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Nero
They dont have the cash
And he definitely has other offers
But if they could
Yeah
Nero would be amazing
Elo Hell has parted ways with the inventor of esports
I want nero to go to vancouver that'd be kind of cool tbh
Even if the rest of the team sucks
He could at least be a tiny bit of star power
And dalton isn't the worst of the worst
Agilities was leaked to there no?
I guess
Oooh was he? That's pretty sick actually
He can be the new pogwave
I believe in Vancouver ever since they beat Reign that one time lolol, they can do it maybe
Agilities is a top tier na projectile or genji at least imo
Did Neptuno retire?
@cedar oasis Free agency
Not as good as danteh but very close
I mean agilities in a genji meta got Toronto of all teams to 4th place lmao
Agilities is a genji roadhog two trick
Yeah but he's a really solid two trick lol
Do the same for Sparkle
Yet people are still hyped about him

I like agilities ok leave me alone 
and gengu
I could see ksf agilities
reuniting
Ksf as the flex and agilities as the projectile specialist
How good would pine fl0w3r be as a dps line these days
#freeleave
There both lft
fl0w3r as rascal role
Or architect
Imagine if shock sign fl0w3r
Under crusty he would dominate with shock
Yeah but if he was in the shock he'd play like once a month
They were way too stacked
Not so much anymore at least
With rascal gone but I don't think they really need another dps tbh
I just want to see Ta1yo more pls
Im really excited to see how london does
If they get pogwave and a lot of hurricane players they could stomp tbh
We'll see how they do in gauntlet first
Fair
I hope the hurricane players aren't a bust and actually perform though
Just afraid lack of competition is the reason they are so good lowkey
I mean im sure this season will be a little rough for a lot of teams since a ton of them are getting fat roster changes
What do you guys think is the biggest move so far , probably between moth or fearless for me
Fl0w3r is more like budget fleta
@next mesa rascal also plays hitscan. In s1 he played widow and mcree and he played tracer in apex sometimes
carcar retired
yeah
he wasnt that good
s1 dragons
Altering
great communicator of three languages
but none of that translated into more than 10+ map wins throughout the entirety of season 1
I've never seen a freefeed zen with potential shut down so hard
MG was playing like it was TF2 or some chinese 2D moba
Shanghai drop the whole roster and sign all of s1 Shanghai and win OWL s4
drop moon lol
Moon Tank
I wonder who is the worst ms
Well, how do you decide that?
Play them on the same team and see who has better results?
look at lucio mercy and brig stats
only stage 4 and playoffs
wasn't a MS role tho
ok lets see here
on lucio
Fiveking seems to be the worst
In league history?
Ok
damage, elims final blows
ok
maybe those aren't that important
for deaths and healing
carcar is overall worse
They are somewhat important
Zebossai has 7.7 deaths per 10
Deaths per 10 is probably most important
Very passive
Who the fuck is fiveking
Then again, shanghai probably took a lot of damage
still has 6.2 deaths per 10
S1 dragons MS
You guys think coma and youngjin deserve spots in the league?
Yes
Youngjin is retired so it wouldn't matter
Yeah he is
sideshow said how badly he got screwed by 222
Coma i think could do good
On like justice
Coma is Ms
My bad
I am gonna test brig lucio and mercy all at once
Who's the worst dps all time actually
Iโm curious
Would it be like undying
Whos the worst at every sub role
And make a team out of them
well this is interesting
MT, OT, Hitscan, Projectile, MS, FS
Name the team the redemption arc of the millennium
sleepy is somehow last in 2 metrics
We will edit them in and make a starting lineup
Hmm
Which 2
So
sleepy is flex
Since shanghai got clapped
so i wouldn't put it on him
It was sleepy
Ok
But now we have FS like Viol2t and twilight who are DPS that can heal
Kinda strange
Guys, guys, I just realised something... it's only mid-November.
And we're already speculating about what teams are going to be strong/weak in a 2021 season we don't even know when might start.
