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[cloud latch]

I need the goats skin...

[mint flower]

i have 200 saved up from last season

but i dont kno if i want to use it on the goats skin cuz i also really want sinatraas mvp skin

[hot heart]

Actual dilemma

The thing that probably made you hate professional OW

Or Sinatraas alpha male skin

@mint flower

[mint flower]

yeah lmao

[slow walrus]

youtube has drops enabled for fortnite so the integration is very possible for OWL

whether they have a super fast turnaround and get it done is different

[night tusk]

I can’t waittt

3 days

[limber pine]

3️⃣

[hot heart]

It feels like seconds

The time has passed so quickly

[jagged crater]

hope they got tokens prepared @_@

otherwise those viewership numbers might be rough

[mint flower]

Yea...

[worn falcon]

https://overwatchleague.com/en-us/news/23303225

Oh boy

Stats

as for monte: https://twitter.com/MonteCristo/status/1224816827387142147

MonteCristo (@MonteCristo)

Going to be interesting to see how much token farming increased OWL’s viewership in the first two seasons.

Might not matter for a couple of weeks with hype for the start of the league, but we should get a clearer picture of how much it affects the audience size in a mon...

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[limber pine]

it's also coinciding with a move to YouTube

viewership will likely be down, but with localization, tokens, and moving to Youtube, there's too many variables to say only one is the reason

[balmy wolf]

^

[hot heart]

It will still be a considerable amount of viewers

[balmy wolf]

we’ll see

[celest spear]

Word on the street is that yet another team is struggling in scrims, which is Houston.

[jagged crater]

i wonder if LAV is using dreamer or gig for their main tank

harb can vouch for gig, seems like a cool dude

[celest spear]

Dreamer has been struggling in scrims according to Yiska, so I imagine GiG

But also GiG WeirdChamp.
Dude was DDoSing people on Xbox GM years back

[mint flower]

and he's reportedly really toxic

[balmy wolf]

xbox players lmaoo

[jagged crater]

harb's fav main tank to play alongside was GiG. That's the best complement you can get from an offtank player

[celest spear]

Harb's standards must not be too high because GiG fed his brains out in GOATs imo

It was mainly Harb and Salty carrying the tankline

[balmy wolf]

maybe he was a bad player but a good vocal leader or something

[jagged crater]

maybe bumper kind of player? more aggressive, prone to feeding

[balmy wolf]

speaking of which

it’s a shame bumper isn’t on any team

[jagged crater]

not even on contenders? Where he at

[balmy wolf]

imagine getting second place in OWL and not getting on a team like wtf

i don’t think he’s on even a contenders team

poor guy got the shaft

[jagged crater]

or did he choose to not be on a team

[limber pine]

Bumper's playstyle and hero pool were detrimental to where the league is going

[balmy wolf]

he didn’t retire so

i don’t see why he would choose not to

and reportedly his teammates didn’t want him off the team

[jagged crater]

looks like he tilted off the face of the planet when tizi played for grand finals and got 0-4'd

like imagine getting benched for the big game when you've been playing the whole season

and then your team goes 0-4

[balmy wolf]

to be fair tizi wasn’t bad

[jagged crater]

that's enough to tilt the dude from playing the game ever

[limber pine]

We saw bumper's orisa

it was worse

[jagged crater]

boompar

2-2-2 was a mistake, should've been bumper hanzo carrying them

[worn falcon]

there is an article about pumper https://www.ggintel.com/articles/i-asked-10-coaches-to-rank-bumper-they-taught-me-a-lesson-about-overwatch

[jagged crater]

has it been 5 months already wth

[mint flower]

pumper lmao

[balmy wolf]

so im a san francisco fan and was one even when they were not as good. after beating vancouver with the architect bastion play they keep bugging me saying the entire thing was luck and the 4-0 was not because of skill. I just wanted sombody else’s input on it because I felt it was not luck.

[raw ermine]

idk how it could be luck

this isn't a probability game

Shock played well, VT kinda choked

they deserved it

[jagged crater]

if bumper pumps iron, he'd look pretty menacing

[balmy wolf]

thats what i told them

he said the 4-0 means nothing

and I told them it obviously means something

consider so many people considered vancouver the “best”

considering

[limber pine]

VT didn't kinda choke

they were just downright awful at times

[balmy wolf]

yea a lot of highlight plays on both sides though.

Shock kinda just go hard

Like they put their foot on the pedal and their only goal is total dominance

I also just read that entire interview

This is clearly written by someone who doesn't understand the game truly well let alone able to elaborate on it clearly.

who?

it felt like
Is bumper actually good or was he overhyped?
Let's ask the coaches!
Some say he's bad and wouldn't work, others say he's great

conclusion: The coaches said they didn't really look at bumper so we won't really know other than there's a lot that goes into overwatch

Scroll up for teh ggintel thing

[jagged crater]

summary nobody knows

[balmy wolf]

i feel like

he has potential obviously

[jagged crater]

he's boompar, ofc

[balmy wolf]

he makes somewhat of a impxt

impact

but i dont feel he has made a big of a impact as they said he would

maybe a little overhyped idk

but yea I feel like nobody really knows

[balmy wolf]

overhyped? as i recall it throughout the season everyone was talking about how he feeds all the time

[celest spear]

So more scrimbucks....
Team doing well: Fusion, Shock (of course), Valiant, Atlanta
Teams doing poorly: Fuel, Outlaws, Boston, London, Justice

But remember, Avast on scrimbucks: Never take scrim bucks seriously, as they never appear what to be. Here's an example: Chengdu was apparently awful in scrims, to the point where teams didn't want to scrim with them. Chengdu ended up being decent. Paris was supposed to be good at GOATs, and Paris did terrible.

[balmy wolf]

Good coaching always override scrimbux

[cloud latch]

nyxl is also doing good in scrims

[raw ermine]

no doubt

[balmy wolf]

Rui was coaching hunters so most likely they were getting better every scrim even if they were losing

Hmmm outlaws doing bad in scrims doesnt say much

Tho maybe with harsha coaching they'll surprise some people later on in the season

Same with london

[cloud latch]

I wonder how paris are doing

[balmy wolf]

havent heard anything about them

[jagged crater]

i thought paris was cool

[feral wing]

im so confused

i dont know how to rank the teams from 12-19

its just a big mess

like florida

[cloud latch]

....yep

[feral wing]

i can see their potential

to maybe reach like 12-13

but will they pull it off?

