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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

Team Doge disappears off the face of the earth, British Hurricane may get a big promotion and much more! Scene news/HNP Community News News 1 - KW MonkeyBubble Banana Brawl announced with 2 Trials Spots up for grabs https://twitter.com/MonkeybubbleO/status/1311701515099406336?s=19 News 2 - TR EBC EMEA Major announced https://twitter.com/EBC_gg/status/1312724452250091520?s=20 News 3 - KW Roster Moves News 1 - KW London Spitfire rumored to be calling up some or all of the British Hurricane in replacement for the current roster, lets go of all Korean coaching staff Sparkr the only player too young to play in OWL (18 in June 2021) https://esportsobserver.com/spitfire-releasing-roster-staff/ https://twitter.com/Spitfire/status/1311748980968169472?s=20 News 2 - TR Tier 2 Drama Alert Nation forced to change name after copyright issues https://twitter.com/T2Alert/status/1312433049301397506?s=20 News 3 - KW Imp announces his departure from Team Doge, and the team forfeits th...

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

We're covering the final week of regular Contenders matches, and delving into some early playoffs discussions.

Topics   esports In perfect Blackwatch Report tradition, our predictions get rekt and we have some interesting Contenders changes to discuss. Scene news/HNP Community News News 1 - KW Contenders Rule Changes https://www.over.gg/13331/sources-contenders-rules-adjust-trials-seeding-and-clarifies-hero-pools News 2 - TR Afreeca TV will be the new broadcast partner for Contenders Korea https://www.reddit.com/r/Competitiveoverwatch/comments/fs7llz/afreeca_tv_signs_multiyear_deal_with/ News 3 - KW Roster Moves News 1 - KW Skyfoxes add Panker(T), Daans(T), Supreme(FS) and Haruhi(FS) https://www.over.gg/13398/skyfoxes-add-four News 2 - TR News 3 - KW News 4 - TR News 5 - KW News 6 - TR

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 reviewing the WILD week of Contenders matches we had, taking a look at some interesting news, and previewing the second week of Trials/The start of KR Contenders

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.

We're talking with Sugardad, father of Atlanta Academy DPS Sugarfree, about being an esports dad and how to support your child's esports career and motivate them towards responsibility.  

We're taking a look at the Contenders format for 2020 and digging into why we lost another Academy team. Scene news/HNP Community News News 1 - KW News 2 - TR News 3 - KW Roster Moves News 1 - KW Kuki joins Florida Mayhem as Head Coach, from Runaway Dox joins as Assistant Coach, from MVP Space https://twitter.com/FLMayhem/status/1196841541412753409?s=19 News 2 - TR Maid and Obasil will be coaching Tea Party https://www.over.gg/12401/maid-and-obasil-to-coach-tea-party-both-still-lft   News 3 - KW Sharp has been signed by the Atlanta Reign https://www.over.gg/12366/reign-pick-up-sharp-from-team-envy News 4 - TR Paintbrush has joined the Gladiators coming from Revival https://www.over.gg/12350/gladiators-sign-paintbrush News 5 - KW Talon loses Aracne (SF Shock) and Face (LA Gladiators) News 6 - TR GZ Charge sign Cr0ng from O2 Blast (offtank) and Wya from T1W (Flex Support)

We're looking into the best of Tier 2 and recommending our picks for OWL 2020 Scene news/HNP Community News News 1 - KW News 2 - TR News 3 - KW Roster Moves News 1 - KW Lowkey Esports drop entire OW roster https://www.over.gg/12196/lowkey-esports-drop-overwatch-roster News 2 - TR Wub has retired citing no longer liking the game and lack of tier 2 support https://www.over.gg/12192/wub-retires News 3 - KW Revival announce new roster  https://www.over.gg/12182/revival-announce-2020-roster   News 4 - TR F4ze(OT Skyfoxes) joins runaway https://www.over.gg/12178/runaway-add-f4ze

We're talking with Gladiators Legion Team Manager Rusto about The Gauntlet, Contenders and Running a Multi-National Team. Scene news/HNP Community News News 1 - KW News 2 - TR HNP Listener meetup Philladium in the sports complex across from Wells Fargo center  Saturday 9/28 9pm  News 3 - KW Roster Moves News 1 - KW Robdab has announced he is leaving Third Impact and is currently LFT https://www.over.gg/12039/robdab-leaves-third-impact News 2 - TR Hotdate announced he is leaving Square One to take some personal time  https://www.over.gg/12037/hotdate-steps-down-from-square-one News 3 - KW TeamCC do not renew bunny’s contract making him a free agent https://www.over.gg/12038/team-cc-release-bunny News 4 - TR Angry Titans lose bulk of roster to contracts expiring, Erki(D), Superplouk(T), Phatt(S), AFoxx(S) and Skwal(C) News 5 - KW Gator is apparently eligible for Gauntlet since apparently OWL Playoffs aren’t a stage ???, ATL Ac...

