Blackwatch Report

Envy and Atlanta Academy haven't lose a single map, Spectr9l has moved to NA and FU continue to bring every team in Korea to a map 5 Scene news/HNP Community NewsNews 1 - KWNews 2 - TRNews 3 - KWRoster MovesNews 1 - KWSpectral officially joins Grunto Esportshttps://twitter.com/GRUNToOW/status/1148321133965578240?s=19News 2 - TRDaemin(Formerly NRG and Shanghai Dragons) joins Meta Athenahttps://twitter.com/TheMetaGaming/status/1148221516838031360?s=20News 3 - KWIremix has parted ways with Revival, Bogur takes over at Main Tankhttps://www.over.gg/11658/revival-swap-iremiix-for-bogurNews 4 - TRNews 5 - KW

The Clown Fiesta is alive and well in EU, Montreal has been transformed and Envy is proving their dominance.  Scene news/HNP Community News News 1 - KW Never Lose Weight has been disqualified from contenders for the rest of the year, Phantom Wizard will take their spot in season 2 of China Contenders https://www.over.gg/11609/never-lose-weight-players-punished-for-ringing-in-trials-team-disqualified News 2 - TR In a twitter feed Maid and Dustin Steiner confirm the region locking is based on residency not nationality, allowing teams to have more then the restricted 3 players. MTL and UA mentioned in the feed as possible offenders  https://twitter.com/freijchris/status/1145878803685761024?s=19 News 3 - KW Roster Moves News 1 - KW Hangzhou Spark send Bazzi and NoSmite to 2way contracts to play for BLG https://twitter.com/Hangzhou_Spark/status/1144131640957947904?s=20 News 2 - TR JkAru19 officially joins the Montreal Rebellion https://twitter.com/MTLRebellion/status/1143994846425669634?s=20 News 3 - KW Logix gets called up from Montreal Rebellion to Toronto Defiant https://twitter.com/TorontoDefiant/status/1144666844613267459?s=20 News 4 - TR Mangachu gets signed to Toronto Defiant from Team Revival https://twitter.com/TorontoDefiant/status/1144689445695832064?s=20 News 5 - KW Naga has left the Montreal Rebellion and is currently LFT  https://www.over.gg/11610/naga-leaves-the-rebellion  News 6 - TR Vizility and Mistakes joins MTL Rebellion https://twitter.com/MTLRebellion/status/1145832932625567745?s=20 News 7 - KW Uprising Academy adds Scaler to the roster to fill the open flex support role https://www.over.gg/11602/scaler-joins-uprising-academy-in-place-of-dino News 8 - TR HSL has announced its only coach, Izzy who has been helping behind the scenes https://www.over.gg/11611/hsl-esports-add-izzy-as-a-coach] News 7 - KW Progi has joined Wave Check as the new assistant coach  https://www.over.gg/11596/wave-check-add-progi-as-coach-lose-twistan  News 8 - TR Guangzhou acquites T1W as their academy team https://twitter.com/OWBeacon/status/1145919361183387649?s=19 News 9 - KW GruntO has announced the departure of TiZi and implied more news for him will be released in the future https://twitter.com/GRUNToOW/status/1146599508559593472?s=19  News 10 - TR Grunto release Harbleu and sign Umtae as their new main tank to fill the spot of Tizi https://www.over.gg/11652/harbleu-and-grunto-esports-split-team-signs-umtae News 11 - KW Hoon has joined the Skyfoxes, he has now played for Meta Athena, Bellum and Skyfoxes spanning nearly his whole career dating back to 2016 https://www.over.gg/11646/hoon-continues-meta-career-with-meta-skyfoxes News 12 - TR Brussen has left Young and Beutiful to join the Angry Titans, taking his spot on Y&B will be Molf1g at the off tank position https://www.over.gg/11647/brussen-leaves-yab-to-join-angry-titans

k to regular shows now that Contenders is in full swing. We've got a breakdown of Fusion Uni's first Contenders Korea match as well as a look at some new teams with some convincing starts.News 1 - KWReprize has been brought into the LA Valiant as an assistant coach, he will retain ownership of the newly formed contenders team Revival https://www.over.gg/11575/reprize-reunites-with-promise-on-valiant-coaching-staffNews 2 - TRFaustus goes from an Angry Titan to a gladiator as the newest addition to the coaching staff for the LA Gladiators https://www.over.gg/11574/los-angeles-gladiators-add-faustus-as-assistant-coach News 3 - KWDino departs from Uprising Academy roster https://twitter.com/Dino_overwatch/status/1141403674738069507 News 4 - TRHead Coach Curryshot and Assistant Coach Hqrdest join Revivalhttps://twitter.com/TheRevivalGG/status/1142137211237724162?s=20News 5 - KW

