This is Overview, your weekly recap of all news about competitive Overwatch.
For the week of 10/2/17
This is my first time writing or reporting in any way so please don’t expect anything spectacular. All feedback is appreciated.
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Overwatch League:
News:
Team EnVyUs, who acquired the Dallas-Austin Overwatch League spot, announced their team branding for the league: Dallas Fuel. The color of blue will remain the central color of the brand, going back to Team EnVyUs’s nickname of the “boys in blue”.
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ESPN’s Jacob Wolf reported that the LA spot, owned by the Kroenke brothers, will be called the “LA Gladiators”, following a copyright claim was filed earlier this week. It also unveiled that Phoenix1 would be leading the team's operations.
Korea/APEX:
News:
The OGN Seoul Supercup was announced, featuring a four-team cup taking place at the Hanyang University Stadium in Korea. Lunatic-Hai, Cloud9 Kongdoo, Lucky Future, and Miraculous Youngster will compete in a single-elimination bracket on October 15th.
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CONBOX released a statement on Tuesday to reveal the release of their roster, and that they would reevaluate their participation in Overwatch in 2018. After a loss to Luxury Watch Red, CONBOX were eliminated from APEX Season 4 in the quarterfinals stage.
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Meta Gaming made large switches to both of their rosters, Meta Athena and Meta Bellum. For Meta Athena, upcoming star Libero left due to Overwatch League offers, while Bellum received the transfers of Hoon and Hyeonu from the Athena squad, along with the addition of rookie na1st. Hexa and SanSam from Bellum made the swap to Athena, with former LW Red players aWesomeGuy and NoName being added to round out the roster.
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Scores:
APEX:
GC Busan | 3-0 | Lunatic Hai
Contenders/NA/EU:
News:
Season 1 of Contenders concluded, with Team EnVyUs winning 4-0 over FaZe Clan in the NA grand finals, while Gigantti won 4-3 to Misfits for the EU side of things.
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Kungarna has decided to disband after a heavy losing streak in contenders, and the loss of babybay to the San Francisco Overwatch League Team. The team stated however that they will attempt to rebuild in the future for the next season of Contenders.
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Rogue decided to release their roster after having problems getting into the Overwatch League. From a statement from the organization, they stated: “We did everything we could to get the team a spot in OWL, including procuring the buy-in money and going through the whole approval process. Unfortunately, we were not accepted for Season 1”. Rogue garnered numerous tournament wins in their time in Overwatch.
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After Season 1 of Contenders concluded, EnVision eSports announced numlocked would be leaving the roster, and Chayne would come in as a replacement for APAC Premier 2017. numlocked has been reported to join Immortals for the Overwatch League.
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Coming up to contenders:
Contenders team 123 lost Tonic, one of their main players, heading into the Contenders LAN on Friday due to U.S. visa issues, where Contenders was taking place. Nomy from San Francisco OWL filled the void of Tonic's position as a substitute for the LAN.
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Scores:
Contenders EU:
Gigantti | 4-3 | Misfits
Misfits | 3-2| Cloud 9 EU
Gigantti | 3-0 | 123
Contenders NA:
Team EnVyUs | 4-0 | FaZe Clan
Team EnVyUs | 3-0 | FNRGFE
Faze Clan | 3-1 | EnVision eSports
Standings:
1st: Team EnVyUs $40,000 USD
2nd: FaZe Clan $15,000 USD
3rd-4th: EnVision eSports $10,000 USD
3rd-4th: FNRGFE $10,000 USD
5th: Rogue $8,000 USD
6th: Immortals $8,000 USD
7th: Kungarna $4,500 USD
8th: Renegades $4,500 USD
China/APAC:
News:
More invitations were handed out to teams for the APAC Premier 2017 tournament that starts later this month. Three teams from the Pacific Championship tournament were invited, including ahq eSports club, Blank Esports, and Flash Wolves. North American team EnVision eSports and Korea's MVP Space and Afreeca Freecs were also announced to join the roster of teams, with two more teams from Korea are expected to be announced.
Scores:
No matches from China were played this week.
Asia/Pacific Championship:
News:
The Pacific Championship concluded this week with Arodent taking a 4-0 over Flash Wolves in the finals, while Blank Esports won the bronze final against Hong Kong Attitude, putting them into third place.
Scores:
Arodent | 4-0 | Blank Esports
Flash Wolves | 4-2 | Hong Kong Attitude
Blank Esports | 4-2 | Hong Kong Attitude
Arodent | 0-0 | Flash Wolves
Rankings:
1st: Arodent: NTS$3,000,000 (~99,320 USD)
2nd: Flash Wolves NTS$1,500,000 (~49,660 USD)
3rd: Blank Esports NTS$1,000,000 (~33,107 USD)
4th: Hong Kong Attitude NTS$800,00 (~26,489 USD)
5-8th: ahq eSports NT$600,000 (~19,866 USD)
5-8th: MEGA Thunder NT$600,00 (~19,866 USD)
5-8th: Machi Esports NT$400,000 (~13,244 USD)
5th-8th: Libalent Supreme NT$400,000 (~13,244 USD)
Oceanic:
News:
No news from the Oceanic scene this week. The Bi-Monthly Brawl had its second week of matches.
Scores:
Dark Sided | 2-0 | Sin Gaming
Masterminds Blue | 2-0 | The Project
4Legs | 2-0 | Athletico
Scylla Esports | 2-0 | Masterminds Blue
Masterminds GC | 2-1 | Scylla Esports
Sin Gaming | 2-0 | Masterminds GC
Athletico | 2-0 | The Project
4Legs | 2-1 | Dark Sided
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That’s it for this week’s competitive Overwatch news. Be sure to check out our other copy of Overview that focuses on the t2 scene.
Thank you to Snivy for proofreading and light editing, and all the wonderful over.gg writers whose articles all these snipets of news are based from.
Written by d1vine
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