esports-discussion

[tawdry hamlet]

Hmm that's true since american and Eu players have been popping up in each other's regions regardless of ping recently I've noticed

I've noticed a lot of players playing t2 on ping nowadays

Shame sigma retired, he was really good for someone on ping

[next mesa]

pine plays on 500dpi 15 sens now

thats like a lot loewr than I remember

[tawdry hamlet]

Nah he always played 7500 edpi I remember reading an old article talking about his palm grip high sense style

https://www.reddit.com/r/OverwatchUniversity/comments/hhywce/pines_overwatch_gear_mouse_ingame_nvidia_settings/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share

Found it

Me watching the casters play like dog shit and realizing they're still higher sr than me

[stuck sparrow]

It’s ok they are boosted

[tawdry hamlet]

Me grinding aim labs just to be outplayed by a fucking egg 🥚

[supple prism]

we making bets on whos getting the June Joust skin?

[tropic herald]

Zarya

[supple prism]

orisa?

[tawdry hamlet]

Really hope it's another hero who doesn't already have a special skin

Gib dps skin blizzard pls

[trail perch]

Junkrat?

[polar falcon]

#overwatch

[turbid cargo]

When is the next owl Pickems for June joust for us to fill out Gonna be avalible

[fervent acorn]

According to my research, The June Joust Tournament starts June 6th 2021.
So matches to qualify start the May 21th

Most likely, The pickems will open May 18th or this week

@Sydneysport#8566

@turbid cargo

dang

It's hard to ping u

[stuck sparrow]

Is this week a bye week for all teams?

[tawdry hamlet]

yes

[stuck sparrow]

Hopefully they post scrims or something

[tawdry hamlet]

now that both Paris and Dallas announced new signings we are just left here with nothing to do for a week

pretty sure t2 finishes up in a few regions this week maybe

but I don't entirely remember

[stuck sparrow]

I haven’t really seen contenders

Is it worth watching

[balmy wolf]

big boss pine is back

[fervent acorn]

yes!!

[stuck sparrow]

I’m excited to see how he plays

2 years without playing competitive overwatch

[gusty rampart]

Maybe washed

May still be good

[wispy yacht]

????

mods?

<@&397922982632226816>

please delete that thx

[limpid estuary]

Moving swiftly onwards.

[tawdry hamlet]

Thanks

[tribal canopy]

What happened

[little tusk]

when u realize dallas doesnt play until week 7

qq

[plush grail]

the plat chat ranking

lmaooo

it looks so weird but it's pretty damn accurate

[balmy wolf]

boston over paris lol

accurate

[tribal canopy]

Looks fine to me

[vagrant cargo]

Dynasty over glads lol

Houston top 5 😭

Spark 11th bruhhh

[mortal abyss]

I think they’re just power rankings based on how well the teams did in maylee

So spark would be low ig

[raw ermine]

titans over charge?

uh

[balmy wolf]

weird

[devout path]

They at least took a map off good teams

[raw ermine]

I guess, it just feels weird

[gusty rampart]

They are pretty good on control

100% Alpha Energy on control

Beta energy on the rest

[karmic grotto]

Charge lmao

not sure what happened with them this year

but they're doggo

[raw ermine]

they lost 3 heavy hitters

happy nero and shu

kariv isn't as good as him

rio is still meh

the dps are sub par

[vivid dawn]

Spark over nyxl makes my brain hurt

[next mesa]

but its true

[barren quest]

Unfortunately Spark had a terrible start due to poor decision making

[worn falcon]

valiant should be over spark

ratlanta is a yikes

[balmy wolf]

?

[limber pine]

https://twitter.com/washjustice/status/1392494781654257664

Washington Justice (@washjustice)

Today we wish @Ria_970922 the best in his future endeavors after accepting his decision to retire from the @overwatchleague to attend to family business in Korea.

We will miss your positive attitude and smile, and wish you success on your journey of life. 👋

#JusticeFighting

Twitter · May 12, 2021, 3:00 PM

[shell tide]

bro played zero minutes and retired like it matters

[limber pine]

attend to family business in Korea

don't be such a hardass

[shell tide]

"hardass"

i never talked shit about WHY hes retiring did

i

[raw ermine]

family business

sounds odd but ok

https://twitter.com/Ria_970922/status/1392495038110765058

Ria (@Ria_970922)

I retired 2017.07.31 ~2021.05.12

Likes

581

Twitter · May 12, 2021, 3:01 PM

https://twitter.com/beghorangi/status/1392499184671019011

Beghorangi (@beghorangi)

@Ria_970922 Translation: I am sorry for the sudden retirement news. Thank you for cheering me, who only was together for one season, didn't make a proper end but start a new challenge and thank the respectful Washington coaches, Gms and teammates. In the last 4 years I wasn't able to

Twitter · May 12, 2021, 3:17 PM

[shell tide]

to be fair tho

i think we see pros play for 1-2 years then retire and dont take into ac just how long they have really been playing

[earnest leaf]

https://twitter.com/GiantOmelette/status/1392478108100579329

Lionel (@GiantOmelette)

“According to reliable sources
Libero made a ton of money through cryptocurrency, like hundreds of millions of Korean won

So right now his job is something like a Fund Manager (mentioned on Pine’s stream)

OTL”

Likes

156

Twitter · May 12, 2021, 1:53 PM

[shell tide]

this mfer dont miss

[raw ermine]

jesus christ

oh korean won

I thought it was dollars

ok so 100M won translates to 88k USD

so he's pretty well off

[shell tide]

thats still quite a bit of money to make outside of your main job tho

like when your bills are paid 88k is a fuck ton

[worn falcon]

Damn Libero

Ria, wrist injury and then retire to family business

[raw ermine]

yeah, I just saw 100M and freaked out

[worn falcon]

For someome who invested in crypto and get profit is big brain

[earnest leaf]

Not only 100m, hundreds of million

So probably a good chunk more

[hot onyx]

nnnnNNNNOOOOOO

WHYYYYY

[raw ermine]

ria?

more like

cya

[devout path]

Ria more like

Fury is just better

[stuck sparrow]

Facts but I still feel sorry for him

[next mesa]

lmao I saw that

1 billion korean won is about 880k usd

so we can lowball and say like

500k

[balmy wolf]

bro

wtf

ty mods

[tawdry hamlet]

Wait am I dumb

Was ria even on the roster still lmao

I didn't know that loll

[mortal abyss]

Yeah he was

They picked him up before fury

And there weren’t any leaks or anything on fury

So everyone was suprised

[tawdry hamlet]

Who was their off tank last year?

