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[sullen berry]

Shanghai more

[north beacon]

OH MY GOD

[ruby sable]

AMENG

[north beacon]

WOW

[tawny sigil]

GET OUT OF MY GAME

[fading raft]

BOOP

[candid yoke]

LOL

[minor flame]

That was

a great combo

[limber umbra]

dat whip

[minor flame]

this is the type of coordination Chengdu needs

[north beacon]

that was the most amazing thing i've seen in both seasons of OWL

[minor flame]

they lack that kind of thing

[ruby sable]

oh dear lord jinmu

[minor flame]

Ameng already back

like ball too fast

thats gg

[ruby sable]

lol

[minor flame]

SECOND WIN

DRAGONS GET IT

[pastel grove]

yesssssssssssssssss

[ruby sable]

there's nothing more depressing than seeing mercy's corpse flopping around on the point

YEAH DRAGONS

[serene tendon]

hell yeaaaah

[candid yoke]

YESSS

[tawny sigil]

right on the edge... way past it semmler

[fading raft]

Officially in a winning streak

[candid yoke]

https://tenor.com/view/kamehameha-dragonballz-gif-8144823

[visual glen]

Was that a 4gitte potg

[pastel grove]

that hack + brig was the best thing of the night

[solar olive]

Okay good for them

[supple prism]

now can shd beat fuel

[north beacon]

best thing of the season

[candid yoke]

hope someone clipped that LUL

[reef imp]

Their first winning streak AND their first curb-stomp match.

[minor flame]

you can just see when Dding expects it

Ameng goes back in

confused

[pearl stratus]

Depends which Fuel shows up.

[reef imp]

C'mon, Dragons, make it real.

[minor flame]

and then he fucking booped out

[pearl stratus]

Fuel right now is either good, or 0-4.

[supple prism]

and then can they beat fuel again?

[pearl stratus]

They don't have a mid ground.

[sullen berry]

@pearl stratus good fuel, bad fuel... actual spitfire, dumpsterfire...

[pearl stratus]

Pretty much.

[tawny sigil]

beat guel twice, get in the play off

[pearl stratus]

The one thing is you know they've been prepping for Shanghai.

Since its two games in a row.

[sullen berry]

basically charge

[pastel grove]

i feel like the hunter strategy of playing off meta only works at first

[minor flame]

Shanghai could do the same too

[pastel grove]

then it's just a joke

gimmicks

[pearl stratus]

They can, but Shanghai also had to focus on Chengdu.

[candid yoke]

i hope the Dragons don't get ahead of themselves. stay humble, keep practicing

[minor flame]

I feel like Shanghai didnt prepare for Chengdu that much

you can kinda see at the start they struggled with their comps

[sullen berry]

why would you

[gaunt acorn]

@sullen berry just got my 3rd 100 token drop

[minor flame]

they adapted though

[pastel grove]

how could you

[supple prism]

hunters just dropped so many spots

[gaunt acorn]

i literally got one yesterday

[pastel grove]

chengdu is so random

[north beacon]

do you guys think SHD can beat london?

[sullen berry]

planning for chengdu is like planning for a tsunami in the desert

[minor flame]

Depends

[ruby sable]

@north beacon oof we'll see

[minor flame]

if its Shitfire or Spitfire

[ruby sable]

lmaaaooo

[minor flame]

Shanghai has

[candid yoke]

lmao

[minor flame]

a mid-top tier team

their dps is definitely great

and Diem is insane

Gamsu is very solid too

[pearl stratus]

Gamsu actually has a noticeably improved Rein, as well.

I'll admit that.

His Season 1 Rein was.... oof.

Like lots of oof.

[minor flame]

Luffy and Coma are noticably

ok

not that special

[pearl stratus]

Coma is solid.

Luffy is the wild card.

[minor flame]

Luffy did well yeah

[pearl stratus]

You can get clutch Luffy, or crap Luffy.

[pastel grove]

and dding carry

[sullen berry]

I'd prefer gamsu's orisa and winston

[north beacon]

Dding is insane

[minor flame]

Dding is the starlight

[pearl stratus]

Diem could carry, but its easier for Sombra.

[sullen berry]

but his playtime on those are dropping

[minor flame]

Dding is what Mistakes was to Boston in Stage 3

except better overall

[pastel grove]

or carpe to philly always

[pearl stratus]

Right now theres no "hitscan" impact. I quote that because technically Sombra is hitscan.

[sullen berry]

I miss Mistakes

[pearl stratus]

But Diem is a great Zarya.

[feral jacinth]

Hangzhou dragons

HANGZHOU DRAGONS

[pearl stratus]

And you have Youngjin.

[feral jacinth]

MANS SAID HANGZHOU DRAGONS

[candid yoke]

2-42 😄

[tawny sigil]

thats not screaming... thats being obnoxious

[minor flame]

Youngijn is a very

good

Brig

[candid yoke]

GAMSU SMIRKING

[ruby sable]

lmaaaaooooo the meme chengdu just posted to twitter

[pearl stratus]

He's pretty good across the board, but yeah his Brig is ridiculous.

[candid yoke]

@ruby sable post it here

[north beacon]

so if SHD wins map 4 they're tied for #8?

[pearl stratus]

I mean the meme didn't age well.

Since they lost the map.

