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isn't there a character who rezzes too?
look at TF2 for an example of when there is a character with an OP ability akin to that
the whole meta revolves around killing the Medic
I can imagine a "roamer" whos whole job is to kill that one character to prevent rezzes
and that that one character and counter character will be must picks
sounds really dumb
I think Valorant is so hyped because Overwatch and CS players are finding the games stale
And there is a need for a new fps
I'm not including battle royales
I guess, but the concept of putting the two together in such a way is just . . . bad
I guess it's to please both audiences and make them stay
the resurrections thing when you have no other way to "respawn" will determine the outcome
if more than one character can do it, maybe
if not, it is, objectively, in a game where you do not respawn otherwise
there may be limitations on whether or not it makes sense to try to "assassinate" that character specifically, but that probably alters the game the most, other than the see through walls thing
I mean on paper it looks OP but Res isn't really a broken ult
You are vulnerable for like 4 seconds
the ability to return a teammate at pro levels?
that is OP
imagine CS:GO with that
I suppose you could camp the spots where the people you killed died?
Could
certainly there are interesting aspects to it
but overall, the concept is really not good
either it saves the game for you, possibly, or is too useless to even use
seems like that character would be like Mercy during the moth meta
or Mercy now
useless
never had a problem with rez in Valorant, it's pretty balanced
Sage's wall and slow is the strongest part of her kit
not to be that guy, but there is a big difference between the pros and the common man
I can see the wall also being a big deal, but the ability to bring a player back is theoretically very powerful
is there a time limit on the resurrection?
It is powerful but it is not the reason Sage is a must pick
sage is a must pick because of her strength in locking down a site
because of her wall and slow
same with cypher
it's not because of his walls ult
it's because he can lockdown a site with traps
the heal and rez is just a cherry on top
once sage has taken or is defending a site, u better play it right or you're gonna lose most rounds because of her
I think the ults are not nearly as strong as they are in Overwatch
For the most part
for starters ults are pretty rare unless you're on a rampage
and they're more situational
except Raze ult fuck that ult lol
it sounds then more like the ults tend to be more pointless
if they are rare and situational
not pointless, they're still strong
when used correctly
Think of it this way: Ults can be round changing , it can singlehandedly win you a round
but you have to hit it right, it's not like overwatch where u press Q to win a fight
cept raze, her ult is almost a guarantee kill if you know where your enemy is
But having a strong ult means you're balanced in having weaker utility
so I think raze is balanced in that regard, just not fun to play against when you get smashed by explosives
The margin of error with a Valorant Ult is greater than the margin of error with an Overwatch Ult
TwitLonger is the easy way to post more than 140 characters to Twitter
^ Sinatraa note
oh gosh gonna miss the sinatraa & super shenanigans
his last note for super is perfect
5head
reminds me of danteh's twitlonger
super was at the end too getting meme'd on
TwitLonger is the easy way to post more than 140 characters to Twitter
super is the king of OWL memes I guess
straight up just lost passion for the game. idk what the real killer was for me but maybe it was 2-2-2 lock maybe it was bans im not sure
So it wasn't just burnout, or just a different game popping up, but feeling the game was going in a less fun direction?
Will be weird when the MVP skin drops for a player that retired.
