Building our Overwatch WORLD CUP Fantasy Teams! - Plat Chat Ep. 71

Esports podcast specializing in feeding and Overwatch.
Featuring the Overwatch League's Matt "Mr.X" Morello, Joshua "Sideshow" Wilkinson, Jonathan "Reinforce" Larsson, and Brennon "Bren" Hook.
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0:00 - Intro
7:44 - France
18:25 - Sweden
29:27 - Denmark
38:08 - UK
51:48 - Canada
1:08:35 - Finland
1:32:37 - USA
1:50:37 - China
2:04:50 - Korea

[@PlatChat]

Voting will be done on our Twitter: twitter.com/PlatChatPodcast

[@bluesassault8006]

Can you re-run the tournament with a Korean A, B, and C team, and is there a world where the Koreans finish 1-3 at the World Cup?

[@SINotFound]

It seems like Bren and Sideshow are gonna burst into laughter at the start of every episode

[@zoey.steelimus]

That's why I'm here :)

[@JenksAnro]

I think they're just hyped to be in each other's presence. Isn't love sweet

[@JohnSmith-br1lv]

Dynamic duo

[@templarexemplar35]

That's why I love the show😎👌

[@lorrainegatanianhits8331]

Fake

[@ow_esports]

Anyone else get hungry watching this 😅?

[@Browilis]

Of course!

[@dvot0075]

👀

[@CrazeeAdam]

i thought Bren and Sideshow would be like 50+ pounds heavier after this

[@TheNerd]

can we just instawin korea?

[@nex5691]

Overwatch League I wished u guys have a Southeast Asian team and new teams like Japan Like for example Manila Eagles , Osaka void, and Singapore smash

[@loerl]

Alternate title: "Bald british bloke feeds his bruv treats from around the globe"

[@sheldonsykes32]

2:06:37 Wise words from Johnny: "Overwatch League represents like, half the Overwatch League"

[@al0ntai]

REALLY DID SAY THAT LMAO 🧠🧠🧠

[@alohano7947]

"Just put Profit on it, he will figure it out." Love it

[@BriannonSchaeffer]

Per Linkzr in his Discord: > brens accent was incomprehensible > when he was silent and was moving away from sideshow that was pretty good finnish rp

[@tobiasandersson666]

I still remember the first Swedish World Cup team. Cocco Zebbosai Tviq Iddqd Chipshajen Zave Those were the good days

[@keeganlubbe2470]

i miss u iddqd :'(

[@d3w222]

@@keeganlubbe2470 1 hp on dorado

[@DEVILONBOTHSHOULDERS]

o7

[@smeebs]

"Yeah chocolate bars from the UK are so much better" "Its true they genuinely mix chalk in. It can't legally be called chocolate in the EU."

[@matthewmccloskey515]

Lmfao i was dying at that too! They talked about how great their chocolates were then negged half of them

[@Lupoong]

As a man of Gloucester myself, I can indeed confirm that there are no silver spoons in sight, except for those which have been sharpened into a weapon.

[@sheldonsykes32]

As a man from Cheltenham, I can confirm that's true for Gloucester

[@snowthehusky6933]

The best argument for striker: Smurf The best argument for Choi: Smurf

[@yungardnr]

Best argument for Smurf: Idk we just kinda don't want Gesture or Fearless

[@al0ntai]

@@yungardnr idk if the me being dumb but I think Smurf is the best wintON player.

[@yungardnr]

@@al0ntai Winston isn't currently meta. But Fearless Gesture have a good Ball, Winston, Orisa AND rein. Either of them could play whatever mt you want to a top 5 level

[@al0ntai]

@@yungardnr yeah actually making sense. This is fantasy OWWC after all so who cares lmao. Let Jjonak on main tank fuck it 😤

[@yungardnr]

@@al0ntai yeah, but to be fair they were trying to build the best owwc teams possible

[@rickmorty2893]

Preseason Power Rankings! I need it we need it Give it to us!!

[@PoweroftheStorm1]

They spend 30 minutes talking about Finland

[@VesselSplat]

You mean talking in Finish.

[@CrazeeAdam]

Lot of good finish players, but also talking about sending Bren to both Finland with the tiny book and to Buffalo for a Bills game >.> lol

[@W3GEfin]

and i'm here for it

[@matster2536]

HyP participated in the Kanezaka 4v4 tournament and he said he might play in the world cup if it came around. Also, Féfé is a likely coach for team France.

