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the meta gun on day 1 of modern warfare is still the meta gun today
over a year later
??
They are tho
It's their main source of income
I think you forget that Warzone is only a part of call of duty
Man this is esports discussion, guys just go somewhere else or talk about esports
And they have a new release/campaign/zombies every year
i was talking about multiplayer
but still
well they sell that shit for 60 dollars
those aren't free updates
Back to esports, OWL is not as popular of Cod League. Lets discuss why
cod is just a more popular game
Call of Duty has a longer history of existing
mainly cus of console
Would Overwatch be released in 2010, then it would have been as big as League of Legends in terms of size of esports, fans, sponsors, merchandise
They failed to let esports scene grow naturally and instead forced a system
I see why they invested in owl, they expected the esports scene to grow in size, like, generally all types of esports
But overwatch seems to be declining while others are growing
I think it is due to the main game’s popularity in part
When was our last major content update in relation to major effect in OWL
Echo, right?
jee u guys get so pessimistic about OWL
if a farming game can get a esports league then why worry about owl
Maybe we should start watching farming esports
I think one is more popular than the other
Just a guess
i dont expect games like r6 or rocket league to be up there with Lol or csgo
those games have decades of history
As long as they're paid...
F2p games have more potential generally
They should have gone F2p route since the beginning and from there, working out the issue
Overwatch 2 is going to be a major rehaul
Why do they assume, that everyone that has Internet or a pc, can afford to buy overwatch? Might as well make it free to play with your own usual dlc packages or skins and focus on esports instead of making money
Yeah
if they go to f2p they better have a meaty battlepass
because ow cosmetics are reaally fucking good
yea the game was going fine until brig and mercy killed a lot of casual interest
mhm
the game was cheap
you cant yoink your playerbase by keeping double sniper around and adding brig and shit
Super Jump should have never existed
regardless
just little things would add to the game
like a proper tutorial
or 6v6 ranked/clans system
I tried the tutorial a few months ago, well, that was a freaking sad experience
customizability of cosmetics (mixing and matching weapons)
etc. etc.
yea the tutorial is mad scuffed lmao
but lets be real, has blizzard really had a good esports scene with any of their games?
no not really
oof
They don't listen
They just don't care about us
We want a good game, a good pro scene, balance
Instead, they focus on getting recognition for starting a world wide competition. The idea on long term is good, but if you can't solve short term issues...
The people from dreamhaven dodged a bullet there
When they will do everything right what Blizzard did wrong
lmao
If shock get the threepeat is it safe to say main key to their success is crusty ?
Choihyobin viol2t and crusty
the only players/coaches to be there and active 100% of the time
Imo as long as long as shock has viol2t and crusty they will always be top 3
Viol2t is just a nut
Many players talk of Viol2t giving off an in game presence as
Some other players are on this list
Striker, Kevster, Void
Viol2t has a pure chad presence at all times
Raid boss on Zen
Viol2ts been in my friends games and he seems like a dick, but hey he’s good at games
lol
What do you think the current rankings look like ?
shock still at top tbh
it's hard to tell since these rosters are super new
For all we know shock could be 4th
a lot of ppl are setting dallas to win already
I’m thinking shock>Dallas>Shanghai/glads>Justice
Dallas should be good
Too many empty rosters to tell rn
but I think people are overrating them
Ask me in like 4 months then I’ll know
Then dark horse teams I have Toronto, spark or hunters possible top 5 or 6
i think if dallas makes work of their roster
they can definitely smack
justice as well
If they don’t holy shit
if ria & bebe work out, Justice will be nasty
they better hope they don't get a double hitscan meta
considering you have Decay, the big dick carry himself
Yeah but I feel that’s a big if
Fury AND Mag
They have top tier tanks , a top tier dps then a bunch of punts imo
Pre best gm as well
Seoul dropped ToYou 
Imo people seem to be ignoring the majority of last season and the signings they made while crowd pleasing arent game changers
But who knows , gesture and profit might do their magic again
Might
WHAT THEY DID
will
Hope
Profit was literally mediocre for most of this year
have they announced anything
That means
What about glads ?
u cant do shit as a dps when ur team is inconsistent af
They got jjanu
Top three support lines
unless ur decay
@cobalt spoke you got profit and then you got playoff profit
did they hire new coaches yet

No
ye
No zalty
Profit was bad in the season 2 playoffs too
Yeah which kinda sucks
Gladiators with kevster and birdring on lan😩
bro
In even numbered seasons playoffs profit doesnt exist
everyone has been saying kevster has potential to be the best player
Aka this next season
ur just scared
Me?