It wasn't roar it was the other guy I don't remember lmao

[balmy wolf]

ellivote

lmao

then jjanu

[tawdry hamlet]

Was it really him lmao

[balmy wolf]

ye

[tawdry hamlet]

Jjanu who I was thinking of

Now I remember

[digital cloud]

You a veteran now pog

[balmy wolf]

ye thats lit

[ivory mason]

jjanu was a good offtank

sad no one picked him

[trail perch]

Meko :(

[ivory mason]

yea meko aswell, going to houston really messed his career

[trail perch]

and washington messed up Jjanus :(

Bad teams ruin good players

[ivory mason]

they should have kept jjanu tbh

he was a good pickup

[tawdry hamlet]

Maybe but I mean a chance to add fury and decay to the same roster can't just be passed up because jjanus pretty good

[trail perch]

keep jjanu and stich and run a power play for twilight and slime

and have the runaway core

Mag, Jjanu, Sitch, Assassin, twilight, slime

decay on the side

Get Hooreg on the coaching staff

Ez wins

[ivory mason]

tbh

that team looks really good

also twilight isnt paid alot because shock doesnt have those high paying contracts

so getting twilight and slime would have be quiet easy

[raw ermine]

"decay on the side"

bruh

[plush grail]

Ria F

Did he even play

I mean he had to share time with fury and mag

[raw ermine]

nah

[wet oak]

So is the OWL not having any tournaments this upcoming weekend? Meaning I cannot earn any tokens this weekend and would have to wait 2 weeks?

[raw ermine]

They're on break for a week or 2 after the end of this tournament

teams need time to practice for the next patch, and with new hero pools

[wet oak]

Ok thank you!

[little tusk]

do we know what the next patch will hold?

[limber pine]

I assume it's the current patch, but idk

[mortal abyss]

Yeah pretty sure jj is on this patch

https://youtu.be/Yh-ACpn2cIM

[plush grail]

@devout path even tho boston has 2 more players now they're still gonna be shit

[devout path]

LOL

if you say so bb

[plush grail]

tbf like

what are u gaining

the season 3 main tank

and a off tank who couldn't make it past contenders trails

[next mesa]

hey man they almost did

[devout path]

gbs is literally so good wym

[tawdry hamlet]

yeah bro fusions is gonna dominate

[devout path]

fusions so good

remember s2

[plush grail]

it's okay lily

snort the copium

not every team can be as stacked as paris

[devout path]

kekw

lost a main support

[tawdry hamlet]

as much as I would like to be such a fan that I am willing to say fusions is good I will never be that much of a fan of a team

[devout path]

fusions is garbage

stand1 is garbage

[tawdry hamlet]

😎

Boston is a lil dry in the main tank department

is a rip

[plush grail]

im gonna go to the paris eternal homestand and kiss daan

[devout path]

still better than daan

[tawdry hamlet]

don't give yourself the feeder virus

[plush grail]

i legit could meet up with daan

he lives like 1 hour away from me im p sure

[noble nexus]

Stalker shit

Daan will have a restraining order on Luigi by the end of the season

[devout path]

i will too

or the other way around

[plush grail]

u will have a restraining order on daan?

[carmine tinsel]

Can you change your date of birth? In Blizzard

[plush grail]

Wrong place to ask this lmao

[hot onyx]

GAEBULLSSI POSTED A SMILEY FACE ON TWITTER WHAT COULD THIS MEAN

[next mesa]

He's in boston

[hot onyx]

SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

now they need a main tank that isn’t bottom 5 and they could probably make it into a tournament

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again

[trail perch]

Stand1 god tier

Right?

[hot onyx]

Proper/MN3 + Kellan/Someone

[trail perch]

Thats 2 hitscan...

[hot onyx]

I meant mix and match

[trail perch]

ohhhhhhhh

propers not of age till december

im p sure

[hot onyx]

Any combination of those hitscan and main tanks would be great for boston in their current state

Oh shit yeah

Neither is MN3

Hang on

They’re all 17

Curse you age restrictions

Boston will have to wait another year to be good

Mer1t and YaHo are eligible

Pretty sure they’re significant upgrades to IM37 and StandDumb

[kind ridge]

I could meet up with logix I live in Toronto

And I know that city well

[devout path]

Im37 is not that bad

Stand1 is pretty bad

Hopefully gbs can help a bit

But punk wasn’t that bad either

So idk

[hot onyx]

To be completely honest I thought IM37 was underrated coming into the season but when you’ve got players like Valentine and GBS I’m not sure that IM37 could keep up with such stars to get them into a tournament

And the hitscan role is so stacked this year

Carpe Lip Decay BQB Happy Birdring Shy

[next mesa]

when was it not

replace shy with ans and thats last year

[hot onyx]

I get the picture but the competition is so tense for that role

Fits Jimmy Gwangboong SparkR Kai Glister

Be honest, which of those players could IM37 look better than?