[@vishnujeganmogan1750]

why hyp when fdgod

[@ginargent5077]

@@vishnujeganmogan1750 hyp is flex

[@matster2536]

Bc hyp is a flex support and fd isn’t

[@redveil19]

would be cool but don't think he wanna kill his chance in valorant for this tournament with how bad it was in 2019 for the teams

[@DEVILONBOTHSHOULDERS]

@@vishnujeganmogan1750 zen and ana

[@JohnSmith-br1lv]

1:20:09 autumn falls, who's that Jonny?

[@Danny-ic4bp]

😏

[@nathanloon3124]

Autumn Falls stonks going up

[@senor135]

looking forward to Valiant -> china update, and reactions to Jake going back to pro!

[@Peppsen]

Funnily enough, I actually understood everything Bren was saying in Finnish. Even though almost every word was terribly pronounced.

[@tornation5609]

You should talk to Zaroide about the French squad, see what he says

[@danielhopper8447]

Everyone: Fizzing out the mouth from some of the choices for World Cup rosters Me: Did they seriously not try a red Swedish Fish? That's the best flavor!

[@erikhjortsater5461]

Bruv it’s not. Yellow or Orange all the way!

[@unwillingfurry9452]

Swedish fish don’t have a best flavor, they’re all trash

[@erikhjortsater5461]

@@unwillingfurry9452 actually shush

[@nritsch]

After Johnny had his huge speech about Jake and Bren said “I’ll be the voice of the reason”, I was really hoping for some Finnish.

[@FRANK5733]

I really loved this video mainly for the nostalgia. It reminds me of when I stumbled upon the early plat chat episodes 2 years ago over the summer while I was in Mexico watching you guys do this for the world cup aha

[@apolicwar8258]

Doing a round robin, so every team plays 8 games against everyone. Top 4 then goes into Finals brackets. This could fix your bracket and make it easier to make it fair and have equal games. Also more games. Loved this idea, can’t wait to watch 💙

[@chloelyyy]

When will there be an episode about the Nexus cup and some of the recent news? Is that for next week?

[@ryansemple3830]

I really like the setup this time, the flags are a nice touch and it differentiates the episode from others in a visual manner :)

[@BikYsl]

39:14 hearing reinforce saying peng is the highlight of my day

[@DoeSwiftandBond]

Great episode . You lads are doing true work with this podcast. Beyond words can really transpire

[@rexrupe3747]

That buffalo bills segment was the best plat chat section I've seen it was amazing and unexpected.

[@Synoyd]

As a norwegian the flag thing is very entertaining

[@DontSigh]

Reinforce: I left 18 players out of the Korean players list Also Reinforce: puts gamsu and sayaplayer on the Korean players list even though they've both retired for other games

[@polloverkko]

Big up to Johnny for doing the research!

[@firekingM101]

As a Canadian I appreciated the segment :)

[@neptunemedia8746]

I think an episode talking about all the best walk-outs would be amazing!

[@nritsch]

I adored this episode. The debates were interesting and fun, and the food and Finnish book were hilarious. Also, we needed the ketchup/mustard clips from the Bills mafia.

[@marozid1]

Where are they getting the tables!? "Target I think" LOL

[@muhammedsayed8577]

Anybody else feel like they should have included Twilight in the conversation for Flex Support?

[@jarenagra2804]

Bren looks like he just time travelled from the 90s with the boy band hair

[@squishybbb8635]

LMAO Kurt stealing Swedish fish from offscreen at 1:30:50 is the best thing ever

[@zephros2]

As a proud member of the Bills Mafia, I approve the idea of Bren coming to Orchard Park to do his plan! If I find him though I will know exactly what he's talking about.

[@Phoenix718]

Another episode idea: going through and debating on the best players for each role. Some will be a pretty easy pick but I'd love to see some hot takes

[@n3o941]

Man, Bren trying to speak Finnish might be the funniest thing I've heard this year

[@CrazeeAdam]

DAMN, Josh bringing all the foods O.O Bren and Jake oiled up in a tent..... SEND BREN TO FINLAND WITH BOOK! And finally this is one of the funniest episodes to date, along with guessing what team Bren is talking about

[@mintymooman8614]

The selection for SK was ridiculously hard, there are so many great players

[@just_for_comments]

As a profit simp I just love that the plat chat group generally regard him as a no brainer pick in both WC and OWL

[@Jigzawman]

That Buffalo Bills idea would actually be amazing content why does that idea make me laugh so much

[@marmamel7791]

So, if you want to know, Dridro is a french main support currently playing for Boston Uprising Academy, he is principally know for his mercy which is considered by a lot as the best Mercy of THE WORLD, he started ow competition when he was like.... 15 yo now he is 18 and he got trials in owl teams, actually, he is still waiting for an offer but he is totally strong enought to be in the league

[@angrydavegaming4429]

I love Bren's serious trolling. LOL fuckin running simulations...

