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what other major sport has "stage" playoffs?
is this like an OWL thing first
feel like stage playoffs dont mean much other than some money
Today we have traded Yeonjoon "ArK" Hong to @washjustice
We thank @Arkyjun for representing NY well on and off stage, and for everything he's done for NYXL. We wish you the absolute best in your career. https://t.co/smFJeqog6L
THE FUTURE IS NOW BITCHES
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well i guess that ark & wizard teamup was meant to be
Also to be crazy direct.
why outlaws
You were never going to play ark again.
Ever.
Anamo is just Ark but better at everything.
just play ameng on hammond
Outlaws need a zen and a leash for Jake. But they also don't need to worry about Goats much anymore, so we'll see how stage 2 goes.
jake just needs to stop dying
zunba deserves to be on a team where he will get 100% playtime, and not have another really good zarya player on the bench
like zacharee
Stage 2 is set to be wild because all the power rankings will be all fucky again.
Fusion will probably go back to being not shit.
Some of the current teams will go to being shit.
nyxl will still be good?? :):)
It'll be fun.
pine and sbb back
They'll be fine, they're honestly fine now. They're beatable, but no one who could have beat them played them properly.
Pine won't be back.
u make it sound like other teams cant play anything but goats
SBB might be back.
Unless the meta is "Only McCree" Pine is useless.
They have equivalent widows with larger flex pools.
As long as they keep calling it the Protect the President Comp.
think less about hero pool, more about hero pool for specific maps
which is what pine was used for
The game, imo, doesn't play the same as Dive where there was one variant.
Since then we've been getting multiple comp rotations.
No reason to think that'd stop.
Also its more like we've already seen flaws in some teams DPS rosters just trying to work it into rotation now.
I.E. Atlanta attempts at DPS comps rarely goes well.
And the Orissa comp on Anubis wasn't anything new.
@jagged crater for the meme
Houston would only be getting a picture of Zunba anyway.
It's all they can afford.
Since its pretty obvious they're not spending money until after their sale.
So he could be a nice vinyl acrylic on the wall.
remember zunba had a dedicated poster in the korean subways
https://www.dbltap.com/posts/5739098-seoul-subway-station-shows-off-advertisement-for-seoul-dynasty-player
zunba's a legend
wasn't it rumored that ark would be traded a long time ago
It was, with Janus.
Basically one Anamo got put into the main roster and Ark got dumped to bench it became a rumor because he wasn't happy being a bench.
Maybe it was a bet.
Pavane was like "Okay listen here Wizard Fuckboi. If you even win a single match in Stage 1 you can have Ark."
lul
Welcome to sports, Lad.
i mean, they can be sudden since everybody's in the same city
but yeah, sports does generally have sudden trades
Ark is main support right
At least Ark got neat art.
Thatll be good cause washington is fairly weak at main support
washington on the up
cuz it's hard for them to go any further down
That it was a bet - and Pavane bet Wizard he was so overrated they wouldn't win a single match and put Ark on the line.
I mean your favorite team is looking to be one of them.
Im looking at you houston and boston
They play all their dps comps like some open division shits.
If it does become dps syntretic honestly dafran might no get much play time
Pick up a Widow you can't even play, so you flex your best dps to cover it.
Fucking rip.
Unless nlaeer is bottling it in scrim
From what we've seen of Nlaeer it doesn;t look to matter either way.
Watch nlaeer get traded for someone like link
Unless there's vast improvement he does not have an OWL widow.
Consider Houston roster locked.
if tracer or soldier is anywhere in the next meta, dafran will see playtime
The major shareholder for that group is looking to be bought out.
Houston won't spend any money for the forseeable future.
Bunker will pop up.
Since dafran played alot of bastion
I don't think it'll be the primary.
And add in baptiste
But it'll show up on quite a few maps.
If it shows up it will be on 2cp maps and hybrids
The big thing is how a professional group shatters the bunker.
Because you've got more options now than ever before.
hey guys look what i find! (and yes my english is very good becouse i'm russian)
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McCree alone if you can't pressure him will destroy the bunker comp and four people behind it.
