Overwatch | The Future of Overwatch Esports

[@kassybrass3655]

the nerve of blizzard to post this and then not a week later lay off over 80% of their esports staff, INCLUDING SOE, is… astounding. ASTOUNDING. good things will always be demolished before theyve even begun by greedy corporations.

[@KhaosOfficialYT]

Yall really had Soe introduce OW esports then fired her. Okay buddy.

[@Scriblerlus]

This really needs more attention.

[@ANGELxINxDESARKNS]

​@Scriblerlus I'm watching overwatch championship series right now, she's back :)

[@michaeltaylor7160]

Using Soe to announce this and then laying her off is actually criminal. Y'all can't do anything right

[@WarriorDan]

Moving back to more grassroots open competition, rather than forcing OWL, is the best move forward for OW2's comp scene.

[@Doople]

Seriously I might watch if we can get entertaining commentary like Tekken or at least some watch-alongs with streamers or KZbinrs

[@WarriorDan]

@@Doople that was already a thing during OWL. The problem is that OW isn’t a very interesting spectator sport and never has been, hence why it’s so often failed.

[@Archivist]

It was just scuffed companion streams with the video blocked out. Proper co-streams weren't allowed with very few exceptions.

[@PMAJellies]

How is this grassroots? Seems like its still going to be Blizzard in charge of its own E-Sports scene

[@sith6375]

@@WarriorDan its a very interesting spectator sport, but its hard to understand if you dont understand the complexity of it.

[@fusionx8454]

Giving tournaments back to the community so they can compete is a really smart move.

[@Sharkgobrrrr]

WE ARE SO BACK -Flats, 2023

[@bralph82]

Only option after swindling investors for teams

[@ssanc6]

Well, guess good things can never happen in blizzard

[@LukiKruki]

It's not smart. Blizzard destroyed Polish organisation responsible for OWL-like competition in Poland by not supporting them because Blizzard wanted all power to their OWL. Now when OWL is dead, it's too late to ressurect Liga Akademicka. We Polish people are still mad at Blizzard for that.

[@xkxxxx]

I cant believe this evil company made her do this then fired her. I will never buy a MS game again.

[@BadPachimari]

we are SO BACK

[@MimiHasBrainrot]

Can't wait to see more predictions

[@Filiral]

Your earlier tweet about other esports made this possible. Undeniable skill.

[@hat4273]

This is gonna fail. Like owl😂. Pay more stop being so greedy and listen to the community not the shareholders

[@pubusi4253]

ty for the curse

[@ekotata21]

I swear your tweet willed this into existence.

[@_EvAnimations_]

Rest in peace OWL you will be missed, but I’m excited to see where OWC goes!

[@NolansGoons]

And just one week after this announcement, Soe and a slew of other major Overwatch esports figureheads and staff got chopped. What brilliant irony

[@ezmoney4598]

The map of viable regions is hilarious. Europe is allowed but not Ireland, Northern Ireland, and Northern England. What’s weird is that Southern England, Wales, and Scotland are all fine. An island cluster near the North Pole is included so Santa and his elves can compete though. North Africa is fine, but everything below the Sahara is banned. The Middle East is allowed, but not Iran, Syria, or Iraq. It’s hard to see but I think Georgia is also not in. In North America, Greenland and the Northern Territories of Canada are included in case a team of walruses decide to play Overwatch, but Central America and Cuba cannot play. Almost nowhere in Asia is available to make a team, as I could spend less time talking about the countries that are able to join instead of the ones that weren’t included. Australia, South America, and Oceania are all completely excluded. Good one, Blizzard.

[@tcniatcniatcnia]

The map is inaccurate, go to their official blog posts and there is a complete list of countries allowed to compete. Also any player can compete, theyll just be considered "Non-Residency" players which each time is allowed to have 2 of

[@dragonviggo]

are you sure about Ireland, Northem Ireland, and Northem England ? Because they can play Iran, Syria and Irak geopolitical issues. And I don't think they have money to play in video games (because of issues) central america and Cuba doesn't have good level in Overwatch, but doesn't mean they can't for Asia, China can play, just negociation with Blizzard and China. About NZ and AUS, they are always included in APAC, since long time ago

[@dragonviggo]

Recently, a tweet confirmed LATAM players are eligible to participate in NA regions

[@TTheLemon]

It's just the colour scheme, the shade of blue shifts and is darker in Northern England and Ireland. Those islands in the Arctic circle are part of Norway which is why they're included

[@patcalderone9464]

This is actually huge ! And I love that it's open to anyone as it should have always been. It gives the opportunity to show new players that are extremely skilled!

