Yeah
#esports-discussion
true hound
runaway squad has too much synergy and I doubt any other team can replace that
hot heart
True
weak bolt
yeah but that's already gone with Bumper, and who else would pick them all up
true hound
if they replaced bumper with say Kaiser it would probs be fine
weak bolt
Shame C9 gave up on OWL or you could see London pick some up I guess
true hound
Considering they were old teammates
raw ermine
we're 2 hours from JJ release and 1 from paj
weak bolt
The drama was because they let Bumper go, apparantly anyway
swift moth
so the implosion has begun?
weak bolt
Head coach + Jjanu gone so far
raw ermine
yeah
hot heart
Haksal is gone
swift moth
bro wtf
hot heart
I can feel it
swift moth
@hot heart link?
hot heart
Nah not confirmed
clear crane
no link just something thats prob 99% true XD
hot heart
I just think hes next to go
weak bolt
Jjanu's post was great though
hot heart
Most people actually think hes next
weak bolt
Twitter
clear crane
Its only 1:30 in Vancouver. There's time for more announcements today
true hound
we still don’t know exactly why titans is just dying right
weak bolt
Nothing official, but seems like Titans manager forcing the team back to NA is one of the big issues for players
hot heart
Gn dude @crisp willow
hot heart
👍
crisp willow
👋
karmic grotto
It's logical to the players to NA continent
swift moth
now that jjanu is gone we should expect a twitlonger dropping
hot heart
Arent they playing next week
clear crane
Funny how one of the most inept owners has prob the most stabled team in OWL. guessing he leaves it all to the GM
weak bolt
They are playing vs NA teams as they're moving back. I'm pretty sure if they'd said they're staying in Korea, they'd be on that league
limber pine
weak bolt
Speculation is fun though, probably far more exciting than just having the info
tropic herald
There’s lots of it
weak bolt
Titans just can't let Shock win the Drama competition, they've lost to them enough already
digital cloud
hard to top this
weak bolt
Shock lost their MVP player? Hold my Beer. Lets ditch our whole team
digital cloud
well, to be frank, Sinatraa was good, but didn't deserve it as much as, say
Choi
so
short flint
NERF REAPER
asap
fking asap
digital cloud
wrong channel
hot heart
Yeah@digital cloud@digital cloud
weak bolt
Blaming Fissure is just such a meme at this stage lol
hot heart
Fuck the people blaming fissure
I mean the ones that are not memeing around
Fuck them
digital cloud
to be fair, he hasn't exactly been the model player
but I don't see how this particular thing is his fault
hot heart
Yeah
digital cloud
I agree it sounds like management
weak bolt
I think the players want to stay in Korea, can't say I blame them with Covid and everything
swift moth
according to rumors/leaks it is 100% the management
weak bolt
Maybe Runner and Flowervin are forming a Valorant team 😄
weak bolt
Wouldn't put it past Babybay & Taimou to be full on trolling
Not sure we can rule out anything yet lol
digital cloud
true, but even if he is gone, no big loss for Atlanta
earnest leaf
Didn't babybay cheat in csgo before?
digital cloud
just would stink to lose another player
tropic herald
Wouldn’t be a big L for Atlanta to lose Babybay
weak bolt
Must be a reason they keep playing him over Edison at the moment, but I think Edison has more potential
weak bolt
Dogman or Kodak, again must be a reason they kept Dogman last year too
digital cloud
one would think, but they can afford better, at least, even if Kodak isn't better
which I would say he is
weak bolt
I also wonder how much of a shotcalled Babybay is on the team
or Dogman
Both are pretty vocal
weak bolt
yeah, we don't really know the full details, so guess there are reasons to play them. I can't say Edison has looked miles better than BBB so far
next mesa
Why did babybay leave
weak bolt
Not confirmed he's left
digital cloud
he did in contenders, at least
clear crane
He didnt.. yet
weak bolt
Contenders is like GM's smurfing in Plat though tbf
clear crane
but like others have said, wouldn't be surprised if ATL is trolling
digital cloud
some contenders teams are definitely OWL level
pretty sure Edison's team was, iirc
digital cloud
and the coach
next mesa
Yeah yeah ik
digital cloud
no, I don't think so
weak bolt
I think the BBB thing is a full troll. Why would Sentinels not announce him when they did the other 4 if they'd signed him
weak bolt
Also looking at their roster, I wouldn't say BBB is the true star to join them
clear crane
Might be a different Valorant team
echo quest
Sinatraa said they had no clue their 5th was
And if they knew it would be leaked by now
weak bolt
Also isn't it the same Jersey as his profile picture he's had for ages?
