that tire
#esports-discussion
molten skiff
magic zinc
This is stupid impressive considering they've played 3 matches
zealous venture
Fucken London
balmy wolf
I had my hand in my face for a good 20 seconds after the loss
lethal plank
can't wait for his next video now lol
zealous venture
Fuck you London you or cunts
magic zinc
I kinda hope Stylosa doesnt join in on the celebrations and take the spotlight
zealous venture
Fuck you
full magnet
ez
balmy wolf
London was hella warmed up
onyx shore
yeah
heady idol
I'm mad and now I need to go to bed angry. damn
lethal plank
lololol
zealous venture
I am so mad
onyx shore
fuck stylosa
magic zinc
London deserves their moment Stylosa doesnt
balmy wolf
Thats waht it was
vapid herald
Really good game though
serene tendon
its only game
pearl stratus
London apparently is better when $100,000 is on the line 😛
zealous venture
I AM SOOOOO PISSSED
lethal plank
I'm amazed
north tendon
LILY WHAT DO WE DO
magic zinc
Awh he got a NYXL how cute
zealous venture
AHHHHH
lethal plank
london won while feeling so tired
errant urchin
@zealous venture 
zealous venture
Fuck YOU LODON
full magnet
el Reverso Swepo boys! 
lethal plank
guess being tired and exhausted is what pushed them to the limit to win lol
magic zinc
Soe's sleeve is fucking epic
simple agate
that jersey is great
ancient wyvern
Wow how did they do it
ashen flicker
is that chick living a Tracer cosplay?
full lion
ResidentSleeper
zealous venture
@errant urchin stfu
dense jasper
What?
north tendon
london spitfire are saiyans not humans
dense jasper
Oh okay
zealous venture
London is over rated
marsh pumice
LONDON
north tendon
explains why they got stronger
onyx shore
is there any trophy or anything for stage champ?
marsh pumice
LONDON \O/
scenic cave
shidou
lethal plank
London right now https://twistedsifter.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/drunken-nye-photo-from-manchester-is-a-modern-day-renaissance-masterpiece-1.jpg?w=800&h=533
scenic cave
help
scenic cave
onyx shore
or medals
errant urchin
@zealous venture https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzpndHtdl9A
scenic cave
^new york
vapid herald
Profit give us the bird please
zealous venture
Fuck London is overrated assholes
magic zinc
They had some sensu-beans mid-match I'm telling you @north tendon
pearl stratus
@onyx shore $100,000.
pearl cedar
LOL
north tendon
its sylosa
pearl cedar
'London is overrated'
north tendon
fire, i bet
onyx shore
and guys
pearl cedar
just stopppp, they earned their wins
zealous venture
No really
vapid herald
London obviously a top tier team
onyx shore
that's why there's no british players on london spitfire
marsh pumice
pearl stratus
Birdring stepped up like crazy.
zealous venture
@pearl cedar stfu
north falcon
FUUUUUYYY
marsh pumice
vapid herald
I wanted NY but props to London. They played great
onyx shore
pearl cedar
LOLL
simple agate
I'm gonna go cry myself to sleep now
pearl stratus
And no one on NYXL could shut him down.
gaunt acorn
final standings in pinned msgs now
dense jasper
That was disappointing
north falcon
Birdring op
pearl stratus
Basically.
errant urchin
@zealous venture http://i0.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/922/014/7e4.jpg
gaunt acorn
gg london
pearl cedar
that was such a good game
north falcon
Pls nerf
north tendon
AAAAAAAAAAAH
pearl stratus
Numbani Birdring was like
magic zinc
That was so hype
zealous venture
Fuck yiu London
pearl stratus
What.
pearl cedar
best series of the night holy shit
full lion
gg 🇰🇷 
north tendon
what the fuck even happened
vapid herald
I need to cry on someone
north tendon
did janus feed
zealous venture
Fuck you they’re not all from London they’re Korean
pearl stratus
Birdring happened.
dense jasper
Looks like one of the Spitfire players won a NYXL.
wild cairn
HOLY FUCK
zealous venture
Fucking Korean
pearl stratus
That's literally it.
vapid herald
Janus fed
magic zinc
Ark got picked pre-teamfight
north tendon
yeah birdring is fucking insane
wild cairn
reverse sweep
vapid herald
Needed mano
molten skiff
@zealous venture whoa what's the hate
zealous venture
Not one is from the uk
pearl stratus
Birdrings Widow was just nearly flawless.
north falcon
Do wins reset for round 2?
errant urchin
@zealous venture waow bigoted much?
wild cairn
they need pine the boy
zealous venture
I am a Boston fan
molten skiff
racist fuck
pearl stratus
Well who would want some stupid chavs playing OW anyway.
zealous venture
First of all
magic zinc
Yeah Stage 2 is a whole new thing
vapid herald
Hype for stage 2.
north tendon
its okay
spiral summit
I BROUGHT A FUEL SKIN AT THE START OF THE SEASON, YOU ALL LIED TO ME
balmy wolf
Yess
north falcon
Do wins reset for round 2?
north tendon
once flower joins in
pearl stratus
Brits couldn't even fight some farmers for a country.