Im excited to see pine play
If pine doest get play time nyxl well give you nlaeer or erster 
I think you'll see Pine if McCree becomes the more standard bunker breaker with the new high noon.
If he doesn't, Libero + SBB and Libero + Nenne to be the primary line ups.
https://twitter.com/Feskir/status/1107615426211647494
this guy made a strength of scheldue index
Were suppose to have 3 7-0 teams
couldve been dallas atlanta or london
so what it tells me is that philly depends too much on boombox
Ark joined washington 
Idk is ark his lucio is as good as his mercy but by far a upgrade over their current main support
ark already has synergy with janus right
gido is just underperforming
and washington needs veteran leadership and janus looks like he isnt giving it
correct
gido is calling?
fahz can maybe flex supp
he was zen/ana player for previous teams
fahzix is an amazing zen
but (this is 100% personal opinion) i dont know if he can zen with owl zens

Ark noo
ark just fucked his career
i dont think ark can single handedly turn this team around...
even if justice didn't play hard teams for like all of stage 1 (with the exception of mayhem), this team would still be trash
and janus has been a huge disappointment to me
there stage 2 is easier then there stage 1
toronto chengdu new york atlanta boston
shanghai
valiant
I don't really consider any games "easy" unless it's against mayhem
That teams such a fucking joke
There are definitely easy games in the league, for justice specifically Iβd say every game is hard
But what he said is easier
Which is fair, Washington have had a rough schedule
Either way if Washington keep picking up NYXL players Iβm gonna have to support them both π
My LW bois splitting up
What was the originally leaked justice squad? Ark Wizard and Janus were definitely a part of it
wizard is probably trying his best to get nyxl players and academy players lol
and maybe budget koreans to turn em into all stars
he was already planning on bringing ark with him before the season started
the budget just ran out
Tomorrow at 2PM PT @SeoulDynasty plays @SFShock in a non-broadcast standard match to determine 6th/7th seeds in the Stage 1 Playoffs.
Immediately after, @TorontoDefiant and @Fusion will settle 3rd/4th seeds via a mutually agreed-upon coin flip. #OWL2019
waste of time
Goats
Non-broadcast? 
Waste of bullets boy
Dr phill is an Atlanta reign fan?
that's a photoshop
I think Janus has been trying his best to carry the team
He is likely the best player in the roster
Ark will definitely boost the team, would help them to win a few more map definitely
Do you guys for see any of the 5 dps from nyxl going justice?
Monte with bigg00se and Fusions in Oversight
janus really hasn't looked that great
Someone correct me if Iβm wrong but afaik the team receiving the traded player canβt contact the player themselves before the deal is sealed
@gatamchun you can contact them but you have to notify their GM first that you are doing so. You can do tryouts with another teams player/scrim with them as long as its approved.
@balmy wolf why do you want zunba to join outlaws lol
And isn't ark better then amano in terms of mercy and ana?
he is a better lucio for sure
anamo
I think he is better in general, but happy to see ark in justice
oops
so i dont watch normal sports, how do they normally solve these types of ties?
well in soccer you have something like penalty's right ?
i lowkey want custa to atlanta
but then again
masaa is on the same level...
and custa probably wont go cheaply
packing10 is the interm coach and i cant forsee things going up lol
and with a meta shift i dont think the valiant will develop there own style
they hired someone today and making teams worse is not fun
who they hired?
idk
i still dont believe in the valiant lol
watch on r/cow
boston crawled there way into the 8th spot
it wasnt suppose to happen lol
fusion was hard carrying
this was said before fusion was even signed, so that they had to deal with this quick change
I think its more of boston having a bad start
and the whole main tank thing
like dallas is bad ? lol
but they gave NYXL issues
tru enough but that was week 1 and everyone from the first season of owl was shaking off rust
and nyxl hit there stride the next week
valiant and DC had a hard schedule, DC is fixing their problems I guess with ark and Valiant with firing moon.
we see what will happen in stage 2
Boston is just putting too much into Goats while still sorting stuff out.
