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All this week The Game Haus has been handing out offseason grades to every team in the Overwatch League. For a review of the offseason, be sure to check out our pieces on the Atlantic North and South along with the Pacific West. Today, it’s time for the Pacific West division, home of the four…
Yesterday, The Game Haus handed out offseason grades to the teams of the Atlantic North division. Today, it’s time for the Pacific West, where three of the league’s top five teams from 2019 reside. It’s been a tumultuous offseason for the West Coast, with nearly every team making major changes. Who improved their 2020 chances,…
The end of an era Throughout the era of Lunatic Hai and Seoul Dynasty there have been many ups and downs, but one of the constants has been Joonhyeok ‘Zunba’ Kim and biting. The Tiger Nation will know this to be true, but whether Zunba has been drinking or not he shows his affection towards…
Back in August amidst the LA Valiant’s 2019 Rivalry Weekend, The Game Haus had the opportunity to sit down with Tim Holloway, the Director of Esports for Canucks Sports Entertainment and the Vancouver Titans, to discuss the upcoming 2020 OWL season. From activating the entire Pacific Northwest to focusing in on the community and the…
By now, most Overwatch League teams are settled on their 2020 roster and identity. Some chose to evolve, others are confident in their previous players. One thing all teams have in common is their desire to be successful one way or another. Every team had a plan, and whether fans like it or not, they…
Last week was the Secret Santa gifts to every team in the OWL’s Atlantic Conference. The goal was to pick the player that could improve each team the most. Of course, it’s all purely hypothetical but an interesting exercise nonetheless. Every team is unique and the player who could lift one up might not fit…
With the craziness of this Overwatch League offseason, it is worth a look back at how teams have changed since the league’s inception. Looking at retention of the original players for each team, there appear three distinct categories. The first is teams that have had a complete overhaul, with none of the original players still…
A day after announcing the signing of ChanHyoeng “Fissure” Baek, the Vancouver Titans made another splash in free agency by bringing in his former Seoul Dynasty teammate Jehong “ryujehong” Ryu. On top of their new additions, they also released Sangbeom “Bumper” Park from the team. After such a successful first season, the shake-ups to the…
[First published on April 10, 2019] Season 8 of Game of Thrones returns to HBO on April 14th and the hype for the new season is certainly in full swing. In the meantime, the Stage 1 Playoffs of the Overwatch League are just wrapping up, capping off an exciting first stage of the 2019 Season.…
The Overwatch League 2019 off-season has officially reached its most critical point. In terms of the official schedule for the offseason, all Overwatch Teams need to have eight members officially signed by Friday, November 15th. The league also just passed another important deadline early this week; as of November 11th all currently unsigned players have…
With the Overwatch League releasing some contract information, fans know who is under contract and who is not. With that, it seems as though the Overwatch League may have quite the offseason on its hands. There are currently 33 known free agents, including some pretty major names. The list was whittled down to 20 and…
Before The League: Apex Season 3 Lunatic-Hai came into OGN APEX Season 3 as the defending champions. After winning Season 2 in a nail-biting match against Runaway, they breezed through the group stages. A close match against KongDoo Panthera would see Lunatic-Hai take the win. This set the stage for a rivalry that would last…
Jehong “ryujehong” Ryu in tears is an image that will resonate with Overwatch League fans throughout the offseason. This was the start of a heated debate among the community about the treatment of these vulnerable moments for players. Some sided that they shouldn’t be subjected to this at all, while others saw no issue with…
The Overwatch League postseason kicked off with a bang last weekend. Four matches whittled the field of six hopefuls down to two – the London Spitfire and Seoul Dynasty – who earned their spot. Sigma made his debut in professional play, and fans got their first look at the postseason meta. It was a weekend…
For those who are not yet familiar with the Overwatch League (OWL), let me fill you in. The OWL is a professional Esports league with 12 teams competing with one another through the regular season and the playoffs. The teams are each composed of a starting six and several bench players. Each week they compete…
It has been nearly two years since the announcing of the first Seoul Dynasty roster. And while the core players from 2-time APEX champions Lunatic-Hai are no longer the mainstay of the team, many new faces have played their part in maintaining their current 14-12 record in the 2019 Overwatch League season. With just two…
Over the last three years, Overwatch and its pro players have accumulated a lot of history. While proven champions and dominant teams are always fun to back, it’s also fun to root for the underdog. It’s even more fun when the underdog vindicates the faith you had in them, and a player manages to pull…
After completing the next step in the Dragons’ redemption story, the Stage 3 champions have the hardest stretch of matches in Stage 4. Currently sitting 12-9 and eighth in the standings, Stage 4 is the final proving point to Shanghai being considered a legitimate contender for the title. With Shanghai’s opponents having a combined record…
The Seoul Dynasty has had a very interesting stage 3. In saying that, this stage may also turn out to be the best stage in their history. Seoul finished the regular portion of this stage with five wins and two losses, with both of their losses coming at the hands of higher seeded teams. The…
San Francisco Shock 4 – Seoul Dynasty 0 In this match of the week, the reigning Stage 2 champions were challenged by quite the team on the rise. Seoul had three perfect matches in a row, and sat at the top of the leaderboard for the first time in a long time. The Shock looked…