north tendon
london are dead meat
pearl stratus
You expect them to be good at OW?
vapid herald
OOOHHHH
pearl stratus
Pft.
magic zinc
Yes wins reset
strange hare
Please don't be a Boston fan we don't want racists like you as a fan.
vapid herald
I forgot about flow3r
zealous venture
I am 20
north falcon
Ok ty @Roberto#7986
magic zinc
BIRDRING <3
wild cairn
LOOOOL
molten skiff
lol 20
zealous venture
And I’m drunk
lethal plank
London deserved it tbh
zealous venture
And mad
idle beacon
LONDON !!!!!!!
lethal plank
3 matches in one day
molten skiff
super bowl still making you salty?
zealous venture
BECAUSE LODON SUCKS
magic zinc
Lmao double McRightclick
pearl stratus
Also yeah as someone from Boston he doesn't speak for us. We officially give him to New Jersey.
lethal plank
they definitely deserved it
dense jasper
Birdring deserves player of the game
raven matrix
Ark should have had play of the match
lethal plank
lol
balmy wolf
Stage 2 = NO MORE MOTH - New players, super iddqd and sinatraa - Xqc is back - lucio players get to shine
zealous venture
You better stfu
fervent temple
Who the Fk do we blame for his
zealous venture
they should have pine
magic zinc
Ark died before the final teamfight even started that kinda cost them 
vapid herald
Stage 2 is gonna be great
zealous venture
But no
pearl stratus
Pine is garbage.
balmy wolf
Agreed
north tendon
WHAT THE FUVK
pearl stratus
People need to understand that.
balmy wolf
Stage 2 will be sick
full lion
i take my leave of this salt 
molten skiff
pine is like clsoer
pearl stratus
Beyond that Pine is useless.
zealous venture
You’re garbage @pearl stratus
magic zinc
54 elims on Widow what the fuck
errant urchin
rofl @zealous venture is ham as fuck good god
marsh pumice
vapid herald
Pine good just seems inconsistent sometimes. SBB safer pick
magic zinc
Oh no reward show or anything?
fervent temple
Who do we blame
idle beacon
@zealous venture rooting 4 nyxl?
fervent temple
Who's fault
magic zinc
Thats a little dissapointing
fervent temple
Was it libero
balmy wolf
@pearl stratus wtf what about his quad wit widow
zealous venture
Yeah
balmy wolf
The fuck nibba?
dense jasper
@dusk garden <@&397922982632226816> spam
fervent temple
Mcml blockd
zealous venture
Yes thank you
pearl stratus
You can either have the leagues best Tracer in SBB with one of the best projectile players with a huge hero roster.
Or you can have McCree.
zealous venture
Fucken ah
magic zinc
No reward show or anything
zealous venture
Asshowls
fervent temple
I think it's libero fault
magic zinc
This feels so silly
marsh pumice
zealous venture
No fuck yoy
balmy wolf
Pine is an edtra
lethal plank
10 day break
balmy wolf
Extra
fervent temple
They need to replace him with flower
lethal plank
tehy all need it
balmy wolf
For certain situations
fervent temple
Amirite
vapid herald
London VS New York
pearl stratus
Pine isn't even going to play when Flow3r starts.
north tendon
REVENGE MATCH
pearl stratus
So it doesn't matter really.
north tendon
OH YES
vapid herald
Will settle who’s best
pearl cedar
WOW
vapid herald
I need it
pearl cedar
that fucking sched
magic zinc
Someone sign Woohoo 
pearl cedar
is LIT
north tendon
WE NEED IT
pearl cedar
insane
zealous venture
Asshowls
balmy wolf
Guys
pearl cedar
Can someone just mute this guy pls
dense jasper
Well you can't win them all.
pearl stratus
Boston couldn't even beat Houston, rip.
balmy wolf
Look at philly roster that will come
magic zinc
How can they be overrated if they just won the Stage my man
zealous venture
@pearl cedar I’ll mute you
idle beacon
100k gran well deserved shitfire!!!!!
spiral summit
already there is salt in owl
pearl cedar
OWL salt too good
errant urchin
@zealous venture you need help or something. Getting this worked up about your team losing is not mentally healthy
fervent temple
Not really I mean
pearl stratus
It's not even his team.
fervent temple
They lost more games than ny
pearl stratus
His team lost like 10 hours ago.
vapid herald
I love you all
zealous venture
@errant urchin you have no idea the real aspect of competitive sports world!
pearl stratus
Winning games only matters if you win the one at the end.
errant urchin
lol this kid
pearl stratus
It's like the Super Bowl.
pearl cedar
^
pearl stratus
No one cares about your season if you lose it.
pearl cedar
^^
balmy wolf
Search up fusion university they will have whoru
north tendon
london played exhausted too while ny was relatively fresh
molten skiff
it's exactly like the super bowl
balmy wolf
Guys
magic zinc
How is it not deserved? They battled through play-offs and got their spot and beat NYXl after 2 matches earlier on the day
north tendon
this is scary
pearl cedar
thats about it.
balmy wolf
Look uo fusion university
vapid kraken
Super awesome stage one
balmy wolf
They will have whoru
pearl cedar
London came in more exhausted and won
pearl stratus
It's also one of four stages.
