i'd rather not rush it
#esports-discussion
onyx shore
indigo barn
but at this point its just sad
tawdry acorn
they looked alright against seoul earlier
kindred flicker
But Sky can be immediately integrated, I think. Is he there next week?
onyx shore
against seoul?
indigo barn
fusion is the saving grace of t his day saving us from the curse of 4-0's
tall sierra
Goldenboy and the sad talk... trying to be a gentleman
onyx shore
seoul was throwing
indigo barn
they just wanna leave bro
what is there to talk about
shanghai just needs to
not
onyx shore
how do you think you still have motivation against team like shanghai?
indigo barn
seoul sent their B team after them and still dominated
tall sierra
lol
tawdry acorn
seoul wasnt throwing. they underestimate their opponents all the time
onyx shore
yeah,that's a throw dude
tawdry acorn
They get spanked when they are overconfident all the time
tall sierra
No ..seoul was totally throwing
onyx shore
bcos you underestimate your opponent
tall sierra
week 1 is always goofy tho
indigo barn
yeah you go bronzeboy
onyx shore
seoul sent their B team
tall sierra
lol
tawdry acorn
B team?
onyx shore
well goldenboy is as good as puckett imo
tawdry acorn
the only main player they were missing was ryujehong
onyx shore
they played gido and xepher,no?
onyx shore
jehong didnt play
indigo barn
tobi was the only one from their starting line up
tall sierra
If Florida 4-0's Houston... I'll jump into my pool...
Might put it on youtube too lol
indigo barn
fuk dude that might just happen
tawdry acorn
im mistaken. Their A team isn't really an A-team without jehong.
indigo barn
houston is looking like ass rn
tall sierra
yea..
indigo barn
it's a bad stage to be a houston fan
onyx shore
the only match where SHD have any chance
indigo barn
i'm expecting a 4-0 streak from houston after this
onyx shore
was when they play against philly at stage 1
indigo barn
if not fk it i'm a shock fan
glacial sleet
lol alot of ow streamers play fortnite now
onyx shore
where they lose 3-2
tawdry acorn
Houston didn't do well with the first two weeks last stage
onyx shore
that was the closest shd to victory
but now without mercy to abuse
i dont think they can do it again
tall sierra
^^
indigo barn
yo they're so happy to go home
tawdry acorn
Houston was probably the least hero abusive team
kindred flicker
If Flordia gets Saya and Awesomeguy, it could happen
tall sierra
OW time..
tawdry acorn
minus junkrat ofc
tall sierra
who's jumping on OW now?
onyx shore
what?
tawdry acorn
<--
onyx shore
jumping on what?
tawdry acorn
qp tho
indigo barn
nice
onyx shore
ah
indigo barn
some nice qp is always nice
tawdry acorn
ive been having fun being a dom ass roadhog
tall sierra
We should 6v6 ..it'll be fun..
pastel phoenix
Deathmatch for me 
tall sierra
😃
tawdry acorn
lul
tall sierra
PM me if anyone wants to group... if we have enough we can 6v6
I think 3-4 of my bois are on right now..
tawdry acorn
qp?
indigo barn
um
tall sierra
qp
indigo barn
oh
tall sierra
not yet..
indigo barn
pooped rn
tawdry acorn
change ur name again pls
supple prism
3-2 boston vs spitfire?
tall sierra
@tawdry acorn added
tawdry acorn
@tall sierra what region are you?
saying failed to add whenever i click accept
try sending again
spring lintel
Now that I think about it, rouge would have clappd everyone in OWL.
tawny sigil
watching vods right now,,, jake still playing mistery hero
opal kayak
To get the tokens for watching, do I need to have OWL as my foreground window? Or can it be playing in another tab/window while I do other things?
glacial sleet
yes
vestal mortar
Tokens aren't available in my country so I have no clue
slim summit
u gotta be kidding me
i'm at 99 tokens
when you get the 100 token bonus
you're actually only getting 99 bonus tokens
because you don't get the single token you usually get for your map win
WHAT A RIPOFF
forest raven
vestal mortar
WOO Zappis!
magic zinc
Damn these have been some drama filled days huh damn
misty berry
lol, it seems obvious that the tokens were made for the people to buy them. I never expected to be able to buy a single skin with the view tokens! :P
However I have indecision between D.VA - Spitfire or Genji - Outlaws...those are gorgeous choice of colors...
magic zinc
Its all... needed drama if that makes sense
Taimou's 'apology', UncleSwagg being exposed and stuff
rare sonnet
@slim summit what are you on about dude
onyx shore
dont forget boston's drama
scarlet spear
boston isnt spicy enough yet, they gotta up it a bit more and leak more stuff
vestal berry
Did shanghai play yesterday?
onyx shore
there should be a betting site to bet which player that gonna drops out from OWL first
vestal mortar
And if xqc streams today and leaking everything like he said he would then the drama is gonna go through the roof.
