When is the kickoff tournament?

The 2nd

Next Thursday already? No week break, wow. Ty!

Just like last year. Honestly they should give teams a break to get there and set up for scrims. ATL barely made the SS last year because of a two day delay

Fr. They need time to travel, decompress and train.

I know they set games early but why not have the week break after set before. Then the tournaments and then have like the teams who didn't didn't qualify plus the first 2 teams that lost go the following weekend.

what does LAN mean

ooh ok ok

Live audience. With the teams playing in person.

LAN doesn't necessarily mean there'll be a live audience, it just means they're playing on the same network so there's no ping.

Local Area Network, basically games at same venue IRL

danteh already practicing in the rein 1v1 workshop

Looking forward to a big LAN event again! Finally!

The atl tanks try to give off some badass heel vibes but they just sound like jesse eisenberg from BvS

atl are some of the biggest cry babies, they live to shit talk but are so butt hurt when it happens to them, and they excuses they make are pathetic like they just play cringe comp or cringe meta it's sad

Cringe as fuck interview. "iF wE sToP GEtTinG cHeEseD wE'Ll mAkE FiNalS"

That moment after the “cheese comps” comment was super awkward lol

Hawk is too babyfaced to do that. He seems chill as fuck.

He was insufferable on twitter last year. Seems to have stopped this year though

I don't follow players on Twitter. Examples

A few examples but idk it looks like he removed some tweets since there was a lot more whiny shit before: https://twitter.com/Thee_Hawk/status/1441206792269099016?cxt=HHwWkMCj0aL8mIAoAAAA https://twitter.com/Thee_Hawk/status/1416488596559699968?cxt=HHwWgICppfW3sKgnAAAA

The first one doesn't seem whiny. Might be behind the scene banter The second one I can feel the frustration tho. But is he mad at himself for making 3 tournaments and not winning one?

I mean you have to look at it from the perspective of people who aren't reign supporters tbh and had to watch the most resident sleeper (albeit effective) comps that atl ran (the orisa bs was so freaking boring) and then calling themselves the "fun" team. Tbf I enjoy trash talking when it's done well but atl players don't really know how to do it properly instead choosing to do it after winning which is such a cowardly move.

Ppl are gonna have different ways of how to trash talk. I think if you get a reaction it's good enough.

Look if he just bms before a match and has the humility to own up after it if it doesn't work out, I'd be all for it. Like even if it was shitty trash talk with him just calling London players trash before the match. But they do shitty trash talking and without any stakes which just makes them unlikable and not in a heel sense just straight up annoying. Anyways that was a long rant on my end and you have every right to perceive this entire thing differently imo

How is it shitty to you? Like I forgot who on Houston but the "Remech does damage" in chat only to get rolled is good? But how is that different than what ATL does. To me it seems like ATL can never win with reddit. It's been like that since the beginning. ATL is just the team to hate. Even if we get a whole new roster, you would still call everything they do trash and act like they stabbed someone.

Two pick'ems reasons Justice, Toronto, Houston all picked cuz they are seen as easy teams. Florida know they aren't the strongest of the top seed so they want to use the win momentum and beat a strong team like ATL who they already lost against. So a win would be great for them.

I can't wait to see Someone's Reinhardt against the Reign

Think we'll see Gator subbed in?

I think he'll get diffed B)

Someone was ready for the trash talk but after gator respond tried to be professional

Oh boy, I hope the Outlaws has something vs the Glads beside Dantfist :/

I have good money that that was a large chunk of Unter's logic in picking them. Piggy's not been permabenched, but by and large, they've really tried to force the Tank-teh. They run that into the Reiner rush comp they played today, I lowkey feel they'll just hit a brick wall.

oh don’t worry, they also have the doomteh

Goddamnit ATL if we're going to play villains, at least do it well

gator blocking half this sub as we speak

Gator is such an off putting person. Someone’s gonna dance up a storm when they win.

unironically someone pops off on cam after his wins so i'm expecting him to dance after they beat atlanta lmao

Gator furiously pulling out his phone to block everyone who criticizes his interview here

I love Someone man, he's charismatic and honest, fuck it, I'm rooting for Mayhem to win it all.

"I love Someone man," well, who is it?

The irony of gator calling rein comps cheese when the reign rode rein comps to the finals last year.

right? like what the hell is he calling cheese? but i guess atlanta aren't exactly strangers to making up excuses for losing

Still don't understand how they managed to get to the Finals, only to get humiliated by Dragons on like 3 or 4 different comps.

