Overwatch League Stage 1 - Thoughts

Now stage 1 of the Overwatch League is coming to an end, I'm curious what you guys think of the the Overwatch Leagueso far.
You can copy the lines underneath and fill in your own thoughts.

Most suprising team (which team did better than you expected during OWL stage 1)
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Most disappointing team (which team did worse than you expected during OWL stage 1)
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Most valuable players (if you could only pick max. 2 players from each team)
... (DPS)
... (DPS)
... (Main tank)
...(Offtank/Flex)
... (Support)
... (Support)

Most overrated player
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Most underrated player
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Most suprising player
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Most disappointing player
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Most interesting player (most enjoyable player to watch, player that puts a lot of effort in something, …)
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Player you would like to see (more) in OWL stage 2 (substitute, fresh signed player or just a player that isn’t in OWL (yet).
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Best caster
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Best analyst
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General thought of OWL so far (anything you can think of)
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Expectations of OWL - Stage 2
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Most suprising team (which team did better than you expected during OWL stage 1)
Boston Uprising

Speaks for itself. No-one expected them to do so well.

Most disappointing team (which team did worse than you expected during OWL stage 1)
Seoul Dynasty

I could have put Dallas here as well but I expected Seoul to roll through with their improved Lunatic-Hai roster.

Most valuable players (if you could only pick max. 2 players from each team)
Fleta (DPS)
Saebyeolbe (DPS)
Fate (Main tank)
Coolmatt (Offtank/Flex)
JJoNak (Support)
neptuNo (Support)

Fleta looked overall the best DPS, along with LiNkrz & Libero imo. Picking a tracer is a lot harder (hero 27 hardcounter please?). I really like Saebyeoble’s playstyle so I picked him. There are a lot of exceptional tank players, I picked Fate & Coolmatt. Coolmatt is imo the best D-Va player. Seems to know how to play to absolute perfection and balance between defending the backline/attacking with the rest of the team. JJonak is a sick Zenyatta and neptuNo looked amazing on Mercy.

Most overrated player
Taimou.

His loose playstyle worked well before but now he’s playing against the best players in the world and his retarded flank plays aren’t working anymore. His hero-pool is limiting Dallas as well.

Most underrated player
Shaz

Unfortunately he’s playing on one of the weaker teams. Has a lot of talent, hopefully he can show it in stage 2.

Most suprising player
Striker

Honestly never heard of this guy before and he’s popping off big time along with Dreamkazper.

Most disappointing player
Miro

I have literally no clue what he's doing.

Most interesting player (most enjoyable player to watch, player that puts a lot of effort in something, …)
Poko

Not the best D-Va, but his absolutely perfect placed bombs are amazing to watch.

Player you would like to see (more) in OWL stage 2 (substitute, fresh signed player or just a player that isn’t in OWL (yet).
I'm actually curious about any new picks that Florida Mayhem are going to get, so atm I'm looking forward to Zappis.

Best caster
Ubershouts

In my opinion the best caster by far. Hypes up plays when he's supossed to do, making funny references, pleasant voice, ...

Best analyst
Sideshow

Has great insight in the game, finds plays that other people don’t even think of. Also looks like he’s very well prepared for every game. One day he’s streaming from a box and choking on his own bubblegum, next day he’s sitting on the OWL analyst desk.

General thought of OWL so far (anything you can think of)

• The mappool isn't big enough imo. Watching the same maps over and over again over several weeks is starting to get boring. Why not throw all maps in the pool for every stage?
• Boring Mercy meta.
• A lot of matches are closer than I expected, even though the scores don't always show this.

Expectations of OWL - Stage 2

• New meta hopefully, without Mercy.
• Lower tier teams may blossom again, I'm really curious about this.

Most overrated player
Taimou.
His loose playstyle worked well before but now he’s playing against the best players in the world and his retarded flank plays aren’t working anymore. His hero-pool is limiting Dallas as well.

he was always playing against best in the world and sometimes botting sometimes destroying same is happening right here, he destroyed seoul (granted seoul is an overrated team) on junkertown
people rarely said taimou is the best in the world coz he is very mood dependant, what people usually say is that when he is in the zone he has the highest skill celling on heroes like widow in the world which still stands

what would fit better in most overrated is ryujehong who is below avg zen and when ana is not meta he isnt impact full

Most suprising team (which team did better than you expected during OWL stage 1)
Uprising by far.