[next mesa]

gwangboong

and maybe sparkr

[hot onyx]

Heck even going through the “bottom” with Krystal Onigod and MyKaylee he’s only barely better

At best he’s rated 13th among starting hitscan players

Whereas the rest of his team mates who aren’t main tanks are competitive for the upper half of that list

And if you’re a major GBS simp (me) you rate him top 5

[devout path]

im37 isnt good but serviceable

[tawdry hamlet]

Teru and gbs no longer on ping

No more punk

[plush grail]

still bad

[tawdry hamlet]

Dps line weaker than I thought it'd be

Valentine Colourhex im37 is so weaksauce

A mediocre hitscan backed up by a low tier hitscan with a mediocre flex

Really hope fusions or gbs were grinding and come back and just like dominate lmaooo even tho I doubt it

[plush grail]

looked so good on paper

[tawdry hamlet]

Idk if they looked good so much as old Boston looked bad

Like s3 fusions vs stand1 you'd go big stand1 stonks or faith vs halo valentine vs chex

They all looked massively better than they were because expectations were so low

But If gbs faith and valentine can get it together

But hey we are in a rein meta lmaoo what if fusions comes out and rein diffs a top rein

[balmy wolf]

aha

[devout path]

That’d be some 2019 fusions stuff

[tawdry hamlet]

When's boston play next

[next mesa]

valentine is good

[balmy wolf]

only feb 14th

only valentine i want

[hot onyx]

Boston vs Toronto on May 22nd 10:00pm gmt

[karmic grotto]

next week

why

[next mesa]

pine about to be on that list 😩 💦

[devout path]

Lol no

Only list pine going on is the washed up players from 2018 list

[karmic grotto]

[next mesa]

sure sure

[hot onyx]

If that was true Dallas would’ve pickup up a contendies hitscan

[next mesa]

So basically PIne > every contendies hitscan

high hopes

[daring tangle]

I think we’ll have to wait and see. It’s not beyond teams to pick up players for name recognition and we haven’t seen pine in awhile. He could be as good as he used to be or he could be a tad washed but time will tell

[next mesa]

dallas is title contending

why wouldnt they sign the best talent available instead of going for fame

not to mention dallas is a super popular team already

idk

[daring tangle]

Because they’re title contending already and can afford to take the risk

[next mesa]

that makes no sense

you need a hitscan

[daring tangle]

I’m not saying pine will be bad. I just think he could be league average and they’d be fine

[next mesa]

they know they need a hitscan

it's not like they are guaranteed winning this season far from that they'll need the best talent they can get

[stuck sparrow]

Dallas have done extraordinarily well without a hitscan when everyone doubted them for not having one

Pine hasn’t played professionally in 2 years and was pretty inconsistent when he did play which is why I’m skeptical of his return but Dallas will be fine either way

[little tusk]

https://www.twitch.tv/tf2pine/clip/UninterestedBetterAardvarkDoritosChip-RrbLMXLFBdn5FusZ?filter=clips&range=24hr&sort=time

this man

[fervent acorn]

omg

[raw ermine]

I love how he's named carpeansdiem

might need to change it to carpehappydiem tho

[devout path]

Or ya know they want such a popular name and they realized with the may melee win they don’t need a good hitscan

And they don’t want to spend much money

On a good contenders hitscan

[hot onyx]

I doubt someone like Babel would be trying to bargain for a higher payment on his contract

[ebon aurora]

Bans announced for June Joust: Tracer, Sombra, Rein, Zen

[quaint aurora]

wtf

no rein

[raw ermine]

oh man

[quaint aurora]

[raw ermine]

https://overwatchleague.com/en-us/news/june-joust-details-tournament-changes-hero-pools-and-more

[barren quest]

Atlanta in shambles

[ebon aurora]

can you still run double bubble even without tracer?

[shell tide]

orisa go brr

[raw ermine]

could have been worse

but man

[next mesa]

replace with echo?

[balmy wolf]

wtf bro

why tf rein

whyyyyy

[ebon aurora]

then what's your 2nd DPS?

Ashe?

[balmy wolf]

he has 30% playtime

[next mesa]

sombra

Can go ashe too

[balmy wolf]

banned

[next mesa]

oh shit

nvm

yeah ashe

[balmy wolf]

echo???

les go

pelican rolls

echo ashe

kai pelican omg

4-0

[next mesa]

rein banned for gator

oop

[balmy wolf]

hooston and glads no chance

we win

[ebon aurora]

knowing Dallas they'll come up with some wacky comp that just rolls

[next mesa]

dallas go sym mei

wait u cant rush

doom genji

with monke

[ebon aurora]

they could still run their reaper thing but sub sombra out for something else?

[worn falcon]

no Zen no dive

Orisa Sigma, letsgo

[balmy wolf]

yes

pls

even better

[next mesa]

wdym no zen no dive

brig ana

lets go

[mortal abyss]

Double bubble will still be a strong but itll be hard to play it without tracer to contest cart

[devout path]

Yeah monkey will have to contest cart

It’ll be like a brawl and money’s fighting on cart

[worn falcon]

you can hardly play ana with Dive because denial bubble

just bring back this

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/109672661671505920/799784366846902273/unknown.png?width=866&height=481

[shell tide]

doom sig shadow dive go brr

[shell tide]

i like your funny words magic man

[fervent acorn]

i hate this screenshot

😂

[barren quest]

Can't wait for someone to run OG Double shield

[mortal abyss]

Junkertown and Rialto in map pool

Widow time

[devout path]

Doom reaper?

[mortal abyss]

Control: Busan, Ilios, Lijiang Tower, Nepal, Oasis

Escort: Dorado, Junkertown, Rialto

Assault: Hanamura, Temple of Anubis, Volskaya Industries

Hybrid: Eichenwalde, Hollywood, Numbani

[barren quest]

Yeah

With Moira Lucio

[devout path]

Was cree banned

[mortal abyss]

No

Sombra and tracer

[devout path]

How

How

How

Ban cree ffs

[mortal abyss]

I think genji might be played with double bubble purely because it’s really difficult for echo to contest point a lot

[plush grail]

what i miss

[mortal abyss]

Double shield ashe echo on some maps

[mortal abyss]

Hero bans and map pool

[devout path]

Or could be like ball dva ana brig ashe/cree echo

[mortal abyss]

Maybe

[devout path]

Hero bans won’t do much of anything cuz meta so diverse already

[plush grail]

zen???

was zen even played that much

supports was mostly mercy, brig, ana and bap right?