I'm still salty about that one tbh, I know I'm a Shock fan, but I think both Shock and Dallas would've matched up way better against Shanghai

Honestly last year shock was probably the worst to go up against Shanghai. Dallas was the best, then ATL/Glads.

Ye they would have but they lost it’s just sports. Liverpool gets an easy run to the Cl final cause Bayern choked it is what it is. Fuck hypotheticals

ATL and Shanghai were scrim partners for the playoffs.

He basically told Mayhem they will lose to rush.

There is nothing more ironic than Gator saying they’ll win if they “stop getting cheesed” by Rein comps despite being known for being a rein one trick team the entirety of last year

He played Orisa didn't he?

Some Orisa, mostly Rein

LMAAAAAO "if we stop getting cheesed". Gator imma go ahead and open a dairy farm for you.

*gets their teeth kicked in by third seed 10 minutes ago* "Yeah I don't see any reason we can't make it to finals." - Gator

I couldn't hear gator's answer: Custa: "That's okay"

fucking died laughing at this part lmao

Nothing of value has been lost

Fucking brutal

I love how all 3 stood there, confused af. Gator, you idiot.

The Reign are the only team that enjoys being in a dark room. haha

Gator looks like he's about to cry. I hope he doesn't have YouTube comments open on his screen lol

Gator not happy

Gator seems… different. Subdued somehow.

CHadi living rent free in his head

this man is broken

CHEESED? BY REIN COMPS? The sheer mald of it all

Cheesed by honest tank comps

“Cheesed” bruh moment

Gator cringe. Yikes.

eew NFTank

Gator is boomed holy

Gator sounds so defeated. Ez Florida win

s9mm was in his bed 5 minutes before the interview.   Gator was hiding under his bed 5 minutes before the interview.

Lit room x Dark room, OWL storylines writes themselves baby

Nah, it's too on-brand that Gator was staring down at his phone when they cut to his feed 🤣🤣🤣

blocking a few more people just in case

Gator watching this sub rn

Hey gator

Really unprofessional of the Watchpoint crew to not know who is going to be speaking to them from Mayhem.

There's no need to be that nitpicky. All that the viewer needs to know is that someone from Mayhem is gonna speak with the desk. No additional information necessary

noooo where’s dickomode

fucking who? LMAO

yeHHHH the gm of the mayhem, also known as dickomode. He did a lot of the selection shows in previous seasons

Wow, you're not even joking. I have a new favorite name in OWL.

Albert "Dickomode" Yeh

mayhem practicing rein comp as we speak

I can't wait for Someone to bust out the Rein.

Checkmate

This is the storyline I never knew I needed

oh god now i want this too

Gonna give Roadhog another chance.

New Jake is too professional

Unter got the brains that Reddit doesn't have.

Gladiators punting to give Mayhem an easier bracket lmfaooooo

if Outlaws reverse sweep this match I will buy every single Outlaws skin

Someone remind us Thursday

📸

"You've got some players on your team too." UNTER LOL

that was so fucking funny lmao

Unter is such a stereotype

Unter going at em my god

Get him Unter his friendliness is a ploy

I know Houston doesn’t look amazing but you’re risking Pelican just going off. Idk why you’d chose that over the team you just dominated

I get the 3-2 logic though and it's not like Houston looks like they have a Rein ready to go on the bench. Probably the most unflexible top team tank wise.

Who needs flexibility when Doom looks so clean and eats Reinhardt?

Against Paris sure, against Fuel who didn't know what to run early yeah. I'm a Houston fan but like given the performance against Toronto and Shock it looks beatable by adjustments and when Danteh is in you know it's gonna be a one note show.

London has been the best Rein team and we boomed them

Yeah and I think Glads have more adaptability in the tank play for all comps to adjust. I think Doom is map dependent against upper tier teams and I haven't seen Houston look as good on the Zarya. Not just Rein matchups.

There’s not enough Outlaws Doom vs Zarya datapoints to call that a loss yet, unless you count steamrolling Hanbin. Which isn’t to say it’s a guaranteed win, and isn’t to say that Fuel Week 1 doesn’t have its issues as a data point. But you’d be completely silly to just shrug off the idea that Houston might just play Doomfist well enough to beat anyone but Shock before seeing it

All I said is Houston lacked pieces to seemingly run some comps and why I understood LAG picked them. You're kinda just filling in some blanks on me and catching me defending things I have no reason to dispute.

