esports-discussion

[karmic grotto]

Because since November, we don't know much than we already know

5 months later, no information

Not even about the heroes

Only that that might show the hero they said will come before OW 2

It's March

[balmy wolf]

Ehh

Give me after the four month player base since initial hype is always big and I personally am not a fan of the CS:GO game design. I honestly genuinely think if OW became f2p then it would have a bigger presence but I am so happy that it’s not.

[karmic grotto]

Less cheaters

And kids

[brisk canyon]

Hi

[brisk canyon]

Dead chat

Lol

@limber pine which beta are you talking about for?

which oneee

[sullen berry]

https://twitter.com/LiNkzrOW/status/1235668044648599552?s=19

Outlaws LiNkzr (@LiNkzrOW)

If you are enjoying the widowmaker ban you are a) a doomfist player or b) someone with terrible positioning. It's crazy shot or the widowmine that shows where you are that gets you killed, it's you running it down mid. Can't wait for your favorite hero to get banned :)

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[limber pine]

I just love the fact that both McCree and widow got banned

[brisk canyon]

@limber pine RIOT

I just realized

WHY ISNF COREY WITH SHOCK

wasted talent

Justice sucks

They’re bringing Corey down he needs real teammates to train for next OWC

[supple prism]

well SHock already has shit like sinatraa, rascal, architect, and striker. not sure they would even play corey

[raw ermine]

ANS is the widow OTP

but I could see corey being the mccree

but then striker would be virtually useless

[jagged crater]

why would corey be on shock

right now corey is under the kennyS effect, he'd be better off on justice to increase his value

[balmy wolf]

striker is the best hitscan on shock

[raw ermine]

to be fair all of the sfs dps, except ANS, are half hitscan half projectile

but yeah

[brisk canyon]

@raw ermine why is OTP a bad thing

It’s not

If they specialize in one hero

They’re gonna rekt everyone when meta comes for it

@jagged crater yes papi .3.

@balmy wolf you’re the best hitscan to my heart

@supple prism ok boomer

[supple prism]

what

[gaunt acorn]

@brisk canyon 'hero specialists' were the big thing during owl season 1

teams had 'tracer specialists', etc.

turns out it's just not that effective

[brisk canyon]

@gaunt acorn how and why

[gaunt acorn]

if you have a limited roster and have to pay salaries, it's better to have flexible players

not only for cost effectiveness, but team synergy

teams play better together if they spend a lot of time together on stage

[brisk canyon]

How is team synergy involved in this?

[gaunt acorn]

it's not good for momentum if you swap players each map

[brisk canyon]

When it comes to OTP

ohhhhhhh

@gaunt acorn r u like the senior OW player here

[gaunt acorn]

not to mention, what if the enemy team counters your specialist hard

he can't flex

[brisk canyon]

OHHHHHHHH

I GET ITTTT

@gaunt acorn so then why isn’t ANS dead

Yet

They’re keeping ANS as a widow OTP

or so they say

[gaunt acorn]

it's his best hero but not his only hero

[brisk canyon]

But he’s not better than Corey

Is he now?

[gaunt acorn]

he is capable of flexing to other hitscan and projectile dps heroes

[brisk canyon]

Oh

I’ve never personally seen him play

[gaunt acorn]

i don't know, we haven't really seen enough of corey or ans to say

[brisk canyon]

U got any links?

WHAT

wdym

@gaunt acorn OWC

Corey was hard carry

LIKE HARD CARRY

[gaunt acorn]

i'm talking about this season, owl

to compare them

[brisk canyon]

oh

I think

Corey isn’t performing his best

Because justice sucks

[gaunt acorn]

he certainly looked good in season 2 stage 4

[brisk canyon]

They don’t have good support nor coordinated pushes

Yeah

[gaunt acorn]

justice have a lot of internal problems, yes

[brisk canyon]

Yeah

I just wish Corey switched

@gaunt acorn can u play for OWL

[gaunt acorn]

nope, i'm not nearly talented enough

[brisk canyon]

Not nearly

But almost

[gaunt acorn]

if you consider not-quite-grandmaster good enough, sure

[brisk canyon]

I just hope Corey don’t die this OWC

0:

Better than me

.3.

Corey gets crap team and crap training

[gaunt acorn]

corey is a solid player who will probably find success no matter what team he's on

[brisk canyon]

= crap

:((

I feel bad for him

@gaunt acorn who do u think is best DPS

[gaunt acorn]

at least he's not on boston

[brisk canyon]

in the entire league

Lmao

[gaunt acorn]

hm

[brisk canyon]

Or outluls

Also tell me whose your favorite support and ▂▄▅█████████▅▄▃▂ I███████████████████]. ◥⊙▲⊙▲⊙▲⊙▲⊙▲⊙▲⊙◤... also

Tank*

For this season is fine, or just all time is also fine

[gaunt acorn]

all-time would probably be carpe or profit

[brisk canyon]

0:

Wait why

Carpe is average

Profit is also average

[gaunt acorn]

carpe looked average during goats

because he didn't practice much and couldn't play dps

[brisk canyon]

Oh

Wait

[gaunt acorn]

season 1 carpe was a force to be reckoned with

[brisk canyon]

So then why’d you pick him

Ohh

But has that changed?

