Rapper pH-1 and Producer DaviDior (who produced tracks for Justin Beiber and DJ Khaled) work with Dynasty to create a song with "tremendous energy" in order to positively influence the team's morale.
Other OWL teams who usually remained were clearly rooting for the Dragons. There was an unmistakable tension in the air -- the hype for the Dragons first win was, quite literally, the longest and most anticipated storyline in OWL history. If they were to lose now, the collective sigh felt around the OWL community would be deafening.
MG's comment about his PUBG playing habits is in response to earlier accusations that he was playing excessively when he should have been training in Overwatch. On the contrary, his primary message seems to be about how the lack of play time made even the high salary lifestyle of an OWL player not worth it.
“We knew the Overwatch League had amazing, enthusiastic fans, but this is something else. We’re incredibly excited to play to a packed house at one of the world’s premier sports and entertainment arenas."
On May 31st, a relatively unknown Overwatch streamer with around 365 Twitch followers and less than 150 Twitter followers won the Denmark Community Lead position for the Overwatch World Cup.
Lately, most team fights in Overwatch go something like this: Reinhardt, Brigitte and Zarya charging into the fray looking for a Graviton Bomb into a Mercy boosted Dragonstrike combo.
Afterall, Deathmatch game modes in all FPS titles come with an ingrained level of chaos and frustration. They are the birthplace for kill steals, camping, and instant deaths due to unfortunate spawn locations -- all things veteran Deathmatch players already expected. It begs the question: what else were critics of the new competitive mode expecting?
Today, it was announced that the Coach and Community Lead positions for the US and Canadian Overwatch World Cup 2018 teams are officially in contention. While Blizzard has final say on the GM spot, 3 coaches and 10 community lead spots are available for the community to vote on.
A new map and competitive FFA mode to go along with it are the biggest additions to Overwatch with the release of the games 2nd-year anniversary update. Posted just hours ago, the patch notes start off with a special message from Jeff Kaplan.
Just two hours ago, this Reddit thread revealed an apparent leak of the remaining Overwatch Anniversary Skins. According to the post, a member of a Taiwanese Overwatch fan group on Facebook...
So is this really a big deal? Maybe to the players who consistently miss otherwise well-placed headshots against a dueling Hanzo the frustration is well deserved, but a more likely explanation for a resurgence of this complaint is Hanzo's current power level already oppressing a shimada weary community.
Today, Overwatch developer Geoff Goodman revealed in a Blizzard forum thread that Hanzo will see at least one nerf in the future, specifically nerfing Storm Arrow's individual damage per arrow down to 70 from 80.
On Tuesday, May 1, Inven Global held the first IGEC-ESPORTS DEEP DIVE for enthusiastic esports fans and related parties at UC Irvine in California. Those who could not attend the event in-person misse
With pride, Phan mentions that Overwatch League is home to an openly gay man on the Houston Outlaws and a woman on the Shanghai Dragons. Players like these are extremely popular to OWL fans and represent how inclusive and diverse esports can be without sacrificing competitive integrity and professionalism: "This is only the beginning" Phan says, "there is so much more work to be done."
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Following the Inven Global report regarding accusations of sexual misconduct with a minor, both the Overwatch League and The Boston Uprising have announced the indefinite suspension of Jonathan "DreamKazper" Sanchez.
Today, it was revealed by "Lily" an OWL fan active on Twitter that, allegedly, she was approached by 21-year-old DreamKazper and, eventually, was engaged inappropriately and often times salaciously through Facetime video, Snapchat, and Twitter DM.
The thing that I love about Overwatch is the sense of community I’ve discovered. The way people help each other out, the way people meet, the way people connect either to the characters or to each other, the fact that they become friends or are so friendly to us voice actors. People find a support system through this game that they sometimes can’t find elsewhere.
Just moments ago, The Overwatch League announced this official verdict on an apparent "account boosting" scheme that OGE was apart of/
Matilda Smedius has always been a voice actor, but nothing could have prepared her for the upswell in popularity and fan engagement after her role voice acting Brigitte went public. Raised in Sweden and similar to Brigitte in her love of cats and food, Matilda poured over every line Blizzard gave her, describing the process as "Intense but necessary".