With Thornrayne out of town today, Kyle is taking over the show with help of special guest host Boopasaurus. We're going to lay out our power rankings for the 2nd 2019 season and cover the first week of games. Scene news/HNP Community NewsNews 1 - KWNews 2 - TRNews 3 - KWRoster MovesNews 1 - KWSkyfoxes announce their new rosterMain Tank - @Cloneman16 Off Tank - @OW_FR3E DPS - @whoru DPS - @Boostio_OW Support - @Lastro_OW Support - @OwMacki Substitute - @OW_ATTITUDE https://twitter.com/SkyfoxesOW/status/1139353228842110976?s=19News 2 - TRMeta Skyfoxes releases Fr3e after sexual assault alligations https://www.over.gg/11516/meta-skyfoxes-reveal-roster-dismiss-fr3eNews 3 - TRHSL Esports has purchased One.Points spot in EU Contenders Nikolaj "Zaprey" Ian Moyes (DPS) Mads "fischer" Jehg (DPS) Anders "henningsen" Henningsen (Tank) Ilya "Txao" Makarov (Off-tank) Victor "Scaler" Godsk (Flex support) Valentin "Ascoft" Wulfman (Supporthttps://www.over.gg/11505/hsl-esports-purchase-one-point-contenders-spot-announce-teamNews 4 - KWSecond Wind has announced its new roster and staffWilliam "Caden" Loll (DPS) Joshua "Ezire" Felix (DPS) Corey "Frill" Scoda (DPS) Jonas "BarbieQ9130" Hestréus (Off-tank) "Techneeke" (Off-tank) "ShRedLock" (Tank) Tomas "Ex0rath" Kotacka (Flex Support) Kobe "HelloImHalo" Hamand (Support)Their staff is: Ali "Pew" Anwar (Manager/Analyst) Eric "Wheats" Perez (Coach) Mark "Obasill" Regush (Coach) Jeremy "Jer" Santacruz (Coach)https://www.over.gg/11507/second-wind-reveal-contenders-rosterNews 5 - TRGigantti has announced its new roster Tuomo "Davin" Leppänen (DPS) Lucas "Leaf" Loison (DPS) Joonas "zappis" Alakurtti (Off-tank) Otto "Milkymann" Sarén (Tank) David "Lilbow" Moschetto (Support) Aleksi "Zuppeh" Kuntsi (Flex Support)Their staff is: Steven "Flubby" Coronel (Head Coach) Tanishq "Tanizhq" Sabharwal (Coach)https://www.over.gg/11509/team-gigantti-announce-contenders-lineupNews 6 - KW

We're talking the purpose of Contenders, Academy teams, FU going to Korea and much much more!

We're celebrating NA dominance in reviewing the Atlantic Showdown results. We've also got some Trials finishing up and some interesting team newsScene news/HNP Community NewsNews 1 - KWGuangzhou Academy has disband https://www.over.gg/11277/guangzhou-academy-disbandsNews 2 - TRFusion University are heading to Korea and they have an Elk along for the ride to compete in Contenders Trials (First match postponed due to travel delays)https://www.over.gg/11295/fusion-university-move-to-korea-elk-rejoins-teamNews 3 - KWRoster MovesNews 1 - KWBuds iRemix(Phase 2) and horthic have all left Meta Skyfoxeshttps://www.over.gg/11273/three-leave-meta-skyfoxes News 2 - TRRunaway have added another DPS backup in Assassin (Geekstar) https://www.over.gg/11278/runaway-add-assassinNews 3 - KWPatiphan has joined Talon Esports, coming over from Xavier Esportshttps://www.over.gg/11251/talon-esports-add-patiphan-drop-inin77News 4 - TRSquare One have added DDMentality as Head Coachhttps://www.over.gg/11279/square-one-add-ggmentality-as-coachNews 5 - KWWhoRu and others released from Meta Gaminghttps://twitter.com/TheMetaGaming/status/1135808344449605632 News 6 - TRIced has announced he is LFT after spending this past contenders season with the Uprising Academyhttps://twitter.com/iced__ow/status/1135646712322826244?s=19 News 7 - KWAjax has left Phase 2 for other opportunities https://twitter.com/Phase2OW/status/1135711323877191681 News 8 - TR