[@mberry1199]

Really funny and interesting episode good job!

[@al0ntai]

This might be the best episode yet. ♥️♥️♥️👍

[@symbolitical4158]

Hot take: if you have decay and profit, you don't need fleta tbh. Both are better imo and cover his heroes. Fits rounds it out imo just for the sombra/widow capabilities.

[@alerightone]

BRUUUUUUH, KOREA'S talent pool surprises me every year. And that's only the more known players...

[@5argon]

This episode is the epitome of "Esports podcast specializing in feeding and Overwatch. "

[@KitelessMusic]

I fucking lost it at that Spartanburg moment, rewinded it 10 times probably

[@mrchom]

"Where are they getting all the tables from?" All it takes to make tables appear near any crowd is to shout "D-Von.....get the tables!"

[@ccruzp06]

Yo, they mentioned Venezuela! let's go boys!!! \o/

[@emerikgoietch399]

For the flex support of the french team, I'm guessing Hidan is the best choice. I am not sure if he has retired, but I don't think so.

[@Bill-ep9wp]

When I watch the USA bit, I need to remind them that ksf dalton saucy and apply are their best options for long range hitscan.

[@sindri1447]

I'm Icelandic and I resent Josh's comment about Icelandic people. We hardly even use twitter!

[@AzaMinis]

With a 9 team tournament you don't give a single team a bye round (or else you run into the issue of having 5 teams in the next round). You make 2 teams play in a play-in game before the quarters.

[@davedundee2350]

The problem with Korea is that if you wanted to take a all star approach, your team is by all means super fine. But logically, if you want to have Smurf as your main tank there is no doubt in my mind that Choi, Striker and Viol2t would also be picked. For the same reason if you really wanted Void as your off tank there is no argument for not picking Fearless, Fleta, LIP, Izayaki etc. because team synergy is more valuable than just having the best players at each position. I would not want to be held responsible for picking out this team lol.

[@DanielEdwards42]

The sheer chaotic energy of having Bren and Sideshow together again brings the kind of intangibles usually attributed to well-liked, marketable players stuck on the bench for being a bit naff

[@vrisarnnaidoo2692]

The buffalo bills tailgate idea would be awesome, except maybe don’t die in the process pls

[@Jarl_Hoetam]

Halt! You're in the land of the silent Finn, leave some buffer, t'is a mandate.

[@rexrupe3747]

Help help I need a moderate level of help

[@Softiehedgehog6]

Matt: “could you imagine what Decay would’ve looked like on the Shock?” *pause* Bren: “Unethical” :)))

[@12laus]

As a Liquipedia editor and someone who follows most of the t2 scene, I'm probably not the target audience here, but gosh, how they acknowledge that they barely follow the scene and then proceed to make some of the weirdest roster choices really really grinds my gears :( So many good contenders players simply just glossed over. Also Cabimas over Zholik? OOF.

[@mcnoobie_]

I beat Henningsen in a Widow 1v1 so honestly put me in on tank for team Denmark

[@Juno212]

The fact that the Norway flag is used for Denmark makes this 10x better

[@kingchunk77]

How many ads do I have to click on to 1 keep kurt feed and 2 get the super teams flown to a sucker location?

[@reinaldofilardo885]

My respect for Johnny after he mentioned Cabimas being Venezuelan🇻🇪, let’s go 💪🏻

[@jackmitchell9597]

They should’ve talked about how Korea could only taken fleta and profit since fleta and profit are both A/S tier hitscan players and take Viol2t and alarm/twilight

[@user-xv9tm4qq3i]

Funny thing is that Profit amd Fleta are both projectile dps players lol

[@Rafael-bq9yp]

I rate LIP very highly, my Korean team would be Smurf Void Lip Striker Fleta LeeJaeGon Violet

[@Emmmiliy]

Thanks for including sweden even tho they arent as good as they used to be Sadge. Old powerhouse

[@arthurmuller3743]

This team has Kevster and Shax, this is enough to carry them against other teams.

