esports-discussion

[versed sinew]

you mean the translocator?

[wheat karma]

L L

[magic zinc]

Amazing use of the turrets there as well, Sombra couldn't get to the flag

[jovial jewel]

TABITHA

[short vault]

jake_ow: great peel

[wide basin]

Tabitha tilting at her team’s Sym

[short vault]

LOL

[balmy wolf]

reaper almost knocked lulu off her 2's but she remained persistent on defending that flag solo

[short vault]

.

[jovial jewel]

wasn't lulu best in NA?

[violet viper]

Best worldwide I think

[jovial jewel]

damn

[magic zinc]

Some controversy there though, she was farming puppers at 3am in a 4stack

[violet viper]

mama mia

[jovial jewel]

dang

lulu's messin up man

[short vault]

pawgers

[violet viper]

pupchamp

[scarlet spear]

kurt looks adorable

[jovial jewel]

hope she doesn't ruin her OWL career

[short vault]

on the real

this is the most NA shit ive ever seen lmao

i love it

[magic zinc]

Goddammit where's the Gameplay

[violet viper]

I heard Lulu was trashing Tabatha

[magic zinc]

Goddamn Ads

[young sonnet]

46K damn

[jovial jewel]

only NA

[short vault]

WHERE IS MY GAMEPLAY

[jovial jewel]

inb4 lulu gets exposed

[violet viper]

Blizz please unban Lulu

[magic zinc]

Rumors are Lulu might be on adderal

[jovial jewel]

damn dude

:^(

[short vault]

[magic zinc]

But she's jacked though, wouldn't say that shit to her on Lan

[violet viper]

all she was doing was being herself, people should grow some skin when playing online

[short vault]

ADDERAL?

[jovial jewel]

D:

[short vault]

[violet viper]

Lulu was on ZOOMIES

[magic zinc]

ZOOMIES!?

NO WAY

[short vault]

[jovial jewel]

wow

and to think

we cheered for her

[short vault]

[magic zinc]

I'm willing to give Lulu another shot

She served her time

[jovial jewel]

#FREELULU

[magic zinc]

I hope she lands a spot at Houston Outpaws

Deserves to be Sym specialist there

[short vault]

WELCOME TO HOLLYWOOD
select your hero

[violet viper]

no shoob

im throwing

Shoobetra

[jovial jewel]

jake boutta cry

[magic zinc]

Another ad?? jeez

[jovial jewel]

CAN WE GET TO THE MATCHES

[magic zinc]

Is this girl related to Uber?

Rap god

[young sonnet]

Breathe woman

[magic zinc]

She's going so fast omg

[scarlet spear]

breathe

[violet viper]

they probably only have a certain ammount of time for this

or she's nervous

[short vault]

breathe

[violet viper]

are we gonna go back to the game

[magic zinc]

oof fake tan exposed

[short vault]

mr

Xposed

[violet viper]

hella jelly bois

[jovial jewel]

haHAA

[magic zinc]

Man I hope Mr. X is gonna interview someone, first time he won't need a box to be at the same height

[short vault]

[jovial jewel]

😄

[scarlet spear]

he wont need a box if he interviews one of those tiny dogs

thats about it

[magic zinc]

https://www.reddit.com/subreddits/search?q=doggypuprumble

Why isn't there a subreddit yet

[violet viper]

gameplay bois

woah

y'all see that Sombra play on Lulu

[magic zinc]

Straight into the action huh

[jovial jewel]

mercy

[magic zinc]

No difference from normal Mercy play /s

[short vault]

[violet viper]

6 dps stack on flag

[magic zinc]

I love how they have

A lot of slides

with info on the dogs

Roaddog

[jovial jewel]

looking for the right hook

[violet viper]

Sombra play

[young sonnet]

AWWWWWW

[violet viper]

going for the cronch

[jovial jewel]

tabitha is #1 reaper worldwide right?

[violet viper]

yeah

[jovial jewel]

ah

[violet viper]

tabatha "beyblade" dog

woah

[jovial jewel]

EZ

👏

[violet viper]

dva flank

[magic zinc]

Using those boosters to hug the wall, great stuff

[jovial jewel]

no mercy rez tho?

[magic zinc]

Not in this meta

[violet viper]

they're going battle mercy

[jovial jewel]

oh yeah

[violet viper]

did you see that

mercy 1v1'd dva

[magic zinc]

Dva STILL hasn't gotten mech back, disgraceful

[violet viper]

suprising ammount of damage

[jovial jewel]

DVA

[short vault]

50 pounds of dog

[jovial jewel]

bruh lulu is so hyper aggressive

[violet viper]

attack sym

[jovial jewel]

TRACER NO RECALL

[violet viper]

tracer goign for the booty hits

[magic zinc]

Getting smacked by Tracer-booty are we in pre-launch meta

Wooooooooow

[short vault]

[violet viper]

sombra as usual

going for the chomp

[scarlet spear]

august is fuckin adorable

[jovial jewel]

the BM

inb4 george washington is hero 27

[violet viper]

are these sombra clues

[jovial jewel]

🤔

[violet viper]

Lulu almost had the flag

[magic zinc]

Welp I'm gonna have to go to bed lol

[jovial jewel]

lulu is playing too hyper aggressive

fed ult charge

[magic zinc]

Tag me when Lulu scores

[jovial jewel]

k

[violet viper]

G'night

[short vault]

LUL U

[violet viper]

final round

Confirmed Red team victory

[dusk garden]

hey

any owl trades/signings today?

[violet viper]

what a twist

it was actually a draw

and Lulu named MVP

[scarlet spear]

yeah lulu definitely getting picked up

[dusk garden]

alright thanks for the responses

[violet viper]

The answer is I don't know

[balmy wolf]

breaking news, lulu just got picked up by shanghai dragons.

lulu is definitely a one trick pony symmetra

[violet viper]

is OTP fine when the player is truly excellent with the hero tho

[scarlet spear]

i believe lulu has the carry potential on sym

just gotta get his attitude in line and get proper scrim time to improve coms

[violet viper]

I wonder if Lulu will be fined and benched for attitude

[north bone]

hi

[abstract kernel]

https://esports-betting-tips.com/owl-stage-two-team-focus-shanghai-dragons/

[delicate mural]

Yummy.

