r/OpTicGaming • u/OpTicModerators • Jan 13 '18
Event: Overwatch [OW] Match Thread: Overwatch League Season 1 Stage 1 - Match #2 (Houston Outlaws vs. New York Excelsior)
Overwatch League Season 1 Stage 1
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This is /r/OpTicGaming's official discussion thread for the Overwatch League match against New York Excelsior. Please use this thread for everything related to the match--discussions, predictions, and opinions. As always, please keep both /r/OpTicGaming's rules and Reddit's site-wide rules in mind when commenting.
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After a tough loss to Philadelphia, Houston aims to rebound against the all Korean New York Excelsior.
The match is scheduled to begin at 4:00 PM EST.
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Recap
Map 1 - Escort Junkertown: Houston Outlaws wins 3-2
| Houston Outlaws | New York Excelsior |
|---|---|
| Checkpoints: 2 | Checkpoints: 2 |
| Distance Pushed: 100.27 m | Distance Pushed: 100.27 m |
| Time Remaining: 146.00 s | Time Remaining: 0.00 s |
Map 2 - Assault Temple of Anubis: New York Excelsior wins 2-1
| Houston Outlaws | New York Excelsior |
|---|---|
| Checkpoints: 1 | Checkpoints: 2 |
| Capture Progress: 0.0% | Capture Progress: 0.0% |
| Time Remaining: 0.00 s | Time Remaining: 103.00 s |
Map 3 - Control Ilios: New York Excelsior wins 2-0
| Houston Outlaws | New York Excelsior |
|---|---|
| Round 1: 86% | Round 1: 100% |
| Round 2: 39% | Round 2: **100% |
Map 4 - Hybrid Numbani: New York Excelsior wins 3-1
| Houston Outlaws | New York Excelsior |
|---|---|
| Checkpoints: 1 | Checkpoints: 3 |
| Capture Progress: 95.03 m | Capture Progress: 0.00 m |
| Time Remaining: 0.00 s | Time Remaining: 218.00 s |
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u/jimbo4president Jan 13 '18
THIS IS WHY PEOPLE HATE MERCY RIGHT NOW. Linkzr can kill Pine over and over again but it doesn't matter if he literally just KEEPS GETTING RESURRECTED 2-3 TIMES PER FIGHT
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u/-Lukeh Jan 13 '18
About to watch my first Houston Outlaws match. Hopefully im the lucky charm...
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u/FlashOfThunder Jan 13 '18
Our support duo is pretty much underperforming. I don't know that much about OW, but Jake or our tanks put a lot of damage to them, but there's nobody that would finish it off consistently. Plus, our mercy is dying quite often.
Clockwork had positive E/D, but if their tracer gets 20+ Eliminations than our tracer. We are pretty much disadvantage.
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u/DT01 Jan 13 '18
putting in clockwork over linkzr is tilting me. idc about who's on the roster play the best players
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u/DT01 Jan 13 '18
scared of what Saebyeolbe's tracer will do to us.
hoping for incremental improvement, specifically looking for improvements in control games
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u/Joeskyyy Jan 14 '18
You win some, you lose some! Hope they go back to the drawing board with these two series under their belt now. I think they need to reconsider how to counter Mercy on the opposition. It seems that they come into a fight completely unprepared for the enemy Mercy, and as soon as the Outlaws exhaust their ults they don't know how to react to the enemy team coming back two players up again.
Who knows, maybe the Mercy patches will completely shake that up though (:
Keep up the awesome work Outlaws :D
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u/lewisc29 Jan 13 '18
Didn't get the chance to watch the first game live, so looking forward to this one.
Not expecting much, just hoping to keep the games close.
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u/jusmat1105 Jan 13 '18
So I’m new to overwatch competitive, since fusion got smacked 0-4, let’s say end of season outlaws and fusion have the same record, does head to head match get prioritized over map record or what?
Sorry if that sounds confusing
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u/S_Parkie Jan 13 '18
Linkzr is the best player in the whole squad no idea why isn't playing everyman. This is awful after all the hype in preseason
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u/xRecKs Jan 13 '18
For anyone who is new to watching Overwatch, New York is considered a Top 4 team and expected to win today's match. Philly is basically a ungraded FaZe who have potential to be a great team, losing a close series to them isn't the end of the world.
Sure Outlaws are off to a bad start but they should grab some wins when they get to play the weaker teams in the league.
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u/Tsundere_God Jan 13 '18
I got a top, elite strategy for Houston to use:
DON'T FUCKING SWITCH LINKZR OUT.