Blackwatch Report

We're reviewing the Contenders NA Quarterfinals as well as talking about the other big win streak that came to an end this past week. We also have some less successful teams beginning their post-season implosion.Scene news/HNP Community NewsNews 1 - KWSouth American Contenders playoffs to be broadcasted on ESPN South Americahttps://www.reddit.com/r/Competitiveoverwatch/comments/bhrk42/contenders_south_america_playoffs_will_be/ News 2 - TR2019 World cup has been announced https://overwatchleague.com/en-us/news/22958449/announcing-the-2019-overwatch-world-cup News 3 - KWMontreal Rebellion have released their jerseys for purchase, standard jerseys are $50 while jerseys with custom names are $60https://h4x.gg/products/h4x-rebellion-jersey Roster MovesNews 1 - KWHqrdest has left Samsung Morning Stars and is LFThttps://www.over.gg/11105/hqrdest-leaves-samsung-morning-stars News 2 - TR;Phase 2 have lost the bulk of its roster, leaving only Rat and Gunther on the team. Duplicate, Pika, Nishik, ItsOnyx and Coach ;Solhein all have left the team.https://www.over.gg/11102/phase-2-lose-four-players-and-coachNews 3 - KWTriumph are your 2019 season 2 champions, will be joined by Tea Party,Wave Check and If they’re going Goats I’m going Hammond for Trials https://liquipedia.net/overwatch/Overwatch_Contenders/2019/Season_2/North_America/Trials News 4 - TRChronoDota has joined Higher Level Gaming in what appears to be a content creator role for the coaching/guide websitehttps://twitter.com/HigherLevelGame/status/1122546132838703104?s=19 News 5 - KWChayne has admited to account sharing to play on an Open Division team, no punishment has been announcedhttps://twitter.com/ChayneOW/status/1122239827578183682?s=19

Bracket Preview Time! Kyle and Thorn break down the two NA Playoff brackets and review the two Semi-Final games for EU.Scene news/HNP Community NewsNews 1 - KWNews 2 - TRNews 3 - KWRoster MovesNews 1 - KWProgi has left Square Onehttps://www.over.gg/11094/progi-leaves-square-one News 2 - TREclipse has announced his departure from Second Generation https://www.over.gg/11055/eclipse-announces-free-agencyNews 3 - KWSheep has parted ways with Bermudahttps://www.over.gg/11051/sheep-departs-from-bermuda News 4 - TRioStux has left the Uprising Academy after being relegated to trials https://twitter.com/UprisingAcad/status/1120769214451609600?s=20 News 5 - KWSamsung Morning Stars lose 4 players (Leaf, KSP, mowzassa, Exorath) and their manager (San Alex) after failing to make semi finals,

Regular season is over for NA so we have standings to cover and brackets to preview and we have a MONUMENTAL match to breakdown.Scene news/HNP Community NewsNews 1 - KWPlayoff datesQuarter Finals 28th - Semi Finals 29th - Finals May 1stNews 2 - TRRoster MovesNews 1 - KWAsking has left the Uprising Academy, leaving the team with just 5 members and no one at the main tankhttps://www.over.gg/11011/asking-leaves-uprising-academy News 2 - TREzire has rejoined Second Wind after leaving NRG and BarbieQ and Frill have also joined the rosterhttps://www.over.gg/11032/second-wind-permanently-add-final-players-from-last-weeks-roster https://www.over.gg/11028/second-wind-welcome-back-ezire News 3 - KWPhase 2 lose Phaz and Olu, add Rat (DPS Formerly from Maryville University OW Team ) and Gunther (Main Support, Formerly of HU Storm - the college team Joemeister coaches) https://www.over.gg/11012/phase-2-lose-phaz-and-olu-add-rat-and-g-nther News 4 - TRDue to being in Korea Changsik has decided to step down to allow for a main tank with appropriate ping to play due to the implications of the Atlantic Showdownhttps://twitter.com/chang800356/status/1117850785826480128 News 5 - KWThe rebellion release Nomy, Chayne and Hooey following last weeks signingshttps://www.over.gg/11031/montreal-rebellion-part-ways-with-three News 6 - TRRobdab has joined the Chicken Contendies to finish out the seasonhttps://www.over.gg/11030/robdab-joins-chicken-contendies News 7 - KWFearless has been moved to Team CC from the dragons(not sure if its 2 way or not) and ieatuup has left Team CChttps://www.over.gg/11010/fearless-joins-team-cc-while-ieatuup-leaves News 8 - TRAjax will finish out his run with ATL Academy in their match against NRG and then part ways with the teamhttps://twitter.com/Ajax1OW/status/1118299730268889091?s=19News 9 - KW

