Hero Bans CONFIRMED? OWCS NA/EMEA/Asia Bracket Predictions - Plat Chat Overwatch Episode 223

[@PlatChat]

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[@okaypotatoe]

Reinforce with truly a 1000iq sponsor move to catch us skipping. Manscaped getting their money's worth.

[@danspall2315]

Lmao I was so caught off guard by Johnny having a go at me for skipping the ad read. Gotta respect it, he read me like a book.

[@freshcranberries]

"I don't think Crazy Raccoon is dominating Falcons here" as if

[@ELI-521]

Yeti going all the way donghak will be our savior

[@adriendesentenac]

Rokit mentions: 1 (this might be inaccurate)

[@godzillatalks8980]

Johnny calling me out. I NEVER SKIP THE AD CAUSE I LISTEN WHILE DRIVING I'M SORRY JOHNNY IT WAS JUST THIS ONE TIME

[@MichiCree]

BUT REINFORCE I ALREADY HAVE a Manscaped lawnmower! I LOVE IT.

[@JoltOfJoy]

Being against bans in competitive is silly. I think no one wants to see the same few comps over and over like how we’ve seen the past while, only changing with each meta. Seeing different dynamic compositions on the spot is what this is all about. I don’t get being so against it. YES I LOVE SEEING TRACER/LUCIO/ OR SOJ EVERY GAME!!!! YESSSSS

[@Destinedhellfire]

I've gathered that Overwatch players just don't understand how a ban system is supposed to work, and Jaws comparison to League only proves that. If you actually watch any League match, the bans wildly change from game to game and it actually tests the adaptability of both players and coaches. An example I like to use is if the enemy bans out Sombra? You respond with a Wrecking Ball ban. It creates variety and forces adaptability which are good things; mirror matches are so boring to watch and why I stopped watching pro Overwatch

[@net-guardian4424]

I HAVE NEVER SKIPPED AN AD READ AND THE FIRST TIME I DO JONNY CALLS ME OUT

[@luculus8781]

Lightt from Honeypot actually said on stream that they are consistantly beating spg in scrims, so they easliy match up against the top 5/6 team in korea

[@ELI-521]

Barley got top 5 and lemme tell you how all 4 current Korean teams stomped them out easily while barely trying against them lmao and not to mention the context of the actual scrims being held. Who played, how long, what was the goal of the scrim, what time they played etc etc never use scrims as a definitive way judge teams

[@luculus8781]

@@ELI-521 if they CONSISTANTLY beat SPG i imagine they can at least match up to them. and ofc the top 4 korean teams are in a league of their own, i didn't say Honeypot would win owcs just because they beat SPG in scrims lmao

[@CrazeeAdam]

For M80, i think the bigger thing is Happy being off ping, and being together more. As hitscan on ping is really hard imo. But yeah, hoping to see better from M80 locked into this tournament

[@enjoidavid]

There’s no way Merit and Someone lose

[@sofiafuentes6727]

Avrl got so Gunba-brained, Gunba quit lol

[@Kronman590]

Im so glad jake is on the pod now lol

[@exbeyo]

Based AVRL mentioning that DAF have beaten Varrel in the head2head for like two years now. Everybody expecting them to be the strongest not KR Pacific team just bc of OWWC. Crazy.

[@b23beatz]

I dont think people were mad at the tracer mythic being a tier because they hate tracer.. its because its a trash skin that is C or B at best. The moira skin is minimum 2 tiers above the tracer one

[@chuddyduddy]

Wrong, the tracer skin is better.