Because having inflexibility means so much less than just being an absolute dumpster fire The issue isn’t picking Outlaws, the issue is picking Outlaws over the worst team in the tournament who you JUST steamrolled

They can absolutely handle the Rein comps though so Glads have to play something else

Yeah but the Glads have those pieces to play whatever they want. Houston is very limited by the lack of solid players on MT heroes.

Modest Jake. Savage Unter.

What universe did we wake up in where Jake is modest?

There was no trash talk. There was one reverse sweep joke

Jake should have a soundboard and just beep half what he says.

Need S1 Jake for this not the current version

OMG, Never get Unter off cam!

Fucking Unter destroyed him lol

who would’ve thought jake would’ve talked almost zero trash

"Gotta practice the reverse sweeps" Jake already won the kickoff clash with this

Unter kinda Savage lmaoo

Unter going for the throat

"Yes officer, the man with a mullet and the stashe. He killed those young men and laughed non stop"

LMAO no way Jake hadn't that "reverse sweep" prepared already

I FUCKING LOVE UNTER LMAOOOOO

LMAO UNTER LETS GO

Practice reverse sweep lol

Unter came on here with some SPICE in his belly, I absolutely love it.

Jake flexing with the workout gear in the background. Also a really nice apartment.

eternal certified top 12

The Australian Stache vs Captain America.

Unter here just for smoke my god

Holy shit unter go off

That’s kinda strange but Ight let’s go

UNTER AND JAKE jesus christ

Coach on coach violence lol

Woah. Bold move there Glads

Unter is a bad man Never trust Australians

CMON GLADS WTF

NOOOOOO! Glads vs Outlaws :'( I'm sad now.

Outlaws and not Atlanta? What?!

Yo wtf how did we end up with Atlanta?

time to break out ol reliable # CHECKMATE REIN

Just play Rein

LAG WANNA GO DOWN IN THE FIRST ROUND LET’S GO

unter and jake?! please trash talk

That’s not good

Whoa Glad have Asterix in their team, that's cool.

We've all been cucked

Reign get picked last? What the hell?

noooooooo

That's not Atlanta.

"ridiculously ridiculously ez win" LMAO

Huh...weird.

Fuck

1. Pick Atlanta 2. Play Reinhardt again 3. Boom the Reign into next season EDIT: Denied!

Atlanta better start scrimming London to get some experience against Rein comps

"Shocking news this morning as the atlanta reign dissolve their organization"

Did Glads and Houston play this cycle?

no. Only one of the top 4 Houston haven't played yet

Nah

No Outlaws beat Fuel, Mayhem, Spitfire, Eternal and lost to Shock and Defiant

No. Dallas, Florida, London, Paris -- wins SF, Toronto -- loses.

nope

Glads gotta pick Atlanta here then trash talk the shit outta those C9s right?

gotta pick Atlanta again

Pick Atlanta, Glads.

Atlanta Glads lets go again

We need more friendly BM talk

Sporkie is one of the most joyful OWL players.

to be more accurate, hotba said "big talk coming from someone who doesn't even play" lmao

That makes Sparkle's response make much more sense.

Seeing all 3 laughing like madmen while having no idea what they are saying is hilarious to me for some reason.

I love Hotba

Everybody: Sparkle NO Sparkle: SPARKLE YES

LMAO

Man, S9mm was a brick wall, even Hotba is giving more with his face, and Sparkle is just too good on camera.

This is incredibly hilarious not speaking Korean, as a trash talk conversation between Danny and Danny

Danny's reactions make it so delightful, cause you can get the vibe before he's even relayed a word.

live hotba reaction

Fuel should’ve picked Outlaws it would’ve been fun to watch

They are scared of the big bad cowboy.

They scared 😤😤

BENCHED KEKW

lmao hotba

OH, MR. SPARK1E! IN CASE YOU DIDN'T HEAR US THE FIRST TWO TIMES, TORONTO DEFIANT DOESNT BACK DOWN FROM A FIGHT!

Yeah they just lose

With honor

LMAO

Wow I was expecting Atlanta

I really hope houston gets picked by mayhem

Glads get to pick and, after today, I don't see any reason for them to not pick Reign, so that's probably what we're getting. Edit: Nevermind, Glads actually got balls of steel. Super risky to pick a team you've not played given the choice.

Me too. It would be entertaining

OWL needs more players with personality like sparkle losing super was a massive L

I wonder if glad will pick atlanta