scarlet spear
magic zinc
onyx shore
probably stressed
or fired
or whatever reason
somebody will drops out from the league eventually
vestal mortar
Yeah he said it was likely he is gonna drop out
magic zinc
Everyone's taking the blame themselves it seems
Dear lord Uncleswagg's apology is the worst thing I've seen
onyx shore
man,overwatch esport drama is a bit dull
vestal mortar
Well with the pickup of OGE who knows where the future is for him
vestal mortar
Main tank Taimou too heh
onyx shore
in other esport,we got a player got pizza party-ed,a player throwing headset into monitor in a fit of rage,or a team that wasnt paid by the owner instead their payment was taken from their winnings
vestal mortar
Yeah I have seen some real bad stuff from the Uncleswagg situation yikes
onyx shore
overwatch esport drama? f-word,sucking dick,middle finger
@vestal mortar i just read that,it was disgusting
onyx shore
twitch will probably forced to do something
magic zinc
Worst apology I've read ever
onyx shore
doesnt matter,sexual assault allegation,wether true or not,can end your career asap
vestal mortar
Jfc that was awful
formal spruce
"hey now, i only hosted those nudes for 3 years, not 4"
onyx shore
i think if you are really innocent,you should speak up loudly in this kind of matter
magic zinc
LOL he deleted his Patreon
formal spruce
literally the only thing that needs to be true is him keeping someone's else's private nudes online for him to be a scumbag
anything else is just noise
onyx shore
i just dont understand what he gets from this
"oh this kind of thing surely wont bite me in the future"
if you want sex,just go to brothel dude
onyx shore
will the girl press charges
pearl stratus
She can, easily.
It's happened before and in one of the articles the girl had given the original pictures to her online boyfriend when she was 17.
Which means when she sued him for it years later.
She added distribution of child pornography to the lawsuit.
Because she was 17.
onyx shore
yikes
spice cypress
Anyone know what happeed to the girl thta was gonna play in OWL or is she just not allowed to play yet
spice cypress
That stinks they have to wait so long after a pickup
scarlet spear
just visa issues
i think they've been resolved, it just takes a while for her to get used to the team, move across half the globe etc
spice cypress
yeah i guess
scarlet spear
jesus christ that apology from uncleswagg was bad
magic zinc
I think its been confirmed that she'll be in the USA at the end of the month
scarlet spear
have the decency to take more than 5 minutes and try to make it a bit more sincere if you want to "apologize" at all
limber pine
it's kinda a typical mod-speak reply
rain pewter
does someone know where this image is from? seeing this circulated on twitter and the post on /r/competitiveoverwatch
talking about the discord btw
scarlet spear
apparently he has his own discord, im just personally very critical with those kinda screenshots
takes like 1 minute and a friend to fake
limber pine
^
rain pewter
yeah that's why i am kinda not really on board with this particular piece of evidence
but you've got more people just taking it hook, line and sinker and just going WOW
i was actually kinda hoping it's a more public discord so i could actually search the comments up but... well
scarlet spear
yeah the screenshot seems a bit too drastic for me to instantly believe, evereything else tho is pretty disgusting
well if hes not super fuckin dumb and thats not a fake those comments would be deleted a while ago
2 apologies in one day and uncleswaggs apology actually makes taimous look like he sincerely felt bad about insulting a guy in his game
rain pewter
i actually don't like text apologies a whole lot, it's hard to tell the tone and their intentions and stuff, i mean of course a video apology can be faked as well but i feel it's less likely?
like for all i know taimou's apology could actually be sincere, or like, not at all
scarlet spear
i mean
taimou has acted like he always acted
hes always been toxic in competitive games and insulted people when they were feeding on his team, not exactly new but now that everyone gets offended by everything people in OW do hes just gotta look out
rain pewter
true
i haven't followed the scene that much until OWL since APEX S1
but i still remember the "thighs" comment as if it's yesterday
idle beacon
scarlet spear
classic thighmou 
pearl stratus
It's more than just getting offended, sadly. Yes, you have a few people who get upset by the comments (and depending on the comment, rightfully so. Most gamers tend to use really ignorant quick thought insults towards mentally challenged/sexually different). But its the job thing. Hardest thing for a bunch of 18-22 year old kids to recognize is that you don't curse at work.
Also I'm weird, because I take Taimou's apology as more sincere than Swagg.
rain pewter
well in this case it's off work but i agree
it's kinda like wearing a convenience store uniform off duty for some reason
pearl stratus
They don't really get an off-work, just like professional athletes.
rain pewter
and then just doing something stupid
people will see that and they'll complain to the chain
pearl stratus
His stream has Dallas fuel stuff all over it, just like people from Houston have their houston stuff, Pine has his NYXL hat on all the time etc.
pearl stratus
It sucks, but its how sports work. And ever since the NBA proved how successful keeping people in line was with the little things (higher penalties for language/fighting, having players wear suits etc)
It's going to happen.
Because its a proven result
limber pine
and pros have signed a contract saying they represent the league, among other things.
red anvil
Timos appology was trash, Swags appology was worse then trash
pearl stratus
Timo's fits his personality at least, so while I doubt its exactly heart felt it feels like its from him.
From a psychological perspective the bigger a piece of shit a person is the better they typically are at faking what people want to hear, its a social manipulation tool.
So I read how eloquent and woe is me that Swaggs is.
