Blackwatch Report

Season 2 is in it's 2nd week and team standings are getting more and more clear as well as which players are making a name for themselves. Kyle and Thornrayne break down this week's matches and discuss the latest team news. Scene newsNews 1Broadcast GG will be doing english coverage for the Chinese and South American Contenders matcheshttps://www.over.gg/8939/broadcast-gg-to-begin-english-streams-of-contenders-china-and-south-americaNews 2ESPN, ESPN2, Disney XD, ABC all to show OWL Playoffs/Season 2Roster MovesNews 1Crackinlackin(Tank) released from Fusion University, Bernar(Tank) (subbed in last week) added to the rosterhttps://twitter.com/FusionUni/status/1016737138375680000?s=19https://twitter.com/FusionUni/status/1016737195401535489?s=19News 2Kragie(DPS) has been released from the British Hurricanehttps://www.over.gg/8938/kragie-released-from-british-hurricaneNews 3Samsung Morning Stars have released their Black roster and will retain the full Blue rosterhttps://www.over.gg/8945/samsung-morning-stars-black-releasedNews 4Dark Sided add 2 new players to the roster CantuS(Support) and Yuki(DPS) both formerly from Masterminds (Yuki made Team Australia)https://www.over.gg/8931/dark-sided-retool-with-former-mgc-talentsNews 5Jaru has found a home, he joins Xretzi in moving over to The Skyfoxes. Far has been moved down to a sub role.https://www.over.gg/8968/skyfoxes-move-far-to-sub-add-jaru-and-xretzi

Contenders Season 2 is here. Team Envy is in the running. NRG, Mayhem Academy and XL2 have OWL players. Talespin is back. Lots of team/roster news and 6 matches to break down. Scene newsNews 1 - KWINTerstella has been disqualified from Australian Trials due to having ineligible players on the team, leading to all of their match records being wiped changing the outcome of Trials and sending Pixl to contenders and dropping Surge Esports from 3rd to 5th.https://www.over.gg/8895/pixl-replace-surge-in-contenders-au-due-to-interstellas-trials-disqualificationNews 2 - TRElement Mystic have suspended Sp9rkle for selling his account in May of 2017. He will not participate in Contenders season 2https://www.over.gg/8900/element-mystic-suspend-sp9rk1e-for-account-sellingNews 3 - KWThe Seattle Skyfoxes have been asked to remove Seattle for their name and are now just Skyfoxeshttps://twitter.com/SkyfoxesOW/status/1013147777797197824News 4 - TROptic Academy is now GGEA (GG Esports Academy)https://twitter.com/GGEAOverwatch/status/1013845038860787713News 5 - KWKryw(Tank)(Eagle Gaming) retires from competitive Overwatchhttps://twitter.com/Kryw99/status/1014206656492855297Roster MovesNews 1 - KWAngry Titans announce Contenders season 2 rosterStefan "ONIGOD" Fiskerstrand (DPS)Erik "erki" Nolander (DPS)Elliot "ELLIVOTE" Vaneryd (Flex)Michael "moursi" Moursi (Flex)Lukas "LullSiSH" Wiklund (Tank)Fabio " AFoxx" Veigas (Support)Ludvig "Luddee" Håkansson (Support)Kha "iPN" Nguyen (Support)Mike "Packing10" Szklanny (Coach)Christian "radioboiii" Gutzelnig (Manager)https://www.over.gg/8901/angry-titans-add-moursi-to-rosterNews 2 - TRFormer London Spitfire(DPS) Hooreg has joined Runawayhttps://www.over.gg/8902/hooreg-joins-runawayNews 3 - KWFoxes add two new (DPS) with Ace and Justhttps://www.over.gg/8903/foxes-add-ace-and-justNews 4 - TRElement Mystic adds Alpha(Tank) to the roster shead of the start of season 2News 5 - KWEnVyUs Announces Contenders Roster. Details in Main DiscussionNews 6 - TRMeta Gaming announce Wonjaelee (Support) joins Meta Bellumhttps://twitter.com/TheMetaGaming/status/1014092273376583680News 7 - KWCopenhagen Flames lose 3 players ahead of week 2 matches, Immortal is stepping down, Chubz had diffrences in opinions with the team and Midnight requesting to be released sitting needing time off.The Flames add Nerfdd(Tank), Molf1g(Flex) and Graceful(Support) to the roster.https://twitter.com/CPHFlames/status/1015293789408301061News 8 - TRSelly and LukeB have parted ways with Meta Gaminghttps://twitter.com/themetagaming/status/1014405174557700096News 9 - KWXL2 add IoStux as assistant coachhttps://twitter.com/XL2/status/1014948797233889281?s=19News 10 - TRVizility joins Toronto Esportshttps://twitter.com/TOesports/status/1015025886956015616?s=19News 11 - KWZachareee and Elk to USA. Crimzo(NV), Kellar(GGEA), Roolf(GL), Mangachu(XL2) and Chayne(BW) to Canada for OWWC