[spring lintel]

Wtf, mykl is legit masters now

[scarlet spear]

unlucky

mustve been his team holding him back, thanks matchmaking

[spring lintel]

It’s hilarious how I met him duoing with both his accounts

He got tilted so hard when we had a sym/torb main with us

[rustic plaza]

mykl always hovers high masters/low gm

hes a joke lol

[spring lintel]

My life Feelsbadman

Poor guy doesn’t stream because of it probably

[vestal mortar]

https://overwatchleague.com/en-us/news/21568602/rules-of-competition-and-code-of-conduct 👀

[scarlet spear]

i hope they hold all these rules to standard for everyone

[vestal mortar]

Indeed, everyone with an OWL contract!

[magic zinc]

Nothing surprising there really

Wondering if there are actually rules for players needing to stream for a couple hours a week, pugs not being allowed, etc.

Heard about them but never actually saw them on paper

[scarlet spear]

what wonders me after reading the article tho

is

the way it reads is thats just a heads up on whats the official stance and that its been enforced during the OWL

it also reads that they hold these standards not only to players but also for team Members and the owners

just reminds me that fuck all happened to tairong, except that he publicly apologized and promised to donate money to the cause

[magic zinc]

Wait I'm an idiot if you click the "click here" thing you actually get a pdf

[scarlet spear]

oh wow

i totally noticed that

[magic zinc]

"Substitution Notice. Teams wishing to make a substitution must notify the League-appointed
Team representative assigned to such Team (the “Team Rep”) no later than the end of the first
round of a given map for the substitution to take effect for the next map; provided, however,
that a Team may notify the League of substitutions for the third map by the end of the second
map. "

[scarlet spear]

that summary is fuckin ass

[magic zinc]

This is really rough imo

[scarlet spear]

theres no fuckin info on the "info" they posted on that article at all

[magic zinc]

"External Hard Drives for Player Settings. Each Player will compete using a League Office-owned
and managed removable solid state drive, or "SSD". This SSD will be copied from the Player's
League Office-provided practice hardware and will contain critical competition elements such as
the Overwatch game client and peripheral drivers, and settings as configured by the Player. "

[scarlet spear]

effect posting a picture of his GF seems to be the proper news compared to this article

[magic zinc]

I thought they were pulled from the live servers, this is actually kinda cool

Not even a face reveal Effect you're a tease

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zb2_8vpFeoc

I quite like this tbh, his attitude is different here from usual

[jagged crater]

so shanghai is the same roster into stage 2? welp

[limber pine]

until visa issues get resolved, yes

[jagged crater]

the new dallas fuel dps lineup is going to be interesting

they have 5 dps players

taimou and seagull might be moved to flex

or not play much at all tbh

😦

feelsbadman

[magic zinc]

I think Taimou will still get a run, I'm scared for Seagull though

[jagged crater]

taimou's hog is still top tier tho

seagull's pharah and genji are overshadowed by akm and rascal

[magic zinc]

Rascal is.. kinda just a better Seagull isn't he

[jagged crater]

seagull was brought in to be a projectile player

and akm and rascal can both cover those projectile roles

better

akm also has incredibly good hitscan

the only thing i can see out of seagull now is his junkrat or zarya

seagull's been with the team longer so he has the advantage of providing better comms

• he's native english

and damn good speaker

he can def fit well into a coach role

seagull's pharah still serviceable

still OWL level from the few times we've seen it

in the preseason he mostly played pharah but we rarely got to see it in regular season

[limber pine]

any stage 2 maps good for pharah?

idk cuz it's been so long since we've seen them

[scarlet spear]

nepal/lijang

would be the best ones i think

[magic zinc]

Hollywood maybe too

[glass ruin]

i think holywood is a good phara map in general. Last point is a bit more tricky, but still

[jagged crater]

2nd point hollywood is a good pharah section

also widow so could be countered

[tight vault]

dallas fuel is gon sign lulu

[jagged crater]

curious what the effect going back to korea thing was

hope it wasnt bad

[tight vault]

[jagged crater]

i hope effect is still with the fuel

for the long run

the whole team clearly loves him

only thing questionable is effect himself, does he want to stay with fuel?

[limber pine]

DF would be silly to get rid of him

but yeah, not sure how he feels about it

[jagged crater]

DF wouldnt get rid of him, he's their star player

like by far

i just hope it doesnt get to a point where effect hates playing with the team

that it impacts his performance and force DF to trade him

[scarlet spear]

kinda doubt it, the team atmosphere within DF always seemed pretty good to me from watching streams at least

i really wanna see them perform again for stage 2 onwards

[slim summit]

eyyyy

we finally know how playoffs work!

and it's crazy nonsense and a shit ton of games

https://bnetcmsus-a.akamaihd.net/cms/content_entry_media/eo/EOC4AITZTVME1519148239333.pdf

Ctrl + F "Playoffs Format and Schedule"

"[...]up to three matches played on the third day if necessary" -> matches actually being best of 5 series in this context

meaning it's possible for the same two teams to play three best of fives in a single day

[fresh arrow]

https://twitter.com/spitfire/status/966088059396685824

London Spitfire (@Spitfire)

London Spitfire is parting ways with @Fissure.
We would like to thank him for his hard work and wish him luck with the @LAGladiators!

Read: https://t.co/vv89GZFg0M

Twitter

https://twitter.com/lagladiators/status/966090823115788289

LA Gladiators (@LAGladiators)

THE GLADIATORS ARE GETTING TANKIER.

We’re welcoming @Fissure to our front line. Read more →

🔗 : https://t.co/MPv7yh33JB

Twitter

It's official

[slim summit]

https://i.imgur.com/lt2fv1S.png

[shell rose]

taking bets now folks predict what week and against what team xqc will get banned on and win 100 tokens

[scarlet spear]

wow fissure went from looking like a guy with a well thought out business plan to looking like he just smoked one with tisumi in some flowerfields

within 2 tweets

[shell rose]

i myself am a 3 week man but ok

[slim summit]

Dallas isn't playing Houston this entire stage so

I think he might make it all the way through

[shell rose]

fissure imo is the best main tank in the league

i’m surprised gesture kept him out for so long he will definitely improve the gladiators

[scarlet spear]

thats why he was benched 80% of the games for gesture

[shell rose]

they had internal issues

basically he didn’t like and get along w half the roster

[scarlet spear]

huh, interesting if thats true... gonna look forward to him playing for Gladiators tho, definitely good for him to not ride the bench anymore

