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Danteh is probably on a low wage contract as he was signed like mid season in S2
it just annoys me
when meko was a tank duo with mano
he FUCKED
he's just wasting his potential
Mano is fucked because of the nyxl policy of give Jjonak all the resources
NYXL are in a weird spot, they have some promising talent, and some semi washed talent who are fan favourites. Who do they focus on
please dont tell me you think sbb is washed
NY been mediocre since season 2
He's not garbage tier, but they aren't going to win OWL with him
you mean just s3
has been a bad season for nyxl
because ny was an elite team in s2
just fucks up in playoffs, like usual
NYXL could easily drop Sbb, Anamo, Nenne, Hotba and Whoru. Find some good replacements, and have a chance at contesting in Season 4
I'd keep Mano, Bianca, Jjonak (If he can adapt his play style), Haksal, Mandu and Libero. Then add in some new talent
If they want to win OWL
sbb and jjonak are confirmed staying
That's the problem, do you commit a roster slot to someone who isn't going to be played?
they just need coaching rn and maybe a tank change
My worry is they wont be able to change the dynamic if they keep all these older players. They needed to adapt this season and didn't
dude the ny coach
fuck what's his name
starts with I
anyway he was smoking some shit
imt
nenne on sombra
why not put sbb on sombra
Some decisions make no sense
his sombra was a nut in goats
Ye
That can't all be coaching though. The scrims must be giving some sign that it's their best style
idk
I think you convert sbb into a streamer like they did with Pine. Keep him assosciated with the org
He's too good for that
dont do sbb like that
I wanna see nyxl
With good coaching
Then after that
Decide who leaves and who doesnt
They dont have that luxury though
This year is NYXL's last season
They have the pieces
They fuck this up there is actually no hope
Do they have the pieces though? If you do roster comparison vs Shock/SHD/Fusion? I'd say they are lacking a lot
idk I just think they need a decay-like hitscan
haksal mano still top tier
jjonak learn to stop being so aggressive still monster
I think at minimum you need 1 top hitscan, 1 really good main support, a top tier off tank, and potentially a 2nd flex support
anamo and mandu's all good man
they should stick to bianca
not hotba
imo
but yes nenne can't compete
Anamo is ok, but good enough to be championship winning? idk. Didn't see enough Mandu to judge much
Nyxl signing Glister/Xzi would do them a lot of good
Ah yes, I will now commit watch to earn Mercy and Symmetra Contenders skin

still waiting for Zarya though
fuck dallas
Xzi, Hanbin, Danteh and Junkbuck to Dallas. Dallas S4 champs
Doha Xzi Onigod
I think he's more explosive than nenne
Would Pine keep up in modern OW though? We've not really seen him since S1 and that was different OW
Hmm
If he still plays widow mccree
Yes
I think he will
Its like saya and diem for me
S1 OWL was all about individual plays, now its more about team work and synergy
did we doubt that saya can come back next season
Nah
Saya has been benched all year in fairness
Ye
like just on stream
I think it'd be a step backwards for NYXL to sign Pine honestly if they want to win OWL. If they just want ot sell Jerseys/Merch then go for it
u never know dude
pine just might be the hitscan they need
obv all speculating
BUT YOU NEVER KNOW DUDE
yeah it'd be a risk vs signing someone proven this year
Why would xzi and hanbin want to leave though
it makes 0 sense
Xzi and Hanbin removed all the Paris stuff from their socials
they just got sparkle
What if, and big if....
Ifk
Xzi, Hanbin and Rush all to NYXL
Rush?
that makes like no sense though nyxl would have to drop a lot of players
No doubt
idk
danteh to glads
Rush = Paris head coach
wasting all those time
🇪
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Sports
why is your name john in chinese
Its in the game
Why not
weird
Someone who understands
WHY WOULD THEY LEAVE PARIS
And who needs their talents

THEY MIGHT HAVE THEIR REASONS IDFK
if gladiators where to sign danteh, myunbong and fissure where would they rank
I don't see that roster working together...