yeah
def both
Burnout with old game + new shiny game hype
at least hes not leaving for problems with OWL/Devs
thatd definitely look bad for Blizz
good chance akm is following suit since he's retiring too
I think it still looks bad for blizz considering he namedropped both 2-2-2 and bans
Could be worse though, I suppose
The Dallas Bench i.e. akm trill and zacharee , ive watching Valorant streams and I always see those guys grinding Valorant very often
I mean, like any people can be bored after grinding the game for hours
yea it's perfectly reasonable I think
playing non-stop for 4 year easily does that for you
and then there are the machines that play pretty much only the game they are pros in
what really hurts is it's sinatraa, not just any other OWL player
he's basically the face of OWL
nah, that's definitely Rawkus
nah def not rawkus anymore
kinda disappeared after season 1
to a casual viewer, i think more people know sinatraa than rawkus
sinatraa actually won the league and was on a good team
sinatraa is OWL mvp, OWL champ and World Cup MVP
He was on tonight show
He had 150k memes with twitch
He played with Jeff to demonstrate Echo recently
Dude is basically face of recent pro OW
and he's got interesting memorable facial features
rawkus has a big butt
but anyway just based on accolades alone, sinatraa is the face of pro overwatch
whether you like him or not, i know he's got a history of toxicity
Dude had it all, he was on the best team and appeared like the best player to a casual viewer's eyes
the king is gone 👑
that is not good optics
overwatch is not fun anymore because the game is too much about metagaming and not mechanical skill
and me personally having played Valorant and watched a lot of Valorant streams, the game has potential
Valorant might actually end up killing competitive Overwatch
or at least one factor to it. Hero bans I think have further accelerated the burnout. There's a new meta to practice every other week
I won't say OW dies completely, there's still a niche that no other game can satisfy
I was right
I called it lmao
But tbh if anyone watched hi stream it made perfect sense
The dude skirted every question about valorant for 2 hours
And Sinatraa is not allowed to play for nrg
Cuz of league rules
Well owl Finna die in a few years
Role lock was dumb shit for higher ranks
F for sinatraa
k
Damn son
funni spam hahaha
The valorant discord is having a field day with sinatraa’s announcement lmaooooo
I mean who cares
Good for him.
We poached TF2, LoL, and CS pros and talent when OWL got started
Valorant doing the same
The game after that will do the same
Ppl need to realize this shit happens
dude is doing what is best for his career
doesn't mean it is easy to see OWL dying
I mean if you think all the teams being formed rn are gonna be the best a year after valorant is released then you're lying to yourself
the best players in the game always come after its been released after a while
so it is, so it will be
@limber pine I wouldn’t normally care
But he was the mvp
This wasn’t some average pro
Or washed player
For 3 stages. After role lock he didn’t play as much as before, and he hasn’t played a lot this season.
I’m not calling him a nobody either, but let’s not pretend he’s been an every game starter
But as I said before, good for him
He’s gonna do what he likes and make a shit ton of money doing it
Hopefully valorant is here for a long time and blizzard learns from it
blizz doesnt learn shit
yeah, good luck with them learning anything
Got super bummed when 3rd party tournament weren’t allowed
they literally had templates on how to make a good esports scene from other games and still fucked it up
Monthly beats and the carbon series was dope
Got me into pro play
Sinatraa said he knows nothing about his skin
Interesting
yea cuz he leaked the hero and they stop talking to him about it
@echo quest OGN apex slapped
Give it to J a k e
Facts
J omegalul ke
nah, DreamKazper would be ideal
Lmao
Mouffin for mvp S3
Looking for team
Is Sayaplayer rumored to retire also?
That was the first TwitLonger that was FeelsStrongMan
Apparently you aren’t allowed to go to the org you were associated with in owl
beautiful LIES
Why did sinatraa quit
@digital cloud maybe
Lol
We poached TF2, LoL, and CS pros and talent when OWL got started
@limber pine mood
its not that isnt leaving without an impact on OW League
he's become part of food chain of players moving on
fan retention is no different. if they make it to a 4th season with the remaining talent left this is still a great watch
just to see how and what theyre doing to keep it operating
@sleek zephyr nice one, coach
calling it legit in 5 years
The year is 2025. Everyone has left. Boston are the only team left in OWL and they still can't win games. T2 is made up of masters players. Mercy mains still complain about her being banned every other week. Overwatch 2 has not been released yet. The game is dead
505
Is anyone a houston outlaws fan?
Bro Sinatra is levaing ow for Valorant? thats actually rough.
He is
lol ok
now he's a "pro valorant player"
not even out of beta yet jeez
Current OW pros were switching to OW when it was in beta.
Look at players like Cooller who jumped straight across to Quake Champions in beta, even though he was a seasoned player going back as far as Q3.
Look at players like Cooller who jumped straight across to Quake Champions in beta, even though he was a seasoned player going back as far as Q3.
