The Kronke's need to buy Rogue immediately. They would be HUGE for the LA spot against Immortals.

So excited for this! Was hoping for eUnited in london, but good news that c9 is not dead and stoked to see what the team ends up being. In Bishop we trust.

Yea this is pretty hilarious, just shows how people jump to conclusions. Based on Kaiser leaving everyone went nuts about c9 shutting down and 3 days later they own an OWL spot haha.

Yea I dont care, I usually don't even have much sound on, I just enjoy having it up all day at work and watching occasionally in my peripheral.

So will this mean he pitches some of the piece of old Selfess for this team? Emongg, Kresnik, Michael3D, Sinatraa, Midnight, Carpe, and Dhak have not found other teams. If we assume Andre, Seagull, and Harb are staying with the team, that means they need one tank (Emongg or Kresnik) and Supports (Michael3D and Dhak). I think there are TONS of players to signs out there and they will probably go other routes. If Seagull doesnt land here Sinatraa and Carpe would be good options.

Damn :( Thanks. I searched around and could not find anything myself, so figured it was worth asking.

EDIT: Found it on twitch, airing from Banana Culture apparently

https://www.twitch.tv/bananaculture

Are there any English streams for this? At worst a twitch/youtube stream? My work blocks the foreign streamer links.

Brad is awesome, seemed like he was a great coach, and his posts on the COW sub were always so classy and informational.

Great start for NRG in assembling a quality team.

Damn Vivi's did not show up at all. Hopefully they can take a break and re-group in the losers bracket and force a re-match.

He can't stack his team and play off hours at the world cup. This guy is going to look like a fool when they get slaughtered.

Rooting for Flash Wolves in this one. Had a blast watching them in the OPC this year and Baconjack is going to go off during the world cup and make an even bigger name for himself.

Boombox FTW..

This Group feels like it is going to be the most competitive. With so many full team counties like Brazil (BGH), Israel (ZenGaming), Taiwan (Flash Wolves) and then the US, UK, and Germany fielding solid rosters I foresee a lot of FUN games to watch this weekend. Sadly I think Belgium is the weakest team even though they have Spree and Logix and they are gonna lose this one 4-0.

I myself am rooting for NRG to find a solid team and find success in OWL. I hope they keep Andre and Harb, as they are good players and entertaining, and I hope Seagull stays too. They are good for the team in both that they are great players and are marketable (i.e. will sell jerseys and apparel). I think all the arguments of who is the best player in the world do not matter here, this is a team sport and even if you got the best 6 players in NA on this team it would not guarantee they win. You have to find 6 players that can play well together and that is the first step in winning. Lunatic Hai is not made up of the top 6 players in all of Korea.

Frederico "Nisa" Portolani (Supp)
Francesco "Bimbz" De Luca (Supp)
Ruben "Ryb" Ljungdahl (Tank)
Ilya "Txao" Makarov (DPS)
Hugo "Worss" Tisserant (DPS)
Theo "Tek36" Guillebaud (Off Tank)
Alessio "Sharppp" Mameli (Coach)

According to youtube playlist:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QFw8j4IoFQ&list=PLz_K-601dF4bOa5Jzg_KqzZbn0DYgracT&index=8

Let's GOO Runaway!! Kaiser Rules!!

Great article thanks.

I think most players are open to getting bought out of any current contracts to play for an OWL team anyways. It will be all about what the teams want for them and what OWL teams are willing to pay.

Or perhaps for Contenders Season 1 (which is supposed to start in less than a week and we have no actual schedule yet)

Really sucks to do it on the deadline day. Hopefully someone from LW comes out and explains this or they are going to lose some fans over the way they handled this.

Same question for Movistar's spot in the EU side, right?

Not seeing anything in rules about selling a spot. idk.

https://www.overwatchcontenders.com/files/Full%20Ruleset.pdf

Great News! This was a fun one to watch. Decent English casters, it was on during work hours, and the Blank/Flash rivalry was awesome.

editorial: a newspaper article written by or on behalf of an editor that gives an opinion on a topical issue.

Does not say anything about offering a solution, just an opinion.

Good luck to these guys!! Best name ever!

Well, since I am NA I would definitely love that. I am still holding out hope there will be a Washington DC team and it would be amazing if it would be Rogue or EUnited since I love both of them. If you guys get Laser Kittens in EU that would be great too.

What if Bazooka Puppies came out of nowhere and took the first EU OWL spot? LOL

I hope there is a London team and they pick up Eunited. What are you hoping for?

GGs. SK embarassing everyone. Good try NL!

Go Giganti!!

gg. Reds put up a good fight.

Perfect timing, WC ended 20 mins before this starts :)

Thanks for these, love these write ups.

Well I think Poland caught them off guard, but NL gathered themselves and turned it around.

I was wondering this as well. How is Runaway doing so well picking Kaiser back up, signing new players, and staying afloat with no sponsors? Are they making that much off streaming?

Love Apex it has become a staple of my life Tuesday and Friday mornings at work! Can't wait for Season 4 hope someone can take the crow from LH. Kaiser back with Runaway!! Hype!

I hope they don't drop out, I like Bishop and feel like he was working on a solid team, even though their results were mixed in tournaments.

Congrats to the RIP guys!

New to the site. Found this place as a refuge from the BS on r/cow. Excellent site with actual e-sports articles I love it!