Scene news/HNP Community NewsNews 1 - KWGauntlet will be host out of the Giga Arena in Seoul South koreahttps://www.over.gg/11250/contenders-gauntlet-to-be-played-in-apex-venueNews 2 - TRAvast,ZP, Jaws, Legday and Ana Xisdê to cast/host Atlantic Showdownhttps://overwatchcontenders.com/en-us/news/22989015News 3 - KWRoster MovesNews 1 - KWDream and ByZeneith have agreed to a mutual departure from the Montreal Rebellionhttps://www.over.gg/11252/rebellion-part-ways-with-coachesNews 2 - TRHidan has announced his free agency after leaving Second Windhttps://www.over.gg/11253/hidan-leaves-second-windNews 3 - KWStand1 will join Envy as the main tank for the Atlantic Showdownhttps://www.over.gg/11249/team-envy-add-stand1-for-atlantic-showdown News 4 - TRJer,Moopy and Rina have all left XL2 Academy https://www.over.gg/11248/xl2-academy-sees-three-departuresNews 5 - KWUprising Academy add Kolsti(Coach) and Mirror(DPS) for their trials runhttps://www.over.gg/11244/uprising-academy-add-kolsti-as-coach-and-mirror-as-dpsNews 6 - TR;Blank Esports has teamed up with the Vodafone Warriors rugby team to become Warriors Esportshttps://www.over.gg/11245/blank-esports-partner-with-rugby-team-become-warriors-esportsNews 7 - KWSMC EU lose two players Jkaru19(Main Tank) and Slur(Support) and add to their coaching staff AlmostPanda(Head Coach) and Lov3Monkey(Asst Coach)https://twitter.com/SMC_EU/status/1130781424628449280https://twitter.com/SMC_EU/status/1132994580239015937https://twitter.com/SMC_EU/status/1132634376066539520 News 8 - TR

We're taking a look at the best prospects for mid-season OWL pickups and we have a HUGE Blackwatch Alum OWL Call Up to talk about.Scene news/HNP Community NewsNews 1 - KWEternal Academy release its roster with an announcement of the academy teams future to be released at a later time, this comes after being relegated to Open Division https://www.over.gg/11228/eternal-academy-disband-following-demotion-to-openNews 2 - TRMayhem Academy has been disbanded siting a hiatus from Contenders season 2 as they refocus the main Mayhem roster to full Koreanhttps://www.over.gg/11227/mayhem-academy-disband-for-contenders-hiatusNews 3 - KWRoster MovesNews 1 - KWGods and Sharyk have been called up to the Toronto Defianthttps://twitter.com/TorontoDefiant/status/1130907376398290945 News 2 - TRcKm and Bertlog have retired from Sydney Drop Bears https://www.over.gg/11219/ckm-and-bertlog-retire-from-professional-overwatch News 3 - KWProgi has announced he is retiring to transition into a coaching rolehttps://twitter.com/OfficialProGi/status/1130800756142104576?s=19

We're talking with our favorite Contenders casting duo about EVERY CONTENDERS NA TEAM and figuring out what went wrong and what went right for teams. We're also previewing the Atlantic and Pacific Showdowns, talking about the HUGE upset in KR contenders and breaking down some player moves.

Most Contenders finals are over and we have a LOT of matches to cover. We also have a live reaction to a huge call-up. Scene news/HNP Community NewsNews 1 - KWAustralian CSGO Fans aren’t super happy to have AUS Contenders Finals right next door to the CSGO Major and have some unhappy chants towards Overwatch.CWL Fans join in from England with some anti-CSGO chants. News 2 - TRSpecial Episode - Boopnado 2 next weekNews 3 - KWRoster MovesNews 1 - KWWith the Gladiators Legion season over so is Bischu’s time with themhttps://twitter.com/BischuGG/status/1123796687552696321?s=19 News 2 - TRChronodota has rejoined Sydney Drop Bearshttps://twitter.com/Dropbearsgg/status/1124272288998707200?s=19 News 3 - KWTeetawat (Sydney Drop Bears) and Kolsti (One.Point) have joined the Uprising academy as the new main tank and and Head Coachhttps://twitter.com/haloofthoughts/status/1124427961912971265?s=19 News 4 - TRKensi has announced his retirement from the Eternal Academy https://www.over.gg/11116/kensi-retires News 5 - KWIts official Skyfoxws have announced they are now partnered with Meta Gaming to become Meta SkyfoxesThe roster of  Meta Skyfoxes is: Casey "buds" McIlwaine (DPS) Henrique "Horthic" Damião (DPS) Lim "F4zE" Jae-Hyeok (임재혁) (Off-tank) Luis "iReMiix" Galarza (Tank) James "Cloneman16" D'Arcangelo (Tank) Anthony "Mac" Macintosh (Support) Moon "Lastro" Jung-won (문정원) (Flex Support)And their staff are: Stefano "Verbo" Disalvo (Operations Manager) Kai "Suzuki" Suzuki-Lopez (Manager) Youngseo "Useul" Hong (Assistant Manager) Lee "JuYoung" Ju-Young (이주영) (Coach) Jacob "jcb" Thostrup (Coach) Austin "wRoadie" Wright (Marketing Manager)https://www.over.gg/11106/skyfoxes-partner-with-meta-gaming-to-become-meta-skyfoxes

