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The Overwatch League |OT| So Long, and Thanks for All the GOATS! (LIVE)
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It often was discussed so offhandedly that it would feel like someone was essentially saying "You shouldn't add Koreans to your team unless you're already a team of Koreans." Like I said, that isn't what they meant, but it is how it sounded.
To be fair Goats is all about team cohesion and coordination, and you can't get there without effortless communication. Which is why Shock dominating as they are with a mixed roster is more impressive than on the surface.
And it's why its puzzling homogeneous teams like Houston and Florida are struggling.
Wait so Runaway lost the same day Titans did.
That's one massive coincidence. Also we got baited hard, goddammit why they'd have to choke.
That's one massive coincidence. Also we got baited hard, goddammit why they'd have to choke.
Crusty is clearly the best coach in OWL right now IMO. He's proven himself with Boston and how far they fell after he left, to now with the Shock.
But still, gotta give credit to the players as well. They don't have Crusty with them in the game and their communication is insane. The most team heavy meta ever and a mixed roster is dominating. Sinatraa had insane coordination with Choi and Viol2t yesterday for example. They're insane.
Doesn't hurt that they have the best Zarya and Rein in the world and a top 3 at minimum Zen/Lucio/D.Va. The only semi weak link on the team is Rascal and he's not bad at all, just doesn't stand out compared to the top Brigs like Haksal.
I'd really hesitate to not call Rascal a top 3 Brig. The reason they swapped over to him instead of Architect starting on Brig is because he has an ability to clutch and find plays that others will miss in the heat of the moment(paraphrasing Super? here). He's had hero moments in the last few games, especially when he and Sinatraa clutched holding Point A Blizzardworld yesterday. If you don't put Rascal in the top 3 Brigs I don't know who else can go there. Haksal's the obvious and it still feels fucking bizarroworld to me that he went from bot to god, but the only other brigs that have stood out to me is Erster
Jake Kappa
Honestly, yeah, your post made me think about it. Not a lot of Brigs stand out. So while Rascal does look worse compared to Haksal, yeah he's probably still top 3. Profit is a god Brig as well, or... at least he was, but since he's on Zarya duty due to Birdring's shortcomings we don't get to see it anymore.
I guess Guard's Zarya isn't as consistently high as Profit's and they figured it was a worthy tradeoff to have Profit's Zarya over Profit's brig. At least Profit was probably glad for the role swap.
Birding's probably feeling it that he's one of the few hitscan specialists in the League that got put on Brig duty over the flex/projectile player
I had Shock like mid tier before the season when everyone else was putting them top 4 and shit
1. Sinatraa was ass in World Cup goats so I was assuming that wouldn't change(it did)
2. I never once thought Super would play and that Smurf would be the starter, who I think is mediocre(he did play and was insanely good somehow)
3. I thought Moth was just decent but he went like 📈 out of nowhere
Liquidpedia's got nothing on what roles he played in the past, anybody know?
EDIT: He's a flex support
Liquidpedia's got nothing on what roles he played in the past, anybody know?
EDIT: He's a flex support
Flex support yeah, was with NRG for last two seaons of Contenders iirc, really, he's okay? I mean they got Hago in that position, so what the fuck???
Yep, them taking Arch out of Stage 4 made sense but I was still bummed about it lol
So I'm not sure how the All-Star stuff works, but will Surefour get to defend his title in the Widow 1v1 even though he's not on the All-Star team?
Yeah, the day 1 festivities are seperate from the proper All-Star game the next day
Awesome. Looking forward to the Widow 1v1 match a lot more than last year since I'm not sick of Widow this time.
What the actual fuck
He's the champion >_>
Lemme guess: they called decay
What is the point of the event then if the champ can't defend? Lmao
I mean, knowing Surefour it may be an extended joke, but someone asked him about it in chat and he was like "I wasn't invited" and then moved on pretty quickly, so. I guess they may have only picked starting roster players?
Imagine being the most viewed Overwatch streamer currently still in the League, beating Carpe on a Widow 1v1 and not getting invited to what's basically just a popularity contest.
Damn. Hell of a lot of salty Surefour stans ITT 👀
National treasure is back. Nice
Can't wait for goats to die :)
National treasure is back. Nice
Can't wait for goats to die :)
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I agree with most people that DPei would probably be the best choice, but... Aero is still a good coach
I won't pretend to have paid almost any attention to the Mayhem, but... isn't HaGoPeun one of their better players??
Can't find a source for it but apparently him and Xepher were not getting along. Don't know if it had anything to do with this but we'll see soon I guess
Apparently they were physically fucking fighting
https://www.reddit.com/r/Competitiv..._crew_member_tundra_speaks_out_about/elmwm2j/
Still stupid as hell to drop Hago over Xepher
When the Westerners hate you for dropping all non-Koreans and the Koreans hate you for starting a full squad of boosters.
Combine that with all the previous reasons to dislike the Mayhem like their picking a state instead of a city, their color scheme, their management etc. and who's even left to still cheer for the mayhem lmao