off the payload in overtime
Miraculous Youngster disband
let's not act all OW scene isn't awful
*worse than other regions ?
except from OWL, everything else seems awful
EU is nonexistent
Chinese have alreast some org still
Here you will find all notable active Overwatch Teams.
GO, Gigantti, 123, C9 EU doesn't even exist anymore
lets hope theres gonna be some fresh wind for contenders
and some s2 EU cities added
🤞
🙏
midnight is the first for me
Lucky Future VS Miraculous Youngster tomorrow
i want to see that
MY never fails to disappoint
MY disbanded
they arent
rip
it was announced like an hr ago
i miss MY already
😭
having a hard time deciding my favourite to win rn tbh
NYXL / LS / LAV / SD / DF / SFS
What about Tviq and mayhem
mehh
they are obviously good but i dont see them on the tiers of dynasty, spitfire, fuel
Could there be a dark horse in the league?
why do shocks have to play twice tonight?
np
"Logistics issues"
THERE'S NO OPTION TO GET A JERSEY WITH A PLAYER NAME/NUMBER REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
What did you expect
"What did you expect"
I mean
It's pretty much standard in esports to be able to purchase jerseys with players ign
Not entirely
Team liquid which has a lot of esports teams has no specific jerseys
Same with C9,Natus Vincere and Optic
The only popular esports team that I know that sells jerseys with their names is evil genius
You are wrong
Literally every jersey sold in MetaThreads (which sells jerseys for most major esports teams in the world) sells jerseys with names
In any case
I understands not all teams do it this way, but most do
I just expected OWL jerseys to do it
And as someone who doesn't really support teams but players, I'm not sure I'll spend that much money now
I was gonna get jerseys for Dynasty Ryujehong, NYXL Saebyeolbe, Fuel Taimou, Mayhem TviQ
I'm not sure I'll buy them anymore 🤔
I wanted the jerseys
It's not like players get a portion of the revenue when you buy jerseys with their name anyway
I just wanted the jerseys with the igns
It's probably just me, but still
Also since esports contracts come and go quickly, it's if they put the names on jerseys, cuz they might leave the team next year or quit
That's not really a problem for me
Then they can't sell that merch
I mean, I have Immortals KariV and CLG Doublelift jerseys lol
I'm thinking this in a business stand point you can't sell what your team doesn't have basically
So it's better to put a generic jersey than one that has a name on it
Unless of course they win a major tournament
If the player is currently contracted there's no issue in selling jerseys with their name
Works for esports orgs outside of OWL
And works for traditional sports as well
Hell, some even sell jerseys with custom names on them
Custom ones are fine
No Jehong jersey 😭
If they sell custom ones I can just buy a Ryujehong Dallas Fuel jersey, so selling them with the player names is a non issue
Looks like I'm not the only one too lol
I wouldn't pay +30% extra for the import fees for a jersey without a name on it.. >_>
^same
I literally had my credit card ready to buy the Jehong one, I'm not going to anymore
I hope next season if they expand OWL more into Europe they will open a Europe store.
The contracts are still iffy, in DotA 2 the teams kick people out mid season for better players, the only thing that stops them from kicking people is when they roster lock for a tournament
Hmmm discord mobile is being buggy again
When is Discord mobile not buggy lol
^
That's true
So I'm going to watch Preseason tonight
Anyone know how to watch live broadcasts on MLG App?
I'd buy a Fusion kit just in case they will withdraw from the league
😛
The less I see of Comcast the better amiright
Also go to the overwatch subsection
That's where OWL will be broadcasted
I think
Will it be on twitch?
No
No it will be on MLG
:(
OWL real season will be broadcasted on Twitch, potentially depending on viewer turnout on MLG. I suppose this is another test for the MLG venture of Blizzard.
MLG in 2017
lul mlg
6 hours till sf shock?
middle of the night 
Is there a countdown anywhere for the first match
It starts 7pm EST(~4hr 45min) just wait till then
shocking!
@balmy wolf you mean 4:15
Hey, I won't be available to watch the match tonight. How can I record it or watch it later?
which owl team u guys rooting for
u talking about dallas vs seoul or somethin
Like wtf, they are gonna get stomped
No it’s stupid ass tourney
In like 15th of dec
Called rumble stuff
i dont speak that language
no
It’s not for you?