We're reviewing the Contenders NA Quarterfinals as well as talking about the other big win streak that came to an end this past week. We also have some less successful teams beginning their post-season implosion.Scene news/HNP Community NewsNews 1 - KWSouth American Contenders playoffs to be broadcasted on ESPN South Americahttps://www.reddit.com/r/Competitiveoverwatch/comments/bhrk42/contenders_south_america_playoffs_will_be/ News 2 - TR2019 World cup has been announced https://overwatchleague.com/en-us/news/22958449/announcing-the-2019-overwatch-world-cup News 3 - KWMontreal Rebellion have released their jerseys for purchase, standard jerseys are $50 while jerseys with custom names are $60https://h4x.gg/products/h4x-rebellion-jersey Roster MovesNews 1 - KWHqrdest has left Samsung Morning Stars and is LFThttps://www.over.gg/11105/hqrdest-leaves-samsung-morning-stars News 2 - TR;Phase 2 have lost the bulk of its roster, leaving only Rat and Gunther on the team. Duplicate, Pika, Nishik, ItsOnyx and Coach ;Solhein all have left the team.https://www.over.gg/11102/phase-2-lose-four-players-and-coachNews 3 - KWTriumph are your 2019 season 2 champions, will be joined by Tea Party,Wave Check and If they’re going Goats I’m going Hammond for Trials https://liquipedia.net/overwatch/Overwatch_Contenders/2019/Season_2/North_America/Trials News 4 - TRChronoDota has joined Higher Level Gaming in what appears to be a content creator role for the coaching/guide websitehttps://twitter.com/HigherLevelGame/status/1122546132838703104?s=19 News 5 - KWChayne has admited to account sharing to play on an Open Division team, no punishment has been announcedhttps://twitter.com/ChayneOW/status/1122239827578183682?s=19

Bracket Preview Time! Kyle and Thorn break down the two NA Playoff brackets and review the two Semi-Final games for EU.Scene news/HNP Community NewsNews 1 - KWNews 2 - TRNews 3 - KWRoster MovesNews 1 - KWProgi has left Square Onehttps://www.over.gg/11094/progi-leaves-square-one News 2 - TREclipse has announced his departure from Second Generation https://www.over.gg/11055/eclipse-announces-free-agencyNews 3 - KWSheep has parted ways with Bermudahttps://www.over.gg/11051/sheep-departs-from-bermuda News 4 - TRioStux has left the Uprising Academy after being relegated to trials https://twitter.com/UprisingAcad/status/1120769214451609600?s=20 News 5 - KWSamsung Morning Stars lose 4 players (Leaf, KSP, mowzassa, Exorath) and their manager (San Alex) after failing to make semi finals,

Regular season is over for NA so we have standings to cover and brackets to preview and we have a MONUMENTAL match to breakdown.Scene news/HNP Community NewsNews 1 - KWPlayoff datesQuarter Finals 28th - Semi Finals 29th - Finals May 1stNews 2 - TRRoster MovesNews 1 - KWAsking has left the Uprising Academy, leaving the team with just 5 members and no one at the main tankhttps://www.over.gg/11011/asking-leaves-uprising-academy News 2 - TREzire has rejoined Second Wind after leaving NRG and BarbieQ and Frill have also joined the rosterhttps://www.over.gg/11032/second-wind-permanently-add-final-players-from-last-weeks-roster https://www.over.gg/11028/second-wind-welcome-back-ezire News 3 - KWPhase 2 lose Phaz and Olu, add Rat (DPS Formerly from Maryville University OW Team ) and Gunther (Main Support, Formerly of HU Storm - the college team Joemeister coaches) https://www.over.gg/11012/phase-2-lose-phaz-and-olu-add-rat-and-g-nther News 4 - TRDue to being in Korea Changsik has decided to step down to allow for a main tank with appropriate ping to play due to the implications of the Atlantic Showdownhttps://twitter.com/chang800356/status/1117850785826480128 News 5 - KWThe rebellion release Nomy, Chayne and Hooey following last weeks signingshttps://www.over.gg/11031/montreal-rebellion-part-ways-with-three News 6 - TRRobdab has joined the Chicken Contendies to finish out the seasonhttps://www.over.gg/11030/robdab-joins-chicken-contendies News 7 - KWFearless has been moved to Team CC from the dragons(not sure if its 2 way or not) and ieatuup has left Team CChttps://www.over.gg/11010/fearless-joins-team-cc-while-ieatuup-leaves News 8 - TRAjax will finish out his run with ATL Academy in their match against NRG and then part ways with the teamhttps://twitter.com/Ajax1OW/status/1118299730268889091?s=19News 9 - KW