echo quest
He a troll
karmic grotto
Trolling as usual
raw ermine
digital cloud
LOL
raw ermine
Imma resign as a TD fan, no more 2 way between them
titans have 9 days to get a new Off tank
or team
idk
echo quest
vital plinth
why is everyone parting ways with everyone
i dont understand why sinatraa would leave or why Jjanu would leave
doesnt make sense
gaunt acorn
because disagreements between titans management and players boiled over
sinatraa is unrelated, dude just wanted to play valorant
vital plinth
they are getting paid money to play overwatch and they just leave it
gaunt acorn
he gets paid to play valorant too
vital plinth
but... overwatch
tropic herald
If you don’t want to play a game
gaunt acorn
he said he hasn't found overwatch fun since 2-2-2
gaunt acorn
valorant is new and fresh and paying a lot
vital plinth
but valorant is worse than overwatch
gaunt acorn
then he can leave if it turns out to suck
but it's not too puzzling why he retired from ow
vital plinth
do you really think sfs will just let him come back if he decided valorant isnt fun
gaunt acorn
if sfs wouldn't want him someone else would
rare magnet
halsey tweeted to mcgravy https://twitter.com/halsey/status/1255990997634318336
Twitter
vital plinth
yeah i guess, he is the most liked player in the ow league
and one of the best
so
makes sense
echo quest
You could just see it Tbh. He barely played rank at all in the past few seasons
And when he did he looked miserable on stream
rare magnet
https://www.reddit.com/r/Competitiveoverwatch/comments/gb4var/no_more_titans_announcements_today/ titans staff member says there wont be any more annnouncements "TODAY" well fuck
tropic herald
Hoping for 24
echo quest
Sinatraa smacking shroud
worn falcon
Twitter
echo quest
Sinatraa’s whole stack is immortal already
Wtf
He needs one more game to get placement
karmic grotto
grave sail
what did sinatraa place
jagged crater
sinatraa's stack so high rank he's waiting 2 hours for a game to go against cheaters lol
his teammates immortal so im guessing immortal
grave sail
is that equal to gm in ow
jagged crater
probably, it's still early
It's like when overwatch was early you couldn't place beyond Master
but placements highly valued combat rating or kills so that means cheaters that drop 50 bombs will go against legit good players very often
so the anticheat needs to work or rank is gonna be a mess
echo quest
He got diamond 3
But that was because his 5th game he played cheaters again
And this time they didn’t get kicked from the match
echo quest
According to a chinese caster every player has left the titans
celest spear
Jehong retired, Haksal already found a team, Titans are looking to pick up an NA contenders team
hidden vault
Lol Vancouver going Canadian maybe?
Sucks to be fissure that no one seems to cate about him
hidden vault
They probably didn't think it through when they kicked bumper
true hound
Wack seeing such a dominant team just crumble
karmic grotto
ooof
Also
Much talent in KR
GOD
PLS
SOMEONE GET KAISER
or Daco if you can btw
whoever is better idc
as long as ther eis something
vivid solar
What in the world is happening with vancouver titans lmao
I don't follow Overwatch esports at all
but I've seen posts about every single player leaving the team???
tropic herald
@vivid solar players don’t like management
tropic herald
I think that just shows the scale
echo quest
Of how stupid titans managements is
tropic herald
The fact that Jjanu, the one who doesn’t use twitter at all, tweeted “I’m free” is a really bad look for the Titans
surreal tulip
So this only has something to do with team management? What about the attitude of some of the players? Doesn’t it make sense to play in Vancouver when you’re playing at the ‘Vancouver’ Titans? And players thashing their own team in public tells you something. Never seen that on this scale outside e-sports.
surreal tulip
Harblue would be awesome.