already predicting stage 2 to be the pinnacle of overwatch leauge
I did not expect gladiators being scary in the end of the stage aswell
since everyone played one main comp most of the stage
but no one really proved there skill in unique situations
espect nyxl
I am worried for Paris lol, their team is designed for goats, and they suck at it
hunters
its like paris caught london with their pants down
and i still have no idea what is gonna happen with titans, have they ever tried anything else at all?
and then atlanta came into their house and raided there fridge
and they have never recovered
yes titans played dive against charge lol
@supple prism they tried to run dps against guangzhou when guangzhou ran dps and got rolled on the first map
but when ATL played junkrat orisa on anubis, paris forgat how to play dive lol
and then went into goats and dominated
vancouver will still be top 5 next stage
but there dominance will falter a little
this is not what i expected biggooses voice to sound like
lol
idk how fast we will even have a new meta
im predicting every team will play a different style of overwatch
Bapiste is not confirmed to be in OWL if i'm right
chengdu will stick to clown fiesta
stage 3
and some other teams will try bunker
some teams will try dice
dive*
thats my hope
stage 2 *
feel like hunters will only get worse if anyone goes bunker against them
I think hunters does amazing
watching their comp attempt vs charge on the titans
their win on ATL well deserved
im predicting chengdu for stage 2 playoffs
there still 2 players in visa hell
hunters does do well but i cant imagine they will be able to dislodge a bunker comp quick enough
everyone put them at 20th
you think the bunker comp is meta?
because they are mostly built out of old ow veterans from contenders
like baconjack
and then they got wins
I know ameng is not playing winston but he played some orisa
elsa on torb
ugh fusions saying nixel
im saying if bunker becomes more used
we have to wait and see π
Play dive
what was the name of boston coach again ?
new or old?
well they had Crusty
who left after bostons perfect stage
The Boston Uprising are the team representing Boston, Massachusetts, USA, in the Overwatch League. The league spot is owned by Robert Kraft, Chairman and CEO of the Kraft Group, owners of the New England Patriots in the National Football League, as well as Major League Soccer...
on boston you see 3 ass coach
on justice you see just "coach"
So Boston is trying to play Goats?
biggoose just says it was not a team plan..
what monte said sounds smart lol
https://www.twitch.tv/insightonesports (talking about)
I see
Honestly though I'm looking forward to the playoffs because of Titans
@night tusk what do you think will happen if the Titans went against the Excelsior
did you see the match from titans against charge yesterday?
yes
I feel like the Titans were performing goats a lot cleaner compared to the hunters match
or maybe it's just me
NYXL 3-2 with valiant I believe, but their match against seoul and I believe they had another one
hunters is alot better than what charge tried to do
but jjanu > meko
but still.. NYXL know so much in this meta I believe
they lost 1 player, just falls back and full hold almost
they actually did I believe
ye
Titans played Goats in the Contenders I believe
yes
but the staff of NYXL proves to be insane
I can see it to be a close game and wont be suprised to see titans win it
but who knows
maybe seoul suddenly wins from NYXL lol
Yeah anything can happen this season, lot's of weird matches like Spitfire losing to Dragons
Lesson from OWWC: Never get cocky and teabagg
who can you see win OWL stage 1 if it's not NYXL or titans ?
shock?
if shock lose to dynasty off stream match
they have to play NYXL
wonder if NYXL have a chance to face titans in finals or before
I am a seoul fan but if its not nyxl or titans I can see defiant taking it
I've heard that the Defiant are getting good and impressing people
3th right now so ye
Isn't Boston going against Titans?
yes
dont know if anything is set in stone
yes this one is sure
No way titans can lose to boston
well I expected hunters to lose 4-0 from titans xd
also some teams are better in stage matches than playoff matches. maybe have to do with mentallity, if they lose this match their done so it can happen
I was suprised how Charge 3-2 titans in their first game butget demolished yesterday
!paris roster
I know Danye because of OWWC, poland did not great but this player did shine
but no playtime yet
lol
they did great imo
True that they made some big plays
they came with the winston goats
so team canade copy that since they did not know how to counter it against uk
leave from pubg to super star player
Winston goats is just Winston instead of the Rien?
