esports-discussion

[balmy wolf]

sure kapp

[rapid bobcat]

philly did first match this season

[astral bough]

it was a warm up

[balmy wolf]

London looked better with Guard on Brig and Profit on Zarya

[rapid bobcat]

I can guarantee you london won't win it all again

[proper cove]

@astral bough Paris and Philadelphia says otherwise

[tropic drift]

paris and phily are lucky

for now

kapp

[proper cove]

3-1 in both matches?

[tropic drift]

cant remember that

[proper cove]

Suuure

Bloody London fans...

[tropic drift]

😃

[rapid bobcat]

Toronto Defiant 0 - 4 New York Excelsior

[proper cove]

Doubt it

[supple prism]

nyxl 3-1

[proper cove]

Attacking Torb will win it

[supple prism]

what?

[proper cove]

Never mind

Dude go away

[rapid bobcat]

He dmed it to me

I blocked him

I went fully UK brat on him

Using the UK slang

[supple prism]

linking discord in discord?

[rapid bobcat]

it was nice

yes

I made a fool out of himself

Let's go 4-0 New York Excellers

4-0 incoming

[mossy bone]

AY FUCK TORONTO

[rigid cliff]

lmao why does neko look like an evil version of jjonak

[tired mango]

jjonak is nastyyy

casters: "it's all about zen vs sombra" jjonak: instagibs sombra before fight starts

[rigid cliff]

I love watching jjonak so much

[tired mango]

the crowd gets louder every time he gets a kill

envy popped out of stealth to EMP, presses Q, is instantly bashed by libero, doesnt get emp off but wastes ult, then instadies before he can port out. yikes

[dry nova]

if envy isnt subbed out im dumbfounded

[sharp kindle]

POOR LUCIO LMAO

[limber pine]

Why would envy get subbed out

[dry nova]

@tired mango statement n replay of it

[limber pine]

They don’t have another Dva player on the roster

[dry nova]

great call, they slow mo'd it so sweet

i just mean his sombra was awful

they prolly only got 6 players anyway lol

[limber pine]

!roster TOR

[dry nova]

didnt do research on new teams

[limber pine]

Well you should

[dry nova]

i should but only on paris imo

[jagged crater]

gosh maybe if i turn vsync on, i can aim like pine

[sinful heron]

That must be my problem

OWL HERE I COME

[jagged crater]

the secret is out bois

vsync has always been good, YALL BEEN LIED TO

[sinful heron]

WAKE UP SHEEPLE

[potent tulip]

uh, question, are the grey orange bits skins still available?

[solar trout]

WE'RE BREAKING THE CONDITIONING

[gaunt acorn]

@potent tulip no

[trim shadow]

Pine showing us how to play mcree

[potent tulip]

rip

[gaunt acorn]

maybe later in the season

[trim shadow]

But pine not getting any play time

[potent tulip]

how do i get those 20% off tho

[gaunt acorn]

luckily i got the last one (genji) right before s2 started

[potent tulip]

with that all access pack

[gaunt acorn]

@potent tulip the 20% off is for owl merchandise

i.e. physical jerseys, shirts

[potent tulip]

ye ye

but like

[gaunt acorn]

you get a code

[potent tulip]

its supposed to be a code right?

[jagged crater]

where the code at

[gaunt acorn]

email

https://i.imgur.com/I6dw0K0.png

[potent tulip]

wha..

do i need to wait for a few days maybe?

[gaunt acorn]

i got mine a week later

[potent tulip]

ah okay, then all good lol

i don't know what to get yet tho

i wish the caps wouldn't be flat, cause they absolutely don't fit me

[dry nova]

"until jjonak finds a headshot"

[gaunt acorn]

i would advise against purchasing a jersey at the moment

[potent tulip]

how come?

[mint token]

supposedly there's been quite a few quality issues with jerseys in particular

[potent tulip]

ah dang

well i was looking more at the pants

but they're not available in small so i would have to wait anyways lol

[feral igloo]

What game are we on right now boys?

[solar trout]

2

[feral igloo]

Who’s winning?

[solar trout]

NYXL

just won

[feral igloo]

Of course they are

[solar trout]

3-0 so far

[potent tulip]

lmao

[feral igloo]

Who did nyxl play?

[solar trout]

toronto defiant

[potent tulip]

no offense, but its getting kinda boring with nyxl getting easy games done

[feral igloo]

I expected it to be a close series

Rocky is a god on lucio

[potent tulip]

give me the damn back and forth that makes me cheer

[upper niche]

Oof. If the next map were a draw, Toronto would drop all the way to 13th.

[feral igloo]

Nooooooooo

At least they aren’t the outlaws rn

[potent tulip]

LOL

[feral igloo]

I never thought I’d hear “at least they aren’t the outlaws”

[upper niche]

So last night I pasted the data here for a very rudimentary ladder prediction output - that is, just always assuming the higher team on the ladder at the current point in time wins. Even that would be enough to give Boston another win instead of loss, and completely turn it on its head.

[feral igloo]

what happened to j pog ke rat?

[minor flame]

man toronto is getting rolled

[upper niche]

It's NYXL

[minor flame]

Toronto is still a decent team

[feral igloo]

The only way nyxl is gonna lose is to London, Seoul, Vancouver, or Shanghai

I use to include Toronto in that list.. who fed?

[upper niche]

They play Seoul and SFS next.

