Blackwatch Report

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 first week of Contenders Trials and previewing the first week of Contenders

We're chatting with Boopasaurus about his thoughts on the Contenders/Path to Pro Scene. 

Today we're chatting with UC Irvine's Head Coach and Revival's Manager Renanthera.We're looking at the collegiate world's first foray into the Trials and possibly Contenders as well as the possibilities of collegiate esports becoming the better option for aspiring players.

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've got the final Contenders Seeding Tournament standings, some interesting news and we're making our predictions for the 2020 Rookie of the Year!

We're reviewing the status of the Contenders seeding tournament in NA, EU and KR and presenting our official 2020 Season 1 Power Rankings for NA. 

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 reviewing the Mayhem Winter Classic, discussing all of the month's team and player moves and previewing the Contenders seeding tournament this next weekend!

We're delving into the path to pro changes, talking the Breakable Barriers tournament and some balance changes with Jolfe, former main tank of Square One

We're digging into what made a ramen company become the biggest Tier 3 Tournament Organizer and Team Sponsor in the Overwatch scene with Tim the Founder and CEO of Vite Ramen. 

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 spending basically this whole episode talking about the Chipsa thing because it's recent and relevantScene news/HNP Community NewsNews 1 - KWNews 2 - TRNews 3 - KWRoster MovesNews 1 - KWDecod has been released from Triumph and will be joining Third Impacthttps://www.twitlonger.com/show/n_1sr2t6mNews 2 - TRiCy has announced his departure from Triumph, citing differences in philosophies. Will join Decod on Third Impact https://www.twitlonger.com/show/n_1sr2t60News 3 - KWHeesu has been signed by the Philadelphia Fusion https://twitter.com/Fusion/status/1199009855618473990?s=20 News 4 - TRUprising Academy add Noxious to coaching staffhttps://www.over.gg/12674/uprising-academy-sign-noxious-as-assistant-coachNews 5 - KWNYXL sign Mandu from O2Blast to round out the support linehttps://www.over.gg/12669/excelsior-sign-manduNews 6 - TR

We're taking a look at the Contenders format for 2020 and digging into why we lost another Academy team.Scene news/HNP Community NewsNews 1 - KWNews 2 - TRNews 3 - KWRoster MovesNews 1 - KWKuki joins Florida Mayhem as Head Coach, from RunawayDox joins as Assistant Coach, from MVP Spacehttps://twitter.com/FLMayhem/status/1196841541412753409?s=19News 2 - TRMaid and Obasil will be coaching Tea Partyhttps://www.over.gg/12401/maid-and-obasil-to-coach-tea-party-both-still-lft News 3 - KWSharp has been signed by the Atlanta Reignhttps://www.over.gg/12366/reign-pick-up-sharp-from-team-envyNews 4 - TRPaintbrush has joined the Gladiators coming from Revivalhttps://www.over.gg/12350/gladiators-sign-paintbrushNews 5 - KWTalon loses Aracne (SF Shock) and Face (LA Gladiators)News 6 - TRGZ Charge sign Cr0ng from O2 Blast (offtank) and Wya from T1W (Flex Support)