Just hope that muze doesn’t disappoint
Gladiators and main tanks is just pain
pls make work of kevster pls make work of kevster
I mean kevster has good stats with 200 ping
I’m pretty confident birdring kevster will be pretty good
They wanted him didn’t they ?
If glads don’t do well , it’s time to ditch dpei
i guess
Like when they ran double sniper on havana
i think his widow is def up there we just didnt get to see a lot of it
Muze Space Rascal Birdring Moth Shu
they reunite toronto esports
which is cracked
they reunite kongdoo panthera
which is cracked
they played a top 3 korean MT this year plus the best NA OT
which is
well
cracked
so yeah
that'd be cracked
top 6
So sad ,all that just to be the top 5 gate keeper once again XD
Fair
With chengdu should we presume yveltal is only two way so he can act as a mentor for team chaser during off season?
I can’t see him not starting next season
Glads will never be the best
They are cursed
Didn't say they're gonna be
Wait they dropped rascal because he's expensive then signed nero and kept ta1yo ok


the third championship always hardest to do
warriors miami spurs lakers rockets
ALL FAILED
the people who did not know about covid
you know, that unexpected thing that made homestands not happen
source
Shock has 5 dps again? Or is it 4?
4
lakers actually did 3 peat
They aren't getting a main support back up as always
3 consecutive?
@hidden vault back to back to back
yes 3 consecutive
it was the kobe/shaq duo
mj 3 peated 2 times, that's why he's the goat
there isnt
u can say best in role
profit fleta rascal viol2t
and also depends on what your criteria is
Who's shown the most skill
Hmm
i would just go by roles
there isnt a true goat since that doesnt exist expect in hockey
And viol2t
does hockey have a goat
yes and its not even close
I guess lebron is kinda close
honestly lebron gotta get another ring to pass kareem but thats just me
i would put striker pretty high on the goat dps list
choi is probs the closest goat OT in the game rn
Yeah
Hasnf been playing long enough and hasnt won a championship
and they are about equal
void has only recently show top tier play
void was around since apex
no
he got to the finals
in s3
apex
map 7 lost to lunatic hai
and yet choi has done a lot more in his time in t1
Yeah
consistency matters
Although void was stellar this past season, choi has shown consistency and has won multiple things
Rn in terms of skill
Id say void is a bit better
He's the current best OT
But
In the past two years
Choi has had the consitent top tier play
Next year void would be valid for GOAT candidate i think
striker is pretty great
not sure about MT
honestly in terms of achievements
I guess the easy answer is smurf
idk
I think so
gesture is close but hes on and off
yeah gesture in terms of achievements
i wouldnt be worry if super left and they just had smurf really
Yeah
He could learn the rein
Wouldnt be better than supers
Probably
But
Would still be good
Now
What MS has really impressed
I think its moth
Looking at the past 2 seasons
i dont really look at season 1 anymore since its the competition ever since dwarfs it
but tobi is good answer
ig
if you're talking pre owl
anamo is up there but hasnt won shit besides stage playoffs
I mean u got 2 back to back apex titles and a second place finish in owl
not too ba
d
its really the apex titles
ig guess the game hasnt been out long enough to really see how good players can be
Did you know ryujehong was back to back mvps as well, cuz I didn't know lmfao
in apex?
yea
miro is a legend along with ryu
they innovated on heroes
more like they made the hero what it is
they're gonna be the steph curry of overwatch
tragic
both of the legendary KR squads, runaway and lunatic both collaspe
at least runaway cemented themselves as one the best in owl
lunatic hai never was top 5 in owl
guys if esca and whoru was on the team they would've won 🗿
The Ryujehong era, the Jjonak era and the Viol2t era
did we give any attention to viol2t last year
kind of funny jjonaks best hero was not even zen it was ana
I swear it was all twilight
no it was dps year in s2 for mvp
dps year?
sin, haksal, seo, all were in running for mvp
not haksal
wait i dont think seo was in
tank heavy
yeah
twilight/viol2t were neck and neck on goats
but haksal was #1 on brig
man was a machine on her
facts
they are both pretty much even
No nuance November
choi sig was just better tha jjanu
and then the tankline change
was just all over the place man
titans were better at first but shock eventually got better than them at goats
was the second stage all goats
I think so
stage 3 teams started to do more dps shenanigans
then stage 4 was role lock
it was goats all the up until stage 3
dragons were the only ones really doing well with dps comps
chengdu 
too bad they were meh
Even in stage 2 no one played only goats
And stage one the Titans had a orisa Cree comp on illios
https://twitter.com/ow_nero/status/1333501819574579200 god I love Crusty
I'm so happy to call @SFShock my new home. Even more excited to be playing under the GOAT @ShockCrusty https://t.co/SSQ17FTtin
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no he was going to the outlaws
He wanted to stay with happy
but shock last minute was like
yo what up 👀
yeah that's what I mean
outlaws got snuffed out once again
that isnt saying much
could be paris
Nothing wrong hiring the superior Ball, Yeatle.

