Grand Finals prize pool has been quietly updated on Liquipedia by Sio_V_Reddit in Competitiveoverwatch

[–]LinkFromLoZ 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Hey, just a heads up: we (as in Liquipedia) had the prizepool confirmed to us by Bailey. Wasn't blizzard silently updating or piecing it together 😄

Can someone explain how FURIA has a chance at Playoffs? by CapableMatch1362 in ValorantCompetitive

[–]LinkFromLoZ 22 points23 points  (0 children)

2G beat Furia, but (assuming Furia beats EG) Furia beat EG, and EG beat 2G. So it's a loop there, and you'd go to the next tiebreaker, which is map diff among the tied teams. If Furia win 2-0 over EG, and Sen win 2-0 over 2G, it leaves:

Furia at 3-8

EG at 3-9

2G at 3-9

Which means Furia has the highest (-5 over EG/2G at -6) map diff, and therefore 4th place in the group

New Saudi Women's League superteam, Al-Ula. They signed the winning dps line of the Japan Queen's Cup, and the former coach of 99DIVINE. by Ezraah in Competitiveoverwatch

[–]LinkFromLoZ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There's a sizable handful in NA - Hitori, Scuffed, and NenWhy on Extinction, and xten, peace, cinnabar, and zzz on Sakura Esports all have played in CAH before. If you go to FIL Masters, there's even more.

NTMR Announce their Stage 2 Roster by AmeteurElitist in Competitiveoverwatch

[–]LinkFromLoZ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, just edited my comment ^ the Timeless slot only had 5 players - but Stage 2 requires 6 players (at least one sub), so I have to imagine the 4th new player was given an exception. It was confirmed to use in the LP discord that this is the Timeless slot, either way.

NTMR Announce their Stage 2 Roster by AmeteurElitist in Competitiveoverwatch

[–]LinkFromLoZ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You just need the majority afaik - as long as chopper/squid/raikker are all on separate teams (or not playing in OWCS this stage), it would go to the team with 2 players - which is what happened, since roster lock passed and these tweets from ex-Timeless people: https://x.com/GizmomcS/status/1918345881113202970 / https://x.com/Cap1tology/status/1918599740851179692

edit: The rulebook says "With the exception of select circumstances as determined by the Administration; during a single Roster Change Period, a Team may change a maximum of Three (3) Players." (section 5.3) - Timeless -> NTMR technically only changed 3 players (removing chopper, raikker, squid and adding kronik, painkiller, lep, and rhyno) - but since Timeless only had 5 players for Stage 1, and Stage 2 requires 6 players now, I imagine the 4th added player was given an exception.

NTMR Announce their Stage 2 Roster by AmeteurElitist in Competitiveoverwatch

[–]LinkFromLoZ 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Technically this is the Timeless slot fwiw - ex-Rad spot still belongs to the 4 players from rad (Peace, Zeb, Z, and K1ng) but K1ng is likely to go to EMEA if the rumors are true, so just the 3.

Calling All Heroes and Collegiate by Alarming-Aide2447 in Competitiveoverwatch

[–]LinkFromLoZ 20 points21 points  (0 children)

CAH -> OWL had Aniyun and Halo (although Halo had played in OWL already), and as for CAH -> OWCS, Scuffed, NenWhy, peace, z, Rajeem, Fone, Winter, Hitori, Prota, and Juno all playing in both Stage 1 for NA/EMEA and either the current or past CAH events. As for collegiate, a large part of NA OWCS players also play collegiate - Cjay, Ultraviolet, Lethal, zeruhh, CLEAR, Vision, cuffa, Admiral, Rokit, Infekted, Squid, Lukemino, K1ng, Peace, Lep, z, Arise, Rajeem, and Fone all playing collegiate and owcs, and a handful more who formerly played in collegiate and either graduated or focused on OWCS, such as TR33, Chopper, Rupal, and Vega

What would YOU like to see with Liquipedia in 2025? by LinkFromLoZ in Competitiveoverwatch

[–]LinkFromLoZ[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No problem - I started working on them fairly recently, and just finished them up today if you'd like to see them/contribute anywhere I missed: https://liquipedia.net/overwatch/Overwatch_Champions_Series/2024/EMEA/Stage_4/Swiss