Weird
For me it’s english
Take it from reddit
It’s english for me and I took it from there
dont care bro im all up in that owl
scroll down, there's english under it
looking at the schedule
isn't one team playing semis same day kinda BS?
Frenchmen’s roster is insane
And also zappis’ team
But frenchman is TOPTOP tier
Jesus is like inconsistent but aythen is the only meh
i mean thats some nice rosters, but wtf is that kephrii team
he couldve tried to be competitive at least 🤔
For the views
Their match up is not very famous so who knows
They might play a map favoring widow heavily
Junkrat would be good for them
U can see them doing good on it with bastion strats
isn't heykatie a good player? i remember people saying he was the only decent player on Australia WC 2016 team
oh shit, only now i realized Fahzix is playing for Blank
is this where people are going to hang out to chat about the overwatch league games?
Yep!
anyone watching the start of ow league preseason at 12?
It’s at 7pm est for me and yes
4pm for me
11am for me
5pm here 😦
is there any content before matches start on the hour?
i guess i'll just refresh every few minutes
30 more mins

i can't root for london today because they don't play until tomorrow
in fact, all of the teams i want to root for are playing tomorrow
so i guess i will approach today's matches with an open mind
whoa the live ticker at the top of the OL.com page is gone
there was a ticker below the menu
there's one on overwatchleague.com
@slim summit refresh your browser and let me know if it's still there
running noscript?
no
shrug
it was litterly there one sec
it's workin for me
and gone now
Hmm the French stream was up for a moment
where at
Mlg
there's now a videos page on the main OL site
while i get it, by not having the streams on twitch they are kinda shooting themselves in foot
i got the english stream
just click on the french one
and there's a pull down menu in upper left
you can select english
it's just a countdown right now
Same
no way to watch it on android shield tv :/
MLG app?
not for android tv
yep, that is the only way
Stream is up
no chogpamp, no monkaS, no kappapride
is there any way to see the number of viewers with this platform?
no memy chat though
now i have to cast tab from my desktop to my tv, so i can watch from bed at 1AM 😄
also had to finetune the size of the window, because 4k desktop is not a good idea to cast 😄
but the memes are shit
oh
its only for the preseason though
some display:none hacking for tab casting :D, result https://dl2.pushbulletusercontent.com/Ra4yQkGFbNEF8u4kLbFe75oJ1wtGvjY8/image.png
But really though esports not broadcasting on twitch was a bad idea.
theres no viewer count on mlg
shit platform
i dont think so atleast
got rid of chat and top bar with display:none, much better to cast that way
It is a shit platform.
Like if you want to draw in viewers you don't switch between platforms like this.
you do if you want to make more money and they give you a better deal though
@short vault uh ? right click, player stats say 1920x1080 60fps 12128kbps
You're going to lose viewers switching between platforms .
but yeah can't say it's healthy for development
only the lower resolutions are 30fps
Lol, if they were banking on OWL bringing hype to the game in the competitive scene, looking for a better deal isn't the best way to go.
Why is it not on Twitch again?
there is no 1080p
sf playing 2 games today? wat
Yeah.

philly couldnt show up
thats why SF subbed in for them
@short vault 300k ?
150k x2
@short vault my mlg.com stream says this ? or am i misunderstanding you ?
Level 0: 1920x1080 12128 kbps 60 fps
Level 1: 1280x720 4062 kbps 30 fps
Level 2: 854x480 1362 kbps 30 fps
Level 3: 640x360 581 kbps 30 fps
yes it does
150k x bench = 150k 
but its not playing 1080
Philly couldn't make visa for their asian players in time 😃
This is so bad on iphone
f
They're still typing out the twitch emotes LUL
When twitch has the monopoly on the memes all other platforms just can't be a competitior.
People talk in twitch chat emotes even in game
@spring lintel cast it to chromecast like i do
both youtube and twitch have a problem in that regard
youtube live will never work, neither will twitch videos 😃
nobody watches uploaded videos on twitch, nobody watches live games on youtube
blizzard why
Can we even see viewers at least?
y
i watch pirated nfl streams on youtube but that's about it
Like I can say that the veiwers aren't even up to half as much as what it could be on twitch just by the speed of the chat.
why would you want that, that might make the league look bad
MLG is owned by blizzardactivision thats why
Yarr harr feedle dee dee
@deft valley i still laugh at that guy who streamed the UFC fight last week pretending to play it 😄
yeah lmao that was fantastic
so how do we watch the first preseason game? I know it's going to be on OverwatchLeague.com and mlg.com but where on those sites?
it's pretty obvious when you're there
thanks
theres a giant "WATCH OWL HERE"
btw if you want the chat to fuck off but cba with inspect element
there's a fuck overlays chrome extension which can do it in two clicks
cba?
