sjfja_fkdldjs Posted May 15, 2018 Share Posted May 15, 2018 Does anyone follow the Overwatch League? What are your guys opinion about the pros playing on an old patch? This might get better traction in the OW thread, but I think it relates to esports as a whole. For those who don't know, OWL is currently in a small break and in this break this reworked Hanzo and changed his Scatter Arrow into Storm Arrow (like rapid fire full charged shots I think). By the time the league starts up again the Hanzo will have been live for a couple of weeks (I believe), but OWL will run on an old patch pre-storm arrow. The stage lasts about 1-2 months I think. So storm arrow will have been out for like 3 months before it ever sees pro play. Right now Storm Arrow is also considered OP and they don't change patches mid-season. I personally think it's dumb. One of the best aspects of esports is being able to play the game they are playing with relative ease. Hell, if you are good enough, you may even play the game with them. At the same time, games have to remain relevant by implementing patches. So if pro play and standard play start to differentiate too much, it will lose one of the factors that makes esports special. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted May 16, 2018 Share Posted May 16, 2018 5 hours ago, HighHopes said: Does anyone follow the Overwatch League? What are your guys opinion about the pros playing on an old patch? This might get better traction in the OW thread, but I think it relates to esports as a whole. For those who don't know, OWL is currently in a small break and in this break this reworked Hanzo and changed his Scatter Arrow into Storm Arrow (like rapid fire full charged shots I think). By the time the league starts up again the Hanzo will have been live for a couple of weeks (I believe), but OWL will run on an old patch pre-storm arrow. The stage lasts about 1-2 months I think. So storm arrow will have been out for like 3 months before it ever sees pro play. Right now Storm Arrow is also considered OP and they don't change patches mid-season. I personally think it's dumb. One of the best aspects of esports is being able to play the game they are playing with relative ease. Hell, if you are good enough, you may even play the game with them. At the same time, games have to remain relevant by implementing patches. So if pro play and standard play start to differentiate too much, it will lose one of the factors that makes esports special. Carrying on the trend from last page, they should pretty much just do what Riot does with LCS. Stay on the old patch for a few weeks just to make sure nothing gamebreaking slipped through, then switch. Riot handles it relatively easily with patches every 2-3 weeks, while OW gets real patches much less frequently. No need to stick to the same patch for an entire stage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjfja_fkdldjs Posted May 16, 2018 Share Posted May 16, 2018 4 hours ago, james.mcmurry13 said: Carrying on the trend from last page, they should pretty much just do what Riot does with LCS. Stay on the old patch for a few weeks just to make sure nothing gamebreaking slipped through, then switch. Riot handles it relatively easily with patches every 2-3 weeks, while OW gets real patches much less frequently. No need to stick to the same patch for an entire stage. Yea, I do think Riot does a good job with it. Major changes in the offseason. Minor changes that do affect meta balance do occur during the season, but teams are given a couple of weeks to learn the game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TXsteeler Posted May 16, 2018 Share Posted May 16, 2018 Can anybody link any sites for keeping track of major esports schedule wise? I think most games are fun to watch at high levels but I think a lot of these companies are really bad at marketing their esports, especially their schedules. They obviously have a big problem with most of them being primarily popular in China and Korea or in Europe rather than NA, so they have to play them at odd times for American audiences, but I never see adds for any of their major championships or anything. It's like the only way to catch esports games are by either purposely seeking them out or if you play the game to begin with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted May 16, 2018 Share Posted May 16, 2018 6 hours ago, TXsteeler said: Can anybody link any sites for keeping track of major esports schedule wise? I think most games are fun to watch at high levels but I think a lot of these companies are really bad at marketing their esports, especially their schedules. They obviously have a big problem with most of them being primarily popular in China and Korea or in Europe rather than NA, so they have to play them at odd times for American audiences, but I never see adds for any of their major championships or anything. It's like the only way to catch esports games are by either purposely seeking them out or if you play the game to begin with. https://www.lolesports.com/ for LoL, https://overwatchleague.com/en-us/schedule for Overwatch League, not sure specifically about other games, but I'd imagine most have their own website similar to those. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheesehawk Posted May 16, 2018 Share Posted May 16, 2018 7 hours ago, TXsteeler said: Can anybody link any sites for keeping track of major esports schedule wise? I think most games are fun to watch at high levels but I think a lot of these companies are really bad at marketing their esports, especially their schedules. They obviously have a big problem with most of them being primarily popular in China and Korea or in Europe rather than NA, so they have to play them at odd times for American audiences, but I never see adds for any of their major championships or anything. It's like the only way to catch esports games are by either purposely seeking them out or if you play the game to begin with. Twitter and Reddit are both great ways to stay up to date. I have a twitter account that I use strictly for Packers news and eSports news. To add to @james.mcmurry13 - Rocket