GOOD JOB
#esports-discussion
brisk roost
heady idol
I get what they were trying, but eh
strange locust
i got that california loyalty
let's go la
AMERICAN REVOLUTION 2: ELECTRIC BOOGALOO
tawny sigil
you know its doom and gloom when the fan latch out to the smallest win
strange locust
god dammit announcers stop enforcing the meta
you're part of the problem
i like the strategy of "focus the fuck out of birdring" but it seems to not be working as much as la needs
heady idol
suddenly... dragons
strange locust
it's good that la is dragging out fights but that also lets london build alot of ult
heady idol
soon throwing with widow swap
strange locust
here we go bois
boreal pier
strange locust
i do like that there's not a ton of tracer. seeing her in EVERY game got a bit boring
who won in philly vs ny?
boreal pier
philly 3-0
strange locust
damn
boreal pier
inorite
strange locust
i thought ny would make it, i forgot how good philly is
boreal pier
flip flip flipadelphia
boreal pier
no way philly is gonna sweep ny
"The gang sweeps ny"
strange locust
g r a v d r a g o n s
i just sigh now whenever i see a zarya ult becuase i know what comes next
i didn't know that agilities played genji
he's doing good
heady idol
I aknew agilities as a genji player before he joined owl
strange locust
well never mind he got smoked by that brigg lol
final river
what is happening
tawny sigil
ez clap
bold bough
man i hate the casters
quasi vault
they hate you too willy
strange locust
whoever picked brig just smashed poor agilities into the wall lol
quasi vault
they are sons of guns!
worn hornet
I started lookoing at writing a discord bot and wasn't paying attention. holy hell we might be looking at 5th seed vs 6th seed in the finals
icy geyser
I am confused with bits
marsh pumice
Its happening
bold bough
"experts"
icy geyser
If everyone in the chat cheers a total of 40,000,000 bits you get tracer?
marsh pumice
One more map
icy geyser
Or if you cheer only 300 bits, you get 4 skins?
icy geyser
So if I cheer 300 bits I get all 4? Widow, Hanzo, Junkrat, Tracer?
If I cheer 2600 bits I get everything at once right?
bold bough
just cheer a lot or get the all access pass
icy geyser
I have the all access pass
bold bough
dang, the you should have the skins
tawny sigil
flip flop watch league
icy geyser
It's different skins though?
tawny sigil
thought you were suposed to be able to get everything in game without putting money down...
icy geyser
I got mccree soldier and moira from it and the 12 away skins
bold bough
YYEEEESSSSS, they rooted for the other team
icy geyser
No you get exclusive skins
quasi vault
whoever is best at playing the OP hero of the present meta wins
icy geyser
But the bits have different skins
tawny sigil
blizzard going the EA route
icy geyser
Haha they are
feral wing
So is New York still sandbagging?
bold bough
hmmm, well i don´t know mail
feral wing
ahem
icy geyser
It's $20 to unlock everything on top of the $30 from the access pass
tawny sigil
they'Re smoking the californian kush
icy geyser
I might just cheer 2600 bits in total to get everything at once
tawny sigil
i have a feeling all access pass was failing super hard
modest onyx
lol so Philly actually beat NYXL?
boreal pier
is this the jeff song?
quasi vault
1-0
modest onyx
that was funny
tawny sigil
its the here we go again song
boreal pier
jeff jeff jeff jeff
tawny sigil
followed by some flamenco
grand bramble
My heart is crying
bold bough
despacito 2
quasi vault
willy's right
grand bramble
I was banging my head at my table when Ark got picked off first two times in a row, then when he called after Fusion had two picks and shattered the rest of NYXL
feral wing
I predicted philly to win so
feral wing
I know its only one set but
grand bramble
so sad, Alexa play Despasito 2
ɴᴏᴡ ᴘʟᴀʏɪɴɢ: Despacito 2 (Feat: Lil Pump) ───────────⚪────── ◄◄⠀▐▐ ⠀►►⠀⠀ ⠀ 𝟸:𝟷𝟾 / 𝟹:𝟻𝟼 ⠀ ───○ 🔊⠀ ᴴᴰ ⚙️ ❐ ⊏⊐
feral wing
Seeing NYXL get destroyed is pog tho
bold bough
hopefully next matches are more intense
quasi vault
true kinda is
boreal pier
the listen in on philly was great though
it sounded like bhjhboihbkujhbkjhbkjhbkjhbkjhbkjhbboiadposiugfaosg
feral wing
Ok so to all of the people saying "NYXL were sandbagging"
grand bramble
Is the final fight tonight?
feral wing
Do you still believe so?
boreal pier
no
grand bramble
No
bold bough
the final is in a week i think
opaque cargo
tfw I doze off, wake up and philly fusion 3-0'd nyxl
did I shift to an alternate reality
boreal pier
lure them into a false sense of security and then put pine back on mcree
grand bramble
And it’s between Fusion and whoever wins this match?