And it sets off a bullshit alarm.
rain pewter
doesn't help that swag's going around in circles
pearl stratus
Timo is more like "I don't think what I did was wrong, but I'm sorry you're mad about it."
red anvil
He's always come of as arrogant to me, if it was just the shit 5 years ago - fine
but the shit that happen half a year ago, like fuck off
pearl stratus
And honestly people need to stop white knighting Timo for his and talking about all the other people in the league who've said dumb shit.
rain pewter
i really felt like this wouldn't even have come to light if he just kept his itchy fingers to himself and not publicize that imgur album again
pearl stratus
Because realistically prior to OWL it doesn't matter what they said.
It wasn't contractual.
So yeah, Jake/Effect/Undead/nearlyeveryoneinOWL has told someone to kys, or yelled at them.
But almost all of them stopped when the league started.
It doesn't make it better.
But it does make it different.
rain pewter
i probably did too when i was an angsty teen
red anvil
Problem with Timo is that i got such a short fuse for shit that guy says
rain pewter
but i mean if they recognize what's wrong with what they're saying now and they've learned from it that's great
pearl stratus
What someone said six months ago doesn't compare to Timo a month ago. Because now Timo is under contract in a very public view.
red anvil
Because he have said stuffs like "Free Breivik"
who is a norwegian mass killer - with 77 childrens lifes on his hands
pearl stratus
Yeah, it really makes me feel bad for Dallas.
They're like the psych ward of e-sports.
They picked up a bunch of really talented really unstable people lol
rain pewter
well, this is just for me but
when i finally got a mental switch where i can toggle my cussing on and off at will, that's when i stopped
making all those really stupid remarks, i mean
pearl stratus
Yeah, at some point in mature development you get a filter.
rain pewter
so that's a potential start for them?
pearl stratus
Some peoples comes earlier, some come later.
I suffered from foot in mouth disease till I was like..
red anvil
like 99% of the league manages to behave
red anvil
people who think the 1% remaining is being unjustly punished can fuck off
rain pewter
and if you can't do that then maybe you might want to consider an exit
like what xqc seems to be doing right now?
red anvil
i mean, i hope he does
solid spear
pearl stratus
@red anvil People who think the 1% are unjustly punished are just streamer fans of the 1%.
They don't actually care about the league.
I feel bad for xQc because of his fan base.
He'd be 100% a better player/person without his cesspool of garbage.
red anvil
the 1% is @solid spear
solid spear
pearl stratus
Like if 90% of xQc's fan base just had a Roanoke happen.
I bet he'd chill out a lot.
Because they try to trigger him as much as they support him.
red anvil
A roanoke?
pearl stratus
Disappeared to never be heard from or found again.
red anvil
i know a roanoke
pearl stratus
Historical reference to the colony of Roanoke that just disappeared.
torpid charm
rain pewter
twitch chat when left to fester on its own is something else
and this is coming from a person who likes to partake in twitch chat
pearl stratus
I'd say twitch should just disable its chat for OWL.
But they're making so much money off the cheers/bits.
So that's just a stupid thing to say.
dusk garden
I bet you spam c9 @rain pewter
rain pewter
yeah i like memes
pearl stratus
I just spam racial facial emotes depending on who's on camera.
rain pewter
and i did that too when i didn't know what c9 meant
pearl stratus
I love that 90% of C9 meme calls are completely wrong.
scarlet spear
90?
pearl stratus
Damn inaccurate children
scarlet spear
99,98%
pearl stratus
Alright 99.9%
rain pewter
yeah i associated c9 with "forgetting the objective"
red anvil
theres c9 and actual c9
rain pewter
i didn't know winning the teamfight is an important aspect of it
pearl stratus
People just gotta learn to be more Korean when it comes to their streaming.
Zunba got yelled at to switch off Zarya on his stream last night by a tracer who had no clue who he was.
dusk garden
It goes back to when cloud 9 was an actual team in Overwatch
pearl stratus
Imagine having the balls to tell Zunba not be Zarya?
rain pewter
i know i know i read up on it when people kept saying in twitch chat not a c9
dusk garden
With suredad and benchkage
pearl stratus
Also imo.
red anvil
Zunba is a trash zarya player 😡
pearl stratus
OWL needs to do a better job in reigning in these fucking moron reporters.
Who are spreading rumors like wildfire.
dusk garden
Kaku is a trash zarya player 😡
rain pewter
which ones specifically?
red anvil
😡
pearl stratus
Like the Boston rumor and them putting all their Koreans up for sale/trade.
red anvil
At least i play Zarya better then Zunba 😡
pearl stratus
The manager/owner should not have to come out and be like "No. We're not doing that. Shut up."
pearl stratus
It's not just reddit, though reddit never helps anything.
red anvil
Slasher just hurt himself, nothing OWL can do with it
pearl stratus
But even the bad esport ESPN guys are using jump to conclusion mats.
solid spear
It's like that in real sports too... with places like espn
rain pewter
yeah it's hard
solid spear
OWL isn't doing anything about that
pearl stratus
Yeah I'm just hoping at some point they do some of the real sport sanctions.
rain pewter
as OWL gets bigger more reporters from different sites will show
all you need to do is for 1 single reporter to come up with a rumor
and the rest follows
pearl stratus
I know one of the ESPN rumor mongers (who now basically doesn't work anymore) got banned from NFL events.
