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As the Overwatch League ends its fourth season, many teams will be looking to make moves in order to either completely rebuild or bolster their team for 2022. This is especially true with the game moving over to Overwatch 2. With 20 different teams and over 200 potential players in the Overwatch League it is…
The arrival of the Summer Showdown gives the London Spitfire another chance to start fresh. The first half of the season definitely did not go as planned. Entering the latter half of the season with zero wins under their belt is a place no team wants to be. Yet this time they enter with a new Head…
San Francisco seem to have finalized its roster, announcing this week that Matthew “Super” Delisi and Min-ki “Viol2t” Park will rejoin the team for the 2021 season. They were the two remaining uncertainties this offseason. Previously the team said good-bye to Dong-Jun “Rascal” Kim, then Grant “Moth” Espe signed with the Gladiators. Super has been…
One of the biggest free agents from San Francisco’s roster, Grant “Moth” Espe has parted ways with the team. This confirms a rumor circling that he would be landing in LA alongside Jin-Seo “Shu” Kim from the Guangzhou Charge. Moth was a part of the Shock since the inaugural season, joining in March alongside Minho…
With all the craziness of the offseason, it can get hard at times to keep up with all the moves. Shock fans can use this page as a reference as to what is going on with their team’s roster. A round-up of coaching changes can be found here. Back in September, NRG CEO Andy Miller said…
As the Overwatch League ends its third season, many teams will be looking to make moves in order to either completely rebuild or bolster their team for 2021. With 20 different teams and over 200 potential players in the Overwatch League it is hard to track what every team and player is doing. Luckily, The…
There is one week left in the 2020 OWL season, which means this is the next to last stonk report. So many fun moments have come from this series as well as so many right predictions. This week will wrap up the individual stonk reports and next week will be a special stonk report. Be…
The Fusion are fresh off a second consecutive tournament championship loss. This time, it was to the hands of the powerhouse, San Fransisco Shock. Their run to this point was extremely solid. They took the match against the Gladiators 3-0 and posted a dominant performance against the Eternal, 3-1. That win had to feel good…
The Houston Outlaws are faced with their final two regular season matches in Week 26. Things are setting up for a less-than-ideal conclusion to their 2020 campaign. The Outlaws come into the weekend following a devastating 3-1 defeat to a weak Washington Justice squad. At this point, Houston have only won three of their last…
Week 24 of the Overwatch League did not go well for the Vancouver Titans. Leaving the weekend with not even one map win is something that can not happen if playoffs are the goal. Especially when they were predicted by many to take at least one win. There are of course a few noticeable weaknesses that…
While everyone is focused on this season of OWL, it is time to have a conversation about the future of OWL. The league is not dying, just look at the viewership. This won’t be talking about who is going to retire. This will be a talk about who is coming in. Through three seasons, the…
Oh, how giants can bleed. Ahead of the Summer Showdown, San Francisco seemed analogous to the Superman of the Overwatch League. Team after team had tried and failed to take down the reigning champs, and outside of one bad weekend none had been able to. Their domination has lasted so long they appeared bulletproof with…
Now that the Summer Showdown qualifying rounds are over, it is time to do another stonk report. This will be a different stonk report from the previous ones. Instead of doing individual stonks, the teams will be ranked in groups by how reliable and consistent they are. Instead of the change in stonk value, it…
Earlier in the day, the Shock said their good-byes to Min-ho “Architect” Park. But not even three hours later there was a new announcement on the team’s Twitter page. They had some fun with the announcement, playing on the intro of the “Twilight Zone” TV show to announce their new signing. Former Vancouver Titan Joo-seok…
This has been a tumultuous week for the Overwatch League and the esport as a whole. Between the Titans’ release of the entire roster and signing a new team days before their match, there have also been a handful of player retirements. The Shock know the feeling of losing a player all too well, as…
Despite facing a loss against the Los Angeles Gladiators, the Toronto Defiant showed signs of life. With a decisive map win in round one, the Defiant are slowly rising among the lower tier teams in the League. It should be stated that, of these lower-tier teams, the Defiant have one of the hardest schedules this…
This has been a week of sadness for both teams. The Outlaws still feel the sting of defeat after dropping Map Five to their rivals. The Shock’s pain is more mourning – Jay “Sinatraa” Won announced his retirement this week and will not be returning to the team. While he did not see that much…
Two weeks ago, the Shock uncharacteristically lost to both LA teams in the same weekend. This past weekend, the Shock came roaring back and stole their revenge against the Gladiators on primetime. They strayed from their questionable Zarya strategies and it payed dividends for San Fran. With Striker on Reaper and ANS and Rascal swapping…
After many, many weeks of waiting, the Los Angeles Gladiators are (officially) back in action. Last weekend, four Pacific West teams participated in friendly matches that allowed DPS players to show off their skills on Echo. The Gladiators squared up against the Los Angeles Valiant in another iconic Battle for LA. Though they lost the…
This weekend, the Shock finally get to compete on the now-figurative Overwatch League stage. Having been sidelined since their initial match against the Dallas Fuel in the first week of the season, they are set to take on both LA teams. These matchups were first penned for last weekend, but the shelter-in-place lockdown forced a…