Fissure discussed the Overwatch League off-season in a stream on Thursday, giving his thoughts in Korean on the transfer market as a whole, as well as his involvement in it.
Let's dive in to everything that's happened in the OWL off-season this week.
Stop-motion animated comedy sketch series put esports in its sights for the first time in the form of an OWL-focused segment, and on Monday, October 7, San Francisco Shock stars Jay "sinatraa" Won and Matthew "Super" DeLisi joined Jimmy Fallon on The Tonight Show following Shock's first Overwatch League championship.
Vancouver Titans has plenty of talented individual players, and there were multiple instances of a single Titan taking over the map for his team temporarily, but any individual heroic efforts were swept away by the unrelenting, ever-flexibile cohesiveness displayed by the San Francisco Shock, interchangeable parts and all.
San Francisco Shock faces off against Vancouver Titans in one week at the Overwatch League Grand Finals in Philadelphia. However, Shock may have to prepare for its showdown in the Wells Fargo Center without one of its star DPS players.
According to a report by ESPN Esports' Jacob Wolf, Kroenke Sports & Entertainment will be forming its own front office for KSE Esports after mutually agreeing to a parting of ways with Sentinels. The KSE Esports front office will take over managerial duties of the Kroenke group's Overwatch League franchise Los Angeles Gladiators, and will also be in charge of the group's Los Angeles based franchise in the upcoming Call of Duty Global League.
The matchup could not be a more fitting finale to the Overwatch League 2019 season.
If Zedd's performance at the 2016 League of Legends World Championship is any indicator of what's to come, Overwatch League fans attending the Grand Finals in Philadelphia are in for a treat.
Guxue joined Nick Geracie before the Los Angeles homestand at the end of Stage 4 to discuss Spark's adjustment to the 2-2-2 composition lock, as well as look ahead towards playoffs and beyond the 2019 season.
If the Valiant is unable to win one of its two matches against the Los Angeles Gladiators and San Francisco Shock at KitKat Rivalry Weekend, the team will fail to quality for Playoffs.
Kroenke Sports & Entertainment has secured a spot in Activision-Blizzard's upcoming Call of Duty Franchise League. Due to Immortals Gaming Club also owning a CoD franchise, the rivalry established between the Los Angeles Valiant and Los Angeles Gladiators in the Overwatch League will have a chance to expand into an entirely different esport.
Choi "HOTBA" Hong-joon joined Inven Global's Nick Geracie for a quick chat about sweeping the NYXL, playing in Stage 3's Atlanta homestand, and the future of Overwatch League.
Overwatch League franchise Washington Justice announced that the organization would be adding Analynn "bawlynn" Dang as the team's General Manager for the 2020 season. Bawlynn was most recently holding the position of Community Manager for Overwatch League franchise Los Angeles Gladiators, as well as retaining duties as General Manager for Team USA during the Overwatch World Cup.
Overwatch League Stage 3 Champions Shanghai Dragons is experiencing its best stretch in organizational history, but playtime for Se-yeon "Geguri" Kim has been scarce. Lara Lunardi sat down with the All-Star Tank to give her a proper re-introduction.
In a joint statement by head of KSE Esports Josh Kroenke and P1/Sentinels CEO Rob Moore, it was announced that Kroenke Sports & Entertainment no longer had any intention of potentially purchasing Echo Fox's franchised spot in the LCS.
According to a report by Upcomer, multiple sources inside the Overwatch League have confirmed that a 2-2-2- composition lock would be effective in Stage 4 of the 2019 Overwatch League season.
NYXL Flex Support Bang "Jjonak" Sung-hyeon dazzled the competition on Zenyatta in the inaugural season of the Overwatch League. For winning the 2018 OWL MVP award, Overwatch is immortalizing his achievement in the form of his own skin.
"Lower East Fried", a Korean fried chicken ice cream, will be available for fans attending OWL on June 21, 2019 as part of NYXL's "Team of the Day" event.
The two-day extravaganza was the first of three Weekend Homestands in Season 2 of the Overwatch League along with Atlanta, GA and Los Angeles, CA, which serve as a test run for OWL Season 3's globalization. Players had a lot to weigh in on throughout the event and shared their thoughts and reflections with Inven Global throughout the weekend.
In a report courtesy of Rod "Slasher" Breslau, sources told ESPN that the 2019 Overwatch League Grand Finals would be held in Philadelphia, PA.