[@Xfacta12482]

Annnnnnnnnnnnnnd they fired Soe. GG Blizz youre trash

[@akai_shuichi_x]

Despite not being happy with some parts of the current balance, this announcement is HUGE and looks to be way healthier, focusing on enabling grassroots open competition. This makes me hopeful for the future of the game, WE'RE SO BACK!

[@Doople]

So glad OWL died. This is much better than letting top talent languish in tier2 and being gatekept by terrible brands trying to make money rather than win. I hope the players and teams can actually express themselves so we get many intresting personalities the audience can root for

[@Ethos10128]

Why the monotone script reading..... how am i supposed to get excited when your esports lead isnt even excited...

[@Owlero]

their "esports" lead been taking too much artificial hormones to be excited about anything.

[@oouauee]

oh god here we go post watch: actually pretty excited, it sounds like we're getting a lot of the things we've been asking for for a long time. renewed support for EMEA and Japan is good to see, but it'd be nice to see some effort going into the south american region. Plenty of LANs, plenty of tournaments, it looks really promising

[@yvettetheefestiveprincess7561]

I remeber crying when OWL ended, Im glad we at least have something similar

[@D3adK1tty]

Crying over ow is crazyyyy

[@glpinho]

​@@D3adK1ttyOW is some people's favorite game, and some people are passionate about it, there is no problem with that.

[@rolwal4699]

​@@glpinhonah that's mental

[@dekunt6549]

LMAO

[@samschmit7181]

@yvettethefestiveprincess7561 Me too. In fact, I could've used some of their merch myself.

[@nontori..4161]

Man, give SA something

[@noblenanda]

so glad Soë is back

[@blacxthornE]

aged like milk. she has been fired.

[@Xfacta12482]

oof

[@goldennugget3565]

Not the channel like on this, lol. To be fair it's prob the community manager who also does a great job so I hope they don't replace them with AI as well :(

[@ANGELxINxDESARKNS]

​@@blacxthornEaged like milk, she's back

[@Mehugga]

Would it be possible for you guys to fix the colorblind mode and maybe make it like how the OWL and contenders "spectating" colors were? Whenever i watched the Contenders stuff i can actually see whats going on compared to how the game is for us

[@Fyrijou]

It feels like this game manages to keep on dying whilst it’s already dead

[@eliasfajardo6148]

Will Latam be counted as "NA" or as usual are we excluded?

[@Mosswizards]

LATAM folk are eligible to play in NA (NA bias means that they didn't call it Americas, lol), but all competition happens on NA servers.

[@WHAATEVEN]

okay but will there be cool legendary skins like the OWL skins?

[@SubwayLover]

who cares blud

[@zeri7835]

@@SubwayLover Not you apparently, but a lot of others are

[@Yourenotspecial]

Im sure they will, thats how esports money is made. its a different department

[@Wizard__OW]

If they're going the COD route, then yes they will and theyll be amazing.

[@hat4273]

@@SubwayLover not me. Or 75% of the player base that left and never looked back

[@hillwoop9101]

What a coincidence thats its called “OWCS” and got Faceit involved with this

[@pitchola]

what about SA??

[@viniciusdasilvapaula7693]

RIP SA /Latam

[@recallow]

I'm really excited to see what OW Champions Series will bring to OW esports and how everything will work out! Glad you guys didn't just stop supporting the esports scene of OW like Blizzard did with HOTS in the past.

[@d3dg4m3rr]

our school is doing overwatch esports!

[@justchro9268]

Same with my University, my team won last season 😂

[@cannon_ow]

we need Bren and Sideshow back they really made the entire overwatch esports scene better

[@chombex]

Soe was just fired ... And blizzard closed my account permanently, after four years without issue, everything going badways. Bye blizzard, you and all your stuff, you too Microsoft, I'm installing Linux tomorrow

[@Lion2attack]

I remember the good times with OWL. Good luck OWC!

[@Niksuttelia]

why do they both sound so souless

[@aejdsagjsp]

The future of overwatch getting content

[@Juane9000]

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[@Dubiozz]

I hope that South America and Oceania get added later, after the program proves itself successful. Justice for Southern Hemisphere!!!

[@nex5691]

I think it’s a test run so basically they are gonna test it Then if it goes well they’ll add more new regions it’s just like owl before where after s1 they started adding hangzhou and Washington and others So yea def looking forward

[@uziel7GamePlays]

Totally ignoring South America 😢 this is why counter strike is the most important game in Brazil into competitive scenario.