pearl cedar
what an amazing stage 1
pearl stratus
So.
fervent temple
Ny won more games
dense jasper
How exactly is it like the superbowl?
forest raven
Stage 1 Final Standings
Playoffs:
🥇 
London Spitfire
🥈 
New York Excelsior
Regular Play:
🥇 New York Excelsior
🥈 
Houston Outlaws
🥉 London Spitfire
pearl stratus
4 or 5.
vapid kraken
Can't wait for the next one without mercy
fervent temple
Nuff said
pearl cedar
if they keep improving the observing im gonna be happy af
zealous venture
Fucken lucky assholes
vapid kraken
errant urchin
@zealous venture Spoiler: ITS A GAME AND WHO WINS DOESN'T FUCKING MATTER
idle beacon
Good jjonak and his gay mates lost :)
balmy wolf
Lel
pearl stratus
I'm mostly happy we got to see London's D'Va today.
limber pine
pearl stratus
Who I hadn't seen play much.
magic zinc
Shidou no pls
pearl stratus
And who is REALLY good.
pearl cedar
@idle beacon lmao
zealous venture
@errant urchin ITS NOT A GAKE WHERE YOU WIN 145 million dollies
magic zinc
He already tweeted saying they're gonna look into it because this is mental
spiral summit
owl got interting once souel lost
zealous venture
ITSBABOUTLIFE
errant urchin
oh wow i can win dollies?
fervent temple
Jonak did fking terrible
errant urchin
are they barbies or Bratz
fervent temple
He's supposed to be killing ppl
pearl stratus
I think a bigger spacing between the games would have been a bit more acceptable.
molten skiff
my city coming back next stage
idle beacon
@magic zinc look into what?
pearl stratus
But London basically had what.
zealous venture
@molten skiff was your city
lethal plank
i have 3 london skins now (didn't realize i got ana's skin)
pearl stratus
15 minutes between sets?
zealous venture
And it better not be SOEL
dense jasper
Great game though. 
north tendon
linkzr gf prolly salty right now
zealous venture
I AM SALTY
spiral summit
i am sad
vapid herald
Linkzr looked so sad when they lost
magic zinc
The silly matches on 1 day @idle beacon London played 3x today
zealous venture
I AM IN RAGE
molten skiff
it's seoul
magic zinc
And OWL in general today was 11 hours
errant urchin
I am beginning to think @zealous venture is just straight up racist.
magic zinc
its a lil much
molten skiff
and toronto
pearl stratus
Or carry over the Semi Finals/Finals to a fourth day
molten skiff
and seattle
pearl stratus
For that week.
molten skiff
and vancouver
north tendon
stylosa is gonna yell the biggest holy hell in his next vid
errant urchin
ayy Seattle
dense jasper
Top 3 for Stage 2, 
zealous venture
@molten skiff fuck yu - SOEL are a bunch of assholes who are cocky and they suck
idle beacon
@magic zinc well .. london won 100k well deserved ;) ..
pearl stratus
If Florida actually played like they did today more often
molten skiff
whoa
pearl stratus
They might not need to walk on stage like they have special needs.
molten skiff
dont hate my city
dense jasper
Florida was amazing today
fervent temple
Seoul is awful
zealous venture
I can hate your city all I want
spiral summit
oh well it looks like i will be taking my fandom a bit south and close to the gaulf coast, let's go outlaw!
molten skiff
lol says salty boston
idle beacon
I'm off to sleep again :D
fervent temple
Their support is too old, needs to retire af
pearl stratus
Especially Logicx who tries to dance and just does the truffle shuffle.
spiral summit
zealous venture
@idle beacon watch me fight these assholes
marsh pumice
IM SO FAKIN HAPPY
pearl stratus
Stage 2 will be infinitely better anyway because the teams have cohesion now.
zealous venture
@marsh pumice good for you - I guasw
pearl stratus
We won't get the first three weeks with so much 4-0.
marsh pumice
this is why houston shouldn't had win london, houston couldn't pull this off
ty ty
pearl stratus
All the metas are braindead.
It's finding out what works best and just playing that.
zealous venture
The owl is brain dead
north tendon
no this one was just rip tire and rezs
pearl stratus
Rip tires won't go away, they'll just be more dangerous now.
Especially if you're running tri-quad tank.
pearl stratus
You'll charge Junk EVEN faster.
fervent temple
You can't NERF jjonak
north tendon
i dont think it was jonak
zealous venture
fucken ah
north tendon
it was one of the tanks
marsh pumice
man i can't even go to sleep after this im so pumped
north tendon
maybe janus
zealous venture
I RAN OUT OF BEER
marsh pumice
idle beacon
Oh 1 thing ..
errant urchin
I want to see junk take self damage again
pearl stratus
It was no one being able to stop Birdring, Janus didn't cause that alone.
idle beacon
Profit and friends now sing
wraith slate
woooooo
pearl stratus
Birdring had like 4 minutes on Widow with literally 0 pressure from NYXL.
wraith slate
they won
fervent temple
R u ppl British
marsh pumice
man 14 matches that london played and still came on top
pearl stratus
Libero had to buy a ticket, fly to another country, take a boat back, and climb a mountain trying to flank him.
