Blackwatch Report

Contenders 2019 is right around the corner and we have some rosters rolling in as well as a possible leak on the two NA groups. Find out who's in which group, who made it out of Trials, and exactly how right we were with our Toronto Academy Team bold prediction.Scene news/HNP Community NewsNews 1 - KWMirage Sport Electonique have been brought on by the Toronto Defiant to build the newest NA Academy team that will be based out of Montreal https://www.over.gg/10636/defiant-partner-with-mirage-for-montreal-based-academy-team News 2 - TRNews 3 - KWRoster MovesNews 1 - KWAnd with that we have a roster for Montreal OW Nikolai "naGGa" Dereli (DPS) (First Gen) Andreas "Logix" Berghmans (DPS) (XL2) Estevao "Hooey" Gama (Off-tank) (First Gen) Shayne "Chayne" La Rocque (Tank) (Mirage) David "Nomy" Ramirez (Tank) (First Gen) Anthony "Goliath" Pietro (Flex Support) (XL2) Joshua "Tensa" Small (Support) (First Gen)General Manager : @blizzardow Head Coach : @DreamCastsOW Assistant Coach : @byzenithhttps://www.over.gg/10640/montreal-overwatch-introduce-seven-players News 2 - TRPookz contract with Gladiators Legion has come to an end and is now a free agenthttps://www.over.gg/10642/pookz-and-gladiators-legion-split News 3 - KWSimon, assistant coach for Gladiator Legion has announced he is no longer with the teamhttps://www.over.gg/10634/simon-leaves-gladiators-legion News 4 - TRxQc has been picked up by the Legion as a backup main tank behind Pankerhttps://www.over.gg/10632/xqc-joins-gladiators-legion News 5 - KWFusions has officially been promoted from 2 way contract to full Uprising memberhttps://www.over.gg/10633/fusions-promoted-to-boston-uprising News 6 - TRLVLZ has announced his free agency after competing with Gen.G esports (Seoul Dynasty Academy)https://www.over.gg/10628/lvlz-announces-free-agency-from-gen-g-esports News 7 - KWFixMe announces his departure from Element Mystichttps://www.over.gg/10629/fixme-departs-from-element-mystic News 8 - TRSecond Gen has announced its new ros;;ter for 2019@ChroNoDotA @Bogur47 @ReileyBartine http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/@shadowzow @socks_ow @Neat_Oz @_ecLipseOW @Felty_OW https://twitter.com/2ndGenGG/status/1097642021836210176 News 10 - KWRetirment List from Liquipedia iShiney - Team EnvyWatio - Orgless and HungryCynic - First GenerationDing - Young and BeautifulTheBigOne - Novus Ordo SeciorumGetAmazed - One.PointShereshoy - TriumphKevin - Underwater SquadNews 11 - TRNesh has been released from his contract with the British Hurricane https://www.over.gg/10637/nesh-released-from-british-hurricane News 12 - KWMirror has left Second Wind and joined One.Pointhttps://www.over.gg/10635/mirror-moves-from-second-wind-to-one-point News 13 -TRXL2 has released its new roster with 3 members from the TriState area Kim "Yaki" Jun-gi (김준기) (DPS) Corey "sit" Scoda (DPS) (NY) Justin "RinaVX" Jeon (DPS) (NY) Kim "Kirby" Dong-wook (김동욱) (Off-tank) Adrian "Akawa" Kawa (Tank) Jeromy "Moopey" Lensky (Tank) (NY) Robert "Haku" Blohm (Flex Support) Jeremy "Jer" Santacruz (Support)https://www.over.gg/10643/xl2-enter-contenders-2019-with-a-second-winds-help News 14 - KWLuddee has left Angry Titans and will be replaced with Phatthttps://www.over.gg/10645/angry-titans-replace-luddee-with-phatt News 15 - TRThe beast is back, BeastHalo has returned for the 2019 season with Fusion University @alarm @CarCarOW @elk @snillo_ow @Na1st2 @Beasthalo @bernar_ow @changsikhttps://twitter.com/FusionUni/status/1097934360441835520News 16 - KWTeam hot sauce was disqualified from Trials Australia for playing with ineligible players, this result moved Mindfreak] G into second place and advances them to Contendershttps://twitter.com/BlizzEsportsANZ/status/1097684877602738176 News 17 - TR