Love that guy. He often outplays OWL players when I watch his stream.
rare magnet
balmy wolf
The titans situation honestly makes me a bit sad
I never rooted for the titans but they were a dominant team who we never got to see in other metas
It’s all falling apart
Ryujehong is posting this morning about how he is looking for a team
That he is leaving titans today
I would love to see him resigned to Seoul dynasty
Apparently the entire roster is being dropped
true hound
Rip runaway
feral wing
true hound
Nope
true hound
damn
true hound
god damn
true hound
idk
worn falcon
karmic grotto
Apes. Together. Strong. #Titans
worn falcon
Angry Titans
karmic grotto
Tema doge pls
tropic herald
Both teams wouldn’t be the bottom of the pack either 
karmic grotto
Pls, get Harbleu pls
tropic herald
I mean Harb is part of Luminosity now
worn falcon
Man, titans should release the full statement instead having us like this
worn falcon
Also if all the players are out, they gonna expensive for the orgs
Mayhem, Valiant, Outlaws are broke af
tropic herald
True
worn falcon
Dunno about Uprising, but doubt they can afford Fissure and JJANU
tropic herald
I think Haksal got picked up by a team in Asia
Idk about others
I feel like if Boston gets any of these players it’s a W
worn falcon
There are rumours about Haksal and other being already picked for other team
tropic herald
What team are they saying?
worn falcon
They didn't said, again all rumours/especulation
The other rumour is RJH retiring from OWL
tropic herald
Any team in Asia could’ve signed him but Shanghai
For Haksal
Honestly if Ryu retires it will be super sad
Wouldn’t blame him but it’d be really sad
tropic herald
Wait a minute
How did this go under the radar
Who’s the player sitting on the couch?
tropic herald
Ryu is now streaming and it’s titled ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
digital cloud
why is that significant?
isn't that basically just indicating sleepiness?
sorry, laughter
why did I mix that up
anyway
sullen berry
Korean backdash FFFF
tropic herald
Well idk, But he’s definitely in Korea still
tropic herald
Isn’t it generally laughter
sullen berry
Speculation
tropic herald
When you look at some of the comments and the caption of that post
sullen berry
Redshell hinted at jjanu leaving is one of at least 5, but that could be referring to anyone
tropic herald
Speculation goes away
sullen berry
떠나요ㅎㅎ literally translates to laughter
hot heart
Lmao
karmic grotto
It can happen but
Titans will get above the situation
they're not gonna let themselves go down
sullen berry
See if i could name a terribly managed org outside of overwatch i thought it would something from LOL esports or Whip
raw ermine
how tf would redshell know anything?
sullen berry
No about titans neccessarily
sullen berry
But an OW league yeeting of players
raw ermine
and now they are imploding
radiant vessel
yo bumper popped off though
sullen berry
You can thank the 2 year contracts expiring as another factor as well the obvious moving to other games
raw ermine
he was a good leader and his rein fit the titans playstyle
sullen berry
No i think this is because of a toxic turmoil between the players
Starting with bumper and how he was the most volatile of the players
raw ermine
They could have kept the old roster, maybe ditching rapel and hooreg, and have been fine
sullen berry
But it didnt stop with their tank line leaving, oh no
Speaking of hooreg
I completely forgot ||he’s only been on championship winning teams, so Outlaws is going tk win OWL season 3||
true hound
Ohh shit
sullen berry
Big wins if true
sullen berry
You think were joking vinum but historical evidence doesnt lie:
‘’’
A running joke among the community refers to Hooreg as the "Benchgod", considering that, despite the fact that he rarely started for the teams he has played on, all of the teams he has been on have won the tournament that he had participated in.
‘’’
Titans kryptonite this whole time was hooreg leaving
Kappa
hot heart
ChipSa is the new benchgod
sullen berry
He is doing Christfer a favour
hot heart
Like ever
sullen berry
And by extension, his family
Parents have to be proud of an esports dynasty in a game they probably know little about
hot heart
Yeah
Hopefully he actually does well
Or well enough that he gets played a few more times
Then id be satisfied
sullen berry
A real chipsa fan demands more screen time
sullen berry
A TRUE chipsa fan not only has the owl custom jersey...
hot heart
Chipsa shouldn't be in owl
sullen berry
But can name exactly what map he got subbed in and how many frags he go on the other team. Not exaggerating but this is rhe closest parallel to the fandom you see in traditional fantasy sports drafts
karmic grotto
@hot heart kodak (he did play although 1 match) and frd shouldn't be in owl until they play. basically, any benched player don't belong in owl until they play
hot heart
No
karmic grotto
yes
tropic herald
Kodak played
karmic grotto
im not changing my mind
hot heart
Kodak has found success in contenders
sullen berry
Well now, are we just talking atlanta’s bench specifically?