errant urchin
@zealous venture http://i.imgur.com/TkQBWjK.gifv
marsh pumice
London is meta
idle beacon
** IF I'D BE IN WW2, THEY'D CALL ME... **
wraith slate
@zealous venture go away we dont want u here
zealous venture
fuck London
pearl stratus
That's mean Aistro.
zealous venture
Go Boston
marsh pumice
pearl stratus
Mammal fights better than Boston does.,
wraith slate
boi London won
pearl stratus
He loses as much as they do too.
fervent temple
Go Shanghai
wraith slate
london is the bEST
pearl stratus
But he tries.
zealous venture
Yeahb
fervent temple
I want Shanghai to beat a Korean team
zealous venture
What he said
idle beacon
SPIT .... FIRE
zealous venture
@wraith slate no one cares
wraith slate
@zealous venture i care, all london spitfire supporters care
fervent temple
To something gay lol
wraith slate
stop tagging me as well
pearl stratus
@fervent temple Putting it in the bank doesn't count.
zealous venture
@pearl stratus oh shit - FUCK YOU THEYRE NOT TRASH. They were the most successful team thisbstage
fervent temple
Lol
zealous venture
@wraith slate well I don’t- and fuck them. They’re overrated
pearl stratus
I mean if we're going to give out little trophies for most improved maybe.
wraith slate
theyre so bad that their manager apologiesed
errant urchin
inb4 @zealous venture gets the 
onyx shore
[–]NateNanzer Commissioner | OWL 551 points 12 hours ago
We appreciate all of the feedback we have received from our community on this topic. While the league is off to a great start, we are very focused right now on iterating and improving the show in all areas. As it relates to observing specifically, we are conducting an internal Observer Summit during the break between Stage 1 and 2. We’ll be conducting workshops focused on a variety of areas along with exploration of new techniques. Please know that we are always listening to feedback from our team, our talent, our players and of course our community and are focused on ongoing improvement of the overall Overwatch League experience. Thanks again for your constructive feedback.
OH YES FINALLY
wraith slate
@zealous venture stop. tagging. me
also LONDON IS THE BEST they won fair and square because I voted for them 😄
onyx shore
FIRE ALCHMEISTER
fervent temple
The rest of the team needs to get on jonaks level
They can't depend on him to be the carry
marsh pumice
man this is insane what London just pulled off after 14 matches
fervent temple
He's a healer lol
onyx shore
KILLS OVERRATED
NOTHING SPECTATED
LONG HAVE WE WAITED
STORYTELLING ACTIVATED
errant urchin
London took our energy :D
pearl stratus
Jonak still had his picks.
wraith slate
@zealous venture yes I AM IN CHAT STOP TAGGING ME
zealous venture
why!
pearl stratus
It was just really protective play by London and no counter to a Widow Birdring.
wraith slate
bc its annoying
zealous venture
good
wraith slate
blocked
zealous venture
Because fuck you and your team
fervent temple
Austro no one cares
wraith slate
BEST TEAM
fervent temple
Tbh
pearl stratus
That map is really dangerous to have a good defensive Widow on it.
wraith slate
"austro"
wraith slate
LONDON FTW BEST TEAM
fervent temple
U ppl British ?
pearl stratus
SBB is a good Widow, but not on the Birdring/Fleta/Babybay level.
wraith slate
i can tell that mammalmecha4 is super salty lmao
marsh pumice
are the standings updated?
zealous venture
can you stfu about them - if you love them so much, then ask them to have sex with you or sketching gayblike
lethal plank
someone's salty
fervent temple
We got TRUMP
errant urchin
need some <@&397922982632226816> up in here :/
marsh pumice
oh cool you guys got trump
wraith slate
u enjoy supporting a team that lost lmao @zealous venture
fervent temple
Yello is such a soi boi
wraith slate
bc london better
pearl stratus
@errant urchin You don't like watching a bunch of people fight over the extra chromosome?
zealous venture
@wraith slate go Boston
gaunt acorn
enough of this
fervent temple
Like who the hell cares
gaunt acorn
keep it related to esports or don't talk at all
wraith slate
@zealous venture lol boston lost so badly
fervent temple
Just let mammal say what he wants lol
zealous venture
I’ll fight you
wraith slate
ok
fervent temple
If you guys don't like him then block
errant urchin
@pearl stratus Sorry my 5 years as a Battlefield superadmin took over. Old habits die hard.
wraith slate
i did block lmao
fervent temple
Why you guys write a song and dance for him
wraith slate
i blocked this kid i cant see him moaning about his stupid boston team
zealous venture
I just want to say that fuck London and I am salty and envy about t
errant urchin
rooting for a team that is owned by a billioniare that got his money from deforestation
wraith slate
didnt london win the stage 1?
zealous venture
So suck that
marsh pumice
fervent temple
Yea London just got lucky
marsh pumice
are standings updated?
fervent temple
Jjonak had a bad day
pearl stratus
That's counting the playoffs.
zealous venture
Fucken lucky London assholes
fervent temple
Jonnak is supposed to be killing ppl
pearl stratus
So its kind of a pointless one, realistically.