[celest spear]

Florida is midtable at best imo

[feral wing]

yeah and thats IF fate reaches his former glory

and gargoyle plays well

and sayaplayer pops off

and kris isnt absolute trash

those are some big if's

[celest spear]

Gargoyle, Saya, Gangnamjin and Yaki doing well is guaranteed

[feral wing]

ehhh

i disagree with gargoyle but im not gonna have that debate all over again

but yeah with all of those if's

i just

find myself

having to place them

dont get mad at me

17th

it feels sorta wrong

but i cant like

put them above the others either

and the worst part is that i feel that way about every team

from 12-19

or 12-18

im fairly set on boston last

and

i have dallas 19th

fairly set on those two honestly

but every other team is just a big question mark

like do valiant belong 16th? it feels so extremely wrong to have them that high but i cant see them below teams like paris and dallas

or i can see them below paris and dallas if everything fails

but i just

my brain hurts

[bright cypress]

Wait, how do we know that fusion has been doing good?

[feral wing]

idk but it makes sense

they have a good roster

[bright cypress]

4 sure, but someone said they were doing good in scrims

I just havent heard any rumors about their scrims

[celest spear]

According to Avast and his sources (being other coaches that he's friends with) Fusion has been doing well

However, we don't know what teams have been scrimming each other, especially since everyone isn't in California anymore. So a lot more factors are at play.

[balmy wolf]

tru

A few teams went to korean for bootcamp

[bright cypress]

Yeah, I think fusion went to korea

Prolly scrimming with the teams there

Also, why did they go to Korea?

[celest spear]

Fusion and Paris went to Korea

so did Shock

[bright cypress]

To scrim against contenders?

[celest spear]

probably against each other, the Korean OWL players who were in Korea at the time, and top level KR contenders teams

[balmy wolf]

also the KR players go back home for a bit

[bright cypress]

Ah, nice to know, thx

[balmy wolf]

This was early on tho

[feral wing]

anyone still up?

whats your opinion on kris?

i think hes a bad player and ive always thought that kris being one of the worst main supports in the league was quite a popular opinion in the community

but apparently not?

im having a debate with like 3-4 other guys who think hes average

and has never been bad

[balmy wolf]

apparently hes their shot caller

[feral wing]

but hes not good is he

i mean

hes

bad

am i wrong?

i

what

[balmy wolf]

his mechanics sucks, but hes the shot caller

[feral wing]

i built a fantasy roster on draftbuff and i think its quite good, i might need some more variety of teams though

Haksal, Profit, Carpe, Fleta
Fissure, Fury, Void
Jjonak, Anamo, Rapel

[balmy wolf]

I switch out fleta with erester

[raw ermine]

hmm

yea

I agree

[feral wing]

hes taken

[balmy wolf]

fleta has been riding the deadman lift match into OWL for a long time

[feral wing]

i cant pick players who have already been chosen

[raw ermine]

Erster was taken but not Jjonak?

[feral wing]

its turn based

[raw ermine]

what players are available then

ah

[feral wing]

very few

i could trade though potentially

for dps its like

illicit, babybay, heesu, danteh, ANS, KSF, Ivy, Schwi, Eileen, Striker, Agilities, Sayaplayer, Soon, Nenne, Bazzi, Shax, Hydration, Baconjack, WhoRU and SeoMinSoo

but i dont want people who will ride the bench a lot

so that eliminates half of them

and i need players who will perform

[raw ermine]

in that case Fleta is pretty good

I wouldnt put it against you

[feral wing]

and i already have a lot of vancouver, nyxl and seoul players

[raw ermine]

what tanks are available?

[feral wing]

i mean im pretty confident in my tankline but ill go through them for you if you want

i can also trade with others

[raw ermine]

Fury is fine, but you might wanna have a dupe MT if you take fissure

cause void is decent, but fury doesn;t need a backup as much as fissure

[feral wing]

the thing is i need to pick a starting roster every 2 weeks

so im planning on switching around

so whenever shanghai has a game but philly doesnt

swap in void

thats also the thought behind the dps line variety

i was thinking of swapping out anamo for a different main support though

but the best ones that are still available are like Neptuno, Kruise, Tobi, Jecse and Ryujehong

ryujehong will be benched

kruise is on paris

jecse is on houston

tobi hasnt performed that well

[raw ermine]

in that case anamo is your best choice imo

[feral wing]

neptuno is the best option out of the free agents i think

[raw ermine]

but he might not play cause of chara

[feral wing]

yeah but i also already have jjonak on flex support

so 2 new york supports

and then rapel

i might struggle with getting the healing done points if nyxl arent playing for like 1-2 weeks in a row

[raw ermine]

well, the best teams are the best for a reason

[feral wing]

honestly i kinda wanna ask the guy who has idk to trade anamo for idk

[raw ermine]

Anamo will certainly play, as Mandu is underage

[feral wing]

yeah but again

2 new york supports

if new york dont play for 1-2 weeks

which probably happens like once or twice

[raw ermine]

what's wrong with 2 NY supports?

ah yeah

[feral wing]

its a good idea to have team variety on your roster

[raw ermine]

but you have the schedule

so you know who to take for what time period

nyxl plays 2 games in first 2 days, then has a 3 game break

[feral wing]

there are 8 weeks with no nyxl games

just counted

but i have rapel sitting on the bench

idk i might be fine

however a trade for like idk or masaa would be great

i dont have an atlanta or hangzhou player

or moth

if im gonna trade im gonna trade for idk, masaa or moth

[balmy wolf]

So ik this may be old but was that shanghai 12 hour practice stuff real

well ik its old but

I never really checked into it

[bright cypress]

Yeah, their old hc was way overworking them

[upper niche]

hey, did Bumper end up being picked up by any teams?

