Nope, he got officially moved up to the main team I believe, not with a 2way contract.

Oof an Highly Illicit situation, let's see what the Justice can do about it!

Nice match, but damn my ears... :D

Edit cause... wrong match lol

Well this looks pretty onesided tbh

Woa nice match, GG SMS!

They could always try Fragi on support, heard it's a popular option in OWL LUL

Hmm no more desk, headsets instead of actual mics, did they cut the budget of Contenders EU again? :(

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Austrian Jjonak ready to pop off, you heard here first! :)
Also lol that start of the video.

Oh missed on the first pass, that sick sleep dart @ minute 3:20, watched it live crazy stuff, and wasn't the only one during Trials EU.
Happy at least someone (arguably the best player) of NOS made it to Contenders, the team imo deserved a spot, but eh only 2 spots make it hard.

Good roster, I'm honestly happy to see at least 2 of the CIS Hope guys in it! :)
Also nice video reveal.

It's gonna be hard on the communication side for the 5 Koreans, unless Moth can somehow learn Korean himself.

Another loss, but another close one (mapwise), they are imo missing Soon, Kariv isn't quite the same kind of player.

Oof this looks painful...

Well this makes it even more clear how OW isn't a game where a single strong player is enough to carry a team to the finals.

With peace to all analists/casters that are still sure the ONLY reason Phille got to the finals was Carpe, which surely helped (the guy is a monster), but he isn't enough, even more so in a meta like the current one.

No Poko, no Boombox, Phillie looks like a completely different team (worse if you ask me, even if I like Snillo)

Indeed GG, and agree some crucial mistakes, but I'd say probably forced, Gladiators played very well imo.

Close one! PogChamp
Also watching Benbest on Anubis, the man keeps throwing random firstrikes...

Totally agree, I'm a bit of a Paris fanboy, but as long as the match is fun and balanced, doesn't really matter who wins. :)

Oof even a permanent ban, wonder what he did.
Also, replacing a team with 5 boosters with one with 3? Couldn't they find another team, maybe without boosters?

Hmm sure about that? I would say Manneten was an upgrade over Xepher, McGravy... not so positive.

Oof very close one, but damn if Atlanta has 2 great flex supports.
Wasn't expecting Pogman to pop off like this and Kodak... 39-9 on Lunar Colony...

Oh damn, Phatt is a great support but Luddee...
Is it his choice or something's happening at Angry Titans? Noticed they keep getting NA coaches, are they going to switch region? (yes I know silly idea lol)

So now... who are they going to pick up in your opinion?
Someone like Wayfast?

But if they are not going for an actual full NY roster, why even completely swapping roster?
Is not like the previous one was bad. :/

https://youtu.be/4twW_t-rYeM

This si golden. :D

Oof damn close match, GG both!
If it doesn't go to map 5 is not a Phillie game.

EU battle! Well ok with some VERY notable Koreans in the mix. :D
Atlanta is this year's Phillie imo, let's see if Phillie can repeat itself, so far nice match!

I surely did thanks to you and the guys mate, unlucky only 2 spots were open for Contenders.

"top 3! see you in 5 months....! oh wait"

Sigh, well GG anyway NOS!

This was a hard one for Shangai, Gamsu didn't look too integrated into the team.

Also, anyone knows how much a ticket for those first rows cost at Blizzard Arena? I see loads of familiar faces from last season in every match :D

Let's go Paris!

Yet they dominated London on Volskaya anyway...
Damn this match si all but "Balanced", when a team wins, simply crushes the other one... expecting maybe again Sombra for London on map 4?

Oof that first map was a bit onesided
And the 2nd seems onesided too, just the other way. :)

But aren't NA Trials tomorrow? Or you meant the SA ones? In which case eh, yes the South American T2 scene is in a bad spot. :(

Yep totally agree the "in-game" ads are totally fine, but again it's just me, grumpy old dude who quit watching TV years ago due to the amount of ads he was bombared with. :D

Well byebye chances to get to Contenders for NOS. :(
GG Shu!

Yes primarily that, but also a personal feeling (meaning I didn't really count the minutes hehe) that desk time and what can generally be listed under "Overtalk" was way less than past season, and instead replaced by ads and countdowns.

But again it's just me, I don't like ads, probably others do, so eh.

9PM Match PogChamp

By playing better than the other team's Brigitte?
Or maybe by playing Torb? :D

Unkoe underperforming, Zacharee not (yet?) at OWL level, Effect meh...
Honestly except for a couple of primal rages from OGE and Akm's Sombra on King's Row, not much to be hyped about Dallas.

And that's an issue, even if just for communication, but I honestly believe Tviq was one of the weak points of last year's Mayhem and he didn't impress me this first match either.

Nice match!
But damn the amount of breaks and ads...

TheIlluminati GG TheIlluminati

I USED TO BASK IN THE SUN BlessRNG BUT NOW THERES AN ECLIPSE BlessRNG

A wild Forsak3n appears in NOS for map 1. :O
Happy to have Eclipse back thou, the kid oozes potential.

Vancouver is way too far

One of my worst "trip plans" was to drive a car from Toronto to Vancouver, alone, didn't expect to take so much time :D
(the positive part is, Canada is an amazing country)

Also running a DPS on tank ain't really the best solution, and still they already looked better.

Fusions landing some nice shatters, not sure it's enough to win, NYXL are imo way too strong for this Boston, but happy to see him perform well. :)

They said he might not even play today for that reason.