feral wing
Not certain at all
green stump
dem sprays
feral wing
At minimum 1 more set
grand bramble
So NYXL can still turn this around?
tawny sigil
too bad they dont mention it doesn't work in most countries
bold bough
ill gain those sprays
boreal pier
feral wing
NYXL can still win the next set and then go to set 3 tiebreaker
opaque cargo
"nyxl" and "turn this around" in the same sentence in the semi-finals wew
grand bramble
Thank god
feral wing
Unlikely with such a terrible performance though
So I wouldnt get your hopes up if youre a new york fan
brittle bough
thats what they said about spitfire last week omegalul
boreal pier
why it gotta be black vs white?
final river
bastion throwing lul
feral wing
This is a very different situation @brittle bough
grand bramble
I’m a NYXL fan mostly because of Ark and LW blue members
boreal pier
I want a vegas team
grand bramble
But Dynasty is my favourite Korean team, everyone’s personalities are just so great
bold bough
i want a mexican team, called taco druglords
feral wing
Yeah but ofc NYXL sandbagged the first set of the semi finals
opaque cargo
ok so I missed out on the match because I'm a dumb and tired, did NYXL pull a shanghai and run dive into brigitte
feral wing
And will of course go 6-0 next 2 sets omegalul
boreal pier
my favorite things about owl
grand bramble
I hope
brittle bough
s A n D b A g G i N g B t W
grand bramble
I’ve never really cared for Fusion
feral wing
I bet you there will be some people saying NYXL are still sandbagging
final river
They sandbagged so deep they can't get out
icy geyser
Has anyone here unlocked all the skins
opaque cargo
they're not sandbagging they just got too used to minecraft controls
brittle bough
how the heck is solo heal mercy the metga in owl now anyway
grand bramble
@icy geyser for every hero or just one hero?
feral wing
"B-b-but they are sssandbagging in semi finals hehe"
opaque cargo
mercy heals are super consistent + rez is busted
grand bramble
But Ark wasn’t playing very well today
brittle bough
still. seems like a lot of times teams could benefit from a zen
grand bramble
Ngl, I was kinda dissapointed since Ark has been consistently the best Mercy player
feral wing
But if NYXL are sandbagging in semis then they are just stupid
grand bramble
And he wasted valk on second point and then they couldn’t retake
feral wing
"Yeah we lost because we sandbagged in playoffs omegalul"
final river
Reverse incoming boys
tawny sigil
dayuummm
feral wing
Actual pog if they do for some reason tho
grand bramble
Let’s hope so
brittle bough
S P POGSLIDE C E
grand bramble
They just taunt Fusion
feral wing
Im a philly fan. Sorry lads
brittle bough
space is so good lol
icy geyser
Wait, do I have to cheer 1300 bits all at once for Mercy? Or overtime?
boreal pier
it's ok im a torb main
brittle bough
torb lol
grand bramble
True
feral wing
Yeah because NYXL would lose again
quasi vault
no one would do that shit
grand bramble
But maybe, I’m not saying they’re sandbagging, but maybe they didn’t wanna give strats for next week
quasi vault
its moronic
grand bramble
Or they just sucked
feral wing
thats stupid af
quasi vault
you cant give strats for a game youre not in
brittle bough
ANA MERCY DANSGAME
feral wing
No point in hiding strats for finals if you cant get past semis omegalul
quasi vault
win or go home, not save strats for a rainy day
grand bramble
lol
opaque cargo
hopefully NYXL has something as spicy as that one flank that's goats but brigitte stays in spawn and swaps to widow
brittle bough
LOSEABLE GAME VALIANT
quasi vault
they need way more than that
feral wing
Wait london winning?
quasi vault
or get bodied again
cerulean plume
if they hold this itll be insane
feral wing
Philly vs london finals? Lmao not even our lord and saviour KingMYKL himself could have predicted such an outcome
grand bramble
How Are the best teams losing
feral wing
I mean they are clearly not the best if they are getting destroyed
idle beacon
glads out of the season playoffs?
grand bramble
Isn’t it the same as before? Just + hanzo
cerulean plume
yeh
brittle bough
NOT A 3-0 POGGERS
idle beacon
and phili doing damn well as it seems
quasi vault
making it respectable
bold bough
REVERSE SWEEP COMING BOOIIIIISSSS
feral wing
Yeah if philly wins the next set then theyre in the finals
Imagine if we get a London vs Philadelphia final
quasi vault
imagine
feral wing
Did anyone even predict such an outcome?
bold bough
it would be a surprise
quasi vault
you are clairvoyant
feral wing
Or STYLOSA
cerulean plume
LA called it
quasi vault
or slasher!
