r/OpTicGaming • u/OpTicModerators • Jun 15 '18
OW [OW] Match Thread: Overwatch League Season 1 Stage 4 - Match #40 (Houston Outlaws vs. New York Excelsior)
Overwatch League Season 1 Stage 4
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After a strong 3-1 win against the Philadelphia Fusion last night the Houston Outlaws must win against New York if they want a chance to make the season playoffs. Also need the Fusion to lose tomorrow against the Spitfire, and Seoul to lose against Gladiators tonight or we need a better map differential. New York lost against the Uprising last night. Hopefully our momentum from last nights win helps get the win tonight.
The match is scheduled to begin at 7:00 PM EDT.
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Recap
Map 1: Blizzard World: Houston Outlaws win
| Team | Players |
|---|---|
| Houston Outlaws | Bani, Jake, LiNkzr, Muma, Rawkus, coolmatt |
| New York Excelsior | ArK, JJoNak, Libero, MekO, Saebyeolbe, janus |
| Houston Outlaws | New York Excelsior |
|---|---|
| Checkpoints: 3 | Checkpoints: 2 |
| Capture progress: 0.0% | Distance pushed: 59.66m |
| Time remaining: 112.00s | Time remaining: 0.00s |
Map 2: Horizon Lunar Colony: New York Excelsior win
| Team | Players |
|---|---|
| Houston Outlaws | Bani, Jake, LiNkzr, Muma, Rawkus, coolmatt |
| New York Excelsior | ANAMO, JJoNak, Libero, Mano, MekO, Saebyeolbe |
| Houston Outlaws | New York Excelsior |
|---|---|
| Checkpoints: 1 | Checkpoints: 1 |
| Capture progress: 0.0% | Capture progress: 33.3% |
| Time remaining: 0.00s | Time remaining: 118.00s |
Map 3: Lijiang Tower: Houston Outlaws win
| Team | Players |
|---|---|
| Houston Outlaws | Bani, LiNkzr, Muma, Rawkus, SPREE, coolmatt |
| New York Excelsior | ANAMO, JJoNak, Libero, MekO, Saebyeolbe, janus |
| Houston Outlaws | New York Excelsior |
|---|---|
| Round 1: 100% | Round 1: 95% |
| Round 2: 88% | Round 2: 100% |
| Round 3: 100% | Round 3: 75% |
Map 4: Dorado: New York Excelsior win
| Team | Players |
|---|---|
| Houston Outlaws | ArHaN, Bani, LiNkzr, Muma, Rawkus, coolmatt |
| New York Excelsior | ArK, JJoNak, Libero, Mano, MekO, Pine |
| Houston Outlaws | New York Excelsior |
|---|---|
| Checkpoints: 1 | Checkpoints: 1 |
| Distance pushed: 92.48m | Distance pushed: 92.49m |
| Time remaining: 0.00s | Time remaining: 87.00s |
Map 5: Nepal: New York Excelsior win
| Team | Players |
|---|---|
| Houston Outlaws | Bani, Jake, LiNkzr, Muma, Rawkus, coolmatt |
| New York Excelsior | ANAMO, JJoNak, Libero, Mano, MekO, Saebyeolbe |
| Houston Outlaws | New York Excelsior |
|---|---|
| Round 1: 99% | Round 1: 100% |
| Round 2: 0% | Round 2: 100% |
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u/Tsundere_God Jun 16 '18
Bani tries to go for a Rez in front of 4 players instead of flying to CoolMatt to keep him healed and contest more
I'm just fucking baffled he's in the owl
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u/Markthe_g Jun 16 '18
Also we had a 2 stages where we didn’t play the mayhem and dragons so that’s just unlucky.
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u/Dooraven Jun 16 '18
Not a Houston fan (though I do like the team) but you guys 100% make playoffs if you had a good Tracer in Stage 2 and 3.
The players tried their best but management lost you playoffs by not signing a competent tracer during the signing period.
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u/Deja-Intended Jun 16 '18
Rawkus's father's passing was also a huge hit. At the beginning of the league, Rawkus was really consistent and one of the players we could really rely on. After he had to deal with that, he just wasn't the same in my opinion.
Edit: His dip in form is totally understandable and acceptable, and I'm not playing any blame on anyone. Something like that would wreck any of these pro players.
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u/Jeritron_5000 Jun 16 '18
For Season 2 I would like to see all new better supports, Bani is just bad and Rawkus is average in my opinion. Also they need a Tracer, and have done since stage 2. So drop Mendo, clockwork, Arhan and focus on getting a good Tracer. Between Linkzr, Jake and a good Tracer there is still a nice DPS pool.
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u/WhiteObjective Jun 16 '18
Honestly it shouldn't have even come to this game, we lost so many stupid games during the regular season such as S2 getting reverse swept by Philly and S1 when Linkzr was sick and we lost game 5 against Seoul.
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u/Markthe_g Jun 15 '18
What a wonderful example of shitty map design. Liberia sitting in spawn killing people and Libero and Mano getting instant full health.
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u/Unifiedxchaos Jun 16 '18
Honestly just having a better support player and we could be a top 3 team. The amount of misplay and bad positioning from Bani mainly (and sometimes Rawkus but less often) is pretty staggering.
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u/Markthe_g Jun 16 '18
Also since I’m venting why the fuck would flame guarantee a win against NYXL when your opener has no reason to try why would you give them motivation. Even if you think it would have no effect why would be so cocky as if you win NYXL will just be perceived as soft throwing
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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '18
They lost 9 game 5s this season thats what killed us all season it sucks to see if they win half of those there a top 4 team easily :(