I fear losing to Dallas broke Shanghai. They're starting to face the reality of 0-40.

Hotba is the flex, Sado plays main tank.

Outlaws lose control and throw their season away. I can't think of anything more fitting from this team. The season is over for Houston. Time to cut the bench players that they never use anyways, sign a couple Koreans, and figure out what needs to be done for season 2.

Something is up with Boston. You don't go from 10-0 to 0-3 without something major changing. I guess they just can't handle the current meta.

So Boston got bad really quickly I guess

This is almost like a playoff game for both of these teams. Especially for Houston, who doesn't get to face Seoul this stage, it's win or go home.

Quatermain in EU Open Division is a little bit unfair

Aimgod is playing like he's Jjonak Jr or something.

Best $20 Million NetEase ever spent

If you're going to not play on the live patch, they should have at least had the decency to just play stage 4 on the stage 3 patch. It's much better for players and viewers to watch a months-old patch that was played in comp for a long time than a patch viewers don't even remember that existed for 2 days.

Or will it be the famed Seagull Hanzo?

Sorry, Haffi is taking the trophy with him back to Iceland.

X6 have some dope sweatshirts. Wish they sold them somewhere.

Ah yes, Roadhod 2: A Hod in Time. Will our hero Siterr and his trusty hook be able to defeat the forces of evil after said forces transport him back in time to Ancient Egypt for some unknown reason? Will he find the Super Gem and master his true power? Will he make it in time to save his long-lost love? The intrigue only grows!

Nyxl deserves a home game

This is a Saudi tournament, do you really think they'd let Israelis play?

Giving Shanghai a spot was a mistake. Other than that, I'd say the league has been really competitive, with good production and fairly well-handled drama. Sure, the whole xQc thing could have gone a lot better, but DreamKazper and Undead were handled very well and the boosters have generally gotten enough of a punishment to keep most people happy. My biggest complaint is that stage playoffs are still almost completely meaningless and I have no real incentive to watch them.

How do I move to Lebanon?

The Mom's Spaghetti's coming out for Shanghai here.

Spree got signed, sure, but does he actually deserve to be in the league?

best tracer in the world.

Remember when Flame picked up Mendo instead of Buds?

Should be close. GLA are one solid team

Houston went 3-1 this stage when Clockwork played Ilios, compared to 6-7 on control when he didn't play. He's no Striker or even Danteh, but I'd say at this point he's at least playable on certain maps. He got rolled in this match, but then again, it was a 4-0.

https://twitter.com/SeoulDynasty/status/992592006009389056

Rumor has it, we are approaching the day where jehong plays dps.

https://twitter.com/tisrobin311/status/992346232528945157

X6 will take on Fusion Uni, and O2 Ardeont will play LFZ. Not sure how ping will factor into the matches, although I imagine the games will be played on Korean servers.

He played pretty damn well on the first 3 maps. Jake has been improving quite a bit.

Houston's problem is that they have great coordination but significantly less mechanical talent than other teams. Every single one of their players has to be razor sharp in every match not to lose. In stage 2, Jake and Muma weren't playing at their absolute best. In stage 3, Linkzr and Rawkus have traded off playing badly.

Is Zebbo's Dva on Junkertown a new thing or have I not been paying enough attention?

Altering speaks pretty good English, so he is technically bilingual, it's just not the right 2 languages.

LFZ 4-0

Philly lost two maps to the Dragons. This game might actually be pretty close.

Shooting people with shotguns feels good in fortnite. I'm not a huge fan of the building, but I guess it's what allows shotguns to be useful, so I'll take it.

I'm more excited for this than I am for the typical OWL stage finals. Let's go Klaus!

Rawkus throws again by dying with Trans at the end of Numbani in a winnable fight.

Rawkus throws the entire match by taking a year to charge trans on Gardens.

Maps are pretty good for LAG, but they need to take care of business early. If Houston wins either Volskaya or Numbani, they'll be in a good position to win the match.

Edit: Never mind I just saw LA's Numbani record RIP.

Seoul goes back to the basics, and beats a good team in Philly. Jehong and Fleta are players you can put your trust in.

Seeing all of Shanghai die around Geguri as she kills 3 during that last push was heartbreaking.

I have a feeling this one will go the distance. If I had to pick I'd say 3-2 Valiant, winning Anubis and both control maps.

Michael "Mykl" Padilla, the #2 tracer in the world and noted devotee of the juice will return this weekend for a big time grudge match against ex-Fractal Esports for some unknown reason. They'll have a press conference (!) on Babybay's stream on Saturday and the actual match on Sunday. I have no idea what the rosters will be or what's at stake, but knowing Mykl, it's going to be an absolute shitshow in the best possible sense of the word. Make sure to like, subscribe, and turn on notifications to Mykl's youtube channel for daily OWL "content".

https://twitter.com/KING_BABYBAY/status/988930242625486848

https://twitter.com/KING_mykL/status/988974314018947073

Seagull. He's a nice guy, a veteran of competitive gaming who's been around the top for over 10 years, and he's shown remarkable composure as a member of Fuel, doing what the team needed to have a chance and never being toxic towards teammates.

Yeah, but outside of Spree and Logix there are maybe 2 good Belgian OW players. Contenders EU had 2 entire teams full of Danes.

Houston flag meta>Boston flag meta. Spree's Belgian flag is more rare than Kellex's Danish flag.

Houston have to be kicking themselves after that draw. You can't only get 1.5 pushes in 2 minutes.

I don't approve of benchjehong

2 reverse sweeps in 1 day is pretty damn impressive.

4-0 for FL incoming

Please tell me Unkoe didn't willingly join Dallas.

Seoul will play their B lineup and drop a map. They'll still win, but they'll drop a map.

I'm so hyped for the Termo vs Yuki grand finals of contenders AU.

Baghdad, huh? That sure would be something. Also Hong Kong isn't really part of China.