[shell rose]

i’m surprised dallas didn’t pick him up along w rascal

[spring lintel]

Hanmura attack first point phara is not bad

[shell rose]

there’s still no official announcement on rascal though

[balmy wolf]

Welp as long as birdring and profit snd fury and gesture stay

[spring lintel]

Xqc suspended second stage incoming

[gaunt acorn]

just saving strats until stage 5 boys

[clear mirage]

xQc in Master btw OMEGALUL

[spring lintel]

Dude he is so tilted tonight

It’s insane

[jagged crater]

this is like the 4th time he's back down to masters?

couple days later he gets back to top 500

is there a list of all the OWL contenders teams?

only the OWL related ones

just browinsg thru the contenders website

[clear mirage]

He's gonna play out of streams so no stream snipe; no throw; more focus on the game

ofc he will get it back in a sec

[jagged crater]

London - British Hurricane
Philly - Fusion University
LA2 - Gladiators Legion
San Fran - NRG Esports
Houston - Optic Academy
NY - XL2 Academy
Florida - Mayhem Academy
Any other OWLs w/ contenders?

[spring lintel]

Match making is absolute trash and it’s so much worse when you are a main tank

[slim summit]

Tomorrow's the day!

[forest wharf]

so shanghai is kinda stacked now, got a feeling theyre gonna 4-0 fuel

[scarlet spear]

they're not stacked yet

they have visa issues and likely wont get their additions till stage 3

also fuel got rascal and akm now

and maybe xQc can be quiet enough to actually play a couple games this stage

[red anvil]

Fuel is stacked

and fuel is ready with there stack

[forest wharf]

give xqc 3 games before banned again

[red anvil]

there are some rumors that Dallas have signed a third tank

but we'll see

[fresh arrow]

i haven't heard those

where did you hear that?

[gaunt acorn]

his name is cQx

and he'll be filling in when xQc is banned

[red anvil]

The newest rumors are that TiZi, Runaways MT have been signed to a OWL team

We know that one of the RA members have been signed to an OWL team, just not confirmed who

And the rumors come from the korean community

[scarlet spear]

he has a fuel profile pic, thats all to the rumour afaik

[gaunt acorn]

https://www.overbuff.com/players/pc/TIZI-31888

TiZi has a seoul dynasty icon

in-game

[scarlet spear]

fake news

[gaunt acorn]

oh man thats really hype

[finite cedar]

Players have been toying with the icons often.

[gaunt acorn]

miro hasnt been performing as main-tank too well

i really hope it's seoul who've signed tizi

[finite cedar]

I don't really get why they didn't play more Kuki.

[subtle fable]

only tizi is missing from runaway new jersey tag in merchandise store.

[gaunt acorn]

i guess they have more synergy with miro still?

so it's easier to run the LH core

[scarlet spear]

oh damn thats a really good giveaway

[red anvil]

People just use symbols and skins from whatever xD

[scarlet spear]

i dont really remember tizi sticking out to me personally, was he good on winston ?

i watched all the APAC/APEX runaway games, but he really didnt stick with me

[red anvil]

well he competed against gesture in apex s4 finale

[magic zinc]

I'm a higher ranked Genji than him on QP can I join OWL pls

[red anvil]

he never struck me as super good but he did his work

and RA did beat GCB in semis

[gaunt acorn]

kaiser sort of stole his spotlight though

but i think he's capable

[red anvil]

Kaiser dident play since Apex s2

and they always played Tizi over Kaiser on winston

[gaunt acorn]

i was referring to the "i dont remember him sticking out" bit more than anything

when you have one of the most famous tanks of all time on your roster

it might be harder to get attention

[scarlet spear]

makes sense

considering most people get a hard on when they see kaiser on reinhardt

[gaunt acorn]

jjanu was run on winston too

[red anvil]

also Bumper

[bright holly]

Do we know if rascal will be available for fuel today yet?

[scarlet spear]

im guessing he should be, but no clue i doubt he will play yet considering they havent scrimmed too much with him probably yet

[bright holly]

I havent seen anything official from owl that's what I'm doubting

He was three stacking with taimou and effect on ladder yesterday

[scarlet spear]

hastr0 confirmed hes on dallas in a radio show

[limber pine]

Hastr0 announced something yesterday

yeah that

[bright holly]

Yeah I saw that

[scarlet spear]

im guessing the twitter post should be up today

[bright holly]

But nothing official on owl like fissure

[limber pine]

probably today

[bright holly]

Hope so

[scarlet spear]

twitter post should be up today i think, there was nothing "official" for fissure either other than the twitter post from LAV

which isnt really different from the announcement on a radio station

just a different medium

[bright holly]

I mean owl official like on team roster

Lol but yeah I figure it'll be settled later today

These trades/signings need approval from the league first so I'm guessing that's probably the last step

[limber pine]

yeah FCTFCTN is still in need of approval AFAIK

[bright holly]

Yep he's not officially signed yet either even though the team announced it

[pearl stratus]

Also, and this may just be me, but most of these new signings won't even be in play for quite a while. Just the trades will. So (minus trades) we'll see the same rosters for the first few weeks.

Unless they already have full visas, etc, that's still an annoying and lengthy process.

[bright holly]

Akm will be available so will fissure for lag

Only ones with visa issues I think is Shanghai and a couple of guys from nyxl and seoul

[scarlet spear]

i mean fissure/rascal are just inter team trades that are in LA already, if the trades and internal scrimming has been happening for long enough they could be playing anyways

[red anvil]

Good rule of thumb, if they listed under https://overwatchleague.com/en-us/players, they can play

Fissure have been set to his new team, rascal have not

new SHD and Mcdonalds players have not

wait the SHD player are

but they are not in LA yet

[limber pine]

meaning they have Blizzard approval

i think

[bright holly]

Yep

If players are on roster on overwatchleague.com it's official

[pearl stratus]

Yeah, I mostly meant more along the lines of the time gap between stages means visas wont' always be processed in time

So we'll see some trickle ins for some of the new players over time.

The only slightly confusing trade is Gestures to Glad. Not because I think its bad, I think its good, but Bishu and IRemix have decent synergy. We'll see how Bishu + Gesture work together soon enough since I assume he'll be replacing Remix more.

Or they may be prepping for a 3:1:2 for all we know.

But really all I care about is tonights first match.