@deft valley i got rid of all 😄
can't be assed
who is going to win, florida or san francisco
I am so ready
my body is ready

I literally don't see the "WATCH OWL HERE" on the Overwatch League website
LET'S GO DRAGONS
i am switching over to watching from bed, have fun guys... i will fall asleep halfway through tho, it is 1AM here
if you want to remove theres a tool to select elements in inspect elements
but someone linked the MLG stream so w/e
2:00 
o
the stream is on the main page you whut
McDonald's vs Home Depot
uhh
P E P E P L S
o boy less than a minute now
turns on the VHS recorder to sell bootleg tapes
IM READY
LETS GO FLORIDA
MY BODY IS READY
O/U on the time it takes for someone to rebroadcast on a not shitty service
🌴💣
o sheet
SOE
and seoul
HEX YES
yayyyy lessgoooooo
They need to turn the music down though
it
music is fine
they did that just as u said lmao
it'll turn down soon probably
ITS HAPPENING
nah burn blue motherfucker
fuck you
at least they scheduled considering the time zones
go dynasty
my boy taimou will wreck ya dynasty
your boi taimou won't be going against dynasty
BOSTON LYL
but
"gc busan"
phily wont be playing
"our next team hails from the united kingdom - london spitfire" OMEGALUL
the last game starts at 4am for me
full korean roster
for the first couple I see London in the first slot
^^
DALLAS ❤
literally gc busan
so there's that at least
We doing this? OWL starting?
gooo dynasty
😮
woo
Hey, Soe is back
i literally dont know anyone on shanghai
it's my i believe
eyyy
Has Hex ever looked this smooth??
Anyone else's stream keep bouncing around?
LOL
"logistics issues"
booster lul
lmao
Rip Philly
aka kusaii fucking up
no chat 😦 i need my spam
PHILLY FUSI
N
wait ? League is not casted on twitch ? :/
i thought they were out
o nvm
What about VoD ? 😦
gooo seoul
preseason only is not casted on twitch
it might be when the league starts
d y n a s t y fighting
@slim summit oooooow ok 😄
it will be when the league starts, twitch made a deal with blizzard from 2018 onwards
TVIQ is gonna wreck these fools
Those intros were rough haha
holy shit the production quality
So cringey, I love it
Why is it not filled???
Lol inflatable clappers
Also that stage is so cool
is this even going to be close
is it?
god those jerseys are lame
EMPTY STADIUM LUL
SF is stacked
Eleague style stadium
compared to florida
Zebb
whats special about the stage?
sweet arm sleeve bro
tviq ❤
So orange
oh wow the stage does look dope
damn he's ripped
San Francisco can suck it tbqh
not just Shock, the entire city
already got banned for spamming florida
sinatraa doesn't suck
Im here
"handle 2" LuL
LMAO
Danteh
?????????
Smol
I wana see sinatraaa feelsbad
i can't read the white on yellow on SF shirts ecks dee
i only saw against korea
sinatraa is fusion right?
and they have no nameplates
no
which is the ONLY match they had
Shock
wow that is a cool ass stadium
The orange burns my eyes
ah
sinatraa is shock
with those huge displays
sin is shock
That stage omg
same colour
Lol Belgian Flag stage
where is sina
where is sina
where is sina
where is sina
underage
@balmy wolf idk how you could expect good performance on a tracer against saebyeolbe,
Lul sounds like a 17yongirl
WHERE IDD
"he's the coms guy, he's the shotcaller, he's the one who makes the calls" nice one
HANDLE 2
sinatraa was carrying
Lol
monte pogchomp
Literally said 3 of the same thing "Shotcaller, Calls the sjots and handles comms"
monte
Lol
No ZP...