ye
@hidden vault just a meme t h
Who do you think will win between Defiant and Reign?
defiant
reign
their zarya, envy and neko looks scary
theyll use the footage from there first match
they know how to beat the defiant
weve seen how rematches have faired so far
dallas 3-2 shanghai dallas 4-0 shanghai
4-0 for glads ?
well I was asking about the weakness
i'm watching oversight now
they talked about it
that
pokpo have best dmg or something like that with estern on brig, dafran not huge dmg but final blows
so if pokpo is not allowed to do dmg (get discord every second) than they cant play their game
biggoose is in the podcast from la gladiators
yes atlanta got exposed
but they slowly cleaned it up
it took chengdu unfortunately but it got cleaned up
from who did ATL won from besides defiant houston and mayhem ?
oh ye paris
besides defiant
the other teams are not that great..
those 4
can you see ATL win from fusion
!players defiant
!players paris
!players justice
ark is updated, nice
i cant tell whether to be happy or sad that arks in justice
anamo is pog so ark would not play
happy
rather have bad team go better than have a player like ark on the bench
ark is what the justice needs
and ark is with wizard and janus, not strangers
ark and janus probably have great chemistry
I wonder if another nyxl bencher would get into justice
Say one of the dps? They have 5 now
gonna say something that will piss this chat off
it will probably be pine
or libero
but at least corey will have someone to learn from
you hate justice when orgs like the mayhem and the outlaws are running around 
outlaws org is something I can deal with to a degree, mayhem is definitely my most hated
i know a lot of people hate outlaws, but I don't really have a problem with them
The only thing I care about related to outlaws is Jake
fuck outlaws
lmao
on a serious note, outlaws org has some shady shit
GGEA has been in controversy for good reason
not the owl but the contenders org
do you even know what the managers and the front office did to season 1 mayhem
Liquipedia says they're the former academy team of the outlaws
Mayhems management is a clusterfuck
i dont know why the owl desk said houston is one of the more liked teams
sideshow says most of the players are paid minimum owl salary
his reasoning
because huk goes out and scouts unkowns and budget koreans
and somehow turns them into playoff conteders
yeah wtf is the coaching in there
that some smelly ass shit there
i swear they're going to make colourhex look as good as some top koreans
traded gamsu who carried...dropped striker because of the relationship him and huk had
dreamkazper
etc
yep
the only thing that looks good on boston is the fact robert kraft owns em
and in the end he came back to upset them
who? Kraft?
I mean no one really cares about the $500 fine that Kraft is going to get hit for.
He's just famous so they're making it public.
Not especially.]
Issues with Koreans aren't new.
Dallas had them (Rascal), LAV is having them now, Florida is having them now.
Neko, especially, has spent most of his career being a piece of shit for the most part.
Oh LAG had them with Fissure, because he wanted an all Korean Roster again.
And on the scale of owners doing stupid shit, this is pretty small imo.
its more of a culture war when koreans are on mixed rosters
and if a all korean team aka hangzhou starts loosing
its due to coaching or player mistake
it was shanghais issue last year cause they had all 3
bad coaching player mistakes outside issues
bad front office bad management and the big COMMUNICATION
trying to blend chineese and korean
Wot.
Use a better example of a team than Hangzhou.
