That broadcast should be in Mandarin I believe.

None AFAIK, sadly.

They were the only team to consistently push Rogue to the limit in several consecutive tournaments while the rest of the NA scene was getting rolled.

They were widely considered tier 1.5 for a while until they saw a bit of a dip in performance followed by the Dafran situation.

Redditor IImaginer also commented that "Mano transfered again within days LOL", but I haven't seen any other reports of that so I'm not taking it at face value.

As mentioned in this thread:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Competitiveoverwatch/comments/6sl4ub/update_to_luna_incident/

This looks like it could be a PR nightmare depending on what which road Luna or the LW Org decide to take.

The 1-2-3 flag meta was the answer...

The gift that keeps on giving TISrobin311 has graced us with yet another translation this time about what the former coach of LWB had to say about judging players by statistics.

Reddit thread:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Competitiveoverwatch/comments/6sjsji/former_lw_coach_agape_talks_about_judging_players/

LWB is going to release a statement about the..uh..release of Luna and Who.

Reddit thread:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Competitiveoverwatch/comments/6sirsb/team_lw_posts_that_they_will_be_releasing_an/

Who do you suppose if the team most likely to snag him up?

As I mentioned in the other AFB, other than the Mano move the team seems to be aiming for more flexibility. I'm not convinced that this will push them over the edge vs the current top dogs but I guess we'll get to see how they do in groups first.

He's a hot commodity, I fully believe he'll get picked up sooner rather than later.

I do hope TyDolla can step up, in AFR and ROX I felt like he didn't quite get the support he needed to shine as he had previously been expected to.

I'm looking forward to seeing which team comes out as the winner in their latest roster change. Will be very interesting to see, on top of Luna getting a trial with KongDoo.

I feel like I've seen this topic being posted somewhere on this site before...Jokes aside, the little play I was able to see from her was pretty damn good on Zarya. I hear good things about her D.Va as well so she seems to be a solid Off Tank.

Let's hope ROX Orcas can field a strong team even with the departure of TyDolla.

Some new information on how it's gonna do down...

Reddit thread:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Competitiveoverwatch/comments/6sfuh4/team_envyus_to_receive_35_million_investment_from/

ESPN article:
http://www.espn.com/esports/story/_/id/20283637/team-envyus-recieve-35-million-investment-hersh-family-investment-sources-say

Looks like this could be moving along just fine.

I'd argue that it does. Any way you look at it it's still the top percent of the scene, for what it's worth I think we can extend that to top 5 NA/EU.

The epicness of those intro videos cannot be understated.

I think that was changed to top 5 NA but again if we're going to measure that I need we need to look at the impact they have in the context of their team and not just the hero plays if it doesn't get them wins consistently.

Good luck, Samsung Galaxy Luna!

It also looks like they added some flexibility if needed but i'm really hoping to see them take 2nd in their group and go for the long playoff run.

Might be some good news for Luna after this roller coaster, KongDoo might be offering him a trial. I don't know how that works with APEX and what not.

This is the Reddit thread:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Competitiveoverwatch/comments/6sepf7/goodnews_kongdoo_director_testing_luna_tomorow/

Even though I'm a bit sad for C9, I'm even happier for Runaway that Kaiser's back. He'ans Runner were the pillars of that team in Season 2 and i hope they get to flex their Rein comp muscles in the next Season on their way to making their way back to the playoffs!

I'm pretty sure he will. He's prime Real Estate. A Hot Commodity.

We have three sets of system teams this Season with the KDs, LWs and Metas and out of those the KongDoos seem to look like the strongest overall though that may mainly come from Panthera.

It remains to be seen if replacing Luffy with Bdosing actually makes them stronger but I think we'll finally get to see a return of both of them to the playoffs like in Season 2, possibly even further this time around.

Yup, it really sucks that he didn't see it coming. I don't know how long the org new they were going to actually replace him but it feels very misleading because of the timing.

I don't know what the roster rules for the Open Division teams is but I wonder what he'd do if he could at least get a go at one of those until he gets a better opportunity.