[pastel grove]

this comp

[minor flame]

I think the meme is that

[ruby sable]

i'm not seeing an image upload option sorry

[minor flame]

the left is the impressive thing

but the right is the thing that beats it anyway but less impressive

[mystic saffron]

is shd gonna 4-0

[pastel grove]

i think other than up against shd and fusion, i might be a chengdu fan going forward

these comps

[north beacon]

if they win they'll be at #8, if they lose this map #11.. i think

[minor flame]

This type of comp is definitely more tricky

[candid yoke]

pepperidge farm meme

[minor flame]

its hard to manuever against this

especially in Dorado

unless they do that

[reef imp]

The Dragons... defeated by dragons.

[fading raft]

Is that a tracer I saw?

[autumn drum]

I don't know if i should feel bad or happy for the Dragons lmao

[pearl stratus]

Was.

[north beacon]

classic brig combo on tracer

RIP

[pearl stratus]

Past tense.

[reef imp]

I feel like there's some irony in there somewhere.

[pearl stratus]

The brig combo doesn't kill tracer anymore.

[pastel grove]

i am ridiculously happy seeing orisa

[pearl stratus]

That was the Kyo plink.

[sullen berry]

@pearl stratus the more i see hex interrupted, the more i wonder who would be a better caster pairing

[minor flame]

Achillos and Wolf has

[pearl stratus]

Wolf and Achillos, honestly.

[minor flame]

shown alot of casting quality

[pearl stratus]

Because they know so much about the Korean players.

[candid yoke]

dude these two casters are close bro's

[pearl stratus]

And they get super hype.

[ruby pendant]

can Dragons make playoffs?

[minor flame]

Yes

[north beacon]

i do like chengdu's comps. they're fun to watch

[sullen berry]

@pearl stratus no no, I'm demanding a better caster that actually works well with hexagrams

just whomst

[minor flame]

Dragons has a big chance to reach playoffs

is he saying Evil Tall?

isnt it Yee Val Tall

[ruby pendant]

nice

[pearl stratus]

#2-20 is such a weird field basically anyone can make playoffs depending on the rest of their stage.

Minus LAV.

LAV is out.

[ruby pendant]

lol

[minor flame]

LAV and Houston

are like ehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

not in

[pearl stratus]

Houston is 1-3 at least.

They have the one win.

[limber umbra]

it's so hard for me to cheer in this game

[sullen berry]

#4-12 is more competitive than whatever is below that right now

[ruby pendant]

Thought LAV was expected to be a good team?

[autumn drum]

I only like Houstons skins.

[pearl stratus]

So if they streak the rest of the series they theoretically could.

[limber umbra]

hunters are shjowmen

[pearl stratus]

They are a good team.

[minor flame]

LAV is a decent team

they just have the worst stage 1

[sullen berry]

I never believed valiant had a better team

[pearl stratus]

LAV just had the hardest schedule of the entire league for Stage 1 lol

[minor flame]

do you think LAV could get a winless stage 1?

[sullen berry]

but i'm quite impressed with how iza and fate stack up

[minor flame]

become the next Shanghai meme?

[pearl stratus]

Their last games are GZC, Houston, and Philly.

All of them are winnable.

[minor flame]

GZC is a little tough

but Houston and Philly

are definitely winnable

[pearl stratus]

GZC is probably the toughest match up, yeah.

LAV's biggest issue is Custa imo.

[sullen berry]

what is the state of fusion, anyways

[pearl stratus]

Because Kuki isn't great, but they don't play 3:3 well enough to work with Custa.

[candid yoke]

LUL

[pearl stratus]

So they're stuck on this shit special ed goats using a worse support.

[minor flame]

lmao

They should try out Custa in a match

try it out atleast

[pearl stratus]

They did.

[minor flame]

how was it?

[pearl stratus]

He's too aggressive for their Goats.

He's doing the splitting boops and stuff.

And they can't capitalize on any of it.

[minor flame]

so is it a LAV problem or Custa problem

[sullen berry]

they put in custa on ilios tiebreaker

[pearl stratus]

He plays like Slime/IDK etc.

[sullen berry]

it didn't get them the win so

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[reef imp]

Um... what was with that cut?

[pearl stratus]

Btw. Diem Widow just shit all over Baconjack.

[sullen berry]

premature transition

[minor flame]

so Custa is actually too good of a lucio for LAV?

[candid yoke]

YASSSS

[pastel grove]

"but i clicked on heads"

[pearl stratus]

I wouldn't say too good of one.

[pastel grove]

this commentary tonight

is giving me life

[pearl stratus]

Too good of a 3:3 Lucio, yes.

He plays a better 3:3 than LAV is capable of playing.

[minor flame]

it sounds so ridiculous

but in ow

it can happen

[pearl stratus]

I mean look at some of these teams 3:3.

It makes sense.

[candid yoke]

love this duo casting

[minor flame]

3-3 requires all players

to be on the same coherent level

[sullen berry]

SemmHex are the most accessible

[minor flame]

so its definitely that

[sullen berry]

I feel like Disney XD viewers are spoiled

with decent explanations and not overwhelmingly technical

[pearl stratus]

Also I believe there was also a little issue of Custa / Izayaki communication.

[minor flame]

lang barrier?

[pearl stratus]

Because Izayaki has trouble with Custas accent.

[minor flame]

ah

LMAO

its such weird sounding problems

but it makes sense

[sullen berry]

a daily reminder that izayaki is korean btw

[pearl stratus]

Yeah, its a language barrier on the language barrier.

Because I speak english, but sometimes aussies go on a tear and I'm like

"... What the fuck did you just say?"

[north beacon]

oi, u wot m8

[sullen berry]

oi, f8 cunt

[minor flame]

D I EM

can you imagine a scottish player?

just cant understand comms

[pearl stratus]

I mean just imagine the different areas of the US.

