Blackwatch Report

In our first player interview, Thornrayne and Kyle talk with the Main Support and In-Game Leader for Fusion University and NA Contenders MVP Elk. Elk talks about his uncommon gaming past, playing in Thailand and how he and Fusion Uni clutched the NA Contenders Finals in Poland.

 This week we take a look back and compare our Episode 3 power rankings with the season 1 Contenders results, talk some player movements and the newest season of the BEAT Invitational News 1 Hypnott and Hobbs have been brought back into No Clouts starting line up with Massive joining as head coach https://twitter.com/NoCloutgg/status/997601857978683392 News 2 O2 Ardeont have added former Runaway support AMY and former DeToNator.Korea off tank SleepyBear to the team https://twitter.com/tisrobin311/status/998589728608870400 News 3 DeToNator.Korea has suspended all Overwatch activities for the foreseeable future https://detonator-gg.com/overwatch/14734/ News 4 Dridro’s contract with Copenhagen Flames has ended and is looking for team https://twitter.com/dridro_ow/status/998890911219290113 News 5 Elbion has parted ways with Envision Esports https://twitter.com/ElbionTosscoble/status/998251965548150784 News 6 MikeyA’s Contract with Mayhem Academy has en...

In our longest episode ever, Thornrayne and Kyle breakdown the semis and finals for EU and NA as well as the EU vs NA Atlantic Showmatch.  News 1 Fusion University’s “FU” Jerseys banned for being “too spicy” (Blizz says was instead about FU not submitting they jerseys in time) https://twitter.com/FusionUni/status/995265778097311744 News 2 Bigbox and Hyeonu have left Meta Gaming https://www.reddit.com/r/Competitiveoverwatch/comments/8jbhwk/bigbox_and_hyeonu_released_from_metha_athena_and/ News 3 Fusion University teams up with  JULIAN KRINSKY ESPORTS CAMP for a summer camp program letting camp goers train and play alongside the Fusion University members https://gaminglyfe.com/jkcp-esports-becomes-official-training-camp-for-philadelphia-fusion-university/ News 4 Aero joins Dallas Fuel after leaving Fusion Uni last week https://twitter.com/DallasFuel/status/996523654602285056 News 5 Australian finals will be played May 19th with the semi finals being pla...

News 1 Fusion University vs x-6 Gaming and O2 Ardeont vs Lucky Future Zenith was announced and we will cover it later in our main disscusion https://twitter.com/tisrobin311/status/992682250096406528 News 2 A new system to seperate teams in the open division has been added to season 2, Opponents Match Win % Opponents’ Match Win Percentage (OMW%) A team’s OMW% is the average match win percentage of each of their opponents at the end of the season. - Byes do not count towards OMW%. - Opponents with an OMW% of below 33% count as 33%. - Teams that have an OMW% difference of 2.0% or less are considered to be tied. Example: “Team Murlocs” plays a five-round Swiss tournament and goes 4-1 in their five matches. Their five opponents ended with records of 0-5, 2-3, 3-2, 3-2, and 4-1. Their OMW% is thus (.33[raised from 0] + .4 + .6 + .6 + .8 ) / 5 = 54.6%. If “Team Charsi” also went 4-1 but had an OMW% of 48%, they would be ranked lower than “Team Murlocs.” If “Team Kerrigan”...

In the 3rd installment of our interview series, Thornrayne and Kyle chat with the Assistant Coach from one of the top 4 Contenders NA teams, EnVision. We talk to Chu about his history as a coach, his history with EnVision and where he thinks the team will go in the future.

In the second week of NA contenders break, Thornrayne and Kyle break down the Korean Semi and Quarterfinals games which almost all went the distance and also pose the Community Intel Question: Will Contenders players in the major countries have a chance for Overwatch World Cup, if so, who? News 1 Mirage roster announcement includes some familiar names. Players : @Jer_OW @HaKuOW @j3sus_tv @redstart_OW @Chocochoco0225 @OfficialProGi Staff : @Quinze_OW @BriexoxTv https://twitter.com/MirageSportE/status/991069872011571201?s=19 News 2 Popifresh was given the go ahead to search for a new team by the Copenhagen Flames https://twitter.com/PoPiFresHOW/status/991038408838598656?s=19 News 3 'OneFact' and 'QOQ' were released from from MVP Space. https://t.co/f7RpxnyTgc News 4 yeHHH formerly of NRG Esports was signed to Florida Mayhem as an assistant coach/analyst https://www.over.gg/8152/florida-mayhem-bolster-coaching-staff-with-yehhh News 5 Wo...