karmic grotto
yeh
sullen berry
No water
karmic grotto
can also be about any bench
sullen berry
Just fire now
tropic herald
Idk why FRD is still on ATL anymore other than maybe internal scrims
sullen berry
@karmic grotto i feared this was a ridiculous conversation to stretch to other teams, ngl it’d be entertaining AF
@hot heart Ado (he did play although 1 match) and Bazzi shouldn't be in owl until they play. basically, any benched player don't belong in owl until they play
Lol ignore the last ping
Just setting an example that bazzi has not looked good since hero pools started this season
And ado is basically Diya with a hangzhou spark skin
hot heart
Ado
sullen berry
Played once to just have time on stage
hot heart
I completely forgot about him
sullen berry
Benched with u4
sullen berry
Who is also on Hangzhou as assistant coach
sullen berry
Its quite late here, but i assume he doesnt have much to say about their situation
hot heart
Probably not allowed to say much
sullen berry
Twitter
So i have been very dubious about sources in the past, from sigma leaks in brazil and even mostly accurate slasher / halo of thoughts stuff
But this lines up the most personally, take that with a grain of salt
But some of the reddit tagged gossip is looking VERY convincing
we may have more information coming out over the weekend
tropic herald
I have notifs on for Titans Twitter now
rare magnet
RJH streaming again https://www.twitch.tv/wpghd321
sullen berry
Oh whose ready for it
clear crane
I would like to see Twilight on Paris. They can use an upgrade on flex support since Hyp left
tropic herald
Twilight to Atlanta
raw ermine
lmao
tropic herald
So many teams could take a better Flex support
grave sail
where is haksal going to? has it been confirmed?
tropic herald
All I know is him being in Korea still
clear crane
i cant understand rjh with my piss poor korean 
sullen berry
Theyre fielding the models you see on the fanatics websites wearing their jerseys at this rate
idle beacon
just heard the news today .. who else from the OWL is switching over to Valorant?
grave sail
babybay might
digital cloud
anything with the stench of Tencent is a hard no for me
at least when they have a controlling share
Riot?
100% tencent
Blizzard is like 5%?
almost too much
grave sail
i could see haksal going to spark
theyre the only team in korea which doesnt have agood flex support
digital cloud
do they have the money?
grave sail
probably, they didn't do much over the off season
they only got coldest and mika
and ado
are all the vancouver players in korea
digital cloud
I was told they had returned to the US
digital cloud
very stupid of them, ditching such a talented roster
grave sail
ikr
grave sail
flowervin worked so hard to get all the runaway players onto one roster
and then the management just fuck it up
id love to see kaiser and daco get teams
theyre such talented players
but in contenders
grave sail
idk i havent watched much
digital cloud
because he was not looking great on Atlanta last year
grave sail
wdym he was amazing
he was the main reason they beat ny ttwice
but he has some toxicity issues
digital cloud
I would say that was more Erster and Masaa
but yeah, the toxicity was also a problem
grave sail
washington would be a great home for him
digital cloud
not sure I would put him over Hawk, though, now
grave sail
they can untoxify any player
digital cloud
Hawk and Gator are quite good
digital cloud
I am told they prefer pokpo?
grave sail
gator seemed much better tho
digital cloud
personally, Gator has looked good to me on literally all tanks he has played
digital cloud
really?
digital cloud
I prefer Gator's sigma, but Hawk looks good on him to me
grave sail
but his zarya isnt great
digital cloud
I think his zarya performance is more that zarya isn't great in OWL rn
grave sail
why would the pros play zaya then
digital cloud
well, I am sure there are some situations that she works
but the meta seems to be pretty rein dva/sigma orisa oreinted
I think they are running zarya more due to the dva booster nerf
but I think dva seems to still be the better choice for them
honestly, I think that Pokpo orisa and Gator sigma might be the way to go
idle beacon
lol still orisa+sigma meta?
digital cloud
at times
idle beacon
boring
digital cloud
the bans mean it switches up a bit
idle beacon
i thought OWL would also have the weekly hero ban system?
idle beacon
havent watched owl since 2 months or so
grave sail
it has switched up
clear crane
Halo thinks Titans might pick up an EU team
idle beacon
since they went to youtube, tbh
idle beacon
is rein+sigma a thing?
