Overwatch League confirms six new franchises

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https://twitter.com/overwatchleague/status/1038034208898330624?s=19

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RIP EU

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well one city is better than nothing, which i honestly expected at one point.

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1 EU team and no KR team, hopefully they can find investors if the next season is also successful in their eyes.

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What does this actually mean for future expansions, Season 3 and forwards? When there's 5 Asia, 13 NA and 2 EU teams, if they go for 4 divisions would that mean 28 or 32 teams (7 or 8 in each division)? So would final number of teams in each region be 7-8 Asia, 14-16 NA and 7-8 EU? Or would they somehow keep up NA East Coast teams with same division with EU, if they won't get enough EU teams?

Hopefully next expansion features some of these rumored cities from Asia-Pacific (Thailand, Australia, Korea) and Europe (Basically anything). Not sure how realistic team for South America is, but would be sweet.

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would love a Rio De Janeiro team by season 4

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I hope we find out their names/colors/logo sooner rather than later.

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new teams Pog

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Can't wait for the branding to be announced!

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Welll all leaks and suggestions were right, but is good to have it official. :)

As for the rest 13 NA team (11 USA and 2 CA), 4 Chinese, 2 EU and 1 Korean, not really an international league, more an NA one with couple of exceptions.

How will this work out when they'll start to actually play in their own hometowns? Is this still planned to happen? As with a team distribution like this it's going to be a nightmare for the teams.

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Let's be real here, it was always going to be an NA focused league and I have no issues with that but having 4 Chinese teams and only 1 Korean and 2 European is scandalous, it's a kick in the teeth for EU and KR who are being shit on because the regions they come from don't seem to have people willing to pump millions into a slot, this league is essentially about who has the biggest wallet and less so about who deserves it more or will bring more to the table.

China couldn't bag a win in the entire first season so the solution is to add 3 more Chinese teams, I mean what the actual fuck. Korea deserve more spots by far but whatever.

OW isn't even that big in China is it? I mean I saw a Chinese guy posting about the rumours and saying OW is basically behind another 4 games in terms of popularity, is the Chinese OW scene that big then or is this just a massive gamble to help it get bigger?

The travelling was always going to be a massive issue and the main reason I was always expecting OWL to fail, there's a reason it's never been done before and there's a reason every single sport in every single country hasn't done the same, it's an absolute clusterfuck waiting to happen having people bouncing from NA to China to play some OW and then what, to Paris and maybe to Melbourne in the future? interesting to see how this will pan out.

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this league is essentially about who has the biggest wallet and less so about who deserves it more or will bring more to the table.

Absolutely, it has been like this since the beginning, is not like other professional leagues aren't about money, in the end that's what makes the world spin, but still...

Would be curious to know how much each spot was paid for? If I understand correctly the price wasn't "fixed".

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I think the lowest price was 35 mil for the toronto spot. It was more for other NA teams and other spots especially around china were sold for much much more than that because there were a lot more buyers in china that wanted spots and blizzard didn't want to sell anymore than those 3 so it was whoever bid the highest.

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Pretty ironic that Paris's franchise is going to be held by the owner of the Marseille soccer team.

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Which begs the question, why Paris? I have no clue how these things work but did he bid for a spot and pick Paris or was he always bidding for Paris? would love to know.

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Paris 'cause Blizzard's EU offices are in Paris (well it's actually Versailles but still), and also it's the capital?

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Indeed it is but surely if you're forking out $20m for a spot you should pick where it goes right? unless the guy who bought it picked Paris.

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I think he did, he bought the Olympique Marseille club 'cause it was "easier" to buy than Paris St. Germain, but in the end Paris is like the 2nd city in EU, after London as population, that counts something for sure.

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For those interested:

https://youtu.be/xjM4ADI-zLM

A nice breakdown of who owns the various franchises