[gaunt acorn]

goats was only 1 season

yes i think it has

[brisk canyon]

Carpe sucks now

Right

[gaunt acorn]

we're back in a dps meta and carpe has looked promising

[brisk canyon]

Or average

And so is profit

Ah

I’ll be honest

[gaunt acorn]

i think he's above average and will dominate again as the season progresses

[brisk canyon]

Fusio looks scary

This season

More than titans

And shock

[gaunt acorn]

fusion made some convincing roster additions, yes

[brisk canyon]

And I’m rooting for shock

@gaunt acorn who’re you going for

What team

[gaunt acorn]

i'm a titans fan, personally

[brisk canyon]

:/\

Glory hunter

Boooooo

[gaunt acorn]

not really

i'm from vancouver

[brisk canyon]

U gotta pick your own city

Team

Oh..

Nevermind

:3

[gaunt acorn]

[brisk canyon]

Lol

Stay

Dray

[gaunt acorn]

not to mention i supported runaway back in apex

[brisk canyon]

0:

[gaunt acorn]

so hardly a bandwagon fan

[brisk canyon]

I ask u

So

After 26 weeks?

Playoffs right

[gaunt acorn]

season playoffs?

[brisk canyon]

Yeah

Idk how

The system works

[gaunt acorn]

i think there's 27 weeks in the season

[brisk canyon]

Yeah after that

It’s playoffs right

[gaunt acorn]

yes, after

[brisk canyon]

Oh

So

Top 6 teams

Automatically gets in?

And then idk what happens next during elimination, the rest fight for top 2, so top 8 teams get into playoffs?

:/\ confusion is me

[gaunt acorn]

PLAYOFFS & GRAND FINALS

The 2020 postseason kicks off with a play-in tournament followed by double-elimination bracket play culminating in the 2020 Grand Finals. The seventh-through 12th-seeded teams in the standings will qualify for the play-in tournament.

The double-elimination bracket will feature the following eight teams:

• The two top teams per conference as the top seeds (as determined by record with map differential as the tiebreaker).
• The next four teams across both conferences as the three to six seeds.
• The two teams that advance from the play-in tournament as the seven and eight seeds.

The Grand Finals will be a single-elimination match between the two teams advancing out of the double-elimination bracket.

[brisk canyon]

Oh

@gaunt acorn last question

[gaunt acorn]

sure, yes?

[brisk canyon]

Can I dm u if

It

It’s kinda weird

:/\

[gaunt acorn]

if?

[brisk canyon]

*it

[gaunt acorn]

uh, ok

[brisk canyon]

Ok

[blissful heron]

Not a bandwagoner, I supported boston from the start

Love my team <3

Also I can't stand top teams besides la gladiators

I root for the bottom feeders

[brisk canyon]

@blissful heron but then what’s the point?

You’re gonna get disappointed over and over again

@blissful heron you know disappointment is a physical pain right, so is cyber bullying, your brain’s stimuli reacted to it as a threat and in a way release the same chemicals it would if you were to have someone pinch u

I won’t judge you but I do feel bad for u

Especially Boston’s performance this season

[blissful heron]

I was a misfits fan since when they started the team

They've had their ups and downs

The most recent down being getting trounced by london who's fkin good for no reason

[brisk canyon]

@blissful heron misfits exist)

?

The heck are misfits

[hidden vault]

Search misfits lol

But misfits are mayhem

So you saying you support misfits from the start then to boston

Doesn't really fit?

[brisk canyon]

@hidden vault I thought league began in 2018

The heck are misfits doing in league

There’s only Florida mayhem at the creation of OWL

I’m so confused

[hidden vault]

Yes

And misfit players went on to become florida mayhem

And they are the same org that managed misfits

[brisk canyon]

@hidden vault what’s the point of setting up misfits in the first place?

What did the misfits play for in 2017

Before league was created

I’m just wondering what was happening before OWL was created and what did misfits play for in tournaments before league

[hidden vault]

Before owl it was Apex

Again you can search about it

Before bilzzard decided to introduce overwatch league

There are other's who run overeatch competition

[solar trout]

HOW DID I MISS THAT THE FACT HANGZHOU SPARK ARE A GIANT REFERENCE TO TOARU KAGAKU NO RAILGUN

[hot heart]

A) your dumb as fuck.

B) you just didnt realize it.

Or my favourite,

C) You were born yesterday. @solar trout

[solar trout]

i didn't realise

besides i didn't start watching OWL until season 2

[hot heart]

Cool

Ya watching OWL this season?

[sullen berry]

I was born yesterday

Did you know that the space between the G and Z is a lightning bolt?

[blissful heron]

I liked misfits in 2017 but I'm from Boston

So I made the switch

[tropic herald]

The two guns in the outlaws logo are pointed down symbolizing them shooting themselves in the foot

[cloud latch]

lol

[gritty zephyr]

Lmao

[raw ermine]

The bomb in the mayhem logo symbolizes internal explosions within the team

[balmy wolf]

The entirety of Hangzhou spark is an anime. Bilibili is China's goto for anime. If you search it you'll find a reddit post that goes to say the owner bought an OWL slot solely for her waifu.

And I believe the drafts for the logo were like, blatantly Mikoto Misaka.

[hot heart]

@sullen berrynice

Me too

[brisk canyon]

Woke up just to realize OWL is tmr back to sleep bai

I’m not mad, just disappointed

OWOOOOOOOOO

[jagged crater]

Owner loves his waifu

[brisk canyon]

@jagged crater

tactical crouches on u

:/\

[balmy wolf]

Hi

[brisk canyon]

@balmy wolf

No.

I want the fish

Pfp back

I WANT THE FISH

[hot heart]

Fishy widepeepohappy

[brisk canyon]

@tropic herald hey don’t u make fun of him

His career in fusion is still 0 deaths

OP

[tropic herald]

That’s what the actual pictures name is

[crisp willow]

he isn't a feeder like Carpe

smh my head

[tropic herald]

If you look on liquiedpedia

[brisk canyon]

@crisp willow OWO?