grave sail
yh sometimes
rein dva or orisa sigma is better tho
i could see haksal going to spark
Yh nvm hes not going to spark or charge according to roy
assuming hes still in korea that means its one of chengdu nyxl london or shanghai
its not chengdu cuz theyre chinese roster
nyxl maybe but they have libero and whoru
shanghai probably not
so that only rly leave sout london
😑
oh it could be seoul
but they have profit
idk
tropic herald
Fits isn’t bad????
raw ermine
seoul has profit, fits, and illicit
tropic herald
I’m gonna be honest Seoul didn’t lose because of Fits
They lost Bc they kept Marve1 in on dva
grave sail
i think its just that shanghai were the better team
tropic herald
That too
clear crane
So Jehong not retiring
grave sail
hdyk
true hound
esketit
grave sail
thank god
clear crane
tbh i wouldnt be surprised if he decided to just take the rest of this season off and try to come back next. With the pandemic and him being in korea, his options are kinda limited (none of the korean teams really need a FS rn) and this whole situation just might have him burnt out for a bit
grave sail
hangzhou need a flex support and according to leaks hes already found a team
clear crane
dont think hz would run with 3 FS
raw ermine
oh
clear crane
Time to go with Roky or pick up Slime 😅
weak bolt
Kellex always seemed like a pretty cool guy, shame he's always been put on pretty awful teams
sullen berry
I need a thanos snap post of the original Uprising roster still in the league with their current teams
short sparrow
Let's go roky
sullen berry
Kellex had it good once
tough gorge
sullen berry
Still waiting for more spoonfeeding before we jump the gun there
On the bright side
More Canadian rivalry matches
raw ermine
TD isn't dead at all
sullen berry
That might be a bigger clown fiesta than Houston vs Dallas
raw ermine
Kellex was good and will be missed, but we have roky
sullen berry
Or chengdu vs the world
sullen berry
That would be great if that happened as often as twice a week
short sparrow
We getting a 5-hour canadian thriller?
weak bolt
Titan's picking up a bunch of players hungry to succeed in OW could get a fair few wins vs some current teams imo
sullen berry
I can see a 4 map game going for 3 hours, tops
Longest 4 map match
In where Nero passes out
And ||Mickie has the most screen time in season 2||
clear crane
Is Slime possible? Prob the only other MS right now with a Canadian Visa but he prob doenst want to leave Korea
worn falcon
did he confirmed?
next mesa
wait
clear crane
he said on his stream hes not retiring..
hot heart
Wtf i almost thought he actually retired
next mesa
if he retired owl sexiness was boutta drop by at least 90%
hot heart
True
weak bolt
I'd be amazed if we see any Titans player other than maybe Fissure join an NA team. Why would they have quit titans if they're happy to play NA
sullen berry
So you assumed in fear that he retired, did you just assume he did on stream
raw ermine
wait wdym nero passes out @sullen berry ? He literally fainted?
hot heart
TorontoDefiant Toronto Defiant have announced the retirement of Kellex: https://twitter.com/TorontoDefiant/status/1256291165156126725
weak bolt
I could see Jehong going back to Dynasty as a player/coach or something
hot heart
NOOOOOOOOO
next mesa
no because jehong posted on his instagram "Leaving lol"
sullen berry
@raw ermine slept from boredom
earnest leaf
People put on the tinfoil hat too often with stuff like what jehong did
go waaay too deep into the meaning
sullen berry
They were on the last map and jesus christ they couldn't restart the match because one player from each team had problems loading into the game
next mesa
but I think jehong is leaving titans
worn falcon
@earnest leaf how dare you to say 💣 from NYXL doesnt mean they're imploding too?