Because Paris aren't that great if they keep committing to all their french players
They're not though
hanbin gets all the playtime
xzi gets playtime over soon
fielder is a nut
sparkle is a nut
all the french players getting cheques for sitting on the bench
Players also may want to be Korean based with everyone going on. Especially if Xzi has wrist issues still?
Sp9rk1e hasnt been amazing on anything other than the genji
doom
also yes his sombra is doodoo
but he doesn't even play sombra like why didn't they let soon play sombra
kinda weird
Sparkle was the biggest overhype all season. His only real good play was on a broken OP hero with the whole team giving him resources
Because people cream themselves over Genji blades
role star wasn't 100% fan voted though right
also, everyone had a shot on genji he was just too good
Because people casters cream themselves over Genji blades
also profit shouldve goten it over ans
His Genji is top class, no objections there, but outside of that and maybe Doom, what does he give to a team
nah
as much as I love profit
12-12 doesn't justify an all star
role star*
now in the playoffs yes
but this is regular season
Have Fuel released all their dead weight yet? Tomorrow could be a busy day with a lot of LFT posts

Big brain galaxy take for S4
Fissure is going to get signed, or he will become a coach
I can't imagine Fissure back in owl honestly, not unless Justice get desperate
as a coaching position maybe, but would many teams take the risk when he has little/no experience at it
where is mag going
yes

Anyway, today no announcements?
I wonder if these teams work together to announce
I wonder if they're thinking, that their investments were not rewarded
Dont think we'll see signing announcements for a while, just LFT/Releases

This is not a leak, but breaking news. Outlaws doesn't announce it yet, but I think they will soon
Houston taking all the good coaches
and still won't will LUL
first harsha now junk
I hope this doesn't get screenshotted and used against me in a year
Harsha was a fluke though
But now
This guy has Shock mentality
I bet he will make the players work

Way to go houston
now they need good players

Wow Houston actually made a decent signing
anybody has any idea of when an open division for SA might start?
choose SA and take a look
It's Houston.
We had paris last year
And now we have paris this year
If they make good pickups
I could see them being good
Paris got a GM from shock
Not any special
Rush was the coach
Id assume he still helped coaches
But i dont really think plugging in a shock coach changes much
junkbuck might of taken one last hit of crusty's crack pipe before he left, so maybe he can do something
maybe make them not a garbage tier team
junkbuck might of taken one last hit of crusty's crack pipe before he left, so maybe he can do something
@earnest leaf just maybe
Who would they even pickup
Like
The one player
Youd ever keep
Is danteh
And he's an FA
Hopefully they resign him
If they dont
Its over
keep meko, re-sign danteh
give moth a fat fucking bag
if xzi actually left paris get him
Lmao
I think outlaws going budget this year
that's actually a solid core
Go the route of Valiant?
And get a really good coach
That could work
But
They need amazing scouting
Id assume so yeah
Now
Who are the biggest prospects from NA and KR contenders?
Havnet had time to watch contenders this season
There have already been some rumours of AU contenders players being picked up
At least one player from Mindfreak and another from GZG
Why did liquipedia write Junk to houston?
yeah its prob gonna happen
but its not confirmed
When is the next match for overwatch league contenders?
its Overwatch contenders
their isn't "league" in the middle
North america doesn't play for a while
the closest next match is in 6 hours
its Chinese Contenders
or Korean contenders
mindfreak is the one that frogger is on right
Yeah
No it was another team
Nvm they lost 0-3
GZG won AUS contenders
Saw a tweet from Their offtank Adam
He's LFT rn
Unter vouched for him so thats something
He also got 4600 in NA with 180 ping i think it was
Yo I didn't see, danteh a fa
Yep
mindfreak is the one that frogger is on right
@next mesa he's said on Twitch he's probably done fucking around with esports. But they had a solid run despite no scrims throughout the season
Thank you, kid @mint turtle
Dont forget toclaim your free contenders skins on overwatch
its official
him and Harsha were on OWWC together
Is it just me or have i never heard that term used before in OWL
danteh isn't guaranteed gone
Frogger to shock
@hot heart To Dallas
Yeah, hasn't Harsha and Junkbuck worked together before? They might end up working well
yeah dont know who that is
jehong gm 👀
super unlikely but still
dude I forgot haksal was taking a break
did sinaatra leave owl?
a while ago yes
oof
he's in Valorant
oh
popping off
This makes the question
Who did Guangzhou pick up at MS
NOOOOO
Should I stay up til 3 to watch the contenders game?