[devout path]

Yeah

[raw ermine]

in apac

[wanton birch]

Why hero bans

[devout path]

Zen was played with ball basically always

[mortal abyss]

No clue

[plush grail]

fuel is so lucky, they finally get a hitscan and junkertown joins the pool again

[mortal abyss]

Pine isn’t in na tho

[devout path]

Pine is dead

[plush grail]

stfu lily

[devout path]

It won’t matter

[plush grail]

as soon as i saw u type

i knew u were gonna start doubting pine

[next mesa]

shes not an intellectual

[devout path]

If fuel wins June joust that shows how good the team is winning two tourneys without a hitscan

[earnest leaf]

WHO'S READY FOR DOUBLE SHIELD WOOOOO

[balmy wolf]

me

[plush grail]

pine doubter = insta brainlet

[balmy wolf]

we win

[plush grail]

ofc

atlanta is half decent at double shield

[balmy wolf]

exactly

[plush grail]

why ban rein tho

he's so fun to watch

[earnest leaf]

It's all random

[balmy wolf]

bap tho

[next mesa]

because owl is fucking dumb as fuck

[balmy wolf]

ugh

[devout path]

Boston has a gbs now for sig :)

[next mesa]

hey guys lets ban one of the most diverse metas we've ever had

yeet introduce hero pools

[earnest leaf]

Boston still has valentine and stand1 though

Also hero pools were planned

[devout path]

Stand1 is fine at orisa I think

Valentine is fine too

[barren quest]

Bet Hog is barely going to get any playtime if at all

[plush grail]

stand1 played the orisa for shanghai

he should look a lot better on orisa

[barren quest]

Idk if the Hog buff did a lot

[plush grail]

hog might also become meta

with zen gone

[devout path]

Ana still character

[mortal abyss]

Nah hog will get destroyed by double bubble

[balmy wolf]

hog?

no

[mortal abyss]

Ana echo ashe will just destroy him

[earnest leaf]

Finals meta time

[bronze turtle]

RIP super he gonna be benched

[plush grail]

what if

paris wins

[devout path]

Where he belongs

[plush grail]

wtf i suddenly love super

[balmy wolf]

we have so many similarities😳

[devout path]

When Luigi so obsessed he has to like everything I dislike and dislike everything I like smh

[plush grail]

ofc

im obsessed with u

poster of u all over my wall and stuff

[balmy wolf]

interesting

im gonna note that down

and call the police

[plush grail]

but fr

u all hate paris

[barren quest]

Luigi has to buy a Boston skin if his team loses against them

[plush grail]

just because of me

[plush grail]

no

[balmy wolf]

i like paris

but i dont like you

[plush grail]

no way paris ever lose to boston

[barren quest]

Buy it for Orisa ig

Lul

[trail perch]

I was a paris fan last season bc I loved em

[devout path]

Definitely will happen lol

[trail perch]

I dont like paris

Because they dropped EM

[barren quest]

Lul

[trail perch]

I am now a dallas fan

I been a dallas fan since the off season

[plush grail]

bandwagon boy

i've been a dallas fan for a while

it hurts

[balmy wolf]

hello

[trail perch]

Its not bandwagon, i just love EM

[plush grail]

blocked

[balmy wolf]

:(((

[trail perch]

I was an em fan since Sp9rk1e fearless tankline in 2018 season 1

[balmy wolf]

notice me senpai

[devout path]

It’s ok I’ll be here for you

[balmy wolf]

ty lily hes not worth my time

im over that shit

[devout path]

Yeah you’re so much better than him

[balmy wolf]

truuuue

[hot onyx]

I used to like Paris before they got rid of a star studded grand finals main support for some random from contenders

[mortal abyss]

https://esportsobserver.com/cdl-owl-liquor-gambling/

[hot onyx]

Awesome, time to bet my house on Charge winning the June Joust

[raw ermine]

oh damn

in the 0.5 seconds it took me to jumble the words I saw in the article in my head and come up with something, I thought this was bad news

but it's good!

[shell tide]

ORISA DOOM SIG GO BRR

[tropic herald]

Those bans only affect like one comp

[shell tide]

cap

mega cap

[tropic herald]

Wait

[plush grail]

oh no now the one trick yaki can't play tracer anymore

what will he do now

[tropic herald]

Ball is going to be so good

[plush grail]

play a skill based character??

[shell tide]

hes no where near a 1 trick

[shell tide]

not true

[tropic herald]

What’s going to stop ball

[plush grail]

sigma

mei

cree

[shell tide]

he doesnt need to be stopped

[plush grail]

hog

no way ball becomes meta because fuckin zen is banned

[balmy wolf]

hog

lol

stop smoking

[mortal abyss]

You can play ball comps but they’re heavily nerfed cause no zen tracer or sombra

[shell tide]

a hook into 6 owl players is a dead ball

[balmy wolf]

double shield we go

[tropic herald]

Echo Ashe still viable

[balmy wolf]

yeah but hog?

[tropic herald]

Wait this is going to be so weird without tracer and Sombra

[shell tide]

hes not strong, but hes still a counter

sombra can be weak

always a ball counter

[balmy wolf]

yeah but no way he gets played

[shell tide]

hmmm

idk

not likely

but ya never know

rush was his main counter

so

[tropic herald]

The reason DS won’t be meta is Bc displacing them is really easy

And Ashe echo melts shields

[shell tide]

map dpendtant

[tropic herald]

Although I could see it in sniper maps

[mortal abyss]

Hog will get destroyed by ana echo ashe

[shell tide]

imma be honest

[balmy wolf]

prob echo ashe orisa sigma bap mercy

[shell tide]

i wish zen brig was still meta

[mortal abyss]

Zen brig was fun as a zen player

[tropic herald]

I unironically like brig in owl

[shell tide]

its fun for everyone

[earnest leaf]

Issue with ball is no sombra/tracer means less followup for ball

[shell tide]

even as a tank

[mortal abyss]

Apart from rein mains

[shell tide]

because theres not stupid high sustain or op cds

[mortal abyss]

And no zen

[shell tide]

if zen brig is meta rein isnt

[tropic herald]

I might be in crack but this should be a good pool for Pharah

[shell tide]

why

give me a reason

her counters all still there

[balmy wolf]

no

dva exists

[tropic herald]

She isn’t the 25th choice for flex

[shell tide]

and ashe

[shell tide]

why not

literall whos better

genji is prolly better even

[tropic herald]

Only echo is definitely better flex then Pharah

[shell tide]

not true

at all

doom, genji,

mei

[tropic herald]

It’s not rush doom and Mei are ass

[shell tide]

did you forget mei is good with double shield?

and doom can be in dive

[tropic herald]

Mei is not my first or second pick in DS

[mortal abyss]

Doom won’t be played

[balmy wolf]

no tracer no dive

trust me bro

[mortal abyss]

?

