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Solidsnakejej · Jan 18, 2020

Dragons also released Envy since they have a 12 person roster. Fearless was supposed to be a solid pick up, can't really take anything from the first Dragons team.

Envy has also retired, don't really see another team giving him a shot.

Chessguy1 said:
is a season 4 of OWL pretty much guaranteed?

We'll see what the streaming deal is.

cmdrshepard · Jan 19, 2020

Chessguy1 said:
is a season 4 of OWL pretty much guaranteed?

Something really bad would have to go down this season for it not to continue past this third season. I would say season 4 is at least 80% going to happen at this stage but we will have a much clearer idea 1-2 months into the season and how the homestands are working out.

Buttchin-n-Bones · Jan 19, 2020

optimus8936 said:
Wasn't really his fault that he was an aggressive main tank thrown into a team that didn't know the difference between left and right

True, and it's hard for a tank to shine alone unlike what happened with Ado

optimus8936 · Jan 19, 2020

N3WTYPE · Jan 19, 2020

EMT0 · Jan 19, 2020

I called it, but calling Envy being dropped is like calling the rain when you know the weather forecast. Dude's a known jackass to work with. Now let's wait to hear about Neko...

Solidsnakejej · Jan 19, 2020

Let's check in on open division

The_Strokes · Jan 19, 2020

Lol Monte C9'd

Solidsnakejej · Jan 20, 2020

Diem will be missing the beginning of the season recovering from pneumothorax

Solidsnakejej · Jan 20, 2020

cmdrshepard · Jan 22, 2020

Soe confirmed to be moving to hosting duties now

Solidsnakejej · Jan 22, 2020

Solidsnakejej · Jan 22, 2020

Confirmation that Krystal is no longer with the spark

Chopchop · Jan 22, 2020

Solidsnakejej said:
Confirmation that Krystal is no longer with the spark

That's the guy who kept going AWOL right?

Dude doesn't deserve to be on the team with that behavior anyway.

JayCB64 · Jan 22, 2020

Solidsnakejej said:

Let's fuckin' gooooooo

Treestump · Jan 22, 2020

I'm starting to feel that new season hype, man. I'm sure Soe is going to nail it as host.

The_Strokes · Jan 22, 2020

When even Zedd memes on you for being trigger happy when it comes to call hacking, lmao

optimus8936 · Jan 22, 2020

Frester · Jan 22, 2020

Solidsnakejej said:

Damn it, I'm gonna be out of town for this :(

names2hard4you · Jan 23, 2020

Toronto Defiant (and new CODL team Toronto Ultra) partner with Universal Music Canada for the next years to come:

Solidsnakejej · Jan 23, 2020

Jaws will be casting OWL 2020 with Hex

Tabby · Jan 23, 2020

Custa going to get himself fired at this rate.

Solidsnakejej · Jan 23, 2020

We finally know why Slur was dropped

https://www.reddit.com/r/Competitiveoverwatch/comments/eqssmb/what_happened_to_slur/fexn0lt/

AtmaPhoenix · Jan 23, 2020

Tabby said:
Custa going to get himself fired at this rate.

Oh no what did he leak this time?

Solidsnakejej · Jan 23, 2020

TManPlays said:
Oh no what did he leak this time?

An email that was about wardrobe fitting with time and place that also had Jaws and Reinforce as a receiver along with the rest of the casters, this was before Jaws officially announced.

AtmaPhoenix · Jan 23, 2020

Solidsnakejej said:
An email that was about wardrobe fitting with time and place that also had Jaws and Reinforce as a receiver along with the rest of the casters, this was before Jaws officially announced.

Ahhhhhhhh. I see.

(The fact that he can "leak" anything is really dumb at this stage, there's two weeks until the season starts.)

Solidsnakejej · Jan 23, 2020

Uh oh

turbobrick · Jan 23, 2020

Why would you look at work emails on stream?

names2hard4you · Jan 23, 2020

New PTR out and maybe this won't be 1.45 but rather 1.44.5? The implications of this would be that this would still come out before OWL and the players would have these nerfs as well. See here: https://www.reddit.com/r/Competitiv...ach_metcalf_software_manager_at_blizzard_you/

Solidsnakejej · Jan 23, 2020

names2hard4you said:
New PTR out and maybe this won't be 1.45 but rather 1.44.5? The implications of this would be that this would still come out before OWL and the players would have these nerfs as well. See here: https://www.reddit.com/r/Competitiv...ach_metcalf_software_manager_at_blizzard_you/

Current PTR version is 1.44.0.1.65575 v live's 1.44.0.1.65513 which is basically same version number, This would be a good patch to shake up the meta, but I was waiting for confirmation before getting hype.

names2hard4you · Jan 23, 2020

Solidsnakejej said:
Current PTR version is 1.44.0.1.65575 v live's 1.44.0.1.65513 which is basically same version number, This would be a good patch to shake up the meta, but I was waiting for confirmation before getting hype.