We have a ton of roster news, we're checking in on Contenders Trials and we had a Blackwatch ProFiles guest get the call up this week!Scene news/HNP Community NewsNews 1 - KWWe have more news on the 2019 Contenders Seasons. - Main Discussion -https://overwatchcontenders.com/en-us/news/22886963 News 2 - TRThis weeks NA Contenders Trials were not aired live due to Community daysNews 3 - KWRoster MovesNews 1 - KWThe remaining members of Based TryHards have officially disbandThe remaining members of  based tryhards were: Eduardo "dudu" Macedo (DPS) Andre "Lubbock" Carravieri (DPS) João "sesh" Nogueira (DPS) Mateus "neil" Kröber (Tank) Tiago "wings" Righi (Support)https://www.over.gg/10506/based-tryhards-disband News 2 - TRThe Bazooka Puppiez are following in the spirit of NA teams and have rebranded to Side Effects and retain only 3 members from the puppies Erik "Frost" Hinderson Krogsrud (DPS) Bertram "SpoXez" Hvass (DPS) Jonathan "Jona" Stelma (DPS) Metehan "Mete" Aksüt (Off-tank)(Returning) "Bogur" (Tank) Kristian "khave" Have (Support)(Returning) Mats "sab" Bauer (Support)(Returning) Jaclyn "Bomb" Basiley (Manager)https://www.over.gg/10537/bazooka-puppiez-rebrand-with-side-effects News 3 - KWGods and Far announce free agency ahead of season 1 2019 Dalton "Dalton" Bennyhoff (DPS) Lee "Panker" Byung-ho (이병호) (Tank) Mark "Pookz" Rendon (Support) Randal "Roolf" Stark (Support)https://www.over.gg/10508/gods-and-far-enter-free-agency-from-gladiators-legion News 4 - TRYoung and Beautiful announce its new roster with only Danii returning Elad "KAFEEEEE" Vaaknin (DPS) Hugo "Flippy" Perhirin (DPS) Daniel "Danii" Lindblad (Off-tank)(Returning) Timber "kranndop Rensen (Tank) Eskii "Hunni" Keller-Larsen (Flex Support) Elvinas "evokje" Padegimas (Support) "yungsavage" (Support)https://www.over.gg/10538/young-and-beautiful-announce-new-roster-for-contenders-trials News 5 - KWWinstrike have released its roster and the roster has reformed CIS HOPE Artem "kensi" Budiak (DPS) Andrei "uNFixed" Leonov (DPS) Ilya "Txao" Makarov (Off-tank)/ Normund "sharyk" Faterins (Tank) Andrey "Engh Sholokhov (Support) Alexander "MayN Mukhin (Support) Ilias "iLka" Kaskanetas (Coach)https://www.over.gg/10598/winstrike-team-drop-cis-hope News 6 - TRCIS Hope disband after a 1-2 start to EU trials and will forfeit remaining matcheshttps://www.over.gg/10625/cis-hope-disbandNews 7 - KWDogman announced on his twitter that he is no longer with ATL Academyhttps://twitter.com/DogmanOW/status/1094615188806918146?s=19 BECAUSE HE GOT THE CALL UP TO THE REIGN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!News 8 - TRFirst Generation as a brand will cease to exist for the 2019 season, because they are now Second Generation Reklets - Team OwnerDisMe - Team ManagerCoachseabo and bmanhu - analysts PizzaPenguin - performance coachCalyoon - Head CoachIBCrazy and TukTuk - Strategic Coachinghttps://twitter.com/2ndGenGG/status/1095372429755596803 News 10 - KWSecond wind announce the departure of 3, Sit, Maid and HaKu is a series of tweets on the teams twitter Justin "RinaVX" Jeon (DPS) Chris "MirroR" Trịnh (DPS) Nathan "FrdWnr" Goebel (Off-tank) Adrian "Akawa" Kawa (Tank) Joshua "Tehpwnzorr" Nguyen (Support)https://www.over.gg/10624/second-wind-players-and-staff-leave-for-new-opportunities News 11 - KWCurryshot(Strategic Coach) and Wub have been signed by the Mayhem Academyhttps://twitter.com/MayhemAcademy/status/1094024007253250048?s=19 News 12 - KWShu’s Money Crew finalizes roster Marcus "Mauz" Bjørndal (DPS) "Zeal" (DPS) Lucas "Polly" Widèn (DPS) Jonas "BarbieQ9130" Hestréus (Off-tank) Louis "Jklol21" Power (Tank) Daan "Trispear" Robben (Flex Support) "Slur" (Flex Support) Gustav "Gustav" Garpenståhl (Support)https://www.over.gg/10596/shus-money-crew-eu-announce-final-two-members News 13 - KWSquare One bid farewell to Shadowz (NY native apparently) https://twitter.com/SquareOne_OW/status/1094820696528691201 News 14 - KWMoop3y leaves Phase 2 (also a NY native apparently)https://twitter.com/Phase2OW/status/1094