We will when they compete at Contenders Season 1. Should be a solid test of their new squad.

I'm gonna need more popcorn, while at work. This is happening.

Again, a stellar read and solid conclusion with the recap right up to the latest tournament. Also, your puns were on point.

Zen and Doomfist ults have no cast time, so they will always activate, but for ults that do have an activation sequence I strongly believe that a immediate 50% drain needs to happen as soon as you hit the button regardless of the outcome with a drain to 0% by the time the ult is actually usable.

That would strike a balance between the reward of pulling off the ult and the risk of having it taken away imo. At the very least I just feel like their needs to be a partial commitment the very moment you hit that key and that an enemy punishing you by outplaying you or out lucking you...Looking at you random Rein charge that I seem to dash into way too often...

I have over 400 hours on Genji (yes I know, just go with it) and even though it sucks to get slept right before my first slash the reality is that I took a risk and paid for a probable mistake somewhere along the line.

On the flip side when I play as Ana I often have to remind my team to not instantly kill the ulting Genji that I just slept so that he loses his ult and that we don't get punished for me outplaying him. I find that very counter intuitive, even as a Genji main, and my end goal is to make it so ou can't just hit that Q button again, in the same fight without having to build it back up.

In the end I think it would be a good solution to a general problem.

I think this was just a matter of time with how the team had been performing since it was created.

The Reddit thread:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Competitiveoverwatch/comments/6sdt6w/hidan_out_of_iceblockgg_now_lft/

His tweet:
https://twitter.com/hidantf2/status/894925334541455360

Some people are suggesting NRG may want to pick him up and I'd have to agree, though I'd wager many teams may want to pick him up so I think this is a good move for him. It allowed him to keep playing during a long period of downtime so he should still be as sharp.

Coordination beats mechanical skill when the level of coordination is high enough so I'm OK with that. I think it's part of being a top tier level player so I wouldn't discount it.

We often like to compare individual players but often the amount of resources their teams put in them aren't the same so it's not always an apples to apples comparison.

Fl0w3r, Birdring and Rascal are the top three Korean DPS at the moment imo. Their hero pools are on Tviq's level and they've shown that they can dominate if not kept in check.

I think there's no doubt that Seagull isn't on that tier level and as Rem mentioned, not having seen him for so long makes it very difficult if not impossible to properly quantify his current skill level.

I think he does bring a willingness to do what the team needs and makes building synergy an easier process on top of being a high level player himself.

I do think he will be in the OWL though I have no clue if it will be with NRG or another squad. He's too big a fish to pass up, specially for the first year. Whether or not he proves that he's got the skills to remain has yet to be seen but ya never know.

I think he meant that European Genji's are in general better than the NA ones and I'd have to agree. EU seems to pump out a higher number of very high level Genji players than NA does.

The only ones that come to mind are Seagull and Agilities. I'd include Surefour but I haven't seen him on it and he didn't seem to want to play him in tournaments, might not have felt comfortable enough on it.

I haven't seen Rio or Hyeonu play but I hope this gives MA the flexibility they need to 1. At least make it out of groups again and 2. Have an actual impact in the playoffs.

To show they've improved they need to make the SF like they did in Season 2, and then some. They have their work cut out for them with the current state of affairs of the Korean Overwatch scene so let's hope they can achieve what they set out to.

Maybe, though I feel like Seagull could perform at a top level if he had proper support from his team. I still see him in the top 5 Genji's of NA, and his overall hero pool makes him valuable in a world where the meta could be redefined at any moment because of the recent release of the Fister.

As for Buds I think his Genji is pretty good but not at Seagull's level just yet. He's not among the elite but I still see him as an excellent player as long as he's given the proper resources. As far as I'm concerned we need to see him in a well balanced team to properly assess his impact on the game but I think teams will be willing to take the gamble on him.

#21 Arc6 aren't signed and xQc did say that if any members of the squad got OWL offers that the others would support them in their decisions so they're fair game for sure. Personally I'm not quite convinced about Harbleu since his offtank style felt lie it was centered around himself instead of peeling for his team.