Truetrue
Im so excited to watch spark
I hope they fuck
The competition that is 
Rn
Spark has put in backups
Just incase the mux of chinese and korean doesnt work
Really smart
But that means if the mix doesnt work
Their peak will be the same as last year
Or even worse
High risk high reward
They set themselves up just need fo execute well now
what back up?
Tune in tomorrow to see if @haloofthoughts got any correct 👀
Koreans
Insteas of the chinese players they picked up
Just incase integration isnt going well
What are the rumoured pickups around vancouver
Fire and Frdwnr are the two rumoured pick ups for vancouver at the moment
Linkzr was a bait by halo lmao
We waited for like an hour
And just got baited hard
It was painful
Houston going korean?
but they got crimzo, still have danteh
and they might fill the rest with koreans
miro is lft as a coach??? https://www.instagram.com/p/CIQBg3Vn_XR/?igshid=4j5nfm9b8sy4
The whole lunatic hai roster don't have a team rn. Can you imagine a team pick team all up together.... Esca whoru gido miro zunba rjh tobi
Back in the day they absolutely dominated but idk how alot of them would hold up against the top parts of the league
Whoru and Tobi were the only ones to play in season three except rjh who played before titans disbanded
And even then imo jehong didn’t look like he was keeping up with the higher parts of the league
They would be good but could they keep up with the top part of the league?
No way, the level has progressed a shit ton since early apex
Like we live in a society where Kaiser is a mid tier contenders rein one trick
Yeah that’s what I was thinking
imo maybe tobi whoru and rjh could get teams
Muma was considered a top mt season 1 now he was benched for a flex dps player
what about esca
and Zunba after seoul
we never saw esca's skill go down
Was esca in owl?
he just had to leave for military
Nah real shooting gives him the game sense and aim he needs for fake shooting
fsfs
He makes ans carpe and lip look like bottom tier contenders players if he comes back
Yeah
But Bumper, jjanu, stich, hooreg lft...
Esca learned real aim
and slime...
So his will be top tier in OWL
and if someone could take haksal out of retirement...
Hydration?
Ikik I’m meming
k just making sure
yeah ofcourse every hero has good players
but does that mean zunba can't have a good zarya???
He never had the chance
Late s1?
was zarya ever meta in s1?
one stage
Yeah, a whole stage
Stages are a lot of time
especially in s1
they where 10 matches
I mean a team can just pick up all these lunatic hai player and get a huge fan base. They don't have to be top tier in the league and just be middle of the packs. It is so difficult to get a championship anyway when half of the league is looking to build a super team
And sell mech like carzy
Esca Jehong whoru tobi where y'all going babes
getting a real job he said
burgerflippr
Valorant bad
taimou bad
Both bad
Rascal is onto something with his crosshair. Look it up
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???
????
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LMAO
Please dont let that just be bait. Gimme more shock news
they releasing twilight?
what if they sign Piggy
with brennon hook slideshow gaming matt merello and jake
I dont htink releasing twilight would be worth a 👀
cuz its a negative thing
should be a signing
yeah a new OT would be nice
OR
THEY SIGN LIBERO
APFIVSNWMVOWNGWSPRGIUNESWPFIS
I reckon someone new for the coaching staff honestly
who would make this big of a wave
yeah
err sorry offtank
choi plays everything
or maybe they've re-signed Rascal
Do they have someone to replace moth?
FDGod
maybe they sign SanGuiNar as a backup
Maybe they trying to clone Crusty
Main support
Only other thing I could see would be if they made a trade with another team. Like swapping Twilight for someone
Maybe Twilight wants more play time, they dont seem to hold onto players if they want to leave
Seems like i will not have a chance to play in the League next year, kinda disappointing after such a good season i don't understand...