On the latest of our interview series, we talk with Barry Lee an Agent with Evolved that represents the top Korean OWL players. We talk to Barry about 2way contracts, differences between OWL and Contenders contracts and the pros and cons of the rule changes

Contenders Trials are over, find out who made it in and who has to fight through another season of Open Division. Also, as you can imagine, we have TONS of team news as we head into Contenders 2018 Season 2Scene newsNews 1 AUAustralia’s Contenders season 2 will be hosted at the Melbourne Esports Open along side the League of Legends OPL Finalshttps://www.over.gg/8623/contenders-australia-season-2-playoffs-to-be-held-at-melbourne-esports-openNews 2 AUAlter Ego (Bottom 4) and Peeps Angels (Open Division 3rd) both disband before trials start leaving 2 team spots open at the start of trials.News 3 NAEnVision drop OW roster and leave OW as a wholehttp://www.twitlonger.com/show/n_1sqiuneNews 4 NAKarasuno rebrand to Seattle Skyfoxes for their run in Contendershttps://twitter.com/SeattleSkyfoxes/status/1011040909444579328Roster MovesNews 1 NAMayhem Academy Roster Announced@ShaxOW - DPS@cremsow - Flex tank@Apply - DPS@paintbrush - Main support@HAGOPEUN_OW - Flex support@Milkyman_ow - Main tankRenathera - Head CoachReprize - Assistant CoachWith ZZA’s leaving the team as his contract has expiredhttps://twitter.com/MayhemAcademy/status/1011695006967402496News 2 EUBazooka puppies announce even NEWER roster and add a goatKSP (DPS)Mirror (DPS)Tonic(Tank)Mete(Flex)Trispear(Support)Insomniaq(Support)BarbieQ9130(Flex SUB)SIT (DPS SUB)Kekbondi (Coach)Mojo (Coach)https://twitter.com/BazookaPuppiez/status/1011584457088913409?s=19News 3 EUYoung and Beautiful announce roster ahead of season 2BenBest(Tank)Danii(Flex)Gustav(Support)Ex0rath(Support)Matth(DPS)Dids(DPS)https://twitter.com/YaB_OW/status/1011314191813300224?s=19News 4 AUKanga Esports (knocked out in quarter finals of season 1 playoffs) roster for season 2 of contenders has been announced"Roro" (DPS)"Locus" (DPS)"davi" (Flex)"ChroNoDotA" (Tank) (New) "Merit" (Support)"JungleJazz" (Support) (New) "Maid" (Coach)"ferriberri" (Coach)"iscu" (Manager)https://www.over.gg/8661/kanga-esports-announce-roster-for-contenders-australia-season-2News 5 EUCopenhagen Flames announce their roster for season 2 and the release of Marinelord (Support)"naGGa" (DPS)"DANYE" (DPS)"Midnight" (Flex)"Chubz" (Tank)"Ding" (Support)"immortal" (Support)https://www.over.gg/8787/copenhagen-flames-reveal-contenders-rosterhttps://www.over.gg/8708/copenhagen-flames-release-marinelordNews 6 SAPain Gaming announce new roster additions leading into season 2 of contendersGabriel "KilleR" Magnani (DPS)Nicolas "leviataN" Brosio (DPS)Alan "ShadowSong" Milan (Tank)Murillo "murizzz" Tuchtenhagen (Tank)Bruno "Stylo" Lapa (Flex)Renan "Fastie" Melo (Flex)Davi "HaPi" Silva (Support)Tiago "wings" Righi (Support)Lucas "revoltz" Furiani (DPS) Substitute)Enrico "Pardal" Pace (Support) Substitute)https://www.over.gg/8670/pain-gaming-add-threeNews 7 EU6nakes announce roster ahead of the start of season 2ChrisTFerHaykoAskingZapreyKodakkhavehttps://twitter.com/6nakesOW/status/1012045999832010752?s=19News 8 EUMikeyA(DPS) and Neshh(DPS) sign with British Hurricane and Kragie(DPS) is moved to the reserves for the team.https://twitter.com/Hurricane/status/1010190845407121408News 9 NAOptic Academy adds Fisher(DPS), moves Kaiser off of main roster due to 8 man limithttps://www.over.gg/8667/optic-adds-fischer-among-changes-for-new-contenders-seasonNews 10 NALast Night’s Leftovers add Sword (Performance Coach) and Silence(Analyst)https://twitter.com/leftoversow/status/1010554542906208256News 11 NAGraceful, Pagh and Ding are all LFT after their contracts have expired with the Grizzlyshttps://twitter.com/Gracefulow/status/1010984102319788033https://twitter.com/CasperPagh/status/1010984613882327041https://twitter.com/Dingdane/status/1010896931999055872News 12 AUThe AU season 1 champi

