Houstonable vs Sadiators -- LA Gladiators vs Houston Outlaws Summer Showdown Review

[@ddraven3180]

This was a match between a stoppable force and an easily movable object

[@Fearless_is_awesome]

TRUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!

[@zoey.steelimus]

Brilliant comment

[@vulpixie__]

devs: and commanding shout gives overhealth and speed boost everyone who lived thru goats & brig’s bonus-armor pack: just to her self? devs: … everyone: just to herself, right?

[@SchmedzageddonLPs]

i love the vods where custa goes on a tangent about esports culture controversies like boosting and adderall usage because i find that side of the OWL so fascinating also the game was really fun to watch too

[@desrever1138]

Great breakdown as usual Custa. The thing that drove me crazy watching this match (as an Outlaws fan) is that it always comes down to one or two mistakes that swing a match. Houston was one mistake away from winning 3-0, then one strategic mistake from winning 3-1, finally Glads had a few mistakes in rd 3 of map 5 that prevented the reverse sweep. OW is very similar to American Football in the sense that it really is a game of inches, and the micro decisions (or small mistakes), at the right moment, can make the difference between winning and losing.

[@ryansorboro]

As a Houston fan, Houstonable makes the pain a little less painful

[@topatoman]

I still think it's overused though. Houston has an 80% winrate on map 5 this season. And people point to Gibraltar final fight and Nepal round 2 but both of those were just insane clutch moments from Ans and Kevster, not Houston throwing

[@Chasi830]

@@topatoman the fact that we have to go to map 5 is why its houstonable this stage so far

[@TobanSutton]

Mer1t has been severely underrated and missed all season. He was carrying Houston last stage and looks to do the same this stage. I hope people acknowledge him this meta!

[@CrazeeAdam]

I mean he does clutch out in a lot of fights. But all of Houston in general play quite well the great majority of games. People clown on them because they lose to Gladiators consistently pretty much..you know, the team that won both past tournaments and was named the best team in league the past tournaments. But for the most part, they all play really well and will beat pretty much anyone who isn't named Shock or Gladiators pretty much. NYXL I don't even think they would've lost too at all if they had just played Danteh all match. I think Merit is the best rookie sniper this year, even better than his former teammate Kilo

[@glacier_official]

God this match was insane, I'm entirely okay with one stage of this but any more than that will suck ass.

[@masterfy24]

As a Houston fan I really don't mind "Houstonable" and tbh as long as they continue to win like they did against the Gladiators, I'm fine with this "narrative" of going to map 5 all the time. (What can I say, the Outlaws are #1 at putting on a show.)

[@leonp.2171]

Please please please do the Washington vs shock game, I NEED someone to clearly show wtf was going on in those first 2.5 minutes of colosseo

[@dexterslab17898]

nothing was going on, if u watch paint dry u will see the same as the start of that game

[@nameless_dynasty4899]

It was literally just everyone poking and the soujorn a trying to get 100 charge then they looked for the headshot

[@afifkhan6151]

basically both team were scared to go aggressive in a neutral fight because thats risky in comps like that so they sat in cover and tried to poke for ults/maybe a pick to go in off of, but since both team just sat in cover it took a long time to build ults and neither team could get a pick for those first three minutes.

[@funny1.510]

paint drying meta

[@LOLBurger13]

is it possible to get the vod reviewer for OWL this season? I've checked my battlenet client and don't see it

[@sammi-qg9nj]

Thank god, I have no idea how this meta is played so I'll just let mr Custa explain it to me

[@arjl4749]

Alomg the same lines as the 'Houstonable' rant, I've been a fuel fan since way back in Apex (when they were envyus) and throughout the OWL, I always found the fuel 'Cycle of Misery' fucking hilarious, as it was always a self fulfilling prophecy. Every season I'd see the team line up and go 'This is our year!' And every time I'd go, 'Ahh, cycle of misery' so when we won kick-off clash (or whatever it was called last year) I literally said "The cycle of misery is fucking broken!!". To cut a long story short, it was always funny that my team was being shit on by a funny meme, cause it was true, just like houstonable 😂

[@craangmusic]

27:01 if I'm not mistaken this was the dash bug, wich will happen sometimes when you dash the ground or a wall. For some reason this causes Genji to be completly animation locked for the rest of his dash. So Kevster essentially wasn't able to turn around to slice up the enemies and got deleted.

[@pxnzr6940]

THE COPIUM IS REAL

[@galaxyrend]

@@pxnzr6940 ????? dawg how is commenting about a bug in the game copium 😭 zero thoughts going on in your brain

[@pxnzr6940]

@@galaxyrend THIS MAN IS COPING SO HARD

[@pxnzr6940]

@@galaxyrend DAWG

[@nghinghinghinghinghi]

if the comp is meant to sustain as much as possible how come genji is played instead of something like reaper? burst damage? EDIT: nvm answered at 17:02

[@SamGonzalesTuba]

Do you guys think danteh will eventually develop into the sole tank for outlaws? Like a reiner or hawk

[@nexesses1548]

I was hoping to see Yaki defy all logic and reason, solo win fights out of spite and just single-handedly make a funny case for NY top 3 xD. Shock and Justice was also nice

[@diran0]

When people talk about JQ they always refer back to the shout and how it should not give allies overhealth, or should give significantly less. But I think if JQ had no damage mitigation and was simply an engage-with-speed bot character that would be terrible. I like the decay nerf but i think it needs to decay much faster. That way its not a tool for sustain but a reactive mitigation ability.

