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karmic grotto
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they don't have much competition

echo quest
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Team would be based out in the states tho

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Only would be in Brazil for homestands

balmy wolf
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Bruh

fathom acorn
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I doubt they’ll have any expansion teams after this season

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Because of the CV and how it effected the world and the league

bronze scroll
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Did you guys see that the nori story premiere has been scheduled on the OWL channel? No joke

wintry kraken
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LOL, OWL uploaded the nori story 😄

tawny sigil
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so that thing i was saying last year about team winning the first map then losing second being "the prophecy" Caster started referencing that now?

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I started that trend dude

hot heart
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What time is echo releasing tommorow?

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I need the juice

tropic herald
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I believe 11am PST

celest spear
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^

limber pine
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!!patch

young fractalBOT
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The regular patch time is 19:00 UTC/GMT.
This is 12pm PST, 3pm EST, 8pm CET, 5am AEST.

raw ermine
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https://liquipedia.net/overwatch/Houston_Outlaws
Am I stupid or has the player "Mendokusaii" always been a part of houston?

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Never seen him play

tropic herald
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(Content Creator)

raw ermine
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look before that tho

tropic herald
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Looks like he rode the bench

worn falcon
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Mendo was benched, yep, then moved to content creator

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then he got so bored and asked flame to fire him

tropic herald
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Wait

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Is that the one Mendo

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OHHH

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I know him

worn falcon
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At one point, Mendokusaii asked to be released from his streamer contract. I had to tell him I didn’t have a boss, so I couldn’t actually release him from it. It got to a point where he was messaging me every week. I got fed up with not having an answer for him that I just bit the bullet and let him go because, quite frankly, who was going to come after me for doing so? There wasn’t anyone to come after me for it and it was unfair to him.

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Now he is streamer and player for Team Liquid for Valorant

hot heart
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@pine carbon type that in an lfg channel

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You most likely wont get a response here

echo quest
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Crazy how the meta is in a state that Eqo won’t play

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For philly

sullen berry
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@worn falcon well now that's a troubling tale

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Because Houston Outlaws was so new

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Mendo was mentally boomed out of playing some really good tracer back in the inaugural season before he even too up stage time for the team

echo quest
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I can see why he asked to be released

hidden vault
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Cuyowski

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Where did you get that?

limber pine
raw ermine
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It's fuze's birthday today

echo quest
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Despite being a lack lusted zarya Carpe is well above anyone for final blows in OWL history

raw ermine
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Yeah

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Playing widow and tracer for a season does that to you

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RIP

karmic grotto
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🦀 DEFIANT WILL BE ALIVE 🦀

hidden vault
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Fele gone would just be a matter of time

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And thanks sprite

limber pine
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o7

worn falcon
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Huh oh

raw ermine
raw ermine
echo quest
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Seems like heropools was the nail in the coffin

karmic grotto
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Wack

tropic herald
raw ermine
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damn

digital cloud
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Edison would likely be higher if Atlanta played him more

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wonder what sp9rk1e will be like

golden marlin
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How do I join a contenders team

digital cloud
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well, you have to be really good

golden marlin
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I’m too 60 on PS4 I’m moving to pc was wondering if any open division team would let me start with them

tropic herald
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You have to get scouted off ladder or try out for the team

digital cloud
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maybe open division

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contenders is unlikely

tropic herald
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Or scouted off an OD team

golden marlin
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Od?

digital cloud
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open division

golden marlin
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How do I join one of those

digital cloud
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look it up

golden marlin
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Don rrly see much

digital cloud
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ok

golden marlin
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I joined the OD discord but there’s no tryouts there

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Also olav that’s not a link

digital cloud
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if they aren't looking, then there isn't tryouts

golden marlin
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Rip

raw ermine
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXp1RFzlLCk
am i stupid or is the song at 3:52 in the OWL video the same as the one in the ERB right here at 1:11?

In Week 9 of the 2020 Overwatch League season, the Toronto Defiant and Washington Justice had a battle of strategies throughout several maps. Reinforce breaks down exactly what went down in those moments.

Join us for the 2020 Overwatch season
Schedule: https://overwatchleague...

▶ Play video
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I instantly recognized the song

feral wing
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its just the same key

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with the same sorta sound effect

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might be a remix of some kind

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but it doesnt sound like the exact same song

celest spear
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Boston claims another

raw ermine
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I was wondering where he went

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So he says he is too caught up in competition, wants to step back.

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Whenever I play DND again, my alignment is going to be based on this

tropic herald
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Swimmer PepeHands

tropic herald
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There’s a new skin for all the heroes called “Contenders Skin”

tight kestrel
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When is Echo coming to OWL? 🤔

raw ermine
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yikes Boston has 6 active players left

hot heart
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WidowLUL Boston is done for

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Just get jerry out of there

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To like a decent team

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Please

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And end it

karmic grotto
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Jeeeeerrry

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I believe the issue is the GM Of Boston

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Also

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Mineral, omegalul

hot heart
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Mineral?

