it has been so long since there's been a scheduled game here i forgot what hope felt like

:candle:

RUNAWAY FIGHTING

Sayaplayer https://www.twitch.tv/hjm3935

*paid actors

5 dps, 1 main tank :thinking:

There's no way this can go wrong.

Zhufanjun PogChamp

Those are some good pickups, but I'm worried about the Korean/Chinese integration. From what I hear, none of the Chinese players speak English well, and I doubt their Korean is much better.

My time zones are displaying as Eastern when I'm in Pacific. Other than that it's pretty good.

So this is what over.gg has become. A wasteland of shitposting. A desert of IQ. I do not come here every day for this. There used to be meaningful content and interesting discussions. But now this? What's next? DLC nerd stars? Premium subscription? Upfrag lootboxes? This is not what I came here for. I came here to share my love of Overwatch esports and analysis of the beautiful matches we are being delivered every day. I came here to compare my point of view to other people's ones. I came here for the match ticker, the results, the PogChamps and the F5 spam. Not for this. Please grow up as a community, over.gg. You're making a long time fan sad.

Not my school feelsgood

EZ 4 RA

Honestly if they are in apex s4 form this whole tournament will be pretty ez for them.

They were probably fed up after the owwc fiasco.

KyKy mentioned there being a salary cap on the high noon podcast.

Timo is crazy! (Timo is Taimou btw yeah I know pro ow players but its no big deal anyways can i get my stream added pls)

My aim is suffering, due to the sudden atrophy of my right forearm muscles. Times are tough.

One of the Greats. He left his mark in a deep way on the scene.

Rest in peace Dennis.

^By HP

Irl jerseys or ingame jerseys? or both?

OWL: Fuel
OWC: USA
Normal: EnVyUs

Nv fanboy btw

If Nv doesn't count for normal bc they are fuel now, then Bazooka Puppies.

It's interesting that although GCB and RA ran mostly mercy during the APAC finals, they did swap off for speedboost sometimes. I think lucio does still have some viability, and if SK can make good use of him, they would have an edge.

I want USA to win, and I think it will be off of KyKy's coaching and preparation. The players are skilled enough, but whether or not they can take advantage of the "jehong nerf" will be the deciding factor.

US pharmercy should be better than SK's, if Sinatraa pulls his weight (which he probably will). I think the boys in red, white, and blue take control and assault, and SK take escort and hybrid. If they play double control like they did in contenders finals, USA wins.

Predict: 3-2 USA.

No backup main tank, though. Is that a risk they're willing to take?

This will reduce the ridiculous fights a lot, and is overall a positive change. Mercy can no longer always reverse a teammate's mistake, but still undoes opponents' outplays pretty well. This places more emphasis on teamplay, and makes it harder to solo-carry on ladder. I think it will bring back the more stationary comps, which can safely take space for mercy to res securely.

Ana's increased damage will just make her viable in more places. This will hopefully limit the number of pharmercy-only teams we see pop up in NA.

Good job, blizz.

Zex?

Hopefully this development does not affect the supply of puns.

I’m trying to be more active. I think he community here is pretty cool. Thanks for being a great resource, guys.

4-3 Busan. I think this is a game we’ve seen before, and Busan have the best teamwork and coordination in the world, coupled with coaching staff and talent to match it.

I’ll say it again- I don’t think anyone can beat GCB in their current form. They are the best team in the world.

Hopefully, we get the MY vs GCB matchup. That would be a game. If MY beat Runaway, I think they'll have a good chance to take 3 off Busan, but nobody is going to beat GCB before they become team London.

Busan 4-0 AF. Busan beat FW handily. I think they can shut down ArHaN easily enough to go to the finals.

Runaway looked pretty good against MVPS, but dropped two maps. MY, on the other hand, 4-0ed blank. I want to see MY win this (4-2), but I think Runaway will take it 4-3 due to more flexibility and a more polished dive. MY is strongest on low-mobility comps, which will lose to top-level Korean dive.

as D w

edit: ok I didn't mean to post this. I thought I was in ow, but I was tabbed out. Anyways, I hope that owl season 2 does bring some turnover, and owners start putting in the time and money to find good teams and good coaches. Until then, I don't think it's a bad thing to have a great t2 scene either.

So... Rip FW, I guess. GCB 3-0 FW.

That being said, top tier genjis can make it work, they’re just playing a lot more around blade now.

I haven’t watched enough t2 lately. KARMA looked good at wc, how are they doing now?

I think Runaway can pull so many roll switches that it will throw off Busan’s meticulous study. If Haksal plays Lucio, Runaway can win 4-3. If not, Busan 4-2.

I don’t think anyone except maybe Runaway or GCB can beat MY. They looked really good, especially YangX1aoLg, against LH. Top Korean teams could do the research to beat them, though, because they aren’t too flexible. Their dive was weak.

rip all the viewers gonna be at Apex finals.

4-0 Busan. I believe.

MY looked really good, but LH honestly made amazing switches and had insane individual and team plays.

Fleta PogChamp
He's so good on everything

OGN's main channel is streaming some kind of showmatch right now, looks like between two all-female rosters. It's korean only, but still kind of cool.
Edit: forgot to add its twitch.tv/OGN_OW

Any Nv vs. Rogue game, and the apex season 1 semis between Nv and KDU. Great games.

Seattle for me. Such a hub of video game development. Also my home.

Klaus hype PogChamp

Widow hype- offensive venom mine new meta?

I believe flow3r turns 18 before league play starts. Majority is 19 in Korea, but he could play in the US. :thinking:

Last Sunday, Team China and Team France Rogue secured their spots

FTFY

Whew. Cutting it close on this one. Slight lack of puns.

Must be hard to make callouts while your hands are busy with the mouse and keyboard.

this whole thread is a mess

It starts at 11 pm PDT.

I think I'm pulling an all-nighter.