Blackwatch Report

We've got THE WHOLE GAUNTLET to cover across 3 regions and boy were there some surprises.

We're reviewing the final Korean Closed Qualifier matches for Gauntlet Asia and checking in on the NA Open Qualifiers.

We're breaking down the Contenders matches for November and previewing the Gauntlet!

We're reviewing the NA and EU Contenders October games, and unveiling the 2nd half of our Most Wanted list.

We’re breaking down the quarters and semis for the KR Contenders Playoffs!!! Scene news/HNP Community News News 1 - KW Contenders Viewer rewards adds skins and sprays ingame https://twitter.com/owpathtopro/status/1316773142707093504?s=20 News 2 - TR News 3 - KW Roster Moves News 1 - KW Noukky moving up from Hurricane manager to General Manager of the London Spitfire https://twitter.com/Spitfire/status/1317156480802410496?s=20 News 2 - TR Naga moves over to Obey Alliance from Team Doge https://twitter.com/Raspberry_OW/status/1317102999999631361?s=20 News 3 - KW

We’re covering a few more Contenders KR matches and taking a look forward at the roster building and TwoWay player rules for 2021 Scene news/HNP Community News News 1 - KW News 2 - TR News 3 - KW Roster Moves News 1 - KW Kraandrop(Tank) leaves Uprising Academy, Pizzademon joins for Flex Support spot https://www.over.gg/14559/uprising-academy-adds-pizzademon-parts-ways-with-kraandop News 2 - TR Malthel steps away from Odyssey and competing to work on himself https://twitter.com/MalthelOW/status/1314775979051675648?s=20 News 3 - KW

We're breaking down the September Contenders matches and boy were there some surprises. Scene news/HNP Community News News 1 - TR Tournament of Champions from Elo hell is coming back, with 2 Trials spots up for grabs starting on Oct 12th - Oct 25th https://events.elohell.gg/toc/info/ News 2 - TR News 3 - KW Roster Moves News 1 - KW Angry Titans add henningsen and SirMajed from The Ultimates https://www.over.gg/14515/angry-titans-add-two-from-the-ultimates News 2 - TR Ex-Oblivione DPS Rene transitions to coaching role, Vestola to take DPS position https://www.over.gg/14516/rene-moves-to-coaching-role-on-ex-oblivione-vestola-to-join News 3 - KW Revival signs the SleptOn Roster https://twitter.com/TheRevivalGG/status/1308164129165893632?s=19 News 4 - TR Danye has come out of retirement and is currently LFT https://twitter.com/danye_ow/status/1310560243739394048?s=20 News 5 - KW Asking has left Karasuno, no word on if he is LFT or taking time off/ https:/...

We've got some big team news, roster moves, Trials results, we break down an interesting Twitlonger and preview our Contenders September picks. Scene news/HNP Community News News 1 - KW Malibu departs from contenders https://twitter.com/Malibu_OW/status/1302793293470642176?s=20 cmTGTzCaCwbDujKP1mInKB-b6eTf-FJswVOWYAu8 News 2 - TR Triumph pulling OW Team, waiting to see how OW2 changes Tier 2 support https://twitter.com/TriumphGamingGG/status/1303000826718433280?s=19 mKacca7-FPNLpyzR4lMOqtyVYoDZA_-5SfpWQFcD News 3 - KW Roster Moves News 1 - KW S9mm has been removed from Karasuno and is LFT https://twitter.com/sammmsux/status/1304472585812541446?s=20 News 2 - TR Lullsish and Haficool join Young and Beautiful https://twitter.com/YaB_OW/status/1300820979250335744?s=20 News 3 - KW Erki has joined SMC https://twitter.com/SMC_EU/status/1304117451655962624 News 4 - TR GetAmazed joines Drifters as player development coach https://twitter.com/DriftersQQ/status/...

We've got some awesome matches from August's Contenders Tournament. How right/wrong were our predictions? Find out now! Scene news/HNP Community News News 1 - KW https://liquipedia.net/overwatch/EBC/2020/EMEA/Regionals/Atlantic News 2 - TR News 3 - KW Roster Moves News 1 - KW Haficool returning to Overwatch currently LFT https://www.over.gg/14400/hafficool-returns-to-overwatch-for-one-last-push-for-owl News 2 - TR ImSpecial joins Avoided after being Tier 3 for 4 years this is his first move into Contenders https://www.over.gg/14401/imspecial-joins-avoided News 3 - KW Lep and Vigilante leave Triumph, Lep is taking a break for school while Vigilante is currently LFT https://www.over.gg/14417/lep-and-vigilante-part-ways-with-triumph News 4 - TR Revival add Kabe, Squid and Frostedd, Specs leaves the team https://twitter.com/TheRevivalGG/status/1300107150358839297?s=20 News 5 - KW News 4 - TR News 4 - TR News 5 - KW

We're joined again by Dan McHugh from the Path to Pro team We're discussing all of the new changes to the Path to Pro ecosystem, and looking ahead at what's to come in the future.

