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<<Click here to go back to #30-#21<< 20: Jin-seo “Shu” Kim – Guangzhou Charge Shu was an early contender for Rookie of the Year due to his amazing plays on Ana and Zenyatta and was an integral part of the Guangzhou Charge in their early-season success. He was quickly able to adapt to performing…
<<Click here to go back to #20-#11<< 10: Jooseok “Twilight” Lee – Vancouver Titans If there’s any flex support who can live up to the legacy that JJoNak set in 2018, it’s Twilight. Mechanically impeccable and frustratingly difficult for his opponents to kill, Twilight’s biggest strength is his spectacular game sense and his ability…
In an extended interview on the Tactical Crouch podcast, Atlanta Reign head coach Brad “Sephy” Rajani revealed that the team will be fielding a 12-player roster for the 2020 season. “We doubled down on our previous investment,” he said, emphasizing the franchise’s commitment to excellence. It’s been a transformative offseason for the Reign already, with…
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…
With a major part of the Overwatch League’s offseason having just wrapped up, all 20 of the teams have begun to solidify their identities. Some have released major pieces and have begun the rebuilding process, while others have spent big in an attempt to compete with the top teams for Grand Finals glory. Weighing each…
[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 offseason is underway, and the free-agent market is already heating up. Players are finding new teams, and nearly every team has holes they need to fill. The best front offices will find their new pieces not only among the crop of new free agents but also from the fertile grounds of Contenders.…
The Overwatch League season is drawing to a close, and the stage is set for an epic Grand Finals. When the Vancouver Titans meet the San Francisco Shock in Philadelphia it will be the fifth time the two have clashed this year and their third shared final. In the lead-up, The Game Haus will be…
This might seem like a somewhat stupid question at first. After all, how they did can be somewhat discerned by the clean 4-0 that the Shock handed the hometown team. The scoreline doesn’t tell the whole story though. There have been 4-0s that have actually been quite close in the past. This wasn’t one of…
The five finalists for the 2019 OWL MVP award have officially been confirmed. After polling league GM’s, the media and broadcast crew, the five players below received the most votes and are on the final ballot. Jay “sinatraa” Won Matthew “super” DeLisi Jooseok “Twilight” Lee Hyeon-Woo “JJANU” Choi Xu “guxue” Qiulin What Makes an MVP?…
Shanghai Dragons Win the Stage 3 Playoffs In a series that went the distance, the Shanghai Dragons have defied all expectations by becoming the Stage 3 champions. Fans expected to see a usual rematch of the San Fransisco Shock and the Vancouver Titans, or even a quick run for the crown by favored Hangzhou Spark.…
The announcement recently came that this year’s OWL MVP ballot would consist of five players decided by a vote across the 20 General Manager’s of the league. Starting on July 25 and going through August 24, fans will be able to use the hashtag #OWLMVP to vote for the player on the ballot that they’d…
San Francisco Shock 4 – Boston Uprising 0 Boston has certainly had a rough go of things in recent times. They sat at a 5 match loss streak, and are headed down the road towards a potential 0-7 stage. The San Francisco Shock have been lording over the rest of league for quite a while,…
Overwatch League play continued as the Houston Outlaws attempted to find their footing against an impressive San Francisco Shock. The Shock wanted to keep pace with the Vancouver Titans atop the Pacific Division, but would Houston stand in their way? Here’s a look at the Houston Outlaws vs. San Francisco Shock from Week 2, Stage…
Houston Outlaws (3-12) vs San Francisco Shock (12-3) Final Score: Shock 2-3 Outlaws In an absolute shocker, the Houston Outlaws managed to upset the San Francisco Shock 3-2. The Shock played well but the Outlaws just played better, with each team looking absolutely dominant on the maps that they took. This match breaks the 11-game…
Shock Win 3-2 Grant “Moth” Espe Min-ki “viol2t” Park Jay “Sinatraa” Won Matthew “Super” DeLisi Hyo-bin “ChoiHyoBin” Choi Dong-jun “Rascal” Kim Ilios GOATs made a triumphant return as both teams ended up going with standard GOATs on Lighthouse. The Reign took the point first, and they held it for quite some time. The Shock…
At this point the Shock’s lineup is pretty much set in stone. Their starting starting six play in pretty much every situation as of right now, with the exception of occasional appearances from Min-ho “Architect” Park. It’s pretty obvious why the six starters are there, but what would happen if they were all suddenly benched…
There’s been a lot of fanfare that has been focused on the Shock’s Tank line, and for good reason. The one-two punch of Matthew “Super” DeLisi and Jay “Sinatraa” Won has been amazing along with solid play from Hyo-bin “ChoiHyoBin”. These players have been lauded as some of the best that OWL has to offer.…
The Forced 2/2/2 that everyone was talking about doesn’t seem like it is going to happen, at least not this year. This is good news for the Shock; not because they are necessarily bad at 2/2/2, but because they are just that good at GOATs. This does raise an interesting question however: what would the…
After the dramatic conclusion of the Stage 1 Playoffs, a rematch between the San Francisco Shock and the Vancouver Titans was nearly inevitable in Stage 2. Each made true on what fans had hoped for and in relatively quick fashion, to boot. This made for a final match, and its build up throughout the playoffs,…