Let alone the format it might be run in.
ngl i think Glads are gonna be strong this yea
rr
just from the pickups we alrdy know
Yeah but we said that about Toronto Defiant last year too.
carcar wasn't the worst main support, but he is up there, his lucio actually wasn't that bad in terms of being slippery and mechanically, but Vancouver as a whole was never going to work effectively
idk I feel there has to be someone maybe slightly worse than him but idkk
he is up there
maybe an old backup on a shit team like boston or something had a worse support
then again carcar was barely t500 last time I looked at leaderboards so he isn't fantastic lmao
were the boston supports that were dropped ever any good?
I know myun is but I don't recall seeing anything about the other supports
Yeah but we said that about Toronto Defiant last year too.
to be fair kariv and kruise are pretty solid, and logix was hyped up, and agilities is popular for genji so understandable lolol
moth shu are undoubtedly both better than kariv and kruise on their roles
this glads roster would have to hard throw to not be a top 10 team at the least
I predict toronto and vancouver will be bottom teams next season
unless they make some major pickups
they are going to be dogshit
Logix and Dalton are not enough to carry 
logix is just
Meh
logix is incredibly meh
He has his moments though
Damn
Anyway
Logix paired up with someone insanely good
Would be fine tbh
As toronto you should be aiming for like
6th NA
Or 7th
You aint getting top 5
So dont try
But they dont seem to so im not worried about it
I feel like toronto sign 2 or 3 superstars and fill the roster with meh players
I think errror said that
But i agree with it
idk if 6th na is do-able
Hmm, what about Atlanta
will they suck or be mid tier again
hmm
other than dogman they didn't really drop too many great players or anything
saucy was super meh
they made an improvement with Pelican
Atlanta is one of those teams that comes into the offseason looking good but just disappoint every time
I stg
Tbh
ATL has a really good dps line
But holy fuck is the rest of their roster just not good enough
Hawk and gator are only really good at double shield
yeah their dps line has always been the best part of their roster realistically
they could do all tanks pretty well in contendies
I still assert it was coaching issues
but hard to say for sure
I blame coaches mostly
Like
If they got better coaches
I could see them keep all these players
Maybe upgrade the MT
But for the support line you really need to change it completely
I wanna see ATL pick up Contenders Stars
keep their dps line and just completely restart tbh
Id say just add a few more pieces
And just drop all the coaches
Keep gator and hawk as backups
Or drop gator
gator hawk are ok
keep them as backups and coach them
That and not being great at other heroes
oh yeah definitely
but they can both be coached if they get new coaches
no, hawk joined this year
I mean, gator is a mt
Yeah
and sigma has evolved since then
sig is like the most played hero this season
But if he can challenge choi
I just think that was quite impressive considering
Why not
bum
If hog ball stays meta until the new season chengdu might actually have a shot 
They really need to get a real team together, leave is a solid dps to build around and ameng is a fun gimmicky thing
Who is pretty okay at some other tanks I think
And with baconjack gone they have room to actually improve
Pick up Diya pls
Leave Diya would be a solid dps line
Tbh if chengdu just picked up the dragons releases they'd probably be better than they've ever been
hog ball isn't the meta
it's been majorly ball sigma/dva
and with moira buffs and no changes to any of the good rush comp heroes the winston dva sombra reaper moira lucio might take the dominant comp again
Ball has been pretty dominant from what I've seen, I also saw brig coming back a bit in contenders
But with health decrease I imagine that will stop
A Geguri ameng leave Diya chengdu would be kind of fun to watch lolol
Hog is probably gonna be dead again for owl
He already feels dead whenever he plays I to an anything else played well
I'll be surprised if reaper sombra dive isn't dominant with how meta looks right now
Pogging out over CSH
but it depends what the dev team come up with in their crack house
They've probably decided they will make it a challenge and integrate them with Eileen or make it a permaduo with Kaylee and Choisehwan
Build up that synergy
Charge downgraded in their support line tbh
they're looking worse than last season to me
but I've not watched contendies enough to know about their new pickups
Glads must've offered a massive bag
I hear MyKayleee is good tho
That or shu jumped ship
they would've
idk
Charge were relatively successful imo
considering they shared a region with the dragons
kayleee is solid
Kaylee and Sehwan should be a good duo
yes, the only conclusion we can get from that
Transitioning idk
yes, the only conclusion we can get from that
@digital cloud ah yes
But since fdgod left
Wonder where xzi goes
Xzi wants a mixed roster so...