Getting like a deep New Orleans Creole player.

[north beacon]

WELL WELL WOTS DIS DEN

[sullen berry]

just clone 6 raggtags and make one of them good enough for contenders eu

[pearl stratus]

Lmao Dding.

[minor flame]

WTF

[pearl stratus]

Just fucking lobs it

[minor flame]

yeah thanks spectator

not even showing cam

[pearl stratus]

He was following the cart

Which made sense

The bomb was so far back

Away from the cart lol

[minor flame]

wow

That bomb was so precise

or lucky

maybe both

[pearl stratus]

I think he had to assume Baconjack and Mercy would go over the wall there

Since its good LoS for Widow.

So my guess is planned.

Lmao Diem

[minor flame]

DIEM

is INSANE

[pearl stratus]

"Oh you wanted to have a widow duel? Okay."

[candid yoke]

LUL tweeting from the payload

[minor flame]

holy shit

Shanghai 4-0

[gaunt acorn]

[pastel grove]

my SHD bois

[candid yoke]

4-0

[reef imp]

The Dragons' first curbstomp!

[minor flame]

first winning streak

first 4-0

[autumn drum]

Poggers

[reef imp]

(sniff) I'm so proud...

[candid yoke]

https://tenor.com/view/broom-gif-4766890

[autumn drum]

Our baby is growing up

[pearl stratus]

I'm glad they started loosening up too though.

[autumn drum]

They've learned how to walk

[pearl stratus]

Let the Diem go Widow, let Dding do his Sombra stuff etc.

[pastel grove]

big respect for chengdu though

[reef imp]

Yeah, they tried.

[pastel grove]

i like unconventional

[autumn drum]

A phara pick though. that was.. something.

[minor flame]

You think Shanghai can win against peak Dallas and peak Spitfire @pearl stratus ?

[tawny sigil]

went from teaching koreans how to speak chinese to just... not hiring chinese

they all want that mic

GIMME THAT MIC

[pearl stratus]

I think they're about on par with peak dallas.

Spitfire is a tough call.

[pastel grove]

tbh there are a ton of heroes i've never really seen played at a high level

[pearl stratus]

I think Gamsu is a better Rein than Gesture, but I think London has stronger supports.

[sullen berry]

Notice me, carpe

81 kills

[minor flame]

Diem man holy shit

50k dmg

isnt that same 2 digit as record lvl?

[pearl stratus]

I think that was total.

Not round.

[minor flame]

yeah

Total

[reef imp]

I think today is the day the Dragons officially stopped being the joke of the OWL.

[minor flame]

Record is 63k?

[pastel grove]

wait who got mvp

[pearl stratus]

No, record was like 100k I thought.

[minor flame]

Diem got MVP

[pearl stratus]

Seominsuu and Sinatraa

[minor flame]

I believe

[sullen berry]

we've definitely had reins with 100k+ match total damage

[pearl stratus]

For the Vancouver/Philly game.

[pastel grove]

they didn't actually say that

[minor flame]

yeah

but Diem might as well be MVP

[pearl stratus]

They were averaging 30k+ per map.

[minor flame]

I see

[sullen berry]

50k damage is not that shocking in a tank meta

[pastel grove]

alright i stayed up way too late to watch this sweep

[pearl stratus]

Pretty sure Seominsuu finished with like.. 112k total damage on Zarya.

[pastel grove]

was not disappointed

[minor flame]

fuckin hell

casters and analysts keep saying Runaway not OWL level

[gaunt acorn]

huh

[pearl stratus]

For 3:3 any long standing contenders team right now is probably OWL

To be fair.

[minor flame]

I think

[sullen berry]

@minor flame what

[minor flame]

it was Sideshow or Monte

[gaunt acorn]

are you talking about titans or runaway

[minor flame]

that said Runaway wasnt OWL level

both

[gaunt acorn]

titans are ranked as the #1 team in the league

[sullen berry]

sideshow is in visa hell

[gaunt acorn]

sideshow and monte both have titans as their #1 spot

so

[pearl stratus]

Also pre-league start a lot of people were saying that because they were an expansion team.

[gaunt acorn]

i don't know what you're referring to

[minor flame]

huh

[pearl stratus]

But that was pre-league start.

[minor flame]

I heard somewhere someone said they werent OWL level

even during like their 2nd 3rd win

[pearl stratus]

Before they saw how shit most teams 3:3 was.

[gaunt acorn]

you probably saw the wolfofvillainy meme

that's a meme

[minor flame]

it is?

ah

[sullen berry]

course it is

[gaunt acorn]

Runaway now is not OWL level, as fanboy-triggering as that sounds. People loved them for their underdog streak, and their vibrant brand/personality, but expecting them to get pick up is very unrealistic. They still have to actually win something first. At the same time, I'd honestly advise Flowervin to sell Bumper, Stitch and Haksal and then rebuild. Those buyouts money can help Runaway for a few more season.

[minor flame]

cow copypastas are so hard to tell

sometimes

[gaunt acorn]

wolfofvillainy (known for often saying dumb shit) said that months ago

people like to harp on it still

because of how wrong he was

[sullen berry]

because

[pearl stratus]

Thats because most people on COW have the IQ of the stuff I leave in a tissue after some alone time.

[gaunt acorn]

huh

[minor flame]

lmao

[gaunt acorn]

most people on COW called him out immediately when he said that

he's basically notorious there

[sullen berry]

🦀 MykL is dead 🦀

[pearl stratus]

I was saying telling if a copy pasta is legit or not.