We have some big staff and player issues to break down, roster moves as always and we're getting more teams locked in or out of playoffs.Scene news/HNP Community NewsNews 1 - KWAustralian Finals will be held on LAN at IEM Sydney https://twitter.com/IEM/status/1115056747641757699?s=19News 2 - TRRoster MovesNews 1 - KWChronoDota has left Second Gen saying “I need to make sure that I am as efficient as possible with my time. Right now I feel like trading time on Second Generation is not the best use of my time”https://www.over.gg/10991/chronodota-leaves-second-generationNews 2 - TRFrd has been signed to the Atlanta Reign https://www.over.gg/10981/frd-joins-the-atlanta-reign News 3 - KWIM37 finishes month long Path to Pro as he is picked up by the Toronto Defiant https://www.over.gg/10989/im37-joins-the-toronto-defiantNews 4 - TRHypnott has left Uprising Academy and is currently LFT, he mentions he was playing for UA unsigned(No Contract=Bogus)https://twitter.com/hypnottow/status/1115036805873717248 News 5 - KWBischu has agreed to a two way contract to play for the Legionhttps://www.over.gg/10996/bischu-given-two-way-contract-to-fill-in-for-legion News 6 - TRGods, Speedily and Sharyk have all left the FARM, Second wind to pursue other opportunities https://www.over.gg/10997/three-players-leave-second-wind-for-other-opportunitiesNews 7 - KWGods and Sharyk have been signed to the Montreal Rebellionhttps://twitter.com/MTLRebellion/status/1115343557844525056?s=19News 8 - TRWayfast leaves Bermuda https://twitter.com/CenterofBermuda/status/1114947810569404423?s=19 News 9 - KWFar has announced he is returning to competitive play and is looking for a teamhttps://twitter.com/Far_OW/status/1115360984598708225 News 10 - TRMirror(DPS) has joined NRG and with that Ezire has been released from the teamhttps://twitter.com/NRGgg/status/1116046012114595840 News 11 - KWSpeedily was seen playing on XL2 in their most recent matchNews 10 - TRHidan and A10 have officially joined Second Wind for the remainder of NA Contendershttps://twitter.com/SecondWindGG/status/1115799376167874561

Join us on this day of trade-a-palooza for a TON of roster moves, some interesting matchups and a look at the top teams in each region and who is locked in for playoffs.Scene news/HNP Community NewsNews 1 - KWNews 2 - TRRoster MovesNews 1 - KWFunnyAstro has been picked up buy the ATL Academy to play on a two way contract https://www.over.gg/10968/reign-sign-funnyastro-as-two-way-playerNews 2 - TRIM37 has left Second Wind to pursue other opportunities https://twitter.com/SecondWindGG/status/1112748800811167745News 3 - KWBerd formerly from the feeder team for all of the academy teams, Second Wind joins ATL Academyhttps://www.over.gg/10972/berd-joins-atl-academy-as-flex-support News 4 - TRIced has found his new home with Uprising Academyhttps://twitter.com/UprisingAcad/status/1113148611213189120?s=19 News 5 - KWProgi has joined Square One in the Main tank rolehttps://twitter.com/SquareOne_OW/status/1113148586873753606 News 6 - TRMikeyA has left the Uprising Academy as a coach and is LFT to compete again.https://twitter.com/MikeyA/status/1113069185293324289?s=19 News 7 - KWFischer has been released from Team Envyhttps://twitter.com/Envy/status/1113161426305028096 News 8 - TRFrill has announced he is stepping away from XL2 due to burnouthttps://twitter.com/SIT_OW94/status/1113187649190330368 News 10 - KW