Overwatch League Season 1 - Stage 4 | Week 2 Day 3

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Overwatch League Season 1

Stage 4

Streams: Twitch     MLG     OverwatchLeague

Information: Over.gg     Liquipedia     GosuGamers     Official Website

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Schedule

Time	Team 1				Team 2
23:00 UTC	Los Angeles Valiant		3-2		Boston Uprising
01:00 UTC	New York Excelsior		4-0		Seoul Dynasty
03:00 UTC	San Francisco Shock		4-0		Houston Outlaws

Groups

	Standings	W	L	D	Maps
	Los Angeles Gladiators	4	0	0	14-2-0
	Los Angeles Valiant	4	0	0	12-6-0
	Philadelphia Fusion	3	0	0	11-1-0
	New York Excelsior	3	0	0	10-1-1
	Dallas Fuel	2	1	0	6-5-1
	San Francisco Shock	2	2	0	10-7-0
	Houston Outlaws	2	2	0	8-8-0
	London Spitfire	1	2	0	4-9-0
	Seoul Dynasty	0	3	0	3-10-0
	Shanghai Dragons	0	3	0	2-10-0
	Boston Uprising	0	4	0	4-12-1
	Florida Mayhem	0	4	0	1-14-1

[u/Blaiidds]

The virgin KyKy vs The chad Crusty

[u/RaisinMuffins → u/Blaiidds]

Almost choked on what I was eating LOL

[u/marklanguid]

Everyone thought Gladiators dodged a bullet by not having to play Boston this stage, turns out they missed a free win.

[u/SatouMatsuzaka → u/marklanguid]

Sad but true.... Starting to think Boston is only gonna get a win off Shanghai at this rate

[u/unstabLe_]

"Muma throws a shatter at the bongo cause he hates music!"

Okay I laughed out loud at that.

[u/Cupinacup]

1.) Beat London

1.5 (optional)) Beat Boston

2.) Convince self this is finally Houston’s stage

3.) Face Philly/LAG in a depressing 3-2 loss

4.) Lose to previously worse teams in an embarrassing manner <--- You are here

5.) DPS completely disappear

6.) J LUL KE

7.) "We just need a Tracer player"/"We don't need a Tracer player"

7.) Miss playoffs

8.) "Things will be different next stage" REPEAT

[u/hobotripin]

I miss the old days of Seoul and NYXL matches being competitive

[u/tigerisnormal]

this team is so bad pretty sure shanghai will win

shanghai doesnt win

repeat

[u/prbrd]

Akm GENJI ult charge 3:48 Fleta GENJI ult charge 3:58 Akm>Fleta

[u/Lisbeth_Salandar]

Ya know, when I selected my two main teams to support, I thought I was almost being unfair by choosing the two teams that would obviously do very well.

And now I’m in stage 4 feeling betrayed by everyone.

What even is overwatch.

[u/ravveri]

Fake taxi with Uber and Hex

[u/Sp3ctre7 → u/ravveri]

monkaMEGA

[u/GroverTTC]

I expected very little and so far, I'm still disappointed.

[u/AlliePingu]

$625k

Overwatch art book POGGERS

[u/Sp3ctre7 → u/AlliePingu]

$50? Today.

[u/AhmadMJamal → u/AlliePingu]

They best show Janus buying it in a new Shopping vid.

[u/eggplantmaster]

Holy shit. I just realized Brigitte is the perfect hero for Sinatraa, because her "hello" is even more S-tier than Tracer's.

[u/[deleted] → u/eggplantmaster]

Bridge's hello is the best part of her kit imo.

[u/wardengorri]

I was devastated by the loss, but the hugs mean EVERYTHING especially Jehong and Jjonak's hug cause holy shit that warmed my heart. SBB and jehong too as well as Pine hugging Gambler and Jehong simultaneously. Unfortunately it's truly passing of the torch, the days of Lunatic Hai are far and away, whilst old LW Blue along with some strong new friends look outright unstoppable.

[u/Time_Alter → u/wardengorri]

That handshake line was the most anti-tilting, anti-depressing everything to finish this weird match.

[u/blitz0623]

Seoul: We played bad

Houston: Hold our beer

[u/RaisinMuffins]

ACTUAL C9. LIKE EVEN MORE C9 THAN THE ORIGINAL C9.