[sullen berry]

someone less controversial has taken his place

[pearl stratus]

Some of the shit that gets said on COW is just so dumb you get leery of everything.

[minor flame]

yeah if that copypasta was real I wouldnt be that shocked coming from COW

[pearl stratus]

Like the kid who said they should balance around 1:4:1 so DPS don't have long queue times.

[minor flame]

There was a COW post earlier that complained about how

role queue and clans guilds social system didnt exist

and how its like the most glaring problems

and I just

really disliked that post

[sullen berry]

those same people probably find mobile games more entertaining than overwatch

[minor flame]

I mean i can understand goats is not that entertaining to everyone

I find it fun but people like the flashy dps speed plays

Dding

I wouldve prefered Diem but

Dding is still great choice

huhhhhh

52-4 and 3.2 hacks per emp?

wtf

[worn falcon]

Dding is insane wtf

[minor flame]

Diem felt also consistently great

a little onpar with Dding

[sullen berry]

I love streaky speed plays
https://clips.twitch.tv/ResoluteHelplessNewtSaltBae

[upper niche]

Just saw the final score, wtf.

[minor flame]

yeah Widow sweeps are entertaining

but widow 1v1s are like

zzzzzzzzz

until someone gets like a unexpected insane hookshot

or something

[upper niche]

Someone thought a widow tourney for all star weekend would be a good idea.

[sullen berry]

Ana 1v1

"paintball"

[minor flame]

I feel like a Ana tourney

would be more entertaining

[upper niche]

Man that was boring, hide and seek etc

Around a statue.

[sullen berry]

widows 1v1s are amazing

[minor flame]

mehhhhh

[sullen berry]

they're not for a broad audience

[minor flame]

most of the time its like

missing each other until the other widow just walks around somewhere

and unexpectedly gets headshot

thats how most widow 1v1s ive seen go in the league

[sullen berry]

widow 1v1s in a nutshell

https://clips.twitch.tv/WimpySourSlothTwitchRPG

[minor flame]

thats not how most widow 1v1s go tbh

its inconsistent in quality

most likely average but there are moments of holy shit

[sullen berry]

it's a lot like competitive darts

you can get really into a long best of 5 matchup against two of the best widows

I wouldn't say surefour was the top player in the pool he was up against

[queen drift]

Does anyone

[sullen berry]

||yet it turned out all he needed to do was change his sens and he beat fleta and carpe||

[gilded peak]

Saya and Carpe match was insane. They were the only ones being serious.

[sullen berry]

||pine vs striker where pine didn't dab||

not sure if it's spoilers anymore

but if you watch it you'll be pleasantly surprised

[queen drift]

It was a long time ago, for an all star round

[sullen berry]

do i want widow 1v1s for all star this year? of course not

[queen drift]

And most people know who won

Don’t think spoilers matter

[gilded peak]

I don't know who won and don't care for it

Since the best thing about All-Stars was the caster playing, in my opinon.

[queen drift]

Agree

Talent games, then widow duels for me

[sullen berry]

consider it self-censorship for those that aren't interested

I completely missed the talent games during the countdown

[gilded peak]

The smack talk is what made it great, not so much on the casting

[queen drift]

They’re rewatchable tbh

They were funny

[sullen berry]

Jinmu AAP: I'd be watching that tbh

[hidden vault]

Anybody thinks watch point is useless? Lol

[supple prism]

kinda

[cedar drum]

@hidden vault Yeah, it's just so cringed and the analysis is so brief and bad.

This season it's especially useless cause how little of it is

30-30 mins

And the 2 mins they do between games

[gaunt acorn]

tiny brains watch watchpoint

big brains watch sideshow in his bedroom

[cedar drum]

Sideshow in his bedroom

Is 1000% better than wp

Fact

[hidden vault]

This is my 1st time watching wp

Side show?

[cedar drum]

Sideshow Overwatch?

The man with the 6Head?

[hidden vault]

I thought wp might have insights to tell me why kuki is playing lucio and not custa

[cedar drum]

@gaunt acorn Btw....it's Sideshow in his mum's storage room. Not his bedroom. LUL

[hidden vault]

No never heard of it

So cringe

[supple prism]

sideshow whispering in his bedroom

[gaunt acorn]

pretty sure it was his bedroom before he moved out

[cedar drum]

@gaunt acorn So he moved out. Not his bedroom anymore. It's where the oats live.

[supple prism]

oats?

[hidden vault]

I'm extra confused

[solemn wyvern]

So uhhh Defiants got bumped down to 12th

[supple prism]

and hunters to 14

[nova wadi]

Who won today then?

I know london did but thats it

[supple prism]

london 2-1, nyxl 3-1, titans 3-1, SHD 4-0

[balmy wolf]

cant wait for atl vs paris

[upper niche]

So, updated simple prediction of stage finishes at this point in time: 1: NYE/VAN; 3: PAR; 4: ATL, LDN, BOS; 7: PHI, GZC, SHD(!), TOR

Yes, you read that right. If you use simple prediction/tipping on current ladder position, Shanghai Dragons may make the stage finals!

[sullen berry]

@hidden vault it's watered down significantly, probably to cater to espn audience at best

positions 5-8 are really spotty

I am nervous seeing guangzhou hitting their 5th match win

which will shut the door out of most teams if they manage another tiebreaker loss

I do see stage playoffs being bucked after week 4

sloppy week 5 pickems

[gaunt acorn]

you think guangzhou is going to beat vancouver?