In the defense of Quake pros
Quake Champions really screwed up duel
Around when Overwatch was really taking off
Unreal Tournament also released an awful patch that reworked core guns that were mainstays of the franchise in the patch that released when the OW beta came out
All the big arena shooters got screwed by Overwatch and poor decisions
So pros of those would have been inclined to move on
It looks like the same is happening to Valorant
Controversial local update (2-2-2, hero pools, general balance and health, OW2) + New Game = New eSPorts focus
Buy lets see how the rest of this season plays out first.
I'm surprised he jumped in this period when owl is still on going
There isn't any valorant competitions going on yet right?
Because owl still provides a stable income
OWL isn't brining in sponsor dollars and those kinds of income streams.
sponsors wont get behind OWL players because they see through the viewer figures.
also people like sinatraa are getting generous amounts of $$ from val teams
and if leaves bc he finds the game more enjoyable than ow i don’t blame him LOL
ow kinda dead
Sina is on Sentinels
poster boy league mvp leaves 😔
overwatch isn't dead 
i've heard so many people say that over all these years and its still pulled through
its in a rough spot right now but its gonna stick around
in the end ow’s had its time to shine. valorants the hype rn & riots gonna be pouring a lot of resources into it.
ow2 releasing will help
and blizz needs to support T2 and T3
and listen to the community better
and do actual balancing
ow2 will either make or break the game ngl gotta see how blizz takes it upon them to get that done
and facts
t2/3 kinda super sad
Valorant hype will die real quick
The game will be still super popular but not as of rn imo
Streamers are jumping in the trend but after all they get more viewers with their main game
Es dafran or ml7
Valorant will probably steal more from CSGo than OW I think.
Or other games like Cod, tarkov.
truee
has dafran gone back to ow yet
since he started playing valorant i havent seen him streaming ow at all
Honestly I think Dafran is gonna stay with valorant for a while and i cant blame him. Overwatch is getting stale. On the bright side, this should push the overwatch team to work more
On the bright side, this should push the overwatch team to work more
Not really no... They are commiting all their time rn into ow2 so I don't think they are going to do any huge update for ow1 any time soon. Honestly unless OW2 is absolutely incredible, it seems like this is the death of OW
@honest lynx players jumped on OW the same way
I think people are mixing up with the pro scene dying with the actual game
The game will always have a fanbase because how unique it is
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I wonder how this will affect the chinese OWL market
Well, I guess its OW only, but still
5HEAD AHAHAHAHHAHAH
lol no
Guess there was nothing else for sinatraa to do
He won world cup, he got OWL mvp, he won OWL
could win twice
or maybe he just likes another game
probably likes the thought of having a career in a game that isn't dying
makes sense
Welp
OW is dead
For real now
There is no way this game doesnt die
And if it does manage to barely get to OW2
That wont be enough
🇫
OW is not dead. Stop spreading lies
not yet
Difference between OW esports and OW
but it is definitely getting there, at the rate it is going
they reflect each other, I think
Overwatch is less played now than recently, according to some stats I have seen
but I don't have access to official ones
from Blizzard
The fact that someone says [x game] is dead. It's the proof that the game is not dead. Nobody talks about dead games
people still talk about Artifact
everything gets played less overtime
Some people still meme about Artifact
my point being that it is not necessarily true, but I do get what you mean
which one would be better to buy rein NYXl or genji NYXL ?
Genji
shock rein, titan genji
the game is not dead unless you know every single player who still plays the game
CS, fornite, OW, etc. They’re all defined as dead games by their community since Valorant. All games are potential dead games, temporarily alive, until they’re not anymore. It’s just a question of time.
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Here it is mentioned that Effect is the 3rd LGBT player in OWL
Ik Muma is one of them, but whose the second?
Elk?
lemme see
OW wont truly die, the large casual fanbase has no interest in Valorant
however its competitive scene might be a chunky bit smaller
even if Valorant takes a large amount from CSGO, I see no worry for CSGO. I worry for OW tho
OW will still have its niche because no other game is like it
I've not had fun playing OW since they introduced 2/2/2 and now with being dropped I'm going to take a break from the game when my current team gets a replacement for me. I might come back later if Blizzard manages to make the game fun again ggs.