We have some big staff and player issues to break down, roster moves as always and we're getting more teams locked in or out of playoffs.Scene news/HNP Community NewsNews 1 - KWAustralian Finals will be held on LAN at IEM Sydney https://twitter.com/IEM/status/1115056747641757699?s=19News 2 - TRRoster MovesNews 1 - KWChronoDota has left Second Gen saying “I need to make sure that I am as efficient as possible with my time. Right now I feel like trading time on Second Generation is not the best use of my time”https://www.over.gg/10991/chronodota-leaves-second-generationNews 2 - TRFrd has been signed to the Atlanta Reign https://www.over.gg/10981/frd-joins-the-atlanta-reign News 3 - KWIM37 finishes month long Path to Pro as he is picked up by the Toronto Defiant https://www.over.gg/10989/im37-joins-the-toronto-defiantNews 4 - TRHypnott has left Uprising Academy and is currently LFT, he mentions he was playing for UA unsigned(No Contract=Bogus)https://twitter.com/hypnottow/status/1115036805873717248 News 5 - KWBischu has agreed to a two way contract to play for the Legionhttps://www.over.gg/10996/bischu-given-two-way-contract-to-fill-in-for-legion News 6 - TRGods, Speedily and Sharyk have all left the FARM, Second wind to pursue other opportunities https://www.over.gg/10997/three-players-leave-second-wind-for-other-opportunitiesNews 7 - KWGods and Sharyk have been signed to the Montreal Rebellionhttps://twitter.com/MTLRebellion/status/1115343557844525056?s=19News 8 - TRWayfast leaves Bermuda https://twitter.com/CenterofBermuda/status/1114947810569404423?s=19 News 9 - KWFar has announced he is returning to competitive play and is looking for a teamhttps://twitter.com/Far_OW/status/1115360984598708225 News 10 - TRMirror(DPS) has joined NRG and with that Ezire has been released from the teamhttps://twitter.com/NRGgg/status/1116046012114595840 News 11 - KWSpeedily was seen playing on XL2 in their most recent matchNews 10 - TRHidan and A10 have officially joined Second Wind for the remainder of NA Contendershttps://twitter.com/SecondWindGG/status/1115799376167874561

Join us on this day of trade-a-palooza for a TON of roster moves, some interesting matchups and a look at the top teams in each region and who is locked in for playoffs.Scene news/HNP Community NewsNews 1 - KWNews 2 - TRRoster MovesNews 1 - KWFunnyAstro has been picked up buy the ATL Academy to play on a two way contract https://www.over.gg/10968/reign-sign-funnyastro-as-two-way-playerNews 2 - TRIM37 has left Second Wind to pursue other opportunities https://twitter.com/SecondWindGG/status/1112748800811167745News 3 - KWBerd formerly from the feeder team for all of the academy teams, Second Wind joins ATL Academyhttps://www.over.gg/10972/berd-joins-atl-academy-as-flex-support News 4 - TRIced has found his new home with Uprising Academyhttps://twitter.com/UprisingAcad/status/1113148611213189120?s=19 News 5 - KWProgi has joined Square One in the Main tank rolehttps://twitter.com/SquareOne_OW/status/1113148586873753606 News 6 - TRMikeyA has left the Uprising Academy as a coach and is LFT to compete again.https://twitter.com/MikeyA/status/1113069185293324289?s=19 News 7 - KWFischer has been released from Team Envyhttps://twitter.com/Envy/status/1113161426305028096 News 8 - TRFrill has announced he is stepping away from XL2 due to burnouthttps://twitter.com/SIT_OW94/status/1113187649190330368 News 10 - KW

In our latest installment of the ProFiles, Montreal Rebellion's Main Support, Tensa. From early beginnings as a console player, creating one of the most polarizing team compositions (The GOATS Comp), to his interesting control scheme and playing for an Academy team, we cover it all. 