[sullen berry]

Sloppy

But not unintentional

I'm slightly torn between the valiant and the Charge match

I considered valiant to be underrated in season 1

They turned out how I thought

But this new roster, with OP Goats player Custa

This isn't doing it for me, coach moon + 2 assistants

[umbral dawn]

Titans won against Charge before right

[hidden vault]

Yes

Titans is the best team

[gaunt acorn]

titans are undefeated

[sullen berry]

valiant and justice remain winless

how long that will be is going to be the kicker

[gaunt acorn]

if the justice don't get a win by the end of stage 1

they will become the new shanghai dragons

every team will scrim super hard to make sure they don't lose to them

[sullen berry]

I got to get a jersey if titans sandbag

as we're the last game before playoffs lmao

[gaunt acorn]

titans don't sandbag until they've won

[sullen berry]

I'll argue they already have

they really don't need the one game scheduled against NYXL to validate themselves

it's all in the regular season standings

[karmic grotto]

I mean, I've read that Titans scrim a lot with NY so...

[forest raven]

The two don't play each other until the last day of stage 4 so

Makes sense

[sullen berry]

i have to wait so long for the real seoul dynasty to show up against guangzhou charge

[karmic grotto]

why?

[sullen berry]

strength of schedule

[hidden vault]

"Real Seoul Dynasty"

[sullen berry]

and because seoul doesn't look like they're aiming for playoffs for another season

@hidden vault if that triggered something from this channel, you're welcome

[karmic grotto]

I don't understand why Seoul wouldn'd do that

[hidden vault]

I am just utterly disappointed by seoul

2 season in a row

Hard to believe they could be better

[sullen berry]

I never have to look at dallas seoul vancouver or san fran schedules

[hidden vault]

Amd the old lunatic hai is gone

They should start playing michelle on sombra though

[sullen berry]

just buy in an EU player

😏

[hidden vault]

For the LuLs?

[sullen berry]

no

if i prentended to be serious

look at china

which rosters are doing well in the top 12

[karmic grotto]

SHD buying Koreans, and winning

[sullen berry]

imgaine being a mutlinational roster

[karmic grotto]

Charge?

[sullen berry]

omg no

[karmic grotto]

Atlanta?

[sullen berry]

Atlanta's country diversity is truly underrated

!players reign

[somber yew]

Atlanta Reign Roster

Erster

offense

Kodak

support

Dogman

support

Masaa

support

Gator

tank

dafran

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[sullen berry]

3 Koreans from Element Mysic + LFZ

[karmic grotto]

The match vs Paris in 9 hours gonna become fun

[sullen berry]

the day that I can be awake watching a full match with Paris Eternal

is the day that I can start caring about atlantic division teams

[karmic grotto]

In the playsoff

5 out of 8 are atlantic division 😄

[sullen berry]

!standings

[karmic grotto]

??

[sullen berry]

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[somber yew]

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[sullen berry]

this still works however

[karmic grotto]

This matchup

Paris vs ATL, what will that tell us

[sullen berry]

you tell me

[karmic grotto]

Paris, ATL and Justice have played 2 and 3 matches

meanwhile other teams 4 and 5

[sullen berry]

I think that atlanta was a gimmick mixed roster team from the beginning

I am pleased to say that's not the case

and both eternal and reign is the most competition you'd have out of all the atlantic teams

[karmic grotto]

Why?

[sullen berry]

well on paper

you have two teams with different philosophy to GOATs

atlanta has a mindset that they play goats without restriction to their hero pools

eternal

since I haven't watched VODs to back this up, mind you

are pretty resolute and overall play well in this meta

I didn't expect erster to be a serviceable D.Va

Pokpo is their regular off-tank

[karmic grotto]

Lol, that match in Volskaya

Daco is their regular off-tank*

Pokpo is the main tank

[sullen berry]

both of those main tanks could play rein in a 1v1 against yakpung

and just slap him silly

[karmic grotto]

I'm sure gonna see Dafran on the Bastion in Anubis

[sullen berry]

that has to be the Defiant's biggest disappointment this stage

[karmic grotto]

Toronto?

I mean, they've played against good teams

[sullen berry]

that shouldn't stop them

or heck

without neko

they held their own

watching him play yesterday I can see their win streak happening another time

during season 2

[sullen berry]

Meanwhile, in UK..
https://youtu.be/jOw0_dkC2jM?t=151

[potent tulip]

Uh.. Why are there so much less articles in the shop all of a sudden?

The heck happened lol

[gaunt acorn]

hopefully it means they're fixing their quality issues

but that seems a tad optimistic

[potent tulip]

Pants, bomber jackets, certain caps and jerseys are just gone

[gaunt acorn]

i know, i just checked

[potent tulip]

Lmao, well that's very nice

Well if they improve the quality then I'm fine by it

[karmic grotto]

You guys know akson esports

how how the name its called

when overwatch league sees someone has better content, and they just silence them

[rare sonnet]

?

[sullen berry]

@potent tulip most aren't happy with the iron on numbers and player names

but for what I thought was much better alternatives to the poor quality jerseys

probably sold out idk

¯_(ツ)_/¯

also found this link amusing
https://gear.blizzard.com/us/esports/overwatchleague

[potent tulip]

Lmao

[sullen berry]

so all the established teams have more merch variety left

while all the new teams still have their player jerseys since they're going to have to write-off or discount the reamining jerseys at the end of the year

keep that in mind, folks

https://www.intotheam.eu/pages/overwatch-league-official-merchandise

so anything bought from the store that's not listed

they've been retired until they update it - rip season 1 jerseys

new look more like no look

[fast basin]

Im sorry... Shanghai got a 4-0?