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Is he part of boston staff

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His names really familiar

karmic grotto
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He's the Head coach

gaunt acorn
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@hot heart before boston, he was previously head coach of florida during the dark times

feral wing
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@tropic herald wdym new skin?

tropic herald
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It was a bug apparently

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But you could buy old OWL colors and the contenders skin

rare magnet
tropic herald
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Mad man

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What the fuck

hot heart
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@gaunt acorn the dark times WidowLUL

true hound
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@rare magnet sp9r1ke rage clips is a beautiful twitter page

echo quest
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Sparkle raging clips are the funniest shit ever lmao. Idk what he says in Korean but 80% he’s mocking the game

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Yo I never understood why he said the Muslim greeting and took off his glasses after getting the rip tire kill lmao

raw ermine
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The muslim greeting? Explain

echo quest
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Assalamalaikum

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It’s Arabic

true hound
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holy shit oh my god what the fuck

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or when he screams SIBAAAAAAL

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It’s so good

dawn vale
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can boston even compete? they technically only have 7 players, 6 active. the min was 8 starting in season 2.

balmy wolf
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Yes of course they can, they just need to sign new players as fast as possible

dawn vale
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i mean i guess they can pull some t2 to the roster. it's just ya know,,, global pandemic.

balmy wolf
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they have an academy team

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their most likely gonna sign from there

cloud latch
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I feel bad for boston fans

echo quest
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Lmaooooo

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Sinatraa just said

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He might go pro in Valorant

exotic quiver
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question

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how do I join a team for the $50k tournament ?

digital cloud
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are you a contenders player who regularly beats the like of Daco, Tizi, etc.?

exotic quiver
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I get beats often when I play lucio

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and I use them often

digital cloud
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ok

exotic quiver
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mm?

worn falcon
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Anyone can join to that tournament, but be aware some owl/contenders player are gonna jump

exotic quiver
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mm

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but um... it asks me to create a team but when i try it wont let me ????

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so do what do I do

true hound
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@echo quest o on stream?

worn falcon
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Haven't used gamebattles so no idea.

exotic quiver
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I wish someone could help

digital cloud
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look, dude, we aren't trying to be rude, but a 50k tournament means pros are going to be there

exotic quiver
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yea

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ik

digital cloud
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if you are trying to win, since you mentioned the money

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that would probably be a waste of money, if there is an entry fee

balmy wolf
exotic quiver
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there isnt a entry fee

digital cloud
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then I guess look at that guy's stuff

exotic quiver
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ive done that but im at the final screen where it asks for your discord and "your team name"

balmy wolf
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are you on a team?

exotic quiver
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no

balmy wolf
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u need to find one and get into one

exotic quiver
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o_-

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well how would i go about finding one?

balmy wolf
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discord is probs your safest bet

exotic quiver
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o

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thanks

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i did not know about that channel

hidden vault
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Also boston only has 6 + 1 players

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With Axxiom on medical leave

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Do they need to sign another player by a certain timing?

echo quest
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@true hound yes

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No point in entering if you aren’t high gm. Your gonna get crushed cuz teams can have two pros

sullen berry
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time to sign up for Boston everyone

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these rosters barely add up

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they don't need anyone right now

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I suppose instead of a backup tank

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they'll get another dps

karmic grotto
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Can't sign harbleu anymore :(

hidden vault
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why can't sign harbleu?

tropic herald
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They are gonna sign IM37 from their academy team

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Oh yeah it’s all coming together

limber pine
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That’s sadly likely to happen

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He’s the only person on UA stateside

hidden vault
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Why is it sadly?

digital cloud
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because then they wouldn't have harbleu

tropic herald
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Harb is signed as a content creator for a different org iirc

digital cloud
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yeah

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I think he wanted to actually go pro, though

forest raven
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He's a streamer for Luminosity now

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Org that owns Vancouver

tropic herald
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I also saw a tweet from Chicken Contendies yesterday

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Idk what to take of it

forest raven
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What is it

digital cloud
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wait, I thought they became Grunto?

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or something like that

tropic herald
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It was just a tweet that said

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👀

digital cloud
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yeah, I think Grunto took over the contendies

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then it looks like they folded into third impact

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and then everyone that had been in Grunto went to different teams

swift moth
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the question is do people want to be signed to boston?

digital cloud
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probably not

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unless desperate

swift moth
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like I feel as though the team will be shit for the rest of the season concidering how mentaly sick of everything they are

digital cloud
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they weren't exactly doing well already

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they got beaten by Houston once, and nearly lost the first time

swift moth
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losing Munchkin, Mouffin and then Swimmer must suck even if one of those players deserved to be removed

tropic herald
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Took me too long to find that

swift moth
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mom pick me up im scared

limber pine
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It’s sadly because I don’t think im37 is that good

tropic herald
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Also wouldn’t be a good pick up Boston

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Any role other than Hitscan or Flex support is something Boston should be going for

analog lark
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im37 was only added to toronto last season really because they needed someone that could speak english and korean, and get to California quickly, i could be wrong though

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I remember it being a last minute pick up

tropic herald
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It was right after stellar left

hidden vault
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Well boston hadn't had many great players

raw ermine
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Stellar was the leader and a good brig, that's why they fell apart

dawn vale
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did anyone else see that upper deck, the company that makes most of the collectable sport and tv/movie cards, has an owl 2020 trading card line?

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kinda crazy

digital cloud
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I did not know that

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interesting

dawn vale
digital cloud
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I can't imagine it is all that profitable

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but it is cool to see

raw ermine
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Looking to trade a rookie Jjonak card for a sinatraa MVP card

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What are the signatures tho

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they can't be real right?

digital cloud
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would you accept 17 mumas?

raw ermine
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What season?

digital cloud
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one

raw ermine
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Sure, and throw in a Seoul Xepher card

digital cloud
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I can't possibly give up the scrim god

raw ermine
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ok

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Swon?

digital cloud
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who is that?

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all I know is Butcher

raw ermine
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the MT for Florida before they got fate in season 2

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he and xepher were awful

digital cloud
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Xepher was great in scrims

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he had millions of scrimbucks

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he just never saw fit to cash them

raw ermine
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oh wait

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Swon is Butcher

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haha

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I forgot

digital cloud
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yeah

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I had to look that up to make the joke

echo quest
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Fate afk is better than Peak swon

digital cloud
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games start tomorrow?