[crisp willow]

I got summoned

with an OWO no less

[sullen berry]

@brisk canyon his career in deaths is better than Gesture, Profit, Bdosin, Tobi and Fits combined on Seoul Dynasty

[brisk canyon]

@sullen berry chipsa is op

[sullen berry]

when Eileen finds out either sombra or doomfist are out in their first match against Vancouver

pacific east team will start playing again either the next few weeks (if rumors hold up) or at worse next month

scheduled matches for them will still be hosted in April at Dallas

[brisk canyon]

@sullen berry hey

I wanted to ask about OWL season 2

[sullen berry]

no need to ping

[brisk canyon]

Do all stars tournaments

Count as team tournaments

Like stage tournaments

[sullen berry]

if you mean do the all starts matches count... no

but this year is different

[brisk canyon]

Oh ok

Really?

[sullen berry]

because it is a mid-season tournament

[brisk canyon]

How does this year gonna work

[sullen berry]

with prize money on the line

[brisk canyon]

Ohhhh

Mid season is like stage tournaments?

[sullen berry]

so they are inviting the top teams at that point in time to participate

[brisk canyon]

Right?

Oh

I know season 2 has total of 3 serperate tournaments, playoffs, stage and all stars

This year have 2?

[sullen berry]

not sure about the specifics, esp all-stars this early on, but broadly speaking there is no stage playoffs this season

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_t827Q7gNg

@3:38 they explain it

[limber pine]

!!owl2020

[young fractal]

2020 Season Schedule: https://bnetcmsus-a.akamaihd.net/cms/content_entry_media/sj/SJ76PUAZCKL71566272656822.pdf
Homecoming: What's New In 2020: https://overwatchleague.com/en-us/news/23059433
2020 Roster Construction Rules: https://overwatchleague.com/en-us/news/23051827
2020 Team Needs and Player Contract Status: https://overwatchleague.com/en-us/news/23178914
r/Overwatch Rosterpocalypse Megathread: https://redd.it/ddap1g

[sullen berry]

https://overwatchleague.com/en-us/news/23335600 never hurts to have a little public health and safety but I hope that they still do meet and greets in the future

[karmic grotto]

Does someone have the original schedule?

[cloud latch]

https://bnetcmsus-a.akamaihd.net/cms/content_entry_media/sj/SJ76PUAZCKL71566272656822.pdf

[raw summit]

what are your predictions for today?

[raw ermine]

Toronto 3-2
Paris 3-2
Washington 3-1

[tropic herald]

Florida 3-2

Paris 3-0

Washington 3-2

[cloud latch]

Toronto 3-2
Paris 3-0
Washington 3-1

[raw ermine]

jeez

week nine is the first time teams like the hunters, spark ,dynasty, and charge play

and still, Shanghai doesn't play

until week 12

so I guess the dallas homestands will have lots of chinese fans

[grizzled mango]

That's if US homestands dont get cancelled. Hopefully not

[next mesa]

Should asking be in owl

[worn falcon]

no

[limber pine]

https://twitter.com/Slasher/status/1236055822150569987?s=19

Rod 'I don't sign NDAs' Breslau (@Slasher)

EA is postponing and cancelling several esports events in including the Apex Legends Season 1 Major event next weekend in Dallas

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I suspect this week will be the last homestand for a while

[hidden vault]

Literally no where is safe

[tropic herald]

OWL should just prep for some online games at this point

[hidden vault]

Nope

They could still do productions without live audience

[brisk canyon]

Time to watch Houston get rolled yet again

@cloud latch

@limber pine sprite tight

Apex legend has league?

@hidden vault is California safe

@hidden vault protect me

[limber pine]

No a league, just events

[cloud latch]

?

[limber pine]

*not

[brisk canyon]

@limber pine I didn’t know apex had teams

It’s more like a battle royale thing

@cloud latch time to watch Houston get rolled yet again

OutLULSSSS

@cloud latch btw nice profile pic I like want squeeze :3

[rare magnet]

the schedule says starting week 9 all asian teams are playing for several weeks a lot https://overwatchleague.com/en-us/schedule?stage=regular_season&week=9

[balmy wolf]

kahoot 4 kool kids 4723630 plz love me and plz dont report m

[brisk canyon]

@rare magnet just tryna bunch the Coronas together to prevent spread

tactical quarantine

[rare magnet]

dont be ignorant they're playing against non asian teams too

[raw ermine]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQQbs-KQBCU
we live

[rare magnet]

we finally get to see the asian teams play and it's pretty soon on the beginning of next month according to the schedule

[wintry kraken]

just watching the hero pool draw for OWL, the tank ban choice was hilarious 😄

[rare magnet]

what dps will we see will see orisa a lot

[tawdry epoch]

Anyone at Anthem rn?

[rare magnet]

sideshow on watchpoint desk

[balmy wolf]

whats up boys

[nimble dagger]

Wanna join the party

[raw summit]

i sort of understand why owl has different hero pool

[rare magnet]

all elos vs the best players play different heros

[raw summit]

yeah

so owl is different than what you actually play

so its more interesting

[rare magnet]

ladder isnt just gm

[raw summit]

??

when did i say that it was

[rare magnet]

its not response to ur points

i guess that some ppl seem to think u should balance competetive games based on the best players

i DONT wanna see stratus feet or socks today plz

[bitter marlin]

is there something else he has that you want to see then instead? 🤔

[rare magnet]

fingers crossed for Tracer 🤞

well the desk keeps saying tracer will be played hope its true

[raw ermine]

POKO OR IVY

...

boston nyxl

...

that makes me sad

[bitter marlin]

rip

[balmy wolf]

i knew it was tor atl

[wintry kraken]

those shots will burn twice

[sweet shell]

F

lul

[bitter marlin]

player of the match: sideshow- 100% of the time on fire

[sweet shell]

LOL

[outer zenith]

So... Who's going to unleash Pharah first?