feral wing
Custa is always good
bold bough
in an alternate universe the final is going to be florida mayhem against shanghai dragons
grand bramble
Pog
feral wing
Shanghai best team
grand bramble
I hope they can turn it around for season 2
feral wing
What are u on about "alternate"
bold bough
you know i actually dislike shanghai because they are chinese
feral wing
Sure they were 40 losses but its still 40
bold bough
and you know it is the only thing they don´t win
feral wing
Lmao @bold bough
grand bramble
I feel like if they get 30 or more losses in season 2, that they’ll just be cut out from OWL
feral wing
That wont happen
quasi vault
its embarassing to have an 0-40 team
grand bramble
Why have them in there
quasi vault
for the team, league, game, etc
grand bramble
They’re not competition
bold bough
it is a possibility they cut it from the league this season
quasi vault
failure on a massive and consistent scale
supple prism
they paid 40m
feral wing
Jeff Kaplan himself would walk into their room and tell them "hello this is Jeff from the overwatch team! We're secretly buffing you in the custom game settings. Thank ur lord and saviour later. Cya n00bs"
grand bramble
I’d give them a chance in season 2, but if they have more than 30 losses then I’d cut them out
quasi vault
you cant cut them, or other teams wont buy in
bold bough
they´d still lose Jackero
quasi vault
you've gotta give them the infrastructure to improve
quasi vault
so more teams will buy in at $20-40m per
south dirge
why shanghai so garbo
feral wing
They would
grand bramble
I was sure they could before, but they don’t seem too good
quasi vault
@south dirge shit management
grand bramble
Ark
feral wing
You have to remember that OWL teams are the best of the best
grand bramble
No hate tho
idle beacon
i haven't watched any game since june
brittle bough
SHANGAI DRAGONS GOING FOR 0-80 SEASON 2 LETS GET IT
final river
nyxl still sandbagging obv
grand bramble
Obviously
grand bramble
Meh
feral wing
But its true
brittle bough
a team of plats in solo q could prob beat shangai dragons OMEGALUL
feral wing
You guys forget that 99% of teams would never even take a map from any of the other OWL teams
south dirge
that orisa shield placement
south dirge
shields up
quasi vault
had to bring in geguri from korea????
lol
not even best in china
let alone the world
grand bramble
I don’t see getting a map of Florida as that much of an achievement, like some contenders teams could do that
feral wing
The fact that the team was actually close to winning against some of the better teams show that they are good
grand bramble
Geguri’s Korean?
feral wing
Shanghai are still, at minimum, contenders level
quasi vault
yes
feral wing
Philly is one of them
tawny sigil
wtf is london doing
tawny sigil
stagering themselves?
quasi vault
ya maybe havana is right
tawny sinew
Thanks @quasi vault was pretty sure it was stage 4 or for some reason post season afterwarda
grand bramble
Yeah, stage 4 Hanzo has scatter
quasi vault
havana did the homework
grand bramble
Hanzo rework definitely wasn’t in stage 4
tawny sinew
Lol so it as post stage 4? Why add it before Finals
idle beacon
whats sandbagging?
brittle bough
throwing
grand bramble
They played double sniper sometimes since they had practiced on it and you could see Hanzo had scatted
quasi vault
otherwise its on the scatter patch?????
grand bramble
Scatter*
idle beacon
oh
boreal pier
they were ghost arrowing tho
grand bramble
Isn’t sandbagging just throwing so you have an advantage later somehow?
forest raven
Playoffs aren't on scatter wtf
grand bramble
We didn’t say that
brittle bough
playoffs no
quasi vault
sandbaggin = playing possum
brittle bough
stage 4 was
quasi vault
hustling
boreal pier
oic
brittle bough
reverse sweep incoming
final river
thicc stager
south dirge
la cyberbullying
brittle bough
reverse sweep reverse sweep
quasi vault
lul
brittle bough
nonsense its 11:30 pm
quasi vault
i agree it is 11:30
brittle bough
M E R I C A
brittle bough
TICK POG
paper crag
is there a 3/4th place match too?
idle beacon
so whats up with val?
tawny sigil
no big beef
paper crag
i keep thinking london is attacking lol
frozen crown
Can Valiant lose now? Or is it a draw if they won't take the point
brittle bough
it would be a draw
frozen crown
Thanks
paper crag
lol for a second, I thought that "defense" chant was "C9"
tawny sigil
they were saying wings out
paper crag
i guess that makes more sense as to why i thought it was C9 though
seems like fusion 3-0'd nyxl
final river
omg..
candid cedar
yeah
i just checked the score
what the fuck happened to nyxl
tawny sigil
californian kush
heady idol
agilities fucking sucks
tawny sigil
when koreans discover drugs
green stump
the hell is going on in these playoffs
heady idol
he's like 20% popping off, 80% invisible
paper crag
so this is a BO5 that can still go to a tiebreaker lol
bold bough
man, very bad comp by valiant
paper crag
i feel like the point of BO3 or BO5 is to avoid having tiebreakers...
tawny sigil
it can go into double tie breaker
paper crag
at least in other esports
brittle bough
yea but 2cp is a thing
tawny sigil
its who every wins 3 maps
candid cedar
iirc they can go to game 7
north falcon
What happens if LA WINS THE NEXT MAP?