Yeah but where would that lead him
What team has both the money and could attract top players like xzi
And is also planning to go mixed
Or already is
Maybe NYXL go mixed
I think they might drop sharp
But idk
Or trade him to paris or teams going mixed or western
I think ATL is becoming more korean
they have been pretty korean from the beginning
all western teams korean rebuilds
Korean OWL
Sharp is good
Shockwave is a FA yeah, there was a vague rumour of him to London, but his management agency kind of disputed that
some ๐ one ๐ sign ๐ diya ๐
^^^^^
fuel will annonce hitscon todo
Diya to Fuel?
I doubt it. Unless diya can speak korean
He said he could shotcall in korean but that doesnt mean much
Maybe he does after being on a mostly korean team for 2 years
Dallas Fuel Happy heh
Fuel is a mystery at the moment, rumours are denying Happy/Diya/Xzi, so I'm expecting Glister
What about nene
I think those would all be a downgrade
compared to happy/diya/xzi
obviously xzi super unlikely honestly
probably happy/diya
one of those + a tracer specialist
fuck it bring sbb
Nenne seems highly rated by people involved in OWL, just not by fans
other than super who else
Nearly all the casters/analysts rated him very highly
that's just surprising
Is there a reason Dallas wouldn't want xzi
He has experience with alot of their players
just sign pine 4head
Nenne is rly good
especially if they need an extra zarya aside from DPS
Your getting a nutty hitscan with a good zarya on the side
sparkle was the goats zarya for EM
I think Dallas will be happy to hear this, but I currently do not have their DPS pick up
ugh
God damn it @owhappy2, I now can't use the word Happy until you are signed this off-season
Nenne is rly good
@trail perch nenne was bad this year
This year he wasnt as good as usual
But that doesnt mean he is a bad player
I still wouldnt call him bad
@raw ermine hahaha he did a funny
his bad is still better than linkzr or logix in NA
I mean, his widow wasnt that awful
who played hitscan for chengdu
It wasnt the best
nah it's bad
yeah, and the asian based snipers are insane
Every team had a good one
Glister, GodsB, Happy, Nenne, Diem, Leave, Fits
Pretty stacked roster
I was going for more the sniper specialists
yeah but like diem>
You can also say Bazzi widow...
way better than baconjack
I would say maybe godsb not glister
bazzi retired start of the season right?
around the first weeks of online play
I think... but his widow was good at the start
around the time sinatraa retired
i didnt watch apac at the start od online so i dont know
According to sources, the Houston Outlaws have supposedly agreed to terms with former Guangzhou Charge DPS Jung-Woo "Happy" Lee.
what the fuck
yeah the month long period of uncertainty was really hitting people differently
why
But danteh happy?
thats a good dps line
Danteh is maybe the best western player in the league
and happy is a insane sniper
did linkzr leave houston?
yeah
oh
https://discordapp.com/channels/94882524378968064/233904315247362048/776703260982509598
on happy mutually parting ways with Guangzhou, it's pretty solid
linkzr was just worse
happy to dallas doesn't make sense in that case
it's still good to have connections with as many western teams
Houston picking up another top player? maybe they arent doomed
they wouldn't know unless the conversations were heavily leaning towards Dallas Full Korean during the postseason conversations
They getting a new hitscan
and releasing others
Not public yet doe
CATS hitscan right?
huh
That was the leak right?
idk
Yes
Idr the name
According to sources, the New York Excelsior have supposedly signed Team Cat DPS Gwang-Won "Gwangboong" Kim
670
Here we go
Gwangboong
lmfao
ok but danteh/happy might be top 5 dps duo
every team can have a top 5 dps duo
Are Houston keeping meko?
idk
but I think Danteh really dropped off by the end of last season
if he steps it back up then it might be a really good DPS duo but for now...
I'm not hopeful
He dropped off less than jehong...
his sombra play went from excellent to awful
so has Yeatle
I don't like to use ranked as a benchmark for skill, it's so much more chaotic than OWL even at the t500 level
True
yeah fair
I still don't have much faith
considering how he was as bad as he was at the end of the year, he looked like Colourhex had a concussion
Your over exagerating
a little
chex was still worse
but his EMPs were wrong, he was over aggressive, he used cooldowns too fast, there were a ton of poorly used cooldowns, all that fun stuff
unpopular opinion, chex was the worst player in owl last year
I'd say either Jmac, Muma, or Halo
That could have come from bad coaching or poor mental
Not Jmac as worst
I can see Muma or halo
I mean Jmac fed like a mother fucker
yeah but he was a good IGL
Is Jmac?