[forest raven]

Ye

[gaunt acorn]

shanghai has more wins than both LA teams combined

[forest raven]

[limber pine]

Just glad SHD got another

Was worried the Boston win would be in validated if they didn’t get a second

[sullen berry]

hunters were looking like a threat into stage playoffs

that would be a wasted slot

[proper cove]

How is Shanghai 2-2?

[sullen berry]

we've just talked about who

boston and hunters were not in top form

while vancouver and hangzhou were the opposite and just styled on shanghai

[limber pine]

I’d argue this is Chengdu’s top form

They just can’t run goats very well

[sullen berry]

better not become their peak

this style is compenent enough to stand up to goats

but it comes down to the cross discipline of team strategy and execution

[hidden vault]

Shanghai has a good chance of winning Dallas

[fathom acorn]

Reminder

Everyone here thought I was crazy for saying London would win

Then London rolled and smoked them on dorado

[limber pine]

I mean

London is a completely different team with Guard playing over Birdring

How was Decay?

[nova wadi]

Really goos

Good

Played really well with roar

[balmy wolf]

I dont know if this is an unpopular opinion but I don't like big goose

[balmy wolf]

wait discord is laggin for me

[vale pond]

Dragons won again lmaoo

they’re a good midtier team now

[hidden vault]

shaz and big goose are just doing pretty okay. A nice support duo I guess

But nth spectacular

[vale pond]

big goose is quite aggressive from the games I’ve watched

either pays off or he feeds

[hidden vault]

Who is the lucio and who is the zen

I never seem to be able to remember lol

[vale pond]

big goose is lucio

shaz is zen

[balmy wolf]

Dragons have enough talent to be a top 5 team

[hidden vault]

Yeah I agree on that the dragon are actually pretty good

Yeah and big goose does seem to always try to get those environmental

[vale pond]

dragons are incredibly good talent wise

they will be a real contender by season 3-4

[hidden vault]

Season 3 & 4 would be a different meta

They will do well this season

[potent tulip]

Well, seems like the shop is back to normal

Doesn't seem like it was to better the quality

[warm quartz]

WAIET A SECOND SHD 4-0'D?

Looks like ive got a vod to watch during the second map

Erm 3rd

[vale pond]

shanghai has good dps talent

They’ll still be good 3/4

[jagged crater]

ez4ence

[trim shadow]

i gotta have some choice words with monte cristo and saying the reign arent a elite team

super: im one of the top reins in the leauge

[queen drift]

atlanta are looking pretty good so far actually

[azure harbor]

Counter-Strike and Overwatch and the same time. It's good to have 2 monitors

[inland pawn]

LETS GO DOOOOOOOOOOD

[limber pine]

------------------------------------------

Stage 1 - Week 3 of the Overwatch League is live in 5 minutes!

DAY 3 MATCHES

12:00 PM PST: Paris Eternal vs Atlanta Reign
1:30 PM PST: Florida Mayhem vs Houston Outlaws
3:00 PM PST: San Francisco Shock vs Washington Justice
4:30 PM PST: Shanghai Dragons vs Dallas Fuel

Watch live at:
🇬🇧 https://www.twitch.tv/overwatchleague

Full schedule:
🗓 https://overwatchleague.com/en-us/schedule

[azure harbor]

[inland pawn]

dallas fuel gonna be the 3rd team to lose to SHD

[azure harbor]

Meme Fuel

[inland pawn]

dallas vs fuel 2019

[night tusk]

Paris win today

[azure harbor]

2-1 prediction for SHD

[split crest]

ATLANTAA

[night tusk]

i'm new in discord. where are people talking about matches of today

[azure harbor]

here

[leaden apex]

I'm all for Dallas, just because they have some of the oldest players ... and I'm old with 29 now

[azure harbor]

Dallas vs Shanghai waiting room

[split crest]

feelsbad

age is a bit

[night tusk]

coolmatt is the oldest I believe

[azure harbor]

@leaden apex I'm more than 30

[inland pawn]

just stop aging LOOOOOOL

[split crest]

good idea

[leaden apex]

don't age bully me

[split crest]

im a yung boi

[shut terrace]

just dont age 4head

[night tusk]

Coolmatt from outlaws than ryujehong from seoul.. not 100% sure

[split crest]

who do y'all want to win this match? (if you say paris you're dead to me)

[azure harbor]

here we go

Monte

[plucky rune]

i can get the drops from the twitch mobile app right

[azure harbor]

he really should keep his mustaches

weak

[shut terrace]

i still dont understand how paris is ahead of reign on the standings

[leaden apex]

@plucky rune yea

[plucky rune]

oke thanks

[leaden apex]

just be sure to connect your battle net account

[hollow tree]

chuckles knowing NY is going rule over all

[shut terrace]

yea like last year

[split crest]

ny or vancouver

[shut terrace]

lmao

[queen drift]

Atlanta leggo

[azure harbor]

Shanghai rising

[split crest]

i think ny will shut down vancouver's aggression tho

[shut terrace]

remember when ny beat london last year in stage 1

[azure harbor]

le baguette should win

[ashen gull]

Paris most chad team

[split crest]

paris better lose

[queen drift]

bit confused, why are people talking about van v nyxl ?

[leaden apex]

oh no he said the word

[ashen gull]

KRUISE CONTROL LMAOOO

[azure harbor]

Atlanta

[nova wadi]

they better not play dogman

[ashen gull]

They are

[split crest]

you dissing dogman?

[azure harbor]

is it city in Texas or Alaska?