Most disappointing team (which team did worse than you expected during OWL stage 1)
Fuel or Seoul

Most valuable players (if you could only pick max. 2 players from each team)
Fleta (DPS)
ShaDowBurn (DPS)
Muma (Main tank)
Poko (Offtank/Flex)
JJoNak (Support)
Rawkus (Support)

Most overrated player
Babybay

Most underrated player
Clockwork

Most suprising player
I'd say Poko or Pine

Most disappointing player
Effect (as much as I like him he wasn't really on point during stage 1, I hope he'll be back on track for stage 2. GET WELL SOON EFFECT)

Most interesting player (most enjoyable player to watch, player that puts a lot of effort in something, …)
I'd say ShaDowBurn with his amazing Genji clutch blades and Pharah airshots, but I could also say Pine. He's flashy and ballsy, I really enjoy watching him.

Player you would like to see (more) in OWL stage 2 (substitute, fresh signed player or just a player that isn’t in OWL (yet).
Pine, Fl0w3r, Mendo or Mistakes.

Best caster
Uber by far.

Best analyst
Either Sideshow or Bren

General thought of OWL so far (anything you can think of)
It's a lot closer than what I expected it to be, making the matches so interesting to watch.

Expectations of OWL - Stage 2
NO MORE MERCY

MOST SURPRISING: Boston is a given, but my #2 would have to be NYXL. Without Fl0w3r I didn't think that they'd have enough firepower to make it to the top 3. Boy was I wrong, Libero, Pine, and SBB stepped up big time, while Ark and JJonak were fantastic supports.

MOST DISAPPOINTING: Besides Dallas, for obvious reasons, I'd say LAG. After beating London in preseason I expected these guys to finish around mid-tier, contesting the best teams. Towards the end they just collapsed, and are now down there with Mayhem.

MVP:
Fleta (DPS)
SoOn (DPS)
Muma (tank)
Coolmatt (tank)
Ryujehong (support)
Unkoe (support)

Most overrated: Pine. Easily

Most underrated: Grimreality D: (watch Winter Premiere VODs, his McCree is unreal)

Most surprising player: DreamKazper

Most disappointing: Taimou

Most interesting: Agilities

Most suprising team (which team did better than you expected during OWL stage 1)
boston

Most disappointing team (which team did worse than you expected during OWL stage 1)
Florida Mayhem

Most valuable players (if you could only pick max. 2 players from each team)
Fleta
carpe
Poko
Muma
Jjonak
Sleepy (not saying hes the best but he is extremely valuable for his team imo)

Most overrated player
I would say Jake but i honestly dont know if people only rate him as a meme or do J LUL AKE as a meme

Most underrated player
Fate

Most suprising player
i would have to agree and say striker (or Dreamkazper)

Most disappointing player
Honestly, Miro or Taimou

Most interesting player (most enjoyable player to watch, player that puts a lot of effort in something, …)
Dhak on lucio. enough said

Player you would like to see (more) in OWL stage 2 (substitute, fresh signed player or just a player that isn’t in OWL (yet).
Mistakes, IDDQD, and Zappis

Best caster
Uber

Best analyst
Bren

General thought of OWL so far (anything you can think of)
teams are relatively close to one another seems like almost any team can play spoiler to anyother team on any given day

Expectations of OWL - Stage 2
a more diverse support meta facilitating for more compositions being viable

Most suprising team (which team did better than you expected during OWL stage 1)
LAV (not boston cause I am used to how the patriots work)

Most disappointing team (which team did worse than you expected during OWL stage 1)
Fusion (I had them as a surprise top 4)

Most valuable players (if you could only pick max. 2 players from each team)
... (DPS) Effect
... (DPS) Fleta
... (Main tank) Gamsu
...(Offtank/Flex) Envy
... (Support) JJonak
... (Support) Ark

Most overrated player
Jakerat

Most underrated player
Libero

Most suprising player
Dreamkazper

Most disappointing player
Miro (he just seems off, and not as dominant as he once was)

Most interesting player (most enjoyable player to watch, player that puts a lot of effort in something, …)
Pine for flashy plays, Poko for those incredible nukes