They basically said ESPN was welcome, but not that person.
Which is a career death bell.
And I'm not saying to crush someones career
rain pewter
basically, just check your facts
red anvil
I mean its fairly common
rain pewter
and if you really aren't sure make sure to really make it clear it's a rumor i guess
solid spear
And when Bleeple himself went out of his way to go on Reddit and say he's not denying anything and Neko himself said there's indeed been some issues between western and Korean players there probably is more validity to the report than Huk is letting on
torpid charm
how bad was the Houston vs. Val game last night? I only saw Houston getting their asses handed to them on Lijiang Tower
red anvil
a new agency reported that Norway brought a briefcase full of astma medicine to the olympics like y'day
6000 doses
Failed to mention that only ever one person used of it
pearl stratus
Houston vs. VAL wasn't super one sided (VAL won 4-0, but none of the matches I'd say were crazy crazy easy)
And for once I felt like it wasn't something you can blame on Jake.
solid spear
It was very one sided outside of Lijuang
pearl stratus
VAL did a really good job dismantling and disrupting Muma + Coolmatt.
red anvil
And idk. what MrBleeple was doing
pearl stratus
Which left the team wide open.
red anvil
He 100% sounded like the rumors were true
If he had shut up, i would have shrugged off the rumors
torpid charm
okay! from what I saw on Lijiang, it was pretty bad, I might watch the VOD later
solid spear
Houston got held on streets twice and didn't finish Volskaya either and LAV always attacked second with minutes to spare
That's not exactly close
pearl stratus
I think the match did a good job in putting a spotlight on just how important Muma+Coolmatt are to the Houston line in general, and how they crumble quickly with a focused tank line.
Also if put a crazy spotlight on.. Miracles? Is that his name?
Dude plays an insane Sombra.
solid spear
Mistakes?
pearl stratus
He'd played once before, iirc. But I didn't see that game.
solid spear
He played in 2 series
pearl stratus
His Sombra is kind of ridiculous.
torpid charm
Do y'all think Boston and Philly can topple the Koreans again tonight?
indigo barn
Heck yeah
solid spear
Last week for 2 maps against Mayhem and apparently yesterday idk I didn't watch
pearl stratus
His performance on Route 66 is worth watching.
pearl stratus
I think Boston has the higher chance to win.
I don't see Philly beating NYXL, to be honest.
indigo barn
Sucks to be a Houston fan rn they are eating so much ass
To be honest I don’t see philly winning again either
pearl stratus
So far the pattern for beating Philly has been "Play as aggressive as they do, especially if your players are 1v1 better."
And NYXL is aggro as hell.
solid spear
Mayhem 
pearl stratus
I also don't see Philly having a solid answer for SBB.
rain pewter
honestly nobody really pays much attention to mayhem at all
pearl stratus
Carpe is good, don't get me wrong.
red anvil
Play Zappis you cowards
rain pewter
even though mayhem's literally SHD v2.0
torpid charm
For Philly, they play on Volskaya, Nepal, Kings Row, and Route 66. very 50/50 cause we suck ass on Volskaya
pearl stratus
But I've seen SBB eat Carpe so many times now.
red anvil
they cant before next week 
rain pewter
as far as records are concerned, anyway
pearl stratus
Really the only person I've seen put up a decent show against SBB
Was London Tracers, Munchkin, and Soon.
And Munchkin was still very one sided towards SBB
But SBB had to at least acknowledge he was there.
I'm honestly more excited for LAG vs. London on Saturday.
Because LAG with Fissure is looking like a really cohesive team now.
Their only issue is Hydration.
And the fact he's either on, or off. No middle ground.
torpid charm
he has been inconsistent lately
indigo barn
Hydration does tend to be inconsistent
pearl stratus
I'm not, I like Hydration.
indigo barn
But when he pops off he really pops off
pearl stratus
he can field a Doomfist that isn't garbage.
But this Stage he has not exactly been consistent.
torpid charm
against Val, that man was something to fear.
pearl stratus
It's high highs, and low lows.
I'm sad though because I really enjoy iRemix as a player.
But he's not even half a Fissure.
So Rip.
torpid charm
I didn't like watching iRemix play ever, like it just hurt me so I'm thankful for Fissure
pearl stratus
Wait. Soe got death threats for thanking her male coworkers on international womens day?
The fuck is wrong with feminists.
torpid charm
ya
indigo barn
Yeah it’s kind of bs
rain pewter
if there were any death threats they are all private messages or something
i scrolled through the comments and there isn't any actual tweets telling her to kill herself
pearl stratus
Yeah it'd be in DM's only.
indigo barn
Yeah I don’t think there would be actual comments dude
pearl stratus
Public posting is just a twitter ban.
rain pewter
there's definitely criticism about how she should be thanking women
well good to know i guess, i don't really use twitter so i don't get how it works
pearl stratus
I mean I get it, and that's something to acknowledge.
But you don't send death threats over a thank you.
indigo barn
The death threats came from the cut off your dick level of feminist
pearl stratus
Yeah, the mongo tards.
indigo barn
Like the ones that thing all men should die
pearl stratus
Oh well. Crazy people errywhere.