candid cedar
6th match
candid cedar
if there's still a tiebreaker, then 7th match
brittle bough
id be okay with them getting rid of 2cp lol
paper crag
wait how do you go double tiebreaker? is the tiebreaker not gonna be a control?
tawny sigil
this doesnt stop until 3 maps are won
paper crag
honestly all tiebreaker should be either control or pure escort
tawny sigil
yes there is a 7th map but requires double draw which as never happened in the league
heady idol
escort can still tie
paper crag
it's only theoretical though, isn't it?
brittle bough
if neither team pushes payload an inch
paper crag
or is it a tie if neither team breaks first point
yeah that's why i said it's only theoretical
heady idol
yeah it's really damn rare
tawny sigil
its tie if nobody push or if nobody push after getting a check point i think
paper crag
because that's definitely not going to happen in a pro match unless the players are on a strike or something
tawny sigil
it almost happened the other day
brittle bough
escort draws can apparently also happen if both teams cap a point but get 0 progress after said point
upper niche
Is there a particular reason last weeks games were an hour later and three hours earlier than this weeks friday night PST/saturday night games?
candid cedar
heady idol
If you cap, but then get full hold afterwards you can get the same meters easily, since the payload sits there for a while
upper niche
like last week they were 10am and 6am Sat/Sun AEST, but this week they're 9am and 9am.
tawny sigil
they were only 3m after check point
paper crag
hmm that is true
tawny sigil
in overtime
paper crag
honestly i was gonna say it should only be control
tawny sigil
had that 3m not happened it would have been tied
paper crag
but i was afraid someone might be like "but that'd be boringgggg"
tawny sigil
control are the only fair maps
paper crag
so i compromised and added escort
and yeah control is king imo
like, other maps are fun and all
paper crag
but if you want a no nonsense hardcore perfectly equal game, which you definitely want in a tiebreaker, control is king
tawny sigil
hardcore purist could say tiebreaker aren't fair too cause they are mirror maps
lefties are fucked
paper crag
lmao
at least they're the most fair out of the available options
so they want a rotational symmetry
not a plane
candid cedar
why is payload the first tiebreaker?
wouldn't it make sense to go control?
paper crag
this isn't a tiebreaker
candid cedar
oh wait im dumb
paper crag
it's just the fifth map of the BO5
candid cedar
yeah i just realized
paper crag
i still think it's silly that there's possibility to have tiebreakers in BO5
the entire point of bo5/bo3 IS so that you don't have a tie
tawny sigil
dorado is where underdog team go to die, i said that before
candid cedar
true
paper crag
i wanted SHD to win a match
grand bramble
Escort has drawed before they were capped but still moved
idle beacon
i want spitfire to win
quasi vault
lul ado
idle beacon
i really really hate valiant
candid cedar
idk, i'm not really a fan or either, so idc
paper crag
i wonder what spitfire's record is on king's row
brittle bough
KARIV DIED WITH TRANS OMEGALUL
idle beacon
well not my problem, is it bleek? 😃
quasi vault
true!
quasi vault
aww yiss
tawny sigil
rip
paper crag
THE BRITISH ARE COMING THE BRITISH ARE COMING
brittle bough
gg go next
paper crag
too bad boston isn't the US team to play london
quasi vault
haha
idle beacon
did the plane win?
quasi vault
historybattle
paper crag
the boston massacre lol
brittle bough
ez throw - valiant
idle beacon
^^
quasi vault
got em
boreal pier
go planes!
paper crag
it always looks so out of place
quasi vault
they also had uncle drew movie ads a while back
boreal pier
neeerrrroooooooom pewpewpewpewpewpew
paper crag
they also had other movie ads too
quasi vault
lookin like nascar
paper crag
it just feels so different from company logos
tawny sigil
soon is dead too soon
brittle bough
valiant actually trolling lol custa on pharah
paper crag
i'm pretty tolerant about those things, like to the degree that i don't mind the jack in the box on fuel uniforms
quasi vault
movies is where you draw the line?
paper crag
it just feels different because it's not a company logo
quasi vault
what if they were advertising a behind the scenes documentary on the SHD inaugural season?
paper crag
still kinda weird
quasi vault
but youd watch tf out of it
paper crag
you mean on a uniform, right?
quasi vault
just memeing homie
paper crag
yeah i know
brittle bough
valiant literally throwing
paper crag
i'm just making sure i understood the question
boreal pier
that really meme's my balls
quasi vault
ah yeah that is what i was asking
idle beacon
i don't understand the score
paper crag
i would watch it, but i would still think the uniform looks mad dumb lol
tawny sigil
wtf are you ulting?
idle beacon
3-1, 2-1, 0-1, 1-1,3-0 .. but all in all 2-1 ???
brittle bough
3-0 is the score in this map\
raven badger
it's called they need to win 3 rounds
idle beacon
nah explain .. i ain't gettin it
raven badger
in play offs
idle beacon
LOL
paper crag
i honestly don't get why they had to make this a "bo5" lol
idle beacon
they play 5 maps straight?