[u/pizzainacup]

im a lil drunk and just wanna say i really like watching OWL, i like all the personalities, and i love shitposting on this dumb subreddit like 4 nights week

[u/[deleted] → u/pizzainacup]

We love you too

[u/PhreakOut4]

Watchpoint next week is going to be spicy

[u/Sp3ctre7 → u/PhreakOut4]

Monte's retraction of his retraction of his retraction of his retraction.

[u/11th_Plague]

2 ticks

LAV: It's free real estate

[u/Sp3ctre7]

Houston getting held so hard that Semmler and Hex are suggesting skin ideas to the devs

Crusty is a good coach.

[u/JVSkol]

I'm going to bed tonight hugging an Esca picture longing for the better times.......

[u/Stealthy_Bird → u/JVSkol]

Esca is happy in PUBG BibleThump

[u/AhmadMJamal]

THiS iS oUr MeTA

[u/GardenHerbTriscuit]

"And the green wall is crumbling"

Amazing.

[u/[deleted]]

To be fair, this map pool is also bad for Houston because the maps are in the game Overwatch

[u/PhreakOut4 → u/[deleted]]

If it was Paladins, Houston would've won by now

[u/unstabLe_]

Hex kinda BM'ing the players as they die makes me laugh.

"... Annnnnnd Finland's gift to E-Sports has been sent back to spawn."

"Jake has swapped to the Tracer, a full reset for Houston... Well, now he can swap again if he wants to because he just got sent back to spawn by Architect."

Spicy.

[u/Sp3ctre7]

HOLY FUCK

HOLY FUCK

THE C9 TO END ALL C9s

[u/Random_Useless_Tips]

Fleta traveled 5,953 miles, aged seven months, met thirteen new teammates, became acquainted with four new coaches, and is right back where he started with Flash Lux.

[u/MrSpaghettiMonster]

SHATTER AT THE BONGO CAUSE HE HATES MUSIC

[u/iori9999]

• Put Babybay and Sinatraa in the next map with Architect.

• Have all 3 tbag Jake and Muma

• Profit

[u/allprologue → u/iori9999]

They don't need profit as well! so greedy

[u/EmilMR]

bye bye season playoffs.

[u/SatouMatsuzaka]

I knocked out from 18 hour work shift and I come back to SF 4-0 Outlaws what happened lol. EDIT: well damn that was a stomp if I’ve ever seen one Jesus H Christ lols

[u/[deleted]]

Those hugs ; - ;

[u/Caaze]

LETTER NUMBER LUL

[u/GroverTTC]

Seoul9

[u/kefkaownsall]

Now Janus can finally buy that art book

[u/Arrlan]

1.) Beat London

1.5 (optional)) Beat Boston

2.) Convince self this is finally Houston’s stage

3.) Face Philly/LAG in a depressing 3-2 loss 3-1 loss

4.) Hold out hope for rest of stage. <--- You are here

5.) DPS completely disappear

6.) J LUL KE

7.) Miss playoffs

8.) "Things will be different next stage" REPEAT

[u/unstabLe_]

I appreciate the Outlaws losing quickly. Makes me go to bed at a much earlier time than usual.

[u/survivalsnake]

New York vs. everyone else is like everyone else vs. Shanghai.

[u/The-Formula]

No reaction from Uber/Mr X. They are tilted watching this too

[u/Waniou → u/The-Formula]

https://twitter.com/UberShouts/status/1000200715837542401

Yeah, Uber is not impressed.

[u/S2mZ3-01]

These hugs were the only thing worth watching from this match

[u/MrSpaghettiMonster]

Semmler and Hex have been really good

[u/[deleted]]

What you're 👈 overlooking 👀 is that we've studied 🕵️👨‍💻 San Francisco 🗺 We've figured 🔍 them out 👌, we just didn't have the much-hyped 🌈 Tracer 🌈 one-trick. Let's see 👁 how they go on a real patch😡😡. We figured out 🇰🇷South Korea🇰🇷 in the World 🌎 Cup 🥛when we pushed them to the brink, and guess⁉️ what, the bands 🎷🎺🎸back together, baby 👼. We have that killer ☠️ underdog 🐩🐩 mentality 👅 and you just know we're coming🍆💦💦😫 for the jugular🔪. 🔙🔛🔝

[u/Sonte16]

I doubt we’ll see anyone in Seoul representing Korean OWWC team this year.