[bitter marlin]

probly the fanart section

[rare magnet]

mangachu

[outer zenith]

Manga-who?

[rare magnet]

if hes still in defiant

defiant pharah player

[outer zenith]

I know...

[rare magnet]

oh

it was a pun

[raw ermine]

he is 2 way

[outer zenith]

The bench has been rather kind to Mangachu this season.

[tropic herald]

Bc he’s a two way

[raw ermine]

s4 logix

nice

[rare magnet]

but if theres pharah he might play

[tropic herald]

What does s4 logix run?

[raw ermine]

agilities is so much better tho

tracer-mei?

[tropic herald]

Mei def

[cloud latch]

two hitscans?

[tropic herald]

S4 is technically a hitscan but he can play some projectile

[rare magnet]

orisa or no

[balmy wolf]

sym reaper maybe

[raw ermine]

s4 has a good mei

[outer zenith]

Could be Hanzo, Mei.

[raw ermine]

tracer-reaper

hanzo too

yeah

hanzo tracer

but no pharah

[cloud latch]

soldier??

[rare magnet]

both tracer soldier wtf

[wintry kraken]

soldier

[balmy wolf]

ofc

[raw ermine]

LEGS

[rare magnet]

lets pray it happens

[jagged crater]

tracer legs

[outer zenith]

Really?

Wow.

[rare magnet]

florida swapped to mei

[cloud latch]

yo the hero icons are off

[wintry kraken]

how is point not capped yet 😄

[jagged crater]

no burst dmg

things a lot harder to die

[outer zenith]

True. There's no way these two teams are actually playing Soldier. Must be an error.

[raw ermine]

wow

this is near 2017 dive

this is great

[jagged crater]

LOL lock da legs

love OWL embracing the meme

[cloud latch]

I wonder if most teams are running soldier

[jagged crater]

this map is so long

[raw ermine]

that was great

[rare magnet]

tracer soldier prevails

[raw ermine]

omg

IT IS 2017 DIVE

[frozen perch]

ok yeah hero pools are great.

[raw ermine]

LUCIO ZEN DIVE

OMG

oh

[outer zenith]

Can't run Lucio Zen these days. Too little healing.

[rare magnet]

yes s4 swapped back to soldier

[karmic grotto]

Kariv throwing

[tropic herald]

I think Soldier is just getting run bc they want to run soldoer

Soldier

[rare magnet]

both teams have run him the whole time they dont run them just for fun they wanna win

[tropic herald]

What map is it

[cloud latch]

busan

[raw ermine]

beast got too giddy

[tropic herald]

Which Busan

[raw ermine]

jumped into bomb

sanctum

[tropic herald]

Tbf all of Busan is good for soldier when there isn’t a widow or McCree

[outer zenith]

Well, for Toronto at least, the Soldier accomplishes the same thing that Widow did in 2018 Dive: You use the space created by the Tracer and Dive Tanks to take angles and get picks.

[cloud latch]

that nade lol

[outer zenith]

And Soldier has the added benefit of a self-heal to help offset the Zen's lack of healing.

[cloud latch]

thank mr logix

[outer zenith]

But... Florida using Soldier over Hanzo here is... interesting.

[raw ermine]

thanks mr logix

[raw summit]

thank mr logix

[rare magnet]

tracer soldier wins take that mei

[karmic grotto]

tx mr logix

[balmy wolf]

logix ate that

[wintry kraken]

genji when 😄

[outer zenith]

Probably on a map that's actually decent for Genji.

Busan is horrible.

[raw ermine]

like anubis, hanamura, 2cp maps really

[cloud latch]

hopefully it goes to the 4th map

[lilac atlas]

i want 2 draws minimum

[wintry kraken]

in any case, no widow on junkertown, that is a weird one

[karmic grotto]

Dafran stocks :hidden:

[outer zenith]

Pirate ship, incoming.

[karmic grotto]

Would be perfect meta for dafran tracer and soldier

[rare magnet]

ah fuck

[normal coral]

[wintry kraken]

well, half pirate ship

[karmic grotto]

[sterile leaf]

That round was wow

Logix Tracer

[wintry kraken]

someone has a fusion logo ?

[rare magnet]

google does

[sterile leaf]

Lol I'm in Philly actually

[gloomy vector]

will chipsa get played tomorrow against paris?

[wintry kraken]

no, i meant they shown the custom game player list there on screens

and one of the defiant or mayhem players had fusion logo for their account

[raw ermine]

orisa sig

interesting

dive counters this tho

[rare magnet]

ashe spotted

[karmic grotto]

NOOO

[sterile leaf]

Hanzo Mei should be interesting

[cloud latch]

lol logix

[raw ermine]

ahhhhhhhhhh

[karmic grotto]

torbjorn

[wintry kraken]

logix trolling

[rare magnet]

torb

[normal coral]

AHHHH

[sterile leaf]

Lol torb memes

[outer zenith]

People getting baited left and right.

[cloud latch]

https://twitter.com/DividingOW/status/1236388428385628160

Dividing (@DividingOW)

He's back. https://t.co/6xnuTwRJFf

▶ Play video

Twitter

[wintry kraken]

the crowd being sad that tracer is played, wtf 😄

[outer zenith]

Hanzo/Mei.