: (
earnest leaf
lol
sullen berry
Map 4 went for a total run time including pause gate for over 1h on Havana
next mesa
@weak bolt didnt fissure leave gladiators in the first place because he preferred an all korean team
hot heart
Ye
weak bolt
Assuming the Titans players want to stick in Korea, they're options are limited to; Spark 1 slot, Charge 5 slots, London 1 slot, Dynasty 3 slots, Dragons 1(?) Slot
sullen berry
Charge has many spots
next mesa
dragons dont really need nobody
sullen berry
There would be leaks by now confirming any movements and additions to their team
weak bolt
3 spots at NYXL too, forgot them
sullen berry
As scuffed as their game as been as of late, they don't need another support or tank from the business side of the org
They're losing enough with Neptuno returning to spain
But still on the team
next mesa
apparently a chinese caster said everyone left the titans
echo quest
Removed eternal tag
weak bolt
I can't see anyone staying at Titans, if the RA core is gone, Jehong/Fissure aren't going to stick around for a random NA roster
sullen berry
Oh Harrison pond
You deserved to be on a scuffed EU Spitfire roster. You really did.
weak bolt
I can see Titans picking up a range of fringe players. Kruise, Logix, Soon, Sharp, Trill etc.
raw ermine
prob just retiring or FA
clear crane
Soon prob doenst wanna leave home lol
next mesa
titans prob just fucking dissolves
weak bolt
Doubt they'll dissolve, its probably cheaper to pick up 8 minimum contract players for 1 season
next mesa
oh yeah thats true shanghai didnt dissolve after season 1
weak bolt
Just do a London, throw in a bunch of cheaper players, minimise your investment
sullen berry
@next mesa for your health. Stop reading this as if it were fact. None of this will be true until it comes from the org itself and when they want to make these moves official or not
Will retire is gossip
As he said on stream, it's not true
clear crane
last 2 points kinda contradict each other lol. unless they want both
sullen berry
Could work I guess
weak bolt
Guess its if any Gen.G players willing to move to NA
sullen berry
We through dreamer lastro rain plus some western players was dumb at a point in time
earnest leaf
the retire part is fake altogether luckily
next mesa
the whole thing is already unreliable
clear crane
but Gen G players also prob dont have visas rn anyways
next mesa
because jehong isnt retiring
earnest leaf
Well
sullen berry
I can say given they are now down to 7 players
weak bolt
I'm guessing Jehong didn't say him leaving titans was just fake news ? :p
earnest leaf
Considering two big people already dropped from titans
sullen berry
(technically) The only exchanges they can do is buyouts
earnest leaf
It's not farfetched that there might be some truth to the post
sullen berry
And whether the league rules allow them to continue being 7 players instead of the minimum 8
weak bolt
Boston has 6 players at the moment, I think they'd get away with 7
sullen berry
With jjanu and seominsoo to fill his place on the interim
next mesa
I think all the players are leaving titans but as for signings and stuff i dont know
weak bolt
I'd guess someone will have bought out Haskal, and the other Titans players are FA and just negotiating their contract breaks
I reckon Jehong will go back to Dynasty with the prospect of being a player/coach and perhaps go the coaching direction long term
next mesa
who is dyansty's coach again
sullen berry
Some head coach who came from WashingtonJustice
sullen berry
And uh
weak bolt
They have WizardHyeong as 'strategic coach' who was the WJ one
next mesa
mmmmmm
sullen berry
next mesa
wizardhyeong is like
clear crane
ah good ol WizardHyeong
weak bolt
Dynasty only have 3 supports atm, so adding a 4th allows more potential for internal scrims
- reunites the fan favourites of Tobi & Jehong
next mesa
it just doesnt make sense when they already have bdosin
clear crane
well they need a MS den, not 3 FS
next mesa
as much as I want jehong in dynasty like
weak bolt
Don't have to sign him as a starter
clear crane
i think more likely he does wat miro was,
weak bolt
Don't think he joined Titans expecting to be a starter over Rapel
sullen berry
You wouldn't resign a player back to be a starter
next mesa
twilight
weak bolt
thats the one
sullen berry
I don't know of any that has happened to date in an OW League team
weak bolt
Resign him back, get the fans on side, cheaper contract, have him help the team as more of a back end personality/coach
sullen berry
Shanghai? Only to moneyball
raw ermine
Chengdu-no
sullen berry
And it'd have to be a trade with somebody off their full roster
weak bolt
Do 2 way players count as one of the 12 roster slots?
raw ermine
yes they do
next mesa
@weak bolt yes thats what I hope happens
raw ermine
HZS-Probably not
weak bolt
We are also forgetting Twilight is likely to be available, if you're after another support, you'd think he'd be first choice
raw ermine
Houston-no
earnest leaf
Fissure to outlaws
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I mean
weak bolt
Just play Ana/Zen 24/7
clear crane
Fissure might just retire again
outer zenith
I like Ryujehong as much as the next person, but at this point he's just a beloved personality. Where he ends up is mostly inconsequential.