I don't think we heard anything about if jmac did that for london
I believe it was SanGuiNar
I could be talking out of my ass tho
nah Fusions was alright
fusions was like D
nooooooooo
not a high bar to cross
yeah but I think Gator is noticeably worse than Fusions
I mean Fusions impressed me once or twice last year, but Gator never even did that
But gator was just consistant
consistently bad, yeah
Fusions had some low lows
I hate it especially because Pokpo is a better orisa and gator was probably a better sigma than hawk
TRUE
like Sephy didn't know what the fuck he was doing right?
Sephy is a great person, not a good coach
gator/hawk might've been good in contendies but OWL is a different beast, and they couldn't step up to the plate
I miss the selfless days
EXCEPT FOR GATOR'S SIGMA and DEBATABLY his rein
how bad was kyky on dallas
worst coach in OWL history imo
didnt he say "u just have to trust me"
Love him, I watched a little bit of contendies
Nothing but good things about the chosen one
Its going to be confusing to have 2 chois tho
Depends on if they really end up signing SMS
if they do idk about the rest of the team, they my #2
If they dont I think that chinese members can really amplify guxue to pop off
But they wont be as good
They have architec
Where do you rank guxue in terms of main tank
top 3
I think he is solid but not top 3
Last year he was definitely really good
maybe because spark wasnt as good
This year he dropped a bit, but was still good
I think it was moreso his supporting cast than him though
like only players I think were better in MT are Sado and Fearless
Remember when someone called ameng a gigachad or something in s2
Idk kinda got worse
YOTTACHAD AMENG
I don't rate smurf that much
Smurf, fearless, sado i think outperformed guxue in s3
What about hydration
I don't think Smurf is amazing
Hydration is the best MT to touch OW
aight imma have to stop you right there
Super
Good ball
Smurf is a very bad ball, did we see the same smurf?
Does grand finals mean nothing to you?
I will agree his orisa is incredible though, easily #1
Smurf styled on marvell
I wasn't impressed by his ball
Smurfs ball did what it needed to do
he only got caught out because creative was sleeping him a lot
Smurf winston was just better than Sados
he was wasting seouls abilities tho
And thats the job of ball
exactly
Get CCed
Smurf was sooooo goood
Ball is just a cooldown waster
top 2 mt in NA
ball is just a turbofeeder hero
Amengs ball is just built differently
Mano had a good ball this season
amengs everything is built different
I forgot he played ball in the grand finals ngl, and if he's constantly getting slept, that's not unlucky or "Just creative hitting him," that's him getting bad play, and he poked too much
he took a TON of damage
Hes supposed to get slept
him getting slept is what he's supposed to do
Top 3 ball
lol
That was his job lol
Bc it also wastes hook
If anyone can take it, its ball
creative isn't firing sleeps into the entire team to hit ball
Smurfs ball was top tier
I'm aware
Cuz ball can survive
but he didn't survive, he took too much damage on his way in
ball doesn't auto die when hog looks at him so it's sort of the best case scenario when playing against hog
The only thing smurf wasnt top 3 on was like rein
Which is why shock have super
Did smurf play rien?
I'll give you a top 8 abll
Once or twice i think
blal
Who is 2nd to only bumper, if 2nd at all
ball
name 7 players better
Idk if we're being serious bumper could never look that good on rein on any other team
lol
the guy just inted into the enemy team and won cuz twilight slime and haksal
Oge, Ameng, Ball (EU contenders if we allow it), Rio, Gamsu I think slightly
yeah s2 was great
now I run into the problem of WHO THE FUCK EVEN PLAYS BALL
Oge over smurf?
yeah his ball was his best hero imo
Mano?
mano is another good one yeah
Did fate play ball
if we do allow contenders players, I think Gaga and 800 in China are better
No
incorrect
Fate's ball is okay
Maybe just average
Better than smurf?
