Blackwatch Report

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

The Gauntlet is underway and we're keeping you updated with all of the results as well as diving into some real whacky matches this week!

We’re previewing the NA, EU and Asia Gauntlet Bracke

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 Contenders Korea Grand Finals and dropping our 2021 Season Most Wanted Players list. Scene news/HNP Community News News 1 - KW News 2 - TR News 3 - KW Roster Moves News 1 - KW T2DAN become A Tornado Tanks @Beasthalo @cucumber DPS @s9mmow @wubxii @sugarfreeOW (STILL RETIRED EMERGENCY SUB) Supports @ojeeow @UltraViolet_OW Managers @MarblesGG @cllawss @acaiinaOW https://twitter.com/ATornado_OW/status/1320455219784929280?s=20 News 2 - TR News 3 - KW News 4 - TR News 5 - KW

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

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 the remainder of October Trials https://twitter.com/ImP_ow/status/1310655664226615296

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://twitter.com/Asking_sf2/status/1309604906618286080?s=20 News 4 - TR Doge has left Revival https://twitter.com/Doge_OW/status/1309572277143506947?s=20 News 4 - TR News 5 - KW

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/1303397523026063365?s=19

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 got some FANTASTIC 3rd Party tournaments to cover, and we're dropping our Contenders August Predictions. Scene news/HNP Community News News 1 - KW Comically Large Crosshair becomes Drifters https://twitter.com/DriftersQQ/status/1292943986747772928?s=20 News 2 - TR News 3 - KW Roster Moves News 1 - KW Fischer joins British Hurricane as Head Coach https://twitter.com/Hurricane/status/1292777781324128257?s=20 News 2 - TR Team Doge Replace Ojee and Speedily with Aspen and Naga https://twitter.com/TeamDogeOW/status/1293957855368957953?s=20 News 3 - KW Odyssey add support Momentum https://twitter.com/Odyssey_OW/status/1292930021074632705?s=20 News 4 - TR Patiphan Retires https://twitter.com/ItsPatiphan/status/1294426209720434688?s=20 News 5 - KW WGS announce roster https://twitter.com/World_game_star/status/1294994007366352897?s=20 News 4 - TR T2 Drama Alert is formed https://twitter.com/T2Alert/status/1294427505278017536?s=19 News 4 - TR Nomy has left Triumph https://twitter.com/Nomy/status/1296253500381261824?s=20 News 5 - KW Empress has also left Triumph(Assistant Coach) and is now the Head Coach of Square One https://twitter.com/SquareOne_OW/status/1296529938661744644?s=20

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.

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 - KWSlept 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 joined the Maryville Collegiate team and will attend school while competing  https://twitter.com/MaryvilleGG/status/1288250229553344513?s=20 

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 breaking all of the roster news you may have missed, reviewing the Trials results and breaking down some teams for the upcoming Contenders season Scene news/HNP Community News News 1 - KW Roster and coaches part ways with Third impact https://www.over.gg/14199/third-impact-roster-splits-with-organization News 2 - TR Sydney Drop bears acquired by LG Dire Wolves https://www.over.gg/14188/sydney-drop-bears-become-lg-dire-wolves-announce-roster News 3 - KW Bilibili Esports hosting Bi Weekly tournament in between Contenders weeks called China & Korea Battle Invitational https://twitter.com/OWBeacon/status/1285146538897887233?s=19  Roster Moves News 1 - KW Element Mystic have parted ways with Coach Yasmen and signed Daemin to take over coaching duties  https://www.over.gg/14186/element-mystic-replace-coach-with-daemin News 2 - TR Krystal has joined the Charge as a 2way player for their Academy Team  https://www.over.gg/14183/krystal-joins-charge-as-two-way-player News 3 - KW Wya moved to 2way player and will play alongside the new Academy Team Ignition(whole team picked up by Charge) https://www.over.gg/14182/wya-becomes-two-way-player-on-charge-ignition-one-picked-up-as-academy-team News 4 - TR Jon, Bigall, Awkward and Milkyman all leave Triumph News 5 - KW Milkyman Joins Square One News 6 - TR Jon has joined team Doge as a coach  https://twitter.com/TeamDogeOW/status/1285334783606882314?s=19  News7 - KW Nomy leaves Coaching position with Square One https://twitter.com/SquareOne_OW/status/1284548493311389696 News 8 - TR Gods and FCT coaching new team Slept On https://twitter.com/Team_Slepton/status/1283458133294292992?s=20  News 9 - KW Vizility is coming back to Competitive Overwatch LFT currently  https://twitter.com/Vizility/status/1284895268794753025?s=20 News 10 - TR Third Impact roster staying together as Comically Large Crosshair (a poke at former teammate Ta1yo’s Crosshair) https://twitter.com/Ta1yosCrosshair/status/1285635655628992514?s=19 News 11 - KW Ta1yo gets picked up by SF Shock https://twitter.com/SFShock/status/1285620556793106432?s=19 News 12 - TR ExOblivione announce new roster https://twitter.com/ExOblivioneOW/status/1285275278235717632  News 13 - KW Lucky Future has pulled out os Season 2 of Contenders, passing its slot to Team BM https://twitter.com/OWBeacon/status/1285496730759254016?s=19 