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ok

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looks like an Atlanta and Washington rematch

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nope, nvm, was thinking of Dallas and Washington

true hound
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im kind of excited for Dallas vs Shock

digital cloud
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decay would have to carry his brains out for it to be anything but a shutout

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would be cool to see how Ans and decay compare

true hound
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yeah

supple prism
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if rein is banned, that means smurf and choi will be played mostly, right?

digital cloud
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probably?

supple prism
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trying to pick between Smurf and OGE

digital cloud
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OGE is on Gladiators now, iirc

supple prism
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i know

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for fantasy league

digital cloud
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ah

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I would go for OGE, personally

supple prism
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this fantasy league does a 2 week lock and we now only get a schedule weekly

tropic herald
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Have you considered Stand1?

supple prism
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i have him

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then i have sado who doesnt play this week and i dont know who plays next week

digital cloud
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looks like they are playing it by ear, mostly

supple prism
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yea they are trying to work around the latency and teams being in lock down and therefore cant play at all

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and i pick depending on who would win. Glads should beat VAL and they always play OGE vs Shock will beat Fuel but they may play Smurf

true hound
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I feel like sinatraa might play

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Probably zarya though

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Not dps

raw ermine
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there's no rein tho

true hound
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fair

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Owl MVP turned benchboy

tropic herald
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Ball Zarya

trail lodge
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Sinatraa should of never won MVP

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most overrated player

hot heart
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Who would you say deserved mvp more? @trail lodge

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Tbh

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He won because he is a canidate for MVP and he is really popular

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The guy is one of the best in the world

plucky galleon
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i didnt feel super convinced on sinatraa until the shock destroyed the entire playoffs

balmy wolf
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the goats roster on shock were basically all mvps in their own right, sinatraa just shine a bit more

jagged crater
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super i get it

hexed girder
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imagine having 2 league MVP candidates from the same team... OWL so dumb

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gotta be MVP of your own team first lol

balmy wolf
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well tbf their were only 2 top teams from the majority of season 2

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that was shock and titans

fierce epoch
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Was there esports before OW League?

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If not, that would probably be the most successful "Forced Esports" I've ever seen.

hot heart
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An in overwatch esports? @fierce epoch

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Yeah

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There was apex

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Basically Overwatch league before overwatch league

fierce epoch
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Ok, I hadn't seen it outside of league.

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Artifact kinda DIED partly because of it.

hot heart
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Artifact?

echo quest
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Ngl

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Hanbin is the best player in the league

glass fulcrum
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@fresh igloo yo add me back

karmic grotto
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How you come to that conclusion of him

echo quest
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?

balmy wolf
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Is Endoken still muted? lol

echo quest
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@pearl stratus

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What did he do lmao

rare magnet
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The amazingly edited epic OWL Best of the Week recaps

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they making even boring comps look insane

tropic herald
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Endoken probably got an indefinite and just hasn’t appealed lmao

echo quest
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CV disbanded

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Actual fucking rip

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@tropic herald what he do tho

tropic herald
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Idk

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You can automuted for spam and that could’ve been it

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Or Endoken did something legitimately bad

digital brook
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Hey guys
Does anyone know on which game fusion slammed on the table in OWL?

hidden vault
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He's not the only reg that got perma banned

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And while scrolling i saw 2 mutes?

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Pls keep calm people

sullen berry
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much harder to keep a team together across EU region

raw ermine
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thoughts?

cloud latch
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Haksal?

echo quest
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Really sad about CV being disbanded. They proved everyone wrong showing that if you have complete mastery over heroes you don’t need to play the meta to win

flat kiln
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Will echo be played by hitscan or projectile players, since the beam is hitscan?

digital cloud
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it might actually be dependent on the ults they are copying

worn falcon
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Flex players

tropic herald
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Yea

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It’ll be flex players

digital cloud
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when would she be likely to be played?

echo quest
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100% the players already have a lot of time on her. Eqo and Chipsa streamed yesterday and they were stomping

tropic herald
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Danteh too

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I’m thinking she’s like Doom

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At least when she gets played

digital cloud
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she gets shut down pretty hard in some instances, even more so than doom, I would say

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but she does so much damage

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like widow but without needing the headshots, so much

echo quest
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She’s most vulnerable on her way down

digital cloud
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I find her really hard to hit, then

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her flying speed is different than the other flyers

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takes adjusting to, but I bet when everyone gets used to her, that she will be pretty vulnerable then

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then again, I am low ranked, so I guess GMs probably don't have much trouble there

flat kiln
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Does chipsa think she’s a balanced hero?

true hound
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I think he said the beam is busted

hardy dock
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i feel the same way yea, beam is crazy

jagged violet
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Hi

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#deadchat

raw ermine
balmy wolf
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why is harbleu not in the OWL? hes been top 1

and is like top 10 tank mains

echo quest
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I will tel you the reason

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It’s very simple

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He can’t play dva

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Hence why he’ll never be in OWL

balmy wolf
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F

raw ermine
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He is good at sig, zarya, hog, and ball

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but not dva

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if he was a good dva, then maybe

digital cloud
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that, and being good on ladder does not equal being pro

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though he was a pro tf2 player, so he has the potential, I would think

willow hearth
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Hey im quite new to this game I’m looking for someone master and above who can coach me I will pay lol

raw ermine
balmy wolf
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And probably he doesn’t want to be pro. Much more constraints than being a streamer for what extra benefit?

digital cloud
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he has displayed interest in going pro

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he was on a contenders team for a while