yeah Rio and Gamsu were really good when they played it
Rio ball was real good
Mano ball
Yeah, we said mano
they played a much more safe ball playstyle that worked better than the "oh hey I'm slept in front of the enemy team again"
Well, meta calls for different things
it's fine to be slept, not as fine when you can't get peel OR survive
The meta where rio played wasnt with hog
Ameng said during goats era that the best wrecking ball before himself is Rio
yeah s2 is where Rio especially shone on Ball
Rio>Ameng?
so I think that says a lot about rio, who was pretty disappointing after the regular season
in terms of versatility, I'd pick Rio over Ameng
Rio has a lot of potential
Guangzhou has a really good team
because you are NOT going to have any adapability running ameng unless it's a counter start that works in their favour
They never were super great, but never shit the bed either
yeah he's just not a PLAYMAKER, and he shouldn't be, not with Chrong, Neptuno, and Happy on your team
Rio hasn't stated where he's going, now I really want a Rio Jersey
It's literally three letters
Chrong was a chad
and two numbers
lol
Heโs not staying?
he should go to NYXL, I'm sure he's decently cheap
Is he leaving?
I think GZ need a new main tank to change the atmosphere though
More likely that eileen or Rio have re-signed, their player option hasn't been declined
it's been a little samey and we've seen how 3 years of a main tank can hurt (HOUSTON)
True, they refreshed the DPS and Support roles
Guangzhou could be a destination for Yakpung
Eileen and Crong have to stay on charge
What about sado
If they dont, waste of talent
I feel like Sado to Mayhem makes a ton of sense though
but if he DOES go to Guangzhou then holy SHIT
Maybe, they do need a MT
guangzhou sado might actually be bad now that I think about it, Mandu and Kariv are very bloodthirsty supports, they need a lower resource player like Rio for them to play around I think
Well let's have look at their roster to date, then 
Choisehwan
Rio
MyKayleeeee
Cr0ng
Eileen
Mandu
Kariv
it would be a disgrace not to have a third tank in this lineup
yeah they want to put every resource they have into that DPS and support line
the tank line should be fine
maybe they sign another low resource MT
but who
they've done fine without, it's just for some healthy competition in the starting lineup
maybe a chinese prospect like Gaga or Over?
What about fissure
Gaga is very high
Choi boi and MyKaylee are Chinese or Korean?
idk he could be molded into a low resource one
on Chengdu's list of must have signings
both korean
Ok
CSH not choi boi
it's choi boi
I know
because our old choi boi is the choi man
Chengdu and Hangzhou probably both want Lige really bad
all out fisticuffs for that man
Whats his position
off tank
Hangzhou should also go towards Seominsoo 
Lige is rumoured to Spark at the moment
Interesting
easily best off tank in contenders china, probably top 3 off tank out of OWL
probably
Spark apparantly want a 12 man roster, so expect a few more people there
I talk to FISMS (the fan guy for SMS meme)
he has a potential peak around Crong I'd say
there's no way I see him missing next year
12 man rosters are a double edged sword
but you never know with 2021 without any reassurance players want to return after the Vancouver implosion
I dislike 12 man rosters personally
according to Charge COO Eddy Meng, it's not going to happen
12 man roster is too expensive just to set up shop for internal scrims
They provide some starting lineup competition and some flexibility, but then, its hard to make middle of the year signings, and they can get expensive
when there are better more trained ones in contenders korea who can do the same job really
Have you seen Spark's new house? Money is no object to them
True
spark not Charge
Bilibili is rich

we're not talking actual boston financials
We're talking the Chinese Dallas
no GZ has never really made the most out of a 12 man roster
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We're excited to welcome @xzi_ow to the Fuel! #BurnBlue https://t.co/iNUTvSgnMy
WAIT
LOL
money for roster building has its budget
LOL
HOLY SHIT
yooooooo
HOLY SHIT
verified yes

HE WANTED A MIXED ROSTER
DAM
POGUUUU
WHAT
No suprise
YESSS
OK FUCK IT DALLAS WIN 2020
HOLY SHIT
20201*
FUEL
I guess he didn't get offers from a Mixed roster in the end
DALLLASSSSS
DALLAS WINS
20201*
@silk frost are you in the future
FUEL CANT DISAPPOINT NOW
Now, if they do, itโll be more hilarious and sad
They still need a tracer player/backup hitscan imo
If Dallas fail then they should just give up
oh cra they got xzi
Xzi lost a bunch of last season to a wrist injury, they have to be pretty certain thats sorted to not sign a 2nd
if Dallas fail just sign a plat team and I'm sure they'll do better
They did it
A plat team could beat houston any day 
fair
that's how Fuel do it if they shit the bed
Yeah
I don't see a way they can fail
Or they just disband
Shock roster > fuel roster
Maybe
not without Moth
Everyone talking about fuel being a let down all the time meanwhile houston out here like 
Crusty>Rush
fdgod is barely a downgrade over moth
we always knew Houston would be shit
They need to be top 3 NA to meet expectations. Anything below that is a failure
S1 dallas anyone?