Because Hangzhou isn't an all Korean team lmoa.
basically
You literally quoted a mixed roster team.
guxue and idk are chineese and the rest are korean π€
i can kinda tell whos from what region by face structure
its hard to tell
i bet hangzhous comms are a mix of korean slang and english
if i was a coach i would sit my players down and have them practice callouts without computers
problem with mayhem justice and boston is that its rumoured they save to much money
but boston is winning so 
actually smart from Huk, sign unknown players, make them super star, sell them for big money and do it again
i thought justice went over budget since they used it for coaches @night tusk
and it is smart by huk cause striker went for alot of money
but also cheeky
a reminder that most chinese teams do have majority koreans in their roster
but they either
a) speak all korean comms
b) chinese-korean comms
c) strategic english-korean comms
d) you're chengdu
inb4 Diya speaks fluent korean π¨π³
I assume
a) Hangzhou
b) Shanghai
c) Guangzhou
d) Chengdu (obv)
c) is hard on the chinese players
hunters is the only real Chinese team
^
Hmm you are right
I believe Shanghai used to speak chinese Korean coms during sky and altering era
Forgot Diya is practising enough korean before he can play on the team
Which reminds me Diya is the only player who hasn't gotten his 1st win
Technically thereβs a few
Stratus, probably a mayhem sub or two, Freefeel altering undead basically all of old Shanghai
If you mean just in the league now
Probably Diya Stratus Izayaki
I think there are more subs
Pray chengdu keeps picking up chineese players
If boston upsets vancouver im just done with bostonp
@pearl stratus what happened with neko?
Banished to Toronto
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Schedule page update.
Setting everything 15 minutes back per game.
Since game times took 105 minutes
any people from Brazil?
roses are red
ready to take
there's no player in the league
who feeds more than jake
Jake Bumper Kruise
when are the extra playoff matches for tiebreaker?
If paris doesnt go undefeated on there own map@ill be upset
I wonder if anyone will play baptiste 
Im more excited for stage 2 then stage 1 playoffs
Wow, sfs 3-0 dynasty

The Stage 1 Playoffs tiebreaker ends with @SFShock winning the series 3-0! #OWL2019
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Still waiting on the coin flip
Guess in 28 min on Instagram for some reason
Heads = @TorontoDefiant, Tails = @Fusion
so they are doing off streams matches?
lmaoo
atlanta has already beaten defiant
but they also narrowly lost to fusion and would likely be really ready to face them again
ok boomer
no zoomer
dogman dafran
dogfran?
daman?
hmmm?!?!
anyway
lemme thonk
π€
masaa dogman gator wasnt fran on it?
kodak pokpo dafran
erster Nlaaer
and they are getting Ml7 i think

wtf
honestly if atlanta signed a big brain main tank they would be rlly well off
pokpo is fine but he dies first a lot
And philly won the coin flip
So defiant vs Atlanta, shock vs philly
toronto bc they're 5th ye
ok
my guess for that is atlanta 3-2 shock 3-2
and then nyxl and vancouver are either gonna 3-1 or 4-0 their games
Defiant about to get first round eliminated
This makes defiant 4th
Actually, what's really funny is that the standings page doesnt need to be reordered, it has been the correct order. Lol
ATLANTA AND PHILI ALL TEH WAI
yea this other pieces of shit site lied to me
its as bad as the news jumping to conclusions
and they did it on instagram or something for some reason and i refuse to have an account on that
https://www.reddit.com/r/Competitiveoverwatch/comments/b3428f/toronto_defiant_vs_philadelphia_fusion_coin_toss/ oh, thats why im confused
Why the fuck didnt they just go up and do it live instead of this shite
i dont know, i understand why the sfs vs seoul match wasnt live but this was crap
why
Hold up, I thought Huk was being an asshole and neko hated him, so he wanted to be on a different team
Kinda like strikers situation with boston
Its impossible
yeah titans are gonna stomp them
Im calling rigged match if boston even takes a map
Its just
When u look at vancouvers roster
Theyve been together for ages
They have synergy
And then boston is being led by fusions
Everyone else is underperforming
Fusions is really good tho
time zones
But im eastern lmao
same
maybe the games do start at 9 pm eastern...
thats a dick move by the league tho
as much as I hate boston I want them to win lol
the league has automatic time adjustments now for match schedules
so if you live east coast and a match is 6pm it tells u its 9
what?
boston is a shit team which doesnt deserve playoffs
I say 4-0
but ok
realistic*
oof
i think vancouvers chances are like 95 5
I don't even know wut to say about boston..