Player you would like to see (more) in OWL stage 2 (substitute, fresh signed player or just a player that isn’t in OWL (yet).
-Libero, I think he's not getting the attention he deserves cause of Pine/SBB/JJonak
-Who I want to see that aren't currently in: Gods/Shadder2k/Architect/Kaiser/Fl0w3r

General thought of OWL so far (anything you can think of)
Better than I expected production wise, camera work needs some help such as expanding spectator slots so they can have more cameras on the players who make the hype plays so they can have camera on someone but not miss PogChamp plays, lastnight for example I would have loved to see that flick by babybay onto the dashing Fleta on eichenvalde just cause from Fletas PoV it seemed like a massive shutdown

Expectations of OWL - Stage 2
Less mercy, less junk (please ;-;), Fuel to actually start turning season around with more tank heavy lineups

Most suprising team (which team did better than you expected during OWL stage 1)
Since i always said Philly and Boston were really good team, i'll go with Gladiators, i know they were good but i didnt think so much.

Most disappointing team (which team did worse than you expected during OWL stage 1)
Mayhem, but i know they will come back stronger on Stage 2

Most valuable players (if you could only pick max. 2 players from each team)
Shadowburn(DPS)
Striker(DPS)
Gamsu(Main tank)
Meko(Offtank/Flex)
Neptuno(Support)
Shaz(Support)

Most overrated player
Muma

Most underrated player
Neptuno

Most suprising player
Dreamkazper

Most disappointing player
Mg

Most interesting player (most enjoyable player to watch, player that puts a lot of effort in something, …)
Shadowburn

Player you would like to see (more) in OWL stage 2 (substitute, fresh signed player or just a player that isn’t in OWL (yet).
snillo

Best caster
Hex

Best analyst
Bren

General thought of OWL so far (anything you can think of)
i love it

Expectations of OWL - Stage 2
Houston will be crush down, Florida Dallas and Shangai will return competitive and snillo will surprise all of you

Most suprising team (which team did better than you expected during OWL stage 1)
Boston Uprising

I have yet to see a when I’m boston video and I don’t have editing skills. But if it happened it would fit so fucking well. Remember when they were criticized for picking up Kazper and NotE?

Most disappointing team (which team did worse than you expected during OWL stage 1)
Dallas. Fuel.

They’ve totally lost their touch. From steamrolling contenders to tenth place.

Most valuable players (if you could only pick max. 2 players from each team)
DreamKazper (DPS)
LinkZr (DPS)
Gamsu (Main tank)
Poko (Offtank/Flex)
Jjonak (Support)
Shaz (Support)

Most overrated player
M I R O, by far.

He relies WAY too much on his instinct. He’s been totally figured out.

Most underrated player
Clockwork.

He was never given a chance and even then put up a fight against fucking fleta.

Most suprising player
Poko.

Only known for his zarya, now D.Va bomb god.

Most disappointing player
Cocco

Overextends and goes for risky plays way too much, borderline feeding. His shotcalling may be good, IDK, but he feeds hard.

Most interesting player (most enjoyable player to watch, player that puts a lot of effort in something, …)
EFFECT

Even when he’s hard tilted, even when he’s 1v11ing, he still pops off. Reminds me of fleta.

Player you would like to see (more) in OWL stage 2 (substitute, fresh signed player or just a player that isn’t in OWL (yet).
Secret Weapon Humblekusaii

Best caster
Uber. He’s so articulate, yet hype.

Best analyst
Reinforce. He’s just good.

General thought of OWL so far (anything you can think of)
Way more views than anyone dreamed of. We’re getting 100k regularly. I thought it would be 40k.

Expectations of OWL - Stage 2
NO MORE MOTH WOOOOOO

remiska [#3]

Most overrated player
Taimou.
His loose playstyle worked well before but now he’s playing against the best players in the world and his retarded flank plays aren’t working anymore. His hero-pool is limiting Dallas as well.

he was always playing against best in the world and sometimes botting sometimes destroying same is happening right here, he destroyed seoul (granted seoul is an overrated team) on junkertown
people rarely said taimou is the best in the world coz he is very mood dependant, what people usually say is that when he is in the zone he has the highest skill celling on heroes like widow in the world which still stands

what would fit better in most overrated is ryujehong who is below avg zen and when ana is not meta he isnt impact full

So he hasn't been "in the zone" for 6 weeks now?
If you pop off 5 maps out of 40, it doesn't make you have the "highest skill ceiling", whatever that's supossed to mean, it makes you inconsistent.