[karmic grotto]

DOGMAN lol

not kodak this time

[nova wadi]

Dogfeed

[queen drift]

pogman

POGMAN

[split crest]

I LIKE IT

POGMAN

[azure harbor]

[karmic grotto]

dogchamp

[night tusk]

everyone shouts for Dafran

[karmic grotto]

the doggo manslaughter man

[leaden apex]

Pogman, fighter of the Dogman

[ashen gull]

One thing for sure, Paris most handsome team 👀

[split crest]

i hate ilios

nah man

[karmic grotto]

oh God

[split crest]

dafran pretty good looking

[karmic grotto]

The torbjorn for sure

oh 2wait

wrong map

[ashen gull]

Ilios is meh

[azure harbor]

I was there IRL, really nice place

so this map brings memories

[split crest]

pokpo not bad looker

[nova wadi]

symm ??

[azure harbor]

Sym

[karmic grotto]

LMAO

[ashen gull]

SYMM?

[karmic grotto]

swap finssi

[leaden apex]

@azure harbor cool, did you win the round?

[karmic grotto]

pls

[split crest]

GTE REKT

[night tusk]

throwing LUL

[split crest]

HDSXAUJHYBFUISFHBSDI:

[azure harbor]

@leaden apex too many people, no

[split crest]

PARIS LOSERS

[rapid locust]

hello all

[karmic grotto]

wtf

Dogman zenyatta assis

[night tusk]

KYKY AGAIN OMG LMAO

[split crest]

let's gooooo

[azure harbor]

😄 can't beat GOATS meta anyway

[split crest]

they suck

[leaden apex]

@azure harbor boop them off the edge next time

[split crest]

play goats 4head

[karmic grotto]

paris throwing

[plucky rune]

atlanta runs torb
paris: lmao hold my beer

[azure harbor]

[karmic grotto]

MASAAAAAA

[nova wadi]

LOL

[night tusk]

omg

[azure harbor]

nice

[split crest]

YEAH BOI

[rapid locust]

I keep thinking POKPO is POKO

[night tusk]

masaa

is pog

[split crest]

i like pokpo better than poko

[hollow tree]

meta is meta but one also has to do the old strat of getting gud

[karmic grotto]

LMAO

[queen drift]

Masaa is a pog booper, like his main thing

he great

[karmic grotto]

Paris who

[night tusk]

LUL woohyal

[azure harbor]

it's bad

[leaden apex]

Paris, no >:

[queen drift]

dogman with the dogplan

[split crest]

get screwed paris

[karmic grotto]

Paris who?

[hollow tree]

can we get an F in teh chat

[wintry kraken]

zarya up there, that actually a new thing to me 😄

[queen drift]

no

[leaden apex]

I guess you can't be that good looking AND win every game

[karmic grotto]

HERE WE GO

[nova wadi]

TORB

[inland pawn]

LETS GO DOOOOOOOOOOOOOD

[night tusk]

TORBJORN

[split crest]

they giving paris a free win

[wintry kraken]

yeah, paris will be torbed

[split crest]

lool

[hollow tree]

ooof no respect even

[nova wadi]

winston vs torb hmmm

[night tusk]

omg

[karmic grotto]

jesus christ

[queen drift]

M S A A

[karmic grotto]

Masaaa

[nova wadi]

MASAA

[split crest]

i love you masaa

[azure harbor]

Dafran emotes in chat

[hollow tree]

jebus zanyatta christ

[glacial wedge]

lets to reign this isepic

[nova wadi]

LUL SOON

[magic zinc]

Take a shot for each Atlanta environmental kill

[azure harbor]

a little bit pathetic

[plucky rune]

lets go dood

[glacial wedge]

torb tho

[plucky rune]

lmao soon is inting

[queen drift]

hospital in 2 rounds

roberto

[night tusk]

molten coreee

[nova wadi]

why would u use rally

[split crest]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[azure harbor]

nooo

[night tusk]

no torb

[glacial wedge]

noooo atl pls hold

[azure harbor]

shame

[split crest]

ikr

i want atlanta to 4-0

[lapis yarrow]

Hey guys,so i just bought the all access pass how do i watch one person ?

[queen drift]

you get rally fast and its a great ult for mid fight

[night tusk]

why orisa goats again

[glacial wedge]

its at the top

[queen drift]

pulls into the middle ando

[wintry kraken]

is torb GOATS a ... TOAST ? 😄

[karmic grotto]

dogman lmao

dies

[azure harbor]

ha ha

[night tusk]

bunny blaster xd

[queen drift]

tracer ez ez ez

[inland pawn]

[azure harbor]

baby dva carry

[glacial wedge]

omg the flip

YES

[split crest]

hyp is like literally getting most final blows

[queen drift]

E

Z

[karmic grotto]

[vagrant niche]

so fast

[karmic grotto]

[azure harbor]

[karmic grotto]

[queen drift]

im poor

[glacial wedge]

LET IT REIGN

[night tusk]

[leaden apex]

Paris almost made it interesting

[magic zinc]

[split crest]

[karmic grotto]

almost yes

[nova wadi]

i stopped playing comp for this so it better be worth it

[karmic grotto]

OWL is always worth it bro

[queen drift]

stop playing goats to play goats

"Armor Packs Created" ok OWL

[night tusk]

don't even need to play OW anymore xd

[nova wadi]

Disagree

Houston vs Mayhem is gonna be zzz

[queen drift]

^^

two worst teams

[balmy wolf]

atl - paris 1-0

[magic zinc]

Armor Packs created stat

[balmy wolf]

g

[magic zinc]

???