Such an odd team
the games are on the website
I hope toronto goes to semis at least
no
atlanta lets go
wait they dont play
then sure go toronto
they can lose to vancouver/xl
realistically team with best chance of beating van/xl before finals is atlanta
my only issue with that is poko
pokpo*
Ill be honest
If boston wins
Huk is a chad
@vale pond i love you
But atlanta has to play seoul or nyxl
Ooo i saw xl
lmao
Atlanta is a wild card
Youll know how toronto and philly will play
same with seoul
Aspen should be a pro
lol
She is the most precious OW streamer ever
Im suprised we havent gotten a girly girl owl player
@trim shadow Ngl
I didnβt know geguri was a girl until I looked it up
Fran and aspen could probably be pro, though both of them are currently signed with teams
As streamers
Geguri fooled me first time i saw her
Then i saw her body features
I was yea thazza girl
@fathom acorn atlanta should give fran a owl contract
Shes a girly girl tomboy
They could use Fran to spy on emongg
Cause theyβre close friends
Also aspen is basically ninja now and ninjas popular so therefore sheβd make any team popular
What the hell is emongg lmao i cant tell if he is pro or not
ok boomer
@trim shadow not pro, just a streamer
Jayne put him in pro pugs tho
yeah
playing in jayne's pro pugs doesn't definitively make you a pro, lol
emongg has played in the pro scene before
but it's not like jayne is heavily vetting these things
I think he's said he prefers streaming over going pro again
Yeah
is anyone watching collegiate championship
no
is bap playable in OWL yet?
bap doesn't go in until stage 2
Yeah
ok
And uh
thx
Stage 2 soon
I wanna see kabaji or kragie but I think they both said no as well
Kabaji did it didnt he at one point or am I thinking of someone else
No i was thinking he actually played for fusion at one point not a streamer
Im just tired
I realize now tho
k
nah, i dont think titans will stomp boston, win sure but not stomp.
titans will stomp boston
considering aimgod and fusions are the only threats from them
Titans have just been wrecking everyone
boston's been having issues lately as well so i predict a good gg ez for the titabs
titabs
Look at how vancouver rebounded after being destroyed on ruins ilios by guangzhou
botston and titans just play their own game and win
that was a typo, but might be plausible if Gunba's game plan is stuffed against them
I can see Boston getting one map, but that's about it
Boston should come out the gates aggresive
If they dont
There fucked
@mint flower thats to many maps
@trim shadow one teamfight?
Boston is fucked anyways
lmao
whats everyones thoughts about NYXL and Philly
Nyxl is the best team in the leauge
Philly is rocky
But carpe carrys them every match
Do the balance changes go in during the playoffs or season 2
NYXL 3-2 or 3-1
I expect it to be a very close match
unless the garbage philly shows up
@fathom acorn Stage 2
I thought so
when is the playoffs
mar 21
oh
a week is skipped before stage 2
some teams have been on a break for at least 3 weeks
The other tiebreaker for 3rd place between Toronto Defiant and Philadelphia Fusion was agreed to be decided by a coin toss. This appears to be the logical conclusion of both teams wanting to dodge the Shock in their first round in the playoffs. If the Shock were to win their tiebreaker against the Dynasty, the Defiant and the Fusion would both have an incentive to lose as they too deem the Shock to be the stronger of the two opponents.
ha
so fusion won by losing
when the rest of the teams know who 1st and 2nd is so they are just competing for 3rd and 4th for $50k.
it's pretty simple strategy if you're thinking about it
as a shock fan it's funny bc everyone is avoiding them at all costs
considering that shock wins, vancouver wins, and nyxl wins, semifinals will be nuts
its possible shock could go undefeated next stage with nyxl and titans
with nyxl having a joke of an easy stage 2
it isnt owl without a littel bit of controversy
thats probably why they got 3-0
they didnt wanna play the tiebreaker and maybe put in subs for play time
Possible both are strong contenders
Toronto probably wont pass shock
atlanta is 5th seed
I think toronto is highly underrated
on a good day they are scary
and I like neko's addition
This is the ideal match up
And it happened between a coin toss and non-broadcasted tiebreaker with Dynasty and Shock


toronto is underrated but
their goats are pretty basic
albeit great
theyll suffer from the inability of flexing and sombra
Fucking seoul against nyxl again i have ptsd from last match
I hate seeing what used to be such a powerhouse get destroyed by a team they used to have such great matches against back in apex and stage 1 and 2
At least seoul made it to the playoffs being a seoul fan isn't that bad right
Just want to see them on their old level again FeelsBadMan
shock didnt make playoffs?