NA Contenders Trials are underway, everyone has rebranded and bolstered their rosters. Come see what's new.Scene news/HNP Community NewsNews 1 - KWHighnoon.gg’s Fantasy League is up, make a league with some HNP famNews 2 - TRNA Trials are being casted by Jayne and the fine folks at Elo Hello and being streamed on the main Contenders Twitch Channel as well as Pro Scouting PUGsNews 3 - KWMica Burton from NA Contenders Season 2, Achillios and Wolf from Contenders KR being added to OWL talentRoster MovesNews 1 - KWMeta Athena announce Trials roster Oh "innovation" Seok-hyun (오석현) (DPS) Jeong "Recry" Taek-hyun (정택현) (DPS) Lee "Whoru" Seung-joon (이승준) (DPS) Bae "Enocass" Ji-hyeok (배지혁) (Tank) Kim "Modern" Soo-hoon (김수훈) (Tank) Choi "Hoon" Jae-hoon (최재훈) (Off-tank) Seo "Named" Won-jung (서원중) (Support) Lee "Apache" Min-hyeok (이민혁) (Support)https://www.over.gg/10419/meta-athena-announce-trials-roster News 2 - TRHqrdest reunites with Leaf and Pipou on Samsung Morning Starhttps://www.over.gg/10421/hqrdest-joins-samsung-morning-stars News 3 - KWMangachu has found a new home and its in southern florida, he has been picked up by the Mayhem Academyhttps://www.over.gg/10422/mayhem-academy-add-mangachu News 4 - TRBM Hawks Trial Roster Kim "Jindol" Min-chan (DPS) Lee "Haven" Young-min (이영민) (DPS) Park "Babel" Sang-jun (DPS) Hwang "Sanguk" Sang-uk (Tank) Jo "Chunsam" Ming-yu (Off-tank) Kim "Espresso" Geon (김건) (Support) Oh "Abel" Jun-hyeok (Support)https://www.over.gg/10420/bm-hawk-reveal-trials-lineup News 5 - KWXL2 found some hometown heroes… wait nevermind. Yaki and Kirby join as the first players signed after the purgehttps://www.over.gg/10452/xl2-add-yaki-and-kirby News 6 - TRChristfe;;r formerly of 6snakes and the 2018 UK World Cup team joins the Fusion as an Assistant Coachhttps://www.over.gg/10453/christfer-to-coach-philadelphia-fusion News 7 - KWPhase 2 have announced its 2019 Contenders Trials S1 roster: @moop3y @PikaOW @Dupelicate ️ @itsonyxlol️ @k1ng_ow️ @SamitoFPS @PhazOW @nishikowhttps://twitter.com/Phase2OW/status/1091094311029145600 News 8 - TRUnderwater Squad announce its 2019 Season 1 Contenders Trials Roster:️@DerrekOW ️@kevindaweeb ️@Boostio_OW @BABOonOW @iCy_OW @ReptileOW @IcHoROW @MidnightOWhttps://twitter.com/UnderwaterOW/status/1091109117723209728 News 10 - KWAlpha Gaming become Paradigm and have announced its trials roster@Mixo_OW @ArcOW_ @h0peow Lisugau@Chopt_ow @DaiyaOW https://twitter.com/Paradigm_OW/status/1091369757213945857News 11 - KWAll players and OW staff from Mirage Sport Electronique have parted ways with the org and formed Bermuda @Mixo_OW @ArcOW_ @h0peow Lisugau@Chopt_ow @DaiyaOW https://twitter.com/MirageSportE/status/1091106620594184192 News 12 - KWPath to Poverty is now Square One and has some changes to its Open roster ahead of Trials@jolfe_@hotdatemusic@DoveOW@Big_ALL_@shadowzow@Anghell1c@UltraViolet_OW@berd_owhttps://twitter.com/SquareOne_OW/status/1091374124335857664 News 13 - KWThe chicken Contendies Rooster for trials is @Tanner_OW @harbleuOW @BucK_OW @Chazsy_TV @saltyOW @ZholikOW @HTPHarold @SuhPoze_ https://twitter.com/ChickensGG/status/1091131830990848000 News 14 - KWA new set of Sky Foxes join the fight, here is your smaller Skyfoxes Roster - @Cloneman16 - @iRemiix_OW - @OW_F4zE - @zombsow - ATTITUDE - @budsOW - Lastro - @OwMackihttps://twitter.com/SkyfoxesOW/status/1091991645153767424 