G2 signs former Epsilon TF2 players for Overwatch

teja

November 26, 2015

G2 has announced the acquisition of an Overwatch team comprised of ex-Epsilon TF2 players.

Epsilon eSports were a European TF2 powerhouse with 7 ETF2L championships and multiple top-3 finishes on the international stage. The squad was initially slated to play Overwatch under the Epsilon banner, but later parted ways for undisclosed reasons.

Team captain Seb "numlocked" Barton commented on their new home:

We're all really excited to be working with G2. As soon as Overwatch was announced, as a team we knew we had to get our hands on it. Each person in our team brings a wealth of relevant experience which has a huge amount of potential in Overwatch. With G2's belief in us, we feel we can release our potential to its maximum.

The tentative lineup consists of:

Seb "numlocked" Barton
Mike "Mike" B
Stefan "schocky" Berends
Hugo "Flippy" Perhirin
Jean-Louis "KnOxXx" Boyer
Théo "Tek" Guillebaud

Official announcement via g2esports.com

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SIMON

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here we go :D

Admirable

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What kind of results have they been getting?
I thought most of them are only in the beta like a week?!

yuki

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I wonder if they even signed any contracts, yet.

Same thing as other sponsors offering I assume? I just hope it's not a BlightGaming for Overwatch, especially so early in the game's life.

Bren

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A lot of people are saying too soon but you have to realise that getting a team in early is pretty huge when it comes to esports, the alternative is waiting to see if the scene really kicks off and missing the train.

Enef

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I wonder how mike will practice with no MGE?

yuki

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MGEMike to change his name to PlayvsAIMike and nonstop spam Reinhardt until the day he dies

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Awesome to see all those years of TF2 finally pay off.

verb

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I think this game has more potential to have unique hero composition per team, really interested what Epsilon (or Kinguin? Sounds weird off the tongue) has to bring to the table!

fraac

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I wonder what roles they'll play. Can't see anyone wanting to push the cart.

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verb

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theres a lot more variety in this game, but a meta will eventually form. But whatever the meta is, i think it'll be a lot more interesting than TF2

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MikeyA

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MikeyB

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Mike

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Sorry I grabbed Mike first, Mike :(

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riotbz

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nice one teja

grats Mike Bdams

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Stevie

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And the race to develop an overwatch mge mod begins...