fervent temple
But he didn't
pearl stratus
London is, however, still going to have a harder time next Stage I think.
zealous venture
@marsh pumice CAN YOU please stop talking about London
marsh pumice
no
zealous venture
you wanker
fervent temple
Guys , I'm done
marsh pumice
London FTW!
pearl stratus
Seoul and London are the weaker, overall, of the Korean teams and had the most losses to the other teams.
pearl stratus
And they own't have the extra maps from the early non-cohesion to boost their score.
marsh pumice
come to london side coolfish
fervent temple
I now am an avid supporter of Shang hai dragons
errant urchin
FRIENDSHIP WITH NYXL ENDED. DRAGON IS NEW BEST FRIEND
fervent temple
I have faith that they will beat a Korean team
delicate mural
marsh pumice
go dragons go
zealous venture
Coofish don’t you fucking dare
marsh pumice
glad the outlaws didn't got lucky and beat the spitfire, else ny would had got this
delicate mural
DRAGONS ARE GONNA KILL ERRYBODY.
fervent temple
Anyone see pine tho wtf was that
zealous venture
Pine is a god
errant urchin
I still want a northwest team :(
pearl stratus
My guess for next Stage is probably going to be NYXL, Houston, Boston on the top a bunch.
delicate mural
Can't leave. Under contract. Rekt.
fervent temple
So pine should leave
zealous venture
@pearl stratus Yeah!!! GO BOSTON
fervent temple
And join Shanghai dragons
errant urchin
I think Valiant was doing quite well at the end. They could get interesting next stage
fervent temple
Anyone see pines 4 kill?
pearl stratus
They were, but Valiant doesn't have a ton of flexibility
delicate mural
It's a long season. Shanghai has a hole to dig out of, but there are three fourths of the season still to go. They could make their way into playoff contention by late June.
fervent temple
That was the craziest display of skill I've ever seen
pearl stratus
Houston scares me because like.
delicate mural
Like, the real playoffs.
fervent temple
Na nami
pearl stratus
Jake picked up Tracer and brought it to some pretty decent levels.
fervent temple
You're wrong
pearl stratus
In a very short time.
delicate mural
I didn't say they would, kid.
errant urchin
Yeah Houston surprised the heck outta me
zealous venture
Ok you know what
delicate mural
I said they can.
fervent temple
They're gonna be a top tier team
zealous venture
I am doneb
fervent temple
Once geguri joins
delicate mural
You're not reading what I'm saying.
pearl stratus
Jakerat going to Jakeracer was confusing.
And he was matching Striker.
Who isn't a slouch.
fervent temple
It's automatically gonna fill the hole with sand
errant urchin
@zealous venture needs to chill lol
http://i.imgur.com/TEjwDbn.gif
delicate mural
London ain't winnin' shit.
ripe swallow
Uhhh
pearl stratus
I think London will drop because they had 3 weeks of really easy match ups at the start of the season.
And that gave them a really solid map boost, same with Seoul.
marsh pumice
delicate mural
And Seoul will climb back up some.
pearl stratus
Once other teams caught up on cohesion both teams will suffer.
ripe swallow
@delicate mural did u not just watch the game?
fervent temple
Shang hai dragons is one of the only teams on owl
zealous venture
@marsh pumice I am going to fight youv
fervent temple
To have all Asian bois
pearl stratus
Seoul should rebound a bit just because they don't have a good Mercy.
zealous venture
1v1. Me
pearl stratus
And now that won't be as hurtful.
errant urchin
Half their arms are down and the other half are up. ITS A CODE
delicate mural
@zealous venture It's fine, it's fine. He doesn't know how the season works. He'll learn.
zealous venture
good
delicate mural
Lots of kids learning how sports seasons work.
pearl stratus
I mean you don't downplay it. London did just win $100k.
But you have to understand some of why they won it.
delicate mural
I ain't seein' any of that money.
So, really.
It's just bragging rights.
To me.
And all of you.
zealous venture
@delicate mural fuck money
pearl stratus
And it isn't entirely because they're better than the other teams.
delicate mural
In the real playoffs, six teams make it in.
ripe swallow
They out skilled the top teams sooooo
delicate mural
We'll have another three of these stage playoffs before then.
pearl stratus
@ripe swallow The biggest thing is its only Stage 1.
delicate mural
Man, someone sure is worked up.
ripe swallow
I think London will stay in the top 4 for stage 2
pearl stratus
Week 1 they played a horrible, and still horrible Florida, and a Philly Fusion with literally 0 practice (since they missed pre-season)
They got a LOT of free map score and wins.
Which won't happen in stage 2.
fervent temple
Does any of you believe?
delicate mural
Of course London will be top four for stage 2.
fervent temple
Believe that shd will win one game against a Korean team
ripe swallow
I was hoping fusion would do better on stage 2 cuz carpe is sooo good
pearl stratus
They'll do better in Stage 2 just because they've played together now.
errant urchin
HES GONE WE CAN TALK IN PEACE
fervent temple
Anyone?
delicate mural
Shanghai almost stole a win off of Seoul with their current roster. What makes you think they can't with better players?
pearl stratus
The Korean teams had an INSANE advantage going into Stage 1.