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they did pretty decently, actually

dreamy cave
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LETS GO ATL

balmy wolf
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hows the nyxl doing rn

digital cloud
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Atlanta for the winnnnnnnnnn

balmy wolf
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frick atlanta

dreamy cave
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its been a solid min since i even seen a nyxl game

digital cloud
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hey, man

balmy wolf
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shock is also pretty cool

digital cloud
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if Houston and Dallas are going to be awful

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at least Atlanta should be good

balmy wolf
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yeah

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but shock is nice

dreamy cave
balmy wolf
digital cloud
dreamy cave
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so was vancouver until 2 games ago

balmy wolf
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games

digital cloud
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well, that was because haksal wasn't played

balmy wolf
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haksal

digital cloud
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and they didn't use the full power of jehong

balmy wolf
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genji god?

digital cloud
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he is one of their better players overall

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but yeah, he is a good genji

tropic herald
dreamy cave
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its a team based game, them being down a really good dps shouldnt mean the team as a whole should do poorly

digital cloud
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if that means anything with the state genji is in rn

balmy wolf
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didnt nyxl get a genji player of their own

digital cloud
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whoru, yeah

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it shouldn't, no, but it often can make a difference

dreamy cave
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LA showdown is going on later today too

balmy wolf
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ehh

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valiant is kinda cring

dreamy cave
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i think glads take it this time

digital cloud
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I think glads are going to roll, probably

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but who knows? they are both shock beaters

dreamy cave
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hopefully oge dosnt fumble his ults again

balmy wolf
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I wonder when phily will bring chipsa out

digital cloud
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not until playoffs is guarenteed

dreamy cave
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when their hungry

digital cloud
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maybe not even then

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guaranteed*

dreamy cave
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custa called out

digital cloud
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what for?

balmy wolf
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oh yeah

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a pedo is playing in boston haha

digital cloud
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was*

dreamy cave
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his gameplay, not having a clip or even being shown in a la v la video reel

digital cloud
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and that is pedos, not pedo

balmy wolf
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oh shit

digital cloud
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don't forget dreamkazper

balmy wolf
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he's #2 rigjt

digital cloud
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that we know of

balmy wolf
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im looking at nenne

dreamy cave
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this highlight reel man, its clean.

digital cloud
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the editor nightlights as SI not found

orchid cedar
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have they added tokens yet?

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like a way to receive them?

digital cloud
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sort of

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but no

orchid cedar
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dang

digital cloud
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it seems they are trying

orchid cedar
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seasons gonna end before we can farm

digital cloud
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they had a thing where they gave tokens for connecting a certain account

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don't remember which one

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so they are looking to do so, I think

orchid cedar
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ok

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thanks for the info

tropic herald
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Achilios

weak bolt
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The limitation is on the youtube side I think at the moment

tropic herald
orchid cedar
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idk why they moved from twitch

digital cloud
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more money

weak bolt
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For the $$$

orchid cedar
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smh

weak bolt
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Youtube bought the CoD/OWL deal for big cash

digital cloud
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honestly, it would have been ok if they had been half prepared

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but they weren't

orchid cedar
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Activision JunkratSleep

weak bolt
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Imo all that is missing is drops, and I think they'll find alternatives

digital cloud
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that and people miss the emotes

tropic herald
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The B team is in for Atlanta

digital cloud
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b team?

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who is that?

tropic herald
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Parts of it

digital cloud
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they have been doing the b team, though, right?

tropic herald
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Kodak Sharp Erster

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Edison**

digital cloud
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I mean, babybay and dogman

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can't tell me edison and the other guy wouldn't be better

weak bolt
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Atlanta B team > Justice A team anyway lol

tropic herald
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Isn’t it normally Erster Babybay

digital cloud
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well, yeah

balmy wolf
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its justice

digital cloud
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but edison is better than babybay

tropic herald
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I’m surprised they haven’t put Fire in either

digital cloud
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who isn't bad per se

tropic herald
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No one on Atlanta is bad

digital cloud
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I agree

dreamy cave
digital cloud
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dogman is probably the closest, though, as far as I am aware

weak bolt
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Edison is a better tracer, Babybay is a bit more flexible I think, plays the Hanzo etc

digital cloud
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edison was a god in contenders

tropic herald
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Sharp has a cracked tracer

digital cloud
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maybe babybay is better in some aspects, but

tropic herald
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I’d assume Edison is more widow

digital cloud
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yeah, but Erster is great at that too

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dang

dreamy cave
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it could just be the map that he plays better than babybay

digital cloud
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just realized all the dps are fantastic

weak bolt
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I think Babybay is their general Mcree player, and with Mcree gone, he's out for now

digital cloud
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probably

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though I would assume that they have someone else who could do it if he couldn't

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they honestly have a great team

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I was almost expecting them to beat philly

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they might have if they had played their literal best possible line up

weak bolt
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Atlanta seem good defensively, but struggle offensively. They play double shield well but thats not amazing on attack

dreamy cave
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were gonna get it on the next fight lets go

tropic herald
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Atlanta look sloppy

digital cloud
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they seemed to want to stick with double shield no matter what

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I think they would benefit from changing up the tanks they use a bit

weak bolt
#

Must be weird, they've only had like 3 days to Scrim this meta

digital cloud
#

oh yeah

#

it is earlier than usual

weak bolt
#

Have the explained why the matches are today and not the weekend?

digital cloud
#

they having weekend games too

#

are having*

tropic herald
#

They haven’t given a reason

balmy wolf
#

they need to catch up

dreamy cave
#

lets go ATL AtlantaReign AtlantaReign AtlantaReign

digital cloud
#

people out here acting like sharp and kodak aren't also fantastic

dreamy cave
#

honestly, i just dont like kodak on zen but anything else is fine

weak bolt
#

Kodak is just a bit of a meme from last season

orchid cedar
#

no chipsa today smh

digital cloud
#

he really looked good when he went to contenders though

tropic herald
#

The reason Kodak wasn’t on the main roster was supposedly Bc of Daco

weak bolt
#

Big difference from contenders > owl though, Kodak was kinda proof of that

digital cloud
#

not too different

#

gator and hawk were god tanks in contenders, and they are pretty good here too

weak bolt
#

Imo they only seem good on double shield, they've seemed not great on others

dreamy cave
#

that corey ult was no where

digital cloud
#

you ever see hawk on d.va?

