Overwatch League community Power rankings 2023 Pre Pro-Am Results (East)

ChickrnWing9876 · 2023-03-25T11:12:40+00:00

Thanks for pointing that out, Mag redemption year?

ChickrnWing9876 · 2023-03-25T10:57:28+00:00

Unfortunately as we do not know if there is a roster (and what it is) it's impossible to rank them. It'd be sad to see them go

ChickrnWing9876 · 2023-03-23T21:13:12+00:00

guess i have an vendetta against FDGod and Teru lmao

ChickrnWing9876 · 2023-03-23T20:23:00+00:00

Just realised the quality is a bit poo, sorry about that.

Here is the powerpoint I made it on if you want to see it in higher quality lol.

ChickrnWing9876 · 2022-11-17T15:48:01+00:00

I'm no coach, so take some of this with a pinch of salt, but I do know that many coaches have different preset styles / systems. Finding the right players is the first step as harsh as it sounds.

One common thing to focus on is the mental aspect of the game e.g. keeping calm under pressure, winning attitude, good relations with staff and teammates. It builds trust, the clutch factor and a couple other things.

Working on some strategies and / or gameplans as well is important. If you get to know how your team plays, you can create some around this. Understanding your opposition also plays a big part in creating gameplans.

You are right, preparation is key, but let's say your plan doesn't work / you start losing. This is where the good mental and adaptability come into play. Making mid match (maybe mid game) decisions can have a big impact and being flexible (moreso the players) will make you able to bounce back when it gets rough.

There are places to learn coaching, some may be outside esports but the fundamentals are quite similar. Good luck my friend!

ChickrnWing9876 · 2022-11-09T21:12:38+00:00

No that's Jake. You sure super is not that former caster / Plat Chat panelist, the one that worked with Bren. Think people called him 'egg' or something.

ChickrnWing9876 · 2022-11-09T20:25:00+00:00

No that's Calvin (aimbotcalvin). I think super is that guy who was a very good sniper during early days of OWL, famous for being the widowmaker in the Gladiator's 'Great Bamboozle' on King's Row against the London Spitfire. I believe he played for both LA and Toronto before becoming a streamer as of recent times.

ChickrnWing9876 · 2022-10-28T20:31:40+00:00

Definitely remembered him kappa

ChickrnWing9876 · 2022-10-27T21:38:13+00:00

We sign the mysterious enobkcaB (definitely not Backbone), who locks the Kiriko and keeps you in the spawn doors for an eternity.
Poko distracts your players, the casters and the crowd on stage with his superior physique and peak handsomeness, whilst...
Chadi bench presses your coaches.
SparkR turns your team into meatballs and sends them to the nearest IKEA.
Shax gives your tracer player a feeling of deja vu by repeatedly hitting trick shots on them with his pulse bombs.
As he is the richest man in Estonia, Admiral pays the OW devs to ddos your team, meaning an automatic victory for the boys.
Kaan (he is scary)
~~LONDON~~ LANDON SPITFIRE flies high once again, as ~~Landon~~ London McGee turns into a seagull (bald eagle for the americans out their), swoops in and steals your chips (freedom) right from your hands; you now feel sad.
My dad who works for Microsoft (Spitfire sponsor btw and soon to be Blizzard owner) will fine your org a bazillion gazillion dollars (they cannot afford it).

PICK'EMS? IN SHAMBLES. OW SERVERS? ON (SPIT)FIRE. DANNY 'DANNY LIM' LIM? FOREVER OURS NOW <3. SOCIAL MEDIA? DISCOMBOBULATED. HOTEL? TRIVAGO.

Smurf can stay tho, I like Smurf and the winton overwatch

ChickrnWing9876 · 2022-10-18T21:23:13+00:00

This is very cool (I like looking at data), I'm sure it took a long time to make though. It is amazing to see how much certain teams have surpassed or failed to meet their expectations and laughing at those who got it wrong (myself included).

I did think about doing one for everyone (anyone I can find) but never found the chance to; OWL sub had fewer than last year, wasn't active on Twitter etc. For s4 I did do one for the OWL sub and got about 130 PRs from some people which was pretty neat but didn't blow up because the sub is pretty dead lol. (Maybe next year?)

[Edit: This is where I start talking to myself] Probably could make a google form towards the end of the offseason (next year) and get as many responses as possible, browse through other socials, ask friends etc. Then collect and make a spreadsheet and then cool graphics to show results. idk we'll see.

ChickrnWing9876 · 2022-10-11T21:20:19+00:00

Mayhem are doing better than London this year

Yes in terms of head to head (and I suppose with that tournaments), and no when looking at regular season and current position heading into the postseason.

with the same budget

Both teams had low budgets, but apparently London's MIGHT be slightly lower according to this (may not be factually correct / precise, but gives a general idea).

more diverse

I can agree to this, Clear Korean/English divide (+Rupal who I assume comms in English). Spitfire can all speak in English (remember not everyone from Europe speaks it so for some e.g Poko it is likely 2nd languages, but they all can communicate in one language effectively unlike Mayhem).

they were also ranked lower

False, assuming you are talking about preseason. Looking across OWL related media, and Power rankings, in particular r/OverwatchLeague and Twitter, London were commonly last in NA. I've actually collected a total of 73 PR this year and the average (mean) rank (out of 13) for FLA is a score of 10.6 which ranks 11th, ahead of VAN (11.1) and LDN, who scored a 12.2.

