esports-discussion

[buoyant edge]

OH

what a pick

[bitter nebula]

lolllllll

[tawny sigil]

like they said... is seoul wins, both phil and valiant are out of stage 1

[buoyant edge]

gasp
gasp
gasp

[final river]

huge

[pearl stratus]

Poor Gido.

[buoyant edge]

fucking rolled

[pearl stratus]

Gets a good play.

[wooden hull]

Weeked WOW

[pearl stratus]

Gets called out on channelling his Ryu.

No chill

[buoyant edge]

Holy shit

[final river]

weekeed went nuts

[muted fox]

oh thank god

[dull fossil]

Philly is at a going to have a tough time against boston

[buoyant edge]

2:09 to get both points

[rustic plaza]

LETS GO

[glacial sleet]

gg soon fked his team

[forest wharf]

dafuq you guys saying about seoul sucking now

[bitter nebula]

anubis is such a shit map for competitive imo

[molten solstice]

LOL

[dull fossil]

No it’s not

Wth

[muted fox]

IDK who wins this I just want it close

[bitter nebula]

that and volksaya

[dull fossil]

One of the best maps

[glacial sleet]

ouch it was agilities who killed himself

[pearl stratus]

Agilities killed himself and everyone else with that spam

[errant urchin]

there are some very hard defenses on A and very hard attacks on B its balanced just not all the time

[dull fossil]

I miss Kong’s row

[wooden hull]

Nah anubis is really good

[dull fossil]

Kings

[forest wharf]

first point sucks but i like point b

[wooden hull]

Hanamura and volskaya are so bad

[bitter nebula]

volskaya might be worst

wish I could nuke that map from my games

[wooden hull]

The spawn is for away

[errant urchin]

ayyy

[wooden hull]

Jehong nooooo

[dull fossil]

Agilities

Perfect distraction

[bitter nebula]

put MIRO on a MILK CARTOn

plz

[glacial sleet]

jebait tire LOL

[bitter nebula]

put that boy on a MILK CARTON

MIRO MIA

all night

[pearl stratus]

I'm sorry.

[errant urchin]

aw

[pearl stratus]

But that bait tire.

Was my favorite play of the game so far.

[errant urchin]

i want a replay

[coral bloom]

Any defence point that only has access routes leading to the front of the point are always bad. Defence doesnt setup spotters and a perimeter as much as they just camp

[wooden hull]

Hhaahah soon hahaha, jebaited af

[bitter nebula]

Miros been dogshit in a lot of these matches tonight 😬

[pearl stratus]

He's getting focused really really hard too.

[forest wharf]

awww jehong ana plz

[bitter nebula]

why munchkon on tracer

why notplay bunny??

[pearl stratus]

Munchkins more aggressive style tends to work better for them.

[wooden hull]

Bunny can play tracer only, in 2cp it's trash

[bitter nebula]

ye

damn

trash damn

can wekeed play anyoner else vut genji

besdies genji

[pearl stratus]

Genji, Junk, and a few others.

[bitter nebula]

so just genji

[wooden hull]

Maybe the best junk

[bitter nebula]

WOW u think so

[wooden hull]

Yup

[bitter nebula]

DOgshit

[wooden hull]

Hahahah

[bitter nebula]

wat

[tawny sigil]

unkoe might save this from the dragon blade

[glacial sleet]

triple dps 😮

[bitter nebula]

LOL

[wooden hull]

Miro in trouble

Too agressive

[forest wharf]

gidos that guy in comp that bitches about dps not killing anything and switches off heals to dps

[bitter nebula]

what was that ult

[pearl stratus]

He got baited back.

[glacial sleet]

holly shit

[tawny sigil]

what a trill to watch that

[pearl stratus]

They used the Trans and got to their spawn.

[errant urchin]

yessssssss

[pearl stratus]

So when he popped blade

[final river]

draw? or valiant win :p

[buoyant edge]

LA wins

DRAW

[glacial sleet]

unkoe is clutch as fuck

[buoyant edge]

thonk

[pearl stratus]

The supports just stepped into the spawn

[bitter nebula]

such DOGshit BY SEOUL

[coral bloom]

Souel ganna lose 3-0

[marsh pumice]

man im impressed with LA

[forest wharf]

OMEN BY HP THE OFFICIAL PC AND DISPLAY OF THE OVERWATCH LEAGUE

[full lion]

[pearl stratus]

So many people suddenly spitting out the Seoul dick they sucked all stage so far.

Kind of hilarious.

[full lion]

^

[wooden hull]

True

[marsh pumice]

very good they are much better, i mean this league is getting to another level

[bitter nebula]

IT IS

[pearl stratus]

Not giving LAV any credit, its just because Seoul is now magically bad.

[bitter nebula]

their comms seem off

[molten solstice]

well shit going to sleep now

[marsh pumice]

well kinda

[molten solstice]

ugh

[bitter nebula]

last 2 weeks

[wooden hull]

Who's the shot caller now, Without esca, and tobi in this match?

[marsh pumice]

tobi is not there and that makes all the difference

[pearl stratus]

Yeah but you can't just stop slurping because the taste changed and flip flop on teams.

That's just silly.

[marsh pumice]

yeh i mean you can say the same about LA if they are not with their top players

[pearl stratus]

At least Fuel fans support their garbage, they don't just get whiny.

[marsh pumice]

a fan is a fan no matter what

[wooden hull]

Swith unkoe and la valiant is tier 3 lul

[lethal plank]

just tuned in, who's winning?

[marsh pumice]

im a Spitfire fan and no matter what im with them too

[glacial sleet]

that stall on dva was huge

[pearl stratus]

1-0 right now, second stage draw.

[marsh pumice]

LA

[lethal plank]

ah

i saw the fuel game on mobile earlier... yeah they really need to practice

they won but they looked such...shit

[pearl stratus]

Fuel got a little lucky that Shanghai has two really weak people on the team.

[wooden hull]

Wait for akm and effect

[pearl stratus]

Won't change the Fuels biggest problems, tbh.

[wooden hull]

Yeah tanks are shit

[forest wharf]

that sign

[pearl stratus]

It'll just end up like another Babybay situation.

If you shut down Babybay you shut down the entire team. It'll be the same thing with Dallas' dps.