next mesa
what if the whole team just skurt back to contenders
weak bolt
Fissure will at least be setting himself as #1 rank, in most teams played for
karmic grotto
Twilight to Defiant
outer zenith
Outside of the ongoing developments with Vancouver, the only thing confirmed have been the retirement of a few NA and EU players. But none as far as Korean and Chinese players are concerned. I find that the most interesting takeaway.
weak bolt
Rumours are this season Fissure has matured a lot since last season, if true, I could see him picked up
sullen berry
@outer zenith yeah the scene in China more so. It's stagnated at worst
weak bolt
surely we have to assume the Titans players won't be joining NA teams, otherwise why even leave Titans in first place
sullen berry
Korean players from t2 are still more than capable replacements to their OW League equivalent
sullen berry
And EU stepping up imo with what's left
sullen berry
Lullshish should just move on or find a realistic way to get back onto Justice sooner, given visa hell
weak bolt
Anyone know what the English skills of the Titans Runaway players is? I can't recall them ever being on a non-korean roster
clear crane
Besides Fissure? no idea
sullen berry
Little to non-existent if I'm going to be honest
weak bolt
So I doubt we'd ever see them on any roster that isn't full korean
sullen berry
If you play overseas, you'd get English lessons to interact with fans less awkwardly at best
weak bolt
Narrows you down to the asian based teams, excluding Chengdu
As I think Chengdu communicate in Chinese?
clear crane
Chengdu has 0 koreans so prob safe to assume that haha
sullen berry
Well think back to birdring. Assuming spitfire did a hell of a lot of English development out of game with him
weak bolt
I hope Dynasty pick up Jehong and Haskal, NXYL pick up Slime, GZC grab Twilight
Spark grabbing Twilight could be interesting, but they have ColdesT coming of age soonish I think?
cloud latch
I don't see nyxl picking slime since they already have anamo and mandu
true hound
they don’t really need more players
weak bolt
Ah crap yeah I forgot Mandu
sullen berry
Rumors currently point to spark and charge are not in competition to pick at the scraps of a broken titans roster
true hound
They wouldn’t need Jjanu considering they have hotba and Bianca
sullen berry
Rumors of Mandu on Charge 2019 LUL
clear crane
Isnt ColdesT already at age? i forgot who was supposed to be the "hot prospect" besides Sp9rkle
weak bolt
Charge have a very small roster atm, guess it all depends on how quick they can get Wya/Neptuno back
No backup tanks or supports currently
But I guess they are potentially an English speaking roster, so yeah...
clear crane
Titans to drop more news plz
weak bolt
Runaway to Valorant is my best guess at this situation
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what
true hound
lmao
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well on the other hand I cant wait for dragons vs nyxl
weak bolt
I'm more waiting for Philly to play a better team so see how good they actually are
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I mean
weak bolt
Although their next 3 matches are Paris, Fuel and Titans 😦
weak bolt
True, but nyxl looked like a totally different team then vs now
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I just really really hope that the nyxl vs dragons match isnt another 3-0
we've had so many 3-0s
weak bolt
I'd accept a 3-0 to Dragons, at least then we can for sure establish them as #1
next mesa
thats booooooring
weak bolt
Maybe, but having an established #1 means that you get big upsets which are fun
true hound
We got fusion vs Paris 3
next mesa
mercy and ball
weak bolt
ah, Paris may be able to put up a fight then if they can run Rein
weak bolt
I'd guess we'll see lots of Carpe torb again to try counter Soon Tracer
clear crane
I need Dragons vs Philly/Shock
sullen berry
No wrecking Ball makes panda sad
sullen berry
Leave can't play anything worth this time waiting to be in OW League for (his play on legs is fine but he can't be that excited)
Molly and lengsa/yveltal is pretty good
weak bolt
Decay played round a WJ torb, not a Carpe torb lol
tropic herald
I’m just saying
Please pick up Team Doge Vancouver
#stomped
Wait
Some of them are too young
Shoot
Okay
If Vancouver is picking up a contenders team
Realistically it’s TI?