[@benbarker1258]

I would actually love to see Bren as an owl coach

[@Mo-xm8ci]

Bro looking at the south korea potential roster made me so sad that we are not getting a world cup this year (and so excited for season 4!)

[@SiSoyElTacoDeMexico]

Trying to explain this episode of the podcast to a friend who doesn't even play ow or know anything about esports is really weird.

[@miksahoy]

Whoa, I actually understood Bren's beautiful Finnish. Good job!

[@wifi_888]

Honestly i think the best Chinese roster is Team CC GA9A, LiGe, Diya, FarAway1987, and Superich + Leave and Eileen

[@airination6140]

I understand not having the Netherlands in it because noy many famous players but at the same time they were 5-6 "last year"

[@ellburns9306]

It’s a travesty that you combined Sweden and Finland to make Swinland and not what Josh does best, Feden

[@olindblo]

As a native Finnish speaker, I value Bren's valiant efforts at speaking Finnish, although I will not resist commenting that the accent made it sound more like Navajo than Finnish. Perhaps Bren has native american ancestry despite hailing from Gloucester? Perhaps there needs to be a special episode of Plat Chat where the casters' DNA results are disclosed? Is Johnny even Swedish? Does this have anything to do with Overwatch? I do not know, but neither did most of this episode.

[@EvilOverlordQ]

I was preparing myself for that Scandinavian Cup TF2 story to lead right into a T-Mobile plug. World's Fastest 5G Internet(tm) can somehow keep up with Norwegian ping or something.

[@koalasquare2145]

Hyp would've played. He just got 2nd place in the flash ops tournament (with Ben Poko Nico and soon)

[@sulnday]

Cant wait for the Johnny replay episode!

[@manoedmonds2084]

no brens player of the week. just shows how little is going on rn

[@aisoma8460]

When they were talking about US stuff, I thought we were gonna see Bren broken through a table.😂

[@rex8810]

I think they actually changed this but you used to be able to have players under 18 which would be a nice discussion for the American tornado players Edit: josh mentioned it for flex support but also maybe for hitscan

[@joegallagher9238]

Korea’s SIXTH string team would run the table comfortably holy shit

[@user-ui5eu]

Team Finland: LhCloudy, Vestola, Sauna/Solar1ty, Clowd, Linkzr, Masaa, Ripa. Solar1ty is nuts.

[@NaruBrilu]

Holy just seeing all the players that south korea have to pick from is hoenstly insane. And elite level players too. Like jesus what r they feeding them over there

[@liavkoren4753]

I'm surprised they didn't put the American tornado DPS lineup as candidates... they were amazing

[@MrShenanigans9]

i cant wait for the 2021 overwatch season to start.

[@Christopher-ho6xz]

Bren going to a Bill's game would be fantastic

[@arrji_owvzxv1595]

For france i think i missed people like tek36 on tank or leaf on dps he was insane at 2019 wc🇨🇵🇨🇵🇨🇵

[@Justus-ev2md]

I havent seen the whole episode yet, but its kinda upsetting that australia isnt included in the list, considering we have been in the top eight (almost) every year

[@user-xv9tm4qq3i]

Muselk for 2021 OWWC Austraila team captain lol

[@gavinoconnor9159]

Man you could field the entire Chinese spark team and it would still probably go pretty well the new Chinese talent on spark this year is insane

[@gauldurson8529]

i would honestly, most of the time, just listen to the audio and do other stuff and then Reinforce got a dog (: -- I love him just kinda wordlessly throwing the toy it's so sweet

[@Djthiccums420]

It coulda been cool if you guys did it where every player was in their prime and make an all time team

[@cal9906]

Fits solves the Widow Sombra issue.

[@fatbastard7346]

Can somebody explain to me what the "Sata Reinhardt mod" is and how to get it?

[@thiebautjoel]

Yeah so dridro is in my opinion Among the most underrated players of the scene. It was two years ago, but his coach said he was honestly the best Mercy in the world. It’s a real shame he’s not in the OWL now that he turned 18.

[@myklfan9738]

MUMA AND MCGRAVY were in consideration over Sh2pe and Cucumber LMFAO

[@ginargent5077]

they don't wanna go near AT lmfao, too much drama

[@myklfan9738]

@@ginargent5077 yes because sh2pe had the audacity to call redditors roached lol

[@gamm8939]

2:36:21 Yeah, you could take out Void, replace him with Choi, take out Decay, replace him with LIP, take out Profit, replace him with Rascal, take out Viol2t and get Alarm in. Still gonna dominate