[lethal plank]

They need to get a new coach

[wooden hull]

You can shut down one dps two is difficult

[lethal plank]

fucking really? did i just hear a dumb rhyme?

[pearl stratus]

Fleta is the meta has been around since OWL started.

[wooden hull]

Coco is bery bad atm, and mickie on roadhog is tier 10

[lethal plank]

fuel shoulda gotten that korean girl

but she would shape up that team

[glacial sleet]

lol?

[lethal plank]

can't think of her name

[pearl stratus]

That would have been a nightmare.

Geguri.

[lethal plank]

yeah her

she's amazing

[pearl stratus]

xQc would do something else to be banned in like..

12 seconds.

With a girl on the team.

[wooden hull]

Xqc...

[balmy wolf]

Geguri is on NYXL's academy team already

[lethal plank]

xQc is...yeah

[pearl stratus]

Geguri isn't confirmed anywhere right now.

Latest thing was Shanghai.

[lethal plank]

i was bout to say i thought it was shanghai

[pearl stratus]

It's most likely Shanghai, but its not confirmed either way.

[lethal plank]

lol i want doritoes ;; they sell them here in Japan but the most popular is Taco flavor. I want my cool ranch!

[balmy wolf]

Are u sure? I read an article a few days ago that she was on nyxl's academy team

also unit lost made a video about it

[pearl stratus]

ESPN put out an article about her on Shanghai.

But until its confirmed, its all just reports.

[balmy wolf]

hm

[craggy slate]

I dunno, I feel like if you're the worst team in the league, maybe you shouldn't add players who can't even comminate with the rest of the team

Communicate

[pearl stratus]

The irony of your spelling of communicate there is not lost!

[lethal plank]

English is a universal language

[balmy wolf]

Lots of people in the OWL can't speak English

[lethal plank]

you've seen the calvin video "MONKEY MONKEY MONKEY ZEN ZEN ZEN"

[pearl stratus]

Also when you're not American/UK learning a new language isn't as hard as we always internalize.

Most people everywhere else speak multiple languages, so picking up new ones isn't a major exercise for the brain.

[bitter nebula]

RIp SEOUL Q1 2018-Q12018

[pearl stratus]

And they don't need to be fluent, they just need to be able to communicate the game needs.

[lethal plank]

I play PS4 on Japan servers, they suck at englsh but understand simple words like left, right, heroe names, so on

[pearl stratus]

Which like Music said is mostly calling targets, etc.

[craggy slate]

Yah, but learning a new language on top of playing at a competitive level seems like it'll be pretty tough, and then trying to remember that new language in the heat of the match

[pearl stratus]

They probably use english names for it, since they've played comp at high level.

At most their communications will now say "MONKEY MONKEY MONKEY" with a new accent.

[north tendon]

@lethal plank why would you play there

[lethal plank]

i live in Tokyo

[north tendon]

do you group with jp friends

oh

interesting

[pearl stratus]

Also immersion will help.

[lethal plank]

GO TOKYO HANZOs

[pearl stratus]

Since they'll be living with the team.

[north tendon]

are you liking it there?

[pearl stratus]

Between living together and 10-15 hours a day of practice.

I'm sure they'll be fine after a little growing pain.

[lethal plank]

i do play with people like from the military base in okinawa and even japanese junior high kids

btw those kids are fucking hillarious

[bitter nebula]

I could do abetter job than MALIK

[pearl stratus]

You whine a lot.

Like a real lot.

Like an insane amount of crying and whining.

Like I could put you in a bottle and sell you in a liquor store.

And just title it "Whine"

[lethal plank]

who?

[wooden hull]

Japanese play quick play like comps haha

[lethal plank]

me?

[pearl stratus]

Jetto.

[forest wharf]

oh thank gods fleta and tobi back

[bitter nebula]

endoken chill

just chill

[lethal plank]

they do

[glacial sleet]

oh shit is tobi back?

[lethal plank]

Gatsu, they do

like 95 of the time they do

95%

[forest wharf]

fuck out of here gido

[pearl stratus]

Is there any reason particularly why Japan is so PS4 forward for OW and not PC?

They're like the only region where console dominates PC numbers.

[glacial sleet]

because sony

and japan

go togethor

k I think this one will go to dynasty

[wooden hull]

Yeah yeah, i played a few times wth a friend who's in japan so

[north tendon]

japan always been about console over pc

[glacial sleet]

unless agilities can outplay fleta but I doubt it

[north tendon]

or mobile

[lethal plank]

most of the kids i teach have one or more of the following, boys and girls: 3ds, vita, ps4, wii u (and now switch is getting popular)

3ds and vita are the top favorites lol

[bitter nebula]

why wasnt tobi in earlier

[pearl stratus]

Jesus christ Fleta.

[forest wharf]

rekt

[wooden hull]

<WOOOOW

[north tendon]

yea portables

as expected

[craggy slate]

I hate that I can't watch the game rn 😥

[bitter nebula]

why not

[lethal plank]

tho the few kids i teach that play overwatch are on pc

[craggy slate]

I'm at work rn

[bitter nebula]

watch it anyway

[craggy slate]

Overwatch app uses waaaaay too much data

[lethal plank]

^

[bitter nebula]

WIFI

[lethal plank]

noticed that today

[pearl stratus]

I could watch Fleta air battles all day long.

[craggy slate]

I went way over last month on my data cuz I didn't know

[bitter nebula]

you don thave a comp or tablet?

