38 - Trouble in Toronto Town

We have basically a thousand roster announcements to cover, some lovely news regarding Toronto, and we're doing our power rankings even though we only know about half of the final rosters.

Scene news/HNP Community News

News 1 - TR Lan Story Cup has returned and online qualifiers will run from nov 12th to nov 27th followed by online playoffs with the top 3 teams meeting T1w (Winners of the last cup) in a LAN finals https://www.over.gg/9746/lanstory-cup-hangzhou-set-to-commence News 2 - KW Toronto Esports has left Overwatch after a very odd string of tweets from Owner Ryan Pallett https://www.over.gg/9789/toronto-esports-drop-overwatch News 3 - TR Open Division signups for 2019 Season 1 are up and posted Registration Team Registration closes on December 3rd, 23:59 PST (11:59PM) Player Registration is open until January 26th, 00:00 PST Regular Season 2 matches per week, 1 on Saturday, 1 on Sunday Default match time: 13:00 PST Week 1: December 8th – 9th, 2018 Week 2: December 15th – 16th, 2018      Week 3: January 5th – 6th, 2019 Week 4: January 12th – 13th, 2019 Week 5: January 19th – 20th, 2019 Round 11 (if needed): Thursday, January 24th, 2019 (Default match time this day only: 17:00 PST) Tiebreakers (if needed): Friday, January 25th, 2019 (Default match time this day only: 17:00 PST) Playoffs Week 6: January 26th - 27th, 2019 12:00 - 20:00 PST https://twitter.com/owpathtopro/status/1062828395786977280

