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It's finally time for a new season of the Overwatch League! Will Jam reign supreme again with the London Spitfires? Well we'll just have to find out!
For those who are new, welcome! We hope you enjoy your stay! But I guess many of you are curious as to what the Overwatch League is! Well:
The Overwatch League, or OWL for short, is the premier Professional E-sports League for Overwatch, organized by Blizzard. The league is known as the first 'truly global professional esports league', featuring franchised teams representing cities from all around the world.
Here are some of the changes!
Season Schedule! (From Liquipedia)
But AlexFlame116! What about a person like me who wants to watch it on TV?
Way ahead of you! If you have Disney XD, here is the opening week schedule for that channel!
Introducing the Homestand Weekend Series!
Three Overwatch League teams will host games in their home cities: Dallas Fuel, Atlanta Reign, and Los Angeles Valiant!
Dallas Fuel will host matches first on April 27-28, 2019. The location will be Allen Event Center in North Texas, and will include the Chengdu Hunters, Hangzhou Spark, Houston Outlaws, London Spitfire, Paris Eternal, Los Angeles Valiant, and Seoul Dynasty!
The Atlanta Reign will follow afterwards by hosting matches on July 6-7, with the Florida Mayhem, Guangzhou Charge, New York Excelsior, Philadelphia Fusion, Shanghai Dragons, Toronto Defiant, and Washington Justice joining them!
Last but certainly not least, on August 24 to the 25 at The Novo by Microsoft at L.A. Live, we have the Los Angeles Valiant who will be hosting along with the Atlanta Reign, Boston Uprising, Dallas Fuel, Hangzhou Spark, Los Angeles Gladiators, New York Excelsior, Vancouver Titans, San Francisco Shock, and Shanghai Dragons!
The Broadcast Team! (From Liquipedia)
English Broadcast
2019 Overwatch League All-Access Pass on Twitch!
The 2019 Pass is now available to purchase! It is priced at $14.99 which is half the cost of the 2018 Pass.
More info here
Purchasing the Pass gives you 200 League Tokens. With Twitch Prime members also receiving 500 bits when purchasing.
It's finally time for a new season of the Overwatch League! Will Jam reign supreme again with the London Spitfires? Well we'll just have to find out!
For those who are new, welcome! We hope you enjoy your stay! But I guess many of you are curious as to what the Overwatch League is! Well:
The Overwatch League, or OWL for short, is the premier Professional E-sports League for Overwatch, organized by Blizzard. The league is known as the first 'truly global professional esports league', featuring franchised teams representing cities from all around the world.
Here are some of the changes!
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- The Atlanta Reign, Paris Eternal, Toronto Defiant, and Washington Justice will join the Atlantic Division.
- The Chengdu Hunters, Guangzhou Charge, Hangzhou Spark, and Vancouver Titans will join the Pacific Division
- All teams will play a 28-match schedule this season, down from 40 from the 2018 season.
- The All-Star Game and other skills competitions will be held between Stages 2 and 3.
- Stage Finals will be held after Stages 1, 2, and 3. Eight teams will qualify, including the two division leaders in that stage, along with the next six teams in the stage standings regardless of division.
- For the postseason, the two division winners along with the next best four teams by record, regardless of division, will automatically qualify. Two additional teams will qualify through a play-in tournament between the seventh- through 12th-place teams. Those final eight teams will compete for the league championship in a double-elimination bracket.
- The prize pool for the 2019 season is $5 million, up from $3.5 million in 2018.
- Stage Playoffs Prize Pool (for each of Stage 1, 2, and 3):
- Winner gets $200K
- Runner-up gets $100K
- 3rd and 4th place teams get $50K each
- 5th through 8th place teams get $25K each
- Season Playoffs Prize Pool:
- Champion gets $1.1M
- Runner-up gets $600K
- 3rd place team gets $450K
- 4th place team gets $350K
- 5th and 6th place teams get $300K each
- 7th and 8th place teams get $200K each
- The map pool for each stage has been expanded to 12 maps. Here's the map pool for Stage 1:
Season Schedule! (From Liquipedia)
- Regular Season - Begins February 14th
- Matches will play out live from the Blizzard Arena each week. All 20 teams will play 28 matches over four five-week stages, for a total of seven matches per stage. Though the season is divided into four stages, wins and losses will count towards teams' full-season records and all-important seeding for the postseason.
- Stage 1 - February 14th - March 17th, 2019
- Stage 2 - April 4th - May 5th, 2019
- Stage 3 - June 6th - July 7th, 2019
- Stage 4 - July 25th - August 25th, 2019
- All matches in the Regular Season will consist of four-map sets
- Each Stage of the Regular Season will have its own 12 map pool.
- Matches will play out live from the Blizzard Arena each week. All 20 teams will play 28 matches over four five-week stages, for a total of seven matches per stage. Though the season is divided into four stages, wins and losses will count towards teams' full-season records and all-important seeding for the postseason.
- Postseason (Playoffs)
- After Stage 4 finishes, the top Atlantic and Pacific division teams, along with the next four teams in the standings regardless of division, will automatically qualify for playoffs.