[@Binga4Ever]

South America, Australia and others are excluded? What a disappointment, selling it as a global, inclusive competition 😢

[@kili5522]

LETS GOOOOOOOOOO WE ARE SO BACK

[@hat4273]

😢😅 how

[@Lex_en_vrai]

​@@hat4273don't ruin the moment, WE'RE SO BACK

[@Juane9000]

​@@Lex_en_vrai👎

[@codecraftercc]

I was always positive about Overwatch. This is a move in the right direction.

[@toni20k]

RIP Overwatch League, everyone will miss you... Right now tho, lets see how OWSC turns out!

[@NwFe]

Will return the overwatch league skins?

[@toni20k]

i have no idea, @@NwFe

[@staubigerkaktus]

YES! Big fan of what made OWL special but there was a lot going wrong with the ecosystem. Excited for the future of Overwatch Esports! 🔥

[@Tstormer]

When that person said hello at the beginning they sounded like those aliens from toystory saying "The claw!" 😂😂😂

[@boliaam]

sounds fun, but no brazil or south america? :/

[@TheValiantZero]

Can we get two women on stage next time instead of just one? Also Overwatch is one of the most corrupt games in the industry, shut down your game.

[@dizzydiabetic89]

RIP LATAM you will be missed

[@Sebboebbo]

I hope they make OCS skins for winning teams and players I've still got OWL credits to spend

[@nadavg1176]

To be honest, it sounds cool, looking forward to it and hope it wouldn't suck

[@capitaljames6480]

Whos this bundle of sticks?

[@TiZzy47_]

Bring back 6v6 and save ur dying game

[@ArdaSReal]

Rip Owl, lets hope for the best Also ❤Soe

[@chombex]

Zoey was fired after this announcement

[@ArdaSReal]

@@chombex yep just saw it 🥲

[@stabbtv]

Can’t wait to see where the future of OWL takes us!

[@craigulous_]

Disgusting. Blizzard is showing their true skin here. Poor Soe.

[@dugilee4236]

I wonder if this is a little too late; people in Korea have been saying this since the announcement of the Overwatch League.

[@looppp]

IM SO HAPPY AHHHHHHH I felt like something big was missing after OWL ended. Been watching Overwatch esports since the OGN APEX days.. so.. long time fan. I don't play OW anymore and haven't for a long time, but the esports part is what kept me in the loop for awhile. So I'm very very happy to see this coming back

[@NTD-Mode]

Hope we have the same desk crew back! I think Soe announced shes leaving though. sadge

[@aaallllen]

Yeah I was confused to see her on this.

[@Owlero]

@@aaallllen she probably had some time left in her contract. She's walking after this I bet.

[@kyolud]

I stopped watching OWL and I am excited to see if OWCS can bring back my interest! And did I hear correctly when they said Stockholm? As someone from Denmark, that’s something I could actually see myself travel to watch! That’s so cool! :D

[@SEN13321]

for all of the mercy mains ⬇

[@pepefrogdid]

Future of overwatch Esports: - not exists.

[@ialaaSA]

You can’t change your gender no matter how hard you tried lmao

[@meliannaaa]

this is abt overwatch crybaby

[@pizzario4986]

Who cares? Is that what you’re watching the video for?

[@ialaaSA]

@@pizzario4986 you’re brainwashed wake up

[@pizzario4986]

@@ialaaSA ironic

[@burni988]

I'm just curious to see if it's gonna be like most other esports scenes using esport org team names instead of the weird team names they had in OWL.

[@liberalstchenel596]

Probably normal names, i think its not a franchise anymore

[@BaconBriber]

That would be really cool. OWL had city teams like the nba or nfl, but hopefully now they can get some real big name esports orgs

[@RM-56]

@@BaconBriberthe city names helped with establishing a fanbase. Why would I give two flying f**ks about these faceless orgs

[@nailinthefashion]

​@@RM-56personality and charm? In my Overwatch? Impossibullshit

[@Doople]

I hope not. I rather have fun player-made team names that show their personality

[@Vaucks]

firing soe a week after this video was posted is not a very good look to be honest

[@goldennugget3565]

Soe and Bailey are stars. I can't believe corporate decided to waste their talent. Such a huge loss, such a huge MISTAKE.

[@brandenaugustine1782]

The only piece of information that I think is still necessary is where the games will be streamed. Is this gonna be a dedicated youtube / twitch for this or is it not really going to be broadcast like how Flash-ops wasn't save for individual player streams and the final couple of games getting covered? idk how that'll work but I hope they follow up soon on that! Otherwise excited for the OWCS!