[balmy wolf]

no

[tropic herald]

This interaction made me exhale through my nose

[balmy wolf]

Is OWL selling the Command Centre pass again this year for Twithc?

Twitch*

[tropic herald]

Not on twitch

[balmy wolf]

Oh.

Where? Mixer?

[tropic herald]

YouTube

[balmy wolf]

They aren't streaming on Twitch or they are just selling the Command Centre pass on YT?

[tropic herald]

It’s all on YT

[balmy wolf]

Oh

Where can I buy the pass?

[tropic herald]

Idk

[celest spear]

https://twitter.com/super_OW/status/1225252750235197440?s=19

Matthew DeLisi (@super_OW)

I would advise plat chat to rebrand to bronze chat. @Reinforce saying @Void_OW is not good is straight slander, I'd say theres an argument to rank him top 5 off tanks and saying elsewise is blasphemy.

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[cloud latch]

thats a good sign for shd

[sullen berry]

No

This is precisely why Dragons brought him in

Void being value higher than Gamsu or Envy sounds weird

But if the reason behind Envy to a new team any time its been given to him until retirement

Void will be capable of doing very well this season

[upper niche]

Blasphemy, you say? I didn't know Overwatch League was becoming a religion.

[hidden vault]

I agree that void could be higher than envy

but definately not gamsu

[karmic grotto]

Void and gamsu have different roles

[storm iris]

Anyone here interested in trying out fantasy owl? Trying to fill spots in a league! Been asking around

[mint flower]

im already in a league so im good

[karmic grotto]

ppsssssssst, did you know owl starts in 2 days? the silent hype becomes the big hype!

[hot heart]

[gentle finch]

hey is it just me or does the overwatch league app not have a schedule for the 2020 season?

[digital brook]

hi gamers, i had a question.

can i watch owl on overwatchleague.com and still get tokens?

are there any difference in the amount of tokens gained between different websites that u can get tokens from?

[mint turtle]

I don't think they confirmed they will be dropping tokens yet irrc?

[quick cave]

https://draftbuff.com/league/join/529dfc4d-dd76-4bf0-9747-a86119b5a3b6

Got a League if you guys wanna join

Please send me a message on discord so we can get a server up if you do

[raw ermine]

https://overwatchleague.com/en-us/news/23303225

Look at this

captainplanet is a god

this is how he got the final blow stats

[storm iris]

Yeah league tokens aren’t paired with YouTube yet, but i think blizz will have it fixed by next weekend. Not for opening weekend unfortunately

[balmy wolf]

hello

any vod recorders here

[balmy wolf]

dm if you still need one doc

[celest spear]

https://www.reddit.com/r/Competitiveoverwatch/comments/ezsq9x/unkoe_is_super_sick_from_his_instagram_maybe_we/

Crimzo starting this weekend since Unkoe is sick

[sullen berry]

who else is on the casualty list? Diem, unkoe, homestands in shanghai, guangzhou and maybe chengdu

[mystic glacier]

will there be an all acess pass again this season?

like it was the last seasons on twitch

[limber pine]

The All access Pass is a twitch product

so no

[mystic glacier]

or at least something similiar to it?

and how will the token system work

[limber pine]

no clue

i think fortnite has drops, so i'd check to see how they do it

[mystic glacier]

im kinda annoyed they switched to youtube at all

and i dont think im alone with that opinion

[hidden vault]

There's a link where by you can watch owl on twitch if you really want it

[mystic glacier]

i just liked how simple things like drops and the all access pass on twitch was

[celest spear]

YouTube does have drops, yeah

[sullen berry]

and they weren't that simple to begin with

you link your battle.net account

had to be in a country which is eligible

watch the darn thing by leaving a tab open the whole weekend

and if you participated in pickems too

they had the whole 15-30 minute window to lock in your predictions

[sullen berry]

~~https://discordapp.com/channels/535520792914558986/535527169292632074/675025688235081738~~ that's a link to their server nvm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eO2S-IU4Rjo

I guess you know a thing or two about accessories...

[hot heart]

[jagged crater]

is the stat lab working for anyone?

doesnt load for me

[limber pine]

works for me

[jagged crater]

ahh just gotta turn of some things in my adblocker

very cool stuff, now where the api at 😮

Is there a way to download all the data at once?

[limber pine]

uh

idk

[supple prism]

Is hawk going to see playtime?

[karmic grotto]

yes

[supple prism]

how about elivote

[karmic grotto]

he is the tank duo of lulsish

[supple prism]

well i guess he would if the other 2 is more main tanks

im in this fantasy league and i think i fucked up my tank line up

[hot heart]

[gray gyro]

Fantasy league? They got an app for that?

[autumn birch]

can we get league tokens by watching owl in the owl app?

[jagged crater]

oh there is a way to download the stasts

it's on the bottom of the statslab page

fuckin aweseome

250k rows of csv for one stage, so much data @_@

[balmy wolf]

Who’s ready for the Overwatch League

The Dallas Fuel are going to surprise everyone

[jagged crater]

i like how mercy is a "NULL" hero in the stats

[north tendon]

omg those ptr balance changes are huge

a widow shot nerf huh

[balmy wolf]

it’s not THAT big but it’s a nerf nonetheless

[north tendon]

this isnt gonna be in owl is it?

[balmy wolf]

i don’t think so

[north tendon]

maybe in a few weeks

[balmy wolf]

not at the start

yeah

[north tendon]

ye

[limber pine]

the patch on live will be what begins the season

[north tendon]

thought so

big fan of this patch so cant complain

[hot heart]

Who here thinks SFS might not win The Grand finals

[short sparrow]

lowers everybody's hand

[mint flower]

i don't think it's a hot take to say so

[sullen berry]

https://twitter.com/Teetawatv3/status/1225419569897984006?s=19

Teetawat (@Teetawatv3)

I'm retired from Overwatch

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Hate to see it, but he's got better places to make a living

[upper niche]

Who?

Also, I see Goat Brigette is on sale - is it 200 tokens?

[gaunt acorn]

@upper niche yes

[cloud latch]

how long will it be for sale?

[upper niche]

2 weeks. Feb 6-19.