- The seventh- through twelfth-place teams in the overall standings will also have a chance to qualify for the playoffs. These teams will be pitted against each other in a sudden death tournament, with the top two teams being able to join the playoffs for a total of eight teams.
- All-Star
- The 2019 All-Star Weekend will take place in the middle of the Overwatch League Regular Season, during a larger break between Stages 2 and 3. Basically TBA.
But AlexFlame116! What about a person like me who wants to watch it on TV?
Way ahead of you! If you have Disney XD, here is the opening week schedule for that channel!
Introducing the Homestand Weekend Series!
Three Overwatch League teams will host games in their home cities: Dallas Fuel, Atlanta Reign, and Los Angeles Valiant!
Dallas Fuel will host matches first on April 27-28, 2019. The location will be Allen Event Center in North Texas, and will include the Chengdu Hunters, Hangzhou Spark, Houston Outlaws, London Spitfire, Paris Eternal, Los Angeles Valiant, and Seoul Dynasty!
The Atlanta Reign will follow afterwards by hosting matches on July 6-7, with the Florida Mayhem, Guangzhou Charge, New York Excelsior, Philadelphia Fusion, Shanghai Dragons, Toronto Defiant, and Washington Justice joining them!
Last but certainly not least, on August 24 to the 25 at The Novo by Microsoft at L.A. Live, we have the Los Angeles Valiant who will be hosting along with the Atlanta Reign, Boston Uprising, Dallas Fuel, Hangzhou Spark, Los Angeles Gladiators, New York Excelsior, Vancouver Titans, San Francisco Shock, and Shanghai Dragons!
The Broadcast Team! (From Liquipedia)
English Broadcast
- Host:
- Puckett (Chris Puckett)
- Interviewers:
- Mica (Mica Burton)
- Danny Lim (Danny Lim)
- Emily (Emily Tang)
- Analysts:
- Bren (Brennon Hook)
- Sideshow (Josh Wilkinson)
- Soe (Salome Soe Gschwind-Penski)
- Malik (Malik Forté)
- Commentators:
- MonteCristo (Christopher Mykles)
- DoA (Erik Lonnquist)
- Uber (Mitch Leslie)
- Mr X (Matthew Morello)
- Semmler (Auguste Massonnat)
- Hexagrams (Robert Kirkbride)
- Achilios (Seth King)
- Wolf (Wolf Schröder)
- Commentators:
- Nevestudão (Thauê Neves)
- Vecet (Arthur Rage Nogueira)
- Tonello (Felipe Souza)
- Ana Xisde (Ana Paula Cardoso)
- PetarTV (Petar Neto)
- Demo (Guilherme Ono)
2019 Overwatch League All-Access Pass on Twitch!
The 2019 Pass is now available to purchase! It is priced at $14.99 which is half the cost of the 2018 Pass.
The best way to experience the 2019 Overwatch League season is with the Overwatch League All-Access Pass on Twitch. This year, All-Access members can customize their match-viewing experience with a slew of viewing options, represent their favorite players with gear and skins, and engage more directly with Overwatch League players and the fan community—all for just US $14.99, less than half the cost of last year's pass.
More info here
OVERWATCH LEAGUE COMMAND CENTER
The new and improved Overwatch League Command Center—exclusive to All-Access Passholders—lets you watch matches your way. Easy-to-use controls allow you to select between full-screen feeds showing the in-game point of view for all 12 players, an overhead view, and the main broadcast view. You can watch preset template views that combine player POV, overhead map, and main broadcast feeds into a multi-view experience. You can further customize your Command Center by selecting up to four different preset layouts for one-click or hotkey switching between your favorite viewpoints. Whether you want to watch your favorite players or check out the action from the perspective of your main role, the Overwatch League Command Center gives you the control to watch your way.
200 OVERWATCH LEAGUE TOKENS
Jump-start or add to your team skins collection with 200 Overwatch League Tokens.* With 1,160 team skins to choose from—including home and away options for all 29 heroes and all 20 teams—you'll be able to support your favorite teams, add more options for your top heroes, or just pick cool-looking kits. And don't forget: when you purchase one Overwatch League team skin for a hero, you now get both the home and away versions for just 100 League Tokens.
OVERWATCH LEAGUE MERCH DISCOUNT
Gear up to represent your favorite teams and players with a 20 percent discount at the all-new Overwatch League store, valid until Oct. 31, 2019. A single-use discount code (geographic restrictions may apply) will be emailed to you within 14 days after you purchase the Overwatch League All-Access Pass.
AD-FREE VIEWING
Watch ad-free on Twitch on all Overwatch League channels.
PASSHOLDER-ONLY CHAT
Join All-Access Passholder–only Twitch chats to meet and root with (or against!) other like-minded Overwatch League fans.
OVERWATCH LEAGUE PLAYER INTERVIEWS
Get exclusive access to live Overwatch League player interviews on match days. Watch live to submit your questions directly to the players!
Purchasing the Pass gives you 200 League Tokens. With Twitch Prime members also receiving 500 bits when purchasing.
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