We have some big academy team announcements, some interesting teams to take a look at, and some predictions for upcoming matches.Scene news/HNP Community NewsNews 1 - KWTournament of Future Champions returns Today March 19th on ELO Hell’s twitch channel https://twitter.com/EloHellEsports/status/1107760133361283072 News 2 - TRNews 3 - KWRoster MovesNews 1 - KWChubz and Zykk have joined One.Point, Cubz will take over at main tank and zYKK is the backup for Polly and Yiqids https://www.over.gg/10880/chubz-and-zykk-join-one-point News 2 - TRBritish Hurricane add Lerenegat(Young and Beautiful Coach) to fill the analyst position left open after Dream left to join Montreal Rebellionhttps://www.over.gg/10879/lerenegat-joins-british-hurricane-as-analyst News 3 - KWGuangzhou Academy have announced their roster Charlie "nero" Zwarg (Two-way DPS) (Two Way) Yip "Moowe" Chi-Yeung (DPS) (Hong Kong Attitude) Wu "mg" Dongjian (吴董健) (Off-tank) (Dragons / Flag Gaming) Hwang "TiZi" Jang-hyeon (황장현) (Tank) (Spitfire / XL2) Lee "Rise" Won-jae (Two-way flex support) (Two Way) Liu "CENTURY" Shiji (刘世纪) (Support) (Team CC) Chen "OnlyWish" Lizhen (陈李桢) (Two-way support) (Two Way) Henry "Cuddles" Coxall (Head coach) (LA Valiant - Coach) Kao "Kant" Wei-Teng (Assistant coach)https://www.over.gg/10875/guangzhou-academy-announced News 4 - TRHangzhou Spark academy team, Bilibili Gaming have announced its rosterZheng "Shy" Yangjie (郑杨杰) (DPS) (LGD Gaming) Feng "Yakumo" Zihan (冯子涵) (DPS) (Team CC) Chen "Zijin" Qinhao (陈钦浩) (Off-tank) (Team CC) Wang "Winter" Feiyu (王飞宇) (DPS) (Never Lose Weight) Deng "over" Sifan (邓思凡) (Tank) (Flag Gaming) Tong "Coldest" Xiaodong (童晓东) (Flex support) (Flag Gaming) Liu "Mika" Jiming (刘济铭) (Support)(Flag Gaming)https://www.over.gg/10876/academy-team-of-hangzhou-spark-revealed-to-be-bilibili-gaming News 5 - KWLEG.Huya the Chengdu Hunters academy team have announced their roster Tang "KaMi" Yitao (唐毅滔) (DPS) (LGE) Zhong "Haker" Haotian (钟昊天) (DPS) (Laboratory) Shin "Piggy" Min-jun (Off-tank) (Phoenix) Choi "Jeungmac" Dae-han (최대한) (Tank) (White Whale) Chen "ATing" Shao-Hua (Tank) (Hong Kong Attitude) He "Molly" Chengzhi (何诚智) (Flex support) (LGE) Chen "Lengsa" Jingyi (陈婧逸) (Support) (LGE)https://www.over.gg/10877/lge-huya-unveil-their-new-roster News 6 - TRChicken Contendies add Janitor (Off Tank) and Jai (Hitscan) to the rosterhttps://twitter.com/ChickensGG/status/1107333273099759616 News 7 - KWAfter failing to qualify for Contenders Triumph was relegated to Open Division, here is their new roster