[@b23beatz]

​@@chuddyduddyActually clinically insane to think that. The no face hoodie is 10000x better than any variation of tracer skin. And tracer guns look like shit

[@boboyobo12]

soooooo excited for hero bans! Does this drastically throw a wrench in how pro players practice as jake mentioned, yes! But it brings back a SPARK to competitive play that isn't always there. if you can't practice on perfect info, everyone just has to do what is best for them, and I feel like this will bring much more team comp diversity. People will need to be flexible, be smart, and it will be sooo much more fun to watch now

[@Kronman590]

Avrl cooked a michilan star dish with the asia bracket, only missed the daf close fight with ftg but no one woulda seen that

[@superplusextra9634]

Out of spite I'm skipping the manscape ad 😂 But then Johnny mention Sideshow and Kurt so I ended up watching it a couple times in memory of them 😁

[@Leo-ry3kx]

this was a really great episode, (i haven’t watched it yet) but i miss Avast. (he just posted something funny on twitter)

[@divingbird143]

Damn straight I skipped the ad. I used the code like three months ago

[@madamada2936]

i last watched this podcast 4 years ago. where is sideshow bren and mr x

[@kira862]

When reinforce started talking I felt like I was watching uncoachable for a minute.

[@vxid9600]

got my ass with the ad-check

[@MofoMan2000]

AVRL is having some kind of issue with his mic, it sounds like a buzzing whenever he talks. I noticed it on SVB's podcast too, and you can't hear it on anyone else.

[@RainbowDancingFish56]

Mr reinforce is it okay to skip the manscaped ad read if I don't have balls?

[@theworldtrolls]

didnt watch u caught me

[@edlol6287]

What happened to Matt I know Bren and sideshow went to do valorant but Matt has disappeared?

[@tatepierson4626]

He was Just on johny stream

[@TheNerd]

Most content creators make Hero Bans look like the solution to every problem in ranked but the reality would be: "I want to play Genji, I want to ban Moira" and not "The enemy team picked these Heroes and therefore we should ban this".

[@RunicSoulEater]

To be fair on the OWL drops. Its an actual thing that a lot of prople never got youtube drops because youtube drops system is trash. I watch the entierty of toronto and didnt get a single drop.

[@user-gm6ot9sn2k]

Oh no D: I am audio only. 4 rockets 🚀

[@johnsonspark171]

HERO BANS need to be in ranked play in the base game. It's time. There is literally no reason they shouldn't be in the game

[@tracialx]

Not enough heroes for bans

[@johnsonspark171]

@@tracialx oh, is that why Saudi Arabia Face It League just added them? Give it up already. There are plenty of heroes for bans

[@CrazeeAdam]

Also who would decide what to ban? 10 random players who probably haven't played together much before? The picks would be impossible to decide. Unless it's just a rotation of bans enforced by Blizzard, which no one would like actually.

[@johnsonspark171]

@@CrazeeAdam Face It Saudi Arabia is putting in hero bans for their pro league. It's coming whether players in NA like it or not. It's a matter of when, not if.

[@shaidied1828]

They caught me skipping :(

[@supranippy7023]

howd he know i skipped the ad bro

[@ThatGuy-em2yl]

I got caught skippin'!

[@matthewmccloskey515]

How do I participate in chat? I want to communicate with my boy Craig

[@nabilsalam1253]

Swipe right on the comments

[@matthewmccloskey515]

​@@nabilsalam1253 I didn't have the ability to type. Fixed it by closing app and launching it again

[@alexandergk9576]

Swipe for Craig

[@matthewmccloskey515]

@@alexandergk9576 for Craig ✊

[@Dobebavx0r]

Bro knew I skipped

[@MrHardkohr]

It's is more interesting and entertaining... I'm looking forward to seeing the troll Reinhart ban 😅

[@CrazeeAdam]

Jake backing the rat team. ;) what a surprise

[@8lackyj188]

Why is WAC not on here?

[@jonahmanke465]

WAC is Crazy Raccoons

[@8lackyj188]

Yeah I just realized I’m buggin 💀

[@user-sl7ws4ul2t]

I skip lol😂

[@JaziB]

mald

[@supdevan6413]

I’m not a fan of hero bans in competitive OW. It’s like an opposing team being able to ban Lebron James for a quarter of the game. It over complicates the game in an unnecessary way and creates an even bigger barrier of entry for new players.

[@philiplee3408]

Please use less curse words

[@Gdhttu]

Okay blizzard support