[lethal plank]

went from 1gb used to 4gb used watching 2 fuel games

[craggy slate]

I don't have WiFi in this part of the building

[bitter nebula]

wow

thats DOGshit

[wooden hull]

Miro comeon mate

Wtf

[errant urchin]

aw yiss

[bitter nebula]

yeah hes been DOGshit all night

[craggy slate]

We aren't supposed to have access to the WiFi anyway, I work in a factory

[bitter nebula]

factory life is hard damn

[craggy slate]

Eh, my job is pretty easy and boring

[bitter nebula]

wat do you do

atleast you get $$$ for it

[glacial sleet]

he should have stalled dva

[bitter nebula]

agilities showing us whats what

[craggy slate]

I watch paper go by all night, lol. Run the laminator at a book factory

[bitter nebula]

buy a tablet and get hotspot

lol

[craggy slate]

I'm poor, lol

[bitter nebula]

you work in afactory..

you should be getting 15$ an hour

[tawny sigil]

better not lose a fight

[bitter nebula]

looks at miro

[craggy slate]

Not here, pay sucks where I live

[bitter nebula]

RIP

RIP

[craggy slate]

Also, child support

[errant urchin]

GET IM
GEEEEEEEEEEET IIIIIIIIIIIIM

[bitter nebula]

GG

[balmy wolf]

dude unkoe is wrecking bunny

[wooden hull]

Yay

[rustic plaza]

[lethal plank]

one thing i noticed in the fuel dragons game: D VAs constantly use their ULT to try to get their suit again but they die during the ult and the ult not killing anything, not even near killing anything. (Dorado 2nd point, Pharah ult vs DVA)

[forest wharf]

[errant urchin]

lol that poor girl

[lethal plank]

as a DVA main, it annoys me

[final river]

that woman should tell them to sit down

[coral bloom]

Its crazy how much teams have already improved like valiant and lag and boston 😂 and then there is seoul

[wooden hull]

Sombra but they don't play zen

[tawny sigil]

no mercy on both side?... wtf

[bitter nebula]

Seoul is gettign 3-0d tonight you guys know that right

so sad

[wooden hull]

In this map it's usual

[lethal plank]

I hate Seoul. Not because it's a Korean team, but because they're hype is too high and I hate high hype

[bitter nebula]

they are still atop 3 team

the media hyped them not hte players

[tawny sigil]

900 iq play

[bitter nebula]

Seoul the deepest team in OWL imo depper than london

[errant urchin]

fuckin brilliant

[balmy wolf]

can someone tell me what kariv did

i was afk 😦

[lethal plank]

he hid from an emp then ulted

[glacial sleet]

anyone see that rein solo ult on sombra lmao

[tawny sigil]

he hid from EMP

[glacial sleet]

900iq

[balmy wolf]

oh

[tawny sigil]

so close to winning this serie

1 more fight

[bitter nebula]

MIRO and ZUNBA have been fucking MIA all night what is wrong with them?????

[glacial sleet]

fate and envy happened

[bitter nebula]

LOL

[glacial sleet]

ouch perfect emp

[bitter nebula]

CAN THEY HOLDDDD

[rustic plaza]

they cant

[wooden hull]

Na ult

[tawny sigil]

3 ults including grav

[bitter nebula]

oh 3 ults

4 ults

[errant urchin]

BAM

[rustic plaza]

[glacial sleet]

gg

[tawny sigil]

who's crying

[wooden hull]

Gg wp

[tawny sigil]

WHO'S CRYING

[lethal plank]

gg ez

[bitter nebula]

SEOUL tanks are mia

[muted fox]

rip

[wooden hull]

I'm not, i really don't like the new players

[tawny sigil]

Those 3 guys are

[north tendon]

bronze dynasty

[valid grove]

GG

[sly fiber]

dang

gg

[rustic plaza]

[tawny sigil]

phily must be so happy

[north tendon]

whats happening tho

[forest wharf]

[fiery reef]

what the hell is up with Seoul lately?

[tawny sigil]

did that girl just flash us

[errant urchin]

nobody cares how Philly feels

[fiery reef]

Playing like Shanghai

[lethal plank]

lol that woman has no idea how sport cheering works

[valid grove]

So what is the information and stuff on the 3rd spot for the stage 1 playoffs?

[fiery reef]

I think Shanghai could beat Seoul at this point

[tawny sigil]

@lethal plank ... no but its fucking hot to see a girl pull up her shirt like that

[lethal plank]

nice joke lol

[slim summit]

nice

[valid grove]

Is it basically locked up for Seoul asuming they win against SF, or could one of the 4 good Western teams sneak in?

[north tendon]

best owl player miro

[slim summit]

3rd slot is up in the air

[fiery reef]

we already have a western team in kappa

[valid grove]

What is the tiebreaker for it?

[fiery reef]

NYXL

[rustic plaza]

ima kms

this is retarded

[north tendon]

lmao fleta

[lethal plank]

10-1 holy shit

[wooden hull]

He won the duel though

[slim summit]

Series score > map differential > head to head differential > head to head score

[lethal plank]

21-4 my hero

10 - 10 --- this is me in qp

[north tendon]

ZUNBA LUL

[rustic plaza]

i cry

at least i still have london and ny

fuck this

[narrow prawn]

We did it boys and girls drinks on me. 🇺🇲 🇺🇲

[marsh pumice]

so hows ended? i went to the bathroom, 2-0?

[wooden hull]

First time i'm seeing zunba underperforming

[full lion]

🇺🇸

[rustic plaza]

valiant has 2 koreans and 2 baguettes

[lethal plank]

2-0 (1 tie)

[marsh pumice]

oh wow

[wooden hull]

No esca no win aahaha

[whole mulch]

Rest in peace Seoul

[rustic plaza]

rest in peace me u mean

[wooden hull]

Where is esca

[bitter nebula]

can someoen tell me why play it out if series is over??

[whole mulch]

@rustic plaza No you still have me <3

[rustic plaza]

tru

[valid grove]

Differential, jetto

[lethal plank]

I wonder if my anti-seoul curse I did few weeks ago is the reason they've been sucking

[bitter nebula]

ok

[north tendon]

dont worry syl

ill rez u back

go ahead and kys

[full lion]

@lethal plank good job

[narrow prawn]

Finals just got exciting

[valid grove]

I feel like there should be a better way to do it, playing when a team has already won does not feel like the best system, but I cannot think of one

[rustic plaza]

alright ill get the noose

better rez me

i have a midterm

[bitter nebula]

i agree

[north tendon]

NO STOP

[narrow prawn]

If the US won OWL and LCS in the same year would the world implode or does that only happen if we win Starcraft as well

[wooden hull]

Excep fleta the recruitment of seoul is a disaster

[tawny sigil]

hard to win starcraft when that esport team is pretty dead in america

[lethal plank]

the world will only implode if the westerners win all esports this year

[valid grove]

Well, winning Starcraft is an impossibility, so could we potentially lower the requirements for the world imploding?

[narrow prawn]

Lmfao

[tawny sigil]

is american star craft esport just unexistent?