What time is it for u rn?
1130
If u want to
Think I could get 15 hours only watching games this month when I’m awake?
Is it for the free skins?
Someone knows how to get the contenders skins???
roger live in 15
Danteh and Linkzr free agents!
Yay
I wonder where they goin
Why'd spitfire dumb highly 
Highly is not bad
Would be sick if london picked up myun honestly even though it'll never happen I'd love to see him work with glister for some reason
danteh and linkzr could still end up resigned to outlaws
will follow them wherever they end up tho
It's OWL Sacking day!
Ayo
Hol up
GZ dropped Krystal
Why'd they pick him up in the first place then lmao
Wait
They dropped wya too
istg I thought I saw Ameng getting booted from Chengdu and I almost screamed
the day chengdu drops ameng is the day I stop liking them
he is their claim to fame
they have like nothing else to like lolll
who is the best dva in the league
ameng is my favorite hammond player
What about the yetle or whatever the fuck they’re name is
I’m allowed to swear right!
?
idk, as long as it is not at some one or a slur i think its ok
Ok
I come back from work and FINALLY
one person has been entertained by contenders getting their own skin drops - right now
- Symmetra skins after enjoying 7 hours of live Contenders content.
- 15 hours you will automatically receive a set of Contenders home and away Mercy skins.
- Your hours will reset at the end of the month.
to be a pro korean player you must pose yourself arms cross with a smug look on your face
Meanwhile, in Korea:
@sullen berry I got money on Runaway taking it away
Hero Plays
Kalios just not a consistent winner
I was about to say why Run Dive into Reaper Hog but fuck it they made it work
so naturally pulling for an O9 is bound to happen on Busan
so glad to see solider getting play time from Mer1t
nup
assassin's hanzo is sharp
y'all mind if i boop the shit out of your dragonblade?
Did he hack the winston?
Genius combo, I thought Pelican threw by doing the hack without the EMP
he just decloaked and the team had their attention diverted
That's some 400 IQ play holy shit
really early personally
Need to see Hitscan God Kitty on Hurricane
yeah it's wild
O2 giving too much up
runaway snowballing
they give off seoul dynasty playoffs energy
They can win the set fights but they don't have the sustain when it goes to like brawl madness
Runaway just being scrappy af
Mission: Kill MAG
They Demeched Woohyal, forced the Bomb, had the EMP somehow get teamwipe by a bob and the rest of Runaway
this is a fantastic cold open
pixie delivered
it just kind of fell into the hanzo/genji animated short
haha
omg
that's one way to go out
Bruh that's some GOT monologue
New fan now
Made it sound like Runaway was about to charge the gates of hell
@sullen berry is Pixie the Play by play caster?
Lmao his analogies tho are proper
"I imagine them, sat alone in the throne room - their advisors have turned coat,
their honor guard has abandoned them, and they see stood in front of them,
the face of the assassin sent to kill them.
Thus the rein of O2 Blast looks poised to end" - Pixie
"And they get their REVENGE." - AVRL
Ana and Ashe would be swell
Hmm
I asked this question before but im not sure if i got answers
So
Here we go again
Who are the top prospects from KR and NA conteders? (Haven't watched Conteders)
name anyone from the current runaway roster
Gen.G and Talon are also up there as good picks in KR, since they're not in high demand as Element Mystic and Runaway
If you want names, there's MAG
Stalk3r
Choisehwan
MCD
Valentine
Na1st 
I don't follow NA to know how they would fare, but these look pretty good in NA
yeah we're only getting started with the nukes
watch more top 8 teams bin pieces of their rosters
it's the smaller releases that will really hurt
though I don't know what's in store for NYXL fans
Contenders Team Pics > OWL Team pics
How COD players think they pose in league photos

What COD players actually look like:
ZEBAG phoning in the 0-3
📞 👨🎨
Who's the Favourite for this matchup? @sullen berry
EM
I think aztac gets overhyped for his team
and the IM37/Valentine combo is deadly
but not as killer as that MN3 highlight we saw
Ayo
What
Meko is FA
My contract with Houston Outlaws is expiring and i will be a free agent. So i can explore all offres
Dms are always open
My discord : Meko#5714
My agent email : derei@naver.com
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Meko back to NYXL
The return
Where would mekO go
So many teams with top level offtanks
ATL maybe
why?