And seeing who RHJ is on.

[tight vault]

tonights matches are gon be good

[pearl stratus]

Eh I only care about the first match of the night lol.

LAG SFS should be good too though.

[tight vault]

dallas vs shanghai again

[pearl stratus]

Don't care about Dallas at all.

[tight vault]

will shanghai finally win

hopefully

[pearl stratus]

I hope so, but I don't think so till they get their new people.

Two weeks of practice won't fix MG and Freefeed.

[tight vault]

all of a sudden shanghai goes on a winning streak

[finite cedar]

Let see how the different teams will look without the Mercy meta.

[limber pine]

I firmly believe we're going to get a lot more triple tank

if so, it'll be interesting to see how teams adapt

[tight vault]

no tank meta

[limber pine]

That'd be an odd/interesting meta

[tight vault]

dallas fuel would do something like that

[limber pine]

Single tank has been a thing in a few cases

Numbani offense I think

[tight vault]

6 support meta= dallas fuel soon

[pearl stratus]

I think we'll see some quad tank too.

Especially since we have quite a few flex who are good swaps to things like Roadhog, etc.

I think Seoul might swap to a 3:1:2 since it lets you get away with Moira + Ana.

Which means Tobi can Moira and RHJ can Ana.

[spring lintel]

Lucio too valuable

Moira+lucio is probably gonna be the meta

[limber pine]

which is why triple/quad tank will be meta

the map pool is better for it too

[pearl stratus]

You can sneak Ana on a 3:1:2, not a quad. For quad you'll always go Moira + Lucio, imo.

Though RHJ on Moira could be interesting too.

Though honestly after watching Stage 1 I could also see RHJ becoming a coach/sub.

Tobi on Lucio for shot calling, etc since its where he's comfortable.

[abstract kernel]

https://esports-betting-tips.com/overwatch-league-stage-2-team-focus-dallas-fuel/

[magic zinc]

Very possible we'll just ger dive again tbh

Quad Tank is great on ladder, but its not super heavy on synergy like Dive

[pearl stratus]

I think we'll at least have options now depending on map.

[magic zinc]

Very possible that a well trained dive is still better

[pearl stratus]

Like I'd sooner run 3:1:2 or 4:0:2 on Volskaya first point than Dive.

[magic zinc]

That being said goddamn i want some tank action I love Kings Row

[pearl stratus]

KRow will be when Fragi stops being a Feedy Winston.

And can go back to Rein.

[magic zinc]

Yeah I hope we finally get the multi-comp meta dream

I hope we get some Ana and not just Moira, Moira kinda stole her tank niche

[uncut horizon]

anyone been to an OWL game day?*

(I keep forgetting there's 4 games per day)

[crimson garnet]

Maybe it will depend on the player. Seoul has a savage Ana/zen player that I don’t see switching anytime soon.

[blazing parrot]

https://twitter.com/overwatchleague/status/966372297052274688 @limber pine

Overwatch League (@overwatchleague)

Rally around your favorite teams on @Twitch and unlock in-game loot with #OverwatchLeague Cheering!

Details: https://t.co/EXHeXXxdIN

Twitter

[limber pine]

Hm

[magic zinc]

Is this only during live broadcasts?

[blazing parrot]

yes

[magic zinc]

Thats okay I didn't want them anyway

[limber pine]

League tokens for watching too

[scarlet spear]

as an EU watcher

im sad now

[limber pine]

FeelsEUman

[scarlet spear]

wait cheering with fuckin bits

[magic zinc]

Hey its okay, you can get like

2 points

[scarlet spear]

this is some next lvl sellout

[magic zinc]

from that one Saturday match we can watch

[scarlet spear]

FeelsLifeMan

i can deal with watching 1 or 2 matches, but i mostly fall asleep during the 2nd match then sadly

and thats only saying i dont have to be somewhere before 9 the next day

[magic zinc]

Yeah the first Saturday match for me is 10PM, I can watch that

[scarlet spear]

guess i'll only watch OWL when i really wanna see the game

[magic zinc]

Anything past that is a no-go realistically, just lucky I have holidays this week so I miiight watch the first game today if I'm not asleep by then

Its a shame they changed the times tbh

[scarlet spear]

1 token for each map win is pretty greedy D:

thats a whole week of watching 4 games each day for 1 skin

well i guess that was expected

not counting tiebreakers

guess that random 100 tokens sounds pretty cool

but i guess they're going to be quite spare with those

[blazing parrot]

https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1000/1*fYHu8oLjCov7HA3l81xh0A.jpeg

all the unlockable emotes

[tight vault]

symettra looks pissed

[frank apex]

tfw the page says viewers in canada needs to register to smth to be elligible, but the page to do so is 404 not found

[tight vault]

does anyone care about canada

[frank apex]

I,m from canada, thx

[scarlet spear]

do these emotes unlock globally on twitch with the cheering?

[tight vault]

your not winning the olympics

[frank apex]

tf does that even do

in this convo

xD

[tight vault]

[frank apex]

[tight vault]

dallas fuel is the worst team

[frank apex]

idk if u intended to trigger me, but I,m not, cuz I cheer up for other teams even knowing xQc being from canada lol

[tight vault]

shanghai is gon get a win today hopefully

[scarlet spear]

yeah nice try :^)

before their substitutes arrive its still staying down there

[silk linden]

I can't bring myself to care for any of the teams, and this challenges my ability to watch the owl. Also I haven't been able to watch any match since week 1 and I have no idea what's going on

help

[tight vault]

everyone sucks

[scarlet spear]

check the NYXL origins videos, they're the best

[silk linden]

they're korean

[scarlet spear]

really makes the team loveable

[silk linden]

playing in america

what's the deal with dallas fuel?

[tight vault]

i hate everyone on their team

[scarlet spear]

how can you hate mickie?

cocco?

chips?

[silk linden]

is seagull still playing for them?

[scarlet spear]

yes

[tight vault]

wait

is xQc back

[scarlet spear]

yes

[tight vault]

well fuck

lulu the dog is better than every person on dallas fuel and new york

[silk linden]

I get the feeling the overall attitude towards dallas has changed a bit

are they the most hated team now

[tight vault]

their close

[silk linden]

what did they do other than underperform

[pearl stratus]

They had xQc, which means they had xQc's fans.

[tight vault]

pretty sure xQc is the reason

[pearl stratus]

And xQc's fanbase basically makes Trump supporters look like Harvard graduates.

