Summary: In the Lab today we are covering the basics and general strategy concepts that you’ll want to know when going into game types. Payload, Point Capture, or Control are the main ones, and we’ll even cover some news on top of it all about this weekend, so buckle up! News & Patch Notes: *2nd Invitation-Only Beta Test Weekend! April 15-16: 12pm EST to Midnight http://us.battle.net/overwatch/en/blog/20096044/overwatch-beta-test-weekend-april-15-16-4-12-2016 *Accounts flagged Thursday April 14th *Access to only 3 Maps: Hanamura, Route 66, and Nepal (all accounts) *No access to Brawl & Ranked (all accounts) *The FINAL Beta Test weekend. Open Beta from May 5-9 will include Consoles *ONOG Overwatch Invitational Finals: Cloud 9 against Reunited (C9 taking 1st)(3rd to Impulse 11; 4th to IDDQD) *http://wiki.teamliquid.net/overwatch/One_Nation_of_Gamers_Overwatch_Invitational *Curse Gaming uploaded a helpful Soldier 76 guide video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mS8Zc-j8odc *Blizzard DDOS’d on Wednesday April 13 around 9:15pm EST until 11:30pm EST *Patch Notes: http://us.battle.net/forums/en/overwatch/topic/20742859847 *Heroic Tier can be matched with other Tiers *Volskaya Industry & King’s Row changes, McCree - Flashbang stun now 0.2 seconds longer//Delay to be able to shoot after flashbang 0.2 seconds longer, Reinhardt - Earthshatter (ult) no longer grants ultimate charge, Roadhog - Chain Hook - pulls smaller targets closer than larger targets//Whole Hog - Decreased Movement speed penalty (more mobile) Overwatch Basics: General Strategy, Payload (Assault), Point Capture (Attack), King of the Hill (Control) Maps *iTunes Reviews: Pseudoping, Edanar *Hidden Link of the Week: How Korean’s Play Overwatch: https://youtu.be/3zXJ9MbmiHQ You can find the Omnic Lab on: *Twitter: https://twitter.com/OmnicLab *Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/omniclab *Email: omniclabpodcast@gmail.com *Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/omniclab *iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/omnic-lab-podcast/id1102068116 *Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZsJLxSSdwXqvh0M5BzpvbA *Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/omniclab *Website: http://www.omniclab.com/ *RSS: http://feeds.feedburner.com/omniclab *Full Extended Show Notes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xvp69Etb38oeESoDhRmv3nHonSgGjxCW3ET4ux9KKOU/edit?usp=sharing Rob here: *Twitter: https://twitter.com/notrob *Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/notrobmedia *Steam: http://steamcommunity.com/id/sirtwik *Twitch: http://www.twitch.tv/notrobmay *Hearthstone Podcast: www.velenschosen.com And Andres here: *Twitter: https://twitter.com/IplaiGames *Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/iplaigamez *Music Work: In the works...soon ™. *Hearthstone Podcast: www.coinconcede.com