monte & doa hell yea
MONTEEEEEE
but then he started just dying in the backline every push
now everything is complete
don't forget he makes calls @tired river
and contributing nothing
lmao
monte is amazing
Isnt babybay support
that wasn't because of saebyeolbe
how do i watch the OWL
Or am i thinking of sleepy
where is sina
2,2,2?
thx ❤
HEY TEAM CAN WE GET A 2,2,2
this is litty
everyone has to play @short vault so they are waiting
Production is top notch for now
oh right sinatraa is 17
they had some minor fuck ups
he wont be playing till half way through the regular season iirc
Ayyy Dorado
Lag on overwatchleague.com
yeah this production quality is very nice
they showed "handle 2" instead of player name before
I am watching mlg
It's not bad
High fps good quality
but so far better than the usual :^)
nice
oh damn
mlg is the only one you can watch
thats cool
Ok that stage lol
LETS GOOO
Oh damn
Fucking shit that looks good
is the whole thing going to show the match
that was pretty sweet
They're testing everything out now, so it can't be perfect
Production!!
2cp lol 😦
that stage screen is amazing
that production quality 
better than alot of production lol
During the actual season, everything should be all in place
blizzy has alot of experience in esport
a lot of experience killing esports
^
lovin that fat fuckin mlg watermark in the top right 👌
HMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
i love blizzard, but they have been catastrophal with their eSports so far
A lot of experience on salty players
For a blizz's first all in Esport on its first year they did put effort in it
DAMN COLORS LOOK NICE
that away zenyatta skin
Those skins look good AF
it's gone when the actual ui appears
lets go
I need the skins
PRODUCTIONNNNNNNNNNNN
Took CSGO like 10 years to perfect it, Blizz should have some leeway atleast
shock 3-0
heathstone is an esport right? lmao
STRWAM BROKE
danteh on tracer tho Kreygasm
those hero borders look very nice
3-2 on Mayhem
but I really think they should have the hero portraits also wear the team colors
the ui in general is 🔥
tviq on a good start
got damn tviq
wow
live stats 
even gets his mercy ❤
damn these colors

TVIQ
Love the new spectator style
sleepy being sleepy
Colour coded works well,
the health bars and names look a lot better now
ye
yeah they took the feedback from wc it seems
whats the square next to their names about?
it's just the team color
Square?
so that the names can be white
the square above them
We always see genji tracer on dps
The square is current player highlighted
next to their name which floats above them
yeah I see the square now idk what its for
team color
to the left? it's just their team color
i guess
seems a bit useless lol
feelsbad
genji out of meta when
might be Ult available?
Good to see that the camera work is still trash
We have seen the pov of other players only 3 times
it's literally just the team color
tbh
1 widow 1 tviq 1 zen
I don't know what's tehre to get
mercy is still a must pick
Damn I'm on source and it's not 60fps
Dive comp too, no Rein
yea i guess, but the names are encased in their colour as well
😦
:U can't even get 60 fps
@spring lintel why would you be counting that just watch it dude
ye not needed
i wouldnt have noticed it tbh without people in here talking about it
yea its a non issue just weird
might be useful in teamfights from spec camera
nadablade
TVIQ LOL
Lezz go shock
welp lol
Fucking hell, 1-0 couldn't even push to 2nd point
I'm so happy to know that pro's totally waste their ults too
it's not just my shit play
tbf, dorado is defender biased
Lol me too @noble swift
I do the same in Gold, does that mean I'm ready for Esports?
That was fast
Should contact Envyus
ye that last section is tough too
haha
someone get robert kraft on the phone
Dorado T-Sided confirmed
Or D-Sided*
@keen warren boston uprising is looking for talent like you
yeah this is a joke I just made lul
aren't T attack though?
Is Boston really that bad? lol
@gaunt acorn But I want to be with C9 and the London Spits
yes
or is it like a meme now
both
boston is as bad as their logo
That hook XD
I heard LA valiant are tying Boston uporising
And to think Boston uprising is owned by the CEO of the New England Pats
valiant are pretty good
baby is great
Kraft is a crap owner lul
The pats' success has nothing to do with him
Revs suck
Crap CEO in general but that's un related
tbh, philly is owned by comcast and they didn't even show up lmao
Lond spits logo is fire
no, dallas fuels is
Philly needed to pay more to secure a better internet connection to play

We got a Comcast team? teams by EA and Ajit Pai when
I like london spitfires
London Spits is Cool, Cuz man's not Hot
Is it just me or have not spectated the defending team even once??