paper crag
bo5, but could be bo6, or bo7, who knows lul
idle beacon
if yes, why 2-1 ??
quasi vault
BO5, London up 2-1.
idle beacon
whynot 3-1
brittle bough
2-1 is the map score
paper crag
literally goes against the idea of a "best of #"
green stump
@idle beacon one is a draw
brittle bough
london has 2 maps
quasi vault
theyre on the 4th map
idle beacon
ye, but still
idle beacon
or the scoreboard in the livestream is wrong
green stump
@idle beacon draw means no one wins that round
quasi vault
oh draw ya
paper crag
best of 5 is a best of 5 precisely because you'll play 5 maps max
boreal pier
idle beacon
it's not that
paper crag
not because you set up 5 maps originally but you might play 6
brittle bough
yea but in ow, 2cp unfortunately exists so you cant guarantee only playing 5 maps
boreal pier
the implication
paper crag
yeah, which is why i think it's kinda dumb calling it a "bo5"
idle beacon
3-0 on this map
quasi vault
good point
raven badger
hanzo getting ult every 30 secs is kind of stupid though
boreal pier
shhh
quasi vault
hanzo's ult speed is out of control
quasi vault
50% before the next team fight starts
boreal pier
lovin it
quasi vault
val pushing in big moments
idle beacon
thats why i hate valiant. always lucky
brittle bough
agilities wasted blade lul
quasi vault
handed it over
paper crag
but it also looked like they were gonna lose it after having 2 more people over london at times
quasi vault
gd triple sniper
quasi vault
haha
brittle bough
thats a gg
quasi vault
its a wrap
forest raven
Pog
tawny sigil
at least london bled
idle beacon
GO DOWN VAL .. SIT!
boreal pier
neeerrrroooooooom pewpewpewpewpewpew
paper crag
this is the first of 3 semifinal matches, right?
north falcon
Gg
raven badger
all the top seeds are losing
north falcon
Yeah wtf
paper crag
S A V I N G S T R A T S
quasi vault
quarterfinal teams too much meta experience for real
paper crag
that's what's up
quasi vault
save the strats
north falcon
Sandbagging
heady idol
fuck agilities
I can't support this team
that thinks this shitbag who pops off 20% of the time is worth it
quasi vault
agilities going out for another team owner lunch
paper crag
needs another in n out visit
quasi vault
show him the desert
paper crag
last chance boi needs another ultimatum
quasi vault
where bodies get buried
idle beacon
so if i am correct, lndn will play val 2 more times, bo5 ?
quasi vault
no
tawny sigil
its a bo3 of 3 bo5
idle beacon
so if lndn win the next match, it's done?
boreal pier
paper crag
i think so
quasi vault
london wins at 7 on saturday, theyre in the finals
idle beacon
yea the schedule is somewhat confusing ^^
quasi vault
7pm est
idle beacon
ok
tawny sigil
poor people that bought ticket for friday and saturday if only 1 match is played
quasi vault
maybe theyll get some free sour patch kids
quasi vault
true
paper crag
or, the price of half a ticket
tawny sigil
those are some expensive sour patch kids
idle beacon
they might get some refund
quasi vault
sweet. sour. "free".
paper crag
@tawny sigil expensive FREE sour patch kids
idle beacon
a GEGURI signed shirt or so
heady idol
"it's not his fault every time he blades he gets roadhog hooked"
quasi vault
i want geguri to sign my bowl cut
paper crag
i want geguri to win
heady idol
Guys, can I use this excuse on ladder?
ruby pendant
who won?
heady idol
London 3-1
ruby pendant
just came back
idle beacon
sure satella
ruby pendant
Nice!!
paper crag
only when you're genji though
paper crag
shit dude i should get a translator job
quasi vault
100
quasi vault
he's less extra
ruby pendant
lol must really not like him
tawny sigil
such a good translator he transfer her 3 sentence question into 3 words
paper crag
like he literally changes things that players say just so he can add drama
tawny sigil
philly win,, if london wins, philly loses, else philly wins
paper crag
?
tawny sigil
if nyxl wins,,, then nyxl wins
quasi vault
suck at meta
paper crag
ny is saving strats
upper niche
@tawny sigil lol uhh... what? 😃
tawny sigil
pine's depression is coming back
quasi vault
too much diamond ore
ruby pendant
why, one more game and they're out right?
upper niche
@tawny sigil That settles it. If Florida win, Florida win!\
upper niche
@ruby pendant They're a best-of-3 series in the finals.
quasi vault
waste
tawny sigil
no i mean, if nyxl wins philly, they win first place
tawny sigil
if philly wins, they will lose against london and win against LAV
upper niche
So Philly and London each only need to win one game on Friday/Saturday to go through to the final.