[tropic herald]

I just think Echo Ashe will probably be played a lot

With a little Pharah

[shell tide]

shadow

doom reaper shadow

[balmy wolf]

sonic

[mortal abyss]

I think we might get that dive rush hybrid with monkey dva moira lucio

[shell tide]

thats what im saying

and with doom reaper

[tropic herald]

Dallas is gonna force that comp even if it isn’t good

[raw ermine]

doom would be ok in that comp

no stuns, only true counter would be reaper

other than the other doom

[mortal abyss]

I think a lot of it is still pretty map dependent tbh

[tropic herald]

Well yeah

The meta is real good rn

Lots of map metas

[mortal abyss]

I mean in June joust with hero pools

[tropic herald]

Yeah probably

Ball is probably back to must pick on koth

[mortal abyss]

Eh idk

Without a tracer it’ll be hard

[worn falcon]

its time to buff gengo

so can replace or play alongside tracer

[shell tide]

play along side

shes banned

[worn falcon]

i didnt mean this tourney?

did i mentioned this tourney?

[next mesa]

go genji

dallas wins again

[worn falcon]

Bring back Haksal

or at least whoRu

[shell tide]

no

if its not van i dont want it

[weary timber]

just use genji

he is so fun

[tropic herald]

https://twitter.com/newkings_ow/status/1392876258480967683?s=21

New Kings (@NewKings_OW)

System check initiated. Green across the board, @YZNSA_ ready for action.

Say hello to our new king who patrols the sky👑#HereToConquer

Likes

274

Twitter · May 13, 2021, 4:15 PM

[shell tide]

why

this wont work

at all

i hate when 1 trick streamers play con

its a waste of time

[tawdry hamlet]

Didn't avoided literally get 2nd place in eu one month?

It's entirely possible

Also yznsa has other heroes pharahs just his best

[karmic grotto]

echo?

[shell tide]

ye 1 2 trick

[shell tide]

2nd

[shell tide]

litearll just echo and pharah

walmart brand sprkle

[karmic grotto]

and?

[raw ermine]

they got reverse swept by BH when they were current LS

[cedar oasis]

Pine good

[raw ermine]

says "NYXL fan"

[tawdry hamlet]

I don't really see Dallas getting any worse even if pine doesn't turn out to be that great

[shell tide]

but meta

[next mesa]

fearless monke not banned

[cursive plover]

I mean if it comes down to playing double sniper I think dallas might be having trouble but they can work around a lot of metas

[shell tide]

doha hanzo go brr

[tawdry hamlet]

Even in double sniper they have Hanzo

Yes

[cursive plover]

yeah

[devout path]

Wasn’t yznsa on a different team

[next mesa]

he has been LFT for a while

[raw ermine]

he is on falcons esports

for some reason, that team is constantly loaning to other teams

they don't even play tournaments

[tawdry hamlet]

I mean I don't think there's a ton of demand for all middle eastern based team

[raw ermine]

its like they're the player's agents

fair but why does it exist then

[tawdry hamlet]

Hmm idk, I know there's a bunch of like local middle eastern tournaments with small prizes I see on liquidpedia pages of players like sirmajed. Also contenders isn't as big of a time commitment because it's all online so they can be on several teams

A lot of the south america teams were half us contenders players on ping loll

[harsh cypress]

WHY IS THERE NO OWL THIS WEEKEND :WAAAA:

[raw ermine]

on a small break between tournaments

[harsh cypress]

lol I know just complaining

[sullen berry]

now I can drink sponsored beer and make herbalife mixers
https://esportsobserver.com/cdl-owl-liquor-gambling/

[limpid tusk]

So I’m just giving my prediction for the metas for OWL Given the hero pools and I would love feedback to learn more about if it’s a logical or illogical prediction:

If you haven’t seen the hero pool for the June joust, I believe the locked heroes are Tracer, Sombra, Reinhardt, and Zen. This locks out numerous compositions from being able to be used, namely Winston Rush, Double Shield Spam, and Brawl comps of any sort. My prediction is that while we’ll likely still see double bubble be dominant in APAC, but with Mcree or Genji in place of Tracer/Sombra alongside the Echo, it’s possible that in the NA and European teams we’ll see double shield come back? The ideal comp for it would probably be Orisa Sig, Mcree Echo/Junk, and Brig Bap. Both these comps in particular seem like they’d be strong with the current locked heroes, but I’m not completely sure. What do you all think? I’m merely a so if I could get some feedback on this prediction

Edit: Spelling

[crisp condor]

Honestly based on what teams have been running so far I’d say that’s a fair prediction, APAC I could see trending towards the genji

[rare magnet]

Oh god hes hot https://twitter.com/washjustice/status/1392917143486881799

Washington Justice (@washjustice)

"Ah, I wanna play support like him!" 👀

Find out which Overwatch League Player @Closer was motivated by in his Player Profile, presented by @TheEventsDC!

#JusticeIsServed https://t.co/IwgjjdjJDI

Twitter · May 13, 2021, 6:58 PM

[next mesa]

Its tobi

[raw ermine]

every apac team has a cracked genji

haven't even gone through them in my head, I just know they do

[next mesa]

dragons

fleta or erster

choisehwan or eileen tough call

profit

jinmu

[plush grail]

eqp

[sullen berry]

overwatch ranking as high as season 1 shanghai dragons

on the brighter side, support tier 2 (esports)

[raw ermine]

hey!
we were t3 last year

moving up!

