45 - What do we say to the team of death? Not Today

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 has announced his retirement from competitive Overwatch https://www.over.gg/10290/legacy-esports-main-tank-cinderella-announces-retirement News 3 - KW Shortly after elimination in the quarter finals MVP Space announce new roster Lee "TTuba" Ho-sung (이호성) (DPS) (Only returning player) Yang "HengGi" Chan-hee (양찬희) (DPS) Kim "Jesp3r" Hyun-wook (김현욱) (Off Tank) Seo "DokDo" Jun-won (서준원) (Tank) Oh "Finn" Se-jin (오세진) (Flex Support) Ko "FRoPPy" Geon-Ju (고건주) (Support) https://www.over.gg/10306/mvp-space-changes-five-players-following-contenders-exit News 4 - TR Orgless and Hungry announce their all Swede roster after not qualifying for playoffs Emil "eMIL" Sandgren (Off Tank)(Returning) Leo "Leodeddz" Nilsson (Off Tank)(Returning) Oliwer "lateks" Fahlander (Tank)(Returning) Lucas "Polly" Widèn (DPS) "Berglund" (DPS) Gustaf "kangakanga" Leufstedt (Flex Support) August "Taang" Ek (Support) https://www.over.gg/10307/swedish-orgless-and-hungry-lineup-revealed News 5 - KW XL2 release Mangachu, Cloneman, Goliath and Logix after announcing they are looking for local NY players to try out for the team https://www.over.gg/10317/xl2-drops-several-in-move-to-add-new-york-locals https://www.over.gg/10324/logix-released-from-xl2 News 6 - TR Cwoosh announced as Head Coach of Gigantti https://www.over.gg/10313/team-gigantti-reveal-coaches-following-contenders-title News 7 - KW Jayne announces first Tournament of Future Champions for 2019, will feature $2,000 prize pools for NA and EU regions, hero bans, and spectating coaches https://thebenchmob.com/all/misc-esports/jaynes-tournament-future-champions-returns-jan-19-20/