[queen drift]

ya lol

[proper cove]

Dallas vs Shanghai might be interesting

[karmic grotto]

ARMOR PACKS

^ look at this

[azure harbor]

[night tusk]

we need vancouver vs nyxl

[nova wadi]

armor packs created are probably everytime dafran uses that ability

[leaden apex]

doggeman

[proper cove]

[queen drift]

replace it with "GOATS Killed: "

[nova wadi]

forgot what its called

[leaden apex]

goodboiman

[night tusk]

I hope seoul can come back and make nyxl vs seoul a fun match

[wintry kraken]

goats will be gone in 2nd half of the season when all the nerfs on PTR trickle into OWL

[proper cove]

[nova wadi]

@night tusk in the finals probably

[queen drift]

nah

goats wont be gone

[nova wadi]

runaway vs NYXL

[queen drift]

the comp is too strong

[magic zinc]

Idk if it will cus people have been scrimming it for like a year now

Might take a bit longer for them to switch to other comps

[queen drift]

but as long as it goes down a bit im happy

[magic zinc]

cus they're so trained in goats

[queen drift]

i just dont want goats like.. every game

just go goats 4head

[split crest]

nyxl will screw over bumper if he plays like normal

[karmic grotto]

lets see how atl will do with escort and hybrid maps

[magic zinc]

My #1 fear is bunker comps

[karmic grotto]

theyre not very good with these type of maps

[queen drift]

rein and such?

[magic zinc]

Orisa/Bastion/Baptiste

cheese

[split crest]

baptiste + ana = no die?

[balmy wolf]

atlanta rolled over ilios ruins,not sure if they can do the same on the other maps.

[night tusk]

subtitles for kruise lUL

[inland pawn]

xD

[leaden apex]

why does a british accent sound so rude on kruise

[magic zinc]

chav

[nova wadi]

"gonna be fun shutting that down"

soon dies twice to orisa orb

[split crest]

he's fucking dissing dafra

i wouldnt mind

if he died

[queen drift]

kruise is a chav lol

[split crest]

somehow

[nova wadi]

also kruise kept dying

[split crest]

ya know

[leaden apex]

@queen drift I can see it

[wintry kraken]

rude

he said the f word 😄

[queen drift]

dafragman

[leaden apex]

such a rude chav

[magic zinc]

what the FRICK dafran

[nova wadi]

wait its not dafrans special chair?

[night tusk]

DAFRAGMAN

[rapid locust]

did atlanta win well?

[queen drift]

yeah

[rapid locust]

ty

[queen drift]

i thought you meant like. did they win well (good)

[inland pawn]

PogMan

[magic zinc]

Pogman

[queen drift]

but yes they won well as well

[karmic grotto]

F

F for Paris pls

[glacial wedge]

nice cap from atl

[magic zinc]

non

[rapid locust]

no the map

[queen drift]

WTF

[night tusk]

map 5 plz, not one sided...

[queen drift]

???????

[karmic grotto]

LOL

[queen drift]

that was fucking

[night tusk]

omg

[glacial wedge]

no 4-0 atl lets go

[queen drift]

zunba levels

[nova wadi]

LMAOO

[magic zinc]

WHAT

[wintry kraken]

grav o_O

[inland pawn]

PogU

[magic zinc]

WTF

[wintry kraken]

wtf

[karmic grotto]

Jesus christ

[queen drift]

ZUNBAFRAN

[simple badger]

DAFRAN

[shut terrace]

lmaoooo

[rapid locust]

what

[leaden apex]

dayum

[wintry kraken]

that is 2nd never seen thing

[shut terrace]

HUGEEEE

[split crest]

fuck you kruise!

[shut terrace]

love it

[queen drift]

ZUNBAFRANZUNBAFRANZUNBAFRAN

[karmic grotto]

DISRESPECT LEVELS 100

[night tusk]

ATL Reign makes it always fun to watch

[wintry kraken]

i imagine Blizzard will ban that next week

[shut terrace]

ive only seen that on reddit

insane

[queen drift]

ive never seen that

[proper cove]

Yo holy shit that zarya play!

[shut terrace]

amazing

[simple badger]

inb4 dafran banned for abusing map mechanics

[proper cove]

That’s highlights of the season

[bold axle]

He must have seen that contenders guy do the same thing

[plucky rune]

blizzard made a hero that does nothing but abuse map mechanics

[bold axle]

Too bad no one watches contenders

[split crest]

doom?

[shut terrace]

contenders is actually fun

[karmic grotto]

HOLY SHIT

[glacial wedge]

i missed the big grav

[leaden apex]

genius

[karmic grotto]

teamwork 100%

[plucky rune]

its all doom and hammond do

bullshit flanks

[inland pawn]

BOTBEST

[queen drift]

"PaRiS aRe ThE bEsT 33 tEaM"

[shut terrace]

lmaooo

[plucky rune]

vancouver's 3-3 is better tho wot

[glacial wedge]

same fox

[night tusk]

monte became a fan LUL

[queen drift]

some people were sying it before this game

[wise thistle]

https://clips.twitch.tv/ArbitraryHonestRavenHoneyBadger for anyone that missed it i was watching dafran POV

[nova wadi]

yikes grav

[inland pawn]

NA grav

[queen drift]

are paris feeding

actually throwing

[night tusk]

already 60%

[vagrant niche]

THE BIG BRAIN OF DAFRAN

he used the grav

to not waste his energy

WOW

Caster are plat chat

[nova wadi]

ngl thats worth it

[queen drift]

jessus christ

[vagrant niche]

it was totally worth it

[night tusk]