On a happier note, the only good thing to come out of the reddit.
rain pewter
i really don't like how the far left and the far right just assumes that the people in the middle are on the other side when this happens
it makes me uncomfortable
pearl stratus
Was the video of Gamsu cooking back in his LoL days.
And now I want to know if Gamsu cooks in OWL.
And demand a spotlight focus on it.
indigo barn
Wouldn’t mind some rawmen noodles right about now
rain pewter
raw-men
indigo barn
Or some beef tyryaki however u spell that
rain pewter
teriyaki, but it's ok
indigo barn
Thanks m8
rain pewter
i was thinking about making a raw noodles joke but
pearl stratus
I feel like we should be correcting ramen over teriyaki.
rain pewter
nah
indigo barn
Yo so the games today I would’ve watch
pearl stratus
Cause you're just eating dudes if you're eating rawmen.
indigo barn
But I think I’m done for now watching teams get steamroll
pearl stratus
I'll still watching Philly vs. NYXL.
rain pewter
yeah i know right?
pearl stratus
Because even though I think 100% NYXL is going to win.
rain pewter
like i still root for SHD but
pearl stratus
The team fights will be crazy
indigo barn
I don’t wanna watch philly get destroyed
rain pewter
feels like nothing's going to change until the new players get here
indigo barn
Even as a Houston fan I don’t really feel like watching them vs Florida tonight
But the LA glad vs London tmr, that’s gotta be something
pearl stratus
Honestly I was surprised that I don't think Jake was to blame last night.
balmy wolf
the florida team is a disgrace
rain pewter
if not for SHD florida would literally be SHD
indigo barn
Yeah it wasn’t horrific like last time
pearl stratus
But Muma + Coolmatt were not in sync, I feel.
And it was super noticeable.
Muma got caught out and killed a LOT.
Which doesn't normally happen.
Unless that's the new anti-houston tactic, just destroy a tank fast.
Which is viable with how good those two are.
rain pewter
now that mercy isn't a thing every single time anymore it's definitely viable
pearl stratus
Kariv also showed up hard.
I think that was his best DPS match of Stage 2, by far.
indigo barn
Yo linkzr got shut down hard by him
pearl stratus
He's their best mercy.
Most supports weren't great with Mercy, despite being moth meta.
He was.
So he made the swap for Stage 1.
Now that she's nerfed, he's back to DPS.
rain pewter
so i guess the mercy change really made the difference this time
indigo barn
Yeah because you can’t really shine on mercy
pearl stratus
It has for a lot of teams.
Look at Seoul out of Mercy meta.
They look -so- much cleaner.
pearl stratus
Yeah.
I feel bad for boston.
Because they're the one really "rag tag" team.
Of mix matches.
So they had to gain all their cohesion in mercy meta.
Now its gone.
So they have to relearn a new meta as a team again.
I don't think they'll shine till Season 2.
When they have cohesion no matter what meta.
magic zinc
I kinda hope we get a nerf to dive in stage 4
If only to get more varied stuff, deathball/triple tank is pretty close but doesnt cut it on most maps
pearl stratus
He wouldn't be, typically.
pearl stratus
D'va is what keeps him alive in most situations.
pearl stratus
Ah, better.
I don't think that's a proper response though, because there's no much you can nerf with D'va.
What do you nerf? Her rockets? Won't change dive.
Her boosters? Won't really change dive, will just shorten the range.
magic zinc
Its more that she can do every role
pearl stratus
The only thing you could nerf that would even remotely effect dive would be Defense Matrix.
which has already been nerfed and reworked a million ways.
magic zinc
Peel/Burst/Deny/Mobility
pearl stratus
And I'm sure Blizzard doesnt' want to touch with a ten foot pole ever again.
Personally I'm okay with what we get in OWL right now.
Because realistically you don't play dive in every map.
Unless you're Seouls Bench Team.
King's Row is typically better as a 3:1:2, Volskaya can make use of a sombra for a 2:3:1
magic zinc
You only dont play dive on King's Row and 1 Lijang Map
pearl stratus
Route 66 can also do the 2:3:1.
magic zinc
You mean triple tank or triple dps?
magic zinc
The Sombra comp is still dive
pearl stratus
It's alternated though.
magic zinc
Just use her as your healer
pearl stratus
You're realistically never going to get rid of dive without direct nerfs to flankers more than D'va.
magic zinc
Anything with a D.va/Winston core is still dive to me
solid spear
Bastion Mei dive 
finite cedar
Dive is simply there due to how important mobility is.
scarlet spear
i personally havent
i think the lowest ive seen before was like 228 ?
something around there
damn
pearl stratus
Something fell apart between him and Xushu from last night and the night before.
He was diving -so- aggressive with little/no support from Xushu (granted they swapped Xushu to dps a few times)
But it was completely different from the play style of when the fought seoul.
Which is baffling
marsh pumice
oh wow so outlaws lost yesterday 4-0 cool
indigo barn
Vs nyxl yes they got destroyed
pearl stratus
Both of the top 'western' teams got destroyed that day.