[north tendon]

tanks in seoul feel non existent

[narrow prawn]

SC2 comp scene took a backseat anyways

It's hardly a major esport anymore

[tawny sigil]

LoL still big in korea?

[marsh pumice]

man don't tell me valiants are going to 4-0 seoul, that would be huge

[narrow prawn]

Lol is huge

[valid grove]

*3-0

[glacial sleet]

wait

[lethal plank]

I've never played starcraft =x I'm not good with those types of games

[glacial sleet]

doesn't draw give both teams 1 point?

[tawny sigil]

no

[lethal plank]

draw is +-0

[north tendon]

miro is so out of it

[marsh pumice]

but to be honest i don't see the usual plays from seoul, or maybe it's just the vals really good now

at the same level a bit above i mean

[glacial sleet]

3 koreans > 6 koreans

lmao

[north tendon]

seoul is just choking lately

[marsh pumice]

yeh seems so

[narrow prawn]

It's because North Korea is were the real gaming is

[lethal plank]

the hype is just leaving

[tawny sigil]

they discovered the californian kush

[bitter nebula]

lol

[narrow prawn]

Lol... did he just fire at a genji deflect

[lethal plank]

i was thinking today: If the streamers I watch were good enough for league, would they join and which team would they be in? Tim would deffinitely be with meme team Mayhem

[glacial sleet]

soooooooon

[valid grove]

Lmaoi that Tracer

[vapid compass]

https://youtu.be/5ClKnJNhOSg
This video is about the unfair treatment to some esports player in norway by the management
Please watch it and share

[tawny sigil]

he does that everytime

[wooden hull]

Fuck put gido on tracer not some shitty guys

[north tendon]

fucked

[vapid compass]

Do watch ii

[full lion]

[wooden hull]

Munchkin bunny weeked wtf are those dps

[valid grove]

I enjoyed that Monkey vs Monkey knockback battle

[wooden hull]

Uselles af

[whole mulch]

why do they make gido support but not dps

I'm confused

[wooden hull]

Miro tier 20 haha

[tawny sigil]

he's doing a bad job at zen too

[narrow prawn]

When Soon back doors you

[valid grove]

They are preparing for the Quintiple Support Meta, obviously

[tawny sigil]

there ryu on zen

that's his stuff

[lethal plank]

wait 9.6 seconds? I thought i saw overtime

[buoyant edge]

lol nice bug

[tawny sigil]

you saw wrong

[wooden hull]

@tawny sigil They put ryu on and so what? They lost 2 0 and now 3 0 on dorado

[tawny sigil]

their fault

[wooden hull]

Gido is really not the problem

[full lion]

last time seoul lost everyone blamed it on no jehong. now its everyone on seoul but jehong and fleta are shit

[balmy wolf]

So what is the map diffential for seoul and the contending teams?

[wooden hull]

At least he won a draw

[tawny sigil]

well i saw one really stupid mistake from Gido on zen

[buoyant edge]

Bunny popping off

[valid grove]

Lol what. Seoul are still really fucking good, even though they may be going through a rough spot here. They are still a top 5 team easy.

[wooden hull]

Ryu and tobi are bad at mercy, miro is bad since the meta, the dps are inconsistent

How many mistakes tobi did wth mercy, so many wth his valk

[whole mulch]

Miro is used to having the best ana in the world pocket him, remember?

He can no longer make flashy plays like that

other winstons adapted to having only a zen orb when they dive

Miro is still aggressive

[wooden hull]

Na

[buoyant edge]

baited ult

[wooden hull]

He won the apex wth zen and lucio

[glacial sleet]

took dynasty 3 rounds to warm up omegalul

[wooden hull]

And was the number 1 winston

[whole mulch]

Lucio helps enable an aggressive playstyle

[marsh pumice]

they seem back on track now, if they get the hang of it no one will stop seoul

[whole mulch]

Seoul has been trying to sub Miro out even

[wooden hull]

Yeah, everyone said mano is better, lul, miro fucked him up right

Miro in this meta is bad it's a fact

Zunba can't matrix, 24 7 wth the new dva

[whole mulch]

Mano is better overall as a main tank. It's why he was picked for the world cup over Miro

[wooden hull]

Nah he waspicked because, affb, was beating everyone in apex, and the match against lunatic hai was after

[tawny sigil]

stay dead

[glacial sleet]

Fate 😮

wha a god

[valid grove]

He just went off]

Damn

[marsh pumice]

and it's done for seoul they can't do nothing else they just lost

[full lion]

spicy winston play

[whole mulch]

Fate's winston play

is amazing right now

gg

[tawny sigil]

https://i.imgur.com/2q19A8f.png

[wooden hull]

GG

[valid grove]

gg

[marsh pumice]

they had a chance now and went back...

[slim summit]

tight

[glacial sleet]

jesus

[slim summit]

tight tight tight

[lethal plank]

they had ar eallllly good point 1 and 2 push

[glacial sleet]

this was amazing

[valid grove]

That Winston was wtf

[glacial sleet]

I thought it'd be close

[full lion]

this was a huge

[north tendon]

embarassing af

[marsh pumice]

gg

[valid grove]

Because we all predicted LAV to get 4-0'd by Boston before 3-0ing Seoul

[full lion]

🇰🇷 👉 🚪

[glacial sleet]

smug soon lmao

[wooden hull]

First time unkoe and soon beating corean since apac huh

[valid grove]

What does that put map scores at?

[fluid dagger]

[whole mulch]

Fate and Kariv had some huge plays

[forest raven]

Top three at the end of day one https://i.imgur.com/ZGnZcFg.png

[valid grove]

vs. will be huge

[whole mulch]

I'm impressed with Agilities as well

[full lion]

notice how quiet this channel is. all seoul fans left mad.

[fluid dagger]

>

[north tendon]

seoul still has fans?

[whole mulch]

@rustic plaza

[north tendon]

haha

[valid grove]

Where do 4-8 stand in map scores? All of them have a chance, right?

[north tendon]

the one person I pinged left seoul and went for outlaws

talk about loyalty

[fluid dagger]

dallas can come back this stage right? 😛

[forest raven]

London, NY, LAV, Seoul, Boston, Houston and Philly can all make it to stage playoffs

[slim summit]

#7

[valid grove]

Oh, did I mean 4-7

lol

[narrow prawn]

Has Dallas fired xQc yet?