I'd like to see them build a team that's focused around supporting IDDQD and Seagull so they have the space to do what they do best.

Only squad with insane support/tank cores can go the LH way of building around those players so most teams naturally focus around their DPS and for the most part it works better since the other method requires a ridiculous amount of coordination and an almost blind faith in all your teammates.

Pixle, Rem, unless you have anything productive to say your comments are just going to get ignored. This isn't Highschool or Reddit, get over yourselves and grow up.

Interesting addition, not sure if it'll be enough to crack the tier 2-3 shell but it's a start.

This is usually the moment in comp matches where I'd pull out my patented "I'm too old for this shit".

Back on track kids, as #5 suggested they might be holding on until OWL to make any needed adjustments or any additional feature they wanted to add. Impossible to say unless you have insider information on their timeline and priorities.

Like Rem said I'm not convinced it'll be out for Contenders Season 1 but honestly you never know but again this isn't game breaking for the game so I'd rather have a polished product that's ready to go than a partial one that needs many more iterations.

Who also posted about his release from LWR.

Here's the Reddit thread:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Competitiveoverwatch/comments/6scpfu/translation_of_whoformal_lw_reds_path_more_info/

Group H is an interesting one. Being Canadian and thus being part of the "UK Family and Friends Group", I want them to win and I think they will come out of top, but Germany is full of battle tested talent so I'm looking forward to seeing how they handle it and if they'll come out on top of it all.

I haven't been following Seagull's stream lately but looking at his Twitch Video archive he seems to not have streamed as often, scrim/trials maybe?

I think NRG would do well to have him since he's such a popular player on top of being good. I don't know where he ranks after all this time away from top level competition but I'd assume he'd be able to catch right back up given some time. Now, I do think they can make the Seagull/Harbleu/IDDQD core work if they can find players to complement what they have and incorporate a play style that fits them better than what they had previously attempted.

As far as team composition I think you'd need some Korean staff to bring in Gamsu and/or Twilight or any other Korean so they're not as isolated but I also think that NRG being the social media team of the bunch might actually go for an all western lineup.

I also think both supports will need to be able to flex to DPS if needed and I don't know who the best of the current pool of free agents is for that.

A lot of possibilities for the squad. I hope they make the best of it...this time...

Agreed, though I'm assuming they didn't keep him on the bench for lack of funding. I just wished he would have had a chance to find himself a new home, which he undoubtedly would have.

I'm assuming whatever change they're doing is either taking longer than you think it should or that they could be working on several things at the same time and won't be releasing one off changes until the whole system is revamped.

Without knowing the dev team's priorities, timelines and/or schedules this whole "whyis Blizz taking so long" thing is a moot point no? The sooner the better, but not at the price of quality, imo.

He seems extremely upset and is venting his frustrations, understandably so because it looks like he really got blindsided by this.

He added another FB post with translation:
http://imgur.com/a/5uj98

TISrobin311 posted a translation of Luna's Facebook about this. Now I'm sad and really pissed. Note that we only have his side of the story currently, but this looks like such a shit move by LW.

Reddit Thread:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Competitiveoverwatch/comments/6schh3/lw_blue_lunas_facebook_translation/

imgur link:
http://imgur.com/a/wUUdo

Then that's extremely unfortunate. I'm sure there are APEX teams that would have loved to pick up Luna and Who. Strange decision and absolutely horrible timing.

That makes me quite sad then.

Here's hoping their new squad is as strong or stronger than the previous one. What they lost in tank power they may have gained in DPS flexibility...I hope.

That would be one heck of an LWB curse. Seriously though, if Pine turns out to be a ResidentSleeper, S Rank, Kariv 2.0 Support they might just have something pretty nutty in terms of triple DPS single support, triple DPS single tank or even the usual 2-2-2.

A lot more flexibility..if that turns out to be the plan.

Right but our reaction has nothing to do with his fan's reaction.

Not sure what you mean by "why", I'm assuming twitch chat is surprised and/or shocked. More information is bound to come out later in the day but it seems like this was unexpected.