News 15 - TRRobdab has left First Generationhttps://www.over.gg/10468/robdab-parts-ways-with-first-generation News 16 - KWOutta My Game will take over the We Have Org trials spot along with the core of the team Tomer "Wayfast" Gishri (DPS) Waltteri "Olu" Leskinen Thimo "TwolzZ" Wilts (Off-tank) Julian "ProGi" Maier (Tank) "ChoccyMilk" (Support) Lars "KaasIsBaas" Van Oorschot (Flex Support)https://www.over.gg/10490/outta-my-game-forms-from-ashes-of-we-have-orgNews 17 - TR Shu’s Money Crew EU announmes its roster ahead of EU Trials with the addition of 2 new members Marcus "Mauz" Bjørndal (DPS) "Zeal" (DPS) Jonas "

We're talking about a BUNCH of new Academy teams on the horizon, the NEXT Cup and Open Division Finals as well as a rather interesting Main Discussion Topic.Scene news/HNP Community NewsNews 1 - KWAll three of the Chinese expansion teams have acquired Academy Teams for the upcoming Contenders Seasonshttps://twitter.com/OWBeacon/status/1089374721513185280News 2 - TRParis Eternal GM Mex announced the organization is working on building an academy team for the 2019 Contenders seasonshttps://www.over.gg/10390/paris-eternal-to-create-academy-teamNews 3 - KWJayne donated $1800 to the winners of the NA open DivisionRoster MovesNews 1 - KWXL2 Strikes Again!! Only Jer is left on the team after TiZi and Woohyal announces they are LFThttps://www.over.gg/10354/tizi-no-longer-with-xl2-academyNews 2 - TRChangdu Hunters have announced it has teamed up with LinGan Esports as its academy team and will operate under the new name LGE.Huyahttps://twitter.com/sgbros1_OW/status/1089357685042999297News 3 - KWHongKong Attitude has announced all of it players have been transferred to an Overwatch League organization, with all teams filled this could only mean they will be 1 of the 2 remaining Chinese Academy Teamshttps://www.over.gg/10353/hong-kong-attitude-picked-up-by-academy-teamNews 4 - TRTo keep the team together HongKong Attitude transferred the team with no transfer feeshttps://twitter.com/haloofthoughts/status/1089245309652348928News 5 - KWBoth Main tank players Tonic and Networkz for Young and Beautiful have left the teamhttps://www.over.gg/10348/tonic-and-networkz-leave-young-and-beautifulNews 6 - TRTtuba, the last remaining member of the season 3 roster for MVP Space has left the team leaving the team at 5 playersYang "HengGi" Chan-hee (양찬희) (DPS)Kim "Jesp3r" Hyun-wook (김현욱) (Off Tank)Seo "DokDo" Jun-won (서준원) (Tank)Oh "Finn" Se-jin (오세진) (Flex Support)Ko "FRoPPy" Geon-Ju (고건주) (Support)https://www.over.gg/10351/ttuba-leaves-mvp-spaceNews 7 - KWBlossom have announced its new roster going into the 2019 seasonsPark "ILLICIT" Jae-min (DPS)Lee "LIP" Jae-won (DPS)Yoon "Swan" Ye-sang (윤예상) (DPS)(NEW)Myeong "Yaho" Hyun-ho (맹현호)(NEW)Shin "SeeYA" Dong-hoon (Flex)Shin "Dotori" Hyun-jong (Support)Jang "Swoon" Sung-won (Support)Park "Spawn" Shi-han (Head coach)Lee "Syeong" Si-young (Coach)Son "Kong" Jun-young (손준영) (Coach)(NEW)https://www.over.gg/10387/blossom-reveals-new-rosterNews 8 - TRTeam Griffin announce its new roster heading into 2019Choi "choisehwan" Se-hwan (DPS)Choi "Mer1t" Tae-min (DPS)An "Selly" Jeong-hwan (DPS)Cho "Clelstyn" Gun-hee (Off-tank)Shin "Kalios" Woo-yeol (신우열) (Off-tank)Lee "eVo" Yu-seok (이유석) (Tank)Choi "True" Yun-soo (Tank)Lee "Agatha" Jung-soo (Flex Support)Han "ChiYo" Hyeon-syuk (한현석) (Support)Lim "Costos" Min-taek (Support)Kim "Shine" Min-hyuk (Support)https://www.over.gg/10388/griffin-adds-threeNews 9 - KWKolero has officialy announced his retirement from competitive Overwatch and departure from Based tryhardshttps://www.over.gg/10389/kolero-retires