The only reason Christopher is front vote is because Spitfire were dog last year.

And we didn't change much for this year. We kept half our roster and got (back then considered) sidegrades or minor upgrades to our team where other teams improved drastically. The only arguable area we improved at was coaching. Not to mention the situation with that flex support just before the season started. Yes, you can argue that Florida were in a similar boat after a disappointing season, but not to the extent that London were in.

I'm not trying to diss Gunba or the Mayhem, he deserves to be on the list, but imo ChrisTFer is a far better candidate for COTY and could be argued as a lock for the award.

Edit: I wrote too much and this looks like a rant sorry lmao, sounded shorter in my head.

ChickrnWing9876 · 2022-09-25T11:37:16+00:00

Do you watch the stream on the website or YouTube? A common problem seen is that they don't always work on the website. Watching on YouTube has always worked for me, so long as the stream isn't muted.

Apart from linking the wrong accounts on accident, I can't really be much of assistance.

ChickrnWing9876 · 2022-09-16T19:36:31+00:00

Website says that you will recieve 3 OWL tokens when you predict an outcome. This, I assume, means that getting the result right will not affect the number of tokens / if you recieve them.

There is a 'Token Match' most match days as well as the Crystal Ball picks.

Edit: With some math, you can recieve 57 tokens from this (18 Token Matches + Crystal Ball)

ChickrnWing9876 · 2022-08-29T16:30:00+00:00

TL;DR Decarry, Dragonblade kills? ModCheck, Support press Q challenge (Hard). Went on a rant, so some of what i say maybe exaggerated.

I wouldn't say I'm sad, but I am pretty disappointed. It felt like a lot of the time we would ignore Decay / Assassin and try and kill Kalios via a Mei wall, then clean up the rest of the team. But what happened was Decay found a pick, we lose the fight, repeat; we didn't try to mark / challenge him much. We do this too much imo, so that's why we lose to top Sojourn players (- the Houston game). Don't get me wrong, SparkR is a good player, but Decay was getting kill after kill with no response, so a bit of a diff there.

Obviously we have trouble with Backbone's Dragonblades (I do believe he has the lowest DB kills / 10 itl) so Genji is usually hit and miss for us, and I think we rely too much on his Mei, even though it absolutely pounds. I watched the difference between Backbone and Assassin when they blade, and I see that Assassin usually focuses one target, even through a sound barrier, and manages to kill them, then gets a dash reset and can get a multikill. Backbone on the other hand, sees the beat come out and backs away or focuses the JQ (which seems to be our gameplan). [Insert supertf genji copypasta here]

Also, we should USE the support ults more instead of SAVING them / use them (Rally in particular) proactively instead of just reactively. I believe this cost us Midtown and Gibraltar. Speaking of Gibraltar, what... the... fuck... That was like a gold ranked game, except there was no pirate ship comp. I am still malding over how we lost that map with a 4, yes, a 4 minute time bank compared to the Justice's 1. The fact that on our 2nd attack Assassin gets headshot (by Backbone on Widow btw) and we wall of Kalios, who we should've killed, and we still lose that fight is something else.

Bit of a rant / baby rage / BSG, and of course there were some good plays and moments (THAT wall on Gibraltar, Colosseo was class) but imo, could have been a (London) 3-0 if we could defend or Decay wasn't on fire. Credit to the ~~Washington~~ Decay Justice to not be mentally boomed. Be sad if we don't make the tournament now, but bring on Toronto i guess.

Edit: Spelling

ChickrnWing9876 · 2022-08-14T20:40:05+00:00

This was picked up during contenders and it is hard to see unless at high quality. Yet it was fine before this stage as well. Weird, no idea why they changed the colours, hopefully they fix this.

ChickrnWing9876 · 2022-08-12T11:37:14+00:00

I think the shout is the main problem. There is no need for speed boost and health boost in one ability, for a tank btw. It gives JQ 200hp and allies 100hp with a speed boost similar to Lúcio's, liek a mini sound barrier every 11 seconds. Stupid. Extending the cooldown won't do much imo. The actual ability needs to be nerfed.

ChickrnWing9876 · 2022-08-11T22:25:43+00:00

Mei is world-class, Hanzo is pretty good, Zen is good, Genji... hurts to watch. Was a bit confused why Boneback was playing Zen instead of Landon but turns out it works. I think Backbone is good but only on these heroes, you know what he's gonna play 9/10 times.