https://twitter.com/MekOppa/status/1317022300462444544?s=19
@hot heart fucking FINALLY
My contract with Houston Outlaws is expiring and i will be a free agent. So i can explore all offres
Dms are always open
My discord : Meko#5714
My agent email : derei@naver.com
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go back nyxl meko...
That was rather useless, signing krystal
you could say the same of like colourhex on toronto esports when they changed to uprising academy
man went from sydney drop drop bear to the states and waiting in line to join the main roster
someone else can look after krystal's unpaid debt to Spark
Bunch of stuff overnight, did I miss anything?;
Houston: Hired -> Junkbuck, Exploring Options -> Danteh/Meko
Charge: Dropped -> Neptuno, Chara, Wya, Krystal.
Seoul - Dropped -> General Manager
Chengdu: Dropped -> Baconjack, Ating
Hooreg, that's it https://twitter.com/Hooreg/status/1316959165437366272?s=20
I thought chara was p good, surprised they dropped him
Baconjack and ating are gone?
yep
Hmm are they lft
Ok
Bruh the charge give an entire message for krystal after he got dropped from the main team after being there for a few months but Houston can't give one to linkzr or muma
Ating only really looked decent on monkey, and even then didn’t look great
also spark posted this hearfelt message of chinese caster XiaoGui leaving the broadcast - it's quite magical for the guy 
https://youtu.be/in0uonqxpbQ?t=1031
As a Chinese-speaking caster, Xiaogui might not be as well-known in the English-speaking Overwatch community. Still, as one of the best CNOW casters joins Spark as the new Supervisor, we would like to present to you this documentary about the Final Act in his casting career.
players don't officially become free agents until the 23rd
so it's possible the teams are waiting until then if they can't make a deal
that's the difference between the teams making an announcement vs the players
Baconjack has retired from overwatch to complete his studies
stellar and mag
bruh
also are NA games rigjht after EU games/
i can literally leave it on from 3 to like 8 or 9
u get any tokens?
what tokens?
are the contenders games on the overwatch league channel
oh yeah
Who is the person to watch in contenders?
Like? Good teams?
Like individuals who will be in the league next year
Well EU is on rn right?
Ok
I don’t watch much contenders thanks for help
Drifters and T2DA from NA are good teams as well
And then if you watch Korean contendies
RunAway is fun
And Talon
There’s another team in Korea that’s cool but I don’t remember
O2blast?
Element mystic maybe
vizility owl when
^
I really hope I can make OWL this year. I had so much regret that I took a break/quit. I always felt like I could achieve so much more, and I still do. I don't want it to end just yet.
1143
someone must need him right
sucks how the last dutch player in owl was brussen on boston
he was doomed to fail there
closest we have to a dutch player is logix
their are a lot of dutch in contenders
What does he play?
Brussen is an off tank
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Dms are always open
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Bye OGE
Someone save Mek0
I can see him to Washington. They wud be unanimous winners in the Decay/OGE trade
🛡️ Thank you, @OGE_ow! 🛡️
Today we are mutually parting ways with OGE. We wish him the best moving forward and know his impact will be felt in LA forever. https://t.co/aQ9svNWI7h
But I can see Justice keeping Roar if it makes Decay happy given both former KDP
Honestly if justice want to make any solid achievements without a double off tank meta they release roar asap
Moth is iffy
Jesus
I think it’s because people replying seemed really angry
Damn they silenced moth like the Chinese government silenced peaceful protesters
Justice should get MAG
They should
not too sure what this follow-up tweet implies
everyone releasing their main supports cause they are gonna throw the bucket of cash at Moth 
I doubt it
hopefully teams are smart enough to offer a contract first before getting rid of in-house options
!!owl2021
Roster Construction Rules for 2021 OWL Season: https://overwatchleague.com/en-us/news/roster-construction-rules-for-2021-overwatch-league-season
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the 12th is when player trades can be submitted
the 16th is when they must exercise options
so if you wanted moth, you really should have done it by now.