The OWL Main Season is over. But the great OW content keeps on flowing because there's still some sick happenings in Contenders. Thornrayne and Kyle talk Contenders Trials and Two-Way Players in Episode 20 of The Blackwatch Report. Scene newsNews 1 - KWGingerpop has signed on with Rogue for their Fortnite team, ending his time in competitive Overwatch.https://twitter.com/GoingRogueGG/status/1007701199255027712?s=19News 2 - TRCrakinLakin has received an invite to tryout for Team USAhttps://twitter.com/crakinlakin/status/1009291178351648770News 3 - KWChu, Head coach for Envision Esports has joined Team UK as and assistant coachhttps://twitter.com/7LionsOW/status/1009496438227775488?s=19Roster MovesNews 1 - KWNRG has signed former Dallas Fuel  Rascal (DPS) and Zachary “Chance” Palmer as the teams only Coach(6 month contract)https://www.over.gg/8584/rascal-signs-with-nrg-esportsNews 2 - TRVizility now a free agent after parting ways with Orgless and Hungryhttps://twitter.com/Vizility/status/1008339941347282944?s=19News 3 - KWEXL-Sports announce contenders rosterrepresenting South Korea in Pacific Region.(Tank)    -#Melon-#GaeBullSsi(DPS)-#Agnes-#Xer0eR(Flex)-#Assassin-#Victorious(Support)-#MEDIC-#Chloehttps://www.over.gg/8609/exl-esports-announce-roster-for-contenders-pacific-season-2News 4 - TROrgless and Hungry announce Contenders season 2 rosterkevster(DPS)Caspere(DPS)Leodeddz(Flex)lateks(Tank)Dennia(Support)Epzz (Support)https://twitter.com/EpzzOW/status/1009475229805109249?s=19