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@SFShock @PlatChatPodcast This one, I dont have a clue
Benbest will probably end up on the Kruise contenders team and make more money than most OWL teams anyway

we have got news
Welcome to the #ForceOfNature
@frdwnr @Fire_OW @LiNkzrOW https://t.co/zNWep2jnVr
Rumours all true then. Decent pickups, nothing special
linkzr
I just like having Linkzr in the community honestly
Okay so
Fire: anything is better than last years support line.
Frd: he's decent
Linkzr: ???
dink dink dink
I get it from vancouvers perspective
since they released cockwave
Probably not
Only other team would maybe be Spitfire, but I suspect they might grab Soon
I'd probably take Titans over Paris as well if i were Linkzr
no keeping roolf is
yeah its strange. Maybe they believe they can coach out the feed from him during off season
At best
Shredlock ends up being okay
But wtf is roolf doing on the roster
Didnt even realise he was resigned
he's canadian
The best part about this roster is the dps line atm
And even then
Not great
Ksf to vancouver could be decent
titans is gonna be like bottom 5 instead of bottom 2 now
They're a $50k a year team with a couple of players you could probably consider marketable. Thats about it
Roolf is okay
Maybe Vanc can be top 2 team again
top 2 with linkzr and fire pog
Shredlock is Canadian too. Maybe they're hoping for chance at RL based events
Another piece to the championship puzzle is in place... #3Peat
Please welcome @Glisterow to the Shock Family 🧡 https://t.co/6WzsCYJ5Rd
Wow
WTF
???
Shock are just going full Thanos mode
glister to shock??
ANS, Striker, Glister, Taiyo and Nero. Fucking hell
another hitscan?
See
but like they have ans and striker who cover every hitscan right?
Glister can hitscan & flex
Now im extremely confused
Bro
Yeah but
Nero can also do that
What does glister play that nero cant
And why is ta1yo on the roster now
are they gonna release ANS?
yeah but they also still have taiyo on the bench for flex play
This makes no sense
It's Shock, they'll make it work
I can't think of any dps hero that Shock aren't covered for now though
is shock gonna have players focus on grinding 1 hero as much as possible?
HOLY FUCKING SHIT
Glister isn’t just hitscan
He’s a decay type of player
God andy miller is the richest fucking man
Honestly, Glister/Nero with Crusty coaching sounds nasty, before you even consider the other 3
I’m also very excited for these players on Shock Bc the media team will actually let me see the players personality
Glister was probably cheap
Nah
yeah he came off a super bad year with london
Glister probably cheap for shock but expensive for London
Not expensive
why would glister be expensive
This still makes no sense
Did something happen to AnS?
What happened
ANS has had problems with depression
Oh
So he might need breaks during 2021
also are orgs announcing stuff after plat chat on purpose lmaoooo
Yeah, he had a breakdown months ago
Glister could play for him
so they need a stable hitscan
It might be they want ANS to focus on less heroes ot help his mental health
So glister is backup, plus glister has big potential
Yeah
Good move crusty
You could have ANS play Widow/Ashe, which Glister focuses Mcree/Ashe for example
OMGMGMGMGMGMGOGGMGKGOGMGMGOGM GMG
unless they release ANS
SHOCK SIGNED GLISTER???????!!!!!!!!!
Yeah
so is striker gonna become the tracer specialist?
WTFWTFWTFTWWTFWTET
Probably
Is Striker not already basically a tracer specialist?
bro
honestly if double hitscan meta comes shcok wilm dominate
3peat time
Glister also has a nasty Doomfist honestly
3peat boia
Striker plays Hanzo, Cree, Tracer, and Pharah and widow
does nero or glister have a good zarya
Glister and shockwave the real winners of season 3
ans is a hitscan specialist
Happy for them seeing they got put on such bad teams
interesting to see how this turns out
cause taiyo is also still on the bench
so crusty is gonna be a busy boy
Glister is a flex dps, like linkzr
WHAT?? @TMobile Platchat was recorded a day ago and @SideshowGaming pulled the 200IQ prediction 🧠 https://t.co/M4RLuWHpSW
Shock just out here full on memeing on platchat now
we lost sinatraa and rascal but now we have nero and glister
wow you know you're making really fuckin weird moves if SIDESHOW of all people predicted it
Glister plays Doom too, he isn't pure hitscan
Glisterrr
Like carpe then
Hes nastyyy
Glister also plays genji and hanzo
but now shock have 4 primarily hitscan player
Like linkzr
fucking ans striker ta1yo and glister
Did you watch him in contenders?
