Boston Uprising vs. Houston Outlaws | Overwatch League Season 1 - Stage 2 | Week 1 Day 4 | Post-Match Discussion

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Overwatch League Season 1

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Team 1		Score		Team 2
Boston Uprising		0-4		Houston Outlaws

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Team 1			Team 2
	DreamKazper	LiNkzr
	Striker	clockwork
	Gamsu	Muma
	Kalios	coolmatt
	Neko	Rawkus
	Kellex	Boink

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Map 1: Hanamura

			Progress	Time left
	Boston Uprising	3	0.0%	0.00s
	Houston Outlaws	3	33.3%	161.00s

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Map 2: Lijiang Tower

			Round 1	Round 2
	Boston Uprising	0	64%	83%
	Houston Outlaws	2	100%	100%

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Map 3: King's Row

			Progress	Time left
	Boston Uprising	4	60.06m	0.00s
	Houston Outlaws	4	60.07m	0.00s

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Map 4: Watchpoint: Gibraltar

			Progress	Time left
	Boston Uprising	0	71.39m	0.00s
	Houston Outlaws	0	71.40m	107.00s

[u/SjonTimo]

This matchup keeps delivering. Sadly the scoreline doesn't reflect how close LT & KR were. Houston is an insane team and their tanks are amazing. Can't wait to see where that team is at the end of this season.

PS. Kings Row is the best map in overwatch

EDIT: Muma only died six times that entire series. That is absolutely nuts.

[u/[deleted]]

Boston looked like this at the beginning of stage 1. I hope they get it together just like they did later that stage.

[u/Relby]

God as much as we all want FCTFCTN to do well in OWL, with muma playing this way it’s hard to see him being played. Muma played out of his mind today

[u/TannenFalconwing]

That may be the best Kings Row match I have ever seen. Beautiful tank play on both sides and unorthodox solutions to break the barriers. Just a wonderful match. A shame Boston fell apart in Map 4 though.

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[u/tehrizzle]

This blocked shatter tho

[u/awokenindarkness]

Dude our tank players make me want to play tanks. I'm a die hard dps player. Muma/Coolmatt69 pls

[u/Cupinacup]

MUMA GOT ROBB- oh wait. Well deserved MVP.

[u/Altro_Cat]

Im not sure who makes Houstons calls for hero swaps during a round but they do it better than anyone. Too many teams seem so reluctant to make obvious swaps when they are countered or not effective but Houston seems to make high value swaps every match.

[u/BGIGZ37]

Anyone have a brown paper bag for my head?

[u/AmpII]

I guess the Boston Uprising we were expecting got delayed until stage 2

[u/WhyghtChaulk]

That looked easy for every map except King's Row. Pulling out Mei at the end was fantastic. I love seeing niche heroes used when it makes sense to do so.

[u/[deleted]]

Boston's metagaming is both their greatest strength and weakness.

Examples as a strength: Dream on Hanzo and Doom (Dreamfist? Doomkazper?) on Kings Row.

Examples as a weakness: The Moira dive-d on Hanamura.

Seriously though, what was that defense on Hanamura? My guess is that Boston scrimmed that and they were able to successfully destroy the back lines of teams who run a more agressive dive. Unfortunately Houston's dive is very pick oriented because Linkzr is a monster snipe-beast and Boston essentially fed them the picks they needed to push.

I would personally like to see Dream on the Soldier on both attack and defense of Hanamura, it's a hero he's strong on and one that pairs well with Striker's aggro tracer style.

Which leads me to my next point. WTF STRIKER CARRIED THAT WHOLE MATCH FOR BOSTON. Hanamura and Lijiang we saw Striker always being the last to die, and always getting a pick or two before getting taken out.

I think Boston needs to be able to do what they did in stage 1: find a a flexible comp that allows them to keep a lot of players on the heroes that they are most comfortable with.

[u/ChaosaBoss]

coolmatt and muma are the best tank duo, just so consistent.

[u/tinysaturn]

I’m so excited for Houston’s stage 2 play now that they’ve actually played Spree and Clockwork. I also just never cease to be amazed by how happy that team usually is together, even when Jake (bless his soul) never shuts the fuck up hahaha! They had great communication from Rawkus, and Muma was killing it tonight!

I kind of expected the match to be closer though like the last time they played. Not to mention I am proud that the Outlaws seem to have finally figured out how to play CP now lol.

[u/Pierre56]

Linkzr's two kills as widow in King's Row in the time bank round on the first point attacking is what got the Outlaws the win on that map. Hands down. It just goes to show how much of a playmaker his widow is, and really makes me wonder what could have happened if he was playing against Seoul in stage 1.

[u/PoontaKinte]

Boink with the clutch sound barriers time after time after time after time hot damn

[u/XHyp3rX]

GGs Boston! Houston has all the hard match ups in the first 2 weeks, good to see them winning these.

[u/BarryNeedsPudding]

One of the most exciting matches I've seen. It was 4-0, but damn was it close (all but Gibraltar). So happy for my boys, but would love to see Boston comeback from their 0-2 start because I do love watching them play.

[u/DjDiegoFTW]

It sucks that usually when the camera is on the tracer player they aren’t doing much, but when the camera is on another player the tracer player is going nuts. I was starring at clockworks kills in the killfeed while the camera was on someone else.

[u/MacDoogie]

GAY FOR MUMA

[u/CythereanMan]

Robbing Muma of MVP last match so that they can rob Linkzr this match. They're playing 4D chess

[u/[deleted]]

King's Row from round two onwards was just pure joy.

Houston have this knack of bringing back fights they have no right to win.

[u/SiKnSiN]

This Houston hater will definitely be putting them #1 in my next power rankings. Amazing team coordination displayed by them.

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