[silk linden]

I know shangai have shady shit going on and florida also have had disappointing management

[tight vault]

his fans were mad when he got suspended from the league

[pearl stratus]

Shanghai's shady stuff wasn't shady, just stupid. Everything was perfectly fine according to all regulations.

Just stupid.

[silk linden]

I guess Dallas is just the fact that they were put on such a high pedistal, the crash when they fell down was massive

[pearl stratus]

No.

They're not korean, no one expected much.

It's literally just they have two of the biggest whiny morons, and their fan base.

[silk linden]

well, everyone expecte a solid top 6 team

[pearl stratus]

I didn't. The heart of their team died.

[scarlet spear]

they were projected to be top 3 before it started

[silk linden]

who's the other moron, Taimou?

[tight vault]

twitch chat was full of free xQc

[pearl stratus]

Yes.\

Both players would be perfectly fine and acceptable if they would just shut up.

[obsidian tundra]

If I have the owl playing on all 3 websites at once, could I get 3x the credits?

[silk linden]

I mean, I don't care what they do outside their games tbh, and it's not like you can hear their comms during league matches

[scarlet spear]

@obsidian tundra doubt it, since they're all linked to 1 account

[sleek zephyr]

hi friends
how many days are there in an owl stage?

[pearl stratus]

The problem isn't what their fans think though. They're salaried employees in a league attempting to be a full sport and respected.

[tight vault]

shanghai vs dallas was rigged before

[pearl stratus]

So they have to care.

[silk linden]

oh I agree that there needs to be respectability and professionalism

[pearl stratus]

So when you get one of the more stream famous people in your league telling someone to suck a dick.

It goes badly.

[silk linden]

but I wouldn't hate dallas for having xqc, at least if he plays well for them

[tight vault]

he doesnt

[silk linden]

well, fair

[scarlet spear]

how do people say he doesnt play well

[obsidian tundra]

@sleek zephyr 20 days, 3 games a day, plus 1 for the stage playoffs

[scarlet spear]

if he hasnt even played

[tight vault]

it was a joke

when did he get suspended from the league

week 2?

[scarlet spear]

y

[silk linden]

again, the last matches I watched were week 1

[scarlet spear]

i think so

[silk linden]

idk who has improved and who hasn't

[pearl stratus]

The few maps he played on weren't impressive.

[magic zinc]

He wasn't stand-out in Week 1, not bad either

[scarlet spear]

he played 2-3 maps where he wasnt a problem for his team

[pearl stratus]

Seoul used his emotions against him pretty easily.

[tight vault]

veex do you know the standings ?

[pearl stratus]

It was really fun to watch.

[silk linden]

I saw them yes

[blazing parrot]

@scarlet spear i am pretty sure they are global

[pearl stratus]

The sleep -> d'va ult on JUST xQc remains my highlight of Stage 1.

It was hilarious.

[silk linden]

I'm not surprised Boston did well, they had potential

[blazing parrot]

twitch unlockable emotes are usually global

[tight vault]

shanghai is

[silk linden]

surprised houston did that good, glad for them

[pearl stratus]

And then Munchkin went into their spawn and pulse bombed him right as he respawned.

[tight vault]

meh

[scarlet spear]

thats pretty cool

[tight vault]

LA valiant came out of nowhere

[silk linden]

did they

[tight vault]

to me at least

[pearl stratus]

Oh unlocks for twitch chat?

No thanks.

[silk linden]

they were good even in the pre season

[tight vault]

seoul started become worse

[pearl stratus]

Twitch chat is cancer where only murder is the cure.

[scarlet spear]

good thing you can literally turn that off with one click

and not care anymore

[silk linden]

^

[pearl stratus]

Yep

[tight vault]

yep

[pearl stratus]

I haven't had twitch chat in a year or so

[scarlet spear]

why complain about it then?

[pearl stratus]

Someone mentioned a reward being twitch emote unlock or something, unless my reading comprehension is garbage.

[scarlet spear]

#overwatch-news

[tight vault]

what if my favourite team is every team

[silk linden]

anyway, I might start watching the league again, but I have no idea who to spend the tokens on

the non league skins are better anyway

[scarlet spear]

seoul dynasty color scheme is sick

[tight vault]

how will florida come out next

[scarlet spear]

florida got some potential if their signings arrive soon

[pearl stratus]

If they play like they played their last match of stage 1 too.

Not sure why they waited till the last day to show up.

But hey.

[tight vault]

better now then never

[pearl stratus]

Now to stop their dancing.

[tight vault]

no

never stop the dancing

[silk linden]

what heroes look good in a houtson skin? Aside from mccree (tracer just looks like sporty)

[pearl stratus]

Pharah

[scarlet spear]

genji/zen

sporting that monster energy ™ look

[silk linden]

does any hero look good with Boston's skin?

[tight vault]

how long till timthetatman gets signed

[scarlet spear]

the meanest of all road hogs

[silk linden]

actually orisa a lil bit

[tight vault]

timtheplatman

[scarlet spear]

torb uprising for that ikea flavour

[tight vault]

how long till we get a canadian team

[silk linden]

as a team based in canada?

[tight vault]

the leafs

[silk linden]

you know it's gonna be koreans anyway

[tight vault]

so

[silk linden]

know where I can read up on all the new signings? Also, they might play tonight already right? Also, have any of the underage players become eligible yet?

[scarlet spear]

dont think any underage players are in yet, space should be old enough soon

fissure can play for LA Gladiators, other than that i dont think any new signings are here yet?

[silk linden]

I can only recall sinatraa and flow3r being underage

[scarlet spear]

theres been awesomeguy/sayaplayer for Floriday Mayhem, Ado/geguri/fearless/zhufanjun for Shanghai, AKM/rascal for dallas fuel

sinatraa can play when he turns 18, flow3r cant play season 1 at all

space from SF shock is too young aswell

[silk linden]

rascal?

[scarlet spear]

oh snillo from philly is too young aswell

rascal is going from london to dallas right now

[silk linden]

odd move

[scarlet spear]

bench player on london, perfect pickup for dallas

[silk linden]

I mean, if he's happy

I didn't think the dps were the major problem with dallas

[scarlet spear]

they didnt have a top tier genji

nobody really able to play the role on their team, except for effect but hes their tracer

[silk linden]

they can move taimou to the off tank role permanently

seagull never managed to pick up genji again?

