I understand the direction of this post and the reason behind its writing. But it seems to be pretty similar to all the other complain posts. I don't particularly believe that OWL will die due to lack of T2 tournaments and a ladder system.
However one thing we can all agree on is that Blizzard needs to have a better Public Relations team.

They need to communicate better

Miro vs Kaiser

Whoru vs Haksal

Interesting matchups.

A lot depends on the Tracers though. As Hugo said, ESCA can be the deciding factor

Nowhere near the level of the articles posted, but Ill just paste this in the comments :D

#nohateplease

http://blightgaming.com/what-is-the-overwatch-league/

Its the OWL slump

Hey guys I have written an article on Orisa, the new hero. Just wanted to share it with you guys.

http://blightgaming.com/orisa-is-a-replacement-to-reinhardt-or-is-it/

The new hero is shown as an alternate Anchor tank for Reinhardt? But can it really serve as an alternate to Reinhardt? It quite situational

Linkzr has been a prominent member of Team Dignitas. Despite not doing as well as they would expect at the recently concluded Overwatch World cup. Linkzr talks about their strats and how they analyzed their loss to Russia in the tournament. He explains in detail about Shadowburn´s style of gameplay. Lack of a decent variety in players meant that he had to play a reinhart instead of a flex player that he is well known for.

Excerpts from the Interview:

Talk to me about BlizzCon itself. Talk to me about the World Cup. I just grabbed you after your loss against Russia, 0-2. What do you think went wrong in that series?

So we talked with the team, what went wrong. Before we went into the game, we talked about Shadowburn and how he was their key player. They like to do their nano boost and Genji ultimate combo. It’s really important to shut them down but, in the game, we just couldn’t execute the strategy that we talked about. Whenever Shadowburn goes in, he gets like 3 abilities on him. He gets heals, he gets Zarya shield, and he gets nano boost. It’s important to destroy the shield and then get the counters on him such as sleep, flashbang, earthshatter; anything that can slow him so he’s easier to deal with. In the game, we just didn’t get through the shield and everything after that didn’t work out. We were just delayed on our actions to really counter him and the combination that they really like to run.

Let's talk about what's currently occuring in the team itself. Both numlocked and art1er left the team shortly before BlizzCon. Team Dignitas has picked up two new players. Has the team practiced much together yet?

We managed to practice for about two weeks. It's been going great. The new additions, evokje and Veineless, they have been playing support a lot and know their characters. Now, it's all about getting all the parts together like how we work as a team, the kind of playstyle that we like to play. We didn't get enough time to figure out all those things but now that there's new stuff coming out, it's going to be easier to start from the ground up. It's going to be interesting to see what happens in the future. I'm really confident that we're going to get to the level that we were at a few months ago.

How do you feel about the Overwatch League?

I think that the Overwatch League is going to be a great addition. It gives the game a lot more stability. It creates a bigger fanbase by making it more public. It's not just about organizers making tournaments. It's a lot more constructed. They talked about monthly salaries in the league so it's more stable for the players who're playing. You don't have to be worried about what's going to happen. If you're in the league, you know that for a certain amount of time, you'll get money so you can plan the future more. Right now, the future of a pro player is pretty secure but it's always nice to have something to back you up a bit more. I'm really happy for it. When I heard the announcement, I was really happy. I know that the moment I get into the league, I can maybe travel all over the world and establish a proper fanbase.

Source : http://www.esprts.com/interview-linkzr/

Tornado rox will be undergoing a massive roster change in their team. They will be changing three players from their active roster.

http://www.esprts.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Tornado-Rox-Overwatch.png

Engh, Team captain
Hello. We decided to greatly change our structure in the near future, removing Mistakes, Tonic and BuHorpaduHa. On a trial will be new players: Freed (curry), Txao (flex) and pkmk (a support), plus I, as I said, changing role on the second tech support that is better suited coordinator. New players have a high MMR and a good understanding of their roles in the game, I think this is a good reinforcement for us.

Kozrog, Acting eSports director
In our part of accumulated internal problems to be solved: the team did not manage to jump over certain strips and within the team accumulated stress. We gave the captain the opportunity to view a wide pool of candidates, and after a series of test games, he stopped at the top three players, which we take for a trial period and will take the team if they fit into the team. The new line-up, we are again ready to fight for the top places in the Overwatch discipline.

Source

Geoff Goodman admitted that there was a bug with Widowmaker character in Overwatch. He explains it in detail in his reply on the battlenet forums.

http://www.esprts.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Geoff-Goodman-Principal-Designer-of-Overwatch-confirms-bug-300x74.jpg

So we went digging into scripts pretty hard after reviewing this thread, and we did find one bug that is probably causing some confusion for you guys. The bug is this : The first shot she ever charged would take 0.1 s longer to charge than any subsequent shot for the rest of the match. Keep in mind this bug has been in forever, this isn’t a new bug to the PTR.

We’ll have a fix soon, thanks for checking this out.

You can read the Battlenet Forums.

http://www.esprts.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Luminosity.png

LG drop Coach.
Their performance has been disappointing for themselves during the Overwatch Open. Having lost 0-4 to Misfits and only managing to win against Anox, the results were very disappointing for the team.

They are searching for a new Coach and have invited applications. So if you feel like applying and have a good resume feel free to sign up :)

Source : Luminosity Drop Coach, Look to Sign a new one.

Love these post match excerpts. I am new to Overwatch ( just started 2 weeks ago) so any resources I can find is useful :)

Amazing comeback by Liquid on Game2. It was inspiring