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

We're covering the Third Impact Community Cup, lots of player movement and previewing the Fran's Overwatch Community Cup that's happening like right now. Scene news/HNP Community News News 1 - KW Second Wind officially departs from Contenders https://twitter.com/SecondWindGG/status/1277379417040457740?s=20 News 2 - TR Icy (Third Impact Offtank) interview next show News 3 - KW Roster Moves News 1 - KW QOQ signed to HZ Spark from T1 https://twitter.com/Hangzhou_Spark/status/1273827962077380608?s=20 News 2 - TR Onigod signed to Dallas Fuel from Team Doge https://twitter.com/DallasFuel/status/1274039246572011521?s=20 News 3 - KW Track and Dino leave Square One News 4 - TR Finnsi is released from Team Doge https://twitter.com/TeamDogeOW/status/1274115533680631816?s=20 News 5 - KW Frill leaves Second Wind, not playing in Contenders anymore due to college acceptance News 6 - TR Speedily and Hybrid signed to team Doge https://twitter.com/TeamDogeOW/status/1274803216094334976?s=20 https://twitter.com/TeamDogeOW/status/1275844350082265089?s=20 News7 - KW Panker officially retires https://twitter.com/Panker_OW/status/1276057404312977415?s=20 News 8 - TR Uprising Academy release Doggo and sign Aztac https://twitter.com/UprisingAcad/status/1276218208157040641?s=20 https://twitter.com/UprisingAcad/status/1276559031243546624?s=20

We’re breaking down the 3 major region Grand Finals this week and we’re super excited about a HUGE callup! Scene news/HNP Community News News 1 - KW Third Impact to host the Overwatch Community Showcase taking place over 2 weekends qualifiers June 18-19 and the main event takes place June 25-26. https://twitter.com/ThirdImpactGG/status/1272589740689285127?s=20  News 2 - TR WINNERS News 3 - KW Roster Moves News 1 - KW LA GLADIATORS SIGN KEVSTER!!!!!!!! https://twitter.com/lagladiators/status/1272952888436768768?s=21

We're covering the results of NA Playoffs, previewing the NA & EU Contenders Grand Finals and talking about the big PathToPro Reddit post.  Scene news/HNP Community News News 1 - KW Vikki has announced she will be returning for season 2 on the casting desk https://twitter.com/VikkiKitty/status/1271630353137045504?s=20  News 2 - TR Back to Tuesday this coming week News 3 - KW Roster Moves News 1 - KW Kronus announces he is quitting OW https://twitter.com/Kronus_OW/status/1271769283765231616?s=20  News 2 - TR Flow3r has left Runaway, possibly changing games  https://twitter.com/Runaway_OW/status/1271734836986695680?s=20  News 3 - KW WGS adds im37 on loan UA and Vigilante formerly of Batilica News 4 - TR Alpha and Another have parted ways with Element Mystic News 5 - KW News 5 - TR News 5 - KW

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