Houston looked better vs NYXL than Philly looked against London, though.
indigo barn
Houston looked like ass
pearl stratus
They did. But Philly got dismantled.
indigo barn
I thought philly was alright
pearl stratus
That Philly London game was more painful to watch I think.
indigo barn
It’s weird to think that nyxl have never beat philly before
Granted they only played once but still
limber pine
philly might be the most inconsistent team in the league
indigo barn
After valiant
pearl stratus
I want to see what Houston do to shore up this Muma+Coolmatt weakness that kind of showed up last night.
Muma was dying like his name was xQc or Fragi.
indigo barn
If muma goes down the whole team goes down
And soon was throwing pulse bombs around like crazy
pearl stratus
Soon was on his A+++ game last night, both of LAV DPS were.
Also this article is literally hilarious.
indigo barn
If soon was this awake during their match with the gladiators
strong parrotBOT
Overwatch League - Season 1 - Stage 2
magic zinc
On the other hand they might wanna get back some confidence for the 'main' squad
next stump
why the contenders will not be streamed on spanish?
indigo barn
Korean teams are kings that cannot be dethroned
Just curious to see what kind of a fight fusion can put up this time
Last time it was because shadowburn outplayed Liberos blades every single time
pearl stratus
I think, personally, they'd be better playing Eqo against NYXL than SDB.
indigo barn
Eqo better perform then
faint phoenix
Korean teams are teams that have been, for one reason or another, really good teams
I don't want to put them to high up because so far they have shown that they can be taken down
They aren't something you can rely on always being good
pearl stratus
Eqo, in my opinion, sets a better pace with Carpe against Korean teams @indigo barn
indigo barn
You think so
pearl stratus
It lets philly attempt to set the pace with their aggression, where as SDB plays against the opponent pace.
indigo barn
Eqo is definitely more aggressive, but is he smarter tho
pearl stratus
And the teams that have had the most success against korean teams have been really aggressive and kept them on their toes.
indigo barn
Oh true
pearl stratus
Not necessarily, but his flex is better in this situation.
indigo barn
Gg playing passive with Korean teams I guess
pearl stratus
While he didn't beat Fleta, he went toe to toe with him on Widow.
indigo barn
They will trample you
pearl stratus
Which lets Carpe still Tracer.
indigo barn
But carpe will have to match up with sbb this time
And I don’t think sbb will ignore carpe like he ignored jake
pearl stratus
Agreed, which is why you need another dps who can take some attention and open up space.
I think Eqo's aggressive genji/widow will outperform the mechanical sdb genji.
indigo barn
Oh true
pearl stratus
Which means he either spends his time focusing on Eqo on Genji.
indigo barn
Eqo will definitely outplay libero on genji too
indigo barn
We will just have to see
pearl stratus
Just my opinion of how I think things would go.
pearl stratus
In before the xQc fanboi shitstorm.
limber pine
pearl stratus
Probably more than just that, judging by the sheer amount of things they listed.
Silkthread explains why he hasn't been playing the last two weeks though.
So that's one mystery solved.
scarlet spear
im kinda disgusted that tairong got mentioned but didnt even have to pay a fine tbh
if you wanna keep an even palying field for everyone dont list all the people getting fined but the dude making fun of a nuclear bombing gets nothing
limber pine
his donation is probably in the amount he would have been fined
magic zinc
Fined for TriHard + Ragging on the casters a bit
I hope its not for his riptire emote that would be real petty
scarlet spear
i dont get the ragging on casters personally
i mean i've seen them being a bit edgy with each other on twitter
pearl stratus
It's shit talking your bosses, for all intents and purposes.
scarlet spear
but that they mention that ?
pearl stratus
Also its his what...
Third offense now?
You had his first fine for language/social media.
Then his ban for the Muma thing.
That's two strikes.
Then this.
It probably didn't even have to be a big infraction.
He set himself up to fail.
pearl stratus
I'm confused why Taimous fine was so low.
limber pine
Taimou's situation was "already resolved", based of the original story
pearl stratus
But I'm guessing its because his language was directed towards a non-league player which - while not making it better - violates less rules.
I mean more that his fine is $1k, xQc's fine was $2k.
Resolved or not.
i like the subtle jab in the article too
"The overwhelming majority of Overwatch League players and staff are taking full advantage of the opportunity to play in the first major global, city-based esports league, and are rising to meet the occasion as the public figures that they are."
Aka: "Everyone else has their shit together. Whats up with you."
limber pine
yup
scarlet spear
i mean
it doesnt really seem like everyone has it together
xQc is just too dumb to stay silent
i doubt silkthread/the chinese guys are the only ones to accountshare for example
kinda wonder how they got wind of that
magic zinc
Any idea why Silkthread was so like compared to Sado? Is it the magnitude of account-sharing or
pearl stratus
I actually bet while in the houses they don't swap that often, paranoia is pretty powerful.
I'm sure its more than just those guys.
But I doubt its a big thing.
scarlet spear
i mean sado wasnt account sharing
he was boosting people for money
silkthread was likely playing on someones account to play with lower rated friends or something ?
is my guess
pearl stratus
I know the two Shanghai players just like decided to swap roles, then tried to use someones alt account to get around ranking locks.
Which they got in trouble for.
magic zinc
Yeah they probs would've mentioned bossting if that was the case
pearl stratus
U4 had also had a history of using his team to boost himself.