We are covering the Contenders KR Finals, dropping some roster news and delving into the HUGE Contenders Live Events announcement.Scene news/HNP Community NewsNews 1 - KWGuangzhou Charge announces they will be creating an Academy teamhttps://twitter.com/GZCharge/status/1086443178008420353?s=19News 2 - TRRound 11 (if needed): Thursday, January 24th, 2019 (Default match time this day only: 17:00 PST)Tiebreakers (if needed): Friday, January 25th, 2019 (Default match time this day only: 17:00 PST)PlayoffsWeek 6: January 26th - 27th, 201911:00 - 20:00 PSTNews 3 - KWTechGirl will not be returning to cast EU contenders for the 2019 season sourcing a format change as the reasoninghttps://twitter.com/TechGirlZA/status/1087346696550563840?s=19Roster MovesNews 1 - KWMaid announces he is no longer with Second Wind as it is an unpaid team, looking for Academy offershttps://twitter.com/maid_OW/status/1086349346138779649?s=19News 2 - TRHarrisburg University Storm announces their roster⚔️:@Swishmasta100 @owhobbs 

We're reviewing all of the NA Contenders Playoffs matches including the absolutely heart attack inducing grand finals. We also have some really weird team news including shocking drops and announcements.Scene news/HNP Community NewsNews 1 - KWKongdoo Pantera will rebrand to Team Griffin for the upcoming 2019 seasonhttps://www.over.gg/10312/kongdoo-panthera-to-become-team-griffinNews 2 - TRDezachu is stepping away from full time casting EU contenders to focus on his software company and casting local tournamentshttps://www.over.gg/10322/dezachu-retires-from-casting-contenders-europeNews 3 - KWSecond Wind and First Gen have received invites to compete in the first season of 2019 NA Contendershttps://twitter.com/maid_OW/status/1085248246224642048Roster MovesNews 1 - KWPhase 2 is back! All players have split from Kungarnahttps://www.over.gg/10302/kungarna-players-split-from-brandNews 2 - TRCinderella, maint tank for Legacy Esports has announced his retirement from competitive Overwatchhttps://www.over.gg/10290/legacy-esports-main-tank-cinderella-announces-retirementNews 3 - KWShortly after elimination in the quarter finals MVP Space announce new rosterLee "TTuba" Ho-sung (이호성) (DPS) (Only returning player)Yang "HengGi" Chan-hee (양찬희) (DPS)Kim "Jesp3r" Hyun-wook (김현욱) (Off Tank)Seo "DokDo" Jun-won (서준원) (Tank)Oh "Finn" Se-jin (오세진) (Flex Support)Ko "FRoPPy" Geon-Ju (고건주) (Support)https://www.over.gg/10306/mvp-space-changes-five-players-following-contenders-exitNews 4 - TROrgless and Hungry announce their all Swede roster after not qualifying for playoffsEmil "eMIL" Sandgren (Off Tank)(Returning)Leo "Leodeddz" Nilsson (Off Tank)(Returning)Oliwer "lateks" Fahlander (Tank)(Returning)Lucas "Polly" Widèn (DPS)"Berglund" (DPS)Gustaf "kangakanga" Leufstedt (Flex Support)August "Taang" Ek (Support)https://www.over.gg/10307/swedish-orgless-and-hungry-lineup-revealedNews 5 - KWXL2 release Mangachu, Cloneman, Goliath and Logix after announcing they are looking for local NY players to try out for the teamhttps://www.over.gg/10317/xl2-drops-several-in-move-to-add-new-york-localshttps://www.over.gg/10324/logix-released-from-xl2News 6 - TRCwoosh announced as Head Coach of Giganttihttps://www.over.gg/10313/team-gigantti-reveal-coaches-following-contenders-titleNews 7 - KWJayne announces first Tournament of Future Champions for 2019, will feature $2,000 prize pools for NA and EU regions, hero bans, and spectating coacheshttps://thebenchmob.com/all/misc-esports/jaynes-tournament-future-champions-returns-jan-19-20/

This time around we are talking with Maid, Coach of Second Wind

We're talking with Contenders NA casters Boopasaurus and Ham Tornado, reviewing all of the teams in the group stages, previewing the playoffs and dropping our predictions.

