It’s been a long time coming, but after many promises and much uncertainty, Blizzard has finally unveiled the fully-realized Overwatch League and announced its season openers.
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Team EnVyUs, one of the biggest North American teams with representation across eight different eSports, is about to get a whole lot bigger. After rumors floated around last month regarding a move for the North Carolina-based organization, EnVyUs confirmed that they have received an eight-figure investment from Hersh Interactive Group and will be relocating to Dallas.
Two more teams have been added to the much-anticipated and highly-scrutinized Overwatch League. The Kroenke family, who own a host of sports teams including the Los Angeles Rams and Denver Nuggets, have snapped up a second LA franchise. Cloud9, one of the most popular eSports teams in the world, has helped the OWL expand into Europe by purchasing a slot in London. These new teams will join the existing LA franchise, as well as teams in Boston, New York, Miami-Orlando, San Francisco, Shanghai, and Seoul, as the first to participate in the league.
This past weekend saw the 2017 installment of the annual Canadian major Melee tournament, Get On My Level. While Mang0 and Mew2King were ultimately unable to attend, there was still plenty of competition and some surprising results. Here are the major takeaways:
On July 23rd, Justin "Plup" McGrath defeated a god.
It's not the first time that this has happened. Super Smash Bros. Melee is one of the most popular and widely played eSports of all time, but for the better part of the last decade, six players―the "gods"―have absolutely dominated the landscape: Mang0, Armada, Hungrybox, Mew2King, PPMD, and Leffen. Since 2009, no other player has won a major tournament. Few people have ever bested a god one-on-one, and only one non-god has ever won a tournament with two or more in attendance: Leffen, while he was still on the come-up. Mere mortals can never hope to be as good as them―for most, going to a tournament means seeing how well you can perform before the top players do away with the competition and vie for the top prize. That is, unless you're Plup. |
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