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Time Crisis Actor
Apr 28, 2002

by Hand Knit
As they say in the military, "Good initiative, bad judgement".

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Pattonesque
Jul 15, 2004
johnny jesus and the infield fly rule
https://twitter.com/Aspen_OW/status/1597090930263478272

this sucks for talented folks like Aspen

Pattonesque
Jul 15, 2004
johnny jesus and the infield fly rule
https://twitter.com/owpathtopro/status/1597412245361000448

Ignis
Mar 31, 2011

I take it you don't want my autograph, then.


So Atlanta right now is NFT8R as head coach, Sephy and WyzardHyeong as assistants, Hawk, Stalk3r, Vigilante and Lip

Is Gator just fielding a Reddit-tier fantasy team or something

Ignis
Mar 31, 2011

I take it you don't want my autograph, then.


https://twitter.com/yeHHH/status/1598368539571798017?t=PjutFSbWoDi1isHDudG14w&s=19

Pretty cool of the League to inform teams of changes Elon Musk style (via Twitter and with very few hours left)

surf rock
Aug 12, 2007

We need more women in STEM, and by that, I mean skateboarding, television, esports, and magic.
Spark dropped AlphaYi (booooo) and Irony (hooray).

If the Spark don't pick up Leave, I'm gonna have a meltdown.

lih
May 15, 2013

Just a friendly reminder of what it looks like.

We'll do punctuation later.
the rumour has been for a while that spark were looking at going full chinese & signing leave and rui. would imagine if that's the case then they'd also be picking up mmonk, lige (again lol), jinmu, maybe molly as backup, or farway if guangzhou aren't hanging onto him.

or maybe they're just going to totally collapse due to the apac situation, who knows

Ignis
Mar 31, 2011

I take it you don't want my autograph, then.


Finally, some good rear end news
https://twitter.com/sen_ebooks/status/1604089225317560320

Pattonesque
Jul 15, 2004
johnny jesus and the infield fly rule
https://twitter.com/spex_j/status/1604091226399166464?s=46&t=v13oGQu1_ciNg27jQzof8A

surf rock
Aug 12, 2007

We need more women in STEM, and by that, I mean skateboarding, television, esports, and magic.
YESSSSSSS, the Overwatch World Cup was how I first got into esports! It's so loving fun, I can't wait. Please (please please please) bring back Bren and Sideshow for that at least, Blizzard!

Pattonesque
Jul 15, 2004
johnny jesus and the infield fly rule
Oh my god

https://twitter.com/bostonuprising/status/1606311306629468161?s=46&t=ygSADCmviU9gPTGx7uZsrw

surf rock
Aug 12, 2007

We need more women in STEM, and by that, I mean skateboarding, television, esports, and magic.

Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, holy gently caress

I mean, the DPS line is three red flags, but they're very talented red flags, so it's pretty plausible that that ends up working out for them. Goddamn, congrats to Boston fans

Pattonesque
Jul 15, 2004
johnny jesus and the infield fly rule
https://twitter.com/Outlaws/status/1606349216405753884
https://twitter.com/LAGladiators/status/1606348892944994304
https://twitter.com/LAGladiators/status/1606332565500989440?s=20&t=vHRwY14VJRzaibDRBhOf6Q
https://twitter.com/vancouvertitans/status/1606334414249922560?s=46&t=NguVn0l0oPaMGVqECjJQ-Q
https://twitter.com/VancouverTitans/status/1606333928352227328

Pattonesque
Jul 15, 2004
johnny jesus and the infield fly rule
https://twitter.com/Outlaws/status/1606379233403670529

Manatee Cannon
Aug 26, 2010



how is it that striker has bounced back and forth between shock and boston so many times

Nihilarian
Oct 2, 2013


Boston making a run for it i guess lol

Also still funny that Striker refuses to be on any roster except Boston and SF

Nihilarian
Oct 2, 2013


Lastro's not bad but definitely feels like a downgrade from Shu. could still be a better fit for the team for other reasons though

