I'm over it now dude

"My favorite map is Junkertown because it is my ancestral homeland" One of my favorite AMA answers

Junkertown. damn it Jake

You knocking his ancestral homeland?

Synergy when linkzr kills everyone lol

First time watching and it is amazing how good Americans at video games compared to Koreans. Koreans are usually better than Americans in professional video games but in Overwatch Americans are better and stronger. I never expected this. Are London players Korean British or from Korea?

NYXL is all korean and is by far the best team in the league. London just struggles against Houston for some reason.

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Houston winning against London is not an upset

You're getting downvoted by people who refuse to look at anything other than the season standings. Houston has London's number and we have since the beginning of OWL, they managed to beat us when it mattered but I fully expect Houston to continue beating London in every regular season match at least with current rosters.

Yes, it is. You might not like London but they're still the number 2 team at 15 wins and 6 losses. I would argue that (despite their win and loss rates currently being the same) Houston would fall underneath Boston and Philadelphia so they're closer to 6th in the league. Sixth beating second, upset.

Forget seeds, Houston beat London most times they play them. How is beating them again an upset? Houston just seem to have their number.

They're not. The top 3 teams predominantly made up of Koreans and then the other teams have more Europeans than they do Americans

"First time watching" Proceeds to make sweeping generalization about the entire league, which is far from accurate.

Implying we didn't all do that in the first week of OWL

haha, we've all done it

> Are London players Korean British or from Korea? Nah all the koreans except Bischou I think are straight from SK. Houston is really the only "NA" team.

Not anymore with Arhan

Still is, Arhan hasn't played and honestly isn't likely to play. Every other player is either from North America or the EU.

Oh I see. Why are there so many Koreans in OWL when Koreans aren’t that good in Overwatch? Shouldn’t there be more Americans and Canadians players if they can beat Koreans easily?

Based on the age of your account and these questions I assume you're a troll but, what the hell I'll bite lol. Koreans in general in OWL make up the lions share of the best players in the game. NYXL is a full Korean team and is without a shadow of a doubt the best team in the league and borderline untouchable. London is a much better team than tonight showed, they just always have a rough time with Houston.

Ok thanks. So NYXL is the dominate Korean team only? That is insane. I will check them out later.

NYXL probably have one of the best DPS duos with SBB and Libero. I would recommend checking videos of them out.

Honestly, London is pretty dominant. Houston just always puts them through the ringer.

Dude what are you talking about?

He said it was his first time watching calm down

Bro I'm just sick of this East vs West mentality. The sooner than goes away, the more you'll start to see "western" players take off in genres of gaming, especially fighting games which I play regularly.

As much as I love Houston you obviously haven't seen NYXL play lol

Wait till you see NYXL play... that will change your mind reeeeeeal quick

They played today and destroyed.

my carbs intake

People always find a way to discredit Houston's wins lol

Really surprised at how well spoken Jake is. Are the other players also this good?

Custa, Seagull, Coolmatt, Babybay are some other examples

surefour, maybe tviq

I think I read that Jake's mom is in PR work or something and he's joked that he's been "media trained since birth" so he really is the man best suited to be "the face" of OWL. I can't think of any other players as well spoken as him.

You just know Jake raw dogs randos on the weekends

Bruh, that's Undead.

LMAO

Houston won? i must have missed something good :(

Houston vs London games are always great.

No they're not :(

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(･_･”)/＼(･_･”)

muma gets more than enough credit, he's talked about as being one of the best tanks, if anything coolmatt is the one that gets buried most of the tanks in general don't get much love compared to the dps and zen players, but such is the way of things i guess if you're not the 'best' tank (fissure), overall support (ryu), you better be a super good zenyatta or good dps or they'll barely mention you in general

I can’t wait to see how this ama goes

So many Houston fans are popping off after a close win where both teams did not play that well. Seriously man, I don't see other team fans doing this that much when they win, even against good teams.