sullen berry
If it's a tight budget, they're going after T1 or gen.g for a Korean core
NA players can't be too hard to pick if they've only started prospecting
weak bolt
Titans gonna need a coach too lol
Pick up Bren, Sideshow, Jake, Custa, Reinforce & Jaws, and can probably scrape a win against Boston
weak bolt
Fissure to Paris could be interesting if Paris want to go full Korean
With this new format, winning the may tournament is not a small amount of money, wonder if any teams will make signings to try recoup it back through those
balmy wolf
Why wasn’t Sinatraa playing in the last overwatch league round? Was it because of the rumours of him retiring?
echo quest
No
He basically said he lost his drive to improve and be the leader which was evident in scrims
So he was taken out of the dps rotation
Otherwise he said he would have started a lot of matches cuz crusty would have wanted him too
round cargo
any ow pros that havent quit yet?
weak bolt
Those who play no aim heroes
digital cloud
so is third impact one of the better contenders teams?
tropic herald
They are pretty good
Don’t quote me on this but they were allegedly rolling OWL teams in scrims
Don’t know what team
weak bolt
Probably one of the only contenders teams at this stage lol?
tawny sigil
how many pro players left to go play valorant?
balmy wolf
Is the nyxl game in 12 hours or sunday
raw ermine
12 hours
barren quest
raw ermine
assuming you mean the shanghai one
balmy wolf
Yed hope it wont be a 3-0 kinda boring seeing them all weeks
karmic grotto
Not sure if zombs is high as what when Dafran hosted him he was happy and said
"Sentinels Dafran..."
raw ermine
that's possible
cause selfless synergy
but who know
idk if dafran even wants to scrim any more
maybe for valorant
balmy wolf
I mean theres hint that babybay is going to get signed for sentinels and theres only 1 last spot left
karmic grotto
Actually
balmy wolf
I mean dafran is in a whole another region rn so playing with him is gonna be a pain
karmic grotto
Dafran was very happy
Finally a game competitive with equal skill
He had a good day today
balmy wolf
but I wouldn't be surprised if he got on
tawny sigil
the casters... they just want to fuck off this game and play valorant or something, they're all streaming it
then you have random ironic slips like this
tawny sigil
change, again?
make sense i guess
that change make more sense than affecting the lower tier aswell
weak bolt
yeah seems to make sense. I guess niche one tricks in GM will be happy
outer zenith
Masters and above, eh? The folks actually did it.
Well, well.
This is going to bring it's own host of issues though.
There are absolutely players out there who will throw games to get below the SR thresholds on weeks where their hero(es) of choice is banned.
And the incentive to smurf is also amplified for similar reasons.
But, it is what it is.
weak bolt
More than likely, but I can't imagine its a lot. They likely to just swap to a smurf account
Might have a slightly negative impact on the Diamond/masters border, but good for everything below & above imo
outer zenith
Bottom line is, the game needs a proper ban system. There's no way around it.
You'd get the benefits that this system allows while minimizing the drawbacks.
weak bolt
This is another step in the right direction though, thats enough for me atm
At least OWL will get proper hero pools again
digital cloud
thought it wasn't til may 6?
well, cool anyway
this will surely resurrect OWL's chances
raw ermine
ayy me too
digital cloud
yeah, they do look nice
raw ermine
maybe, maybe not
digital cloud
I dunno
digital cloud
who is 8th right now
raw ermine
paris
digital cloud
I bet they could beat London
raw ermine
so I would consider them lower
digital cloud
Impact
rare magnet
eff2ct is streaming with a face cam he looks pretty different https://www.twitch.tv/eff2ct
raw ermine
man he does
raw ermine
I agree with the sentiment about the echo tourney and the breakable barriers
those were fun to watch and garnered lots of attention
and it was great to see a bunch of streamers throw together a team
normal basin
is it bad to like the spitfire??
raw ermine
tokens finally
tropic herald
If they can continue to have this transparency that would make the community much happier
true hound
we like to shit on blizz a lot
but theyve honestly stepped up their game
first the cc reductions, mei nerfs, fixing the hero pools to what the community wants, and now listening to our concerns about OWL
ill take it
outer zenith
Solid update.
rotund sail
3-1 NYXL
rotund sail
3-0 Dynasty
severe swallow
LMAOOOOOOOo
severe swallow
Imagine Godsb tries Echo
that'd be interesting
WAIT SEOUL LOST!?
I'm just suprised
balmy wolf
NA production
severe swallow
I love these goons