or at least, that's how I interpret it
today shud be juicy
OGE to Justice, called it few weeks back and people said I was crazy 😄
OGE just replaces Roar wherever he goes
SLIME SLIME SLIME SLIME SIGN SLIME REEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
ttuba doe
I think jecse would be good on Justice
why would gesture and profit leave
They wouldn't.
kinda just got second place
I'm being hypothetical because I want decay profit dps duo
I think pine said on stream that he's trying to get signed to a team
fr
Liquipedia is making it seem like Krystal and Wya got dropped from both GZC and the academy
they didn't do that did they?
The main roster yeah
but prime as well?
Liquipedia still has Wya and Krystal listed as Active players on GZC Academy
Those numbers dont take into account that with Shock you have Viol2t doing a ton of dps that is going to naturally reduce your dps' overall damage too
April 2021 is the proposed start for OWL S4 currently i believe. But it wont be 100% confirmed anywhere for a while
Blizzard should run an NBA-bubble style. Whether here or in APAC. Similar to how every team operated out of LA S1 and 2
i dont think we will see any normalcy till late 2021
NBA bubble worked, but other sports it hasn't worked for them as good. I think when you can play online, it's the safest option
yup which is why i think it will work with this
u dont need them to meet in person, but have everyone in close location so latency is not an issue
and u can match everyone against each other eventually rather den an 13-7 or whatever split they want
How the fuck is boink STILL not released
Mystery my dude
Juckbuck
He could well have taken a coaching position internally
Houston haven't even done a goodbye post for those who are gone, left alone for someone moving into new role
and lose all your NA viewership entirely?
Depends on the Org though, to move you have to move a whole lot of things, not just players
and Misfits is an US Org, they want an NA presence I'd suspect
did someone got the Symmetra's skin? the contenders one I mean
if they were to choose one region
cuz i've watched the whole KR's contenders and I didn't get her
Mutual decision between him and team to leave. That's all that has been said
Ah
They won't ditch a whole region. They'll stick to NA and APAC. What they can do, is prepare for a mid season tournament that covers both regions in 1 location perhaps.
I heard the covid vaccine may be done early next year so that may be possible
Regular season April - June. July/August reserved for a special tournament of Apac/NA, then August - Sept rest of season, and Oct/Nov Grand Finals
All depends how much risk teams and OWL want to take honestly
I mean the NA/APAC thing was mostly because of how the APAC teams were already there because of homestands
So for all we know they might scrap it entirely
Yeah yeah, I don't mind the apac/na split but we do need more inter-region play
really surprised that the matches were so close after not playing against eachother for months
all map 5s and a decent grand finals
(we dont talk about fusion)
fusion didnt see map 5
Philly didn't see map 4 nvm about map 5 

Yeah fr levy, all in all it was a fantastic grand finals
fr fr fr fr fr
Off season news will have to sustain me til the start of next season
tsk
It will be interesting to see how teams fill out MT and now looking like MS for next year
They released OGE 
OGE to Justice
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i'm wondering one thing, would NYXL drop the entire roster and rebuild?
either yes or no
Houston looking with hunger in their eyes rn
Shock are letting their coaching staff go, scary
crusty?? 👀
Doubtful
I think people are learning from Crusty and then selling themselves on his success
sucking crusty's iq
NineK last year, Junkbuck/Arachne this year

It makes sense, when you hear stories of how bad OWL level coaching actually is
Houston just keep getting the scraps of Shock
danteh
I wouldn't say he was the scraps, exactly
he is still rather good
but yeah, Houston is pretty much trying to piggy back off shock most of the time
London Spitfire General Manager Noukky brings an update on the close of the 2020 season and what to expect from the team in 2021.