[cloud latch]

torb is better

[balmy wolf]

^

[outer zenith]

Bap/Zen.

I like.

[sterile leaf]

My Mei would have ult already

[cloud latch]

wasn't florida's comp from clockwork or smt?

[karmic grotto]

this kariv zen is wack

[lilac atlas]

clockwork comp is Orisa/Hog/Torb/Mei/Moira/Lucio i think

[rare magnet]

ive just found out i hate mayhem

[sterile leaf]

Lol

[cloud latch]

lol

[normal coral]

lol

[sterile leaf]

When commentators know how to play better

[normal coral]

he hacked the healthpack

[outer zenith]

Umm... How did that hack the health pack?

[karmic grotto]

ngl, you could have gone Hog here

Orisa Hog

[raw ermine]

rip

[sterile leaf]

Mei with that shot

[outer zenith]

Double Shield, baby.

[cloud latch]

they prob went sig for the shield

[sterile leaf]

Mei = 3 🌟 for a reason

Double shield with Mei is a sustainer

[karmic grotto]

literally

[sweet shell]

shoulda gone bastion 🤔

burn through those shields

[karmic grotto]

The double comp can be broken by high dps tanks

double shied*

Hog, Zarya, whatever, melt shields away

[outer zenith]

We just watched a game of Dive vs. Double Shield in OWL 2020.

[sterile leaf]

Depending on if the defense doesn't have a flank

[karmic grotto]

They didnt had Genji

Literally could have used Genji dive here

but they're hitscan so..

[outer zenith]

Genji sucks on Junkertown 1st.

[karmic grotto]

agilities bench

I disagree

You just don't know how to use it

[outer zenith]

Absolutely horrible in high level play.

[balmy wolf]

Soldier in owl

Holy shit

[sterile leaf]

Genjis good for 2nd

Genjis/Ham

[cloud latch]

LOL

[midnight sage]

I see surefour remembered his jersey this week

[sterile leaf]

Just for chases

[outer zenith]

Not to mention, Florida were running Zen and Bap, which means Trance and Immortality Field to deal with when blading.

[raw ermine]

bruhhhhhh

[sterile leaf]

Lol

[balmy wolf]

Ok it seems Toronto can play dive and nothing else

[cloud latch]

that isn't good

[raw ermine]

gg

[cloud latch]

I thought toronto was supposed to be really flexible

[sterile leaf]

No death Mei

[lilac atlas]

meh defiant aren't that good rn

[sterile leaf]

Mei is a true off tank

[lilac atlas]

logix kind of carried on busan tho

[sweet shell]

how did this defiant push fusion to map 5

._.

[outer zenith]

People shitting all over Toronto already?

[cloud latch]

fusion prob go in their own heads

got

[sterile leaf]

Philly is known for falling apart at the end

6ers

[balmy wolf]

nobody was expecting the dive in the first weeks

[sterile leaf]

Phillies

[outer zenith]

Game is 1-1, and Toronto is just dead in the water now.

[sterile leaf]

Flyers

[outer zenith]

[balmy wolf]

Idk why fusion even play fury when poko is obviously the better pick

[lilac atlas]

we've only seen one game with Fury

unless he played outside of the boston game

[outer zenith]

Have you been watching the Philly games, Rumble?

[balmy wolf]

Yes?

Poko is the better pick

[outer zenith]

It's been almost nothing but Poko.

In just about every game.

[balmy wolf]

Your twisting my sentence as if fury is preferred

I know he's mostly played

But that doesn't mean fury has played at all

he played against boston

Hasn't*

theres your answer

Unless if it was some bm pick then it made no sense

[lilac atlas]

i think they were just testing things against Boston. They had EQ0 in as well

[outer zenith]

Exactly.

Keep Fury sharp, just in case.

[lilac atlas]

Yea kind of weird to see Fury fall off after London

[rare magnet]

agilities means mei?

[outer zenith]

Give me Pharah or Genji... Now.

We chipping away out here.

[cloud latch]

ashe

[balmy wolf]

Hero bans really makes stuff interesting

[outer zenith]

Actually getting some Ashe.

What a world we live in now.

[balmy wolf]

Actual variety now

[raw ermine]

that took way to long to end

[balmy wolf]

Agilities on 76

Pog

[raw summit]

wtf is happening

[outer zenith]

Pandemonium.

[balmy wolf]

Well I guess for a good hitscan Dps soldier is the next best pick

Even tho he isn't really a good hero atm

[raw ermine]

BEAST

[balmy wolf]

Music monkaW

[outer zenith]

Huh?

Not the first time I've seen the Stuck notification on the wrong person's screen, but definitely the first time in OWL.

I hate you, Mei. 🙂

[raw ermine]

bruhhh

[dry mesa]

MEI-HEM

[calm holly]

Why are they so adamant on forcing dive?

Especially with brig zen

[raw ermine]

we are seeing lots of torb

too much...

this reminds me of when mei became meta and stage 4 and I was like, jeez, thats a lot of mei we're seeing

[dry mesa]

love torb

more torb plz

[raw summit]

florida are literally being carried because of mei

[outer zenith]

Torb is there because Florida are taking ques from Atlanta's anti-Dive strategy last week. It's not really that he's meta, rather, it's a pick that's tailored to Toronto.

[rare magnet]

isnt mei fun

[dry mesa]

mei is bae

[outer zenith]

1 kill.

PepeHands

[calm holly]

You don't get "carried" because of one hero in owl @raw summit

Their team is playing better

[raw summit]

its called an exaggeration

[dry mesa]

florida is better than people think

[calm holly]

Or maybe Toronto is worse

Hard to tell

[raw summit]

i think its just the meta

gg

[dry mesa]

the bell tolls for thee

[balmy wolf]

This is tragic

[calm holly]

Holy shit they rolled

Although

[rare magnet]

man if mei doesnt get banned again

[outer zenith]

One more loss and Toronto will be the new Houston.