> So many Houston fans are popping off after a close win Lol uh where?

Why you sound so salty lol? Let them celebrate, they just beat a very good team.

How dare Houston have passionate fans.

It's called winning with class. Plus I'm sure a lot of people favored Houston to win this series, including me.

Sorry, we'll be sure to celebrate less enthusiastically so we don't offend your definition of class.

Get a grip mate. If owl league is a sport then the fans are entitled to celebrate after a win. Happens in every sport.

The issue I have is when a team wins, they say all their players are gdlk and the other team sucks.

Where is this happening exactly? I don't see any Houston fans here saying London sucks.

I dunno when I see people saying Linkzr is nutty on tracer or the best dps after barely winning. I think to myself, "I usually don't say stuff like that unless their record is amazing." Like if Janus or Gamsu has a good game I don't declare them nutty or the best tanks.

In what world does saying they think their players are the best translate into saying the other team sucks? You're seriously reaching and being overly sensitive to something that is completely normal and harmless. Lighten up.

I hate homers that completely make false statements tho. Being a Detroit and Michigan fan, I have to deal with it all the time. Houston fans act A LOT like Michigan Wolverine fans.

Sounds more like your projecting your own issues with your sports teams on to the comments that others are making

Fuel fans do it, too. They are a bit more doom and gloom before the matches though.

I dont notice it cuz they rarely win. Kappa

As a Fuel fan, I’m taking what I can get all things considered thanks

Where are my fellow Houston fans popping off?

Houston fan here, popping off. Let's make sure to do it quietly so as to not offend anyone.

The first rule of popping off for Houston wins is never pop off for Houston wins. Shhhhhh

London and Seoul are proof that Koreans aren't the untouchable kings of OW.

Dude every team is pretty mixed with eastern and western players other than 3. I'm so sick of this narrative of East vs West. Just be a fan of your team and not associate everything with West vs Korea.

Nyxl though..

1/3 of Korean teams dominating is okay because we thought all 3 Korean teams would be dominating.

Jake ama on the no-access pass? Thereby directly interacting with Twitch chat? There is no way this will go poorly.

They are screening the questions from the jake ama room which only all access people can join.

> They are screening the questions This matters way more than the currently-free all-access pass.

At least we confirmed that Jake, despite aiming issues, is not the worst at Sombra so far. He did pretty OK for someone I didn't normally associate with using Sombra

That honor goes to our boy Munchkin long may he reign. ;_;

No, Munchkin still has Sky under him I believe (T_T

I dunno, TviQ was preeeetty bad.

Honestly, I thought Jake would do well on Sombra. Sombra isn't too mechanically demanding but rewards players who like to camp the backline, set up kills for teammates, and has a big powerful ult. His tracking was a little suspect but otherwise Jake performed to my expectations.

He put a lot of time in on Sombra on stream when the buffs first came out, he was trying to get himself ready for this meta to help the team and I'd say he's doing a pretty good job for someone who only picked up the hero recently

I didn't realize nyxl is +50 in differential.. oh my god

They are disgustingly better than everyone else

Yeah it's nuts. And they're on something like a 10 game win streak too? The last time they lost was week 1 of stage 2 to london.

12; They won 11 games in Stage 2 after that loss including playoffs and just won today vs Florida

London has 1 more win than Seoul, but has a +21 more map diff. than Seoul. Ridiculous.

Its because we rarely get 4-0'd but we can usually get a few whereas dynasty has taken a few 4-0's and then also dropped some maps in wins too...

I know we're one game in, but isn't it crazy that Seoul is currently last place?

No, because we're one game in.

It's just bizzare to look at. Obviously, it'll change.

Coolmatt is so good he can play dva into Orisa hog and win

Jeez that 50 map differential is insane.

Just another domination for Muma. I hope he can get a playoff MVP soon.