[mint flower]

https://twitter.com/proxywolf/status/1225614608850833409?s=20

Wolf Schröder (@proxywolf)

https://t.co/FFZ6ggwIZJ

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https://twitter.com/itsmelimmy/status/1225582997648244736?s=20

Danny Lim - Freelance (@itsmelimmy)

For those who have asked, I will not be joining @overwatchleague full-time for this year. OWL was my first ever esports and I quickly want to thank everyone at OWL for blessing me with the opportunity. OWL 2020 is only two days away! Good luck everyone and THANK YOU!

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[upper niche]

holy crap that's a slow way to break the news by Wolf lol

[supple prism]

aww danny, no

[hidden vault]

Does bilzzard give out free tokens if we do predictions?

And I think soe is gonna take danny's job

Man which means nobody is gonna translate?

[supple prism]

Soe is taking Pucketts job

not sure if the interviewers/translators have been announced

im assuming mica and emily will still be around

[balmy wolf]

mica gone too

https://twitter.com/MicaBurton/status/1225654899985149952

Mica Burton (@MicaBurton)

Things have been so crazy lately I almost forgot to say— I too will not be joining OWL 2020 as full time talent. Overwatch gave me my start in esports and I will love and cherish the team and my fellow broadcasters FOREVER. See you on another stage someday soon 💖 http...

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[karmic grotto]

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, DON'T BE DISCOURAGED, FOR THE OWL BEGINS TOMORROW

Season 3, 2020.

The First Match Is Paris Eternal v.s Toronto Defiant. Will the half French/half Korean roster win versus the popular Canadian roster with some star players?

VS

And of course the next teams on the upcoming days...

[sullen berry]

As an west division supporter

Matches are going to be pog

What's the starting lineups going to be

[karmic grotto]

What do you mean

[sullen berry]

I haven't really thought about it

So it's going to be 5 French an and Smex probably

[karmic grotto]

and xzi

you also have nosmite there

[sullen berry]

No reason not to duo with Soon/xzi

Plus no smite /benbest

Maybe he's got something up his sleeve

[karmic grotto]

Rush always has a secret plan

[sullen berry]

I can see them take the W

[karmic grotto]

It's going to be interesting to see how he will compare to Crusy

[sullen berry]

But it's quite a narrow feat with what NYXL are working with

[karmic grotto]

Scrimbucks wasn't good for them

Meanwhile... Valiant

What I really think, is that people are calling [X] team bad. I don't think they're bad if they don't win because of a close match

If that team has a close match every time, but loses every match

Is that team really bad?

You can be 20th but each match you play is hype, lots of plays etc...

Does it really matter then if you end 20th? Sure, you don't want to be last, but someone has to be

[balmy wolf]

yo whats the team xQc is on?

[tropic herald]

None

[raw summit]

@balmy wolf xQc is on the LA Gladiators contenders team who are not taking part in contenders

[limber pine]

no he's not

[tropic herald]

He was on them

But they disbanded

Bc Contenders is bad

Especially Na

[raw summit]

he's still part of sentinels right? it says on his stream and sentinels generally put out tweets regarding him

and sentinels is the la gladiators contenders team right

?

[tropic herald]

He might be part of Sentinels

But they do not have a team in contenders

[raw summit]

yeah they refused to take part in it for whatever reason

anyways he was a sub in that team

[tropic herald]

They refused to take part bc

NA contenders is not worth the investment

[raw summit]

why doesnt blizz scrap contenders and allow orgs to hold their own low tier tournaments?

[tropic herald]

Idk

Bc they want to franchise the esports of OW

[raw summit]

is it true that contenders doesnt even have a cash prize pool?

[tropic herald]

They do

iirc it’s 2.5M

[raw summit]

i saw some meme that it was blizz coins and i was like wtf lol

[hot heart]

[stone escarp]

Owl starts this time tomorrow right ? Just making sure I converted the time zones correctly

[limber pine]

Yes

[small cosmos]

does anyone know how I can get OWL Tokens?

[limber pine]

You can’t

Well you have to buy them

There’s not drops at the beginning of the season

[small cosmos]

damn that sucks

good thing i wont need that brigitte skin since she's getting nerfed

wow just realised it said 9th february

thought there was a game today

@limber pine so there isnt even that thing where i get 3 tokens an hour?

[limber pine]

That’s a twitch thing

Now that’s it’s on YT they have to rebuild/enable it

[small cosmos]

tragic

[mint flower]

it is tragic

[limber pine]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTsQJ2f_8uM

[karmic grotto]

Is this a new video?

[balmy wolf]

ye

it’s good

[coarse ingot]

are there specific countries that can get owl tokens ?

[balmy wolf]

we don’t know yet since tokens aren’t available on OWL youtube yet

[balmy wolf]

https://twitter.com/UberShouts/status/1225864947718119425?s=09

The Mitcher (@UberShouts)

https://t.co/FmY6YbKZ7u

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https://twitter.com/MattMrX/status/1225870544026906624?s=09

Matt Morello (@MattMrX)

IM BACK! Can finally say that I'll be back with overwatchleague for the 2020 season

See you all in NYC @ Hammerstein Ballroom https://t.co/gSXmdkrhcI

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[jagged crater]

they better get tokens up soon 😓

[celest spear]

https://twitter.com/TheRevivalGG/status/1225877477135810560?s=19

Revival (@TheRevivalGG)

No fake news here, only FCTs!

We’re so excited to announce @FCTFCTN as our new main tank! We’re very lucky to have him joining, bringing veteran experience from the highest level of play, and look forward to what we’ll accomplish with him this season!

#OnceMore

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[eternal wigeon]

I hope so, I'm legit 26 tokens away from 200. Don't really wanna buy any tokens

[celest spear]

You might have to bite the bullet

[jagged crater]

how long is goats brig gonna be up

[limber pine]

it says in the tweet beemoo

the 19th

[jagged crater]

hmm 12 days

is that enough time for blizz to get them youtube tokens up

[hot heart]

Probably

Its just they arent announcing something until theyre sure

At least thats what i think

[jagged crater]

are there going to be less games too?

since each week is only 2 days of games

[hot heart]

Nah

Wait

Yes

Than s1 and s2

Two games a day

[celest spear]

There are 4 games a day

[jagged crater]

8 games a week?