They'd played together for years.
That advantage is pretty much gone.
marsh pumice
someone spitsfire all over the place and it's who? we all know
fervent temple
They need geguri . That's what I think
marsh pumice
probably
fervent temple
Diversity wins stuff
pearl stratus
So I actually don't think London will be much higher than 4th in the top 4 next Stage.
delicate mural
They need a lot more than Geguri, but they also picked up, like, four players.
So.
limber pine
rumored
pearl stratus
They picked up 3 Koreans and one Chinese Genji player, still not completely confirmed.
fervent temple
Jojonack
delicate mural
More than rumored.
fervent temple
Got fkin road rollardad
pearl stratus
Until its confirmed its nothing.
ripe swallow
NYXL would’ve won if they put more of pine in tbh
limber pine
not official then
fervent temple
Pine replace libero
ripe swallow
Yeesa
pearl stratus
I'm pretty sure its actually happened, but until I see the finalized confirmation.
delicate mural
Okay, well, I'd sooner go by what ESPN reports over some dude in a Discord server. But that's me.
pearl stratus
ESPN reports that it was reported, and they had no confirmation from Blizzard / OWL.
Or Shanghai.
So.
Literally the exact same as the guy in discord.
marsh pumice
going to play something, have fun guys see you all later ❤
fervent temple
Gn British boi
Chip butty
I studied at Oxford for one semester
Study abroad programe
So I know British shlt
pearl stratus
Like I hope its true, because it would give them the replacement tank/support and a projectile dps they need.
fervent temple
Fish and chips , Chip Butty
delicate mural
It's true.
pearl stratus
And I'd like to see Shanghai keep improving, because they're fun to watch.
fervent temple
Theyre not improving
delicate mural
I will put money on it now. This whole, "Unofficial," argument is a big, fat who cares.
heady idol
I don't care if another team picks him up or they get better players. I want Undead to succeed
fervent temple
Idk what kind of crazy silly boi said that
heady idol
Undead is so fun to watch
delicate mural
Undead routinely gets picked off because of poor positioning.
fervent temple
Tbh I don't watch shd
delicate mural
He can get picks.
fervent temple
I'm only gonna watch shd matches for now on
pearl stratus
He's trying to do too much, is his biggest problem.
fervent temple
Diva
pearl stratus
He's got one tank that you could replace with a plat player basically in Mg.
fervent temple
I like jojonak
pearl stratus
And Freefeel is basically just free ult charge for whatever team they play.
delicate mural
But I'll watch Undead do things sometimes that I'm like, duuuuude. I'm not a pro, I will never be a pro, and not even I would do that dumb shit.
What is wrong with you?
pearl stratus
Trying to do too much, I honestly think. It's like the Fleta / Libero situations.
Both of them were stuck on teams that they tried to do a billion things on.
Now they're on real teams and its like "Oh. They're actually insane."
delicate mural
Not even stuff like that. Like, I saw him on defense on Junkertown one game a couple of weeks ago. He was playing Widowmaker.
Didn't have his scope up.
fervent temple
Shd 0-10?
delicate mural
Was just standing out in the open.
Like.
Please.
Please, once the door opens, headshot me.
burnt goblet
Can someone please help me understand how the stages, play offs and grand finals work. There's 4 stages, so we end up with 4 winners. Do those 4 go into the play offs? What if the same team wins two stages? I don't understand how it works.
delicate mural
And I was like, he must know something I don't.
pearl stratus
Stage winners are just for bragging rights and money @burnt goblet
delicate mural
This must be some thing he has planned.
Nope!
Just getting headshot.
The second the attack's gate opens.
That was his plan, apparently.
pearl stratus
@burnt goblet Four stages, each stage is a quarter of the season, they do a little mini-tournament at the end of each quarter basically.
Real playoffs/finals will be a standard 6 team affair, not this 3 team silliness.
delicate mural
Yeah, stage playoffs won't even affect the real playoffs at the end of the season.
burnt goblet
So are all 12 teams in the play offs. then the best 6 or something move to the finals?
delicate mural
You will have four stage winners every season.
pearl stratus
No, top 6 are in the Play Offs.
delicate mural
And then a season winner.
burnt goblet
So how do you get those top 6 for the play offs?
delicate mural
Top six records, basically.
fervent temple
Gn
pearl stratus
Win records, with tie breakers being done by map disparity (Wins minus losses)
pearl stratus
Top two teams will get a free pass to the Semi Finals.
burnt goblet
So these stages do determine who will be in the play offs?
marsh pumice
just when i decide to go play some pubg servers go down...
delicate mural
If the end of the season was today, I guess it'd be New York and the Los Angeles Valiant.
burnt goblet
right
delicate mural
Just getting in.
pearl stratus
So #1 and #2 will automatically be in the semi finals #3-4, and #5-6 play to go to the semi finals.
delicate mural
And London, Houston, Seoul, and Boston would play each other.
burnt goblet
So as it is now NYXL - BU would be in the play offs. but that could change with the next 3 stages
pearl stratus
Yeah.
pearl stratus
It's weird, its an e-sport that homogenizes a lot of other sports in how they handle stuff.
delicate mural
New York is 1 in ATL and Los Angeles Valiant is 1 in PAC right now.
burnt goblet
How do the divisions make a difference, don't they all just play each other?
pearl stratus
They'll eventually be more like football/baseball.