[@Alex_Asp]

Merit should get this years Alarm award if and only if Houston manage to win a regular season tournament or at the very least come second or third (on the back of Merits play ofc)

[@trafridrod8706]

Shock V Justice game please

[@marisaalberto9933]

Houston is my team and I think to defend them they’ve never been as good as they are now. Having said that haven’t they always kind of been this team? I know the term is new but Houston has always seemed to be this team that can have these brilliant moments that they somehow let slip through their fingers. I think the New York game and the glads game both looked like games Houston COULD have taken 3-0 but instead something happens to them on the back half of games and they always gotta bring it to game five. They make it competitive sure but like custa said players just seem to make mistakes that just shouldn’t be happening. It’s a Houston curse and this is a sport to cry cos your teams feeling might get hurt... don’t worry it’s a competitor sport I’m sure they’re used to this kind of talk. Houston has been and always will be my team that original roster is what made me fall in love with OWL but to act like Houston plays perfect or doesn’t seems to choke is a joke. I love them but god does watching them make my blood pressure spike. It’s always gonna be a game five lol that’s the Houston way.

[@CrazeeAdam]

Honestly this year they've actually been far more clutch then they ever have IMO. Like they have won the great majority of map 5s they've played this year. I would not want to be in a map 5 with them. I think they've lost like 2? And won plenty more. Now they do go to map 5 a lot granted, but it's good to know they can win. All their players are pretty elite honestly, so this shouldn't be happening. But, to give them some credit, they are integrating 2 new players now, and it's a brand new meta. I think on a map like Gib, you have to just give credit to Glads. Houston didn't really make any mistakes that game, Ans and Kevster just were clutch as hell. Map 5, round 3, they did make some bad ult choices, but the fact is they have mechanical freaks on the team.

[@samuelesparza1598]

Thank you, Merit!

[@VisElectra]

25:17 With that said they could absolutely run Itsal ball for no fuckin' reason.

[@elliotkung1838]

Was hoping for nyxl vs Houston but this is good too

[@kjbjb6243]

Contrary to what seems to be popular opinion I really like this meta. Genji and Sojourn pop off moments plus spawn camping, plus novelty of junkerqueen make for a good time. Would 1000% rather watch this than rein/rush or sigma/widow comps.

[@jrams4145]

I don't dislike it right now for some of the same stuff you're saying, but the grindy and samey nature of each match will probably start to get old by the time the Toronto tournament starts

[@kjbjb6243]

@@jrams4145 no doubt will be better if theres more than 1 viable meta

[@hunterrans1675]

I am completely not worried about the glads they play poorly at the start of every stage it’s just I’ve never played any teams of real quality in the opening weekend

[@CrazeeAdam]

I would say this too if their schedule wss not pretty dang hard. But they play Shock and Toronto next. And if they don't figure it out, this will happen again

[@Anas0_ali]

@@CrazeeAdam and if they lose those two games, then they're not getting into the tournament

[@CrazeeAdam]

@@Anas0_ali hmm. yeah. But tbf, I don't think some off time this tournament would be bad for them either. They've constantly been competing and playing, making it to the end of both tournaments. They have enough points as is to near secure them an end of season spot in the playoffs. Some time off may do them some good. Not telling them to sandbag, and I wouldn't, but it still may be more of a gift than a disadvantage not making this tournament.

[@peytoncampbell1636]

custa saying he doesn't like the rampage engage and yet Houston the first two times they engage with rampage :D

[@anthonycalvanese3227]

lucio's weapon at 1:18:12

[@leonp.2171]

1:26:20 well, the reason why mer1t can go crazy is thanks to lep's beat, so ig the beat wasn't as much of a throw, eh?

[@DuhDee]

Love mizliz 💖🤗

[@sanmayne8021]

Thank you mer1t

[@justanumber1839]

im an outlaws fans Houstonable is amazing

[@harrisonribble2695]

Average custa w

[@CrazeeAdam]

Let's see if Custa gives Outlaws any props at all for consistently playing well and just Glads were bailed out by Ans and Kevester on Gib

[@lajosausvenusvxnro8661]

Nyxl Game was not consistent

[@fidelaargueta]

@@lajosausvenusvxnro8661 tbf 2/5 new, rookie players in a new meta

[@CrazeeAdam]

@@lajosausvenusvxnro8661 Didn't know this was that NYXL match? And in that match I think anyone with a brain could figure out if they played Danteh all that match they would have won most likely

[@joshuavanovereem5120]

Hi to the twitch chatters

[@johnnyhall9154]

Gonna be so mad if the Glads break their stage streak by not going to the tournament

[@BookwormSkates]

I can't believe the replay viewer that isn't available to the public has a sound bug. Literally unplayable OW2 doomed.

[@danielholmes7658]

Reiner deleted his Twitter.

[@gameinggameing9941]

Next season outlaws Pelican gone Merit gone, Lastro gone Ires gone.

[@funny1.510]

paint drying meta

[@zacharywoodford8530]

Boosting is fine to a certain level. Because elo hell is real and I've seen some pretty good players get hard stuck gold because ranked is so shitty and toxic when they could easily maintain a diamond rank if they were just put there

[@gavinstevenson4640]

sad😢

[@patrickrodriguez8797]

Glads using Shu as dps on first round because they didn't take Outlaws seriously... or at least that's how it I saw it when I watched this live.

[@joshuazhong2520]

second?

[@trolkip]

first

[@funny1.510]

this meta fucking sucks.