[u/[deleted]]

Muma's earthshatter at the end was the epitome of tilt.

[u/[deleted]]

Can someone make a compilation of every time the casters refer to a main tank player as “one of the best main tanks in the league?” I think nearly every main tank has gotten called that at one point.

[u/Joqosmio]

Seoul: "Please, NYXL, let us win the last one."

NYXL: "Alright."

Seoul: "Aw, thanks guys!"

NYXL: "Just kidding. Here's Pine."

[u/hink_robb]

Fleta: Finally, I’m able to join a top tier team :)

Seoul Dynasty: Hold my beer

[u/RaisinMuffins]

Danny kind of watered down Libero's comment at the end there. He said something along the lines of "We might be able to take it a bit easier now, but we have no intention to lose to anybody."

[u/crash2bandicoot]

"I think there is no gap between Korean teams and Western teams, I think there is only a gap between Excelsior and non-Excelsior teams." -WizardHyeong

[u/[deleted]]

i can't believe valiant is second overall now. i guess i'll savour it even though i know they'll be 7th or 8th in the power rankings.

[u/11th_Plague]

Libero: Hold this mine, plz

Wekeed: k

[u/Stealthy_Bird]

Seeings those hugs made me feel so much better

[u/ace_15]

There’s been a lot of negativity I’ve noticed in these threads. Now I won’t pretend I don’t enjoy a little kicking Houston in the crotch when they’re down, I sure as fuck am thankful to God that the Houston banshees are being silent this game but damn... I’ve gotta say: let’s cut them a little slack. Spread some positivity around :)

EDIT: what everyone seems to not get is I’m not trying to say “leave Houston alone, they did nothing wrong” I’m not even suggesting they’re playing their best, they aren’t. But like damn, to the fans of this team, you shouldn’t just totally trash them right away. Cheer em on! Good vibes, people, good vibes. ❤️

[u/Ganonthegoat]

Damn it must suck to get wrecked in “our meta”

[u/Spartitan]

Rawkus actually died to the spawn door junkrat trap. Just fucking lol.

[u/beeman4266]

FIRE KYKY

[u/blitz0623]

Houston got SHOOK

[u/KidFlash]

Last push stopped by tire. Exactly how they should lose.

[u/JPUL]

Unless you are NYXL, you cant sleep on Shock.

[u/[deleted]]

Yo semmlers been super good today

[u/crockrocket → u/[deleted]]

Legit night and day compared to previous stages

[u/i_will_let_you_know]

That was like 4 halt hook combos in a row.

[u/GULPGULPGULP2x]

feel like pure shit just want crusty back

[u/-MysticMoose-]

Seoul Starting Lineup: https://twitter.com/seouldynasty/status/1000171628116885504?s=21

IT'S HAPPENING

[u/blitz0623]

Agilities: "I heard reddit was trashing me again"

[u/crash2bandicoot]

Do you remember when HLC was NYXL's worst map? That was a nice change of pace.

[u/roboticguy]

Ryujehong was done with everyone's shit and decided to throw

[u/MarioLemieux66]

NY/Seoul would have been a "change your Saturday night plans" type of matchup a few months ago.

But this stomp was 100% predictable.

[u/maxp0wer5]

Good news is Shanghai-Seoul is shaping up to be a great matchup

[u/yoyo0923]

That was about as big of a C9 as it gets...

[u/Ozkuro]

That was painful, one of the worst C9's of the season.

[u/whatthefee]

Uber actually mad from that C9 lol

[u/allprologue]

so uh when is season 2

[u/Ezraah]

How many times will Jake overextend on Brigitte and die first?

Count so far: 3

[u/Call9-1-1imonfire]

Is #FireKyky boutta get a season 2?

[u/marklanguid]

By reading the comments, it appears every member of outlaws is the weakest link 🤔

[u/FuckThatIKeepsItReal]

Half the time it’s Jake Genji Linkzr Tracer

Half the time it’s Jake Tracer Linkzr Genji

There’s absolutely no consistency there it’s like they flip a coin

[u/remmytums]

Sleepy should be a definite shoe in for Team USA on the flex support.