Because he played it in a meta, doesn't mean thats his best heroes
His talent was on hitscan like ashe and tracer
Thats where he popped off
thats where he was noticed
THEY SIGNED GLISTER??????
He was forced onto hitscan because of the meta, he's said that himself, he prefers flex/projectile
YOOOO OKAY
YEAHHHH
OKAY OKAY OKAY
They just bought him so other teams didn't
They probably bought him because Crusty sees potential to make him a star player in OW
shock is gonna run like 2 dps the whole season and keep the other 3 on the bench
and this channel always speculates that S4 will be on OW2, so maybe they're expecting more heroes to learn
echo
2 weeks is enough
It also wasnt 2 weeks
It was a whole month immdiately after rein d.va meta
Ashe
Not at pro level
And brig
wait was glister a fa or did he get bought out
FA
Ana was broken on release
Spitfire released him
ana was trash on release
Ball took 1 month to become meta
ahh that sucks, i hoped london got some good money for him but nvm
Brig wasn't realized until later because in playoffs there was that weird double sniper triple tank meta
ball is the staple of not playing meta
how good is glister at sombra
What do you think season 3 was?
double shield
Playoffs always have the worst metas
Stage 3 included alot of ball
Ball has never really been meta unless you're a chinese panda team
Umm
you can look at every meta in the history of OW and none of them have ball in it
He's somewhat meta on control maps, but that's it
yeatle will make ball meta
there was no true meta at that time
Yes there was
it was a mess
trying to figure out the meta without owl is a bit dumb
Or ball sigma
yea we should wait until owl comes on to see the meta
Contenders always plays the same things as owl anyway
watch its like
Whats the point
rein ball or something stupid
im talking about when owl comes on you donut
You're the donut if you think its going to be ball rein
anything can happen
you never know for sure
Yes I do
who would've thought the washington justice would do better in the playoffs than the entire season
you just never know
anything can happen with the meta
That was just decay
All the other good teams played sigma hog
The meta didnt change you 🍩
Im surprised this didnt get leaked
So my only current outstanding reports are:
Joobie & Piggy to Houston
Gwangboong, Ivy & Yakpung to NYXL.
joobie? is that the same guy as joobi?
How would Justice have run that? I'm just curious.
Stich hog and jjanu sigma?
They couldnt run sigma hog, its why they stuck to Zarya until the very end basically
isn't he a dps?
yeah, but dps I don't think usually play sigma
Neither of Paris, but Avalla is doing god's work.
Can't leak a roster that doesn't exist 😄 but yeah he's being respectful to Avalla
teams are going to play whoever is the best
Hydration was fucking main tank this year
*Muma is a ball player
damn linkzr frd and fire
if a team's best Sigma is their off-support, then they should play him/her
but after that, and he is still a tank
linkzr actually looked rather decent near the end
if he could be consistent, he would be great
problem was that he wasn't, and that was probably due to being on houston
surprised he would want to go to a team worse than Houston though
the Titans are like boston level now
even worse than boston
at least boston wasn't trying to get pedophiles
dropping runaway was intentional
Both orgs are ass
facts
ta1yo when super lost against jake he was like "I got benched by super" and then proceeded to get 5-0ed by viol2t
to be fair viol2t is like the best player in the game
facts
profit doesn't count
then muma
ah ah I see
nah
imagine if titans got that tank line
profit bad
shut
couldnt carry seoul hard enough
I get carcar but why ksaa
He was quite good
200 ping warlord
him and shockwave always did quite well
visa stuff maybe?
@spring sequoia no
just hoping Houston gets a tank soon
did Fissure give up permanently?
if so, he might be a legitimate and pretty much the only option that I can think of for a good mt
u forgot bumper
also we dont even know if fissure is lft
Bumper is the biggest risk a team could take rn
that is why I asked
On MT
He could have dropped off hard
Or
Even if he didn't
He needs a good team to support him
So most teams cant pick him up
yeah his twitter is like private idk
such a shame
I think fissure is likely still pretty good
unless he has given up entirely
which, to be honest, he might have
pick up libero
I wouldnt blame him if he gave up
Did rck retire?
The one time he wants to play, he gets fucked up by Vancouver
last one from Pumper was doing scrims with some Runaway/LH players iirc?
and last one from Fissure was him doing the Frozen cosplay
he did retired, went to valorant
Sad
I liked rck
Dalton is a hitscan, linkzr is finally allowed to flex.
In your dps you want a hitscan, a flex, and a projectile.
isn't linkzr hitscan as well
I think someone mentioned him being flex
though I thought he was hitscan
he does play genji
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