Scene newsNews 1Simplicity disbandshttps://www.over.gg/8499/simplicity-disbandsNews 2Mirage Sport  Électronique purchase Simplicity's Contenders Trials spothttps://www.over.gg/8496/mirage-sport-lectronique-purchase-simplicitys-spot-in-trialsNews 3Members of X6-Gaming are in LA working with the Shanghai Dragons in some form of coaching rolehttps://twitter.com/X6gaming_Gcell/status/1006973996657565697Roster MovesNews 1Dissme (Support) is transfered from Meta Athena to BM Hawkhttps://www.over.gg/8501/dissme-transfers-from-meta-athena-to-bm-hawkNews 2Modern former (Tank) for DetoNator.KOREA has been signed by Meta Athena 4/4-https://www.over.gg/8503/modern-joins-meta-athenaNews 3MVP Space making large roster movesAttune (DPS), Named (Support), andPeterpan (Flex) have joined the team while TyDolla (DPS) has retired from competitive overwatch and joined Meta Gaming as a coach.https://www.over.gg/8504/mvp-space-shuffles-rosterhttps://www.over.gg/8549/tydolla-joins-meta-gaming-as-coachNews 4Adora(DPS) has parted ways with Foxes and joins Sevenhttps://www.over.gg/8505/adora-departs-from-foxeshttps://www.over.gg/8547/adora-makes-sevenNews 5Rina has left Optic Academy after only playing in 1 match with the team in Contenders Season 1https://www.over.gg/8544/rina-leaves-optic-academyNews 6BlossoM bolsters their roster with the addition of LIP [DPS]https://www.over.gg/8548/blossom-adds-lipNews 7Major changes on the Goats Roster, Gator(Tank) has moved to coach and filling his spot is former Dallas Fuel Tank xQc(Tank), and Knellery(Tank). Akawa and Lethal have left the team.https://www.over.gg/8502/goats-announce-new-roster-for-na-contenders-trialsNews 8Thats a Disband have done a roster overhaul adding 4 new players Zeal (DPS), Kolst i(Tank), Izzy(Support), and Rubikon(Support) while only retainingMauz (DPS), BarbieQ9130 (Flex) and Trispear (Support) from the previous rosterhttps://www.over.gg/8506/thats-a-disband-announce-new-roster-for-contenders-trialsNews 9Isurus announce new roster with a lot of old namesNicolas "Klaus" Ferrari (DPS)Valentín "valen" Ontivero (DPS)Julian "Beast" Lauandos (Flex)Juan "xRavaged" Diego Sander (Tank)Alan "ddx" Salvati (Support)Sebastian "kaizak" Moreno (Support)Simon "simon" Schumph (Analyst)Miguel "Bassoid" Oro (Assistant Coach)Jonathan "Jon" Tran (Head Coach)Yurivillar "Ornellas" Ornelas Faria (Manager)https://www.over.gg/8494/isurus-gaming-announces-new-rosterNews 10With the start of Trials we see a new starting line up for Karasuno, DPS(Tank) has taken over at tank for AceOfSpades(Tank) and Jer(Support) taking over for thefrogking(Support)News 11The Puppiez are back, Bazooka Puppiez announce new roster"ksp" (DPS)Jani "Tseini" Kähkönen (DPS)Michael "moursi" Moursi (Flex)Chris "MirroR" Trịnh (Flex)Denis "Tonic" Rulev (Tank)Conor "Hypnott" O'Rourke (Tank)Danny "awkward" Novak (Support)Jason "Insomniaq" Knittle (Support)"Kekbondi" (Manager)https://www.over.gg/8497/bazooka-puppiez-return-to-war

In episode 18, Thornrayne and Kyle breakdown the Overwatch PIT, GOATs God-killer status and the Contenders players who got invited for team USA News 1XL2 has released midnighthttps://twitter.com/XL2/status/1003969435575648256?s=19News 2Toronto Esports announce new Head Coach Vivid (formerly of O2 Ardeont)http://torontoesports.gg/news.aspNews 3European Open champions Northern lights gaming announces new roster