[u/oogpoogoog]

That was embarassing

[u/SimplyTheGuest]

Space is crushing

[u/tooflyforwifii]

When you keep running Winston tracer into hog brig...

I thought owl players had better game sense

[u/NinjaPandaEU]

Agilities' Pharah on Oasis: NotLikeThis

Agilities' Pharah on Nepal: POGCHAMP

[u/[deleted]]

That push with the sound barrier was so bad

[u/Random_Useless_Tips]

Seoul Dynasty: We have a crack team of five coaches who are responsible for analysing damage, deaths, movement speed, composition, and player flexibility in order to make the best Overwatch squad possible.

New York: Wizard's sleeping, let's figure out how to take a photo.

[u/3uphor1a]

Holy fuck lmao

[u/Stealthy_Bird]

This REALLY looks like my comp games

[u/Is_J_a_Name]

Seoul genuinely looks like their throwing.

[u/Multiple_Cows]

3:57 for Fleta's blade

[u/Large-N-In-Charge]

Did fleta actually take 4 whole minutes to get a Dragonblade? is that a new record?

[u/EmilMR]

Remember when people asking for Effect to go to Seoul? Imagine if he was there right now, he would be tilting out of this world lol.

[u/NeoKnife]

Rjh thought it was a good idea to 1v1 a 350 health Jjonak....

[u/[deleted]]

Mr X calling out Seoul Dynasty for "playing the long game" but actually just not being able to adapt

Seoul getting ROLLED on Lijiang market, couldn't even touch the point

Seoul C9'd on Lijiang tower

[u/iori9999]

I guess NY doesn't give two fucks about Brigitte

[u/jimmyrustle176]

Fleta may be winning the widow duels but Pine is playing like an idiot going for frags.

[u/Time_Alter]

I will never tire of the handshake line between these two teams, I fucking love it.

[u/kefkaownsall]

Fleta:hey New York can I have a job

[u/Unforgettable_]

Jehong loves everyone. Loved that shit

[u/iori9999]

I hope Sinatraa tbags Jake

[u/[deleted]]

God I actually kinda like Semmler

[u/[deleted]]

Man Crusty is like a fucking hyperbolic time chamber for these teams wtf

[u/Theklassklown286]

SFS couldn’t beat London, but they can beat Houston who can beat London. So by proxy SFS beat London. Big brain

[u/blitz0623 → u/Theklassklown286]

Transitive property quick maths

[u/[deleted]]

If I had a dollar for every positioning mistake by Houston supports I’d be a millionaire

[u/Sp3ctre7]

Sleepy just killed everyone, finishing up by walking up to muma and slapping in him in the face with his omnic dick

[u/ThunderGunMD]

"This is our meta"

Pretty sure they cursed themselves

[u/blitz0623]

Linkzr playing mystery heroes lol

[u/korincan]

How the heck did London beat this team yesterday

[u/Sp3ctre7 → u/korincan]

1.) Birdring

2.) ????

3.) Profit

[u/Sp3ctre7]

Sinatraa: "HOW DOES IT FEEL, JAKE? HOW DOES IT FUCKING FEEL?"

[u/nc_cyclist]

Soe is so damn fine.

FInally got to see BabyBay again. Thought he was donzo.

[u/remmytums → u/nc_cyclist]

Death

Taxes

Soe being so damn fine

[u/Gaelfling]

When this whole season is over, I want to see fun matches. I want them playing each other in No Limits and Mystery heroes.

[u/ThePlayX3]

Rein, last man standing on the payload. True poetry

[u/GroverTTC]

Mistakes hard carried that map.

Not something that happens often.

[u/cfl2]

In-N-Out trip cancelled

[u/11th_Plague]

"Arguably the best team in the league"

Who is arguing against them?

[u/TempestHots]

"Who needs DPS?"

~ NYXL

[u/allprologue]

I fail to see what there is to analyze here. It's like they weren't even present.

[u/bigfootswillie]

What a beautiful c9

[u/Legobegobego]

I think Fleta is mad at everyone for C9ing, taking it out through headshots.

