Blackwatch Report

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)

We're checking in on all of the big Contenders call-ups to OWL and seeing how many players from our "Most Wanted" list got picked.Scene news/HNP Community NewsNews 1 - TRThe Game Haus obtained a copy of the player hand book giving us seeding and scheduling for the 2020 lead in tournament https://thegamehaus.com/overwatch/more-details-revealed-concerning-the-2020-overwatch-contenders-seeding-tournament/2019/11/10/

We are LIVE! Tonight is a special Blackwatch Profile with @djSchmultz Product Manager for Overwatch Esports. We're talking about his esports journey and the new @owpathtopro format.

We're looking into the best of Tier 2 and recommending our picks for OWL 2020Scene news/HNP Community NewsNews 1 - KWNews 2 - TRNews 3 - KWRoster MovesNews 1 - KWLowkey Esports drop entire OW rosterhttps://www.over.gg/12196/lowkey-esports-drop-overwatch-rosterNews 2 - TRWub has retired citing no longer liking the game and lack of tier 2 supporthttps://www.over.gg/12192/wub-retiresNews 3 - KWRevival announce new roster https://www.over.gg/12182/revival-announce-2020-roster News 4 - TRF4ze(OT Skyfoxes) joins runawayhttps://www.over.gg/12178/runaway-add-f4ze

We're reviewing the ENTIRE GAUNTLET, spotlighting the best players and announcing the winner of our bracket contest. Scene news/HNP Community NewsNews 1 - KWNew Contenders format announced (Will be broken down in a later episode)https://overwatchleague.com/en-us/news/23149532News 2 - TRGauntlet Bracket Giveaway 1st Shrugoff 172nd La Llorona 16 (EM win finals)3rd Fuel Fan Zero 16 (Runaway win finals)Kyle 16 Thorn 13News 3 - KWRoster MovesNews 1 - KWGetAmazed has left Third impact for better opportunities https://www.over.gg/12150/getamazed-leaves-third-impact-for-new-opportunities]News 2 - TRPhase 2 adds IBTB(IllBeTheBest) at flex support and wish Spilo a farewell https://www.over.gg/12143/phase-2-add-new-flex-support-lose-head-coachNews 3 - KWKolsti retires and Spilo formerly of Phase 2 takes over as head coach for Uprising Academy https://www.over.gg/12149/kolsti-retires-uprising-academy-replace-him-with-spiloNews 4 - TRNews 5 - KW

We're doing a deeper breakdown of the Gauntlet starting this week. We've got some map stats and some Scrimbucks to breakdown.Scene news/HNP Community NewsNews 1 - KWBermuda wins 7k at Denver lan with Tea Party taking home 3kNews 2 - TRNews 3 - KWRoster MovesNews 1 - KWSaltshaker and bernadette have left Phase 2https://www.over.gg/12125/bernadette-and-saltshaker-leave-phase-2  News 2 - TRJolfe has left square onehttps://twitter.com/jolfe_/status/1181446427492401152?s=19 News 3 - KWIlka has been added to the Boston Uprising coaching staffhttps://twitter.com/BostonUprising/status/1180168626713878528?s=20 News 4 - TRNews 5 - KW