quasi vault
this is a marathon, not a race
paper crag
lmao
quasi vault
aka yes
paper crag
but yeah, seriously, i'm surprised that nyxl got 3-0'd
fleet walrus
Yay London won
ruby pendant
k
upper niche
@tawny sigil Iiiiinteresting prediction.
paper crag
it would have been understandable if it was 3-2 or something
quasi vault
lio why you say that
tawny sigil
can't wait for season 2 where nyxl is as good as florida mayhem and everyone is like.. THEY'RE JSUT SANDBAGGING
upper niche
I'll admit, I'm predicting Fusion to provide an upset against NYXL, LAV to come back, and LAV to beat Fusion in the final.
paper crag
"as good as florida mayhem"
quasi vault
loool
upper niche
How awesome would it be though to see London win the final - they win stage 1, have a dip in the middle, then come back to form - what a story that would be.
paper crag
can't wait for nyxl to get as good as SHD
ruby pendant
so I guess no one expects for Dragons to improve?
quasi vault
king not without serious top level change
upper niche
I expect Dragons to win some games against the new teams.
tawny sigil
pine is knee deep into depression, sbb is battling a divorce for not winning season 1, jjonak is balding. that's season 2
paper crag
it's like... when SHD improves one step, everyone also improves one step
ruby pendant
haha, very funny
quasi vault
sbb divorced??? what happened to the pic of his wife at games
tawny sigil
its a joke
quasi vault
my heart was like oh no
heady idol
Agilities - 41 final blows 41 deaths
Profit - 54 final blows 27 deaths
upper niche
@quasi vault it's his prediction for season 2
paper crag
and then when everyone steps back one, SHD steps back 2
heady idol
Profit got 3 dragons for every 1 of Agilities
quasi vault
thats some handmaid's tale future
heady idol
waddajoke
ruby pendant
@paper crag lol, another 0-40 then
paper crag
honestly i wouldn't be surprised
quasi vault
^^
paper crag
i want to see ado and geguri on a better team
quasi vault
ado's too good to be stuck on that mess
ruby pendant
@upper niche Hopefully, liked ado, and geguri. Diya did great too.
upper niche
I can't remember the full list of rumoured Season 2 new teams, but I think Dragons will beat the new AsiaPac team, Miami, and have a few other scattered wins.
paper crag
even fearless isn't that terrible
quasi vault
toronto esports s2????
paper crag
he just needs better supports to keep up with his aggression
quasi vault
when do they announce s2 expansion teams?
paper crag
not freefeel thinking he's a tank
quasi vault
sept?
paper crag
wander around, then realize he's not a tank when he has 5 hp left
upper niche
So from memory the rumours were Vancouver, Chicago, Berlin, Sydney, and two others I can't recall - was that right?
Vancouver because of Chicago?
rather than Toronto?
@quasi vault I would suspect they'd need to do some at World Cup, for marketing reasons.
balmy wolf
I heard Atlanta might be getting a team and Toronto to
upper niche
leaving it late wouldn't be a good financial choice for the new teams to garner supporters.
quasi vault
@upper niche good point
balmy wolf
Well thats just wishful thinking and knowing there are alot of investors interested in Atlanta
upper niche
So I think we'll see maybe 4 at World Cup, and the other 2 at Blizzcon.
yeah, I mean I know investors in Melbourne and Canberra, but realistically the people willing to pony up the money are in Sydney.
Even the Canberra based person would have had the team based in Melbourne for commercial reasons.
balmy wolf
And that team rouge got turned down for the Atlanta spot, So Atlanta is a high bid location for teams like rouge to go for it
ruby pendant
Berlin, Paris, and Amsterdam are potential cities
balmy wolf
Imagine if they added another Californian team
balmy wolf
I think
upper niche
what's the San... something south of San Fran?
I'm gonna need Google Maps for this
San Diego
that's the one.
ruby pendant
South Korea needs a new team
cursive cave
do any of you guys know when the overwatch league merch sale ends?
ruby pendant
Or to reboot to current Dynasty roster
upper niche
merch sale? It's only some tees and jackets on sale isn't it?
In fact, isn't it only/mostly gear that's branded 'season 1'/inaug season?
cursive cave
its on alot of things
upper niche
Jerseys and Hats aren't on special
cursive cave
home jsrseys are on sale
upper niche
Yeah. Looking now it's just the auth jerseys and hats that aren't
cursive cave
yeah wish they just mentioned the end
young grove
deft valley
sandbagging for the finals 
upper niche
Anyone who says squat against NYXL is getting downvoted hard on reddit
deft valley
lul
cobalt moon
onyx shore
i wonder what korean fans will say if philly won the league with sado 
grand bramble
I'm just like 🤔 after the best teams lost
gaunt acorn
@cobalt moon
upper niche
hahaha
torpid charm
@gaunt acorn nice pro pic 
gaunt acorn
@torpid charm 
torpid charm
sullen berry
@cobalt moon ah haaa
time to lock in LA Valiant to secure the postgame
NYXL sandbagging through to tomorrow's game
torpid charm
I'm hoping
I wanna see my boys close to home even though I won't be in NY for grand finals
gaunt acorn
dry radish
I honestly loved it
it wasnt like london steamrolled them or anything
both teams played very well
even with the phil sweep, they were all close games
versed fractal
When are the final 2 london games? Tonight or tomorrow night?