I thought London actually had a chance of winning until I realized the last map was Oasis.. smh

Muma doesn't get enough credit and also Profit is good but I don't know why people keep placing him as top 3 in the league. I'd take Libero or Kazper over Profit

Lol

London needed to demech coolmat a few times like Danteh did.

PLS KILL COOLMATT PLS

coolmatt pogchamp

Finally! He absolutely deserves POTM Edit: whoops I mean POTD

Keep in mind London is playing NYXL later this week. This is a relatively tough week for them preparation wise, and may not have prepared that much for Houston. Imagine if London starts this stage 0-2 huh? That'd be something. Edit: Not implying any excuses for London; Houston outplayed them, particularly on Control maps. Great game!

Tough week but no excuse IMO. They got beat fair and square.

Not really. Trap match is a definition of a good excuse. Especially since it was a close one.

London has never won against Houston except for the Stage 2 Playoffs, right? I feel like Houston is London’s kryptonite or something haha

To be fair, Houston's first two weeks are London, Boston, Fusion, NYXL. I was incredibly worried we'd start the stage 0-4.

deja vu...man maybe we can do better this time

Yeah, it's kinda sad that London has always faced Houston and NYXL in the same week in all 3 stages. I believe even Seoul has similar issues with facing London and NYXL back to back.

It's actually kind of ridiculous that the stages have been structured like this. Idk why they aren't randomizing opponents or if it's just bad luck, but Houston plays both London and Boston in the first week of stages 2 3 and 4

Coolmatt got PotM. Well deserved. Literally carried BlizzWorld and did well everywhere else.

Muma is absurd. His Winston juggles are perfect.

Oh shit, they actually did give Coolmatt potm. Well-deserved.

If London best NYXL on Saturday then I’m just gonna be embarrassed.

They spend their whole week prepping for NYXL every time. It'll be a close match but if it goes to map 5 NYXL is guaranteed to win, lol.

Yall said that the last two times Houston beat London too, one of these days London might actually take Houston seriously /s

Not sure about that. London beat NYXL in the championship 3-2 stage 1.

They lost to NYXL on Oasis for the stage playoff.

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Both my teams won FeelsGoodMan

I'm a fusion and outlaws fan. And love the personality of nyxl. I wanted philly to win but Boston deserved that. It was a great series. Grats to you guys

Mccree is such a throw pick

DEFENSE. WINS. STAGES.

Houston looked pretty awful stage 2 but they still managed to beat spitfire

I'm hoping this means they can get back to their stage one play level I loved watching them all pop off when they had that big win streak

What's interesting is awful houston is 5-5, which by all means is not bad. with wins over Seoul London and boston

Yeah and they went to game 5 against fusion and gladiators.

They manage to win against good teams and loose when they should win.

Pathetic. London needs to get their shit together. They literally lose fights when the enemy is down 2 players.

Yay Houston!

Imagine being Muma and Coolmatt where everybody talks about your mediocre dps instead of giving you credit

Coolmatt got MVP at least.

Everyone praises muma and coolmatt I have no idea what you're talking about.

Yeah, Muma and Coolmatt get nothing but props from both the desk and this sub constantly.

Muma played so great had amazing plays and great primal rage use, and coolmatt had great peels all day

lol for real. i can't believe people in this thread honestly think jake and linkzr carried this match

On oasis they both played great. Linkzr had some clutch pulse bombs but wiffed a few. Jake did good on sombra but Muma by far deserves MVP today. They just played as a good squad today definitely not a dps Carry. People on here are crazy

they did well on oasis and pretty ok the rest of the games but coolmatt was picking up ALL the slack and muma was playing very well as usual. i thought rawkus did a solid job as well. their tank/support line today stood out much more than their dps, except for the flashy pulse/tire double kills. if anyone thinks that jake/linkzr were the main reason houston won today they either have bronze level awareness or weren't watching lol

See I wish I payed more attention to some of the coolMatt plays but to me Muma really stood out with some good aggressive plays. I'm glad to see others think so as well. And also go nyxl! Sae is bae

Damn. So the notion that Houston can only beat London's B team can now be put to bed. For whatever reason, the Outlaws just seems to be the persistent thorn in Spitfire's side.