[celest spear]

Only for 2 days a week instead of 4 though

Yes

[jagged crater]

total is the same tho right

[hot heart]

Ohhh

So

Isnt that double the games they play

[balmy wolf]

8 games every week for 27 weeks

[jagged crater]

27 games total

[hot heart]

Ye

27 or 28 for some teams

[jagged crater]

some teams have diff total games? that doesnt make senese

[hot heart]

Some should hold more games shouldnt they?

I heard 28 games somewhere

[jagged crater]

that aint fair

might be 28

for everyone

[celest spear]

https://twitter.com/overwatchleague/status/1225890728410259462?s=19

Overwatch League (@overwatchleague)

They say everything is bigger in Texas, the same goes for the casting talent 🔊

Look out @DallasFuel, @BrenCasts & @SideshowGaming are coming to town 🙌🤠

Likes

447

Twitter

https://twitter.com/overwatchleague/status/1225898821479067648?s=19

Overwatch League (@overwatchleague)

Hopefully the Big Apple is big enough for these two 😉

@hexagrams & @JawsCasts are casting at the @NYXL event this weekend, show them some love! 🧡

Twitter

[karmic grotto]

[hot heart]

WH

I dont know jaws

[limber pine]

Really?

He’s been casting with Legday in contenders/OWWC for years

No offense, but anybody who watches any pro OW knows who Jaws is

[jagged crater]

rip jaws legday duo 😦

They casted mostly EU contenders and a bit of KR

a few side tournaments here and there

OG casting duo is ZP & Hex with the alienware monthly melees , never forget

[cold pier]

@hot heart cus you're some uncultured incel who watches OWL only and spams BTTV emotes in here trying to act relevant then saying " WH OMEGALUL " when your ego is crippled

:(

[jagged crater]

zplague

[crude flicker]

What kinda comps do you Teams will run tomorrow

[raw ermine]

Hard to say

We haven't had a stable meta to form a while with top tier teams.

[balmy wolf]

Double shield or Rein Dva

it might be different between teams but i’m sure we will see mei

[raw ermine]

Probably hanzo or McCree

[supple prism]

Avastcord is doing league preds if anyone wants to get in on that

[coarse creek]

I may not be understanding correctly, but based on the match schedule it seems like only 3 of the matches will be streamed this weekend out of the 8. Is this correct? If so, why?

[balmy wolf]

Why are console players not aloud in the league, like come on, it’s land so everyone has pc’s, so all blizzard has to do is gets some controllers and than boom, console players in the league

no plays at a high enough level using controller

Your just objectively crippling yourself using a controller at that high of a level

[sullen berry]

if you really want a console league, go to CDL

Overwatch would be hopeful to invest in the console market

if say

i don't know - the game was significantly popular on the switch/PS4/XBOX to begin with

[supple prism]

@coarse creek i think those are the ones in china that they canceled and will reschedule them

[coarse creek]

https://overwatchleague.com/en-us/schedule I was looking at this link, only 3 are labeled with youtube.

wait it changed since i last looked

[supple prism]

oh

[hot heart]

@cold pier

Maybe i just dont recognize the name

And im being a

[glossy summit]

Anyone here think tsm zexrow looks like sinaatras long lost brother? Or just me

[hot heart]

Wtf

He looks like a baby face sinatraa

Or some shit

But yeah kinda looks like him

[rare magnet]

Looks like they're streaming OWL on the official Overwatch channel too there's a lot more subscribers there https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PX43jloTo4

[brazen depot]

We still get league points for watching it through YouTube

?

[rare magnet]

they say they working on it idk if its ready yet

[brazen depot]

Oof

[coarse creek]

they should throw some codes into the stream at the very least

[jagged crater]

OWL viewer updated poggers

[limpid estuary]

So Im guessing they havent announced the first hero pool yet?

[supple prism]

Starting March 7, the Overwatch League will make one tank, one support, and two damage heroes unavailable for selection during matches each weekend.

so these first matches are gonna establish whats banned

[karmic grotto]

I WON'T HYPE YOU UP, HYPE YOURSELF THIS TIME

[supple prism]

dont need hype, there is no tokens. luckily i saved up so much from last season to buy all the limited time skins

[limpid estuary]

Oh March 7th

Thanks

[hot heart]

6 HOURS LEFT

Dont worry ill hype it up @karmic grotto

[cedar drum]

Holy fuck

I forgot Nyxl didn't re-sign Meko, the fuck happened there?

How do u not re-sign Meko?

[balmy wolf]

@cedar drum you sign hotba

[hidden vault]

I'll take Meko over hotba anyday

But I think meko is the one that did not want to resign

[raw ermine]

https://overwatchleague.com/en-us/news/23303128

the caster's predictions

[karmic grotto]

@cedar drum meko to outlaws

[scarlet pivot]

I think nyxl are wanting to change their style of play this season from their usual passive style to a more aggressive style and Meko is a passive off tank where as Hotba brings the more aggressive style of play

So Hotba might be better for the team but we'll have to wait and see

Hm hex thinks that Hangzhou will win Pacific east division

I think dragons and charge are both better than spark

[raw ermine]

they all believe shock and nyxl will win their respective division

[scarlet pivot]

Yea I believe that as well

Only challenger for nyxl in my mind is Atlanta

[round cargo]

will drops work?

[scarlet pivot]

For the Atlantic conference

Not for the start of the season

Idk when drops will be available

[round cargo]

I see

[scarlet pivot]

Is Bianca 18?

[cloud latch]

I think so

[round cargo]

yeah

Turned 18 a month ago

[tight vault]

when do the games start?