#

gator on winston?

dreamy cave
digital cloud
#

gator on sigma?

#

gator on rein?

#

they are good at a lot of tanks

dreamy cave
#

bruh he died way too quick

#

so much burst damage

tropic herald
digital cloud
dreamy cave
#

lets go atl

digital cloud
#

this is hard to watch

#

I don't even like the justice

weak bolt
#

It's like watching Boston, but instead of being funny bad, they're just bad

vivid bough
#

Do they have echo

weak bolt
#

no, dont think she's in owl for 2 weeks or so

dreamy cave
#

its okay

#

wow corey

dry mesa
#

this is so one sided

#

not that fun to watch

#

oh well

digital cloud
#

yeah

#

I kind of thought that since reign hadn't been playing edison and kodak so much, that they would be a little bit behind

#

I was wrong

tropic herald
#

Fire and FRD PepeHands

#

Let them have playtime

digital cloud
#

not sure about fire

#

but frd isn't as good as hawk, I am pretty sure

dreamy cave
#

frd is a great sub in for hawk if they need it

digital cloud
#

I think so too

#

he was good last year

#

I just think hawk is probably better

#

what about pokpo vs gator?

#

I think gator is better, generally

tropic herald
#

Pokpo Rein > Gator Rein

dreamy cave
#

yeah gator dosnt play rein

#

thats why hes in now

digital cloud
#

he did in contenders, I think

tropic herald
#

He was the only MT on ATL academy

digital cloud
#

but pokpo being better than him is probably true, since they ran pokpo as rein that time

dreamy cave
#

still, it might not be his specialty

digital cloud
#

yeah

#

he was a good sigma too, last yeay

#

year*

#

I wonder if he would be a good hog dva or zarya

dreamy cave
#

i remember gator being played last year playing hog and d.va iirc

#

gator is probably just better on orisa and sigma than pokpo while he plays rein, orisa

digital cloud
#

it seems like gator can probably play most tanks to a pretty high level

#

I think he could off tank pretty effectively in some cases

dreamy cave
raw ermine
#

just came here

#

why is kodak in?

dreamy cave
#

he was always in

#

hes been playing fairly well as well

raw ermine
#

I wasn't here the entire match

dreamy cave
#

ik

#

he was a starting pick

#

gg

elfin venture
#

Why is seoul higher than Philadelphia

raw ermine
#

gg

tropic herald
#

Lmao

elfin venture
#

Gg

tropic herald
#

That was hilarious

raw ermine
#

cause win percentage

weak bolt
#

win rate I think

elfin venture
#

@raw ermine wait

#
  1. Im also defiant fan
  2. This is hella dumb
raw ermine
#

1.good
2.kinda

#

it favours teams who haven't played a lot

elfin venture
#

This isnt fair

weak bolt
#

Not like it overly matters until everyones played 27 games anyway

elfin venture
#

Well yes

dreamy cave
#

gator looks like he hasnt slept in 13 hours

weak bolt
#

Got to maximise that scrim time in those 3 days

#

Kinda hope production scuffs and Gator ends up saying something bad on open mic lol

raw ermine
#

Damn we could have had a doom-reaper philly fusion

#

but not this week or meta

#

RIP

#

ayy shax

#

did OWL leak him playing?

#

ASHE

#

woo

dreamy cave
#

i believe you ment, yee-haw

raw ermine
#

such a strange comp

elfin venture
#

GLA wins

raw ermine
#

looks like a comp mode composition

dreamy cave
#

BOB IS READY

elfin venture
#

Yes

dreamy cave
#

NO

elfin venture
#

I like valiant comp

dreamy cave
#

KSP THREW THE ULT

elfin venture
#

WHY DID DREAMER SWITCHED TO ORISA

#

HAMMOND IS WAIFU

raw ermine
#

ooh they have buffed ashe

dreamy cave
#

they fixed a big with her i think in the previous patch notes

elfin venture
#

Ashe is underrated

raw ermine
#

your prayers have been answered doggo

dreamy cave
#

he trew the bob ult trying to swap to torb just to swap back to ash

elfin venture
#

HAMMOND IS BACC

#

2!!!!

dreamy cave
#

hammond has been here

frozen perch
#

wait why are games being played today?