There's some spice in the scene this week, the ban hammer has been slammed and Trials results are in giving us a look at Contenders August. Scene news/HNP Community News News 1 - TR Open Division signups are live and we have news that Monkey Bubble is looking for teams to Broadcast in Open Division this season. Will take place Aug 15/16 and 22/23 Seeding is based on average team SR from comp ( weird ) 4 teams will be promoted from open to trials this time around News 2 - KW LA Valiant announce the Feed Fest, OWL Token and Spray giveaways, community and design showcase https://twitter.com/LAValiant/status/1292483273382273024?s=19 News 3 - TR Mayhem Summer classic has been announced, 16 teams. $5,000 https://twitter.com/FLMayhem/status/1291804473212301312?s=20 Roster Moves News 1 - KW Uprising Academy add head coach LeRenegat https://twitter.com/UprisingAcad/status/1290309932273762306?s=20 News 2 - TR Seoul Dynasty add off-tank Toyou on a TwoWay Contract https:/...

The first Tournament of Contenders 2020 Season 2 was quite bonkers. We're breaking down all the upsets and surprises.  Scene news/HNP Community News News 1 - KW Slept On Tank Doge calls out Scion Esports roster, calling players “Wintraders, Boosters and Cheaters” https://twitter.com/Doge_OW/status/1288632325581017088?s=19 News 2 - TR Monkey Bubble announces NeXT Summer Tournament broadcast partnership https://twitter.com/MonkeybubbleO/status/1290034876276645888 News 3 - KW Monkey Bubble also announced EU Coverage of this weeks Trials https://twitter.com/MonkeybubbleO/status/1289940934042349568 Roster Moves News 1 - KW Far departs from Karasuno roster https://twitter.com/KarasunoGG/status/1288542306619084801?s=20 News 2 - TR Woohyal joins Runaway https://twitter.com/Runaway_OW/status/1288706980119339010?s=19 News 3 - KW Vizility joins Angry Titans https://twitter.com/angrytitans/status/1288899339931312129?s=19 News 4 - TR iCED has join...

We’re RIGHT in the middle of the action this week, covering the first day of Contenders July, previewing the rest and dropping our already boomed brackets Scene news/HNP Community News News 1 - KW Schedule change - Moving recording to sunday evenings same time 6 eastern / 3 pacific News 2 - TR News 3 - KW Roster Moves News 1 - KW Triumph Roster announced News 2 - TR Raspberry Racers become the Obey Alliance https://twitter.com/ObeyAlliance/status/1287779790662098950?s=20   News 3 - KW Kellex has joined the British Hurricane after retiring from Toronto Defiant https://twitter.com/Hurricane/status/1287779891732152330?s=20   News 4 - TR Saucy has joined the Atlanta Reign… from Atlanta Academy  https://twitter.com/ATLReign/status/1286723578268917761?s=20  

We're covering Third Impact's success in Contenders, the new reported format changes and much more!

We're breaking down the week's Contenders Playoffs matches for NA and reviewing the results for EU and KR.

The Vancouver Titans may be falling apart, but for once, Tier 2 isn't. Come bask in the amazingness that was the Fran's Overwatch Community Cup and let's discuss whether Second Wind would survive in OWL.

RIP Atlanta Academy, Triumph plays Revival every week and MTL learns that former OWL pros are pretty good Scene news/HNP Community News News 1 - KW Starting this week Contenders will be cast remotely due to the global Covid-19 pandemic https://twitter.com/owpathtopro/status/1242247071140212736?s=20   News 2 - TR News 3 - KW Roster Moves News 1 - KW MTL Rebellion pickups of Shockwave from SquareOne and Numlocked from Rikkitikkitavi Esports News 2 - TR ATL Academy announces their departure from the remainder of the Contenders season https://twitter.com/ATLAcademyOW/status/1241805562247106565?s=19 News 3 - KW Skyfoxes trade away Mikey to Noble in return from Panker (Noble then go on to win Trials, unlucky for Skyfoxes) https://twitter.com/NobleGG/status/1241771624153649157 News 4 - TR Chayne joins the Saints after being let go from MTL Rebellion https://twitter.com/Saints_OW/status/1241799735561850880?s=19 News 5 - KW Lucky Future picks up ...

We're breaking down the results of the Open Division Season, previewing the playoffs and looking forward to Trials starting soon

We're talking about having the new team, the team's recent performances and being very excited about the fact that Crimzo is in OWL!

We're reviewing the status of the Contenders seeding tournament, and breaking down some teams and talking a bit about Tier 1 players stepping back to Tier 2.