!schedule
yeah they did
This is the ideal match up
And it happened between a coin toss and non-broadcasted tiebreaker with Dynasty and Shock


that confused me
thought q finals were already done
thats tommorow
they did offline matches to tiebreakers
was there a tiebreaker for fussion and defiant?
didnt toronto beat philly
in regular season
they do head to head match results before a tiebreaker
ok
everyone gets money now....
just making it into the playoff gets your as much money as finishing second last year did
toronto and philly didn't play each other
the fusion/defiant tiebreaker was decided by a mutually agreed on coin flip
tor/phi first game is s2w2
then s4w2
no, tomorrow has the stage playoffs matches
Seoul was playing their b-team supposedly
Psychologically it makes sense.
You're most likely going to be playing them anyway.
So you can play them fresh, first opponent and potentially set pace for the rest of the playoffs
Or you play them later, somewhat tired
Also NYXL being the first match means you can focus strats and not have to worry about winning the spot to get to play them.
Thats cute they think they can beat xl
imagine shangai beating xl
lol
wouldn't be surprised if it happened, NYXL did lose during playoffs early last year
I would love to see soul beat nyxl but i honestly just want a close and exciting match
I mean imagining Shanghai beating XL would be like imaging XL getting to the Grand Finals.
Because so far neither things have happened π
But maybe Pavane learned CPR this year so they wont' choke.
If Seoul b team does good, why wouldnβt they play their a team? I donβt understand playing their b team for the seeding
Super mustβve been playing out of his mind
bischu is walter white now
@balmy wolf
stay out of bischu's territory
But will be play?
I'm not surprised shock beat dynasty, but I am surprised they went 3-0.
stage 2 they say
shock is nutty breh
they got crusty and 5 dps players doing well in a non-dps meta
i think they're set for next stage
I think shock will get 3rd in next stage and possibly be undefeated
q: can you say something to yangxiaolong and jiqiren
all the hunters: you don't need to come here anymore
there was a leak
that seoul wanted the coin flip
maybe they did not want to prepare for shock and focus for NYXL
its quite clear they threw lol
@supple prism they most likely put there B team in
they did put their B team in
coinflip esports LUL
Well it probably cost them $25k in winnings
they probably saw nyxl was the 2nd seed
and wanted to play nyxl
either way they were gonna face nyxl on that side of the chart
Can someone explain wut the hell happened with the whole coin toss thing?
I'm confused af
Toronto and philly were tied for 3rd seed, so they mutally agreed to flip a coin to determine who got 3rd seed
And who won?
Toronto won the toss, so they took the 3rd place seed
Philly takes the 4th place, because they lost the toss
Hence why the faceoffs are now:
(1st seed) VAN vs. (8th seed) BOS
(2nd seed) NY vs. (7th seed) SEO
(3rd seed) TOR vs. (6th seed) SF
(4th seed) PHL vs. (5th seed) ATL
and I assume there was supposed to be a coin toss for the san fran and seoul
Nope, they agreed to play a match
and san fran won, correct?
When was this played
Yesterday at 2pm PDT
4pm PDT was the coin toss
They streamed it live on the OWL instagram account
Yea, not sure why tbh
Uber did say that he and Mr X did cast the match, so if the footage does get released, there will be good commentary.
@earnest canopy Was this match first to 3 wins or was there a tie map?