The dudes a full blown meme in China.
scarlet spear
which was llike 9k $ or something ?
pearl stratus
$9000 US.
scarlet spear
yea
pearl stratus
But I'd say overall in the league most players are doing well.
It seems like players who are used to doing -really- well aren't.
I think Dallas is having a lot of attitude issues because really.
They've sucked since Stage 1. Had a brief moment of looking good in Stage 2, then crumbled hard.
scarlet spear
? nothing much changed for dallas
pearl stratus
And they were good as EnvyUS.
scarlet spear
taimou always had attitude issues
pearl stratus
Yeah I'm talking more on like Effect.
Taimou's a shithead, I've never liked him personally.
Even their supports seem massively disconnected.
scarlet spear
how does effect have attitude issues? because he was tilted from onetrick syms in his game?
pearl stratus
It's like watching a team of people who all relatively dislike each other.
Just his general reaction and sudden inconsistency.
Usually that stems from something, not nothing.
indigo barn
Yo what happened to silkthread
pearl stratus
Account sharing, fined.
indigo barn
So that explains his abscence
pearl stratus
I wonder if investigations cause sitting.
magic zinc
Oh wait xQc is also suspended I read over that
indigo barn
Next up jake gets suspended for doing cocaine in the back room
pearl stratus
I would hate to see Jake on coke. The kids already wired.
scarlet spear
would hate to see jake drink coca cola too
idle beacon
so
tight vault
the drug
idle beacon
you're discussing that dallas is full of players not liking eachother?
@tight vault dude .. it's party-supplements
tight vault
do you live in chicago
idle beacon
yea .. want some supplements?
tight vault
im not fucking suprised
idle beacon
but my chicago is in europe
vestal berry
How many times can a team sub someone in and out in a match?
vestal berry
Yeah
vestal berry
Ah ok
pearl stratus
As long as its done in time, we've seen some players go back and forth quite a bit.
I don't think it follows the pinch hitter-esque type ruleset.
warped axle
slim summit
New York
duh
Philly was a fluke
NY will be prepared this time
and eqo just hasn't been making the clutch ShaDowBurn plays
tight vault
what are todays matches
limber pine
limber pine
then houston's got some 'spaining to do
slim summit
Florida has made a good few showings this stage
I'd like to see them take down a top 6 team in a 4-0
but probably that won't happen
vestal berry
And shanghai with the ultra reverse sweep 4-0 ing every one else for the rest of the stage
If only
magic zinc
Philly can be a suprise
slim summit
could they even
magic zinc
Boston to if they get it together
slim summit
Shanghai I mean
still qualify for the grand finals
if they 4-0'd every series from here on out
pearl stratus
If they won everything from Map 3 forward?
Yeah.
There's 4 stages.
If they went 4-0 for EVERYTHING from the rest of Stage 2 and 3/4 they could.
They have 23 games left.
So that'd be 23 x 4, which is 92.
It'd put them at 92 map wins.
Plus what they have right now.
99 Map wins.
vestal berry
So there's a chance? Kappa
pearl stratus
I mean with theoretical thought there's always a chance.
xQc could get so upset about this ban he blows himself up and we lose 3-4 other teams.
Theoretically anything can happen.
brb dialing some numbers 
neat wedge
I am legit so fucking mad about these latest punishments.
This is like the 5/6th time xqc has been penalised, AND HES STILL NOT BANNED.
I watch OWL every single day to show my support to my favourite teams, increase viewership and earn OWL tokens, but I'm genuinely considering not watching until something is down about him.
It's a fucking embarassment.
tight vault
fuck xQc and his fans tbh 
pearl stratus
He got another 4 day ban, he'll probably quit.
If he was planning to quit, and vocalized it to the right people they could have set this as the punishment.
Knowing he'd leave.
Thus avoiding it becoming an even bigger drama story
neat wedge
I sure hope so, I actually cant stand him I think hes just awful
pearl stratus
PR will always be PR.
neat wedge
Hes the Logan Paul of the OW community.
tight vault
neat wedge
But yeah, I dont think I want to watch tonight
Blizzard needs to strap some balls on and do something about him because its very fucking obvious the only reason he hasn't been banned yet is because hes a big time streamer
tight vault
twitch chat is going to be fun today
neat wedge
I'm not the only one who thinks this is ridiculous though right?
Like, its his 6th time getting penalised...
WHY is he still there...
tight vault
for the luls
young sonnet
I'm gone for a couple of days and all of this drama
magic zinc
If anything banned him would send a bigger message because he's a big streamer
pearl stratus
Most streamers also got a clean slate going into OWL.
So technically its only his second or third infraction in the league itself.
Being held accountable for things prior to the league would mean like 80% of the league would be a step away from getting fired lmao.
vagrant jacinth
xQc drama again?
pearl stratus
He got banned again, lmao.