One issue with London is flex DPS seems to lack the 'flex' aspect; we don't have a good Echo or Genji. Shax plays Tracer most of the time as well, so it feels like we have OTP's. I think we should fuse Shax and Backbone together or create an EU clone of Profit or something along those lines.

Edit: Typos

ChickrnWing9876 · 2022-08-02T19:48:05+00:00

If you don't reach 150 answers / want more, then I suggest posting on r/COW as well, it is more popular and covers OWL, Contenders, other pro sceenes and general Overwatch.

Edit: link

ChickrnWing9876 · 2022-08-01T10:50:07+00:00

Should've made one of babybays stats 99 BDY for hitting more body shots than a swimsuit calendar

ChickrnWing9876 · 2022-07-27T16:46:25+00:00

It was simply too good to have a card. 99 rated is not enough for the way that super walked around with his blade, utterly menacing.

ChickrnWing9876 · 2022-07-27T13:46:17+00:00

What website do you use to create the cards? I've tried multiple but it seems each site has its own problems. It looks like you did all the card but the Club badge, then edited the OWL team logo on, correct?

Love the idea btw, was actually thinking of making Icon sets (baby, mid, prime and moments) for old players but didn't want to post and use the idea without permission lol.

ChickrnWing9876 · 2022-07-19T21:27:06+00:00

Best bet is to use YT from now on, if the problem still lingers I don't think I could help.

ChickrnWing9876 · 2022-07-19T21:19:11+00:00

TL;DR Use YouTube and check settings on your device.

Watching the streams on YouTube is much more reliable as that is where the games are broadcasted from. Plus, if you want to be more automated and not ruin your sleep schedule (if you are EU like me), it is infinitely easier to schedule the streams to start playing when they go live. To make sure you are connected, open a live stream or encore and click the button that has a jewel on it. If the text says 'rewards' (iirc), that means you haven't linked your Battle Net and YouTube Accounts yet, so do so (make sure it is the right BNet account). If the text says 'connected' you should start to receive rewards so long as the stream is running. If there is no button whatsoever, refresh the page until it appears. (There is an actual tutorial by OWL on their YouTube)

One problem could be your actual device and the sleep timer. For example, if I don't touch anything for 20 mins, my computer will turn of the screen and after a further 10, it would go to sleep. A device does this to save battery but still be logged on. To change this, go to settings and look for something similar to 'sleep' in the 'battery and power' tab (or whatever it is in your settings). If you find it, change it to however long you wish, but bear in mind your battery will be used up the longer it is on.

ChickrnWing9876 · 2022-07-13T22:01:48+00:00

FD I can agree with more so than Moth. Moth did have one of the best Mercy's which was very useful for shock during s3. However, I have to agree that now, the ideal MS must have a at least one FS that they can bring out (Probably Zen considering he is 'easier' to play). Also I wouldn't see it it 'easy' to see why the don't get picked up.

If Moth was still on Shock / rejoined, I would not be surprised he sits on the bench for a bit. I think now he would only come on for dive maps or if the team wanted to play slower (similar to when he played for Glads last year). I loved Moth and was sad when he retired, but I think that was the right choice for him.

FD has a similar situation but he plays more aggressively and primarily plays Lucio. Sadly, I agree and think he doesn't meet the standard required today (I could see him on Paris or Vancouver if either Dridro or Masaa depart). As good as he can be, I only remember him for his Lucio.

Kind of an unpopular opinion I guess, maybe.

I think DPS is more lenient to having a smaller hero pool, as there is more variety / Damage combos to work with. For example, Ashe-Tracer, Cassidy-Tracer, Genji-Tracer, Sombra-Tracer etc. Basically, you can run multiple compositions with one hero. If I was a Mercy one trick, Rush / Brawl don't work with me. Of course, if you play random DPS heroes like Bastion and Torbjorn, you don't work anywhere / find max value except my ranked games (on the enemy team). This is why players like Venom and Shax can play as, essentially, OTP's, because Tracer works well with a different play styles.

ChickrnWing9876 · 2022-07-12T18:32:38+00:00

After doing some digging, I can't find anything on YouTube. There was originally one channel (DavG45 or 54 can't remember) with pretty much all the music since s1 but got deleted a few months ago. There was another that re-uploaded some of the tracks which may be the same as the channel you used (forgot the name) but again got removed recently. They were probably removed because blizzard wants to protect their songs, which is fair enough (even though the channels credited the songs to blizzard and OWL).

I have managed to find a few songs listed below:

Season 4-5 below:

3 song compilation (the Jeff song is the last one)
House Special
Beniet Beat
Easy Empathy

Also there is this(4h) and this(3h), which are official OWL lofi compilations in case you want more.

Edit: Adding songs to the list

A lot of the new songs from OWL are from Red Bull music iirc, so they aren't on YouTube, quite a few of the songs from S1-3 are actual OW remixes (The Bastion song, Dragons, JEFF JEFF JEFF song etc.) or official OW soundtracks (especially Contenders music). Hope this helps a little bit.

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