#

did they change the schedule?

raw ermine
#

shax vs shaz

elfin venture
#

Jooo

raw ermine
#

OMG HE SAID THE H WORD

#

fsnsehnse mfbnkjhs

elfin venture
#

Shax shredded

raw ermine
#

Damn

#

4k

#

2 turret

elfin venture
#

This looks like a gold players only match

steady panther
#

Lol

elfin venture
#

So many defiant fans

raw ermine
#

mercy zen

#

hm

weak bolt
#

Ashe is really horrible to spectate

dreamy cave
#

bob didnt do anything...

frozen perch
#

because reaper

raw ermine
#

BIRD

weak bolt
#

Pretty close considering the ashe throw pick

dreamy cave
#

nope they lost since the death blossom failed

raw ermine
#

gg

tropic herald
#

2CP LULW

elfin venture
#

Mercy would have been better than ashe

dreamy cave
#

you mean macee????

frozen perch
#

McCree Widow banned

dreamy cave
#

ik

frozen perch
#

Ashe isn't a bad pick; it's just.......Reaper's just infinitely better in a Control map like Busan.

weak bolt
#

Bob just doesn't work as an ult at this level imo, he's too easily countered by co-ordinated teams

#

It's not like gold where you can spam him at point and he'll get 5 kills

frozen perch
#

that's what they said about death blossom and deadeye

weak bolt
#

Blossom has a surprise factor at least, and deadeye can work with sigma ult

#

Bob you just stop him in his tracks, or shield him, or boop him away

frozen perch
#

I just feel like too many Ashes send B.O.B. into the fight instead of to the side like a Torb turret

#

B.O.B. is double the strength of a Torb turret with almost five times the health

#

If you treat B.O.B. like a Torb turret, he suddenly becomes a lot better.

raw ermine
#

lmao

#

strongest a$$ position

weak bolt
#

Fined $1k

raw ermine
#

NANO MERCY

dreamy cave
#

this is tuff

#

ksp cant even build ult charge

weak bolt
#

I think we've determined Ashe isn't the pick here

#

5 Ults to get out of spawn

raw ermine
#

damn

marsh arch
#

imo bastion needs nerf he has run riot at last 2 majors now

balmy wolf
#

wtf was that

#

this fight lasted like 2 minutes

#

how hard can goose feed

midnight sage
#

So no one wants to counter Shax, huh?

#

Good lord

sage sandal
#

Sombra on paper would but

#

Idk

midnight sage
#

Gladiators getting stomped

#

Good god, that was awful for Gladiators

sage sandal
#

I didn't really like the comp there from glads

balmy wolf
#

yeah the Ashe is doing very good

midnight sage
#

Gladiators did nothing to stop Pharah and Ashe

sage sandal
#

This youtube chat is unbearable

upper niche
#

who follows chat anyway?

balmy wolf
#

I come here for chat

sage sandal
#

they're just all silver players who think they know what they're doing

balmy wolf
#

i don’t think Valiant’ll run Ashe on attack

#

I guess they will lol

sage sandal
#

Zen?

midnight sage
#

interesting comp

balmy wolf
#

yeah what’s the plan here

midnight sage
#

LOL so many changes

#

oh my god shax

#

pick one

sage sandal
#

Hopefully that torb turret can deal with pharah lmao

midnight sage
#

poor lastro lol

balmy wolf
#

unrelated but has anybody noticed that Lucios are playing more aggressive this season

sage sandal
#

yeah

balmy wolf
#

I remember in S1 that was unheard of

#

but the game has changed a lot i suppose

midnight sage
#

Valiant gonna get a reverse sweep?

sage sandal
#

winston?

midnight sage
raw ermine
#

weirdest tank line I have seen in OWL

balmy wolf
#

lol what

midnight sage
#

Glads are throwing. The entire team lmao

balmy wolf
#

caster getting angry at Birdring

#

LOL

#

that actually worked

sage sandal
#

HUGEE

balmy wolf
#

they just burned like 6 ultimates for no reason

sage sandal
#

yeah

#

They could lose this fight

balmy wolf
#

I guess not

#

🐑

midnight sage
#

this is so bad

balmy wolf
#

also sad

#

I almost feel bad for the glads

sage sandal
#

Glads just need to get a comp and focus up.

midnight sage
#

lmfao

#

go away

clear crane
#

SBD for the win

sage sandal
#

Cmon glads

true hound
#

that was a funky comp

#

Torb Ashe Ana Mercy Sigma Monkey

#

nice to see something new

sage sandal
#

No lucio here?

#

Ah nvm

#

They're playing pharah

worn flower
#

I don't really care who wins

#

If I had to choose Val

sage sandal
#

I don't like the tracer here

raw ermine
#

gg

balmy wolf
#

gg

sage sandal
#

lesgoooo

#

gg

#

chat saying c9 still omg

digital cloud
#

learn the terms

sage sandal
#

honestly

digital cloud
#

I am surprised that the people that bother to watch it live don't know it

fathom acorn
#

It seems mei is already dead

#

Before the ammo nerf

balmy wolf
#

Nah

fathom acorn
#

I didn’t see her played once

#

I didn’t get to watch every map though but still it’s a lot less

digital cloud
#

even though her walls are useful, I still think her freezing is the biggest threat

fathom acorn
#

This week brings the wall nerf right?

balmy wolf
#

she was played

digital cloud
#

not totally sure

balmy wolf
#

on Hollywood and Route 66

fathom acorn
#

I think it might?

#

Cause I remember it’s 2 weeks behind

#

And I don’t think they could go through last week

#

But I’m not sure

#

Still she will be completely dead after the ammo nerf

digital cloud
#

probably

balmy wolf
#

good

digital cloud
#

if only the case was true for reaper

#

I went from wanting him to be viable to never wanting to see pros use him again

fathom acorn
#

Reaper probably won’t be able to do much without mei

balmy wolf
#

I’m tired of Reaper too but at least he’s not as cheesy as Mei

fathom acorn
#

Dive heroes can usually take him down

#

They just aren’t that used cause mei gatekeeps, but once she’s gone it should open up the game a lot more

digital cloud
#

I guess, but I wouldn't be surprised to be seeing more reaper doom like we did for Atlanta and washington today

#

I wonder what will replace her?

#

maybe torb?

#

echo, when she is allowed in?