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Anotha one bites the dust
Beautiful
no.
also isn't it a bit early to make valorant teams, the game is still in beta
I would say so
I mean, the people that have already joined aren't even the best of the ones they left
best players*
Players did the same thing for the OW beta
people jumped ship from tf2 to OW
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but its real
idk
lets go
ez
maybe seoul?
does jjanu play a good sig?
it's decent
would rather play Dva
out of all players, I didn't expect JJANU
Haksal maybe
but jjanu
He didn't even do the twitter protest thing
cant wait for a titans wipe :/
yeah, but who wants them right now?
no one
even contenders players probably don't
and JJanu actually has prospects
dallas?
JJanu over Note
thing is, dallas has really good players, but bad synergy
yeah, this is about when Fissure should be calling it in
poor fissure?
yes
nah, fissure was doing very well and wanted to fix his mistakes
then titans implodes
maybe now he is, but his history still makes me suspicious
That’s tuff
🦀 Titans are fucked 🦀
he free now
HOLY
oof
free
Where is he going?
free to go any owl team
thats
what a way to describe it
disturbing
Yikesss Titans imploding 😦
A little@raw ermine
Free from management shit
Id be surprised it jjanu retired
inb4, they gonna sign DACO
*if
@hot heart he's FA
Dont even@worn falcon
boston needs help
Boston wouldn't
they're out of bounds
Dallas maybe
jjanu >>>>>>>>>> brussen
Fuck it. Seominsoo OT 🙂
Lmao
if Boston so much as has one more little scandal, they are doomed
they may be already
boston already doomed
Idk why blizzard havent looked into their management
monies
I’m not even capping if my only option as an OW pro would be Boston I would retire
Anyone would retire if they were in that position @echo quest
let them to meddle with their shit
Tbh
Chances are
We see this season ended early
Or something
Because owl is fucking failing
we might
T2 is nonexistent
They’ve franchised too so no relegation
Nothing will ever happen to Boston because of franchising
Also OWL might be lowered in scale
not saying Boston is getting removed
Boston getting removed will never happen
but do you really see it becoming anything other than a toxic waste dump for the rest of OWL at this point?
ok so how many people are fa/ retiree in the past week?
A team like that exists in Every league tbh
Its just where people go when they have nothing
Some people dont do that
And just retire
well, true, but it was arguably the dragons or mayhem for a while
Haffi
Holy trinity of reactions to JJANU
Kaiser will probably retire too
akm too
Oh right
One of the coaches of Titans
Completely forgot about akm
Just left
What
what
What???????
ooooooof
"Diffucult decision"
Bro
the imploding has started
Nah
I think this is more of an issue between the Titan players/coaches and the owners
you dont see this implosion with the other teams
As season 3 as a whole, yes its fucked cause of corona-chan
Holy shit
hmm
but thats why i think its worth waiting for season 4 to judge the future
jjanu was released 34 min ago approx
They lost an mvp canidate and their head coach
pajion 4 min
assuming homestands and blah blah still happen
next release in in 26 min
Viewership been dog shit
Or 19k even
Would OW have bigger audience?
I bet, but it may not be much of a difference
Some Chinese games had like 8k
Ow is getting stale and the little amount of juice thats left is in comp
I mean OWL
Its becoming contenders kind of
Any predictions on whose next? 🙂 I'm thinking Haksal
People watch rivalry matches or the best teams head to head
@echo quest yeesh
Thats actually really fucking worrying
Bro if nate nanzer were here we'd be better off
guys
lets throw bets on who the next to go is
imma just stay on VT twitter and refresh
@VancouverTitans you're gonna slow bleed your fans to death, just rip the band-aid off
Gone
Based off this, def more to come I think
@steep wren another coach
Fuck idk
Titans actually slow bleeding
owl in general is slow bleeding
ㄷㄷ
Does anyone know what that means in korean? Haksal said it to JJANU on twitter
Rip Og RunAway
I think it is like an emote?