[mossy bone]

SBB

LETS GO

[sullen berry]

we've got a 4-0

[north beacon]

Sbaebae

[forest wharf]

sandbagging

[feral igloo]

I just want to see fissure play with Zunba, Tobi, and Jehong

[upper niche]

kinda funny that you pick the 11th place team as a viable competitor

[feral igloo]

Which one? @upper niche

[opal spruce]

good games tonight? or not

[worn falcon]

wait what

SBB on brig

[feral igloo]

Yea good games tonight

[gaunt acorn]

zunba will stay on the bench

[feral igloo]

Yeah I know

But I think it’s because

[tired mango]

!schedule

[somber yew]

Overwatch League Schedule for Stage 1 Week 3

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Mar 1st 22:10 EST (in 17 minutes)

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Mar 1st 23:30 EST (in 2 hours)

undefined PAR vs ATL undefined

Mar 2nd 15:00 EST (in 17 hours)

<:FLA:438251672779882506> FLA vs HOU <:HOU:438251672821563402>

Mar 2nd 16:30 EST (in 19 hours)

<:SFS:438251672712642571> SFS vs WAS undefined

Mar 2nd 18:00 EST (in 20 hours)

<:SHD:438251672599527437> SHD vs DAL <:DAL:438251672783814657>

Mar 2nd 19:30 EST (in a day)

<:BOS:438251672633081857> BOS vs TOR undefined

Mar 3rd 15:00 EST (in 2 days)

undefined HZS vs GLA <:GLA:438251672632950787>

Mar 3rd 16:30 EST (in 2 days)

<:VAL:438251672720900097> VAL vs GZC undefined

Mar 3rd 18:00 EST (in 2 days)

<:NYE:438251672997724160> NYE vs SEO <:SEO:438251672754585602>

Mar 3rd 19:30 EST (in 2 days)

Developed with LOVE by MoonFire · Mar 2, 2019, 2:53 AM

[worn falcon]

I missed the boi

[tired mango]

hex came out of the closet

[feral igloo]

I think they’re keeping Zunba on the bench because they know other teams figured out the core of lunatic hai so whenever they become playoffs material they will likely start the lunatic hai healer dou and the off tank with fissure and fleta + munchkin. I have a feeling. Why else would they keep in Michelle and Jecse? Also, isn’t Fits a shotcaller? He could start over Fleta.

[gaunt acorn]

i don't think that's the reason at all

people have 'figured out' jehong just as much

zunba is benched simply because the meta demands it

historical zarya off-tanks must play dva in goats

zunba's dva has never been amazing

typically you put a dps player on zarya

so they can flex if need-be

[tired mango]

ehh

zarya isnt really flexing nowadays

until stage 2

[gaunt acorn]

teams like houston have tried to put their zarya specialist on zarya

but houston isn't exactly a great team to look up to

[tired mango]

zunba cant play zarya in this meta as well as his stand in

thats why they arent playing zunba

[feral igloo]

Unless he’s playing like complete shit in scrims, it doesn’t make sense to keep an ex champion on the bench. I guarantee you they might not be top contenders anymore but they are still better than 2/3rds of the league. Contrary to the reddit posts, miro was still the 5th best Winston out of the others in season 1 even underperforming he’s still a god. Lunatic hai were never the best mechanically skilled team, they were only good for their synergy and communication.

[gaunt acorn]

michelle is a better off-tank

zunba might be a better zarya, but that isn't enough

[feral igloo]

I beg to differ. Michelle looks lost and scared.

[opal spruce]

remember when toronto was being held before 1st point?

[gaunt acorn]

zunba's dva in season 1 was not very pog

[tired mango]

they would play zunba if he was better for the team lol

end of story?

or maybe dynasty is sandbagging

[worn falcon]

2 times the same combo

[tired mango]

ask monte

[worn falcon]

lol

[feral igloo]

Is that the same reason super is on the bench

?

[tired mango]

let me ask him

actually let me text their coach give me 5 mins

1sec need to find his whatsapp again

looking for his periscope username hold on

double checking with his favorite band listed on his myspace 3secs

[feral igloo]

SBB is still on the bench and people still say he’s a god. Same with flower

[supple prism]

dude

[opal spruce]

jjonak's zen aim is just godly

[tired mango]

yes

[feral igloo]

sorry my WiFi made me send five copies of the same message

I did not mean to spam

Apologies

Fucking metro pcs

Fucking shit cellphone service

[forest wharf]

wifi

metro pcs

wat

[tired mango]

anyways first two guesses are either super isnt ideal or theyre spend time in stage 1 getting their new recruits more used to playing on stage

[feral igloo]

I’m using my hotspot for my laptop rn @forest wharf

[tired mango]

there are other reasons too that a coach may have

like maybe super is being punished

or maybe it's super's fetish to not be played

there are lots of fetishes out there

[feral igloo]

I mean that could also be said for Zunba lol

[tired mango]

yes

[feral igloo]

Not logical to cherry pick pros cause they’re your favorite or least likeable players

[north beacon]

TOR “omg nice work guys! Awesome push we did it” NY “LOL okay guys stop dicking around srsly”

[feral igloo]

OK

I’m switching from metro to t mobile

[tired mango]

sbb's main job is to land his shift and trigger inspire as much as possible lol

[feral igloo]

Fuck metro pcs

[tired mango]

t mobile is coo

if youre mostly on wifi, project fi is aight

[forest wharf]

nyxl sandbagging confirmed

[feral igloo]

Yeah

I wanted to watch some games while I’m driving to Austin

[tired mango]

p sure watching goats is more boring than watching the road while driving through the desert tbf

[feral igloo]

I just want to get a Zunba handshake before he retires ok

[tired mango]

meta should be changing next season

[feral igloo]

Doesn’t know a lick of English so monkaS

[north beacon]

Maybe NY is trying to practice situations where they have to come back from a disadvantage

[tired mango]

toronto is spawn camping nyxl btw

[feral igloo]

Ark is fucking pogchamp. Did he play tonight?

[tired mango]

yeah sbb and ark are in for 4th map

and theyre getting spawncamped

it's kinda funny

[north beacon]

Man if they’re going to lose at least let us see tracer or something

[tired mango]

im barely paying attention why are they getting rekt so hard

LOLLLL

[opal spruce]

meko said nah fam, this my fight

[tired mango]

LMAOOO

[solar trout]

lol

[gilded peak]

My boy SSB 😦

[opal spruce]

thats just a disappointing 3-1

[north beacon]

lol... I’m going to pretend I didn’t watch that map

[tired mango]

wow

wtf

[forest wharf]

S A N D B A G G I N G

[tired mango]

i wonder if nyxl is just shit on that map and wanted to play sbb and ark to make it seem like they werent trying

[gilded peak]

It honestly don't matter how many maps they lose in differential, they already racking many wins.

[tired mango]

it's just stage 1

every map win is important even if you're 4-0 now

[opal spruce]

that shirt confuses me

[gilded peak]

Now it depends if you are winning 3-2 every game

But if you are winning 3-1 every game, it opens up a lead.