#

torb echo wombo combo?

fathom acorn
#

Echo is definitely gonna be a game changer

#

She really punishes less mobile heroes

#

If you can’t dodge her attacks she can just hit you with her sticky bombs and mow you down with her beam

normal basin
#

Echo, like doom, relies heavily on her abilities and I’ve been hacked by sombra a lot while playing her but she is extremely good even with the nerfs and i think we’ll be seeing her in ow league

sullen berry
#

Just finished work and looking for the VOD and this is the re-redesign they stuck with?

echo quest
#

Damn

bitter heath
#

someone that want to play the echo tournument we need a moira speak swe/eng dm me for more info

raw ermine
icy geyser
#

I'm going to ask a probably stupid question

#

But how do I get into OWL (as a fan)

#

It seems like there's a lot going on all the time and a lot to know. I don't know where to start

#

Will it work if I just start watching current games, or should I watch from the beginning of this year's season, or beginning of year 1?

tropic herald
#

Just watch current games

#

And if you find a team you like

#

You can watch old games

#

Although I would recommend some older games anyways

#

2018 Grand Finals

#

2019 Stage 1 Finals

worn falcon
#

older games if you want to know the players

#

current games if you want to see how the team is

tropic herald
#

2019 Stage 2 Finals

#

2019 Stage 3 Finals

worn falcon
#

but kinda hard since we had a lot of changes

#

like trading players, i mean

tropic herald
#

And then just Shock during 2019 Season Playoffs

#

Those are matches I’d recommend

#

I’m sure other people might recommend others

icy geyser
#

Ok so 2018 Grand Finals, 2019 Stage 1 2 3 Finals, and then Shock games during season playoffs are the big highlights?

tropic herald
#

At least imo

icy geyser
#

I have no idea what team to root for as none are near me

tropic herald
#

Do you know any of the players?

icy geyser
#

Back in year 1 I rooted for Houston, Seoul, and Valiant but every team has seemingly changed so much

worn falcon
#

dont worry about that, some fans pick a team because their colors, their players or their community

#

I still root for Seoul

icy geyser
#

I don't know much anything about the players anymore

tropic herald
#

Seoul out of those teams is currently the most successful

icy geyser
#

Oh that's good. I remember they were having a rough time in year 1

#

Are all the games on their Youtube channel?

tropic herald
#

Games from this year are on YT

#

And from last year are on Twitch

#

But there should be recaps of all games I think on Akshon Esports

icy geyser
#

Oh ok that's good. Twitch isn't a preferred platform for me

#

And a more trivial question; is there still an OWL pass now that they are partnered with Youtube instead of Twitch?

worn falcon
#

not at the moment

#

they said they were working in some implementation with Youtube, but till now there is nothing.

icy geyser
#

That makes sense

#

When did this season start?

worn falcon
#

Feb 8th

icy geyser
#

Ah, so it's still pretty fresh

#

Alright, so watch those highlight games and then start watching whatever current games are playing? Is it not worth watching from the beginning of the season?

worn falcon
#

Yeah, you can watch those and then current games, and not needed at all to watch since the beginning, unless you want to catch up all the matches

icy geyser
#

Ok, makes sense. And this is probably a stupid question, but what is the best way to enjoy OWL as someone with not much time?

#

I really want to get into it, but not sure if I have 3 hours to give for every game

digital cloud
#

there are highlight clips

#

but generally, the full game is probably going to be the most satisfying

#

most games are closer to an hour and a half

#

still maybe a bit long, but not too bad

icy geyser
#

Oh have they gotten shorter?

#

I remember they used to always be at least 3-4 hours

digital cloud
#

a bit, generally

#

might need to skip around a bit due to breaks

icy geyser
#

That's good

#

Well thank you guys for the help TracerSalute

#

Looking forward to getting into OWL

fathom acorn
#

Btw for anyone who is still worried that “OWL is dying”

#

They just got another major sponsor in xfinity

#

The reports of the leagues death are greatly exaggerated

supple prism
#

uhhh

#

Comcast owns one of the teams already

#

so its more of just increasing their sponsoring

#

and Comcast doesnt always make the best decisions

dreamy cave
#

yo

#

that dog is so Fing cute

worn flower
#

Being from Florida I want the mayhem to win but I'm a outlaws fan

rare magnet
#

why the roles in a different order dps is on the left not tank

primal minnow
#

Oop

elfin venture
#

Lllol

#

I mean

#

He went in

#

Ded

#

No offense

dreamy cave
#

i would like to see florida do well, nows the time to put that practice to use

elfin venture
#

Nooo

#

Florida sucks

#

Only asians

dreamy cave
#

doggo im gonna need you to stop right there

#

what u said sounded fairly racial

#

just leave it be man

elfin venture
#

Your right
But its somehow annoying

#

Ching chongs mad

balmy wolf
#

lol

#

so close

dreamy cave
#

almost, shouldhave waited for a teamfight

balmy wolf
#

that backcap

weak bolt
#

Ambitious backcap attempt at least

#

Florida actually look semi decent

dreamy cave
#

instand death after falling from heaven

weak bolt
#

Nico needs to swap i think, who is he going to kill on doom vs Mei/Reaper/lucio/moira

dreamy cave
#

florida is tired of people calling them poopoo

#

THE LEGS

elfin venture
#

Soon is paris' biggest weakness

weak bolt
#

I'd say Main Tank is biggest problem for Paris, they can play Benbest on Rein ok, but they seem to struggle outside of that

elfin venture
#

Yes

#

But just look at soon
He plays reaper instead of hanzo

weak bolt
#

Reaper pick was fine, issue on that map was Nico doing nothing

elfin venture
#

?????????