[rugged dock]

Rip Toronto

[calm holly]

This may be partially the result of hero pools

[dry mesa]

you have to adapt tho

[calm holly]

Having less than a week to scrim with entirely new comps though

[rugged dock]

I agree with Koga

[dry mesa]

everyone has the same amount of time to adapt tho

[balmy wolf]

Beast isn’t bad the supports were just throwing so fkn hard first 3 maps

[rugged dock]

Not wrong

[calm holly]

And some teams might have spent their time scrimming with better comps

[rugged dock]

Is it just me or was Yaki goated

[raw summit]

it does seem stressful but it makes the league very interesting

[pliant blaze]

Man, RIP Toronto

Agilities deserves better

[dry mesa]

that's why you need people who can flex

[balmy wolf]

I will continue to bash on Kellex because he brings nothing to the team, play Roky or I stop watching OWL

[rugged dock]

Dude BQB looked like he wanted to cry lol

[rare magnet]

just put only mei on the first dps ban draw maybe we will get mei

[outer zenith]

Listen, I saw Soldier, Zen, Pharah, Tracer, Ball, and Sigma all in the same match. Safe to say I'm content with hero pools.

[rugged dock]

Give sigma Socks

[swift moth]

toronto started of as my favorite team but kellex is dogshit

[rugged dock]

Agreed

[swift moth]

@rugged dock the toes are the best part of sigma

[dry mesa]

x-mas socks for sigma holiday skin

[rugged dock]

🤔🤔🤔

[dry mesa]

perfect

[swift moth]

no

[rugged dock]

YES

[dry mesa]

YES

We need it

[elfin kestrel]

socks with holes so the toes stick out

[swift moth]

I like looking at his toes

@elfin kestrel yes

[dry mesa]

wear a different skin then

[rugged dock]

Dude the Outlaws are gonna get steam rolled

[outer zenith]

I'll never understand you sock lovers...

[pliant blaze]

No, those socks with the individual toes

Gimme those

[swift moth]

yesd

[elfin kestrel]

yES

[rugged dock]

Yes

[dry mesa]

i'll cheer for the outlaws, they need some love

[rugged dock]

I’m a Fuel fan so I can’t

[outer zenith]

If the Outlaws we saw closing out last weekend show up today, Paris might need some help.

[wintry kraken]

defiant lost in a time i did 2 placement games, just how

[dry mesa]

as much as like the 🐔paris eternal 🥖

[pliant blaze]

Come onnnnn Outlaws

Be good pls

[rugged dock]

🤠VS🐓

[pliant blaze]

I just got back into OWL, Outlaws have become my new Shanghai

I'll hope for their win any time they're not going against Spitfire

[dry mesa]

i am so glad soe is back, it was too much dude bro energy last week

[rare magnet]

they did win

[pliant blaze]

Just the once. That doesn't make me think they're good X3

[dry mesa]

beast getting his ass blasted by dva bomb

_<

ASS BLAST

[plucky rune]

to quote someone else, "The guns on the Outlaws logo are pointing downwards to symbolize how they're shooting themselves in the foot"

[pliant blaze]

My man just said "Bruhjeet"

[rugged dock]

XD

[pliant blaze]

Nice one Hote

X3

[outer zenith]

Rumor has it it's impossible to look Benbest in the eyes and not blush.

[rugged dock]

Soon is a god tbh

[digital brook]

guys r the owl tokens back?

[outer zenith]

No.

[rugged dock]

Idk

[worn falcon]

No

[midnight sage]

Outlaws time yay!

[rugged dock]

Let’s go Paris!!

GIVE SIGMA SOCKS

[outer zenith]

That's a nice Pharah sign.

[rare magnet]

toe socks

[midnight sage]

Somfist time

Doombra

[rugged dock]

Doombra is better

[midnight sage]

Fistbra

[rugged dock]

Boi

[raw summit]

wait theres no mccree and widow

what will xzi even play

[rugged dock]

Heros that are out
Moira
Widow
Mcree
Rign

He is on the starting lineup I think

[raw summit]

he is

maybe tracer

[outer zenith]

Xzi on the Legs.

[raw summit]

muma is gonna play orisa?

[rugged dock]

Most likely

[outer zenith]

Or Winston.

[raw summit]

orisa dva then

most probably

hog dva?

[rugged dock]

The meta right now is Winston and Dva

[raw summit]

wtf

[rugged dock]

Xzi is out rn

[raw summit]

paris is orisa zarya

[outer zenith]

There is no meta right now, friends.

[raw ermine]

ohh

[midnight sage]

Everyone is meta

[raw ermine]

the icons

[rugged dock]

Let’s go Paris

[raw ermine]

thats what they are talking about

[midnight sage]

Bronze match comp is meta lol

[rugged dock]

Dive is op tbh you jus have to know how to do it

[raw summit]

with hero pools i think for dps it really depends on what they are good at

[rugged dock]

Jeez what a sweep by Houston

[midnight sage]

Blaseeeeeee

[outer zenith]

Paris going to Dive... with Mei.

[rugged dock]

Dantehhhh

[outer zenith]

Well, she has ult.

So that's why.

[rugged dock]

Mei dive could switch who has point

[midnight sage]

Rip Paris

That was quick

[rugged dock]

Paris switch

This is a massacre

[midnight sage]

Houston WTF

Come on finish this

[rugged dock]

Paris needs to hold

[midnight sage]

Good Lord

That took way too long lol

[calm holly]

Fdgod used beat the last fight for what?