Use google
you can have OW 2 if OW 1 is dead
Holy sht its all going down
Flowervin tried so hard to keep this team together
OH NO THEY DIDN'T
woahhhh
NYXL THE MAD LADS
Holy shit
aren't they on the same side
I think NYXL is the only team left with the majority of their core from season 1 day 1
Lmfao
i thought support line and haksal
thats like making fun of someone for having a stroke
if sinatraa quitting wasnt enough
but for OWL teams
but yea whoever is running that twitter account clearly gives no fks
Imagine fissure is the only one left on the team after today
owl is dead
ok, I think saying it is dead is a bit early
Yeah
but this does not look good for the future
prob at least 1 more season
VancouverTitans Vancouver Titans announce the team and off-tank JJANU have mutually parted ways: https://twitter.com/VancouverTitans/status/1255932995078287360
with the YT deal and most org owners are rich billionaires
and pajion
wait, did you not see that earlier
lol
I thought you were responding to that all this time
ah
Hopefully janu gets another opportunity
Top 3 off tank. prob gets picked up somewhere
But where tho
well. last season at least
I mean, NYXL are probably the only team that make actual profits due to Andbox
we basically decided boston or dallas
Yeah probably
lol def not boston
Dallas more than Boston
and also we have no idea
Linkzr did put a smiley face tho
Boston would probably offer 100k or some dumb shit
Dallas,Boston or Washington
hmmmmm
Fuck that
so BU and VT are like dead at this point
Myunbong to the reign
Makes more sense actually
and Spitfire for the time
reign have Kodak
Eh
well
Myunbong is better than Dogman
lotta ppl better den Dogman lol
that is true
Myunbong would be an upgrade for reign
Yeah
but they prob want an english speaking FS
Where would jerry go tho
well, the reign seem to have a core they like over the actual best players on their team
so not sure dogman is getting replaced soon
jerry to houston?
linkzr seems to have fallen off
Titans gonna have like 3 players left by end of day prolly
HARBLUE
Linkzr keeps getting his heroes banned
my gut is that jjanu, pajion, and whoever else is still in korea
titans
HARBLEU*
are falling apart
????????
jjanu and head coach left already
yeah
why is it surprising
dont think hes "first" just first announced by the team. prob more to come in the next hour or so
Definitely more are leaving to
Can you get offers while being on team sounds like tempering
Haksal is 100% gone
i feel so bad for jehong
Someone asked Slime and he goes “lulul”
he is probably doomed
Tbh i think its happened before@grizzled mango
I know right
Might as well call him Ryu je gone
Twighlight responded with a thumbs up
@grizzled mangopepehands
jehong might just retire
Slime with just "lululul"
fuck
titans are dead
all of the Runaway core is def gone
@VancouverTitans you're gonna slow bleed your fans to death, just rip the band-aid off
ALL JEHONG EVER WANTED WAS A GOOD OWL TEAM
jehong deserved a ring dude
its sad seeing Runaway just fallin apart
Bruh
Ryujehong might stay if he wanna stay in the league
Ryujehong
I hope jehong stays
whos gonna sign jehong
Fucking hell
I dunno
No korean team
Fissure people does as well since he had some clause for having to stay in the team
Or Chinese
Probably no one
he is better than some supports, but no longer the best
unless like seoul resigns him
sadly, he would likely not be picked back up
yes he is no longer the best
Jehong would prolly sign as a coach if he signs anywhere in Asia lmao
he could coach, I bet
Yeah was about to say
I mean teams might sign jehong just because he is jehong
Imagine the legend himself coaching you
the GOAT
Bro youd learn so much
And enjoy learning
Chengdu,Shanghai,Spark all have better off supports
maybe reign over dogman?
no way
Would he go mixed tho
he can't be worse than dogman
That’s not the issue. It’s wether he will go to a mixed roster
Jehong prefers Korean team
like whether or not hes better isnt the issue
london?
You can bet Jjanu already has offers
But sex big dick
Myunbong should replace Dogman
God boston can't lose more players
besides maybe choi
Hanbin is also a monster
The only OTs I can think that are on similar levels is
Meko is up there
He’s pretty good
I think JJanu may make top5 for me. A lot of good off tanks
Void Choi Hotba
Void?
You aren’t rating Void high?
Have you watched him?