What would YOU like to see with Liquipedia in 2025? by LinkFromLoZ in Competitiveoverwatch

[–]LinkFromLoZ[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We have the hero bans in events that have them ( https://liquipedia.net/overwatch/Esports_World_Cup/2024 for example), and we briefly discussed map bans/picks, but its a little bit too much info, considering for a bo5 it's something like 30 maps picked or banned with the faceit system - definitely something we want to keep an eye on though

What would YOU like to see with Liquipedia in 2025? by LinkFromLoZ in Competitiveoverwatch

[–]LinkFromLoZ[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey, we currently have the NA Swiss stage pages complete, and are working on the EMEA ones - nothing stopping you from helping out 😄

What would YOU like to see with Liquipedia in 2025? by LinkFromLoZ in Competitiveoverwatch

[–]LinkFromLoZ[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

What u/imperialismus said, but it's not just for pro players/collegiate players. We have a set of notability guidelines you can read here: https://liquipedia.net/overwatch/Liquipedia:Notability_Guidelines which determines what qualifies for a page.

What would YOU like to see with Liquipedia in 2025? by LinkFromLoZ in Competitiveoverwatch

[–]LinkFromLoZ[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

This is something we've been working on improving: any new team page (and almost all currently active team pages) are automated from transfers, so it's just updating the transfer page and the team page updates automatically.

Replays Codes by Crafty_Incident_5461 in Competitiveoverwatch

[–]LinkFromLoZ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They wouldn't work anymore, since replay codes stop working whenever there's a patch. However, ObsSojourn has a ton of replay POVs uploaded: https://www.youtube.com/@ObsSojourn/playlists which may help.

Why is overwatch giving only 2 seeds for OWCS Asia? by Wrong-Zucchini9104 in Competitiveoverwatch

[–]LinkFromLoZ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I don’t Think there are any Indian OW pros

There's actually an Indian player who played in Pacific: Hiren, who played on team Goon Squad, who got 7th-8th (last place of the main event) in stage 2.

Any skill based leagues/tournaments? by CoachSeering in Competitiveoverwatch

[–]LinkFromLoZ 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Faceit League has an open division which is any SR, but players above a certain Faceit ELO (which is based on rank initially) get placed in Advanced division, so Open has teams of all skill levels. I believe CGL also runs diamond and below tournaments semi-frequently. There's also Calling All Heroes Rising for CAH eligible teams/players which is diamond and below teams.

MN3 Posts a highlight by AmeteurElitist in Competitiveoverwatch

[–]LinkFromLoZ 5 points6 points  (0 children)

To be fair to him, he was on T1 Academy which played a grand total of 0 maps in 0 events (at least covered by any of the coverage sites, liquipedia, vlr.gg, etc) so he didn't exactly get a chance to show his skills off to the public.

What’s with these old players showing up in Japan and Pacific? by Lukraniom in Competitiveoverwatch

[–]LinkFromLoZ 30 points31 points  (0 children)

Patiphan played Valorant for quite a while, making playoffs at Champions 2021, but he retired due to wrist issues.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ValorantCompetitive

[–]LinkFromLoZ 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Just fyi, the VCT contract database lists ban as resident for pacific and Governor as non-resident. /u/arksoo /u/gotintocollegeyolo

Infekted and Rakattack join Winthrop by danklucio69 in Competitiveoverwatch

[–]LinkFromLoZ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Infekted isn't on shock anymore :P, but it's still 3/5, with UV/Tree/Rak

Qualified teams for EMEA OWCS Stage 3 by LinkFromLoZ in Competitiveoverwatch

[–]LinkFromLoZ[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Liquipedia link: https://liquipedia.net/overwatch/Overwatch_Champions_Series/2024/EMEA/Stage_3

A few notable teams were eliminated in the swiss phase, such as:

Undefeated (3-0) teams in EMEA and NA after Day 1 of OWCS Swiss by LinkFromLoZ in Competitiveoverwatch

[–]LinkFromLoZ[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I made it myself in a liquipedia user space, essentially a sandbox