Blackwatch Report

We're talking about a BUNCH of new Academy teams on the horizon, the NEXT Cup and Open Division Finals as well as a rather interesting Main Discussion Topic. Scene news/HNP Community News News 1 - KW All three of the Chinese expansion teams have acquired Academy Teams for the upcoming Contenders Seasons https://twitter.com/OWBeacon/status/1089374721513185280 News 2 - TR Paris Eternal GM Mex announced the organization is working on building an academy team for the 2019 Contenders seasons https://www.over.gg/10390/paris-eternal-to-create-academy-team News 3 - KW Jayne donated $1800 to the winners of the NA open Division Roster Moves News 1 - KW XL2 Strikes Again!! Only Jer is left on the team after TiZi and Woohyal announces they are LFT https://www.over.gg/10354/tizi-no-longer-with-xl2-academy News 2 - TR Changdu Hunters have announced it has teamed up with LinGan Esports as its academy team and will operate under the new name LGE.Huya https://t

We are covering the Contenders KR Finals, dropping some roster news and delving into the HUGE Contenders Live Events announcement. Scene news/HNP Community News News 1 - KW Guangzhou Charge announces they will be creating an Academy team https://twitter.com/GZCharge/status/1086443178008420353?s=19 News 2 - TR 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 11:00 - 20:00 PST News 3 - KW TechGirl will not be returning to cast EU contenders for the 2019 season sourcing a format change as the reasoning https://twitter.com/TechGirlZA/status/1087346696550563840?s=19 Roster Moves News 1 - KW Maid announces he is no longer with Second Wind as it is an unpaid team, looking for Academy offers https://twitter.com/maid_OW/status/1086349346138779649?s=19 News 2 - TR

We're reviewing all of the NA Contenders Playoffs matches including the absolutely heart attack inducing grand finals. We also have some really weird team news including shocking drops and announcements. Scene news/HNP Community News News 1 - KW Kongdoo Pantera will rebrand to Team Griffin for the upcoming 2019 season https://www.over.gg/10312/kongdoo-panthera-to-become-team-griffin News 2 - TR Dezachu is stepping away from full time casting EU contenders to focus on his software company and casting local tournaments https://www.over.gg/10322/dezachu-retires-from-casting-contenders-europe News 3 - KW Second Wind and First Gen have received invites to compete in the first season of 2019 NA Contenders https://twitter.com/maid_OW/status/1085248246224642048 Roster Moves News 1 - KW Phase 2 is back! All players have split from Kungarna https://www.over.gg/10302/kungarna-players-split-from-brand News 2 - TR Cinderella, maint tank for Legacy Esports h

This time around we are talking with Maid, Coach of Second Wind

We're talking with Contenders NA casters Boopasaurus and Ham Tornado, reviewing all of the teams in the group stages, previewing the playoffs and dropping our predictions.

We're covering the past two weeks of Contenders group stages, previewing the BANGER matchups we have this next week, and showing off the new intro and overlays. Scene news/HNP Community News News 1 - TR Starting with a test run in Contenders playoffs, in order to chat in Twitch chat you will need to link your BNET account to Twitch. https://overwatchcontenders.com/en-us/news/22819839 Roster Moves News 1 - KW Punk formerly of Sydney Drop Bears has been signed to Uprising Academy https://www.over.gg/10278/punk-joins-uprising-academy News 2 - TR Second Wind have added Tehpwnzorr(Support) and Ellie(Flex) after CarCar(Support) departed from the team (likely to take Elk’s spot on FU) and Coluge was released https://www.over.gg/10241/second-wind-add-tehpwnzorr-and-ellie News 3 - KW KangaKanga, crems, Chubz, Karra, TwoIzZ, and SpoxXez have all announced they are free agents after We Have Org missed the playoffs and was relegated to Trials https://www.over.