limber pine
oh yeah don't get me wrong it was a very even series
LAV attack into Hanamura just caused me to push walls
limber pine
Philly might be the best team in solo-support meta
opaque cargo
Hah
ESPN tweeted an OWL play and people are getting hella triggered for some reason
lots of "not a sport", little bit of "go back to your man caves gamer scum", fair deal of "dudes this is just as real a sport as any other"
ember jewel
But for them, that's meaningless
The "not a sport" neanderthals are not going to cancel their subscriptions, so, let them rant
Talking about last night games, I don't know
NY is playing with too much ego
They're still on that high horse of thinking they don't need to run the meta, they can just adapt Widow dive to every meta
Bunch of nonsense substitutions, like, Janus and Anamo come in, nothing changes
limber pine
If ESPN can play poker, Drone Racing, and Cornhole on TV, then esports has a place
hidden osprey
!schedule
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Developed with LOVE by MoonFire
ruby pendant
Would be funny if Excelsior lose 3-0 again
warped axle
End of Philly vs NYXL game 1 might have been the greatest defense ever
versed fractal
It was so good
pearl stratus
NYXL is looking a little stuck in meta, which confuses me. They're not adapting nearly as much as I expected.
The no-Hanzo libero being the most confusing.
cobalt moon
@gaunt acorn 
cerulean plume
I feel like they should run sbb libero
cerulean plume
Wtf you expect all 50k members to see that during the match
cobalt moon
yes
torpid charm
deft valley
he’s just triggered don’t pay attention
cobalt moon
thats also true
cerulean plume
It's whatever
cobalt moon
i am triggered
cerulean plume
Yeah Philly are always a joy to watch
Their games are so unpredictable
Wish I hadn't chosen to support glads and outlaws
With the new rosters coming in outlaws might become a lower half team
And with fissure possibly leaving, that's a yikes
balmy wolf
Nyxl are rich now
night thunder
Oof
limber pine
watching Pine on Tracer yesterday was oof
ruby pendant
would be nice if these games started earler, they are too late!
versed fractal
You're telling me! 0:00 for the first game here
warped axle
& 
Finals plssssssssssssssssss
next mesa
NYXL will prob adapt
vagrant niche
Fissure is on Contenders Twitch chat right now
balmy wolf
Lol
vagrant niche
can someone explain to me what happened to Gina from contenders?
did she got fired?
balmy wolf
Thoughts on pine tracer
He has potential but he wasted his abilities too fast
He allowed himself to be baited out of recall and all three blinks before even touching the point.
I’d like to see more pine tracer and maybe sbb widow
frozen yew
I hate people who dont consider Esports as a sport
As long as Chess can be considered a sport
Esports is a sport
And in case of Espn airing it
Never forget poker btw
torn cape
Does competitive screengolf count as a sport?
verbal roost
upper niche
@onyx shore I'm gonna use this on a mate who insists eBikes are bikes not motorbikes, but claims esports aren't sport 😉
Oh yeah, so Blizzard are giving sprays to anyone who watches >1.5 and >3 hours of the matches on each day this weekend... too bad if Philly and London win in 3 maps 😄
versed fractal
I thought that was next weekend for the grand finals
fresh turret
If Philly won against XL period it'd be out of this world
I still don't believe that XL can be beat, especially if you force them on the backfoot
onyx shore
if philly won the league,the entire korean OW scene will be on suicide watch
versed fractal
We shall see tomorrow night!
fresh turret
How did the saying go again? A cornered predator is the most dangerous predator?
idk
smth like that
XL has that factor
tbh was completely sure that they'd reverse sweep
But they weren't able
so that does give me some hope
onyx shore
can you imagine korean casters have to say things like "sado,overwatch league champion"
versed fractal
Is Sado bad or something?
fresh turret
boosted
onyx shore
he was a booster
fresh turret
Koreans are super duper serious about that stuff
versed fractal
Ahokay
fresh turret
Rather, he WAS a booster
onyx shore
boosting is a crime there
fresh turret
It's against the rules everywhere, I don't think there's a law for boosting?
that sounds a bit too "advanced"
versed fractal
If there was it'd probably fall into another law
onyx shore
oh it's still proposed actually
but given korean view on boosting,it could be a law soon
upper niche
they'll need to be really careful with that
onyx shore
but boosting itself in korea is already viewed as disgusting thing
upper niche
You start playing with a mate who's not quite as skilled, and suddenly the accusations fly?