Can't wait to get home from work and collect my 250k wow gold.
vagrant jacinth
lmao, at this rate dallas might as well get rid of him
pearl stratus
He's said he's probably going to quit. So we'll see.
vagrant jacinth
Well
bitter nebula
wat teui are gams today
bitter nebula
when do they start
magic zinc
"Learned my lesson" please actually mean it for once
bitter nebula
start time today boys??
twilit gull
I doubt xqc thought to himself "man if i use trihard 7 ill really get those black people for being black lul" nobody does, its a fucking joke at this point
I really just dont understand how people can be so sensitive or so dumb
But thats major companies for ya
magic zinc
Its about influencing others and having a good rep as the league itself
vagrant jacinth
I'm tired of reading stuff involving xqc and what ever he's done
shit just repeats itself every week it feels like
twilit gull
Whatever eagle
twilit gull
I couldgo on for hours but its just an endless loop, either way this was a false suspension, as for j lul ke, it was the entire chat spamming that, not xqc directlu
tulip gust
whats this about shanghai though
vagrant jacinth
corrupted management team i belive
twilit gull
Yep
polar pier
Anyone got a link or a tl;dr of the Shanghai drama going on?
twilit gull
The players supposedly paid for the coach to be there
Just so they could get a couple of their pals on the team
I think
tulip gust
.....what?
polar pier
Huh.
tulip gust
i dont think ive ever heard that
pastel oak
spanish??
twilit gull
I think owl needs to be. Put on a hiatus, shits just not ready internally
polar pier
How so?
Aside from Blizzard probably dealing with the slightest bit of offensive material with a sledgehammer, we only have one real team that's being accused of corruption.
slim summit
Just wait til we get a Russian team
tawny breach
The snowflake mentality is ruining owl
indigo barn
I mean do you really wanna watch our boys get destroyed
indigo barn
Idk man the screwed up pretty badly against some boys with wings
brisk roost
Yeah but bois with wings are inconsistent asf
They beat the top dog koreans
But loses to purple bois
serene tendon
Fucking taimou got fined too, what a shit head, why does dallas have to be the team full of assholes
indigo barn
Bois with wings destroy black and gold boys 3-0 but get rekt 0-4 by some light blue boys and some dark blue boyz
twilit gull
You are the asshole dude
brisk roost
But then black and gold bois beat them at Stage 2
indigo barn
Boyz with wings rekt orange boyz 4-0 but get rekt by some blue and yellow boyz 0-4???
serene tendon
Right im the asshole, not the guys using homophobic slurs
twilit gull
Just stop kunk
neat wedge
Just ban him.
brisk roost
I mean right now
neat wedge
He's fake and toxic af
brisk roost
The blue and yellow boyz only beat the low teamz
While the rest they lost to higher teamz
neat wedge
And I refuse to root for Dallas before with him on the team but now I'm just not watching OWL at all until hes gone
slim summit
Does anyone know the date Malik Forte was brought on to OWL?
indigo barn
Blue and yellow boyz beat some light blue boys tho
brisk roost
That's why I said low teamz lol
indigo barn
London beat nyxl twice tho r they really a low team
echo vault
@slim summit 2/7 or 2/9 or so
open oxide
xqc needs to stop getting himself banned smh
cerulean plume
Get you TriHard 7s ready for this stream
neat wedge
i feel like if he wasnt such a big streamer he would have been banned by now
echo vault
if he wasn't such a big streamer he wouldn't have had shit done to him by now
what are you talking about
neat wedge
"done to him" ?
echo vault
yes, fines and suspensions applied to him are 'things done to him'
neat wedge
what are you talking about
echo vault
are you ok?
neat wedge
are you a xqc fangirl?
echo vault
Are you very confused about things?
neat wedge
I think youre the one confused dude...
echo vault
okay...
sure thing there buddy
'
go back to not watching OWL at all for one player
giant bitches in this shit
neat wedge
You are VERY muted
neat wedge
And stop fangirling over your favourite streamer
He's a toxic cuck
And you need to grow up
echo vault
says the crybaby who ignores things he doesn't like
and pretends he wont watch OWL at all because of XQC
while he's still in here
slim summit
wow toxic
echo vault
reported
echo vault
lol
tawny breach
Fined for 
7 btw 
echo vault
tawny breach
Fined for typing " 7 "
deft valley
maybe if you spam it some more people will support you
echo vault
yeah have they scheduled one yhhet
dusk garden
taimoue
echo vault
Time for another installment of Obnoxious Widow League
dusk garden
we have some pretty good matches tonight
cerulean plume
Might be 3 4-0s tbh
dusk garden
lon - bos is gonna be good
cerulean plume
Look at chat
dusk garden
because its a twitch emote and everyone should be allowed to use it?
echo vault
Not if its as racist as they want us to believe!
deft valley
there's nothing wrong with words either
echo vault
but dude there was a black guy near its usage. you can't have that kind of coincidence its innapropriate.
deft valley
it's how you use them
dusk garden
^
deft valley
the whole situation is stupid, but "it's a fucking emote" is not an excuse
limber pine
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pearl stratus
All the crying in the world won't help when he self sabotages 90% of the time anyway. I'd rather he got his head out of his ass and just played.
Because he's a mechanically super strong tank.
dusk garden
anyways i usually just hide twitch chat
serene tendon
Always hide chat
deft valley
twitch chat on any big channel is just not worth it
deft valley
not really
pearl stratus
I really honestly can't think of a single time.
dusk garden
clearly you guys only watch overwatch streamers