[sullen berry]

it's all good

OWL

[raw ermine]

the best way to determine if a esport is doing well or not is by going on the liquipedia page

[raw ermine]

they were before they beat 2/3 of the teams most often predicted to go to hawaii

[next mesa]

yeah after they swept shock and outlaws they werent anymore

[earnest leaf]

In the storyline sense they were the underdogs

In a literal sense they were 100% the favorites going in after manhandling shock and outlaws

[tribal canopy]

shanghai were the favorite for me. solely because fleta echo/pharah

[dusky island]

What do yall think the meta with hero bans will be? Ima call double shield or ball sig. dps maybe ashe echo and im not 100% sure bout supports but ima say brig bap? So many cops r completely stopped by these hero bans

[upper niche]

My bracket has me as not getting the final completely correct because I picked Dallas to win from the Lower Bracket - so while I said 4-2, the teams are swapped 😦

I also had them up against CDH though.

[sullen berry]

I had hunters doing a tremendous lower bracket run where they'd blaze the mayhem

poor character development arc

[tribal canopy]

double bubble with echo cree/ashe

[limpid tusk]

cool. I'm glad I'm not 100% wrong lol

[tropic herald]

Double bubble really likely imo

With a little DS

[daring tangle]

i think ds because theyre super comfy with it both are actuallyy pretty slow comps

[devout path]

Empathy mod ew

[next mesa]

back to mod

[wicked pendant]

So

How about that hero pool for the June Joust eh

[trail perch]

Wierd

[tropic herald]

It’s going to be pretty map dependent but less comps

Rein rush is dead

So is Poke

[next mesa]

empathy

if I say sauce me regular how long is the ban

man fuel is still gonna fuck

good shit

[raw ermine]

Empathy's only mod cause his twitch career is all over the place

needs a backup

[digital cloud]

Wasn’t empathy a mod previously

[next mesa]

yes

[modest swan]

WHEN IS ANNIVERSARY

[noble nexus]

this isn't google

but it's at some point towards the end of this month afaik

[tropic herald]

https://twitter.com/danteh/status/1392965007458152457?s=21

danteh (@danteh)

if only i knew

Likes

303

Twitter · May 13, 2021, 10:08 PM

[noble nexus]

oh the foreshadowing

[raw ermine]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wcBdOGa2dU

mei gala is online

[worn falcon]

https://imgur.com/M2RgbdK

[raw ermine]

"I'm fuck carrying"

[tawdry hamlet]

With these hero pools chengdu is going to thrive bb

Ball is set

[raw ermine]

oh yeah

no zen or sombra

[tawdry hamlet]

Pharah can be viable too depending on how teams play

[raw ermine]

yeah

[tawdry hamlet]

I kind of enjoy double shield because it allows such a wide range of dps choice.

Even if the tank play is slow

[next mesa]

it was pretty much ashe or widow and tracer

last season doe

[tawdry hamlet]

yeah but with tracer and sombra banned almost anyone is viable

so I hope it doesn't just stick echo cree or echo ashe the whole tourney though

but it easily could just be echo plus hitscan or something like that

[gusty rampart]

So those heroes are banned for the whole June Joust?

[next mesa]

Yes

[tawdry hamlet]

tbh im tired of watching cree

well also mei

mei is cool and all but I hate how powerful blizzard is

I am not saying it is too powerful but I just like to watch other ults

[balmy wolf]

im tired of my team losing

ban that pls

[cursive plover]

bring back goats thanks

no but fr I wanna see something so wacky it makes sense. Something like sig hog sym junk

[lyric otter]

Oh god and Lucio Zen

[trail perch]

Cool??? Like ice???

[next mesa]

badam tss

[tawdry hamlet]

[next mesa]

https://cc.163.com/zt/next_cc?tab=1

some ow

[mortal abyss]

Poggs

[hot onyx]

Just rewatched season 1 stage 1 finals

And it turns out NYXL coaching staff has been just as abysmal as it is today

“We’re doing too good here, let’s sub out our star main tank and give Janus some playtime. That’ll make it more fair”

[next mesa]

to be fair janus was pretty good in s1

[raw ermine]

https://www.twitch.tv/avrl

co stream of the NeXT match.

[tawdry hamlet]

I forgot how stacked of a lineup profit Gesture birdring fury was

[raw ermine]

and then theirs

NUS

[shell tide]

BDOSSSIN WHY YOU NOT USE YURE URRLT

istg racal is the funniest owl player

[next mesa]

https://www.sporcle.com/games/SuperAngryNinja/overwatch-league-players

[raw ermine]

yeah I saw avrl doing that

[next mesa]

he was doing like the s1 one right

[raw ermine]

yeah

mickie, akm, cocco, etc

[tawdry hamlet]

If I'm being totally honest, I forgot akm was European and not apac like doha lmao

I remember when he was the only fuel member left besides doha

[tropic herald]

Dayfly

[shell tide]

did akm ever play in s3?

he was on the roster

[tropic herald]

No he was one of the valorant bench boys

[hot onyx]

Pretty sure AKM Unkoe and Trill got 0 playtime

But Harryhook played like 2 maps

[tropic herald]

Trill played for double MT and that’s all

[hot onyx]

Oh yeah Trill played in the Dallas homestand vs Valiant

[tropic herald]

https://twitter.com/yehhh/status/1393071347287433216?s=21

Albert Yeh (@yeHHH)

I wonder why all these OWL MTs are playing hog in ranked https://t.co/37QMnZmGUE

Likes

507

Twitter · May 14, 2021, 5:11 AM

[balmy wolf]

wait what?

[next mesa]

https://twitter.com/Aquatic_Mainiac/status/1393081745084354565

영 (@Aquatic_Mainiac)

@yeHHH My Boi Gesture bout to make another run? 👀 https://t.co/pzxk9AnB1j

Twitter · May 14, 2021, 5:52 AM

[tropic herald]

I could see hog being good but also I don’t know if he will be concrete meta by the time scrims come around

I mean games

I guess with Ana being good makes a double edged sword for hog

[tawdry hamlet]

They should say fuck it and run decay zarya hog and go for a second run

[raw ermine]

fury hog

I am doing the quiz fuuuuuuck whose that other dps on charge? don't say it, not eileen, not mykaylee, the other one...