With your American League/National League type stuff.
So you have two leagues within the leagues.
Etc.
delicate mural
It's basically a reward for being top in your respective division.
burnt goblet
I think that's the problem, I've never followed any sports before so I don't know how this all goes
delicate mural
You just automatically get in.
pearl stratus
Ah yeah that'll make it a bit more confusing.
delicate mural
It's a little different than in normal sports.
And I don't know why.
In normal sports.
Say, MLB or NBA.
valid grove
Wait hold up, why do the stage playoffs effect your standings?
delicate mural
You have the two conferences or leagues.
pearl stratus
The playoffs don't. The link right now I think is just to show the overall stage 1 standings.
delicate mural
And teams in each play each other to see who wins in each of those two conferences.
pearl stratus
Or at least they said they didn't.
delicate mural
And then the winners in each conference play each other in the last match.
burnt goblet
I thought the M/W/L/T scores effected it by carrying over through all the stages?
delicate mural
That's not how OWL works.
In OWL, conference only matters for the top record in each conference.
And then it's superfluous after that.
valid grove
Because when you go to standings on the OWL tab, Houston is below Seoul, but round playoffs mattering does not make sense
delicate mural
I dunno why they chose to do it that way, but they did.
Maybe it'll be changed when the league has more teams.
burnt goblet
I wish there was an infographic, or that OW would release some video explaining the entire process from stages to grand finals
delicate mural
It's out there.
burnt goblet
it is?
delicate mural
Just know that the stage finals ultimately don't matter.
I think they probably included them to keep people excited.
pearl stratus
@valid grove The standings on their website are.
pearl stratus
I think it was also to entice players too.
delicate mural
Probably.
delicate mural
Definitely. Money is going to be a big factor to the players.
pearl stratus
Most so far have said they prefer this set up either way.
I'd probably agree.
Being salaried sounds nicer than hoping for tournament winnings.
delicate mural
But yeah, in the grand scheme, when we talk about actual playoffs? Those won't happen until summer.
burnt goblet
so today longon got 100k split between all of them?
pearl stratus
No one knows how the money is distributed.
delicate mural
125k, I believe.
pearl stratus
100k.
NYXL got 25k
Which is confusing since they say 125k.
But yeah, its 100k to the winners 25k to second place.
I'm assuming the players obviously get some.
But we don't know how the teams distribute it.
limber pine
players get 50% i think
delicate mural
And the standings on the site are currently borked, because they added the stage playoffs wins and losses.
limber pine
yeah I don't know why they did that
delicate mural
Apparently New York, Houston, and London should be 1, 2, and 3, and everyone else falls in after that.
pearl stratus
And pay out on a roster basis, but that's a whole different argument.
delicate mural
But the stage playoffs messed it up somehow.
strong parrotBOT
Overwatch League - Season 1 - Stage 1
pearl stratus
I just don't want to see a team get stupid and try and keep a smaller roster for better percentage splits 😛
limber pine
probably just a bot calculating adding the stats together
delicate mural
I figure it was something automatic, yeah.
I assumed it would've been fixed by now.
But this is a new thing for them, so I figure.
You know.
pearl stratus
London needs to play Woohyal more.
delicate mural
They'll get around to it.
pearl stratus
He's an insane D'va and I didn't even know he was on their roster.
pearl stratus
ALSO SO MUCH NAME CONFUSION.
I was getting so mad when they would dyslexically replace names.
But I guess LoL is a lot easier to commentate on people were saying.
Since you kind of know how things are going to go.
And OW is kind of a roll of the dice, and you can't tell what players are thinking
delicate mural
I don't mind that as much. I figure it's probably not super easy to process all that information and get it all out of your mouth as quickly as they generally need to while also making it intelligible all the time.
Would probably be easier if they devoted less brain power to bad humor.
pearl stratus
And the two new guys are somehow even worse.
Malik is just horrible.
But he's new so I'm hoping he'll grow into it some.
burnt goblet
Does anyone actually sit and watch the entire thing though? It goes like 6 hours
limber pine
<---
burnt goblet
I always leave and don't watch the stuff between matches
6+ hours straight of it would send me insane, and I love it
burnt goblet
Fair enough
delicate mural
I think it's entirely too much fucking Overwatch to sit and watch for six hours and I've said so repeatedly.
But somehow.
I keep doing it.
burnt goblet
Lol, I usually pick 1 or 2 of the 3 matches and just watch those
grizzled mulch
Sanity is for the weaks
burnt goblet
cool
delicate mural
Look at all those fucking 7-3s.
plucky abyss
I can't believe new York lost
grizzled mulch
it is just LW Blue thing
dusk garden
Did they fix stats page?
dusk garden
Yeah
delicate mural
I wasn't aware the stats were messed up.
I think it's just never been finished.