Second Wind is on a tear, Element Mystic is floundering, Fusion Uni still haven't lost and Buds has hacked the planetScene news/HNP Community NewsNews 1 - KWSecond wind is looking for players to fill out a second roster for Open Divisionhttps://twitter.com/SecondWindGG/status/1103865453594755072?s=19 News 2 - TRNews 3 - KWRoster MovesNews 1 - KWEllivote joins Team Envy, filling McGravy’s spot after he signed to Mayhemhttps://twitter.com/Envy/status/1103434222348451840News 2 - TRilka joins the ATL academy in an assistant coach rolehttps://www.over.gg/10815/atl-academy-bring-in-ilka-as-an-assistant-coach News 3 - KWLateks leaves One.Point Kolsti will return to play after being the head coach to fill Lateks place, Yiqids joins on the DPS/Zarya role https://www.over.gg/10812/one-point-lose-lateks-add-yiqids News 4 - TRSecond wind adds HelloImHalo on the main support role, formerly of NRGhttps://twitter.com/SecondWindGG/status/1105165005610196992 News 5 - KWSecond wind announces Reptile has parted ways with the team to pursue other opportunities on the path to prohttps://twitter.com/SecondWindGG/status/1105160108202487809 News 6 - TRYoung and Beautif]ul bolster their DPS core with Jona, and bring on Ficael as the new head coach.https://www.over.gg/10810/young-and-beautiful-add-jona-as-dps-and-fichael-as-coach

We have some interesting matchups to take a look at, some key players to focus on and some interesting roster moves RIGHT before the season start. Come check it out!Scene news/HNP Community NewsNews 1 - KWOpen Division NA season 2 registration is now open!Open Division NA season 2 starts March 23rd – 24th, 2019 and conclude April 20th - 21st, 2019Playoffs will be the weekend of April 27th - 28th, 2019https://battlefy.com/overwatch-open-division-north-america/2019-overwatch-open-division-season-2-north-america/5c7ccfe88d004d0345bbd0cd/info?infoTab=details News 2 - TRElo Hell will be the english broadcast for this Korean Contenders season with caster, ZP and Avast, LemonKiwi and Heriux, Legday and Jawshttps://twitter.com/EloHellEsports/status/1102611050556518401 News 3 - KWUprising Academy updates their logo with help from PathToPro Community members and graphic designers Tagni and VisserDesignshttps://twitter.com/ioStux/status/1102645776671563777Roster MovesNews 1 - KWEternal Academy announces their roster Artem "kensi" Budiak (DPS) Div "Zeal" Jaintilal (DPS) Ilya "Txao" Makarov (Off-tank) Bastien "SuperPlouk" Klau (Tank) Daan "Trispear" Robben (Flex Support) Valentin "Ascoft" Wulfman (Support) Johan "CWoosH" Klingestedt (Head Coach)https://twitter.com/EternalAcademy/status/1100805156306792448 News 2 - TRPookz rejoins NRG roster on Main Support after the departure of HelloImHalohttps://www.over.gg/10795/helloimhalo-leaves-nrg-replaced-by-pookz News 3 - KWGenG announces their rosterJeong "Stalk3r" Hag-yong (정학용) (DPS)Lim "Glister" Gil-seong (임길성) (DPS)Choi "Wekeed" Seok-woo (최석우) (DPS)Ham "Oberon" Eun-sang (함은상) (Tank)Sung "WOOHYAL" Seung-hyun (성승현) (Off-tank)Kim "creative" Young-wan (김영완) (Flex-support)Kim "DNCE" Se-yong (김세용) (Support)Kim "Fuze" Tae-hoon (김태훈) (Support)https://www.over.gg/10792/gen-g-esports-reveals-new-roster News 4 - TRHypnott leaves Bermuda and joins Uprising Academy as main-tankhttps://www.over.gg/10796/hypnott-joins-uprising-academy News 5 - KWFr3e joins the GC Busan Wave rosterhttps://www.over.gg/10771/fr3e-joins-gc-busan-wave News 6 - TRSecond Wind has announced its new rosterSpeedily DPS iced DPS Gods Flex Techneeke Flex sharyk Tank LUFT Tank berd Support Reptile Supporthttps://twitter.com/SecondWindGG/status/1101655947653644293 News 7 - KWMikeyA joins Uprising Academy as an Assistant Coach https://twitter.com/MikeyA/status/1101945388372758529News 8 - TRGladiator’s Legion announces their roster for Contenders 2019 Dalton "Dalton" Bennyhoff (DPS) Lee "Water" Min-seong (이민성) (DPS) Nathan "FrdWnr" Goebel (Off-tank) Félix "xQc" Lengyel (Tank) Lee "Panker" Byung-ho (이병호) (Two-way Tank) Ludvig "Luddee" Håkansson (Support) Randal "Roolf" Stark (Flex Support)And their staff is: Thomas "maid" Mok (Head Coach) Gannon "RaptorZ" Nelson (Coach)Kyle moves GLL to 2nd in NA East Power Rankings with this roster revealhttps://www.over.gg/10797/gladiators-legion-reveal-roster-and-staff News 10 - KWNesh former DPS for British Hurricane has retired from Overwatch and joined Penta Esports as an Apex Playerhttps://twitter.com/Neshh/status/1101978741058740225 News 11 - TRPhase 2 roster has been announceditsOnyx DPS K1ng DPS Samito DPS NewPika Flex Duplicate Tank Nishik Support Phaz Support Olu DPS Newhttps://twitter.com/Phase2OW/status/1101964203064209408 News 12 - KWChicken Contendies rsoter for 2019Tanner DPSHarbleu DPSBucK DPSSalty FlexGig TankZholik SupportSuhPoze SupportHTPHarold SupportDarkZero CSaint CMedicine Chttps://twitter.com/ChickensGG/status/1101905008746852353 News 13 - TRATL Academy adds Perfact as 6th member of the team, with saucy moving over to the Flex Support role to fill in Dogmans spot. Kamden "Sugarfree" Hijada (DPS) An "PERFACT" Yeseung (DPS) Xander "Hawk" Domecq (Off-tank) Blake "Gator" Scott (Two-way Tank) Alex "Ajax" Jackson (Support) Garret "saucy" Roland (Flex Support) Dillain "LegitRc" Odeneal (Coach)https://www.over.gg/10801/atl-academy-add-perfact News 14 - KWIllicit (Blosson) and Highly(O2 Bl