[balmy wolf]

hehe

[tawdry hamlet]

You got this bro

[next mesa]

heh

starts with a c

@raw ermine

[tawdry hamlet]

[next mesa]

w h y

[raw ermine]

got it, without your spoiler

171/171

[balmy wolf]

you got nvm?

wow

[raw ermine]

yeah

[balmy wolf]

i forgot him he doesnt even belong to the players

[tropic herald]

its easy if you do it systematic

[balmy wolf]

no

[tropic herald]

team 1 tanks then supports then dps

move on to next team

[balmy wolf]

nvm doesnt exist

hes a lie

[next mesa]

yeah

ez

[tawdry hamlet]

I doubt I'd do well other than mid s3 lmao

Basically post Titans blow up I could probably get

[next mesa]

that list is updated too

got pine in

[tropic herald]

its like current

dridro and pine

[raw ermine]

as well as ria being gone

[tribal canopy]

I failed on really benched players and some korean named in terms of spelling

[trail perch]

Think

[raw ermine]

I thought Myunbong was Myungbong

[trail perch]

Chhh

[raw ermine]

I got it

[trail perch]

Chhhhoi

Chhhhoousehwan

[raw ermine]

bruv I finished 10 minutes ago

[trail perch]

Oh lol

I got 100 on s3 also

[mortal abyss]

https://www.reddit.com/r/Competitiveoverwatch/comments/nc6c1g/english_ninek_interview_with_zaroide/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf

[tropic herald]

Mano himself was the one that wanted Hotba as his OT buddy, if he hadn't approved of him he most likely wouldn't have been signed.

[next mesa]

yeah

not surprised

[cedar oasis]

but why tho

hotba was trash on nyxl

or was that IMT bieng shit again

[hot onyx]

what do you think?

[cedar oasis]

IMT is actualy cursed

[hot onyx]

Was he coaching New York since season 1?

[worn falcon]

Rascal wasn't planned. Carpe, EQO and Shockwave were the original plan, NineK found Rascal chilling without a team and invited him, he accepted.

cockwave

NineK thought of signing both Clestyn and Unique, but he didn't want their careers to be screwed if Fusion was to perform bad.

smh not geting Clestyn

[cedar oasis]

i dont think so

it was wizardyoung s1

[hot onyx]

Pavane and WizardHyeong

Back when the dumbest thing they did was Janus over Mano

I miss those times

[worn falcon]

janus was underrated

[cedar oasis]

was

[worn falcon]

https://twitter.com/Loldear/status/1391817351880855554?s=20

Dear 🦌 (@Loldear)

And I was giving him instructions for how to pay for Rush’s upgraded flight and... he upgraded my seat too?

Jecse: I upgraded yours while I was at it 👍
Me: Huh?? Jecse? Sir?
Jecse: Since we won 🤗

He just keeps on giving????

Likes

337

Twitter · May 10, 2021, 6:08 PM

jecse using monies to pay flight and iphone

[karmic grotto]

mayb he can pay me the new google pixel 6 pro

[digital cloud]

Jecse apparently is very wholesome

[tropic herald]

He is

[digital cloud]

Dallas and Houston both seem like super fun teams this year

Texas finally doing me proud

[karmic grotto]

would be nice if

overwatch had ingame recordin features

[raw ermine]

Y'all ready to joust your way into june? cuz JJ pickems are open!

[tropic herald]

June Journament

[tawdry hamlet]

I wonder how complicated negotiations were or if rascal was like shit im about to go unsigned better just take this

[little tusk]

imagine being a nyxl fan

also it's nuts how rascal wasn't drafted before fusion

[plush grail]

Didn't wanna unique and clestyn's career???

[worn falcon]

He didn't wanted to ruin their careers

[plush grail]

yeah but like he didn't wanna pick them up and risk them failing and ruining their career

but he's okay with the current fusion

kinda a weird reason

[earnest leaf]

He didn't want to pull a titans

Take a t2 player, butcher their results

[next mesa]

yeah because they were doing bad in scrims

so they might have been like oh yeah if we perform bad

screeeeee

[raw ermine]

https://twitter.com/Fl0w3RGOD

Fl0w3R (@Fl0w3RGOD)

hitscan hater
Projectile 💪💪

Tweets

369

Followers

24268

Twitter

I love his profile description

[raw ermine]

https://twitter.com/ProdigyAgencyGG/status/1393260999008980992

Prodigy Agency (@ProdigyAgencyGG)

We're thrilled to announce our expansion into supporting #Overwatch players by welcoming @BenBest_Ow to the #ProdigyFamily🇫🇷

Benjamin is one of the most talented Tanks, and we have the clear goal to drop the hammer again on the @overwatchleague 🔨
#BenBest #prodigy #PlayersFirst

Likes

407

Twitter · May 14, 2021, 5:44 PM

[cedar oasis]

one of the most talented tanks

[trail perch]

I mean he was top 5 last year

Insane rein and orisa

[devout path]

ok but is he good at sigma

[tawdry hamlet]

[karmic grotto]

Benbest has a chance

I'm once again asking for your Maintank Support

[true osprey]

Idk he was meh in contenders

[tawdry hamlet]

I'm once again begging daan to stop making memeable tweets about how he doesn't deserve hate because he was chosen over Benbest

He has a habit of talking big but then getting dunked on in games

[karmic grotto]

Benbest died for daan

[tawdry hamlet]

The only tier 2 team we ever lost scrims vs is AT (American Tornado) in our first week of scrims and they beat 80% of OWL teams idk why these rumours are here but keep praying on our downfall LUL

Never forget

Daan moment

[plush grail]

stfu

[earnest leaf]

Benbest could replace gator/daan/shredlock/hadi/ easily

Also

Shock was looking into benbest in case super ended up retiring

[karmic grotto]

Benbest done dirty

[tawdry hamlet]

Worst owl players in terms of pure mechanics like no coaching or other influences like who just couldn't aim etc.? Who do you guys got

[plush grail]

viol2t

[tawdry hamlet]

[tribal canopy]

Ans

[noble nexus]

I can't tell if I'm stupid or if you worded that badly and it's scaring me

[plush grail]

no it also gave me a stroke

took me like 3 tries

to read it

[noble nexus]

I'm on my 4th and it still doesn't make sense to me tbh

[plush grail]

Who's the worst owl player in terms of pure mechanics, like no coaching or other influences, like who just couldn't aim etc? What's y'alls pick?