[rugged dock]

Danteh is a godddd

[midnight sage]

Muuumaaaaa

Muma not on rein means he does stuff?

[rugged dock]

BLASÉ

[rare magnet]

lets just honestly reflect on the fact that soldier is being played how crazy is that

[midnight sage]

So crazy

[rugged dock]

Ikr

PARIS

[outer zenith]

Get the bags.

[worn falcon]

Minecraft boy on sym

[balmy wolf]

Is mei banned?

[worn falcon]

No

[rugged dock]

GIVE SIGMA SOCKS

[midnight sage]

Muma come on

[rugged dock]

[crisp willow]

Sigma with socks belike

Sockma

[midnight sage]

Let's go Houston!

[rugged dock]

[midnight sage]

Lmao that fist bump

[rugged dock]

XD

[pliant blaze]

Come onnnnnnnn Outlaws

[outer zenith]

Fist mating.

[elfin kestrel]

[rare magnet]

triple fist bump

[pliant blaze]

Yo

Thems some feets

[rugged dock]

Havana is up next

[pliant blaze]

Look at them salad fingers looking ass toes

😍😍😍

[rugged dock]

Lol

[rare magnet]

[crisp willow]

Sockma for archives skin

Sigma just wearing a sock

a gigantic sock

a sock on his c-

what was that

[dry mesa]

outlaws gonna win

[midnight sage]

em'

Someone doesn't know how that works lul

[raw summit]

havana without widow 😦

[midnight sage]

Maybe outlaws will have a chance now

Rip soon

Mumaaaaaa

[dry mesa]

hero pools helped muma out so much

[worn falcon]

Muma finally is doing things?

[pliant blaze]

Blase my man

[worn falcon]

[dry mesa]

im happy for muma though, playing rein was rough for him

[pliant blaze]

But ye, wouldn't have gone anywhere if Muma hadn't popped off there

[austere adder]

Paris giving up like its 1943

[pliant blaze]

RIP Nico

[dry mesa]

wasted blizzard

[pliant blaze]

I'm bronze and I wouldn't have even ulted there

[outer zenith]

The fact that Dive is even being played on Havana... And on DEFENSE.

It's nuts.

[pliant blaze]

That was big

Fantastic bomb

[austere adder]

Outlaws finally

[pliant blaze]

Go Outlaws 😄

[austere adder]

Meko carry

[normal coral]

I really think outlaws just did not understand the last meta

they seem to be pretty good rn

[austere adder]

Yeah for sure

I love hero bans soooo much

[pliant blaze]

Big agree

Last meta just wasn't their thing

[austere adder]

Finally something interesting

[pliant blaze]

And yeah, hero bans are fantastic

[astral jetty]

their ok, teamwork looks really messy

[austere adder]

They can read situations better

But lack mechanical skill

Imo

[velvet scarab]

hero pools is so nice if no meta ever settles

[austere adder]

I really hope it doesn't

Finally something interesting man

The leguae is finally watchable for me

[velvet scarab]

yeah if it can cause it to actually be varied

then its completely good for the game

[pliant blaze]

What if Overwatch 2 releases and the meta is some ridiculous bs like 1 tank 1 dps 4 support

[normal coral]

I dont care what the meta is

[rare magnet]

i think 222 gonna stick around

[velvet scarab]

thats only possible if they get rid of role q

[normal coral]

I just want something to be different every time

[pliant blaze]

2-2-2 def ain't going anywhere

[earnest leaf]

I knew it

[hallow zealot]

how are outlaws beating paris

[pliant blaze]

It's just without a doubt the best comp

[earnest leaf]

Houston doesn't have to worry about muma feeding on rein

[pliant blaze]

And yeeeeee go Outlaws 😄

[earnest leaf]

or xzi hard carrying

[velvet scarab]

it seems like with hero pools teams will be playing more to their strengths

[rare magnet]

its also forced

[swift moth]

are the outlaws good?

[velvet scarab]

instead of practicing one meta for 6 months at a time

nice

[pliant blaze]

It's forced because any game not running 222 felt bad

[earnest leaf]

I still think it's more paris forcing ass comps

[karmic grotto]

HAHAHAA

[swift moth]

double shield was a bad idea by paris

[velvet scarab]

yeah they look lost as well

[karmic grotto]

Outlaws was never bad

[swift moth]

because doomfist dive

[karmic grotto]

The meta didn't suit them

Houston rolling Paris like Paris rolled ATL

[normal coral]

I hope they do the postshow again with the hero ban picking tomorrow

[crisp willow]

like ATL rolled Toronto*

[velvet scarab]

these ads

are so bad

[normal coral]

would be a real shame if they did it off camera

[twin kettle]

I havent found hero pools very interesting so far

really, the only impactful change on ladder atm is mei

[normal coral]

we are talking about owl here

[twin kettle]

it twas at the top when i joined the chat

I take Huston wasnt predicted to win this one?

[hallow zealot]

i predicted it to be 3-0 paris

[pliant blaze]

I was expecting Houston to get at least 1

So far holds true lmao

[twin kettle]

I thought Huston was one of the worse teams

[rare magnet]

on the previous meta propably

[hallow zealot]

they were until the defiant game

[outer zenith]

It's less the meta and more to do with Houston restructuring their lineup. Namely, Blase on projectile heroes he actually plays, and forming a great, synergistic duo with Danteh on the Sombra/Tracer.

And of course, Linkzr, a hitscan player, on Cree and Widow. Although that's not relevant in this particular game since both are banned.