These are proven OWL players
oh no I think FDGod is the 2nd best main support
XZI
Ans is a better widow than Xzi but otherwise Dallas looking solid against shock
I fucking told ya
When fdgod goes to shock he's gonna be just ad good as moth
only problem is that Moth is so significantly better than everyone ever
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NA is going to be crazy this year, with Shock, Philly, Dallas and LAG
@karmic grotto no really, who
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Who cares about Philly tho 
I think Philly are gonna be worse
@silk frost not really
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Fdgod is also bringing a way better brig than moth, remember that
ah I'm loving the new dallas eternal mystic team
Ok, we get it
Woah you predicted a reunion of players who played together before who would've thought
dude Moth brig was great
Philly have let some players go, if they did that, it's pretty sure they have replacements coming in
you can't spell multiple generations of EM without: Sp9rk1e, Doha, XZI, Hanbin, Fearless and Rush
@tawdry hamlet I've had faith before anyone else
No it wasnt
Yeah, i guess
Moth's brig was good

Fdgod brig is def better though
Like if Philly sign Rascal, they're right back up there in top ranks
who would they get at off tank?
without Fury they need someone like Piggy to make up for it
are philly really gonna be able to replace fury?
Jjanu, or Mek0 are both available
double hitscan could be a bit iffy for them
But if they don't sign rascal they'll just be a high mid tier
I don't think Jjanu and Meko are ready to be on that level again
I think Jjanu is comparable to Fury honestly
S4 looking to be hype as fuck with Washington, Dallas, Charge, and Glads rosters looking to be stacked, Shock going for the 3-peat, Philly trying to get stuff done, Dragons trying to remain dominant, and much more roster moves to make teams like spark title contenders
Doha or Sparkle need to get a top tier tracer fast
and Paris will wet the bed
Well, cheap roster
I think Doha can do it
What do you expect
and fury and jjanu comparable
Dallas still lack a tracer player, and I think their support line isn't as strong as Philly/Shock currently
I'm gonna have to disagree
@karmic grotto how did you figure it out before Halo, did you just go by intuition
Paris shipped out their whole ass roster of course they are going to suck s4
who's 2021 worst team? Houston or Paris
Paris and London are going for cheap, not for the future
you underestimate their lack of power
Probably vancouver or toronto tbh
Well, london is planning for future
If london really gets pogwave and promotes some hurricane dudes they could be mid
Yeah
London will probably beat up on all the lower tier teams next year
Glister Pogwave dps line 
I wonder what the s4 preseason power rankings gonna look like
Xzi ?
And its only November
If I was power ranking now
Or like
Glads would be my top
Sounds like Xzi didnt get any mixed roster offers worth it
Why didn't he join with sparkle and hanbin
yeah what mixed rosters even exist
Alright makes sense
Well, the EM people used their influence to pull him
Or maybe to build hype
And torture us
He probably held out for a bit to see what was available, and then said Fuck it, give me that cash
Reasonable
Maybe he was hoping a team like Philly or Shock would come for him
And
Philly have carpe/heesu
Xzi needs to get better at ashe
Shock have ans
Iโm a MuZe simp
Yes I know they do. But Philly also had Fury a week ago and nobody thought he'd leave
Glads have top potential, yeah
Time to watch Soon do everything in paris 
Also
This off season is like ridiculous to predict. If 2 months ago we'd have said Fury leaving Philly, Moth leaving Shock, you'd all have laughed
Muze
Space
Birdring
Kevster
Mirror
Moth
Shu
Pokpo
Not bad
So