[scarlet spear]

not on a proficient lvl

[silk linden]

wasn't he picked up exactly for that lul

[scarlet spear]

he played it alright

but rascal is on a different lvl

[silk linden]

he sure is

I only know geguri out of the shangai pick ups, any of them good?

shame dallas and shangai have to face off immediately, I would have liked to see them both get some good results to hopefully show they are on a good path after the break

[scarlet spear]

ado is a pretty good genji, dont really know about him before, fearless is the MT of Element Mystic, great pickup

zhufanjun is zen/ana from MY another really good pickup

[silk linden]

they gave up on their ideal of a full chinese roster pretty fast didn't they

[scarlet spear]

the new players for SHDs apparently wont be in till stage 3 due to visa issues n stuff

[silk linden]

I wonder how well they'll communicate

[scarlet spear]

they also got a korean coach now i think

[silk linden]

did any of the coaching staff at dallas change?

there might be issues for them there as well I suspect

[scarlet spear]

dont think so

cant remember reading about it at least

[pearl stratus]

I'm relatively excited for the new Shanghai team, they've got a good set up for a tri-tank with Fearless + Geguri + Roshan/Xushu

[bright holly]

To bad it'll be awhile before we can see them

[scarlet spear]

more excited to see sayaplayer personally

[whole mulch]

Is it true that Rascal joined Fuel? Is there a site that lists all the roster changes?

[scarlet spear]

its confirmed by hastr0

dont really think the roster changes are listed somewhere? overwatchleague.com has all the current and up to date rosters

but some players are missing there if the league hasnt approved them yet

like FCTFCTN, rascal to fuel stuff like that

sayaplayer, awesomeguy

[whole mulch]

FCTFCTN joined fuel right? Is anyone else confused by that

[scarlet spear]

nope houston

[whole mulch]

Ah okay that makes a bit more sense

[scarlet spear]

hes rejoined with the other corndogs

[whole mulch]

lol

[scarlet spear]

except buds i guess

[whole mulch]

RIP Buds

I guess no one wants to pick him up?

[scarlet spear]

i think hes on a contenders team now?

[whole mulch]

Dunno, didn't hear about that

[scarlet spear]

yeah hes on envision for contenders now

https://twitter.com/DallasFuel/status/966394744409505793

Dallas Fuel (@DallasFuel)

The enemy becomes the ally. We’ve acquired Dong-jun “@Rascal” Kim from @Spitfire, who joins us today for Stage 2. #BurnBlue #OWL2018 https://t.co/Bm5c9ML2wm

▶ Play video

Twitter

[tight vault]

/

[scarlet spear]

i hope he plays tonight

time to stay up till i fall asleep

[silk linden]

going from the winner of stage 1 to the third to last placed team, he must have good motivations

I'm all for korean players being more distributed throughout the teams I must say

[scarlet spear]

money, not riding the bench, playing for one of the most prestigeous overwatch teams in overwatch history

also envyUS is really popular in korea if i recall correctly

[silk linden]

was money really an issue in london though?

[scarlet spear]

doubt it

[silk linden]

the other reasons are more sound

[scarlet spear]

but it can be a motivation

i doubt he gets less than before

and considering how shortlived eSports pros lives can be its better to make it big to get a cushion

[silk linden]

I mean, evidently dallas is less of a dumpster fire than people think, given that they could still successfully draw in such a player

[scarlet spear]

i dont think why everyone is shouting that DF is a dumpsterfire... yeah they didnt play up to the expectations in stage 1 but they still had really really good games against the top tier teams

[pearl stratus]

Not really.

Rascal just wants play time.

I don't think he cared which team it was that gave it to him.

He played what...

One map of all of Stage 1 on London?

[scarlet spear]

nope

he played a lot more

he played in 7 games

not counting the maps here, but hes been in for 7 games for at least 1 map

[pearl stratus]

I wish one of the sites had an easy way to see player playtime in a nice list. Because he seems similar to pine, where he only comes out super rarely.

[scarlet spear]

winstonslab.com

[tight vault]

the irish potatoes= the best fantasy leagie tea,

[serene tendon]

so exctied for new map gameplay tonight

[tight vault]

ye

[pearl stratus]

8:04, 6:40, 18:44, 6:11, 4:25, 10:34, 11:23, 7:15.

Oh man adding time is not something my brain works with right now.

[tight vault]

oh so the twitch chat is

great currently

[pearl stratus]

77:26. Longer than I thought he played.

[balmy wolf]

ewww the dallas fuel

out of all the teams he could of picked.

[pearl stratus]

But in comparison less than Profit played individually on Junkrat (2:28:53), Genji (2:31:26), Tracer (2:40:22), and same with Birdring on Tracer/Widow/McCree.

So yeah.

[silk linden]

could have

[pearl stratus]

I think Rascal just wanted more play time.

[balmy wolf]

;_;

[silk linden]

of is not a verb

[pearl stratus]

He wasn't in a niche position like Pine is in terms of McCree.

Also it most likely wasn't up to him.

In terms of having a lot of options of where to go.

Most teams have pretty solid DPS slots and need pick ups in other places.

[scarlet spear]

i bet a lot of teams would have taken someone like rascal within a second

[pearl stratus]

If the Seagull rumors are true about him going to being a "coach" it could be a smart move, since he'll probably get the first pick at the projectile slot.

And you'll get Rascal + Effect.

[balmy wolf]

Rip Seagull

I liked him but he's gonna get replaced by rascal

;-;

[pearl stratus]

I like Seagull personality wise, and he's probably the best defensive Junkrat in the league when it came to protecting Effect.

But their current composition doesn't really lend him to being used effectively, so I wouldn't blame him.

Honestly their current comp (we'll see what happens tonight) didn't lead them to playing anyone effectively, Effect was just 1v11 with pure brute force talent.

[silk linden]

did they do away with the rule that they must sumbit team comps for every map before the series? I don't personally agree with that

[pearl stratus]

Are you talking the substitution rule?

[silk linden]

I seem to remember that yeah, the subs are decided before the game starts and can't be changed

[scarlet spear]

nope

[pearl stratus]

It works a little differently than that.

[scarlet spear]

thats still a thing

[magic zinc]

They aren't before the game

[pearl stratus]

It's before the first round of the current map.

