They showed potential back in Assembly Winter w/ Woomera, but never got back to that level.

SLEEPYBEAR POGCHAMP

xushuld not have done that

Wakawaka waks away from Overwaka team Kongdoo Panthera.

Team Zappis is a Poggers

haHAA

I think we should have a little Best of 2017 thing, where we all vote and then the results get revealed.

Honestly, I’ll admit it, you destroyed me with that one.
Not bad. Respect.

Holy shit how bored are you

I want Kaiser in OWL. Enough said.

Dafran I hope

This is my favorite roster so far.

The whole roster is very strong. However, if there had to be a starting roster to finding the best results, I would have it be:

Effect
Seagull
XQc
Mickie
HarryHook
Chipsajen

Tentative rankings:

1) Seoul Dynasty
2) Dallas Fuel
3) Los Angeles Valiant
4) Houston Outlaws
5) New York Excelsior
6) London Spitfire
7) San Francisco Shock
8) Los Angeles Gladiators
9) Boston Uprising
10) Philadelphia Fusion
11) Shanghai Dragons
12) Florida Mayhem

Agreed. I think Zebbosai should take a coaching position, and Cwoosh and Zuppeh are still questionable players. Neither have shown anything very special, especially Cwoosh. I've always thought he was a bad tank player.

TviQ is fantastic as always, but like you said, he's an asshole.

Logix and Manneten deserve so much better.

OWL preseason was awesome. Great insight to see that this season will definitely not play out like everyone expects. Obviously, we should take most results with a grain of salt, but if we're basing things off the past 4 days, here are some conclusions:

Seoul Dynasty is the top team, but can most definitely be contested and beaten.

The other top teams include Dallas, Houston, LAV, and NY. The Kongdoo section of the spitfire roster is also very strong, but not the GC Busan section. SF Shock and LAG both seem to have the potential to make upsets but aren't a consistently top team.

Meanwhile, Boston, Shanghai, and Florida are at the bottom tier, in that order of best to worst.

Now, we just wait to see how Philadelphia is.
Also, all of this is completely subject to change by the time Stage 1 rolls around.

FlagMeta is the name of the EU over.gg team. That's a betrayal. They are our ENEMY.

At least make him an analyst along with Hex.

Maybe they'll bring in Jkap to pair alongside Semmler?

Famous CSGO caster, Semmler, supposedly is in the midst of a deal with Blizzard to cast OWL. However, he would be moving over by himself, which means he'll need a casting partner.
I hope his partner is ZP- I'm worried that ZP currently isn't a caster for OWL and I feel like it won't be the same without him. Him and Semmler could make a fantastic duo.

http://www.espn.co.uk/esports/story/_/id/21713547/auguste-semmler-massonnat-leaves-counter-strike-join-blizzard-staff

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Excited for this!

Putting Mendo on Pharah is a :thinking:

Easily his least confident DPS hero.

Awesome.

NerdStars will climb to diamond!

That Weekeed bomb kind of won Seoul the game

LAV 3-2

Fuel will be an even stronger team when they realize that Taimou and Mickie don't need to start every single game. Forcing them onto heroes that they don't excel at to the level of other players on the team is a bad idea. I think if they open up their options more and tap into their flexibility, they'll perform even better.

As a second note: in order for Spitfire to perform better, they need to start that core of Kongdoo as much as possible. GC Busan has already lost it. I think Profit/Hooreg are alright, but the Kongdoo roster combined with Fury could actually bring them back near the top.

gotcha, but will he ever cast OWL?

Y'all doubted when I said that Spitfire would not be as good as everyone expected.
Now, I didn't expect Gladiators to be that good, but I CALLED Spitfire falling out. I'm happy.

DESTROYED

Is ZP ever going to cast? I presume he would cast with Hex, but where is he?

Got it. Will these maps change for season 1?

And how are the maps decided that are played in each set?

So I've noticed only 2 maps for each mode, and then lijiang tower as a tiebreaker... is this for the whole season? Is this all we're ever going to see? Because if so, that would be disastrous. It'd become so boring so fast.

lmaooo he loves to roast

They are looking to be a dominant force.

SCRUBASAURUS PREVIEW

Not a commanderx preview DansGame

Never realized Bishop was still involved.

Nice write up, again!

^

let's goooooo

SILKTHREADDDD

LET'S GO VALIANT

Babybay was the standout for sure.

Shock is doing well.

Is there... any way to watch it on Overwatchleague.com? Or is it only on MLG?

Ah, didn't even realize. Sorry!

Personally think that Architect should be a starter. I think he's OWL material but it seems I'm one of the few who think that.
Otherwise, great roster!

Dammit, X. You’re fired!

A truly sad death that could’ve been something amazing (Shanghai Dragons)

Ouch

This