[opal spruce]

it has the sleeves of a large, but the everything else of a 3X

[tired mango]

that's an interesting shirt for sure

[gilded peak]

and I don't think map differential matters for grand stage right?

[tired mango]

the V is so deep

map diff matters if teams are tied in wins

[solar trout]

the interviewer speaks so fast in korean

[tired mango]

and teams are only playing 28 matches each not 40 like S1

who is the #2 team right now

[gilded peak]

Titans

[forest wharf]

titans

[gilded peak]

Only 2 teams are undefeated, right?

But Titans also have 1 game less than NYXL

[jagged crater]

sbb for brig

[gilded peak]

So its hard to say who is the better team until they have a face-off

[jagged crater]

bring in flow3r and pine for brig

[tired mango]

dragons charge and shock theyve beaten

so ehhh

[forest wharf]

paris is also undeated, but theyve only had 2 game

[tired mango]

paris is looking goooood

[gilded peak]

the fu? Only 2 games?

[solar trout]

5-0

just insane

[opal spruce]

that moment when 5 teams are below shanghai

[gilded peak]

I guess they are gonna be playing 2 games a week now.

[supple prism]

its still stage one, they will catch up

[solar trout]

given how crazy this season has been

[jagged crater]

RIP seoul

[gilded peak]

I honestly think Washington Justice will be the next Shanghai

[tired mango]

paris at 2 games, everyone else at 4-5, weird

[gilded peak]

They only played 1 game a week. This is 3rd week

[tired mango]

paris vs atlanta tmrw tho

[opal spruce]

its 9pm and this was only the 2nd game? bruh

[tired mango]

should be good

[jagged crater]

paris gets a nice break

[gilded peak]

Sucks to be outside PST

[supple prism]

3-1 ha, i was right

[forest wharf]

yea looks like their schedule is just weird, they're doing 1 game this week then 2 games next 2 weeks

[mossy bone]

valiant bout to go 0-4

[tired mango]

stage 2 & ptr patch cant come fast enough

[supple prism]

ha

[tired mango]

stage 2 starts next month mmm

[forest wharf]

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

[supple prism]

val might get 2 wins this stage

[opal spruce]

im gonna laugh when the meta doesnt change at all and Baptiste replaces zen in goats

[tired mango]

ehhhh

the second part of the ptr patch is massive

[supple prism]

he isnt gonna replace zen

[opal spruce]

wait second part?

[tired mango]

😄 1sec

https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/overwatch/t/overwatch-ptr-patch-notes-march-1-2019/311791 3rd part

finding 2nd part

[supple prism]

he probably wont be used much in goats at all

[jagged crater]

dem gains tho

[north beacon]

Man that valiant girl in the front row with the sign

[tired mango]

https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/overwatch/t/ptr-hero-changes-update/310472 these

[north beacon]

does she go to every game?

[upper niche]

oh Uber that shirt lol. That's awesome.

[opal spruce]

oh those notes are huge

[tired mango]

yeah

all located at https://blizztrack.com/patch_notes/overwatch_ptr/55348_2 for ease of reading fwiw.

2nd part w/ the 1st part make it look a lot like itll kill goats, some pros think it will

they nerfed half the goats characters lmao

[solar trout]

what is seominsoo looking at in his picture

lol

[opal spruce]

the only one i dont really understand is the sym ramp up, but i dont play her that much so 🤷

[tired mango]

sym still sucks

err

[forest wharf]

custa

[tired mango]

her primary still sucks

[north tendon]

did decay play in the spitfire match?

[tired mango]

but her beam at max charge is super scary, so theyre being careful not buffing it too much

i think decay did?

zarya

[north tendon]

how did they fair

[tired mango]

or was that last week..

uhh what was the spoiler tag again

[upper niche]

So Toronto losing 3-1 pushes Boston up in the predicted equal 4th - juicy 😄

[forest wharf]

well they lost so

[north tendon]

just wondering if he was worth the hype, then again its his debut

[tired mango]

spitfire vs gladiators ||2-1 spitfire win||

[north tendon]

and its not a dps meta

[solar trout]

This matchup should be very one sided toward titans

Given the 3-0 vs 0-3

[tired mango]

nothing is off the table

look how green the valiant are

they got dis

[opal spruce]

that bumper stat is very specific

[tired mango]

what was it?

[opal spruce]

when he gets a kill the titans win the fight 100% of the time

[solar trout]

So aggresive

[tired mango]

ooo smartish grav but no follow up. do love me some solo gravs tho

[solar trout]

wow

[tired mango]

wow vancouver still won

crazy

go from super aggro to just right amount of defensive back to aggro, nice.

[mossy bone]

Nyxl gang gang

We 5-0 boys

[solar trout]

Poor fate

just pinballed by slime

[north tendon]

nyxl vs titan is gonna be so good

[jagged crater]

aint gonna see in a while

cept stage playoffs?

[north tendon]

yeah

im expecting that to happen

[jagged crater]

dont know if there's any regular games with them

[north tendon]

a few months from now

[solar trout]

omg slime

<3

Any team rolling valiant is a good team in my book

I like seeing LAV lose

[trim shadow]

Nyxl and vancouver are qued up togo undefeated in stage 1

[north tendon]

lol thats embarassing

[solar trout]

there is a super loud crowd member

[jagged crater]

i think i know who that crowd member is

[tired mango]

a banshee?

[tawny sigil]

"what are you doing?!"

[north tendon]

I like when outlaws lose tbh

[jagged crater]

it's the same person that did it last time

[north tendon]

other fans are fine

[north beacon]

Fking slime lol

So much booping

[jagged crater]

it's that valiant girl fan in the front seats

100%

[north beacon]

@jagged crater that girl is at every game I swear

[solar trout]

like stfu lets see you do better

Annoying

[supple prism]

3rd from last game in the last week in the last stage

[balmy wolf]

IS THIS A FORTNITE FAN SERVER, YES OR NO?