[fluid dagger]

yeah, stage playoffs are a close race

[wooden hull]

It's stage 2 no?

[slim summit]

who's xqc?

[fluid dagger]

stage 1 still

[valid grove]

Math is hard 🔫

[fluid dagger]

stage 2 starts feb 21st

[valid grove]

I hope Boston or Philly take the third spot

[fluid dagger]

Boston will win it all

you wait and see

they already took out spitfires once

they can do it again

[wooden hull]

Ok ok

[whole mulch]

FATE ♥

[valid grove]

I swear, I started sort of rooting for those two (I do not have a team in my region of the US; I do not have a team) a few days before their upsets

[wooden hull]

Unkoe vs bunny lul

10 0

[fluid dagger]

ive been on boston the whole time, gotta go home town team right?

[whole mulch]

Calvin was making fun of miro and ryujehong on a ladder match the other day

[fluid dagger]

no jumping ship for me

[full lion]

holy shit fate got 105 eliminations

[whole mulch]

they were underperforming on ladder too

I saw kephrii destroying fleta too yesterday

[full lion]

@whole mulch were you in a couple of calvin's games the other day

[wooden hull]

Kephrii is really goos so

[whole mulch]

I don't think so

[wooden hull]

good

[valid grove]

Pacific Northwest for me. I chose Boston on week 2 (with a second team of Philly) for this season. I will jump ship as sOon as we get a team.

[whole mulch]

I've been supporting NYXL from the start

[full lion]

@whole mulch oh cuz there was a guy named salty playing tanks who was hilarious

[whole mulch]

my boys in blue making me proud

[slim summit]

so Seoul is very likely out of the title matches now

[whole mulch]

was the person a plat border pbaff

[full lion]

i cant remember

[whole mulch]

I know there's a salty in like top 500

that one isn't me

[full lion]

yeah i think that salty was t500

[slim summit]

actually ... Seoul is necessarily out of the title matches now

well

[whole mulch]

yeah it wasn't me

[slim summit]

i shouldn't be so certain about that

[whole mulch]

Rest in peace Seoul

[slim summit]

if Valiant beats Shangha 3-2

and Seoul beats Shock 4-0

they still can't get in

[north tendon]

seoul dragons gonna get rekt in playoffs

lul

[slim summit]

their head-to-head differential will put them behind Valiant

[glacial sleet]

how does valiant get 4-0d by boston but end up 3-0ing seoul

[north tendon]

because teams rise and fall

[valid grove]

Boston is fucking good and also tilted them hard map 1

[full lion]

boston > seoul

[whole mulch]

Boston beat Spitfire, Spitfire beat Seoul

Boston essentially can beat Seoul

[valid grove]

Each game is a different day

[glacial sleet]

so boston is secretly the best team

lmao

[fluid dagger]

yes

[north tendon]

players get better and worse

[glacial sleet]

when everyone was saying theyd be dead last

[whole mulch]

Boston is really good

[valid grove]

Most teams can beat other teams

[glacial sleet]

omegalul

[north tendon]

you cant talk about games like that

[whole mulch]

I don't know if they can take Seoul

But they took spitfire and valiant

[slim summit]

only way Seoul goes to title matches is if Valiant loses to Shanghai

[whole mulch]

both ahead of seoul

[slim summit]

[rare tangle]

every team can beat shanghai

[valid grove]

That is why I said "most"

[fluid dagger]

if shanghai beats valiant... woah

[rare tangle]

someone bet that if shanghai beats any team they would eat their own as

[slim summit]

Now I just have to pray London doesn't get knocked out by Houston

[narrow prawn]

A group of T500 GMs who knew eachother for all of 5 min could beat Dragons

[fluid dagger]

shanghai almost beat Dallas xD

[rare tangle]

yeah but they still lost

[full lion]

if london got beat by houston that would be fucking incredible

and i hope it hapopens

[valid grove]

London goes through either way, no? Unless they lose both games this week?

[full lion]

sounds about right

[whole mulch]

I'm not sure about that one WarPC

[slim summit]

if they lose both they can be booted

[valid grove]

Oh, right, the NYXL vs London game is this week, one of them will lose

[slim summit]

and i suspect London will lose to NYXL

[fluid dagger]

Boston will clean sweep the week, so im not sure why we're even having this debate

[whole mulch]

Actually maybe you're right

[full lion]

has boston played nyxl

[valid grove]

Time for Misfits to do something?

[fluid dagger]

boston lost to NY first week of stage 1

[valid grove]

Boston's week is hard af

Philly and Houston

[wooden hull]

3 0 i think no?

[whole mulch]

The average SR of SHD is like 4300

[vast geode]

Ye

[slim summit]

Boston would have to 4-0 Fusion, 4-0 Outlaws, then Valiant would have to 3-1 Shanghai

and then Boston would be in

[valid grove]

inb4

[vast geode]

When I saw the 3-0 score today

[fluid dagger]

Bosotn is on a crazy streak though right now, momentum is with them!

[whole mulch]

All of shanghai's members besides MG have fallen out of top 500

on NA

[full lion]

rip

[whole mulch]

MG is around 4500 SR

highest in the team

[vast geode]

Lul

[full lion]

and mg has done dick in every game

[whole mulch]

rest are 4170-4300

[fluid dagger]

yeah boston's map score is their biggest detractor right now

they have a lot of 3-2's

[wooden hull]

A lot of players don't play on ranked

[vast geode]

Rly rooting for Boston

[valid grove]

Hey, Shanghai could always beat LAV /s

[whole mulch]

Many of the OWL players have been playing ranked a lot

If you play west coast you will run into them a lot

[valid grove]

I do not have the full map score graphic, where could I find it?

[full lion]

so has anyone figured out who that 4 stack is

on ladder

aaaa bbbb ccc

or whatever

[whole mulch]

nope

[fluid dagger]

so get this...