[scarlet pivot]

6pm uk time but idk about other time zones

Im just wondering if they will try to utilise Bianca this season because he looked really good on xl2

[cloud latch]

1pm est

[tight vault]

thanks yall

[scarlet pivot]

But I'm thinking they're going to have him learn a lot from Hotba before he gets gametime

[sullen berry]

4 HOURS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PX43jloTo4

[scarlet pivot]

Pog

I wonder if the rumours are true that Valiant are a dark horse contender

If they beat Dallas and play reasonably against the titans then I will start to buy into the valiant being a decent team but until they prove their worth on stage I'm not assuming they'll be good from scrimbucks

[raw ermine]

Scrimbucks have a very low stock from last year due to the failure of EternalGoats.inc, and chengdu

[scarlet pivot]

And london in playoffs

[raw ermine]

chengdu succeeding, that is

[dry ledge]

who cares about stream overwatch League?

Beacouse there is a description written wrong there is Instagram and a link to twitter

[karmic grotto]

me

[scarlet pivot]

This season will be an exciting one

The new homestand system will be Pog

[north tendon]

its just two games on day one?

nice

[scarlet pivot]

4 games

Just different locations

[north tendon]

arent the next two the next day?

oh

according to the time its the next day

[scarlet pivot]

There's 4 games a day with 2 games in each location

[north tendon]

oooh

[tight vault]

Go

[north tendon]

I get you

[scarlet pivot]

Yea times will vary a lot due to the locations

[north tendon]

you mean ny and dallas

funny formatting

I rather have it in order

[sullen berry]

@north tendon 4 games two cities

[north tendon]

yeah

[sullen berry]

Overwatch ads looming in Australia for the Switch too

[north tendon]

you're from there?

[sullen berry]

neato

TIL nobody but two people in this channel know where I'm from

I'm from NZ

[north tendon]

oh lol

just thought its cool

[sullen berry]

but international gaming publishers think we're second Australia lmao

[tight vault]

oh so greener Australia

[sullen berry]

correct

not as orange

we're still indirectly affected when we ger the orange haze

[tight vault]

Australian OWL team

[north tendon]

so we're actually gonna shift between two homestands

this is going to be interesting

[sullen berry]

this is so anime

you watch part one on day one

part two day two

and depending on which ending you prefer

you can watch both homestands on the same day

or the homestand of the division/teams you are following

[tight vault]

so whos all winning today

[sullen berry]

?

[raw ermine]

I hope toronto

[north tendon]

this is anime

[sullen berry]

the winners of today's games huh

[tight vault]

yes

[north tendon]

meanwhile in the dallas homestand

villain fissure is facing glads again

[scarlet pivot]

I think Toronto beat paris

[sullen berry]

let's ask my friends on /r/OWL

[north tendon]

I wanna see sp9rkle so bad

[north tendon]

I want to see ifd the hype is good

[scarlet pivot]

Same

[sullen berry]

I can redo this if you prefer I post this each day

LA Valiant vs Dallas Fuel was even 12-12 votes when I last checked this

people really believing in scimbucks

[north tendon]

people seem to be underestimating this new london

[tight vault]

Vancouver

[scarlet pivot]

I think london are a dark horse

Their roster grows on me more and more every day

[north tendon]

I have a feeling they will make a name for themselves as the weeks go by

just unfamiliar faces atm

same with valiant

[scarlet pivot]

Yea people only know Glister is good

[sullen berry]

I don't have any decent measuring sticks for the team's synergy communications and exceptional performance

yeah I choose to sleep on Spitfire

given their competition

[north tendon]

yeah because its a new experiment

[sullen berry]

now would be a good time to bet on their coaching staff more than anything

[tropic herald]

People are saying LAV are a lot better than what people were ranking them

[sullen berry]

if they are the first homestand of the season to lose as host

[north tendon]

some pros have been saying that yeah

[sullen berry]

this would be a very exciting precent for the season

[north tendon]

that would be cool I want all teams to be competent

and not just there to be stomped

agreed

[sullen berry]

just thinking if anyone would prefer to be in voice channels when this channel gets crowded

I think most teams will be competent

[tight vault]

Is Shanghai gonna be middle of the pack again?

[tropic herald]

No

They are top 5

[north tendon]

I probably will be mainly on youtube

im curious how the chat will turn out

[sullen berry]

all of these teams must have at least 1-3 personnel who have been on for 2 seasons now

you have for example surefour/agilities/kariv on defiant who have been playing on toronto's roster

[north tendon]

did everyone here subscribe to the owl channel

thats what I did

[scarlet pivot]

Yes

[sullen berry]

owl channel as in "Overwatch League (verified)"

[north tendon]

yeah

[sullen berry]

well they seem to be hosted on PlayOverwatch

that's what cught my eye just now

[north tendon]

but I saw live reminders on owl

maybe both will do it?

[sullen berry]

i dunno

[tropic herald]

I saw somewhere it’ll be on PlayOverwatch

[sullen berry]

seems like the logical thing to do this time is to post it on the official OW Youtube Channel for maximum viewership

[scarlet pivot]

Streaming it on playoverwatch will give it more attention

[sullen berry]

and given this is the opening weekend

[north tendon]

thats true

did the game update with owl mainscreen?

[sullen berry]

if it goes down well by the viewers, it should just stay this way

[north tendon]

havent been on

[sullen berry]

Goat Brig skin yes

[north tendon]

oh nice

i assume with the owl music

[sullen berry]

exactly how you imagined it

now I want the ow client to play all the intermission music

[north tendon]

pretty much how genji and tracer were done

[sullen berry]

mmm

[north tendon]

ow has a lot of great music

the more the merrier

[tight vault]

yall ever listen to the lucio playlist

[sullen berry]

can't be a true overwatch fan

[north tendon]

I think owl used most of those tracks

so I heard a good chunk

[sullen berry]

if you didn't plug into Miro's playlist for Seoul Dynasty

[north tendon]

does it have kpop

[sullen berry]

https://open.spotify.com/user/63yrjfupidgcdvp7t2uig7hzl?si=-ybmPKTMSSOGuuEadmZZPQ

why don't you find out

lot of red velvet

some Zedd

now this is some foreshadowing

[north tendon]

oh thats really cool

lol

red velvet can get really catchy

i understand the appeal

[tight vault]