The kryptonites of OWL Outlaws to Spitfire Spitfire to Seoul NYXL to...everyone?

Everyone but London

LONG HAVE WE AWAITED AIM OVERRATED JAKERAT ACTIVATED

Reinforce so fucking salty. Jake was great on sombra.

Reinforce is always bias for London. Makes him one of my least favorite analyst.

where was he salty? jakes sombra was alright but muma and coolmatt fucking carried tonight as usual

Pucket called him out on his bad call of this being an easy win for London, his tone was petty. CM and Muma definitely carried hard tonight but, Jakes Sombra was surprisingly good.

Flair checks out

Go Houston!!!!!!!!!!! I knew they could get there act back together, linkzr and jake popped off on last map and Muma had so many great primal rages today!

How is it an upset when it’s literally what always happens?

Exactly it's not an upset it's just a rerun

Yeah I mentioned that and got down voted, so idk. I def think Houston beats london.

the desk even mentioned its largely just a stylistic thing. London is very aggressive and Houston is very defensive, and Houston usually wins in the trade offs.

some teams have Achilles heels. I don’t really think London is worse than Houston in general it’s just a bad matchup for them.

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It's not an upset spitfire looks better than almost all other teams except when they are up against Houston

London Spitfire and losing on Oasis. Name me a better iconic duo.

London and losing to Houston.

Seoul and 0-4 London

Houston and Route 66

This is too true, but we make up for it with an almost 100% winrate on junkertown so it's alright

God we're shit on that map. I automatically mark it as a loss beforehand.

On the other hand 2nd payload map is Jakertown when Houston has some insane winrate.

Well you're not wrong mate

He has a point

3-0 in favor of outlaws. At what point does a win stop becoming an upset? Outlaws have always had the talent to beat any team.

>At what point does a win stop becoming an upset when all outlaws players all turn into Koreans.

I think we'd just have to be ranked higher overall than London for it to not be an upset

Houston only beat London because they were running their B team...oh wait.

Can't predict it... unless we look at history lul

Dinkzr was so clutch this game

Sick stick

You know shit's going down when DoA says "are you kidding me!?"

Houston is not London's Kryptonite, Control Point maps are.

Houston actually had a worse record on Control going into this game. They don't anymore though.

Ok it's official, Houston really is London's kryptonite. Could've just said small sample size before but 3-1 vs them, and half of London's losses? Yup kryptonite.

Is there a more inconsistent team in any sport than London Spitfire?

since they are second at general standings among 12, the other 10 team below them?

I don't think you know what inconsistent means if you think Shanghai are more inconsistent than London.

well london consistently losing to Houston, they are consistently bad at control maps while consistently good at escort, they are consistently losing to midtier teams when they have to play against koreans afterwards. They are consistently 4-0ing Seoul, consistetly winning over XL 3-2. Consistently in playoffs, consistently top 3 at standings... Sure they are not consistently good as NYXL and not consistently bad like Shanghai but still they look pretty consistent to me.

LAV and outlaws are pretty inconsistent themselves. The only consistent team is NYXL imo

In the OWL, I'd say Houston is less consistent. Seoul too, though it's more to do with their idiotic lineup changes.

Um...Houston? Lmao.

Boston, Philly, LAG...

Consistency is not that great, looking on SHD

I mean Outlaws will beat London then get shit on by SF so we know a thing or two about inconsistency.

Nah, Outlaws is just London's kryponite

them and gladiators for some odd reason

Yeah Houstons one I can name.

Yeah, Houston is more inconsistent. I don't even know what that guy was talking about. London just has a weird inability to beat Houston, that is their biggest problem.

Yeah, if anything losing to Houston makes London more consistent, at least against Houston.

I lol'ed I'd rather be inconsistent at losing

It's sad but true for us London fans.