London Spitfire Links:
Website: https://spitfire.gg
Twitter: https://spitfire.gg/twitter
Facebook: https://spitfire.gg/facebook
...
who dat
oh they're going european then
Basically implying they are gonna promote hurricane to main roster
and work on keeping their academy team as a farm team
like Uprising and BU
Got a good feeling they will be a bottom 5 team
It's not like they care
They just want Western representation
As they should have had since the beginning
And you know, maybe it won't be that bad
BH is actually dominating so hard in EU Contenders
WAIT
Paris was able to poach Soon and others from NA
what
it's possible London can do the same
prob have HC opportunities
Crusty's gone mad
better pay
also there's nothing left to acoomplish
Imagine arachne to Washington
Crusty shuda gone back to Boston
That would be sick
bruh they dropped arachne
bet there will be news hes some HC in a few days
I wouldn't say dropped, that sounds negative
mutually left
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/764712872185167872/766717198034796564/unknown.png
My friend made some... interesting 2021 power rankings
No shot
very hard for any rankings to be made with the offseason moves lol
other den Shock/Shanghai/Philly at the top
since i dont see much changing with those 3 teams
how tf is toronto below london, london doesn't even have a full roster
like predicting where teams will be at the start of 2021
and HUK IS MOSTLY GONE CRAB RAVE
Mineral will be replacing him and his duties I believe
we're like 3 months away from realistic power rankings
hard to call that an upgrade haha
yeah but it's fun
ok
I mean
ok
lik what if decay fuckin leaves
just drops justice down to like d tier
im veryyy curious to see what Titans do
Mineral actually knows how competitive teams work and Huk knows how to make money, so Boston might be able to keep some of their talent for 2021 rather than selling their best players
I could see them keeping shockwave and blowing the rest up
or selling shockwave and blowing it all up
proper tier list
maybe with some actual time to coach and build their synergy and stuff they'll be good
i think they have to pick up a true flex lol
jesus fucking christ even as a meme Houston should be lower
NYXL might be blowing it up
probably
I think titans should go fuck themselves
they're one of the longest cores in Overwatch and you know how long standing cores go
Carcar yes
KSAA is good right
lotta teams need new supports now
yeah
yeah
Glads got 0
Roolf is kinda okay I think
jehong redemption arc
with time he could be good
Someone needs to throw 500k at Moth
we don't even know the salaries
that's not happening
lol
I know Decay had like a 400k salary in season 2 or something wild like that
imagine paying the guy 400k and he just skurt skurt
i thought space was on a crazy high salary
probably
finance in owl is very difficult tho
Vancouver should get rid of Tsuna and Carcar, but besides that I think they can build on what they have
esp if the entire league itself is not making omney
they are
its crazy to me
seoul pays everyone
they have the luxury of being the only korea-located team
I was about to say
if they ever expand they shud look for a busan team
its based off investors
u need the investors to want to pay for a team
hence why theres so many US based ones
I'm hoping for a pacific team (probably like Sydney) and a nother couple Korean teams
its crazy though
apac should have more investors
considering esports is soooooooooooooo much more popular there
The fact that there is only one Korean based team in OWL is crazy
yet
its all about league there
5th I think
So outluls are doing a full rebuild it seems
ya
But a team Busan would be nice
Busan Blasters
yup but league is pretty much a safe bet to profit
I wonder if they're gonna make a seoul map
while overwatch is still on the fence
Junkertown Queen pls
so if today is the last day for teams to pick up options, im expecting a lot more LFT post later today
prolly
Yo cool
london hurricanes
Confirmed they're going western so far
hm
Yup, London going into rebuild mode again
ok when does Boink go
he is untouchable, he is the real life equivalent of Lucio
no one can reach him
safe 30 meters in the air on his wall of untouchable-ness
Even muma is not king
Muma is gone, so yeah
I wonder if Boston sells Fusions to London
Boink is the real bench god
I wonder if Boston sells Fusions to London
@clear crane
Probably
Chipsa for starter on Spitfire
if they want EU representation you cannot get bigger than that
have you guys seen the super video
He said that ana was actually better than zen
viol2t is just a freak
which is understandable
lol
they would get kinda fucked
anyway even though I was rooting for soeul
I just love super's ego
inflating
^super's ego real picture