Roster Moves

News 1 - KW NA Phase 2 is now playing under the Kungarna Banner https://twitter.com/Team_Kungarna/status/1061032741062361089 News 2 - TR NA NYXL have promoted both of their star academy DPS players, Fl0wer and Nenne to the main roster https://www.over.gg/9740/nenne-promoted-to-excelsior https://www.over.gg/9679/fl0w3r-promoted-to-new-york-excelsior News 3 - KWAUS Blank Esports announce roster for season 3 The  Blank Esports roster is: Mitchell "tails" Burnett (DPS) Rowan "Roro" Goldsmith (DPS) Noah "Nozz" McClafferty (Flex Tank) Joshua "Knellery" Knell (Tank) Giorgio "tongue" Lahdo (Support) Sean "Kura" Kovacs (Support) Bryce "Bryce" Williams (Head Coach) https://www.over.gg/9736/blank-esports-reveal-contenders-au-roster News 4 - TRNA YeHHH has been announced as Head of Player Scouting and Development for Mayhem Academy and Florida Mayhem https://www.over.gg/9745/yehhh-transitions-into-managerial-role-for-mayhem-academy News 5 - KW SA Fury the Australian Org competing in South America has announced its roster The  FURY lineup is: Leonardo "Shinigami" Moreira (DPS) (Team GDV) "KnighT" (DPS)(Team GDV) "Matiash4km" (DPS) Marco "Dagostim" Antonio (Flex Tank)(Team GDV) Junnior "keath" Abad Gamboa (Tank)(Team GDV) Matthew "Express" Glorioso (Support)(Team GDV) Diego "Raizen7" Oliveira (Support)(Team GDV) Hugo "Hugo" Victer (Coach)(Team GDV) "Synchronize" (Coach)(Team GDV) https://www.over.gg/9751/fury-announce-roster News 6 - TR NA Former Gigantii flex tank rCk has been signed to the Dallas Fuel on a 2 year contract https://www.over.gg/9753/rck-joins-dallas-fuel-roster News 7 - KW EU British Hurricane add Dream as new analyst https://www.over.gg/9752/hurricane-add-dream-as-new-analyst News 8 - TR AUS The  ORDER roster is: James "yuki" Stanton (DPS)(NEW DARK SIDED/TEAM AUSTRALIA) Jordy "Jordation" Frish (DPS)(NEW Sydney Drop Bears) Adam "Adam" Soong (Flex Tank) Sam "Quatz" Dennis (Tank)(NEW Sydney Drop Bears) Max "Unter" Unterwurzacher (Support) Nathaniel "Merit" Hawkins (Support)(NEW Kanaga Esports) And their staff are: Andrew "Rqt" Haws (Coach) Ben "Smash" Lehane (Manager) https://www.over.gg/9741/order-reveal-roster News 9 - KW CN Shanghai Dragons Academy team, TEAM CC announce new roster The  Team CC roster and staff is: Chai "KHeart" Lei（柴磊）(DPS) Feng "Yakumo" Zihan (冯子涵) (DPS) Jason "ieatuup" (DPS)(NEW Blank Esports) Choi "SonGBoos" Sung-hwan (최성환) (DPS)(NEW Meta Athena) Chen "ZiJin" Qinhao (陈钦浩) (Flex Tank) Wei "jiqiren" Yansong (韦炎宋) (Tank) Chen "SIO" Zhaoyu (陈昭宇) (Support)(NEW formerly FiveKing - Shanghai Dragons) Zhao "Orchid" Tangyang (赵唐洋) (Support)(NEW Kanaga Esports) Wu "Knight" Yi Jie (吴奕颉) (Manager) Liao "Forgiver" Yi Zhou (廖逸舟) (Team Leader) Zhou "HuaMao" Xiaolong (周晓龙) (Coach) https://www.over.gg/9750/dragons-academy-team-reveal-roster News 10 - TR CN LGD Gaming add MG(Shanghai Dragons Tank), Tanqui(Vici Gaming Tank) and INK(Vici GamingFlex) News 11 - KW NA Mayhem Academy Announce their Roster -ShaxOW - DPS -Apply - DPS -paintbrush - Main support -Epzz - Flex support -FCTFCTN - Main tank -Manneten - Flex tank  Coaches: @Promise_OW//@reprizeOW News 12 - TR NA First Generation (formerly GOATs) announce their final roster for contenders 🛡️@Nomy  🛡️@YouMustHooey  ⚔️@naGGarlai  ⚔️@Zaprey_OW  ⚔️@ayEnkae  💉@robdab  💉@Tensa_The_Sage News 13 - KW EU Gigantti announce their final roster for Contenders EU 🛡️@zappis 🛡️@Milkyman ⚔️@Davin ⚔️@Vizility 🚑@Zuppeh 🚑@Lilbow 💼@Tombha News 14 - TR KR Meta Athena have announced its season 3 roster after taking over their sister team Meta Bellum’s spot this season Oh "innovation" Seok-hyun (오석현) (DPS) Jeong "Recry" Taek-hyun (정택현) (DPS) Kim "Mugunghwa" Hyo-june (김효준) (DPS) Kim "Modern" Soo-hoon (김수훈) (Tank) "Enocass" (Tank) Choi "Hoon" Jae-hoon (최재훈) (Flex Tank) "Named" (Support) Lee "Apache" Min-hyeok (이민혁) (Support) https://www.over.gg/9756/meta-athena-announce-new-roster News 15 - TR MENA - Middle Eastern/North Africa Yalla Esports announces its return to Overwatch after disbanding in september 2017, Open/Contenders is the goal now that they are allowed to compete in the series. Bader "Boostio" Mehaini (Captain) "BooDh" Ahmad "Antigon" Nujaidi Anders "Henningsen"Henningsen Rakan "Bit" Hamouri Ryan "Ryan" Abdullah Rhys "Cynic" Lambourne (Coach) Klasu, Founder of YaLLa Esports https://twitter.com/YaLLaEsports/status/1062782801844543488 News 16 - KW NA Gladiators Legion announce their roster for Contenders Season 3 Players: 🛡️ : @Panker_OW  & @Gods_Live ⚔️ : @Dalton_OW  & @Far_OW 💉 : @Pookz  & @RoolfOW Coaches: 🗒️ : @RaptorZOW  & @SimonOverwatch News 17 - TR Kephrii has officially joined a Contenders Team GE Pantheon KR in the Pacific Region