As the name eludes to, not only does Contenders have a bunch of changes coming into the 2019 season 1 but our show also has a lot of changes too! Come check it out! Scene news/HNP Community News News 1 - KW Welcome the Montreal Rebelion, the academy team for the Toronto Defiant https://www.over.gg/10650/torontos-academy-team-reveal-branding-and-staff News 2 - TR Full contenders schedule has been posted the season kicked off in Australia this past sunday and will wrap up on April 24th https://overwatchcontenders.com/en-us/schedule News 3 - KW Chinese Contenders hands out multiple bans for boosting Ineligible to play in Season 1 QingRong of SFDD sago and  taRocook1e of Alter-Ego lsy of CQUPT ineligible to play in Contenders 2019 Qingli of Team For Victory K1ngkong of Alter-Ego YiRuJiWang ,  DID ,  ErFan ,  Lijiang , and  TouMing of SFDD will be  permanently banned from competitive play tudousi of SFDD SFDD will be disqualified from Contenders. In their place,  Alter-Ego , who came in third place in Trials, will qualify for Contenders. https://www.over.gg/10722/multiple-trials-china-players-punished-for-boosting-team-sfdd-disqualified News 4 - TR The Chinese group draw will be held this weekend with a full schedule to follow https://twitter.com/owpathtopro/status/1098710756399501315 News 5 - KW European caster talent has been announced and the Matches will take place right before OWL on thursdays and fridays. Jack “Jaws” Wright Harry “LEGDAY” Pollitt Thomas “Tridd” Underwood Zander “Blank” Padwick https://overwatchcontenders.com/en-gb/news/22904995 Roster Moves News 1 - KW Crakinlakin announces he is LFT and possibly not competing in the upcoming season of contenders https://twitter.com/crakinlakin/status/1099149256529653761 News 2 - TR The Paris Eternal academy team is simply Eternal Academy https://liquipedia.net/overwatch/Eternal_Academy News 3 - KW Runaway adds Decal to round out its 2019 roster  Heesu DPS  Schwi DPS  Mag TANK  QOQ OFF TANK  LeeJaeGon SUPPORT  GangNamJin SUPPORT  D3cal ;;;; DPS https://twitter.com/Runaway_OW/status/1099174608769413120 News 4 - TR Hurricane Roster