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3 Takeaways From The 2020 Hangzhou Spark Campaign

For the second year in a row, the Hangzhou Spark will watch the Grand Finals from the sidelines after an early exit in the postseason. While the team was riding high on a positive end to the regular season, they were unable to replicate that success against their 2020 rivals, the Seoul Dynasty. There have…

Spark Announce Partnership with A Certain Scientific Railgun T Anime Series

No, that title is not an April fools joke: the Hangzhou Spark are officially an anime. Team Spark are proud to announce that we are partnering with the Bilibili herself, Misaka Mikoto from “A Certain Scientific Railgun T”, who joins the squad as an Honorary Member with jersey #3. May the Railgun power help us…

OWL Is An Anime: The Hangzhou Spark Manga In Retrospect

The Hangzhou Spark dug deep into its anime roots this season by promoting their upcoming matches with a weekly comic strip akin to that of Japanese manga or Korean webtoons. While the production of the manga did end part way through the season, the comic was a perfect setup for the new wave of talent…

The Spark Face One Final Test Before The Postseason

Finally, the Spark did it. They won a game at a tournament. Not only did the Spark break the round one curse a couple of weeks ago at the Countdown Cup, but they also made it to the Finals. Firstly, their games against the Dynasty were as close as anyone could have predicted. The anime…

Third Times The Charm For Hangzhou At The Countdown Cup

Deja vu. This term was used for the Summer Showdown preview and once again, the Hangzhou Spark are in another twilight zone position. Following a 3-0 performance against the Dynasty in Week 24, the Spark are poised to clutch, at least, their first tournament win in the organization’s history. That is if they can stop…

Spark Part Ways With Head Coach Mask, Team Announces Assistant Coach paJion As Replacement

Late Thursday night the Hangzhou Spark announced the departure of Head Coach Lee “Mask” Mu-ho and promotion of assistant coach Hwang “paJion” Ji-Sub. The team announced the change on Twitter following plenty of sub-par performances from the team this season. Thank you Coach @Mask_ow . pic.twitter.com/rkotqxDxCQ — Hangzhou Spark (@Hangzhou_Spark) July 31, 2020 Mask has…

The Hangzhou Spark Need a Statement Week 26 Win

Hangzhou seem to be the same old Spark team fans have known for the last stretch of games. While the team has made improvements, it still seems like teams that used to be worse than the Spark continue to make strides moving forward in which the Pink and Blue are not able to match. This…

Can The Spark Continue Their Winning Ways in Week 25?

The Hangzhou Spark finally got it right last week after a statement win against the Dynasty. Architect’s resident Genji and flex onto Tracer was too much for Seoul to handle. In Week 25, however, the team looks to continue that momentum against the anti-meta Hunters. Chengdu Hunters (5-14) The Hunters are coming into the week…

Hangzhou’s Playoff Push Begins In Week 24

With recent announcements of both August’s “Countdown Cup” and the official Postseason for the 2020 season. The Overwatch League has found a perfect balance of competition when many thought the season was over, due to unforeseen circumstances. While the Hangzhou Spark have not found much success in tournament settings, the team finds itself 11 in…

The Spark Look To Shake up the Summer Showdown

Last week’s results did not bear well for the Hangzhou Spark going into this months tournament, the Summer Showdown. Touted as one of the top teams in the APAC region before their set of matches last week, the Spark failed to live up to those expectations and fell to the sixth seed. While their seeding…

The Redemption Arc Continues For The Spark In Week 21

Following a successful debut from Architect, QoQ, and M1KA in Week 20, the Spark have been on the steady rise towards a top spot in the Overwatch League. This week, Hangzhou gets a chance to prove themselves against the winner of the APAC May Melee tournament, the Shanghai Dragons, as well as the London Spitfire.…

Overwatch Contenders Announces Regional Changes for Season 2

Overwatch Contenders announced today a slew of updates to the Path-to-Pro system. Including the reveal that the regions would become more individualized in regards to updates and changes. They revealed that as they began to form an idea of what the future of contenders would look like they incorporated feedback from the teams, players, and…

Hangzhou Sign Former RunAway Player QoQ

Moments after announcing the release of DPS Krystal, the Hangzhou Spark have signed veteran Off-Tank player Yu “QoQ” Sung-jun. Never stop improving. Please welcome the newest Spark, “QoQ” Yu Sung-jun, who joins us as an off-tank. This veteran player brings his experience from a string of championships to become a great component of the team.…

Spark Release Krystal After Indefinite Suspension

After controversial events that took place last season, the Hangzhou Spark have announced that Cai “Krystal” Shilong has officially been removed from their roster. The news broke late Thursday evening on social media via a statement. Spark Communications pic.twitter.com/NAMxVnQyra — Hangzhou Spark (@Hangzhou_Spark) June 19, 2020 The post did not go into detail about how…

The LAN Experience in T2 Overwatch

Silence falls over the hushed crowd. This is the moment. The moment where it all changes. All of a sudden the silence is broken by the roar of hundreds of like-minded fans. The play is made, the timer runs out and legends are born. The crowd leaps to their feet, tears of joy washing over…

Clockwork Vendetta Disbands

European Contenders team Clockwork Vendetta announced today its plans to disband and withdraw from competition. Coming on the heels of multiple other organizations withdrawing from the Tier 2 scene, this one will be sure to hit fans of charming and wacky teams hard. This was the team that stormed its way from open division into contenders…

Interview with European Contenders Managers Noukky, Skwal and YounaCha

The European Contenders scene has always battled with North America for the title of the best western region in overwatch. Although at the forefront of this back and forth are the players in their matches. Behind the scenes, coaches and managers make sure that their teams run smoothly. The following is an interview with three…

Overwatch Contenders 2020 Viewing Guide

The Path to Pro is back and, as usual, another year means another change of format. This Contenders viewing guide for 2020 will help anyone who wishes to follow the new and improved Overwatch T2 scene. Format Just as a refresher, here is a brief explanation of the new format: Previous Contenders teams played a…

Contenders Teams Up with TaKeTV and Announce Talent Lineup

The Path to Pro has announced its official partnership with TaKeTV for the upcoming Contenders season. TaKeTV is a German esports broadcasting agency; they are currently the sponsors for Angry Titans, one of the teams competing in Contenders trials. Both North American Contenders and European Contenders will stream from an official TaKeTV studio with an…

Path to Pro Announces Contenders Broadcast Details

Good news, Contenders fans! The Path to Pro Twitter finally released an updated schedule for the 2020 Contenders season. In December, they announced the new ecosystem that Contenders will be run by. Initially, the new rules and regulations seemed like a step in the right direction. However, fans were quickly disappointed by the lack of…
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