[austere adder]

Paris lulw

🏳️

[calm holly]

That camera stayed on xzi from spawn to his death lol

That was weird

[night tusk]

anything worth mentioning what i missed? I just tune in and saw ashe being played for short

[midnight sage]

Houstoooooonnn

Let's go!

[pliant blaze]

Yeet Houston! Great hold!

[night tusk]

damn hero bans deleted paris

[twin kettle]

what just happened

[midnight sage]

Houston with solid holds

[twin kettle]

paris seemed to have that

[night tusk]

imagine, soldier being actually be a usefull pick on OWL without mercy

damn

[twin kettle]

the brig zen comp is really interesting to see

[outer zenith]

@night tusk Toronto seems to have a clear, exploitable weakness to anti-Dive comps. Also, We've been seeing a lot of Soldier and Tracer in these two games.

[midnight sage]

Solid work by Houston. Almost full hold

[night tusk]

crazy, thanks @outer zenith

[karmic grotto]

Dafran :(

[midnight sage]

Buncha ults about to go off

[night tusk]

Torb Tracer Soldier viable 😦 Dafran come back 😦

[midnight sage]

Poor xzi

Rolled by the entire team

[karmic grotto]

LOOOL

[twin kettle]

run soldier

RUN

[outer zenith]

Also, during Toronto vs. Florida, we actually got to see Dive vs. Orisa/Sigma/Zen/Bap in OWL 2020.

[night tusk]

Paris one of the best team (before heroes bans) get beated by a team who only had 1 win.. 3-0 KEKW

[midnight sage]

3-0 let's go

[pliant blaze]

Good job Houston

Wipe them

[outer zenith]

Honestly, this Outlaws is practically a different team from the one we saw in those first 4 games.

[dry mesa]

yeah i agree, especially when you give muma a chance to play winston

[outer zenith]

All they had to do was put players on heroes they actually use.

[midnight sage]

Linkzr not playing, blase not playing his role, poor meta for Outlaws

[dry mesa]

and yet

[midnight sage]

No Rawkus sub lol

[supple prism]

Linkzr is on Avasts stream

[night tusk]

BenBest on Winston ? Xzi Can't play Symm or McCree? KEKW DELETED

[outer zenith]

Again, I'm not even sure it was a meta thing. Houston were running a lot of Dive last weekend and doing relatively well. I think they'd still be looking decent this week even without hero pools.

It's almost entirely the changes they've made on the team.

[midnight sage]

Whatever the reason, I'm happy they aren't trash tier right now lol

[night tusk]

https://twitter.com/SP9RK1E_OW/status/1236418800469360640 want to carry 😦

SP9RK1E (@SP9RK1E_OW)

I want to play match 😿

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[midnight sage]

Bastion pls

[karmic grotto]

[normal coral]

YESSS

they are doing the post show thing

[karmic grotto]

blizzard should **** off with their age resistriction, but I understand why they do it

[normal coral]

with the hero pools

they listened to feedback

pog

[outer zenith]

Kids like Sparkle don't actually know what they want.

[dry mesa]

Blase teasing me with a bastion

😠

[night tusk]

https://twitter.com/FLMayhem/status/1236418706495987714 why ?

7 Days until the Miami Homestand (@FLMayhem)

We've got at LEAST one more surprise ready for our #MayhemInMiami weekend...

Florida’s very own @sleepy is coming to #LightItUp in the 305!

Tickets » https://t.co/sqAi2elCEs

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[midnight sage]

Blase make up your mind lmao

[worn falcon]

is xzi better than soOOoOOooooOon?

[balmy wolf]

What does that tweet mean

Is Sleepy going to commentate

[night tusk]

I legit don't know what he would do

[outer zenith]

Watch and find out...

[midnight sage]

Muma what

[night tusk]

https://twitter.com/FLMayhem/status/1236408292072718341 like avast

7 Days until the Miami Homestand (@FLMayhem)

Now presenting your @ChuckECheese Chad of the Match, @Avast_o! He'll be on the floor at the Miami homestand, making Mayhem wherever he goes. And that's not even the last announcement we have today... #MayhemInMiami

See this chad in action » https://t.co/sqAi2elCEs

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[worn falcon]

Looks like gonna be the cheerleader

[normal coral]

MUMA 5 HEAD

HOLY SHIT

[pliant blaze]

UFHYAWEIUFHAWEF

[midnight sage]

Muma playing 4D chess

[normal coral]

MUMA IS SO SMART

[pliant blaze]

Go go go go go go!

[normal coral]

LOL

[midnight sage]

I was like what the fuck is muma doing

OOOOOOHH

[twin kettle]

big brain winston

[calm holly]

What

[dry mesa]

muma is freaky

[pliant blaze]

Muma a freak in the sheets

[balmy wolf]

What what'd he do

[midnight sage]

Muma gives no fucks

[dry mesa]

muma is my new favorite

[midnight sage]

Winston muma best, rein muma not

[rare magnet]

and we all thought he was feeding

[outer zenith]

You don't say...

[dry mesa]

he was deep near their spawn brimal ragin

primal*

[sullen berry]

Should have done better ult tracking

[midnight sage]

Houstooooooonnnnnnnnn!!!!!!

[earnest leaf]

lmao

[midnight sage]

Woo

[pliant blaze]

Sweeeeeeeeeeep!

Go Outlaws!

[austere adder]

Gg

[harsh crane]

Gg

[rare magnet]

interview muma plz

[dry mesa]

🐒

muma big brain

[normal coral]

Muma chant

[outer zenith]

Those Houston boys out here teaching Paris a thing or two about the wobbly H.