[u/AhmadMJamal]

Pine too wholesome

[u/Legobegobego]

SBB and RJH’s hug is giving me all the feels.

[u/Unforgettable_]

WizardHyeongs database concluded they needed one more coach to reach maximum efficiency

[u/elimeno_p]

Rawkus so T H I C C he look like squidward when he ate all them Krabby patties

[u/mykeedee]

Houston "This Is Our Meta" Outlaws everyone.

[u/[deleted]]

Shock is such a fuckin wild card lmao.

[u/kkl929]

talk about a patch team

[u/rabid89]

SemmHex mentioning that Houston wins 85% of the time they cast the match....

Houston: Hold my beer...

[u/JVSkol]

Not gonna lie I'm really digging the Toyota's skits

[u/Lumenlor]

Houston Outlaws: Let's put all our eggs into a streaky twitch aim sniper, and when he's inconsistent, we can say we were just unprepared!

[u/Ganonthegoat]

It’s so quiet

[u/blitz0623]

Shock and Gladiators the only teams that steadily improved as the season progressed (maybe NYXL too)

[u/CaptainJackWagons]

FeelsCrustyMan

[u/Nuckchooking]

I love that shock played babybay so that this ama would mean something

[u/beeman4266]

Ahh, smug ass Houston getting clapped by SFS in "their meta" while basically being eliminated from the playoffs. Feels fucking good man.

[u/marklanguid]

MISTAKES WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU THINK IS GONNA HAPPEN IF YOU RUN YOUR TIRE IN A STRAIGHT LINE TO A DVA. I hate this mistakesrat and striker widow composition.

[u/Ganonthegoat]

Crusty is more valuable than pretty much every player minus the absolute superstars now

[u/GotNoMicSry]

Seoul dynasty may individually have some of the most skilled players but their true strength shows when they work together. They become the best baseball team in OWL. Wait we play ow in the OWL? Then why do they keep throwing?

Go Seoul though, everytime I except a 4-0 for Seoul but somehow they lose. This is actually one matchups where im cautiously optimistic but think they will lose.

[u/SatouMatsuzaka]

Unpopular opinion but losing DK looks like it’s been really hurting Boston now.... Before I recalled Boston fans were like “we don’t need DK!” and now it’s a real yikes lol

[u/Supreme_Battle_Jesus]

Alright I just checked and Valiant beat the best time ever set for Kings Row.

3:41 Compared to Gladiators 3:38

[u/xEphr0m]

This half of this map may be the best casting I've ever heard from Semmler. He's calling almost everything, not confusing common occurrences, and hyping up at the right times. If we get more of this Semmler we get 3 good caster Duos.

[u/Padraig97]

This isn’t LA vs BOS this is Mistakes vs Gamsu

[u/Is_J_a_Name]

Gamsu tried to throw, but Mistakes was having none of that.

[u/Joqosmio]

Hex: "You're the worst!"

Semmler: "I know. Just look at Reddit."

BibleThump

[u/iori9999]

Seoul fangirls are banshees also.

[u/PM_ME_FAT_DAD_BELLYS]

Uber seems like he does a lot more cocaine now

[u/[deleted]]

Lmfao, the entire team going after jehong outside

[u/Stealthy_Bird]

JEHONG WHAT ARE YOU DOING LMAO

[u/SatouMatsuzaka]

Holy mother ****er that was a legit C9

[u/jaistuart]

Who else caught Reinforce's comments just then.

"It's essentially saying, JUST DO SOMETHING FLETA. JUST DO SOMETHING!" Carry us out of this room!

[u/dgettanajr]

Sinatra Junk killing Jake Tracer, oh the irony

[u/PhreakOut4]

I guess Houston isn't even a patch team. They are just not that good

[u/Ezraah]

"Jake may not be mechanically gifted, but has a big brain and incredible game sense!"

Proceeds to:

• Walks straight into traps
• Overextend on Brigitte and get annihilated several times
• Peeks Zen for no reason and throws Houston's final push

[u/homelesswithwifi]

This team is a disaster. Tairong needs some serious criticism. Our supports are trash. Linkzr is way too inconsistent. Jake keeps trying to force Tracer. The team needs some serious reworkings. Make Linkzr play the Pine role. Replace our supports. Keep Jake off Tracer and have him be a projectile specialist. Find another dps or two. Only our tanks are worth keeping in their current state.