[magic zinc]

Yeah

[pearl stratus]

So if you're attacking you have until the clock hits 0 to make a sub call.

[magic zinc]

Worst rule in the league imo

[pearl stratus]

And while its a little weird, and wonky, I don't see a better way to do it.

[magic zinc]

Just inbetween matches?

Sure it'll take a minute longer

Worth it imo

[pearl stratus]

You'd have to reload the entire map, etc.

Which is where I think it comes into issues.

Say you have Birdring playing.

[magic zinc]

The players just have an SDD with OW and their account on it

They plug that in + M/KB

Thats all the prep they need, I assume the LAN client automatically adds them to the game

[pearl stratus]

It's all assumption based on our end, that's the thing. It may, it may not.

Plus all the commentary overlap in terms of the maps, etc. We don't know how that all interacts and who handles what.

I'm sure there must be a better way to do it.

But we just don't know sadly.

And if it adds a few minutes between each match and you start getting subs between each match it adds up a lot.

[thorn forum]

Is stage 2 today

[tight vault]

ye

[thorn forum]

How long

[tight vault]

how long till it starts?

[thorn forum]

Yes

[tight vault]

3 hours

[thorn forum]

Ok thank you

[tight vault]

do you need to know the matches?

[thorn forum]

No I remember a few. Not home right now otherwise I would have checked the launcher

[tight vault]

ok

[scarlet spear]

https://twitter.com/DF_Taimou/status/966409392408076288

Timo Kettunen (@DF_Taimou)

I wonder what kind of a lineup we will run today ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

Twitter

[magic zinc]

Torb/Sym oh no

[silk linden]

taimou on support

harry on dps

[vestal mortar]

Chips main tank

Let's gooo!

[scarlet spear]

taimou on symmetra

i believe

[gusty cipher]

taimou winston
harry junkrat
chips torb
effect mercy
seagull sym
mickie doomfist

[glacial sleet]

ughh

grinding for bits on twitch lol

[gusty cipher]

clap your hands for us eu plebs

[scarlet spear]

NA can get bits by watching adds right?

[glacial sleet]

yep

[scarlet spear]

meanwhile EU has to throw their money at i

[glacial sleet]

while not use a VPN?

[scarlet spear]

not gonna bother with that

[glacial sleet]

just for the 100 bits

[scarlet spear]

nor am i going to buy bits

nothing really too interesting from the bits imo

[glacial sleet]

don't we unlock an away skin ?

[gusty cipher]

public vpn, shitty quality cuz crap bandwidth
yeah mate

[scarlet spear]

not away skin

its like

grey/orange skin

[gusty cipher]

greywatch

[scarlet spear]

just overwatchleague skin

its alright, but nothing i would spend money on

[gusty cipher]

tbh, besides the tokens there is nothing worthwhile

[glacial sleet]

ah

[scarlet spear]

yeah

[glacial sleet]

I'd try hola unblocker

[scarlet spear]

and tokens are just for watching

[balmy wolf]

Is it me or is the 40,000,000 cheers to unlock the tracer skin too high?

[glacial sleet]

or mediahint

[scarlet spear]

40 mil bits?

srsly?

[gusty cipher]

why would you want those skins... like legit

[balmy wolf]

yeah bits

[glacial sleet]

there is some guy who has donated 61,000 bits

[gusty cipher]

61 dolleros

[balmy wolf]

lololol

[gusty cipher]

oh no wait

[scarlet spear]

thats 610

dollars

or even more

[gusty cipher]

jesus christ

1 bit = 1 cent

[scarlet spear]

i dont think its exactly 1 bit = 1 cent right?

ah im thinking EU moneys right now probably

guess it is for US

[glacial sleet]

I keep getting the same 3 stupid ads

[scarlet spear]

twitch prime :)

[gusty cipher]

100 bits = 1.40$

[scarlet spear]

ouch

[gusty cipher]

adblock + twitch5

[scarlet spear]

so that dude literally threw like

800$ at twitch already?

[gusty cipher]

people are stupid

[glacial sleet]

what is twitch5?

[scarlet spear]

its a player for twitch that disables adds i think

[gusty cipher]

best twitch experience

not just ads

[scarlet spear]

it works with the new way twitch forced adds

[gusty cipher]

more options, smoother chat

[balmy wolf]

he most likely has twitch prime with the amount of money he spent

[gusty cipher]

best thing about twitch5 is the ability to replay

[scarlet spear]

ooooh

i see how the cheers work

[tight vault]

what

[scarlet spear]

its global for everyone for the heroes?

i was thinking 40 mil for one skin would be fuckin retarded

lmao

[gusty cipher]

isnt 40mil

[glacial sleet]

so how exactly do bits work

does the revenue from bits go toward owl or is it half half

[scarlet spear]

half half probably

half to twitch and half to blizzard i imagine

maybe not

they have some deals, we'll never know how its split

[silk linden]

I don't see why it wouldn't work just like it does with other channels

as in, most goes to the streamers and part goes to twitch

[tight vault]

um

most goes to twitch

[scarlet spear]

twitch has a 70 mil$ deal with blizzard for OWL

it definitely doesnt work the way it works for your everyday streamer

[gusty cipher]

"Do the teams receive any financial support from Bits Cheered on Overwatch League?

Overwatch League Cheering is part of a larger partnership between Twitch and Overwatch League that supports the League and players as a whole. Your Cheering helps support this partnership, rather than the teams individually."

aka no

[balmy wolf]

booo

[scarlet spear]

LMAO

thats a shitty fuckin explanation

literally telling you

nah blizz and twitch is keeping that

[tight vault]

vs who you got?

[scarlet spear]

[gusty cipher]

neither, cant watch

did they ever explain why they changed the schedule?

[scarlet spear]

not really

[gusty cipher]

wait wait wait, you actually need 40m bits for that shitty grey tracer skin?

wtf

[glacial sleet]

yea

[gusty cipher]

what the actual fuck

[glacial sleet]

idk if we'll get there

it's insane lol

[scarlet spear]

no

or

yeah

like the overall needs to get to 40 mil

and you get the skin if you chipped in at least 100 bits

considering we're already at 1,4 mil bits and the stream is almost 3h off starting

i imagine its going to happen throughout the season

[gusty cipher]

oh, i thought one person has to shove up 500k$ blizzard's ass

[scarlet spear]

yeah that would be dumb as fuck

"hey get this shitty ass grey/orange default tracer skin for only 500k $ !"