onyx shore
the biggest problem in korean esport scene is not individual carrying individual tho
boosters form a company that offer boosting service
this is why sado's punishment was much more severe than oge
oge is like small-timers who slings dope on his own,whereas sado is a drug kingpin
fresh turret
I'd like to emphasize WAS
I don't see either of them going back to it and they have suffered their punishments
onyx shore
well,koreans perception of them probably won't change though
it's like if subway jared gets out from jail,people will still regards him as pedo
fresh turret
hmm
It's weird how much of a mass hivemind way of thinking Koreans have
idk
I guess it just looks different from a foreign viewpoint
onyx shore
well yes,and i didnt mean we should adapt korean's pov on booster,just another perspective to add
fresh turret
Another perspective to take into account I suppose
Did the casters stop avoiding Sado's name btw?
sullen berry
I'm also thinking Rascal had another reason to justify leaving Fuel in OGE
Nobody under the culture of dissociating themselves winning with a Booster on their team could consider not appealing Kyky or Hastros decision to keep themselves in the OW League
fresh turret
Perhaps
But are they now actually saying the names of boosters
Or toward the end of stage4?
gaunt acorn
@fresh turret OGE was made an example of for boosting before he was even allowed to play
just like SADO
although it was only 3 weeks or something
as opposed to 3 stages
i don't think any further boosters in OWL have been "exposed"
fresh turret
Nonono I didn't mean that
I meant the Korean casters avoiding the boosters' names
On commentary
And saying stuff like "team X's Winston player"
I wanna know if that's still going on
sullen berry
That's up to the Korean casters, since it's not the same culture around how critical supporting even causal boosters are frowned upon
Would it not be considered boosting
If a person were to own a booster's smurf account that they had for their own use.
Basically selling an account afterwards which is forbidden on all games under Blizz Entertainment EULA
fresh turret
Ofc it's forbidden, but I do think that it is actually unprofessional to dodge the names of certain players due to stuff they have done. That being said they're free to do as they wish until Blizz steps in to say otherwise
And it ofc isn't unprofessional in technical terms unless stated otherwise in some legal document
gaunt acorn
oh, i understand what you meant now
i'm not sure, i haven't watched the korean casting at all
fresh turret
me neither
I barely remember they exist
Since I don't exactly need it, and I think the production value is a lot less spicy than the general version
ruby pendant
!schedule
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Developed with LOVE by MoonFire
drowsy sage
I hope valiant win
If London win I’m going to be very sad and if philly win I’m going to be even more sad
Who would have thought philly and London are beating the best two teams in the league
I thought they would get knocked out in the quarterfinals
drowsy sage
Yea just like against the fuel
Fuel is my favorite team but since they didn’t make playoffs, valiant is my favorite team
limber pine
but Philly looks most comfortable running a single support
drowsy sage
The fuel rolled and smoked the valiant
limber pine
so I wouldn't be surprised to see them go through
drowsy sage
If ny don’t go through
That’s going to suck
They only lost like 5 games including stage play offs
No 6
Not 5
No wait it’s 7 maybe 8 lol
vagrant cargo
6
limber pine
to me it seems likely. NYXL doesn't look as comfortable on anything that's not a 2-2-2
Jonak has a 93% playtime on Zenyatta, and another ~4% on Moira and Ana. He just doesn't have the flex potential that Boombox/Hotba does
vagrant cargo
Theyre Playstyle is pretty Bad for that
With tripple.dps.they aint aggresive enough
fresh turret
wait so Philly beating Excelsior would be wrong because Excelsior has a lot of wins?
or would suck
I mean
warped axle
bronze scroll
he guys, just jumping in to the chat, who do you guys think is gonna win this evening?
ruby pendant
@bronze scroll why do you want them to lose?
bronze scroll
because i am a Fusion fan. From game one in stage one on. They just really deserve it. And like i am reading above, this meta beter suits them. Also, I want to see them play Valiant. (tho i would be okay if they would have to play spitfire, cause my friend is a fan of them, and then we would have a friendly competition)
jagged crater
both underdogs winning would be intersting
even tho spitfire not really underdog
kinda are
their late regular season performance was not great
but their playoff run has been amazing
bronze scroll
yep, but it would be defining the state of the OWL. I mean, nobody expected Spitfire and Fusion would both win earlier this week
jagged crater
Basically the spitfire we expected from before OWL started
bronze scroll
Fusion wasn't. they did not even play preseason. They where probably the biggest underdog in OWL.
jagged crater
along with boston yea
boston kinda tapered out at the end
but philly is crazy strong throughout
lyric tundra
the plays against the Valliant the other night that spitfire made where really smart that's what makes what the spitfire so good
bronze scroll
thing is, if i am correct, if LA wins the first match today, the loser picks map thing of the second match will not work in their favor.
lyric tundra
Whose playing for third???
bronze scroll
No wait, it will work for LA, cause they can avoid Junkertown, and junkertown is one of Londons best map.
vagrant cargo
@ruby pendant i say they are going to win
London got rolled by Gladiators and adapted and rolled them Back
bronze scroll
but adapting takes time, and if you are constantly adapting that means you don't have the time to train in 1 style specificly, so you will be decent with all styles, but master of none.