[@TheBudder221]

Open joining? Sounds fun wonder if that extends to console and involve the cgl

[@kaloeyuhbish6847]

Thats what im trying to figure out. Is if its console available. And i cant find anything about it :(

[@UngoKast]

This is huge. What inspires me is the possibility for new talent to join the broadcasts. Whether it's through co-streaming or even casting, the grassroots scene will allow more people into the E-Sports side of things. I always felt that OWL was a closed off system with no room for new talent. As much as I love the casters and hosts over the past few years, I too want to get into Overwatch casting and coverage. With a grassroots scene, hopefully it will allow people to grow their personalities through co-streams and their coverage of the E-Sport naturally. Eventually, people will make names for themselves and maybe even cast alongside some of the veterans of the OW scene. Again, this is huge.

[@TheJennyfish]

Bring back the find a team feature. My friend literally quit because this was removed

[@RLewisReports]

Wait, why did you stop that successful league you were running?

[@SynchroFPS]

Can you make old owl skins on perma sale back to the 100 credits they used to be at?

[@BaconBriber]

That’s an incredible idea

[@luke21x6]

Honestly, my trust in this company has dwindled since they canceled the PvE. All I see from this video is a feeble attempt to regain the community's favor, given their track record of disappointments. It's challenging for me to maintain optimism at this point. I guess we'll see in Season 9.

[@kinjiru731]

Soe is the only thing I like about Overwatch eSports.

[@jasongrundy1717]

What about Nori?

[@ninthfriend3347]

Competition needs to grow organically and this is a step in a right direction for that to happen. Unfortunately, esports was forced and grown artificially with OWL so it was never able to grow organically. Having more open competition is amazing for community for them to form their own tournaments that allows Overwatch competive to foster organically. I'm excited to see where this goes in the future and hopefully it will prosper.

[@HAKKIDEMIRBAS-xk5hj]

They have her host this interview than laid her off X( X)

[@narwhalz02]

“OCS” sounds so much better than “OWCS”

[@scarpusgaming]

that voice is really annoying lol

[@Wet-Milk]

WE ARE SO BARRACK

[@nailinthefashion]

obamna

[@St4lk3rOW]

WE ARE SO BACKK

[@i_Croc]

We are so back.

[@Flappy_OW]

Are we back boys?

[@nailinthefashion]

Babe, how back are we? s0

[@Santannais]

3:04 South American and other regions are not welcome... Like always

[@madtonesbr]

So happy for Soe to be back! That alone is a huge W for all of us

[@JigglinJewels]

Um guys, why is NORTH KOREA on the Asia map at 3:08? xD

[@Yasin33]

Stopped watching the moment I heard a transformer.... come on guys.

[@Vegetto1991]

LATAM GG

[@Decs_]

If the game itself isn’t competitively balanced (which it isn’t) a competitive league is doomed to fail.

[@rosalindacoaquerazegarra3284]

Excuse me where I can sign up?

[@RibbitRoblox]

can players in countries don't have jurisdictions eligible for competition join as non-resident players?

[@lucas411_]

THIS LOOKS SO GOOD!! Shame no south america region but oh well maybe in the future

[@sparrow_7022]

ADD MORE MALE SUPPORT HEROES

[@AndreaRebek]

the future of overwatch esports: "there will be none" end of the video

[@GlaceFPS]

Only took you 8 years 👍

[@Hoehlenmaensch]

Representation on the Team. W Excited we move past a strict invite only league format, which can work at the top of a pyramid, but a pyramid without foundation is just a pointy rock. W on that part as well, i think. Actually knowing the language of the players might just get me watching,

[@tapaco2866]

I hope this new series isn't full of mirror comps and strictly meta picks. That got boring to watch after a while

[@RM-56]

Spoiler alert Esport teams will play the Comp that wins games

[@hat4273]

The teams are going to be worse. All the good players left. Lol. Less than a quarter of the active players now. Hahaha.

[@robbiecloke5667]

i've missed owl so much thank god i can watch some more competitive overwatch. also side note. i want bronze games with OWL casting

[@TheDriver86]

Has any game ever been fumbled so badly?

[@BloodNothinglol]

This format feels like competitive doubles for VGC and I'm all for it

[@glpinho]

Congratulations for excluding most of the world

[@M.A.R.S.]

Classic Blizzard L making all bark but no bites (except biting its staff they showcase on new reveals)

[@Rhadoo89]

Thanks for adding the gender info next to the name and job title of the employees! Without that, it would've been quite difficult to know that Jared is a man, not a woman.

[@randomize4189]

So sad to watch this now, after all the lay offs

[@otavioluna6433]

We want everyone to be able to join (as long as you're from these specific pre selected regions)