League - r/RocketLeagueEsports Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TXsteeler Posted May 17, 2018 Share Posted May 17, 2018 13 hours ago, james.mcmurry13 said: https://www.lolesports.com/ for LoL, https://overwatchleague.com/en-us/schedule for Overwatch League, not sure specifically about other games, but I'd imagine most have their own website similar to those. What the hell are those times/days for Overwatch? Who has the time to just watch overwatch all evening into the night wednesday through saturday? Every other Esports thing I've seen run tournaments and not leagues for the most part so they have them all day long or whatever but OWL has a chance to establish a good weekly schedule and they pick probably the worst times possible, pretty much only decent timing for west coast people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skywindO2 Posted May 17, 2018 Share Posted May 17, 2018 4 hours ago, TXsteeler said: What the hell are those times/days for Overwatch? Who has the time to just watch overwatch all evening into the night wednesday through saturday? Every other Esports thing I've seen run tournaments and not leagues for the most part so they have them all day long or whatever but OWL has a chance to establish a good weekly schedule and they pick probably the worst times possible, pretty much only decent timing for west coast people. I think it has to do with players coming from all over the world so they don't want to cater to one specific region. They figure if you can't watch live, you'll watch VoDs. LCS is the best esports league IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mossburg Posted May 17, 2018 Share Posted May 17, 2018 (edited) On 5/15/2018 at 8:22 PM, HighHopes said: Does anyone follow the Overwatch League? What are your guys opinion about the pros playing on an old patch? This might get better traction in the OW thread, but I think it relates to esports as a whole. For those who don't know, OWL is currently in a small break and in this break this reworked Hanzo and changed his Scatter Arrow into Storm Arrow (like rapid fire full charged shots I think). By the time the league starts up again the Hanzo will have been live for a couple of weeks (I believe), but OWL will run on an old patch pre-storm arrow. The stage lasts about 1-2 months I think. So storm arrow will have been out for like 3 months before it ever sees pro play. Right now Storm Arrow is also considered OP and they don't change patches mid-season. I personally think it's dumb. One of the best aspects of esports is being able to play the game they are playing with relative ease. Hell, if you are good enough, you may even play the game with them. At the same time, games have to remain relevant by implementing patches. So if pro play and standard play start to differentiate too much, it will lose one of the factors that makes esports special. I prefer once the patch goes live, it's implemented everywhere. It throws a cool wrinkle into games and it's exciting to see pros try new builds/strats. SC2 released a major Terran patch earlier this week and the GSL season which is up to round of 16 and WCS Austin which is coming up will both be using it. That adds more fun to the events IMO. Edited May 17, 2018 by Mossburg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TXsteeler Posted May 17, 2018 Share Posted May 17, 2018 On 5/16/2018 at 2:36 PM, james.mcmurry13 said: https://www.lolesports.com/ for LoL, https://overwatchleague.com/en-us/schedule for Overwatch League, not sure specifically about other games, but I'd imagine most have their own website similar to those. On 5/16/2018 at 2:36 PM, james.mcmurry13 said: https://www.lolesports.com/ for LoL, https://overwatchleague.com/en-us/schedule for Overwatch League, not sure specifically about other games, but I'd imagine most have their own website similar to those. Found this through the esports subreddit. https://bisclothing.com/blogs/news/whats-happening-may-14th-to-may-21st It's a blog that seems to cover pretty much every week, and covers Overwatch, Dota2, League of Legends, Heroes of the Storm, COD WW2, CS:GO, Rainbow six Siege, H1Z1, PUBG, Starcraft 2, Hearthstone, Rocket League, Smite, and Street Fighter V. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danger Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 On 5/16/2018 at 7:41 AM, TXsteeler said: Can anybody link any sites for keeping track of major esports schedule wise? I think most games are fun to watch at high levels but I think a lot of these companies are really bad at marketing their esports, especially their schedules. They obviously have a big problem with most of them being primarily popular in China and Korea or in Europe rather than NA, so they have to play them at odd times for American audiences, but I never see adds for any of their major championships or anything. It's like the only way to catch esports games are by either purposely seeking them out or if you play the game to begin with. For everything super in depth about OW E-Sportshttps://www.winstonslab.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheesehawk Posted June 8, 2018 Share Posted June 8, 2018 (edited) Rocket League streaming day 1 of the RLCS Worlds. All weekend for anyone interested. https://www.reddit.com/r/RocketLeagueEsports/comments/8pj7s0/rlcs_s5_world_championship_day_1_live_discussion/ twitch.tv/RocketLeague Edited June 8, 2018 by packerrfan74 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheesehawk Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 https://clips.twitch.tv/RoundAcceptableDugongResidentSleeper Nasty 0 second redirect goal in game 7 of the grand finals to force OT by 15 year old RLCS rookie jstn. One of the great moments in this young esport 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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skywindO2 Posted July 5, 2019 Share Posted July 5, 2019 Got an ESPN notification about Joey Chestnuts hotdogging. Waiting for the anti-esports crowd to chime in with their whocaresing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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