Boston 4-0 Valliant but lost 0-4 to Dynasty (who just got 3-0 by Valliant)

What's up with that spread xD

[whole mulch]

They play better against certain compositions/strats

[valid grove]

Boston got 4-0'd early in the season, also

[full lion]

its a strange world

[valid grove]

They have been getting better

[vast geode]

Boston really improved

[valid grove]

Also, they are heavily matchup based

And, every game is a different story

[fluid dagger]

They started off that way

but they're getting better and better

even the 4-0's we see now are closer than they were early stage

[valid grove]

They have been learning more flexibility. I liked their triple tank vs Dallas

[vast geode]

Dallas got way overhyped

[valid grove]

Also, that Overtime push vs LAV was the stupidest shit ever

[vast geode]

OT Push?

[fluid dagger]

Dallas got a bit too carried away riding the star power wave, since they have (arguably) the most famous people on their team

forgot they needed teamwork

and shotcalling

[valid grove]

Boston's Overtime push last week, to clarify

[fluid dagger]

Boston too strong

[vast geode]

Boston vs Philly tmrw

Seems good

[fluid dagger]

yeah that should be a good game

if they have a strat to shut down the power DPS duo though, it's easy pikings on the rest of that team

[vast geode]

^

CarpeBurn are carrying Philly really hard

[valid grove]

Honestly, I hope that either way there is a 4-0, just so one of them has a good chance of nabbing 3rd spot

[fluid dagger]

agreed

except only if it's boston

😛

[valid grove]

Heh

[slim summit]

CarpeBurn are making the best plays in the league

aside from perhaps Fleta

[vast geode]

Also I find it funny that any good western team at least has 1 Korean player in it

[slim summit]

if they had a better team to play on

[vast geode]

Western teams lack teamwork that’s their Achilles heel

[valid grove]

The rest of the world (outside of Korea) is catching up. The good thing about distributing all the Koreans is that they get to help set up the infastructure that makes Korea so good

[fluid dagger]

honestly, im just happy western teams are starting to match up though

Boston has Striker, who's amazing, but DreamKazper who is most definitely not Korean has really stepped up

Outlaws has Jake who's been similar

[vast geode]

Jakerat LUL

[valid grove]

J :Lul: KE

[fluid dagger]

Agilities on Valliant

Soon

[vast geode]

I honestly don’t know how good Jake actually is cuz he plays Junrkat all the time

[slim summit]

jake didn't make junkrat meta

[fluid dagger]

^

[vast geode]

No but he uses Junk all the time

[slim summit]

well no shit

most teams use junkrat very very often

dhak uses mercy all the time

[fluid dagger]

Also didn't AKM just get signed? or was that not confirmed yet

because that dudes pretty insane

[forest raven]

He should be joining Fuel, yeah

In stage 2

[slim summit]

who gets benched for AKM

seagull?

[valid grove]

I am just excited for Tank meta

[vast geode]

They need more teamwork not good players

[fluid dagger]

^

[vast geode]

Ooh yeah tank meta

That should be great for me

Only one I can’t play is Orisa though 😦

[fluid dagger]

all i know is that the next World Cup should be MUCH better with how much everyone's improved

[valid grove]

The Quad Tank shit on Cap Point and Lunar point A is the best though

[slim summit]

sinatraa will still throw and xqc will ge tmobilemvp despite not making any team

[fluid dagger]

lol that was hilarious, i can't stand watching XQC but the mvp thing was pretty funny

it even became a joke for the casters

[valid grove]

I do want Misfits to stop being trash

Usually Florida teams have a season of being among the top, but not trophy good, before collapsing into shit

[fluid dagger]

lol

[vast geode]

Xqc is overrated imo

[fluid dagger]

Mayhem are below Fuel now. RIP

[valid grove]

F

[vast geode]

Wth do Mayhem lack though

[valid grove]

Tank

[fluid dagger]

they're running exactly 6 people

they're decent all rounders

but they don't have any ringers

[vast geode]

So too many Jack of all trades but no specialists?

[valid grove]

Sounds a lot like why a ton of pokemon are shit^

[fluid dagger]

they have specialists

i mean TviQ is crazy hitscan

but he's forced to flex

when other teams can just throw in their tracer main, or whatever

[grizzled mulch]

well, Tviq is a flex, but he needed a really good hitscan

to open him up

AKM used to be that

and Logix.....................is not.

[slim summit]

i'm pretty bummed shanghai wound up losing today

[fluid dagger]

yeah

[slim summit]

they got fucked hard by that pause but that didn't end up being the deciding factor

[fluid dagger]

i feel bad for shanghai.... but someone has to be worst lol

[grizzled mulch]

i mean

MG throwing gravs like Shad throwing bricks

and Cocco losing all of his MT instinct

[slim summit]

lol yeah

[grizzled mulch]

that match was a slop fest

[slim summit]

terrible gravs

and the pharah didn't do shit on that last map

[valid grove]

Mei tho

[grizzled mulch]

the missed conc at the end just basically told the whole story

[vast geode]

When are other cities gonna get teams?

If that’s a possibility at all

[slim summit]

we don't know

they say they want to bring in more euro teams for season 2

[vast geode]

I’m Aussie so I kinda want a Sydney represent

[valid grove]

Portland team pls

[slim summit]

i'd like a PNW team too

Portland / Seattle

[vast geode]

Seattle seems like a possibility

[valid grove]

Why not Portland? I would argue that we have been a better sports market.

[slim summit]

Seattle-Tacoma is a fair bit bigger & has a more tech-oriented crowd than Portland

however

it all comes down to who buys a franchise & where they want to put it

[valid grove]

In Seattle, you have to compete with soccer and football. In Portland you have to compete with soccer and basketball.
While Portland has shown just as much support for those teams, the smaller stadiums and lack of nationally televised games allow room for another sport, I would say

[slim summit]

I'm not sure OWL is really a direct competitor to football or basketball 😛

[vestal mortar]

Like easymac said it will depend on future investors and where they are willing to host their team. They will need access to practicing facilities as well as a venue to host matches.

[valid grove]

Obviously it is not a direct competitor. However, while OWL will always draw a select group to it, it has to find a niche with other groups to be even rometely sucessful as a team. I do not believe it can find that as easily in seattle.

Regardless, you are right, its all about the investors.