[solar trout]

🙄

[opal spruce]

those people are at every sports game, only difference is those people are usually drunk

[solar trout]

That was probably the most one sided map I have ever seen in owl tho

[jagged crater]

do they sell alcohol in OWL arena?

with id ofc

[rare sonnet]

No

[jagged crater]

damn shame

[rare sonnet]

I don’t think there is any food/drink inside IIRC

[jagged crater]

oh really? that's interesting

[trim shadow]

Thats hell

But its reasonable

Ppl will leave trash everywhere

movie theatres

[jagged crater]

i think most other prestigious video game tournaments do a no food/drink rule too

[rare sonnet]

I think it’s a pain in the ass

[jagged crater]

at least the ones ive watched, never noticed food/drinks in the crowd

[opal spruce]

surely they sell water bottles

[north beacon]

It makes me really sad seeing DPS being stuck on brig duty in OWL

[rare sonnet]

Just get a restaurant in the foyer like every other event venue

[jagged crater]

prob outside you can eat

just not inside the actually arena

[trim shadow]

Its makes me depressed pine and shadowburn probably wont pop off for 2 stages at max if goats remain the main meta

[opal spruce]

im going to the ultimate weekend in dallas, and im already thirsty thinking about no drinks for that long

[jagged crater]

i'd love to see haksal on genji again too

the OG korean genji

still see him play a lot of genji on stream too

[opal spruce]

HUGE bomb

[bright crater]

imagine having to issue a 10 minute ban to people who imply goats is ResidentSleeper

[supple prism]

the hell is residentsleeper

[bright crater]

oof

[opal spruce]

i wanna see the stat for self destruct kills this map

[north beacon]

After this meta I hope the next meta is 5 DPS 1 heal

[upper niche]

lol.

[opal spruce]

QP meta best meta

[tired anvil]

how about 6 heals where the goal is keep the Zen alive

[north beacon]

Hearing the commentators say “their Zarya died so their damage potential is gone” made me cry inside

[upper niche]

Hero 31: Has a full-map-length sym-like healing wall that when you pass through it, heals you to full health. 5 dps to go with it 😄

[opal spruce]

people would replace their A D keys so much

[upper niche]

That's not such a crazy idea for a healing ability now that I think about it - a Mei-like wall you pass through to get healing.

[opal spruce]

amp matrix but heals

[north beacon]

What if there was an ult like sym wall but one side damages enemies and the other side has high HoT for allies

So the enemy has to pick which side they’d rather fight you on

[opal spruce]

HoT?

dont say it

heal over time

[north beacon]

Yeah. Maybe I should have just said healing lol

[trim shadow]

So

Im concerned the valient are going winless stage 1

[north beacon]

lmfao the sombra

Translocate back to spawn to switch to brig

[forest wharf]

big oof

[fathom acorn]

LMAO

THOSE FUCKING BOOS

THE UTTER DISAPPOINTMENT

[trim shadow]

Shanghai and chengdu look like theyre gonna be the best match up of the day

[fathom acorn]

Nah

LA and London was good

[trim shadow]

Lowkey was a snooze fest

[forest wharf]

their next 3 games are charge, outlaws, and fusion so may be going 0-7

[trim shadow]

It took guard going back to sombra to secure the match

[fathom acorn]

The spawn camp

[trim shadow]

@forest wharf exactly what i think

Thats just great discipline by the spitfire

Perfect tracking the ults

And keeping themselves safe to buy as much time as they can

[hidden vault]

Why are they playing kuki as lucio?

Where's custa?

[supple prism]

he is too good to play

[fathom acorn]

Spitfire did amazing with that hold

[cerulean plume]

That hold was just sad

[supple prism]

spitfire?

[warm quartz]

someones cocky

[jagged crater]

bumper LOL

[trim shadow]

keep my meals nice and seasoned omegalul

[outer zenith]

The main event.

[candid yoke]

WHO HERE IS FOR THE DRAGONS!!??

[minor flame]

only match that matters

[candid yoke]

https://tenor.com/view/dragon-gif-10636164

[tawny sigil]

that guy punching the air out of joy is so hilarious to me

[candid yoke]

aww, look at gamsu. the proud father of the dragons LUL

[plucky rune]

god I don't know who I want to win

i love both of these teams

[candid yoke]

^same

[outer zenith]

I'm here to watch Chengdu make professional Overwatch fun again. Nothing more, nothing less.

[plucky rune]

Shanghai is a great underdog story but Chengdu doesn't care about meta and just jams Hammond into every comp

[minor flame]

Chengdu is very fun to watch

[warm quartz]

Holy Kyo

[minor flame]

but Shanghai should win this

[warm quartz]

lots of tats

[candid yoke]

i think i'm still on the fence right now. i'm okay with either team winning

[warm quartz]

Same here

SHD is no longer the defeated underdog though

I still very much so root for them but

[upper niche]

holy crap that wrecking ball in the yellow chengdu skin looks like a cat threw up some kind of ball.

[candid yoke]

ZOMG, gamsu is killin it

[whole mulch]

LET'S GO SHANGHAI

[solar olive]

Not sure why, but that the OWL matches are out of 4, and continue even after a 3-0 sometimes, instead of being 2/3 or 3/5 and ending as soon as majority games are won, has always bothered me

[minor flame]

heres how owl works

you get into the play offs by your map differnential

basically the amount of maps you win

[plucky rune]

ameng is feeeedingggggg

[minor flame]

you can have 3 less wins than the other team

[tawny sigil]

the score are based on 1-2-4 points

[minor flame]

but still barely get in because you had enough maps

[tawny sigil]

only possible with 4 match

[candid yoke]

@solar olive @minor flame so the 4th map is for the map differentials?

[plucky rune]

@solar olive it helps with playoff rankings

[tawny sigil]

3 points is possible if a draw happens though

[minor flame]

4th map is tie breaker decider and another map

basically

[plucky rune]

the casters went in-depth with the system

[minor flame]

constellation prize

[solar olive]

So it's like, I don't know counting an overtime loss as a point in hockey?