I wanna see some torb being played today

[sullen berry]

the numbers are interesting for spotify x Overwatch League at least

Seoul Dynasty Spotify Playlists/Weekly Discovers by Followers made in July 2018 - Season 1 OW League: 2463 Team Playlist 474 Tobi's 348 Ryujehong 330 Fleta 288 Miro 226 Bunny 104 Munchkin 88 Zunba

this seemed like effective marketing nobody got on board on

now I have to wait so damn long for seoul dynasty to play their first match

[tight vault]

how long is dat

[hot heart]

Torb

The hammer

[sullen berry]

not sure at the time of writing

their first match is scheduled next week in Shanghai on February 15

[scarlet pivot]

Then it got cancelled :(

[sullen berry]

how they're looking to work around chinese cities is unknown right now

the teams bar chengdu happen to be scrimming in Korea atm

Pacific East is having some fun with more practice time

Seoul's official homecoming/homestand is in Week 5 (March 7 -10)

so if they do nothing and the schedule isn't played

[hot heart]

I think the whole corona virus thing in china will affect Chengdu the most

[sullen berry]

Seoul plays their first match outside of china on March 7
and I might not see a single game played live for Guangzhou until March 8

[hot heart]

Or maybe guanzhou

[scarlet pivot]

Yea chengdu have the most Chinese players

[sullen berry]

Guangzhou players are playing scrims in Seoul since Jan 4th

[hot heart]

Teams need moral boosts from their home crowd and without that its hard to stay motivated i would assume

Good

I was worried about them

[sullen berry]

you can read all about it here https://medium.com/@eddy.meng/six-days-in-january-80e226e0cc9f

[hot heart]

Isnt Chengdu quarantined?

[sullen berry]

Eddie Meng is part of their operations for Charge

Chengdu is basically stuck in China

and I have no idea how their visa plans are going

but that would have been looked into months in advance

[hot heart]

It must be insanely scary wakin up one day and watching the news and discovering that theirs a virus near where you live that is spreading like fucking wildfire

[sullen berry]

yeah

if you're running the backbone

or I would say the least spectacular side of an esports org

you have to figure how you get the players there

ready to perform and prepared for the worst

since they can't host in March

[hot heart]

This is a really rough time for Chinese teams and especially fans

[sullen berry]

they're really hoping for less money to be lost if they cannot host their remaining homestands

[hot heart]

Yeah the losses are gonna be bad

[scarlet pivot]

When will chengdu play their first match?

[hot heart]

For chinese teams

Basically All the money was from people who bought tickets to go watch the game

And it was alot of money

@scarlet pivotidk

[sullen berry]

the chinese websites which were the only way to purchase tickets for their first homestands would be available for refund

[hot heart]

Holy

I completely forgot about Shanghai

[sullen berry]

these first matches realistically can't be played anywhere else but korea or some arranged city elsewhere

shanghai's homestand was first

[scarlet pivot]

Korea most likely

[hot heart]

I think korea is their best bet

[sullen berry]

next was Guangzhou

[hot heart]

Better crowd

More chinese fans there

[scarlet pivot]

Korea deserves more matches played in their country than in america

[sullen berry]

Spark was hosting the third for thie division afte Seoul the following week

let's be honest, we're hoping they do that for them

but the question would then be

who would pay for the games?

[hot heart]

Who knows

[scarlet pivot]

Coronavirus has really fucked up the OWL schedule this year

[hot heart]

All i know is blizz lost hundreds of thousands of dollars

And teams

The CV sucks fucking ass man

[scarlet pivot]

Ik :(

[hot heart]

But china has some people

[sullen berry]

it's the responsibility of the teams to provide {among the laundry list hastr0 should not have to respond to}: scheduling of practice time, facilities with the correct specced LAN centres, as well as broadcasting and the merchandising as well as looking after their own staff and players

[hot heart]

some

[sullen berry]

well it's not like you're going to have some hate on you in chinese here

[hot heart]

So

Chengdu will hopefully still perfrom well

Im just excited for leaves debut in the OWL

But this crisis over in china will really make him nervous i think

[sullen berry]

Leave is going to be worth the wait

[hot heart]

Yeah

I wonder how he'll compare to the likes of profit and diem

[sullen berry]

I have never seen a name hold up so well in 3 years I have been following esports

he couldn't flex like profit

[hot heart]

Well yes

[sullen berry]

but he may as well show it

if he's got it in him

[hot heart]

Yeah

I think he'll be consistent

Especially

With JinMu

The dps duo is really good

[round cargo]

carpe and diem should play together

I’m sure they’d carpe diem

[hot heart]

bdm tsh

[mint turtle]

Isn't Diem ill atm

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.espn.com/esports/story/_/id/28523476/dragons-diem-recovering-collapsed-lung%3Fplatform=amp

:/

[tight vault]

😦

[scarlet pivot]

Sucks for Shanghai but mainly for Diem

I really hope he gets better

[tight vault]

i ain't that good with health, but like a collapsed lung sounds like it'd be life threatening no?

[scarlet pivot]

It does sound life threatening but I'm not very knowledged with health conditions either

[tight vault]

Collapsed lung is a term used to refer to pneumothorax, a potentially life-threatening condition thats what some medical site says so

[hot heart]

If not treated well enough yeah it is life threatening

[raw ermine]

2 hours!

[raw ermine]

is 1:00 the start of the match or the start of the stream?

[tight vault]

match

[feral wing]

still holding out for the day that Onigod gets picked up for OWL

[hot heart]

[tight vault]

[west rivet]

does anyone know if we still get free league tokens for watching on youtube?

[raw ermine]

not yet

[echo fog]

no but possibly later

I wonder when the live stream will start

Maybe 30 mins before the first match?

[raw ermine]

30-45 yeah

maybe 50 cause they like to have the countdown

[echo fog]

oh yeah forgot about that dumb countdown lol

it’s pointless cause it’s not even a countdown to the match itself

[raw ermine]

actually, the YT livestream says 64 minutes til start

[echo fog]

wait what, link?

[hot heart]

@raw ermine

[raw ermine]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyGLAL87LMQ

btw 1 hour til

[echo fog]

I thought that the first match started in exactly 1 hour

[hot heart]

Nah

Guess not

[echo fog]

Wtf

[hot heart]

Wait so 60 mins till match

[echo fog]

No, 60 mins til a 30 min countdown or some garbage

[hot heart]

Like two mins away from what we thought

Doesnt matter

Oh wtf

Give us OWL

[echo fog]

Yeah it’s dumb as hell, I hope the match starts at the start time but it looks like the pre-match and countdown will start in an hour

Not the match

[hidden vault]

has the predictions now closed?