[little tusk]

Do we know the heto bans yet?

[plush grail]

yes

[noble nexus]

ohh

[little tusk]

Where can I c

[noble nexus]

it's tracer sombra rein zen

iirc

[little tusk]

Oh damn

[noble nexus]

so basically double bubble for june joust

probably

[little tusk]

Ughhhh

Fearless gonna dominate even more heh

[tawdry hamlet]

[little tusk]

What are the flex supp Heroes

And what are the main supp

[tawdry hamlet]

!!supports

[young fractal]

Main Supports Flex Supports
Brigitte Ana
Lucio Baptiste
Mercy Moira
Zenyatta

[tawdry hamlet]

Main support players sometimes play bap too

[little tusk]

Lol ty

What supp heroes do u expect to be played

Lot of brig?

[tawdry hamlet]

I'm not sure, I presume ana since monke but if ball sigma brig is foreseeable as well

[ivory mason]

dallas still not nerfed

except for maybe doha sombra getting banned

[little tusk]

They got pine now so maybe

I just saw someone on reddit say ga9a underperformed

What the dude is cracked as fuggg

[tawdry hamlet]

I'd say given how they did, chengdu overperformed almost

[tawdry hamlet]

Guys imagine if you had hanbin Xzi sparkle and fielder and fdgod on the same team that roster would be so cracked

[tropic herald]

one of these things is not like the other

[trail perch]

MANO SUPPORT

[raw ermine]

mano lucio even more cursed

[hazy wigeon]

85 comp points if i just has watched 3 more hours i wouldve gotten the skin :' )

[tired sequoia]

The dps are split for some reason

[next mesa]

he did do a bit bad in may melee

fed on ball like a lot died a lot as monkey a lot

obviously might not be his fault

[worn falcon]

wait, what shock gonna play? they gonna push striker on mccree?

with tracer banned...

[raw ermine]

they're gonna run glister

badum tsss

[tropic herald]

another day of ranked with bans another day where main tanks lock hog

[trail perch]

I havent played in awhile are the bans in comp?

[tropic herald]

no

but owl mts lock hog

[trail perch]

I wish gesture played NA

I want a carry

[worn falcon]

I wish fissure was back to owl

[lavish pollen]

why are they banning heroes?

[worn falcon]

tfw had a ton of diversity and they still pull hero pools

[tropic herald]

they made the rule before the meta was even a concept

[sullen berry]

@lavish pollen hero pools system is a rotation of playable heroes intended to showcase more hero diversity and strategy in matches

[worn falcon]

My thing is ...i think many coaches and players disliked hero pools, but lets see how it's goes for now

[sullen berry]

Coaches don't want more work

But maybe, the viewership was probably going to sink because of it

[supple prism]

how good is HOTBA at zarya?

[tawdry hamlet]

I'm excited to watch tanks switch it up, see how mag and Jjangu play outside of rush or monke dive

British Hurricane were actually really good at sigma ball so you never know this meta could help London

[sullen berry]

It's been a while since I've seen him play exceptionally well, it's passable which is enough against the lower East division teams

[robust kindle]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/575450557700112404/843000728376573972/image0-3-1.png

[sullen berry]

@devout path

[supple prism]

the upper arrow points at yourself

[sullen berry]

Sansy isn't even here

[mortal abyss]

He was pretty good against shanghai, soft carried their 3rd point first defence

[mortal abyss]

_>

[cursive plover]

It could help but london is in a bad place nonetheless 🥲

[tawdry hamlet]

it really depends on if Hadi can stay alive and Hybrid can hit a shot lmao

shax without tracer 😦

but blase not having to play mei so he could maybe be better idk lmao

sad state of affairs

especially sad that when American Tornado beat them in the exhibition match it was like, shit if a bunch of American leftovers can beat the very best eu t2 then what are their chances in actual league lmao

now that I think about it I would take shax cree over hybrid lmao

[hot onyx]

What can Shax play other than tracer/sombra?

[crisp condor]

Mcree

[hot onyx]

Ah yes Shax mcree could really hold up against BQB Kai Pine and Happy

[tawdry hamlet]

It can hold up to hybrid

[mortal abyss]

Shax mccree was rlly good in steelseries

[hot onyx]

Good enough to carry Spitfire against Outlaws Mayhem Reign and Fuel?

[tawdry hamlet]

I just can't get over that clip of hybrid whiffing like 6 shots in a row

[hot onyx]

Which clip I didn’t see it

[tawdry hamlet]

It's so unlucky lmao

[hot onyx]

[tawdry hamlet]

The first shot when he whiffs was unfortunate lmao

[hot onyx]

“It’s not his aim, Heesu is just really good at dodging shots”

[tawdry hamlet]

[hot onyx]

Think current BH would be better than Spitfire?

[tawdry hamlet]

What other Eu hitscans were free when they got hybrid even?

January

Who was even left

[hot onyx]

Idk I’m just gonna be naming current ones and hope they were free at the time

[tawdry hamlet]

I hope sparkr will improve them he was good in contenders at least

I wish they kept danned tbh

[hot onyx]

Solar, Fuji, Syca,

[tawdry hamlet]

He was good match with them

[hot onyx]

True true

[tawdry hamlet]

Gauntlet hurricane was so good to watch, they just overpowered everyone

Peak hurricane

[hot onyx]

Yeah EU Contenders teams = OWL teams

[tawdry hamlet]

They beat everyone in the sigma ball meta and the double shield meta and the rush meta which was cool to see like the consistent winning

Not that beating Eu t2 is massive

But they were good

I wonder if peak American Tornado could win gauntlet in every meta or if the ball meta helped them

[hot onyx]

Depends on how regional the gauntlet is