[candid yoke]

ah interesting

[minor flame]

no

[plucky rune]

don't use sports analogies

we're gamers here

[minor flame]

you just have like a extra map if you want to get the better advantage

of rankings

or if you need to recover from a 3-0

[solar olive]

Only other analogy I can use is FGC stuff

[minor flame]

you get another map for a point

[tawny sigil]

if they played 3 match and just call a win a win

you'd have shit tons of teams with the exact same score at the end

[plucky rune]

the maps help with breaking ties in the playoff rankings

[solar olive]

Yeah I guess when it comes to seeding

[tawny sigil]

you'd have the final of a stage with 4 teams with same score and that would just add shit ton of extra matches for no reason

[candid yoke]

yea, the only sucky thing is that if you're the losing team 0-3, it's sucha downer to have to play a 4th map

[tawny sigil]

it still happens with extra score, but its a lot less likely

[cedar drum]

Why are they doing my boy Ameng like this

Shanghai hellbent on losing their new fans

🤬

[solar olive]

Yeah like if you lose 3-0 and it's like "Titans win!", You probably want to just get off stage and go, and aren't playing your best for the 4th

But what if it's 2-2 then?

[candid yoke]

then a 5th map

[solar olive]

Makes sense

[tawny sigil]

well think about it at the end of the season a lot of team that have nothing to gain or lose are playing each other

[visual glen]

[cedar drum]

Just wondering....

[tawny sigil]

shanghai had to play their 40th match agaist shock that was also 100% out

[cedar drum]

Do those headphones

[solar olive]

And shite I realized I've been sitting here an hour without playing a game, waiting for people to get on, loo

[cedar drum]

Just stay there and be used by all teams?

Or do all 200+ players get their own pair

[solar olive]

Well uh, time for Shanghai to get a reverse streak and go even!

[cedar drum]

Same ones being used by all would kinda gross tbh

[solar olive]

Lol often like fighting game tournaments will have 2 pairs of headphones per station

So each person going through tends to use the provided ones

[cedar drum]

@solar olive Fighting game tourneys are super underfunded

This is OWL though

For example - Genesis, the biggest smash tournament, winner gets 20K only

Lol

7th place gets 400 dollars

[solar olive]

Also, OWL is kind of easier to manage, as you don't have like 10,000+ entrants playing at once

[cedar drum]

Or something like that

@solar olive I still think it's gross the same pair being used my multiple players

[candid yoke]

damnnnn gamsu

juicy elims

[tawny sigil]

office work face

[solar olive]

Yeah, though Street fighter gets the eSports bucks lol

[visual glen]

Hunters' ults always a second too late

[cedar drum]

Especially hardcore gamers, hardcore gamers have a tendency to be gross.

[solar olive]

So I don't know anything about the hunters

[tawny sigil]

they're a bunch of pandas

[minor flame]

Chengdu is the only full chinese team

their comps are unorthodox

[candid yoke]

wow team killl

[minor flame]

as of chinese ow

[solar olive]

Granted, I know almost nothing about most OWL teams other than Shanghai being 1-52 and"when will the streak end" becoming some kinda meme

[minor flame]

they mainly run Hammond instead of Reinhardt mostly because their Rein player Jiqirin is stuck in China

[tawny sigil]

"guys we a chinese team we cant be worse than shanghai"
NOPE

[candid yoke]

1-42

[cedar drum]

Inb4

Shanghai does the longest winning streak in the history of sports

[pastel grove]

shanghai is going to be unstoppable

[cedar drum]

They just don't lose from here on for years....4Head

[minor flame]

Shanghai has a very good team

mid-top tier

[outer zenith]

1 - 67 is the dream.

[pastel grove]

dding is going to hack them to victory

[cedar drum]

@outer zenith They can't be 1-67

[pastel grove]

though it's still kind of bittersweet that it's not the same lineup as last season

[cedar drum]

That's impossible

[pastel grove]

geguri being benched 😦

[plucky rune]

i don't think Chengdu can pull a w here

[cedar drum]

They have 2 Dallas fuel games this stage

[solar olive]

I also remember people expecting before the league started that the Dynasty would be pretty dominant or something but then they weren't?

[pastel grove]

they started off strong

[cedar drum]

1 game is a guaranteed win

[pastel grove]

but they never really got the momentum going

[plucky rune]

they're starting to get good

[cedar drum]

1 game will be against Dallas and 1 against Fuel

[pastel grove]

the first league skin i bought was pharah's dynasty skin

before i knew anything of the teams

just wanted the colors

[solar olive]

The free skin I bought was the Dynasty D.Va skin. Partly since it looks nice

[cedar drum]

Ashe Shanghai skin is super pog

[plucky rune]

why aren't Chengdu playing triple dps tho

[pastel grove]

i've got basically all the skins i want for the actual players and teams i'm a fan of

like nyxl zen and basically every philadelphia skin

[outer zenith]

Not the right map to run multi-DPS comps.

[minor flame]

Busan isnt a 3 dps map

[cedar drum]

Is there a mathematical number of losses a team can afford for going into stage playoffs?

[sullen berry]

unless you're guangzhou

[pastel grove]

i just don't wan t to see goats anymore

[cedar drum]

Like if a team wins 4 and loses 3

Are they guaranteed to not make playoffs

?

[minor flame]

depends on how many maps they win

[solar olive]

Though I might get a Defiant skin because Canadian and it's a good colour scheme, or a Titans one because Canadian and they just won lol

[pastel grove]

defiant is the black and red right

because i just got that moira

[minor flame]

yes

[cedar drum]

Yeah

[pastel grove]

because moira's skins are mostly all bad

[cedar drum]

Vancouver....skins....are...

[pastel grove]

but that one looks so nice

[cedar drum]

Hmm

[pastel grove]

vancouver is terrible looking

[cedar drum]

What's a less mean word for ugly?

[minor flame]

Vancouver is ok

[pastel grove]

nothing is worse than spark

[minor flame]

not worse than mayhem

[pastel grove]

i'm not even mad about pink

i'm mad about that stupid blue with it

[minor flame]

Sparks color scheme is pretty good

[pastel grove]

i have mayhem widow

[minor flame]

I like it

[pastel grove]

because sayaplayer

[cedar drum]

@minor flame Mayhem are fine.....Boston the ugliest skins

[limber pine]

4 wins and a great map score could still make it in, but it’s very unlikely

[cedar drum]

They are uglier than sin

[pastel grove]

and because it's the same colors as my company so i'm representing my company when i headshot people

[solar olive]

There are a lot worse skins than Vancouver's

[outer zenith]

Biased Shanghai crowd isn't shy about switching sides as soon as they see Chengdu bring out DPS heroes.