[hot heart]

Dont know

@sullen berry have the predictions closed?

[iron hemlock]

This is my first time watching league. Looks like they arent showing it on twitch, only youtube is that correct? Anyone know if we can still earn tokens on youtube? I linked my google acct to my blizzard acct on blizzards site.

[raw ermine]

not yet, but its most likely a top priority for bliz

[worn falcon]

6 mins to gooooo for watchpoint

[echo fog]

POG

they're doing it before the match

saved

everyone get in here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyGLAL87LMQ

[worn falcon]

time to see Custa skillz

[hidden vault]

are there we have it

the description still have twitch

[north tendon]

ITS LIVE

POGU

[tough thunder]

https://gigabra.in/ for twitch chat and youtube stream at the same time

[echo fog]

does anyone know if there's a way to make the default youtube chat "live chat" instead of "top chat"

it's annoying whenever I go to a livestream I always switch it

it there was a way to make live the default I would

[night tusk]

AAGHHHH

IM SO READY

Hello everyone again, long time no see

[worn falcon]

RIP endoken, not appealing

[night tusk]

LETS GOO

[echo fog]

anyone else think the audio is a little bit weird and crispy?

I hear some crisp lol

[night tusk]

agree

[worn falcon]

Using green screen

[echo fog]

superb audio people

[night tusk]

damn screen quality is so much better

[worn hornet]

so is YT the primary stream this year?

[trail python]

so is there no way to get overwatch league points by watching OWL now?

[north tendon]

this will take getting used to

[echo fog]

@trail python no tokens just yet, possibly later on in the season

[north tendon]

1080p makes me lag lol

had to lower it

[trail python]

bruhhhhhhhh

this is so sad

[worn falcon]

The green screen makes it weird when they zoom to one of their desk

[karmic grotto]

It's live

[echo fog]

Oh my god this audio is so scuffed

[karmic grotto]

are you just eching the yt chat?

[echo fog]

no

[hidden vault]

@pearl stratus when are you appealing?

[karmic grotto]

because thats exactly what i just read

[echo fog]

lmao

[hidden vault]

@trim shadow too

what did they say lol

[balmy wolf]

Any idea how to get tokens for watching owl?

[karmic grotto]

Link your battlenet to google

[balmy wolf]

Oh, right. Thanks bud!

[karmic grotto]

They should do something about the chat

[balmy wolf]

Do I have to keep my overwatch open or something?

[echo fog]

@balmy wolf they are not doing tokens yet, possibly later in the season

[balmy wolf]

Okay, well.. unlucky

[cloud latch]

paris or toronto?

[balmy wolf]

Toronto!

[karmic grotto]

I don't care about chat anyways. At least not until they fix how to use the chat while watching OWL or when there is a paid chat.

[cloud latch]

I think it'll be 3-1 toronto

[echo fog]

production lmao

[balmy wolf]

[cloud latch]

[karmic grotto]

Give time

you'ill watch it anyways

[balmy wolf]

[ashen sedge]

epic

[night tusk]

i believe paris will win

!schedule

[balmy wolf]

what a jammer of a song

[echo fog]

toronto gonna win

[balmy wolf]

Toronto got this

[night tusk]

Paris NYXL Titans Valiant

Please Titans be good

[worn falcon]

Paris

[cloud latch]

I can't wait to see fissure

[night tusk]

Toronto aka Team canada LULW

[balmy wolf]

Surefour

[cloud latch]

pretty sure smex isn't playing sadly

[echo fog]

Toronto, NYXL, Titans, Fuel

@night tusk

[balmy wolf]

i got 20 bucks on Toronto and NYXL (-1.5)

[night tusk]

I hope Sado & Fissure will pop off this season so they can prove the haters wrong xd

Valiant maybe just because of Scrim bucks. we will see

[worn falcon]

Gonna miss that blizz arena

i cri

[balmy wolf]

we cri

[lost jacinth]

oof that c9

[cloud latch]

wait they won't use it for la games?

[night tusk]

Hunters when Hammond not included in hero pools

[balmy wolf]

[cloud latch]

I'm hyped to see the meta

[worn falcon]

ChipSa benched

[night tusk]

lucio moira prob

[balmy wolf]

Mei, Mei... a bit more Mei

[night tusk]

Chipsa might have more playtime because of hero pools

https://twitter.com/FunnyAstro/status/1222985422839652353

FunnyAstro (@FunnyAstro)

Can't wait for doom counters to be banned for 1 week so we can sub in @ChipSa_OW

Likes

842

Twitter

[lost jacinth]

💤 bastion

[raw ermine]

go toronto!

28k ppl

[sullen berry]

morning gamers

[balmy wolf]

Let's go Toronto!

[lost jacinth]

hero pools need to not include bastion in a final

[raw ermine]

not to bad for the start

[night tusk]

welcome back mr charge

[lost jacinth]

mornin mr kenobi

[balmy wolf]

REAL OBI Pog

[lost jacinth]

oh fissure

[night tusk]

who saw the post on reddit of fissure?

[lost jacinth]

musta missed it

[night tusk]

HE IS THE VILLAIN, and I love it

[worn falcon]

Ayyy Fissure

[sullen berry]

oh man

[iron hemlock]

Is this State Farm ad permanent or what

[hidden osprey]

Just to confirm, no tokens on YT right?

[night tusk]

https://www.reddit.com/r/Competitiveoverwatch/comments/excje4/fissure_got_no_chill/

WATCH IT

[lost jacinth]

yes @iron hemlock

[iron hemlock]

Yuck

[balmy wolf]

when's the first match?

[karmic grotto]

state farm is head sponsor

[raw ermine]

so hyped

[iron hemlock]

10 minutes

[sullen berry]

I am so ||wasted|| from last night's shenanigans ||5 hours ago||but I couldn't more full of energy!

[balmy wolf]

aw shieeee