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What are the week 1 bans (if any)?
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monte's best friend is thorin and if that doesnt tell you enough you havent been paying attention. he's a loving massive chud and they should both gently caress off. j
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Feb 8, 2020 05:24
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That Overwatch kit commercial was just embarrassing. The new kits look like poo poo. Game talk Mei is dominate as expected. Curious to see what teams would run if she were in a ban pool.
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Feb 8, 2020 19:46
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Viewership numbers are grim
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Feb 8, 2020 20:50
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I love hearing the crowd go nuts and seeing CRUNCH TIME and having no idea what I’m missing. loving amateur hour over here.
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Feb 8, 2020 21:45
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hobbesmaster posted:if it’s anything like the talent 2/3 of them were fired And scattering the remaining all over the world lol
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Feb 8, 2020 21:55
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not having one single continuously running stream is really stupid.
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Feb 8, 2020 23:05
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Torb is pretty strong right now.
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Feb 9, 2020 00:36
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why not both
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Feb 9, 2020 01:24
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Feb 9, 2020 02:35
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Just realized they're going to lose so much money on bits too. Hope google paid them $$$
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Feb 9, 2020 04:01
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Codependent Poster posted:No bits, no all access, no idle streamers watching because no drops... Yeah they need to have been paid a lot. I think blizzard really cracked the code on esports monetization: rich assholes and mega corps that will invest tens of millions each into your league. The viewers were always secondary to that insane influx of cash they got for franchising, broadcast rights, etc.
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Feb 9, 2020 05:35
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Herstory Begins Now posted:Viewer #s are 100% the thing that drives every other aspect of esports being profitable and blizzard being able to demand x for franchises and y for broadcast rights. If OWL pans out than yeah they cracked it, but that still very much remains to be seen and twitch deciding not to renew the deal was a big blow My point is that they made the bulk of their money up front without proving any viewership or profitability. All those investors bought in hard and by all accounts are not making anywhere near their money back.
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Feb 9, 2020 15:26
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surf rock posted:Here at the end of the first weekend, I think these were the heroes not played: Pretty surprised to see no Ashe play. Guess Widow is still the pick for that role.
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Feb 10, 2020 03:19
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Ignis posted:https://twitter.com/Outlaws/status/1228031081909227520 How much can the league fine them for that abomination
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Feb 14, 2020 00:16
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Chazani posted:
Esports are already massive and aren't going anywhere. OWL on the other hand has a lot to prove.
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Feb 14, 2020 09:08
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Mei owns
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Feb 14, 2020 18:09
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hobbesmaster posted:Mei main spotted Just started playing her a lot this week after watching last weeks games  She feels as impactful as old D.Va and Roadhog. Love it.
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Feb 14, 2020 18:33
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tetsuo posted:this is garbage Amateur hour went an extra week it seems
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Feb 16, 2020 00:18
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Watching vods really confirms how much dead air and lovely commercials any OWL stream has. Jesus less than half of the live stream is actual matches or even commentary.
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Feb 16, 2020 23:22
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Oasx posted:None of the other eSports I watch have as many delays as OWL. LoL has a lot of pauses but nowhere near the dead air and ads in broadcasts.
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Feb 17, 2020 19:07
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my favorite is that god awful mobile game they're shilling now NOT IN GAME GRAPHICS
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Feb 17, 2020 20:08
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Players are going to drop like flies with this travel bullshit.
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Feb 21, 2020 06:08
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Which is why they desperately need a players union as does every esports league
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Feb 21, 2020 17:45
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Mr X is the worst and his eyes creep me the gently caress out
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Feb 26, 2020 00:07
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Feb 29, 2020 20:25
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Pools are an extremely Blizzard way of handling a problem other games figured out over a decade ago. It isn't better or more interesting, it's just stupid RNG nonsense. Teams have to practice for this weeks matches and at the same time try and prepare for the next set of pools or worse just go in blind because they don't know what to practice yet. It's just garbage. Game designer enforced metas are always worse than player created metas.
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Mar 5, 2020 16:55
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Oasx posted:How do you get players to shake up the meta then? Player selected bans every map, like every other character based game does? Dive and GOATS were a balance team problem, not a player problem. And both scenarios would have been stopped with normal bans. Balance changes should happen much more frequently based on ban rates, etc.
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Mar 5, 2020 17:23
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Tommu posted:
Wait what!? I somehow missed that part but goddamn that is stupid.
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Mar 5, 2020 20:08
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dogstile posted:If you don't like dive and you don't like goats, your problem isn't that the meta is bad. The problem is that you don't like overwatch and should go watch siege. Literally blizzards solution is to ensure
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Mar 6, 2020 00:14
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One weird trick to kill your talent pool! Edit: lol I’m getting ads for OWL Miami and the tickets are half off. Ouch. Bottom Liner fucked around with this message at 15:58 on Mar 6, 2020 |
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Mar 6, 2020 15:41
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how did/do people not realize mei is still critical and her wall practically replaces rein shield when he's out?
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Mar 7, 2020 22:53
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Oof, just awful timing and luck for the league. Good they're taking the safe choice but that is definitely gonna kill enthusiasm. Maybe they can listen to their players and work on hero pools more (at least make it 2 week pools) in the mean time.
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Mar 11, 2020 20:45
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you mean haku "women should not be in my ranked games" is a lovely womanizer? I'm SHOCKED
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Mar 14, 2020 06:39
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The LCS (NA League of Legends) crew planned for this last week and are all going to be running their broadcast from home, not sure if teams will be able to play with the new safety measures though. Pretty sure this is the nail in the coffin for OWL for a while.
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Mar 20, 2020 08:44
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Latency issues with players not together at least on a team basis. Also the issues of enforcing league rules without extra cams and stuff to replace refs (minor, but they still have to uphold competitive integrity and enforce any rules).
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Mar 20, 2020 15:03
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Valorant preview stuff pulling a million viewers and a lot of former OW folks throwing shade to outright shittalking OWL and OW has got to hurt.
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Apr 4, 2020 00:49
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Overwatch isn't about individual skill expression, it's about managing cooldowns and keeping track of enemy team cooldowns. Games like Valorant and CSGO have deep strategy and tactical play, but the ability for a single person to carry through pure FPS mechanics is much much higher. Both are cool and good, but it's just a different kind of shooter much closer to CSGO than OW. The character powers are bought like utility items in CS, they generally do much less powerful things than skills in OW. Every character has the same hitbox and health, can use any gun, etc.
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Apr 4, 2020 06:12
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OW2 pivoting to PVE makes a lot of sense given how everything has gone.
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Apr 4, 2020 21:03
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Yeah, SC is the original and still one of the best esports for both players (money aside) and viewers and Blizzard deservers almost zero credit for any of it. OW is still the game I play the most, but as much as I loved season 1 and still like the game, OWL is just an utter shitshow on almost every level and I barely skim through a game or two per week now.
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Apr 4, 2020 21:18
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