Also nice to see birdring come back. We'll see if he's still got it

Pattonesque
Jul 15, 2004
johnny jesus and the infield fly rule
https://twitter.com/VancouverTitans/status/1606386699126317062

Vancouver Uprising lol

to be fair though Punk, Faith and Crimzo are a good core

Pattonesque
Jul 15, 2004
johnny jesus and the infield fly rule
https://twitter.com/ATLReign/status/1606424430946574336

Nihilarian
Oct 2, 2013


So the Shock are revealing their team in the showmatch vs Fuel tonight, right?

lih
May 15, 2013

Just a friendly reminder of what it looks like.

We'll do punctuation later.
shock have confirmed they are and fuel probably are too

indications/leaks/speculation is that fuel have signed mcd & unique (from the same element mystic 2019 squad as hanbin and sp9rk1e) and shock have signed heesang, max, and vindaim (idk exactly why shock have signed another support when they made viol2t flexing work very well)

edit:

https://twitter.com/SFShock/status/1607588828990021632

viol2t gone from shock?! does explain vindaim though

and they still have to sign at least another player (probably junbin honestly unless viol2t is staying)

weirdly the show match seems to be new shock vs old fuel? but it's guriyo and hanbin starting over edison and fearless so not the fuel's best roster for a winston meta

lih fucked around with this message at 05:39 on Dec 27, 2022

Pattonesque
Jul 15, 2004
johnny jesus and the infield fly rule
https://twitter.com/vancouvertitans/status/1607828714955632640?s=46&t=b0gEgjaxagkId0tAYnoZ_g

Pattonesque
Jul 15, 2004
johnny jesus and the infield fly rule
https://twitter.com/mizliz_/status/1608535636008394752?s=46&t=Re7ZRpodB6ag2Hi-ft6LNQ

Disastrous

Pattonesque
Jul 15, 2004
johnny jesus and the infield fly rule
https://twitter.com/fusion/status/1608870655574921217?s=46&t=NTjlcPgPeiDhbI68PMQJBQ

RIP Fusion

Manatee Cannon
Aug 26, 2010



that is such a weird move after apac imploded and their academy team closed shop

couldn't they have at least not picked the one korean city already represented in owl?

Issaries
Sep 15, 2008

"At the end of the day
We are all human beings
My father once told me that
The world has no borders"

Good.
Hopefully rest of the Korean teams relocate too.

lih
May 15, 2013

Just a friendly reminder of what it looks like.

We'll do punctuation later.

Manatee Cannon posted:

that is such a weird move after apac imploded and their academy team closed shop

couldn't they have at least not picked the one korean city already represented in owl?
they've been based in seoul for the last two years using t1's facility there so it makes sense from that perspective. the move was initially just a temporary thing due to covid but rebranding does make sense if they've decided to stay there.

they're also one of the few apac teams that is reportedly actually willing to spend this year, the only other one that we know might be is hangzhou.

closing their academy team wasn't really a surprise either, academy teams don't seem to be really worth it unless you've developed a reliable pipeline of high-level rookies and korean contenders talent is drying up enough/so heavily concentrated in o2 blast now that i don't really expect them to promote anyone who was on t1 this off-season, especially when the free agent market is so saturated.

Pattonesque
Jul 15, 2004
johnny jesus and the infield fly rule
https://twitter.com/bostonuprising/status/1609935185935728640?s=46&t=N_i8SCUjH0FaE0_cbaG7SA

Nihilarian
Oct 2, 2013


https://twitter.com/Spitfire/status/1611808488837062656?t=JiziMN1Uk5Xlmu63_kXq-Q&s=19

surf rock
Aug 12, 2007

We need more women in STEM, and by that, I mean skateboarding, television, esports, and magic.
Bren and Sideshow are in the middle of another Pokemon race, and one of the challenges Sideshow got was to score 20 on Flappy Bird before he could continue in the race. I have never seen a person disintegrate faster in the face of a challenge, but it has produced the greatest content of our era:

https://streamable.com/1qy0uj

Pattonesque
Jul 15, 2004
johnny jesus and the infield fly rule

surf rock posted:

Bren and Sideshow are in the middle of another Pokemon race, and one of the challenges Sideshow got was to score 20 on Flappy Bird before he could continue in the race. I have never seen a person disintegrate faster in the face of a challenge, but it has produced the greatest content of our era:

https://streamable.com/1qy0uj

letting those two go was a very bad idea for OWL!