#

Do we watch the same game?

weak bolt
#

Every fight was basically a 6v5 for Florida as Nico was achieving nothing as doom or sombra

elfin venture
#

Yes
But soon has to play hanzo

#

He cant even play reaper

dreamy cave
#

okay yeah he played hanzo in the first fight n not reaper, but his hanzo did work in opening up first point more than nico did in helping in the last 3 lost fights on point b

weak bolt
#

Nico just got killed while ulting and lost it, ouch

elfin venture
#

SOON AGAIN

#

😭😭😭

#

Hes useless

#

And hes dead again

weak bolt
#

Paris have no other dps they can play

elfin venture
#

Then put a healer or so instead of soon

weak bolt
#

Blizzard wasted, hit no one other than orisa

elfin venture
#

No No No

#

What about SP9K1E

weak bolt
#

Not of age until end of May

fathom acorn
#

He’s not old enough

elfin venture
#

Bruuuh

fathom acorn
#

At least they burned like a minute with that last fight

#

But still

elfin venture
#

Xzi?

fathom acorn
#

No one is dealing with bqb

#

Him leaving shouldn’t have done this much

#

They just don’t look like they have any cohesion

weak bolt
#

xzi is back in Korea for medical reasons

fathom acorn
#

Even after Hyp left for mental health the team still looked top tier

#

This week it just looks pitiful though

#

I guess it could be that moral has taken a hit with a lot of their players facing physical/mental health problems and being forced to retire/postpone play

elfin venture
#

WELL PLAYED SOON

fathom acorn
#

Never mind

#

I just tabbed back into the match and they are doing even better than mayhem

elfin venture
#

10/10 ultimate

#

Bruuuuh

weak bolt
#

Paris just struggling without Rein imo, their tank line is just being rolled over a lot

elfin venture
#

Holy
Soon made a good play

#

Yeees

dark scroll
#

pairs PULLED A HUSTON
they lost a 3 v 6 fight
poggers

raw ermine
#

dang

dreamy cave
#

did they need the sound barrier in the previous fight?

dark scroll
#

yea

#

to keep the cart moving

true hound
#

@weak bolt yeah, Paris lost against Houston last time Rein was pooled I believe

weak bolt
#

They got fluxed so had to barrier

dark scroll
#

yea

dreamy cave
#

florida can still just hold 1st point

dark scroll
#

true

weak bolt
#

yeah if Florida don't feed vs the Pharah they may be able to hold

dark scroll
#

if that happens i will be happy

weak bolt
#

Although Kris just fed again rofl

dark scroll
#

lol again

weak bolt
#

BQB has got 3 though lol

dark scroll
#

WINNABLE

#

HUGE

raw ermine
#

the hands of a god

#

indeed

weak bolt
#

Forced ults on both sides, could go either wya

dark scroll
#

gg thats game

weak bolt
#

This is a mess lol

dark scroll
#

should be game

#

gg

raw ermine
#

GG

#

close

weak bolt
#

So we've learnt Paris need Rein to play well :p

dark scroll
#

yep

tropic herald
#

Just got 3-0ed by the Paris

dark scroll
#

Rein is hard carry for that team

tropic herald
#

Wait

dreamy cave
#

remember when florida and shanghai games were fun to watch because they were both bad? i wanna see them now that their good

weak bolt
#

Hugo the dog > all analysts

tropic herald
#

I wrote that wrong

#

MAYHEM JUST SWEPT PARIS

weak bolt
#

The next game is the equivalent of Florida/Shanghai now, Boston vs toronto

elfin venture
#

OMEGALUL OMEGALUL

dark scroll
#

its :OMEAGALUL:

tropic herald
#

Boston actually has a winnable game

dark scroll
#

el clasico

elfin venture
#

:OMEGALUL:

tropic herald
#

Jerry v Toronto

elfin venture
#

I just got nae naed

dreamy cave
#

yo just use the emojis what are doing

dark scroll
#

found it

elfin venture
#

Where

true hound
#

scary jerry

dark scroll
elfin venture
#

How

dark scroll
#

omegalul-1

#

try that

elfin venture
#

omegalul-1

#

Oh

weak bolt
#

I want to see Jerry come out and dominate S4 and teabag him every time

elfin venture
#

Ty

dark scroll
#

inside of the :

elfin venture
#

:omegalul-1:

#

YES

#

Nae nae?

#

I dont have omegalul

dark scroll
elfin venture
#

Wait how

dark scroll
#

tap on the emote when you type it in

#

type in :OMAGALUL;

weak bolt
#

You are the boston uprising of discord emotes

elfin venture
#

I dont have omegalul emote

dark scroll
#

oof

elfin venture
#

Oof

dreamy cave
#

its okay, because u can just do this

#

:OMEGALUL:
@dark scroll tada

dark scroll
#

i can do that

dreamy cave
#

oh fuck that dosnt work either lol

weak bolt
#

Boston are going to have to pick up another player pretty soon am I right? They are below the 8 player minimum roster size

dark scroll
#

LUL

#

GOT EMM

elfin venture
raw ermine
#

whoaaaa

#

when did s4 become blond?

dreamy cave
#

at home freetime

weak bolt
#

Isn't it just an old photo from pre-season?

dreamy cave
#

my best guess

#

tbh, i think toronto take this game

weak bolt
#

On paper toronto should roll it, but probably would have said that about Paris :p

#

This is 2 teams who can't get more than 1 kill at a time on control rofl

clear crane
#

holy shit

dreamy cave
#

YOOO

clear crane
#

is this the longest no cap

raw ermine
#

holyyyyyyy

true hound
#

holy shit