Honestly I couldn't tell you lad, I'm not sure. I'd say it'd be the first to three though. They did play Busan, then each map after that was "Loser chooses"
so they let the team decide if it was a fight or coin toss?
yes
@tawny sigil Yep, The coin toss makes sense, as the winner of that has to play Shock or Dynasty. Prevents soft throwing to get Atlanta, who is quite strong, but not stronger than Seoul or San Fran. (debatable)
seoul chose a coin toss, but shock declined
^
whats the point to ask seoul if shock decides in the end
To quote the vpesports article: "San Francisco Shock turned Dynastyβs offer to toss a coin down and asked to play the series out as the rules indicate instead. As the loser of the coin flip would face the undefeated New York Excelsior in the first round of the playoff bracket instead of the winner of the Defiant-Fusion tiebreaker, the actions by both teams imply that the Shock saw their chances to win against the Dynasty in a tiebreaker favorably, while the South Korean team were less confident in their own ability to win"
Both teams have to agree on a coinflip for it to go ahead
ok
Isn't it better if the winner gets to play Atlanta instead?
But damn I think Tor vs Atl would be fun
Because it's hard to tell who is the 4th
the bracket is already filled out tho
Think we're gonna see some Bastist meta?
in OWL?
bastion and baptiste seems so good
Bunker will be the new goats
@hidden vault San fran are much more confident facing off against Seoul and Atlantas than they are against NYXL, and to be fair, I don't blame them.
Will be interesting to see if we get one stable comp run through stage 2, or multiple strats that can benefit each teams ideal playstyle. Goats will still be an option I think, but teams like Chengdu and Guanzhou will have greater room to flex their creative muscles.
Has there been word of when the latest patch will be filtered through to OWL?
@earnest canopy I know
I'm talking about the the match between phi and tor
When you run into your old teammate in scrims from your 4.3k team and he joined a 4.5k team

You have to up your game leggo
@hidden vault ohhh right, sorry, that's my bad for misunderstanding. Honestly it probably would play out better that way, just the way the seeds work I guess.
How did the last engagement between tor and ATL go, didn't ATL roll over them 4-0?
3-1 against outlaws
Yea I remember that match, sadly
they 4-0 paris in the 3rd week
The TOR-ATL match I'm asking bout.
I just want a new york v vancouver final. Two unbeaten teams seeing who can get the first punch in
im hoping next stage is a mix of different comps
it will be the pinnacle of overwatch leauge
^ this. A thousand times this.
A Vancouver NY game would generate a fair bit of hype I think, easily the two best teams from this stage going head to head.
Battle of the 7-0s
@earnest canopy it could brew a rivarly since vancouver isnt that far from new york
I'm all for that! Gimme some rivalries and drama to make the games even more juicy ae
Sorry i lied
Vancouver is closer to california
But it would be a nice rivarly
Since vancouver and new york are the two coldest cities out of all the teams
And have favorable markets
Vancouvers home arena is gonna be so cleann and cool looking
I'm really keen to see how the 2020 season will be, with teams playing in their home states/cities
@trim shadow uh lol toronto is much colder than vancouver
vancouver doesn't even get snow most years
Vancouver is like surrounded by foresty hills
@fathom acorn the orgs for the teams pay for there own arenas
That's why vancouver is green? 
i mean, they're taken from the canucks colours
but yes, the canucks colours are derived from the green forests and blue ocean
and are a staple colour scheme of the entire pacific northwest
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Why not call Vancouver Titans Vancouver Canucks

Normal viewers, or as we like to call them, jaynes
damn i forgot playoffs start today!! go titans π
Fucking titans gonna lose to xl
is there any owl players who were dropped playing in contenders?
is contenders like the d-league of NBA or something?
open division is the d leauge
then whats contenders
a battle royale for amateurs some wanting to join owl and some who just want to play
is there anyway for Dallas Fuel to make the playoffs?
like if both
and
gets completely destroyed
cant tell if troll or serious
Sadly it's GGs for Dallas Fuel for this play off
sadCat
burnblue π¦
dallas was eliminated the moment philly won
and took a map
gonna be a realist and say dallas probably lost out on there only oppurtunity at a stage playoff
When does OWL end?
A league is OWL