Perfect thank you, I'm on console so I couldn't check the versions for myself. Well there you go, this plus the fact that apparently the previous PTR dropped at the exact same time as this one and got pushed to live the week after might be a part of the "balance strategy" that Jeff said was going to release by the end of next week.

My take on it is that it's definitely gonna be interesting if they plan to do big changes like this frequently. But I also wonder how that would affect OWL

names2hard4you · Jan 23, 2020

Double post**

cmdrshepard · Jan 23, 2020

I think the current PTR patch will go live and will be the version OWL will be using. I think it will shake a few things up after a few homestands but i expect it will come a bit too soon for those playing in the NY and Dallas homestands to fully change over to any meta that might be established or be playing that meta at a high level.

Also are there any concerns yet being raised over the Chinese homestands with the coronavirus outbreaks and whether they will still go ahead as scheduled?

Solidsnakejej · Jan 24, 2020

Really wish we had confirmation on how involved Fanatics are in producing these. Gonna say that don't love the horizontal bar highlighting the name of the team.

names2hard4you · Jan 24, 2020

OWL will be streamed through YouTube Gaming: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-rel...o-power-new-player-experiences-300993016.html

Solidsnakejej · Jan 24, 2020

Well that sucks, Twitch chat is the best, Wonder how they'll get the token system, access pass, and all those emotes that people paid for on Twitch.

Chessguy1 · Jan 24, 2020

youtube gaming is a separate app from regular youtube right?

JayCB64 · Jan 24, 2020

Twitch chat is fucking awful.

Still, considering how much bigger Twitch is when it comes to streaming and eSports this is probably a lil concerning.

turbobrick · Jan 24, 2020

Well that sucks. Twitch is a much better platform than Youtube for streaming.

At least its not facebook gaming though

capitalCORN · Jan 24, 2020

This is annoying. I liked having my esports consolidated on Twitch since I could just track everything with Streamlink.

Solidsnakejej · Jan 24, 2020

Also this obfuscate how much they got for the deal.

JayCB said:
Twitch chat is fucking awful.

Still, considering how much bigger Twitch is when it comes to streaming and eSports this is probably a lil concerning.

Have you seen Youtube Chat?

names2hard4you · Jan 24, 2020

turbobrick said:
Well that sucks. Twitch is a much better platform than Youtube for streaming.

At least its not facebook gaming though

I mean I'll be honest for E3 on recent years I just go to YouTube because I find the quality was better on there

RecRoulette · Jan 24, 2020

I spent the last 2 years dumping bits into Twitch for emotes I can't use anymore. Fucking rad.

AtmaPhoenix · Jan 24, 2020

Yeah, that's gonna be a no from me.

Solidsnakejej · Jan 24, 2020

Will be interesting without the Token incentive what the viewership numbers will be

RecRoulette · Jan 24, 2020

On the bright side YouTube handles VODs better than Twitch. And considering games will be played overnight when they're in Asia, that's great. Trying to watch a game I missed on Twitch was a nightmare at times

Deleted member 2802 · Jan 24, 2020

Youtube gaming

Buttchin-n-Bones · Jan 24, 2020

Given their push for casuals, this move makes sense. Hard to tell how many eyes are caught on ESPN 2 or the Disney Channel and only gamers go on Twitch

AtmaPhoenix · Jan 24, 2020

Buttchin-n-Bones said:
Given their push for casuals, this move makes sense. Hard to tell how many eyes are caught on ESPN 2 or the Disney Channel and only gamers go on Twitch

I didn't think about the casual market. Kinda makes sense, but I do think it's a step down from Twitch.

All the players are suddenly promoting their YouTube channels, I wonder if this will affect how many keep up personal Twitch streams.

CM_Ace · Jan 24, 2020

Viewership about to take a massive hit.

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