[glacial sleet]

as much as I like valiant

they have the shittiest emote

[gusty cipher]

eh

[tight vault]

vs who you got

[gusty cipher]

work in 6h

[glacial sleet]

I'd get shangai for the luls

[orchid herald]

Ads aren’t clickable for me

I can’t even get the option for some reason

And i live in NA

huh

[glacial sleet]

refresh page

[gusty cipher]

>tfw you actually want ads

[orchid herald]

For bits on twitch

[gusty cipher]

sellout

[tight vault]

vs 👀
vs
vs

[scarlet spear]

easy

[tight vault]

probably

im hoping for shanghai to pull a win

[limber pine]

uh

I was gonna go

[tight vault]

wow

complete opposite

[turbid bloom]

Hi does some know what "global cheering system" means?

[limber pine]

valiant 3 -0 Seoul two weeks ago

dallas narrowly won 3-2 vs SHD

[scarlet spear]

i believe in the RJH ana pick and carrying

[tight vault]

oh yeah

[limber pine]

but LAG 3-1 SFS

[scarlet spear]

or otherwise

[tight vault]

valiant did do the thing

[scarlet spear]

fleta going to ana and RJH with the torb hammer that he has proven

[limber pine]

@turbid bloom have you read this already? https://t.co/EXHeXXxdIN

[turbid bloom]

Yes

I was wondering since it says community does that mean even people who didn't cheer or didn't watch will get the skin?

[scarlet spear]

global cheering for the skin? means all cheers

you need to cheer 100 bits to get the skin

when its unlocked

[limber pine]

I assume it means ppl who cheered

[scarlet spear]

it says when you hover it i think

[limber pine]

yeah

[turbid bloom]

Oh okay

[gusty cipher]

1 dollar for the poor owl pls

[turbid bloom]

But 40million bits.....

400k dollars from the community?

[limber pine]

i mean it's gonna take a while

[turbid bloom]

But still

That's a lot

[scarlet spear]

they're already at 1,4 mil

before the first stream even started

and if it not turns out like that i'm sure they will adjust it for the future

[turbid bloom]

True

[gusty cipher]

considering the usual donation habits of twitch viewers...

it will be done before playoffs

[turbid bloom]

Personally I'm only interested in the in game atuff

Stuff

[limber pine]

how do i check the progress

[gusty cipher]

i'd be interested if it wasn't shite

[limber pine]

@scarlet spear

[gusty cipher]

*"Where can I keep track of the Bits Cheered and items unlocked during the event?

When Overwatch League Cheering starts on the 21st of February, there will be a tab below the video player on the Overwatch League channel where Cheers and unlocked loot will be tracked."*

[scarlet spear]

@limber pine its on the overwatchleague twitch page

just scroll down

[gusty cipher]

almost 1.5m

[limber pine]

derp i'm an idiot

curse you scroll wheel

[gusty cipher]

oh god the animated emotes are gonna be eye cancer

[magic zinc]

Can EU viewers somehow get free cheertokens?

[scarlet spear]

nope

[gusty cipher]

watch the games

[scarlet spear]

VPN to murica i guess

[magic zinc]

monkas

[limber pine]

you can watch ads sometimes to get them, but it's like 5 at a time

[turbid bloom]

I think you can only see the progress on the desktop website for twitch

If you only want the skins you just need to cheer100

Right?

[limber pine]

not sure

[glacial sleet]

yes

[scarlet spear]

yup

it says when you hover over it on desktop

[turbid bloom]

Not sure if you have to do that for every skin though

[scarlet spear]

yeah so far we can only see the tracer one

and it says 100 bits needed

[turbid bloom]

Okay. The other stuff you personally need to cheer a certain amount in total like 36 dollars worth or something

[scarlet spear]

yeah

you get a random emote for a 100 bit cheer

and for 150 bits towards a team you get their team emote

[turbid bloom]

Yeah

[young sonnet]

Emote gambling

[sweet hamlet]

guys

[gusty cipher]

gotta be honest, having leadboards on how much some dudes spent is quite sketchy

[turbid bloom]

Lol

[sweet hamlet]

you can just leave ur pc on to get the free tokens right

[turbid bloom]

Yes

[gusty cipher]

no, you are glued to your pc

never leave

you're here forever

[turbid bloom]

Or alt tabbed

[scarlet spear]

blizzard has hacked your webcam to confirm wether your eyes are looking at the stream or if youre not at the pc, so if you're not there you wont get anything

[turbid bloom]

I'd recommend lowest settings and muted

[sweet hamlet]

shit

yea

ill just do it when i sleep

[young sonnet]

FBI storms in and arrests you i've heard

[sweet hamlet]

They fly to UK 🤔

[scarlet spear]

mute your windows sound tho

not the stream

[turbid bloom]

It's okay my body pillow will be enough

[sweet hamlet]

Or they just waiting outside my house

[young sonnet]

James bond then ¯_(ツ)_/¯

[gusty cipher]

jeff visits you personally and slaps you with his tracer bodypillow

[scarlet spear]

because twitch pauses now when you mute their player

and tab out

[turbid bloom]

Really?

[scarlet spear]

yeah

[turbid bloom]

Wow....

[young sonnet]

Actually if you have mozilla or chrome you can just mute the tab

and it won't pause the stream

[scarlet spear]

https://www.reddit.com/r/Twitch/comments/7l2b9t/streams_pausing_when_video_is_muted_and_other_tab/

or that

[turbid bloom]

I wonder if I connect to twitch with blizzard and then watch on tablet or phone

If it will count

[young sonnet]

so long as you don't mute the player itself you're good

[gusty cipher]

twitch5 doesn't auto pause

[scarlet spear]

it does

work

as long as you're logged into your twitch account that is connected with your bnet and watch it on w/e device it should work

[sweet hamlet]

ok

[turbid bloom]

Nice

Good thing I have like 10 tablets that no one uses

[young sonnet]

10 👀

[errant kayak]

Give us 4 million dollars for a Tracer skin

[turbid bloom]

It's 40k I beleive

1 dollar is 100 bits

[young sonnet]

[errant kayak]

400k not 4 million

even then

40,000,000 bits

[young sonnet]

Imagine if OW had skin trading. 400k Tracer skin EZ retirement

[scarlet spear]

400k yeah

even more