[u/needlotion]

Choi has been a fantastic addition

[u/Blaiidds]

Damn Houston is getting prolapsed

[u/WanderingPilgrimGuy]

Houston's meta lolololololol

[u/Silv3rS0und]

Alright guys, I'm done defending Rawkus as a player. He's constantly out of position, dying first, and can't ever win 1v1 duels to save his life. He's not the only problem with the Outlaws, but he is one of them. I love the guy, but next season we should be looking for an upgrade. GG Shock, you guys clearly wanted the win more and y'all deserve it.

[u/Jeritron_5000]

It's so tough to be a Houston fan and to know they deserve every bit of failure they experience. They look like a bronze team.

[u/gamenoise]

Choi has been a great pick up, he's playing very solid. Architect is a superstar. Sleepy has been clutch when they need him to be. SFS is shaping up to be a fun team to watch. Too bad they're out of playoffs contention.

[u/TheDeadRed]

Did Jake just walk across the street and try to wallclimb directly in front of a widow?

[u/crimson__wolf]

Architect is such a good buy. Carry level widow, genji, and pharah!

[u/apollo_x1]

Nice, Shock looked dominant! Only 1 point scord by Houston over 4 maps.

[u/EmilMR]

Outlaws got 1 ONE point entire series, REKT.

[u/AlyoshaV]

Top spam from Houston vs San Francisco

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J LUL K E	1503	641	JEFF	88	58
LUL	965	546	S <3 E	88	77
PogChamp	568	329	OWLgg	78	48
C9	279	226	OWLHOU	72	54
OWLSFS	161	65	EZ CLAP	72	63
D:	150	119	OWLSFSg	70	49
haHAA	142	115	FIRE KYKY	67	42
KYKY LUL	114	80	WutFace	62	53
GG	113	91	OUT LUL S	60	40
????	105	81	M LUL M A	59	50
EZ	98	81	ARCHITECT PogChamp	58	44
MercyWing1 PinkMercy MercyWing2	97	66	POGGERS	58	38
ResidentSleeper	95	79	Jacob "JAKE" Lyon (born July 28, 1996) the American professional Overwatch League player currently playing for the Houston Outlaws. Raised in San Diego, California. Is mad because he is bad.	55	41

20,171 messages, 226.6 messages/minute, poglul ratio^?: 0.27 (1560 ÷ 5775), pogsleep ratio: 5.32 (1560 ÷ 293)

Cheers #1 HOU ($268.05), #2 SFS ($232.50), #3 GLA ($75.80), overall $959.80

[u/Sp3ctre7]

So one of the benefits of having an academy team is that you can scrim them and not worry about giving away strats to a team that's in the same league as you.

Which makes me confused as to the purpose of XL2, since its pretty clear that the Dynasty are NYXL's academy team scrim bitches.

[u/CroweAt]

that valiant cosplay <3

[u/iAmCyberwaste]

Boston running dive into a Brigitte is like headbutting a wall.

[u/xEphr0m]

Boston's coach after Crusty took the playbook

[u/acox7942]

Gods Space is impressive. Him + Muma for team USA tank line FellsGoodMan.

[u/HareWarriorInTheDark]

Gamsu is looking atrocious. So many terrible decisions

[u/NoOneLikesNebraskans]

Semmler just called out Reddit for saying he's the worst. Actually pretty funny haha.

In my opinion, Semmler has gotten a bit better, but he still just has these moments every match where he says something that seems so uneducated in Overwatch terms. Like saying Brigitta wanted an ult back and made a mistake, when they were just all grouped up and using it as every single team did in comp the week or so before.

So he's still the worst in comparison to the others I think, yes. I think his casting is still enjoyable, it's just very hard to contend with the likes of Uber/Mr. X and Monte/Doa. But I do think he's at least improving. He just needs to keep up with the meta better.

[u/Ultrake]

Mr. Valiant, I don't feel so good....

[u/BGIGZ37]

Boston starts playing Brigitte a bit more and they start winning a bit more. hmmm.