I would put jjanu around void
Void is no doubt top 5 probably top 3
Hanbin and choi are better than jjanu imo
Ye
well, he is good, but I didn't have him up with choi and hanbin
Tbh there are a lot of good offtanks in owl
HanBin is a nutcase too
3 min til we get another announcement?
I think a lot of off tanks are at a similar just matters about consistency
One another note, another team, revival, bites the dust
Oof
Imagine they go back to Korean contenders lmao
Who are they dropping
everyone probably
and 58 since JJANU
Bets in bois
Haksal
Haksal
haksal
My next bet is twilight
I see
yeah twilight for sure
So
Slime or twilight
coach
coach got dropped already
slime is also maybe
Majority haksal
like
I could see sf shock getting haksal
watch it turn out to be SMS
idk what fissure and jehongs gonna do
no message yet
Rookie of the year
why would shock get haksal tho
imagine it's all of them
Might be@raw ermine
architect and rascal
Tbh
and ANS
seominsoo also left
arch and rascal is all they need
Only hero haksal is better than most of them at is genji
Nothing yet?
but thats what arch is for
yeah
I guess its gonna take a while imagine having to write like 8 different blurb for "thank you for your time with us sorry you had to leave good luck"
just use a template geez
Probably stay on titans
Fissure and jehong tank line let's go
Jehong is at the point where he could feasibly retire or become a coach
true
dammit no news 😦
It's been 35 minutes I need more juice
the speculation is enough for me
in other news, xzi is supposed to be back may or june
With HanBin
and then there is benbest
yup. sp9rkle turns 18 may 31st, so chances are xzi's next game will see his old EM OT and flex dps
LOL
BenBest isn’t terrible
compared to the rest, he is
Benbest has been playing well this season
yeah, and like half of Atlanta reign too
until they met them in Gaunlet
gauntlet*
Daily Reminder: Stan LeeJaeGon
hold on
Flow3r had an injury
I thought he got it later
But if he wasnt @digital cloud
god sparkle
any news
I imagine at least half the people that have been discussing are refreshing twitter rn
or however than works
Nah i dont think so
Perhaps everyone is taking the piss because of the sheer absurdity of the situation but this is deeply tragic. This is the biggest legacy in Overwatch history coming to an end... All important stories lead back to that core roster. It'll never be the same.
This tweet hit to hard
Most of them
Well
none of the other members have left yet
Lots of the team is leaving
I would say Runaway is prob 3rd biggest legacy team in ow history
there is a possibility yes
^
But I think this is the last time you’ll ever know of the Titans as the Titans
Assuming Boston has money
heh
They do
yeah
they jsut dont want to spend it haha
what's even happening? They only played 4 games
runaway has a cinderella story
been out of a loop
The issues are older than this season
the players and coaches are unhappy with management
🦀 Titans are dead 🦀
If Boston does pick them up
I'd imagine they would make a team together somewhere else
Ez wins
bye 
Bye
wait, babybay is gone?
Boston won't pick them up, not a chance
5th member of Sentinels?
Valiant team
Valorant
The team Sinatraa went to
srry
I can only handle so much trauma
Orrrr
v
Babybay to Titans?
no way
frd dogman and gator replied with sad responses
no way what
I can see Titans picking up a whole new NA based team, if their Korean players are going/gone
babybay too
babybay isn't going to vancouver
shut up, he will go 
I'd doubt it too, but I guess he could go Valorant, wasn't he a great CS:GO player who ended up banned for cheating?
I wonder who the information broker is in the OWL
I really do forsee Titans picking up a whole NA roster though
they prob will
To let go of your head coach, only off tank, and all your other korean players looking like they're leaving, it's not a good sign
lets just see what they do
Pick up some of the fringe players from NA teams, and fill with contenders, win win
Its Atlanta, the Babybay thing is jebait
possibly
Yeah that wouldn't surprise me
I wonder how quick Dynasty are going to try pick up any Titans players who leave haha
Janu to dynasty
Haskal Profit duo, lets go
Dynasty's roster would be too chaotic
Maybe jehong again or slime
And maybe jjanu
But idk about others
So basically remove everyone but Gesture and Profit