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So he hasn't been "in the zone" for 6 weeks now?
If you pop off 5 maps out of 40, it doesn't make you have the "highest skill ceiling", whatever that's supossed to mean, it makes you inconsistent.

Yes i pretty much said Taimou is inconsistent, and he always was, so not sure how this makes him overrated
And if you don’t know meaning of phrases used in esport maybe you shouldn’t comment on it?

Most suprising team
Huston Outlaws, I expected them to be good, but not THAT good

Most disappointing team
Florida Mayhem, I expected them not to perform to the top, but not to be bottom 2 of stage 1

Most valuable players
Shadowburn (DPS)
Effect (DPS)
Gamsu (Main tank)
Nevix (Offtank/Flex)
Jjonak (Support)
Unkoe (Support)

Most overrated player
Jake

Most underrated player
Nevix

Most suprising player
DreamKapzer, I totally didn't expect him to be this good

Most disappointing player
Miro, just not living up to his reputation

Most interesting player
Shadowburn, but that's 'cause I've always loved watching him play, there are a lot fo players worth watching

Player you would like to see (more) in OWL stage 2 (substitute, fresh signed player or just a player that isn’t in OWL (yet).
Benchokusai and IDDQBench, but also Akm and Zappis.

Best caster
Uber, I'd love to say Hex, but without ZP he's performing at a lower level than before imo

Best analyst
Bren and Sideshow, gotta love our EU boys

General thought of OWL so far
I was one of the skeptics about OWL, it has been way better than how I epxected

Expectations of OWL - Stage 2
New pickups, finally no more Mercy Meta and... ZP! Bring the guy on board!

Most suprising team (which team did better than you expected during OWL stage 1)
Boston Uprising, by far. At the beginning everybody thought this would be a total meme team but now they're the huge deal.

Most disappointing team (which team did worse than you expected during OWL stage 1)
Dallas Fuel. So overhyped.

Most valuable players (if you could only pick max. 2 players from each team)
Linkzr
DreamKazper
Mano
Poko
Shaz
Neptuno

Most overrated player
Jake. Love his Junkrat but the rest is... meh.

Most underrated player
Neputono. He's just the best Mercy in the L

Most suprising player
Striker.

Most disappointing player
Taimou.

Most interesting player (most enjoyable player to watch, player that puts a lot of effort in something, …)
Boombox.

Player you would like to see (more) in OWL stage 2 (substitute, fresh signed player or just a player that isn’t in OWL (yet).
Harbleu. Zappis. Emongg. I just really like Offtanks.

Best caster
Uber. 'Cause australia, mate.

Best analyst
Sideshow. 'Cause Over.gg.

General thought of OWL so far (anything you can think of)
Amazing production value. Amazing games. Huge upsets. Surprising Players.

Expectations of OWL - Stage 2
More upsets. Less Mercy. More Moira. Tank heavy comps. MEMES (in the crowd). WALLCLIMBING TORBJÖRN.

Most suprising team (which team did better than you expected during OWL stage 1)
Boston Uprising

Most disappointing team (which team did worse than you expected during OWL stage 1)
LAG FeelsBadMan

Most valuable players (if you could only pick max. 2 players from each team)
LinkZr (DPS)
DreamKazper (DPS)
Gesture (Main tank)
Coolmatt69 (Offtank/Flex)
Bdosin (Support)
JJonaK (Support)

Most overrated player
Tviq

Most underrated player
Undead

Most suprising player
Kazper

Most disappointing player
xQc

Most interesting player (most enjoyable player to watch, player that puts a lot of effort in something, …)
Rawkus

Player you would like to see (more) in OWL stage 2 (substitute, fresh signed player or just a player that isn’t in OWL (yet).
Davin :rage:

Best caster
ZP SwiftRage

Best analyst
G PogChamp L D E N B PogChamp Y

General thought of OWL so far (anything you can think of)
mercy meta (especially on 2CP) is fucking rubbish, good riddance

Expectations of OWL - Stage 2
Quad tank meta BAYBEEEEE