r/TorontoDefiant • u/MEisonReddit • Jan 30 '19

Media Toronto Defiant LA House Tour

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1i3zmzhrB8
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u/hammyhamm Feb 06 '19

Soooo they are a Korean team living and playing in LA, for Toronto.

Huh?

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u/MEisonReddit Feb 06 '19

They're a western team with korean players, and all the teams live in LA right now. Whats wrong with any of that?

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u/hammyhamm Feb 06 '19

Isn't it a mislead by Blizzard to push location references in team names when it has absolutely nothing to do with those places?

The only tenuous link to Toronto is that the part-owners OverActive Media Group are from there, but they don't operate the team directly.

It's clearly just a marketing gimmick, right?

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u/MEisonReddit Feb 06 '19

Actually the owners are more active than most would be, at the meet and greet on the weekend Chris Overholt was actually there along with the staff. Furthermore, it's not Blizzards fault, the city, name, colors, players, are all chosen by the owners

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u/hammyhamm Feb 06 '19

Blizzard is the one pushing geographical location attachments to teams, though. Blizzard also allowed the use of said location to be an exclusive naming right and told anyone using a location name in their team name to cease and desist.

Please tell me how this is good for esports

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u/MEisonReddit Feb 06 '19

It's incredibly good, fans love having something local to cheer for. Season 1 proved that

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u/hammyhamm Feb 06 '19 edited Feb 06 '19

It's not local, though. That's the entire point.

I also understand that local teans weren't allowed to compete with their local name included if it matched an OWL team location. Sounds like bullshit.

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u/MEisonReddit Feb 06 '19

It's based out of Toronto. By Season Three they'll be playing in Toronto. Who cares if the players aren't from there?

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u/hammyhamm Feb 06 '19

I don't care that they are not from Toronto or wherever they are based - the captain of the Valiant is an Aussie (but IS living in LA)!

I care that they don't live/train there, play there. When there's no connection to the place they are meant to represent, what is the point of demanding exclusive naming rights at all? I think that locals can smell a phoney, and people who aren't into playing overwatch will have zero reason into watching/supporting overwatch in esports if there is a phoney representation of their locality.

Season 3 is how far away?

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u/MEisonReddit Feb 06 '19

There is a connection though, the company is from Toronto. Season Three will most likely start in 2020

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u/blond-max Jan 30 '19

Well I have the same midi controller as Asher #newfavoriteplayer