dallas is owned by envyus
attack is considered more fun to watch
Smooth
true in all sports lul
^ y e
¯_(ツ)_/¯
he just pushed it like 10 meters
Nevix stayed on point. Game mvp!
i love this cam
mhm
Damn I thought they were gonna do Picture in Picture
map overview not showing payload? 🤔
Rip Widow
Florida is being carried by their supports
and their dva b ombs lul
manneten carrying
so the casters have decided to go with city names rather than franchise names?
noone stayed in the bubble lmao
that's pretty common for sports
LOL
LOl
LOL
riiiip
and owl are pro sports wannabes so

danteh throwing???
LUL
LOL
Also Fusion vs Shock sounds wierd
l o l
I'm not familiar with sports in america, with that naming convention
Baby is my bae
Baby
Babybay>Logix
baby is so good
Commercials
Mayhem needs to up there dps. Otherwise you can almost see this as a shock win already
Here we come
Attack widow always got the advantage
@silk linden I mean most Football teams are named after cities so using locations makes more sense too in the European sense
They playing all 4 maps? best of somethign or what?
That's a good thing
In Europe, the name-names are more common
because there's often multiple teams in one city
ah okay
3 years 😦
lmao
exactly, often cities have two or more teams
plus tradition and shit
the music is awesome
so your shorthand is the club name
Sleepy is insane btw
"I'm a London fan" will get you beaten up like 80% certain
I wish he would get more screen time
cant wait for LA to go against LA and the casters being confused
Sleepy is good
Well, depends which part of the UK you go too
also, it's especially weird that the shorthand is the city name in the US, since franchises can pack up and move to another city
You'd get beaten up for just saying London
Can we all appreciate how awesome this is. That we get to watch esports evolve like this
No
also, let's be real, they got nothing to do with the cities
Jk its pretty awesome
yeah but again
pro sports wannabes
It is awesome
moving can be a logistics thing, names are rarely
what time do the LA valients play?
After this match I think
6pm pst
in an hour or so
um
2 AM CET
okay
its gonna get moved back though
different time zones
no way they play 3 maps in 30 min
whai why?
If they do move they useally keep the name and change the city. Like Dallas rams becoming la rams
the schedule is listed

Rams have never been in Dallas
Cringey dabs
@tired river it's in 1h 30m
Its in 1.5hrs
it's 3 AM CET, not 2 AM
Its just an example idk football
ahh
the schedule is listed on the site in your timezone
hero throwing flaming axes confirmed
Rein?

New ult for Rein?
booo remove anubis from the map pool boooo
2CP LUL
Eww 2cp
F
at least it's not horizon
Better than hanamura
Keep anubutt delete hamamora
shock
weird
did
no dumbasses
Hnamura is cancer
delete horizon
SF Shockl at 2-1
This will be nice advertisement for Overwatch lol
i thought it showed mayhem over the list
Why 4 games? Like what happens if it's a tie?
@dire crow Prolly score differential
if its a tie they get equal points
a tie is a tie
Its preseason as well
its not like its play offs
Has anyone bought an OWL jersey yet?
lol no
yes
$60? gtfo
hehe
before elimination rounds they don't do tiebreakers
60$ is alot
I would if i won the lotto
Im buying one after season starts
wayyy too much at $60
^^
ooh, the fabric tshirt is $17.50 atm
normal sports ones are like 100 so this is cheap by comparison
tbh 60 bucks is pretty normal for a replica jersey
Blizzard stuff is always real nice
yeah i like the cotton one better
i really wish they were colored to match the teams though
no reason they should all be dark grey
Walking jack in the box advertisement
Kinda wanna get the London shirt but a) the baby blue doesn't look great and b) it's all koreans
Haha
Dive lol
And pastel colors are hot right now
Yeah but if I'm supporting the english team I feel like we need some homegrowns 🤔
they pretend it's a local london team
LuL
True
Dive is still meta
Homegrow get gud
Guess that answers the question
Like all korean team = god team, so that's good
london colors are gulf livery
but they're owned by americans, play in LA and is staffed with Koreans
f
they've been popular for many many years
its kinda pretensious to call it the london team though
except it's like shitty gulf livery
OMG
?
hahaha