Nihilarian
Oct 2, 2013


Its a romhack thingy - Pokemon Infinite Fusion. Sideshow spent hours training up a machoke/sandslash to fight lt. Surge only to overlevel it. Bren gave him a massive lifeline - all he had to do was unfuse the pokemon and refuse them to lower level pokemon, which is against their arbitrary ruleset normally.

So he goes back to Pallet town to catch literally anything to fuse them with and picks up a starmie and a cyndaquil. Now his pokemon are only level 20, he heads back to Vermillion City to grind, immediately goes to fight a guy who greets him with "I've never won before", loses his ground/psychic sandslash/starmie to an ominous wind, his machoke/cyndaquil gets poisoned by the next pokemon and faints before he gets to the pokemon center.

So now he has exactly one pokemon to take on lt. Surge - a water/normal snorlax/wailord. This has been his carry pokemon, the only pokemon he hasn't been able to kill because its just too beefy - snorlax came with leftovers. Its at level cap and has been since before he started the stream. He accidentally triggers a fight with one of the gym trainers, immediately overlevelling it. He has to negotiate with Bren to allow him to actually continue. Somehow cons Bren into letting him continue if Bren gets to spin the badtime wheel. Immediately steamrolls the boss despite type disadvantage. The machoke, sandslash, cyndaquil and starmie died for no reason.

Manatee Cannon
Aug 26, 2010



sideshow and bren are the true agdq marathon

surf rock
Aug 12, 2007

We need more women in STEM, and by that, I mean skateboarding, television, esports, and magic.
Excited about Coach RUI, not as excited about Coach RUI immediately saying not to expect much.

EDIT: OK well this seems like the league is about to die: https://twitter.com/JacobWolf/status/1615771219202015233?s=20

surf rock fucked around with this message at 19:45 on Jan 18, 2023

Ignis
Mar 31, 2011

I take it you don't want my autograph, then.


E:fb woops

https://twitter.com/JacobWolf/status/1615788832644808722?t=snVd5Dh-6PPgfgiZT_WSqQ&s=19

Long time coming to be honest. If the League burns in flames before S6 begins I hope that Blizzard at least has the sense to open up tournament licenses for grassroot tournaments. I'll miss OWL but Blizzard thoroughly deserves this.

teagone
Jun 10, 2003

That was pretty intense, huh?

Apex's return to glory is nigh.

Pattonesque
Jul 15, 2004
johnny jesus and the infield fly rule
what if we built our esports scene on something other than short-term profit fueled by the grift and mendacity of a single rich jerk?

Teriyaki Koinku
Nov 25, 2008

Bread! Bread! Bread!

Bread! BREAD! BREAD!
https://twitter.com/chengduhunters/status/1617555567916249090?s=46&t=0lHiMLMpg1VyrP7LuzqBqQ

Overwatch is gone in Mainland China. Not sure how this will affect the OWL scene.

Ignis
Mar 31, 2011

I take it you don't want my autograph, then.


OWL still hasn't outlined anything about that, it's kind of upsetting.

In other upsetting news, the Tornado Defiant may finally not be a wet fart this year
https://twitter.com/TorontoDefiant/status/1617960436422348802?t=csGoITpO5f6V5kKM5_bFtQ&s=19

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Pattonesque
Jul 15, 2004
johnny jesus and the infield fly rule
https://twitter.com/PlayOverwatch/status/1617970102007201810

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