[fading raft]

Not a huge fan of the outlaws color scheme

[solar olive]

I always thought London's was off

[north beacon]

I’m rooting for SHD but always love when sombra gets playtime nowadays

[cedar drum]

@solar olive Yeah, Boston.

[minor flame]

imagine thinking an entirety of a crowd roots for one team

[cedar drum]

Boston skins make me wanna puke

[solar olive]

I hated Excelsior's too partly because I don't like the team name lol

[cedar drum]

@north beacon Especially Dding....he is so aggro and charges his ult so fast

[north beacon]

Yeah dding is fun to watch

[solar olive]

Gladiators are good for being purple

[cedar drum]

I hate sombras who have too much downtime

[pastel grove]

what was that self destruct

[cedar drum]

Sombra's weakness is the downtime.....if you reduce that then you are great,

[serene tendon]

luffy

[cedar drum]

Difference between a meh and a great sombra.

[minor flame]

Glads is dark blue

not purple right?

[cedar drum]

@minor flame WHAT?

[pastel grove]

looks purple to me

[minor flame]

huh

must be colorblind

[cedar drum]

100% purple

[north beacon]

I wonder if the health pack hack buff will make us see more tracer/genji. At least in comp

[pastel grove]

i am literally colorblind

[cedar drum]

@minor flame Definitely colourblind

They are as purple as purple can be

[north beacon]

Jinmu is getting barrage kills like it’s QP

[inland pawn]

this jinmu guy is crazy PogU

[minor flame]

Elsa and Jinmu are very good

[pastel grove]

i mean they're not answering pharah

[minor flame]

Dding is the answer

[outer zenith]

And the map.

[pastel grove]

yeahhh

as soon as i said that

[fading raft]

Oof

[limber umbra]

what was that chant?

we need _______

[minor flame]

one of the team mottos

i believe

i forgot their team mottos

[pastel grove]

"spam this guy"

[limber umbra]

i initially thought it was JINMU BOOSTED

[outer zenith]

Well, he is damage boosted.

[minor flame]

look who has EMP

da ding

[pastel grove]

dding mvp again

[candid yoke]

DDING my man

[limber umbra]

DDING

is so good

[tawny sigil]

is that ricegum?

[inland pawn]

cmonBruh

[minor flame]

dont compare that shit to Jinmu

[tawny sigil]

i know but... he does look like him a bit

[pastel grove]

genji

what

in the dive

[minor flame]

eyes are a bit taller

[fading raft]

It was a good meme @tawny sigil

[minor flame]

hair is more up

theres a huge difference between them

[tawny sigil]

hairs are irrelevant in a look a like competition

[inland pawn]

genji PogU

[tawny sigil]

everyone that look at hair is wrong

[outer zenith]

This will be something...

[minor flame]

53% blade already

spicy

[reef imp]

I'm late for the Dragons match, but whatever, I'm here!

[minor flame]

blade already

[reef imp]

I have newfound hope for this team after their first win.

[pastel grove]

you should've always had hope for them

[outer zenith]

No defensive ults yet/

[reef imp]

yeah, badly worded, I always did

[outer zenith]

Unfortunate.

[reef imp]

What I mean to say is it's stronger now.

[pastel grove]

i feel like goats isn't working for them

[minor flame]

its not that its not working

its that Chengdu is hard to fight

when they play comps you dont fight against most of the time

[pastel grove]

tru

which is kind of neat to see

[reef imp]

Classic Dragons turnaround.

[minor flame]

yo wtf

[fading raft]

That was very aggressive

[pastel grove]

what in the quickplay was that

[candid yoke]

LUL

[trim shadow]

guxue to chengdu

[candid yoke]

SO AGGRESSIVE

[pastel grove]

weird flex but ok

[reef imp]

The best defense is a good offense.

Dang. Only milliseconds away from being able to pop his Primal Rage.

[candid yoke]

yea these OWL games you gotta flex. it's the mind games man

[fading raft]

Pretty quick streets phase

[tawny sigil]

a good defence , is a better defence

[candid yoke]

defense

[pastel grove]

these trading SDs

get right tf back in spawn

[candid yoke]

dayum, viscious

[tawny sigil]

amend is a sad hamster right now

[minor flame]

LMAO

[tawny sigil]

get rekt

[serene tendon]

HAHA

[reef imp]

Not enough.

[fading raft]

F

[candid yoke]

WHOAAA

[mystic saffron]

c9

[candid yoke]

sucxxxxx

[limber umbra]

chengdu9

[sullen berry]

Hex calls it a chengdu9

[limber umbra]

ouch

[minor flame]

Chengdu Niner

[mystic saffron]

lmaooo

[serene tendon]

chengdu9 lol

[minor flame]

Ameng was so close too

[mystic saffron]

yeah

[minor flame]

he just flew too high

[fading raft]

To slow though

[candid yoke]

ameng is literally becoming a big ball of FEED

[reef imp]

I'm of the mindset the Dragons' first win has reinvigorated them. Now they know they can win.

[minor flame]

they always knew they could win

their 1st week was just unlucky

facing against top teams of that week

[mystic saffron]

this is shanghai redemption

[quasi pelican]

spam this guy to help shanghai

[reef imp]

Let's hope the Dragons can get a winning streak going.

[trim shadow]

lets hope the sparck can get back on pace to get wins and get a good spot in stage playoffs

ding is a better sombra then guard

dont @ me

[candid yoke]

if SHD win the entire season of OWL, it will be THE GREATEST redemption/underdog story in ESPORTS history

[reef imp]

Dare to dream.