Maybe they'll have it up now after a stage?
dusk garden
dunno, maybe
delicate mural
Houston and London play each other again to start Stage 2.
subtle fable
kox leaves runaway
vestal mortar
That transcript though. Yikes!
subtle fable
this is not a regular trade between teams also.
because of stitch, he recently had an emotional clash with some fans.
scarlet spear
wow, sounds like kox had quite the breakdown from that transcript
magic zinc
What the hell that guy needs some help
forest raven
ll the recent drama surrounding Runaway members over the last few days did not make it outside Korean communities so short summary - 4 members of Runaway (Stitch, Jjanu, Haksal, Kox) has some misconduct incidents surrounding them. Some severe, some not. Haksal got into a pretty toxic verbal fight on comp, that's why he has an additional ban.
From reddit
subtle fable
people occasionally try to draw whole picture with little clue.
subtle fable
by the way, runner joins into the army in eight days.
vestal mortar
😭
subtle fable
so he said before that they will announced new member.
magic zinc
Any news on who will he in charge of Runaway then?
scarlet spear
stage 2 no more moth 🙂
subtle fable
young sonnet
Holy shit london reverse swept
subtle fable
NUS vs jaNUS, dy*NUSty looking at the finals
restive spear
London proved themselves the most adaptable team in the League, congratz!
Kinda boring that the top 2 teams are full Korean teams though. NYXL being unstoppable juggernaut, and London being too versatile (vs the other teams)
scarlet spear
eh to be fair the western teams are doing way better than most people would have thought
seeing how boston/houston have been performing
hidden vault
have they announced the new players the teams are gonna sign?
scarlet spear
only announced player so far is aKm
ah nvm
that mayhem guy aswell
zappis/zuppeh, cant differentiate between them
forest raven
Zappis
magic zinc
aKm went to Dallas
hidden vault
what does he play?
magic zinc
He's one of the best DPS players
Mostly hitscan
But good at Pharah too, and started learning Genji
hidden vault
why wasn't he even recruited into OWL in the 1st place?
magic zinc
Rogue disbanded very late and he had a huge buyout
hidden vault
what did you mean huge buyout?
scarlet spear
teams that wanted to sign him would have had to pay a lot of money to the rogue organisation, since he was still under contract with them
magic zinc
And Rogue wanted to get into OWL themselves so obviously they didnt want to let anyone go
hidden vault
hmm but Rogue was unable to get enough funding?
which was why they are unable to get into OWL?
deft valley
they did get funding (or at least claimed they had it)
was something else, bliz didnt' sell them a spot
deft valley
I doubt they would've walked away from 20m and pissed off an organization involved with OW just to get rid of a scheduling quirk
scarlet spear
there must have been some kind of reason for it ¯_(ツ)_/¯
deft valley
especially since it's not like NFL where every team only plays once a week
scarlet spear
i mean theres been more orgs that were trying to get spots
deft valley
so it's easier to work around
scarlet spear
london
scarlet spear
got reverse sweeped
marsh pumice
magic zinc
I was surprised there wasn't any award ceremony or anything
it was just "Oh here are your winners see you in 2 weeks"
deep cypress
Wait, London won?
balmy wolf
yes @deep cypress
magic zinc
Something like that, $100k
deep cypress
That's arounnd 72 grand. NNot that bad
brisk roost
@magic zinc I think that's only gonna happen at the grand finals in July
Since there's one every stage so
grizzled mulch
@magic zinc at that point everyone just want to go home tbh
scarlet spear
10 hrs of overwatch and london playing 3 times the same day 
idle beacon
LONDON!!!!!!!!!!!!!
magic zinc
Do they?
I thought second place got 25k
And first got 100k
Could be that first place also gets the 25k the second place got but I dont think so
north falcon
Oh on the website it says the prize pool is 125k
idle beacon
Title Matches
$125,000 is split amongst the top three in Stage 1, as follows:
Place $ USD Team
1st $100,000 London Spitfire
2nd $25,000 New York Excelsior
3rd - Houston Outlaws
Runner gets 25k
idle beacon
a good page to check all sorts of OWL stuff
so london won twice .. those wins aren't being counted for the ranking?
scarlet spear
nope
idle beacon
too bad
scarlet spear
makes sense, since they are outside of the regular season, would give them an unfair advantage having played more maps
idle beacon
yea true
i've only seen the first map of nyxl vs london finals .. and then woke up again right before it ended 😄
so london gave'm hell, huh?
deep cypress
Still waiting for more UK teams
brave quarry
is there anywhere to see stat cards? or better, is Jjonak officially #1 Zen?
scarlet spear
guess it compares how you rate it, dmg wise hes probably undeniable number 1, healing wise no clue
last lantern
slim summit
Final elo ratings for stage 1: https://i.imgur.com/jgjwUEe.png
marsh pumice
sweet hamlet
owl announcers like sucking pines dick lol
tight vault
shanghei= pros
brisk roost
😂
tight vault
remember when shanghai won a map against seoul
oak jacinth
Guys what happened with tairong?
magic zinc
Posted a Xenophobic meme
Initially went under the radar
xQc was upset it went under the radar which led to it actually being picked up
Probably went under the radar because /r/Cow was actively banning it for Witchhunting