Kyle and Thorn are breaking down their Gauntlet brackets and talking about our Gauntlet Bracket Contest. Scene news/HNP Community News News 1 - KW Rivalcade is coming back to Overwatch with two tournaments on https://mogul.gg/ https://twitter.com/Rivalcade/status/1171485508733558784 News 2 - TR The Blackwatch Report Gauntlet Bracket Challenge  News 3 - KW Roster Moves News 1 - KW News 2 - TR News 3 - KW News 4 - TR News 5 - KW

We've got our good friends Boopasaurus and Ham Tornado on to help us tie a bow on the 209 Season 2 of Contenders. Scene news/HNP Community News News 1 - KW HNP and Broadcast.gg friend and longtime T2/T3 Observer/Production Director Moirai joins the OWL Production as an Observer https://twitter.com/MoiraiOW/status/1168916573807161344 News 2 - TR News 3 - KW Roster Moves News 1 - KW Klaus, Cameron and Kiyow have all left the Uprising Academy   https://www.over.gg/11942/two-players-plus-manager-leave-uprising-academy News 2 - TR News 3 - KW News 4 - TR News 5 - KW

We have not only the NA Finals to talk about, but also, the gauntlet seeding matches AKA The TRUE NA Finals. Come dive into these matches with us! Scene news/HNP Community News News 1 - KW News 2 - TR News 3 - KW Roster Moves News 1 - KW Onigod has left Third Impact https://twitter.com/Onigod/status/1163090181077000192?s=19 News 2 - TR Umtae leaves Third impact with identical tweet as Onigod https://twitter.com/UMTAEOW/status/1163093801453273088?s=20 News 3 - KW Salty left Third Impact https://twitter.com/saltyOW/status/1162457218475810816 News 4 - TR Juoung has left, you guessed it Third Impact https://twitter.com/Juyoung_ow/status/1162129809700470785 News 5 - KW Dridro has parted ways with Samsung Morning Stars after 11 month https://twitter.com/dridro_OW/status/1163831881302970369

We've got NA Quarters and Semis done and We're previewing both Finals and taking some deep dives into these key matches Scene news/HNP Community News News 1 - KW Kevin Garnet invests in Triumph Gaming bringing attention to tier 2 overwatch https://twitter.com/TriumphGamingGG/status/1160944841615925249?s=19 News 2 - TR News 3 - KW Roster Moves News 1 - KW Former Grunto roster announces new branding, Third Impact https://www.over.gg/11919/former-grunto-roster-begins-third-impact-as-htpharold-transitions-to-coach News 2 - TR Third Impact add Kalios and Apply to the roster/ https://www.over.gg/11922/third-impact-add-kalios-and-apply News 3 - KW Tea Party bid farewell to Far https://twitter.com/TeapartyOW/status/1159582999207469056?s=19 News 4 - TR Naga joins Tea Party https://twitter.com/TeapartyOW/status/1160843566563897344?s=19 News 5 - KW Rebellion announce JSR as new head coach with Wrath filling in the assistant coach role http...

NA West is all wrapped up, World Cup teams are announced and there's some big news for Contenders and OWL next year. Come see who from Contenders made their respective World Cup Team and let's preview the playoff bracket Scene news/HNP Community News News 1 - KW Overwatch League Roster construction rules for the 2020 season have been announced https://overwatchleague.com/en-us/news/23051827/2020-roster-construction-rules News 2 - TR News 3 - KW Roster Moves News 1 - KW Curryshot joins Guangzhou Charge as a Strategic Coach https://www.over.gg/11807/curryshot-joins-charge-as-strategic-coach News 2 - TR Leave signed to Chengdu https://www.over.gg/11804/leave-joins-the-hunters-as-contracted-talent News 3 - KW Kuki joins Runaway as a coach https://twitter.com/Runaway_OW/status/1154345671069011968 News 5 - TR Mac(Main Support) has parted ways with the Skyfoxes https://www.over.gg/11815/mac-parts-ways-with-skyfoxes   News 6 - KW Fusion U...

Bracket Preview Time! Kyle and Thorn break down the two NA Playoff brackets and review the two Semi-Final games for EU. Scene news/HNP Community News News 1 - KW News 2 - TR News 3 - KW Roster Moves News 1 - KW Progi has left Square One https://www.over.gg/11094/progi-leaves-square-one News 2 - TR Eclipse has announced his departure from Second Generation https://www.over.gg/11055/eclipse-announces-free-agency News 3 - KW Sheep has parted ways with Bermuda https://www.over.gg/11051/sheep-departs-from-bermuda News 4 - TR ioStux has left the Uprising Academy after being relegated to trials https://twitter.com/UprisingAcad/status/1120769214451609600?s=20 News 5 - KW Samsung Morning Stars lose 4 players (Leaf, KSP, mowzassa, Exorath) and their manager (San Alex) after failing to make semi finals,

Regular season is over for NA so we have standings to cover and brackets to preview and we have a MONUMENTAL match to breakdown. Scene news/HNP Community News News 1 - KW Playoff dates Quarter Finals 28th - Semi Finals 29th - Finals May 1st News 2 - TR Roster Moves News 1 - KW Asking has left the Uprising Academy, leaving the team with just 5 members and no one at the main tank https://www.over.gg/11011/asking-leaves-uprising-academy News 2 - TR Ezire has rejoined Second Wind after leaving NRG and BarbieQ and Frill have also joined the roster https://www.over.gg/11032/second-wind-permanently-add-final-players-from-last-weeks-roster https://www.over.gg/11028/second-wind-welcome-back-ezire News 3 - KW Phase 2 lose Phaz and Olu, add Rat (DPS Formerly from Maryville University OW Team ) and Gunther (Main Support, Formerly of HU Storm - the college team Joemeister coaches) https://www.over.gg/11012/phase-2-lose-phaz-and-olu-add-rat-and-g-nther New...