[solar olive]

2-0? Shit

[pastel grove]

REDEMPTION BOIS

[trim shadow]

watch shanghai get another godly trade or a godly signing

[fading raft]

The greatest underdog story of all time

[solar olive]

Oh I don't care on this halftime stuff lol

[inland pawn]

literally not even the same team as last season LOL

[pastel grove]

saebyeolbe, surprise trade to shanghai

[candid yoke]

@pastel grove i love sbb, if he goes to SHD i would laugh a hearty laugh

[pastel grove]

haha

[tawny sigil]

they got rid of freefeed of course they gonna win matches

[pastel grove]

i wasn't watching their game tonight because i was cooking dinner but my wife was yelling that he only got subbed in

[candid yoke]

yea, sbb's been playing less

i wonder if its because of goats

[pastel grove]

probably

hard to excel with tracer when goats is the thing

[fading raft]

Was this the first time he’s played this season?

[pastel grove]

i've never been so sick of a meta so fast

the first that i've seen

[fading raft]

Hmmm

[pastel grove]

but i don't go out of my way to stay glued to nyxl games

i mean i'll have them on but only halfway paying attention

i really only pay attention for shd and fusion

[limber umbra]

im watching SHD, hunters and reign

[candid yoke]

+1

[trim shadow]

im only paying attention to fuel and reign games

[fading raft]

I’m an nyxl fan, and I wasn’t sure if he’d already played. Since this meta doesn’t really suit him

[trim shadow]

im half watching every other game

[limber umbra]

hunters coz you know they dont care about the meta, SHD coz im from season 1 and reign has a chance of showing up with torb

[hidden vault]

I really hoped that shanghai had defeated sparks in their 1st round lol

[pastel grove]

this meta needs to die

[trim shadow]

until like a meta shift

[hidden vault]

Break the streak then

[pastel grove]

i'd rather watch dive again

[candid yoke]

yea, you are starting to see more teams run 4 dps, 1 tank, 1 healer into these goat comps tho

not so much, but kinda

[pastel grove]

the qp comp

is that like a viable answer to goats though

[fading raft]

I’d like to see dive as well, way more interesting that the formulaic team fights we have now

[pastel grove]

he is speaking so much truth

[candid yoke]

haha, he's tired of goats

[limber umbra]

dive is 8 heroes with the rest of the roster not existing

lol

better goats than dive or moth

[north beacon]

if SHD keeps winning i wonder if all the "fans" will get bored and stop cheering for them

[pastel grove]

dive is at least fun to watch

[limber umbra]

lol dive

[fading raft]

Agreed

[limber umbra]

oh no the zenyatta is jumped

dead

zzz

[candid yoke]

LETS GO

[pastel grove]

or we can watch 3 tanks rub on each other

[north beacon]

lol mech call kill

[candid yoke]

lol

[limber umbra]

this point A roll though

[fading raft]

Not a great start

[pastel grove]

shanghai is doing terrible every time they try to run goats

why do they keep doing it

[inland pawn]

POGU

[north beacon]

WHAT THE FUUUU

[candid yoke]

WOW

[reef imp]

ouch

[pastel grove]

ROLLED

[candid yoke]

HOLY

[north beacon]

angry pandas

[fading raft]

ok...I see how it is...

[candid yoke]

yikes

[upper niche]

Brutal

[candid yoke]

how is SHD gonna come back from that

[limber umbra]

did i walk into a QP game

[cedar drum]

That was legitimately the most perfect execution I have ever seen

Wtf

[reef imp]

Alright, I'll give Chengdu props for that. Well-played.

[plucky rune]

jinmu is pog

[cedar drum]

That was surgical

[limber umbra]

yeah hunters, fuck goats

just go with rui

rui's plan of attack

[fading raft]

Big OOF for SHD

[limber umbra]

plan: attack

[cedar drum]

That was german engineering level precise

[candid yoke]

alright dragons, LETS GO

[reef imp]

I know a good play when I see it. That was nice stuff.

[upper niche]

lol, 2500 damage. That's it.

Why stats lie.

[candid yoke]

https://tenor.com/view/genki-dama-spirit-bomb-goku-gif-12526925

[cedar drum]

TIME FOR THE PANDA TO CHOKE THE DRAGON

[inland pawn]

https://tenor.com/view/anime-dragon-ball-super-broly-gif-12850163

[plucky rune]

lmao Chengdu is a team for the people

[limber umbra]

this defense

[reef imp]

All right, even more impressive.

[limber umbra]

what the fuck

[candid yoke]

hunters def keep things interestring

[fading raft]

0 respect

[sullen berry]

I'm for shanghai winning this game

[reef imp]

Don't let your guard down with a Sombra around.

[sullen berry]

snowball into season 2

[candid yoke]

let's go DRAGONS

https://tenor.com/view/genki-dama-spirit-bomb-goku-dragon-ball-attack-gif-12526909

[pastel grove]

fastest in owl history on this map

[outer zenith]

Yveltal doesn't give a fuck.

[limber umbra]

i love that fucking

teleporter

then taxi symmetra back

LOL

[reef imp]

This... isn't looking good.

[plucky rune]

if jinmu isn't player of the match I swear to god

[pastel grove]

even if they took it the time bank difference

[supple prism]

they already have time advantage anyway

so damn much

[candid yoke]

sheeeeeez

[reef imp]

"GET ON THE POINT"

[tawny sigil]

first time i hear the crowd say that

[reef imp]

Even the audience is sick of this.

[candid yoke]

crowd chanting LUL

YES

[fading raft]

Whoa

[candid yoke]

https://tenor.com/view/dbz-goku-ssgss-gif-5366885

[reef imp]

"How do YOU like it?!"

[pastel grove]

shiiiiiit

god dding is so good

[cedar drum]

Right?

One of the best sombras in the league right now

[north beacon]

i have no idea how to play hammond. i'm still dumbfounded at how fast people can get around with him sometimes

[cedar drum]

Hammond and Doomfist

I just can't

[pastel grove]

doom is so fun

[cedar drum]

I'm mentally incapable

[supple prism]

i can sorta do hammond, not doomfist

[north beacon]

when dding tried to capture the point i swear it took hammond 2 seconds to get over there

[cedar drum]

Yeah cause fireball is superfast

Fireball is the fastest movement speed short of genji dash

I think

Blink doesn't really count as a speed cause it just teleports pretty much

[minor flame]

Ameng can feed sometimes

but hes incredibly fucking fast

so it can sometimes make up for his early picks

[reef imp]

That was a close one.

