ESPN reports Guangzhou and Paris to be expansion franchises

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DixR

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Lets Go!

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DUDOhustle

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Surprised PSG isn't going in on the Paris slot given they already have a couple of esports teams.

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wild guess that's because they want to keep PSG branding.

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any football/soccer team with that big of a name would be dumb to join this league where u cant even brand your own name to be honest :D

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i dont see a dimension where 6 french players that are not avec le6 +/- one or two others are worth 60 million $

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I highly doubt that it will be a full french team, talent pool isn't really there to make a completely national team from anywhere outside of Korea and china

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DixR

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Soon, Akm, Asking, Poko, Unkoe, Benbest, Hqardest, Leaf etc. There are more than enough players to make a full french team even i doubt it will happen

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Half the names you listed are already committed to an OWL team tho. They're 1 year contracts but teams still get priority over renewing them.

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That's not how this league works, how many British folk do you see in London Spitfire? Americans playing for New York? I'll be surprised if there's any Chinese left on Shanghai after that shit show of a season and be surprised if the 2nd team is full of them as well.

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but from knowing the french spirit they will want to have a french team for this league

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But they have an American Owner, even tho the french half of me wants a french team i doubt it would happen...

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McCourt is not French... President ow London is not English. You see my point ?

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france is definitely the next best scene to expand to other than korea, america is already sucked dry of talent, france has the next most pro players and historically successful teams (rogue specifically)

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100% agree, problem is the best all France lineup is Eagles and I can't see them being able to compete with the OWL boys so unless they plan on bringing in the best French players currently in the OWL and mixing them with Eagles etc I can't see it happening, that will cost a lot of money to buy people like Soon, AKM and Unkoe etc but who knows, I hope it does happen though.

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You are forgetting what's probably atm the hottest FR player not in OWL, Asking, I don't know if he's already of age, but fi he is, he0's already an OWL capable player.

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How many UK (or even just EU) players are in London Spitfire and NA players in NYXL or Florida Mayhem?

As others have pointed out only some of the FR players, let's list them again: Soon, aKm, unKOE, Poko, NiCOgdh, Benbest, Asking, Hqardest, Leaf, Winz, Knoxxx, Lilbow, Hayko, Kolsti, and there are others.

Are they all top tier OWL players? Of course not, but do you honestly believ FR doesn't have enough talent to field a mixed team with some FR players in it?

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4 of the best are already attached to OWL teams, isn't winz half playing Quake? nobody is saying there isn't enough quality but that's not how OWL works, do you honestly expect the Berlin spot if it ever happens to have any German players?

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No idea about a possible Berlin team, but I really believe there FR players that are not yet in OWL that are better than other players already in.

I would be honestly quite baffled if a French team will end up with no FR player at all, personally I'd try Asking, the guy has been popping off like crazy for the past 2-3 months in the Trials and then in Contenders.

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woooo lets go guangzhou!

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China ResidentSleeper

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So basically 6 slots will be like:

Asia Pacific: Guangzhou and 2nd for Korea, Thailand or Australia?
Europe: Paris and 2nd slot most likely Berlin?
North America: Both from US? Chigago and Seattle? Or maybe Canadian city?

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Chigago PogChamp

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DixR

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We really dont need another american team

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For these 6 new slots the cities that i want are:
Asia Pacific: Guangzhou, Busan, Bangkok.
Europe: Paris, Berlin.
North America: Toronto

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EU: Paris + a Scandinavian Capital (most likely Stockholm)
NA: Toronto (or Montreal/Vancouver)
Asia: Guangzhou, Probably Busan and one in either Australia or Thailand.

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As big as China is I think it's a bit of a disgrace to bring in another China team when the first went 0-40 for the first season when other countries deserve a spot more than that but maybe they have ambitions of going 0-80 next season with two teams.

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First, to bring in another team from China should not be a disgrace. It might be one of the greatest chance for talented Chinese players. I'd say none of Shanghai's players is the best one in China, if you learnt about teams like Miraculous Youngster. The Chinese players might finally see the chance to compete in a greater stage, other than OC in China. I could tell lots of players who quit will return to competitive gaming of OW because of the opportunity. SHG is not providing positions for good players in China, while I believe Guangzhou could be the one! (SHG is messed up with management problem and choosing players not even through the trials, which is the problem I hope they could solve in next season)

Secondly, your math is really bad since it is impossible to have 0-80 combined with any two teams. However, it may take some time for you to figure it out. Work harder with math bro!

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Loving the Reficule ridicule of robo's maths

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I really hope the MY players are still as good as they were before the team broke up, because otherwise, I do legitimately worry about picking up players from a scene where contenders was won by a mid-tier (at best) Korean team.