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The Seoul Dynasty. The name was picked in the inaugural season of the Overwatch League to signify the legacy that this team would carve out for themselves. Throughout the history of the Seoul Dynasty, there were many close calls in regional tournaments as well as the grand final. But in the end, all titles eluded…
Another contender’s team has fallen. Gen.G officially announced that their Overwatch Contender team would not be anymore. The organization has pronounced some well-known names of Gilseong ‘Glister’ Lim, Hyeonwoo ‘Toyou’ Lim, and Jeongwan ‘Someone’ Ham, to name a few. This is another hard hit for the T2 side of Overwatch. But it reveals the larger…
The first week of the Overwatch League in Season 5 brought a lot of surprises to the community of what the professionals were able to do with Overwatch 2. One of the biggest surprises was the Houston Outlaws. Instead of seeing Minjun ‘Piggy’ Shin as the main tank the DPS player of Dante ‘Danteh’ Cruz…
Even though the APAC season has been pushed back for two weeks, the teams are still ramping up for the upcoming season. The Seoul Dynasty did this by having an ‘Ask my Anything’ forum in the Gen.G Discord. Fans were able to ask questions that would be relayed to the coaches Jinmo ‘Tobi’ Yang and…
The Overwatch League just announced that select match days will feature community co-streaming. The first of these days will be on opening weekend on Thursday, May 5 for the North American matches. This is going to allow for the community to be more interactive with view parties in their own streams. Though this is an…
With the Overwatch League being so competitive, sometimes players don’t get to highlight their best selves while in that environment. It could be argued that if a player cannot perform under those conditions then it won’t work. But looking back on Season 1, with the sheer mass of games, schedules, and new setup at BALA…
The Seoul Dynasty in the past has had a team streaming schedule. This was a past this was in relation to Gen.G’s partnership with Douyu. In this off-season, there has been no announcement of the team streaming on the Chinese platform, though other Gen.G teams such as their League of Legends team have been. This…
The APAC 2022 schedule for the teams was released earlier this month for the fans to see. This not only hyped up the community, as it has been a long off-season but also started predictions for the four different mini-tournaments. The APAC region team pool is smaller than the North American one. There are seven…
The Seoul Dynasty, after parting ways with Sunghyeon ‘Jjonak’ Bang is left with a light roster. There are only six players on the active roster with three DPS, one tank, and two supports. This is not unusual for the Seoul Dynasty as they last year played with a light amount of reserve players with much…
The Seoul Dynasty just announced that Seunghyun ‘Jjonak’ Bang will be leaving the team. This announcement came as a surprise to fans as it drops before Jjonak was able to play on the team. He will be taking some time away from professional play this upcoming season of the Overwatch League. ;s=19 In his personal…
As the community goes into Overwatch two, it brings into perspective the players that brought certain heroes into prominence. Winston, the scientist, with his tesla gun had his place in many compositions, most notably Dive. Winston has been a hero that needs coordination with their team but also can make carry heavy moments in a…
The Seoul Dynasty’s pick-up of Sunghyeon ‘Jjonak’ Bang created quite the stir in the off-season. Jjonak leaving the NYXL was a big deal as he had been the face of the organization for four seasons. The Season 1 MVP recipient picked the Seoul Dynasty as his next team, but many questions still revolve around this pick.…
The Seoul Dynasty has, in the offseason, been producing a new series. The Beyond the game series looks at elements that take place outside of the matches. It gives the community a look at the people as well as systems that Gen.G has implemented to give their teams and upcoming players the opportunities that they…
It is 2022 and though the last two years in the esport world have brought massive growth it also has seemed lackluster with the squashing on events and LANs because of the Coronavirus. Gen.G has, even before the new year, started to implement some big changes. This has been from social media to roster rebuilds.…
The Overwatch League has had a two-region system for two seasons now. Since the inception of the two regions, which was started because of the Covid pandemic, the teams within them have been pretty set in stone with a few outliers teams going back and forth. What are the benefits and drawbacks of being in…
It is the tanks that have been victimized multiple times in the history of Overwatch. From the move away from flexing onto different categories to now in the Overwatch 2 format removing one tank altogether. In both iterations, it is the tanks, especially the flex tanks, that take the hit more than anyone else. Here…
Gen.G the parent company of the Seoul Dynasty announced this week a new discord. This new discord will act as a thread between all the new teams and fans that the organization has accrued during this time. This new discord brings the organization a chance to bring together all their fans from all the different…
After three years, Jin-hyuk “Miro” Gong is back in the Overwatch League. The Miro Overwatch League redemption arc has arrived. On November 15, 2021, the Hangzhou Spark hired Miro as an assistant coach. The last time he stepped foot on the Overwatch League stage was in late May, 2018. Since then, Miro has gone through…
On the team’s 3rd anniversary as a franchise, the Hangzhou Spark announced the entirety of their coaching staff going into the Overwatch 2 era of the Overwatch League. The news broke late Monday evening following a series of tweets from the organization’s social media accounts. This comes off the announcement that both Team Manager Saisai…
When Jinmo ‘Tobi’ Yang was announced as the head coach of the Seoul Dynasty, he hopped onto Twitch for an impromptu stream. During the stream, he answered many questions that appeared in chat. Here is a breakdown of some of the most interesting answers. Coaching Related Questions Signing as the Head Coach The majority of…