[candid yoke]

LETS GO DRAGONS

[minor flame]

Dragons win this match

they have dding

[fading raft]

wat

[candid yoke]

https://tenor.com/view/vegito-final-kamehameha-vegito-blue-super-saiyan-gif-11539971

[minor flame]

Chengdu still needs alot of polsihing too

When Yang and Jiqirin comes in I hope they can improve from there on

[reef imp]

Now the Dragons just need to hold out.

[minor flame]

cause they have a lot of potential

[cedar drum]

Go hunters

[pastel grove]

hunters have liked 8 years to get it

[sullen berry]

Yang will make an appearance like colourhex

[reef imp]

...for 6 1/2 minutes.

[ruby sable]

who was on Sombra during Hunter's first attack?

[north beacon]

/tinfoilhat what if SHD season 1 record was scripted just so they could make a comeback in S2 and build up hype/sell merchandise

[sullen berry]

great, but i don't expect that first win in his frist game

[minor flame]

Dragons win the series

[ruby sable]

the person who pulled off that ridiculous emp

[minor flame]

not exactly

the match particularly

[ruby sable]

elsa?

[sullen berry]

Elsa on Sombra

[ruby sable]

thanks fam

[candid yoke]

https://tenor.com/view/dbz-dragon-ball-z-spirit-bomb-goku-gif-5043321

[sullen berry]

looking good

[north beacon]

if this match goes to 6-6 i swear...

[minor flame]

Chengdu has a lot of

pop culture refs

Yveltal, Elsa, and Yangxiaolong

little iffy on the elsa thing though

[sullen berry]

Kyo from King of Fighters

[minor flame]

Kyo is a somewhat more common username no?

[sullen berry]

you could say the same about jake

[minor flame]

Jake is his actual name

thats the thing

[trim shadow]

jayne is the supports coach for the fuel no wonder there the only consistnet part of the team

[ruby sable]

idk has the best username in the league bar none

[candid yoke]

dayum

splitting up to minimize barage impact. nice

[minor flame]

you think if a chinese team has a player named Winnie

they get restricted?

and has to change?

[pastel grove]

lol wow

almost ran off

[reef imp]

A bit hasty, eh, Hunters?

[minor flame]

it was a good push

they almost had it

[fading raft]

DO YOU BELIEVE IN MIRACLES!!!!

[north beacon]

damn, nice hold

[minor flame]

they just needed a bit mor focus fire

[pastel grove]

gamsu flex

[minor flame]

Chengdu has a clear disconnect with each other

theyre not very coordinated

its surprising that a full language team is less coordinated than GZC

[sullen berry]

for your veiwing pleasure

https://clips.twitch.tv/CourageousAssiduousPuddingKappaClaus

[north beacon]

lol jinmu looks stressed AF

too much pharah

[candid yoke]

lmao

fr

[north beacon]

"how many fking barrages do i have to land"

[cedar drum]

Why r the QPing this?

I don't get it

All of them use their Ults whenever they want to

Why not go in together

Combo

[pearl stratus]

It's the American War Strategy.

[cedar drum]

Making it painful for themselves

[pearl stratus]

If you don't know what you're doing, there's no way for the enemy to predict it.

[reef imp]

Dig your feet in, Dragons. They shall not pass.

[cedar drum]

I just want to see a dead dragon

Not too much to ask for

:(

[candid yoke]

https://tenor.com/view/pass-you-shall-not-pass-lord-of-the-rings-not-pass-fellowship-of-the-ring-gif-5234772

[cedar drum]

3-1 Chengdu less go

[minor flame]

Chengdu is unpredictable in all aspects lmao

coincidentially or not

[pastel grove]

i like the painful reminder of how shitty mercy is

[reef imp]

Nope.

[ruby sable]

lmao the fail mary

[tawny sigil]

failfish

[pastel grove]

#failmary

[cedar drum]

They are the team with some great individual players who have trouble playing together

[pastel grove]

lol wtf is he talking about

[cedar drum]

Ironically, they are all Chinese

[candid yoke]

https://tenor.com/view/gandalf-happy-dance-lord-of-the-rings-lotr-gif-3551563

[cedar drum]

So no language barrier either

[minor flame]

woah Diem

[ruby sable]

how do they go from fastest volskaya take to this

[minor flame]

bomb jump into slam

Jinmu kinda threw that one

he was doing good overall but his barrages

need a ton of work

[north beacon]

noice

[tawny sigil]

chengou cant win anymore

[pastel grove]

that's how i am with pharah

i never know when to do a barrage

[fading raft]

Comes down to this

[solar olive]

Oh shit, it gonna happen

[pearl stratus]

Because its a single comp you adjust to it.

Slowly.

[candid yoke]

https://tenor.com/view/the-lord-of-the-rings-gandalf-cool-glasses-deal-with-it-gif-3577328

[minor flame]

Chengdu cannot win

[pastel grove]

they look so pissed

[tawny sigil]

its not gonna heppened... it just happened

[minor flame]

practically

[pearl stratus]

So the more you see it, the more you know what you're dealing with

[tawny sigil]

shanghai won

[north beacon]

wait so SHD won the match now right? my brain is fried

[pearl stratus]

By the third time on Volks A you know how they play the comp there.

[reef imp]

Bulldoze 'em, Dragons.

[minor flame]

The best weapon against Chengdu

[pastel grove]

no

[minor flame]

is adaptability

[pastel grove]

they need one tick

[tawny sigil]

its draw or lose for chengou

[ruby sable]

well they have to get a tick

[tawny sigil]

draw = they lose anyway

[candid yoke]

https://tenor.com/view/gandalf-bilbo-dancing-neigh-horses-gif-6120131

[pearl stratus]

And yes.

Even if they draw, they win.

[minor flame]

huh?

[pearl stratus]

Shanghai already won the series.

If they draw they go to game 4.

And they win 2-1

Automatically

Even if they lose.

[minor flame]

oh

I thought you mean Chengdu can win

if they get a draw

[pearl stratus]

Oh no

No, Chengdu lost the series already.

[lethal plank]

Another win for Shanghai!

[sullen berry]

Chengdu doesn't need this

[minor flame]

LMAO

[pastel grove]

LOL

[north beacon]

OH MY GOD

[pastel grove]

LOLOL