(Also, soccer is bigger than basketball here, but that is hardely relevant)

[spring lintel]

Soccer is bigger than any other sport in everywhere but the US

[hidden vault]

WTF Seoul lost to Valiant

THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE

[slim summit]

lol

it's great for the league though

it's unlikely seoul will make it into the title matches now

which gives foreign teams hope

only way seoul gets in is if valiant loses to shanghai ... from what i can tell

actually ... seoul just has to win more maps against Shock than Valiant wins against Shanghai?

oh, no

ok ok ok ok

if Seoul goes 4-0 against Shock, Valiant needs to go 3-0 or 4-0 against Shanghai

Valiant going 3-0 would tie them on series and map differential meaning head to head differential is next

and since Valiant just 3-0'd Seoul, that would mean they're out

so if Seoul loses even one map to Shock on friday & Valiant doesn't lose to Shanghai, Seoul is out of title matches

[uncut moon]

Why seoul suddenly

😦

Thought they would go the full distance at the start of stage 1 what happened

[subtle fable]

i don't think it's suddenly.

seoul dynasty's performance has been similar since their first game with dallas.
the problem is other teams now know how to deal with seoul team.

[uncut moon]

Gonna be between spitfire and nyxl then

I'm rooting for spitfire

[subtle fable]

closer and gesture are awesome player

[scarlet spear]

fingers up for profit

[toxic pasture]

taimou

should

join

boston uprising

lmao

[uncut moon]

DF and SD should just stop and consolidate those players into other teams

[toxic pasture]

tfw dallas were close to losing to shanghai

[uncut moon]

get some other teams in the league that will actually bring some competition

[toxic pasture]

ikr

[uncut moon]

mayhem are another team... shouldn't really be there

the other teams are just a different calibre to those bottom 3

[toxic pasture]

shanghai and mayhem are the worst

[uncut moon]

when there are W/L 0 - 9, 1 - 7, 2 - 7

embarassing

[toxic pasture]

wait

valiant

is above

[uncut moon]

yeah

dynasty

[toxic pasture]

tf

[uncut moon]

on map differential

so

if valiant go

4 - 0

or even 3 - 0

they make it to

the play offs

and dynasty dont

[toxic pasture]

nyxl best team in the league

[uncut moon]

nyxl and spitfire will be the final for sure

valiant don't stand a chance against either of those teams

[toxic pasture]

if dallas get their shit together they have a chance against them

[uncut moon]

guess we will see in stage 2

s1 final is on sunday (for me atleast due to timezones)

[toxic pasture]

where are you

[uncut moon]

UK

[toxic pasture]

ah im in denmark

basically the same timezone

you're like an hour behind me

[uncut moon]

yeh

first play off is like 2AM for you

[toxic pasture]

ye

i go to bed at like 3-6 anyway

[uncut moon]

yeah i usually play OW till 4AM anyway

so

[toxic pasture]

lmao

btw what rank are you

[uncut moon]

mid plat

i only bought the game

in december

so not bad for my first season

[toxic pasture]

ah okay

[uncut moon]

i didnt play s7

[toxic pasture]

thats pretty good tho

for only having the game for 2 months

[uncut moon]

Trying to make it to diamond by the end of this season but

it's getting harder now

[toxic pasture]

you're gonna get diamond at some point if its going so fast for you

maybe even master

[uncut moon]

I found out pretty quick that

i am an alright tank

[toxic pasture]

ah

[uncut moon]

like for this level of play anyway

[toxic pasture]

i'm a tank main

[uncut moon]

i have a 71% win rate on zarya

81% in winston

and 60% in dva

[toxic pasture]

damn

thats actually very good

[uncut moon]

Tracer 91% (1 game won / 0 games lost) how does that even work XD shouldn't it be 100%

Orisa 75% but only 3 games played with the horse

[toxic pasture]

I'm just a lonely gm

[uncut moon]

gm it goes from being a game to a sport

from what i see on streams

[toxic pasture]

Kind of

[balmy wolf]

!paly التحليه جيتها مره

[toxic pasture]

Nani

[slim summit]

Fusion is out of contention for title matches now aren't they

Even if they 4-0 twice to tie Valiant in series, they'll only have a 7 map differential

even if Valiant somehow went 0-4 to Shanghai, they'd be behind -- and that doesn't even consider Seoul

[storm cave]

Regret for ?

[cerulean heron]

Hey guys, oder , who do you think is better?

[slim summit]

i am a fan and have been since preseason

but i think is better

also: https://overwatchleague.com/en-us/schedule

does this page put you in stage 2 by default and display yesterday's matches out of order for anyone else?

[tawny rune]

all the way

[limber pine]

it does for me too

[scarlet spear]

easy

[onyx stratus]

[brisk roost]

I didn't watch Val v Dynasty

Who won?

[bitter jay]

Valiant ! It was a pretty good game

[limber pine]

3⃣ : 0⃣

[bitter jay]

Yeahhh

[balmy wolf]

What even is stage 2? Is it just the same thing as stage 1?

[bitter jay]

I think so

I don't see any differences so shrug

[brisk roost]

Woah bruh

Wasnt expecting Dynasty to lose RIP

[bitter jay]

You should watch the highlight/overview videos

It was a really good game imo

[brisk roost]

Is the highlights on youTube?

[bitter jay]

Prolly yeah

[brisk roost]

Damn

If Val beat Dynasty

Then I have faith on Outlaws beating Spitfire

[bitter jay]

I picked a random team at the beginning of Stage 1 to support (because eh) and it was Spitfire so xd

[slim summit]

I don't want Outlaws to beat Spitfire

because as much as I want Outlaws to do well

that almost certainly knocks Spitfire out of contention

actually maybe not, let me run the numbers

things changed since yesterday

[brisk roost]

Well you never know tbh

I have a feeling they have a chance though Spitfire is still in the top 6 just not top 3 if they lose

[slim summit]

If London lost to both Houston and NYXL, their map differential would be at best 16 and at worst 10 ... meaning Seoul would have to 3-2 Mayhem (or worse) or Valiant would have to lose to Shanghai

for them to still make title matches

not counting how Houston poses a threat to them too ...

this is much closer than I anticipated

I expected very clear frontrunners in NYXL, London, and Seoul

but instead London's position is endangered by pretty much playing the next two best teams this week

and Seoul's odds aren't good either

[young sonnet]

Just saw Seoul got 3-0'd last night
Oh dear

[hexed vale]

I'm trying to watch VODs dating back to week 4 but the vod youtube channel was taken down due to copyright (understandable) but watching videos on the overwatch league website doesn't seem to be working

Like, there's no individual map vods like there are on the app and the bottom part of the vod gets cut off and I can't make the thing fullscreen

I'm spoiled of all the results but I don't particularly care

Also it looks like it's still doing the "buffer every 15 seconds" thing

[hardy badge]

@hexed vale why not just watch them on twitch?