In our 17th Episode of The Blackwatch Report Kyle and Thornrayne talk about the Goats rise to the top in the Beat Invitational and drop a TON of news bombs.News 1Klaus(from Argentina OWWC fame) formerly of Isurus gaming has left the team and is LFThttps://www.over.gg/8329/klaus-becomes-a-free-agent News 2Simplicity Gaming lose main tank player DPShttps://www.over.gg/8330/simplicity-player-dps-leaves-organization News 3Meta Athena add former DeTonater.Korea Coach Sungwoohttps://www.over.gg/8332/sungwoo-joins-meta-athena-as-coach News 4Grizzlys new roster revealed before Beat Invitational  Nikolaj "Zaprey" Ian Moyes (DPS) Sypeh "Sypeh" Klein (DPS) Adam "Spirit" Wills (DPS) Martin "Graceful" Wongprom (Flex) Casper "Pagh" Larsen (Tank) Danni "Ding" Rasmussen (Support) Elvinas "evokje" Padegimas (Support) Sovereign (Manager)https://www.over.gg/8348/grizzlys-announce-new-roster News 5 O2 Ardeont and  WGS Laurel Nine have swapped players. O2 trial players  HIGHLY and  V1LLIANYO move to WGS, WGS DPS player Order heads over to O2.https://www.over.gg/8352/o2-ardeont-and-wgs-laurels-nine-trade-players News 6Simplicity Gaming drop out of Beat and Karasuno take their spothttps://www.over.gg/8349/karasuno-replaces-simplicity-in-beat News 7Your season 2 Open division top 4 going to Contenders TrialsGoatsKarasunoSecond WindEminentNews 8The pit season 3 has been announced, with NA and EU portions giving fans a 2 week tournament. Each region will have 8 teams battle for $10,000 in prize money. http://overwatchpit.com/ News 9DeToNator.Korea have found a buyer for their Contenders spo they leave open after the closing of the Overwatch segment of the organization, EXL-Gaming will now fill that slot in season 2 https://www.over.gg/8351/exl-gaming-purchase-detonator-koreas-pacific-contenders-spot News 10Korean Contenders Trials are set, MVP SPace, BlossoM, Meta Athena and WGS Laurel Nine from contenders will face off against the top 4 from open division GC Busan Wave, Armament, Frecia, and BM Hawkhttps://www.over.gg/8351/exl-gaming-purchase-detonator-koreas-pacific-contenders-spot News 11Jaru “Inactive” on Envision Rosterhttps://imgur.com/a/LSmiXtB#k3XKB8ANews 12 Recry and Selly has gone home, rejoins Meta Athenahttps://www.over.gg/8354/recry-rejoins-meta-athena https://www.over.gg/8365/meta-athena-adds-selly News 13Renanthera has left Toronto Esports.

In our first player interview, Thornrayne and Kyle talk with the Main Support and In-Game Leader for Fusion University and NA Contenders MVP Elk. Elk talks about his uncommon gaming past, playing in Thailand and how he and Fusion Uni clutched the NA Contenders Finals in Poland.

 This week we take a look back and compare our Episode 3 power rankings with the season 1 Contenders results, talk some player movements and the newest season of the BEAT Invitational News 1 Hypnott and Hobbs have been brought back into No Clouts starting line up with Massive joining as head coach https://twitter.com/NoCloutgg/status/997601857978683392 News 2 O2 Ardeont have added former Runaway support AMY and former DeToNator.Korea off tank SleepyBear to the team https://twitter.com/tisrobin311/status/998589728608870400 News 3 DeToNator.Korea has suspended all Overwatch activities for the foreseeable future https://detonator-gg.com/overwatch/14734/ News 4 Dridro’s contract with Copenhagen Flames has ended and is looking for team https://twitter.com/dridro_ow/status/998890911219290113 News 5 Elbion has parted ways with Envision Esports https://twitter.com/ElbionTosscoble/status/998251965548150784 News 6 MikeyA’s Contract with Mayhem Academy has ended and is currently looking for a team https://twitter.com/MikeyA_OW/status/998265332316954625 News 7 Last Nights Leftovers has announced their new line up for the Beat Invitational :crossed_swords:️ NLaaeR • Sugarfree • Track :shield: Decod • @NexX :syringe: Ajax • Dogman :clipboard: Sephy • LegitRc https://twitter.com/leftoversow/status/999001960203374592?s=19 News 6 Elk is your North American Contenders top Contender https://twitter.com/owpathtopro/status/997511718111608832 News 7 Overwatch BEAT Invitational Season 4 Announcement! - BYE WEEK- NRG - Grizzlys - Last Nights Leftovers - Simplicity - Envision - No Clout - with an 8th team still to be announced :: Dates: May 28th & 29th Coverage by: Andrew “ZP” Rush, &  Jason Kaplan. http://beat.gl/overwatch-beat-invitational-season-4-announcement/