We're covering the past two weeks of Contenders group stages, previewing the BANGER matchups we have this next week, and showing off the new intro and overlays.Scene news/HNP Community NewsNews 1 - TRStarting with a test run in Contenders playoffs, in order to chat in Twitch chat you will need to link your BNET account to Twitch.https://overwatchcontenders.com/en-us/news/22819839Roster MovesNews 1 - KWPunk formerly of Sydney Drop Bears has been signed to Uprising Academyhttps://www.over.gg/10278/punk-joins-uprising-academyNews 2 - TRSecond Wind have added Tehpwnzorr(Support) and Ellie(Flex) after CarCar(Support) departed from the team (likely to take Elk’s spot on FU) and Coluge was releasedhttps://www.over.gg/10241/second-wind-add-tehpwnzorr-and-ellieNews 3 - KWKangaKanga, crems, Chubz, Karra, TwoIzZ, and SpoxXez have all announced they are free agents after We Have Org missed the playoffs and was relegated to Trialshttps://www.over.gg/10237/we-have-org-players-announcing-free-agencyNews 4 - TRXL2 Academy adds Jon as new assistant coachhttps://www.over.gg/10286/jon-joins-xl2-coaching-staffNews 5 - KWLucky Future reveals the transfer fees of former LFZ players (in US dollars): Marvel 90K, Michelle 95K, Diem and Erster 175K each, iDK 80K, Garry 51K.https://twitter.com/OWBeacon/status/1080125623585038337News 6 - TR

We're breaking down this weeks matches, checking in on the standings and dropping a bit of interesting team newsScene news/HNP Community NewsNews 1 - KWRoster MovesNews 1 - TR EUYoung and Beutiful are at full strength after adding Networkz (Tank) Bis (Flex DPS)https://www.over.gg/10053/young-and-beautiful-add-networkz-and-bisNews 2 - KW SABased Tryhards have found Alemao’s replacment with Wings (Support - LFTOWL) and Klaus’s with Lubbockhttps://www.over.gg/10054/based-tryhards-replace-alemao-with-wingshttps://www.over.gg/10065/based-tryhards-add-lubbockNews 3 - TR NAPanker has been called up on a Two Way Contract to the Gladiatorshttps://www.over.gg/10063/panker-becomes-two-way-player-for-gladiatorsNews 4 - KW EUKhave(Supp;ort) has left Bazooka Puppiezhttps://www.over.gg/10064/khave-leaves-bazooka-puppiezNews 5 - TR EUSkyfoxes losing member as a steady pace, King and Felty have left the team and former assistant coach AKA has joined X6 Gaminghttps://twitter.com/k1ng_ow/status/1071206744280326144https://twitter.com/Felty_OW/status/1071247860488957952?s=19News 6 - KW EUWhoRu is playing in Korea for Meta Athena on a loan from FUhttps://twitter.com/FusionUni/status/1072923925456150528News 7 - TR EUCynic former coach for YaLLa Esports/Mayhem Academy/Copenhagen Flames has joined First Generation as their new assistant coachhttps://twitter.com/FirstGenGG/status/1072380656506818562