[hexed vale]

Work mostly

I much prefer getting to watch vods on my own time because i can never really commit to a stream

[hardy badge]

I mean, watch the VODS on twitch, they're all uploaded there

I watch them there all the time, they upload the whole match and all the games by themselves

[hexed vale]

Oh, well for one the app is phenomenal and I love it. I hadn't thought of watching twitch vods though so I might go ahead and do that

I always forget there's Twitch VODs because the ony other eSport I get involved in is League and eventvods has a really solid system set up for it

[pseudo sail]

@balmy wolf @brisk roost new map pool, new patch and teams are allowed to bring in new players if they've signed someone

[red raptor]

@pallid troutuma#9476 maybe you can download the owl app on mobile

[worn falcon]

Im still crying over that defeat from Seoul

at least i have NYXL too (._. )

[thorny holly]

wot r ur favourtie tiims

pls dolan

[spiral summit]

wtf is happing to selou

they are not gods, THEY CAN BLEED

[balmy wolf]

Outlaws are good?

[spiral summit]

isn't outlaws all mericans too?

[scarlet spear]

nope

linkzr is finnish

mendo is swedish

spree is from belgium

and bani canadian

[vestal mortar]

Tairong is Korean 😎

[magic zinc]

Earth is round

So Tairong's belly is round. ❤

I love him

https://twitter.com/tairongow ❤

Outlaws TaiRong (@TaiRongOW)

Head Coach of @OutlawsOW #Greenwall
Thoughts expressed here are my own.
Official tweets are elsewhere

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[brisk roost]

The coach is korean

[jagged crater]

hope effect isn't thinking about leaving fuel 😦

[limber pine]

what does aKM play

[jagged crater]

hitscan and pharah

that's what he played on rogue and team france

[limber pine]

on one hand, it'd be silly for Fuel to get rid of their only true tracer player

on the other hand, I don't think tracer is as mandatory as she has been in the past

tbh i expect to see a lot more triple/quad tank in the next stage

[jagged crater]

still good to have a really good tracer player, she's like an all round good dps to have

and effect is pretty damn good on hitscan as well

[limber pine]

definately

[vestal mortar]

Does Effect play Zarya too?

[magic zinc]

He does for sure

[jagged crater]

that too

arguably better than mickie, who's the flex player for fuel

seagul can also play zarya

I don't think tracer's ever been out of the pro meta

[magic zinc]

Triple Tank

[jagged crater]

even in triple tank, she still had a reasonable 10~20%

not like below 5%

[grizzled mulch]

Tracer never got into the dumpster tier

at best "niche"

[light fractal]

Hey are there any leagues my 3.3-3.4K team can join that starts soon? Please @ me if u respond

Note: PC NA

[magic zinc]

#lf-scrim-na

Is probably your best bet

[light fractal]

I’ll ask there

[jagged crater]

so ladder meta in GM so far is +40% moira, -70% mercy

we might actually see a triple/quad tank meta

with moira+zen

moira might become the new ana for tank meta, which not sure if i'll like

[lone rose]

@balmy wolf

[balmy wolf]

WTF

[lone rose]

ohh no

why do I keep doing that

[balmy wolf]

are you sexually harassing me ?

[lone rose]

I wish

[vestal mortar]

🤔

[young sonnet]

[restive spear]

Still want Boston in, but I'm cool with Valiant defeating all the Korean teams in the finals instead

Boston plays the most unique with some creative stuff I havent seen in any other team, but Valiant's drill for every situation, it seems like they just trained harder and smarter than the other teams when they win. As long as full Korea team gets overthrown! NYXL too strong tho

[young sonnet]

Gonna watch last nights game. Scale of 1-10 how good dallas vs dragons

[restive spear]

pretty interesting match!

8?

[young sonnet]

👍

[restive spear]

makes you contemplate Shanghai to get serious in stage 2. and always silly plays by dallas, it's like a drunk guy stumbling through the bar

If you follow Seagull or any of the dallas guys its worth a watch

[young sonnet]

I'm gonna watch it to see how dragons did. I already know the final score just wanna see how they performed is all.

[restive spear]

You know ya boy wasnt gonna spoil it for you ❤ - Great game for dragons!

maybe even the best

[young sonnet]

I imagine with that score that is was their best. Hopefully with greguri coming in next stage? they will start winning.

[vestal mortar]

https://twitter.com/LiNkzrOW/status/961696006961168385

Outlaws LiNkzr (@LiNkzrOW)

time to play some ow today. am ready.

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OH YEAHHH

[magic zinc]

Free Mendo

🕯

[young sonnet]

🙏 please don't lose london 🙏

[restive spear]

I don't even know if it's beneficial or not for London OR houston to win, when it comes to the grand plan of getting a not all Korean team to win in the finals. I guess it depends who you think has the highest chance to beat the big 3. Houston, Valient, Boston?

[young sonnet]

All 3 have a pretty decent change IMO

[restive spear]

I'm rootin for Boston even though they technically such a low % chance of getting through. Valient my 2nd favorite, then I fall back to ANY non full Korean roster for upset and the future of promising esports

I dont like they tiebreaker stuff for who gets in top 3, boston crushed every game since they demolished London like 2 weeks ago so I feel like the best team isnt getting in.

[delicate mural]

You should root for Houston then. All they have to do is win both games this week and they're in third.

Because of their point differential from map wins.

https://i.imgur.com/lMGyzN1.png

Only three teams are in double digits, so all they have to do is tie for third to get it.

[young sonnet]

It's mind blowing seeing val in top 3 considering seoul was suppose to be unstoppable

[delicate mural]

Houston was top three last week until the Seoul loss.

The almost not Seoul loss.

The down to the wire, could go either way Seoul loss that Houston played without their best DPS.