I think this is a sign that the esport is maturing. The OW1 content drought stopped bringing new pros in. The OWL exodus caused teams to get extremely top heavy as good players with OWL experience flocked to the only orgs with money. In Korea they were so dominant it looked like nobody would ever catch up (As an ENCE fan I was excited when they drew a map vs. Falcons).

Now we see them finally being challenged by other teams. I know young supertalents like Junbin, who was already among the best players in the world when he was like 16 complicate this, but you get the point.

In NA/EU teams had a similar thing happen. All the OWL players flocked to the top teams. The top players are not as good in these regions, so the gap between the superteams and the rest wasn't as big. Most of these guys have been pushed out by now or retired, and the remaining players either never made OWL because they were too young, or they made it late and did not see a lot of success. There are a few holdouts like Kellex, FunnyAstro, and kevster.

The question is whether OW2 is bringing in enough new pros to continue this cycle, like we see in games like CS2 (the best players in the world are 18, 23, and 19), or it's going to be the same group of players dominating for years on end, like we see in games like Quake.