The Power Struggle Within Dallas Fuel and AMA with Owner “hastr0”
In recent news the Dallas Fuel announced the release of their head coach Kyle “KyKy” Souder due to the lack of results in the Overwatch League and star DPS player Dong-jun “Rascal” Kim because of his “unwillingness to communicate with the team”. It’s the latest in…
OWL Weekly Power Rankings: Valiant Best of Stage, Excelsior’s First Loss in Weeks
Welcome back to this week’s power rankings! OWL’s overall rankings did not experience much change this week however, this didn’t stop certain teams from performing beyond expectations and offering some close games and decisive upsets. The Stage rankings experienced greater volatility, with certain teams losing…
The Omnic View: Reducing Stress While Playing Overwatch
Whether you’re in a high-powered competitive match or simply trying to coordinate a team in quick play, we’ve all experienced stress while playing Overwatch. This stress often manifests itself as toxicity: how many times have you heard someone yelling over voice chat or spamming rude…
OWL Weekly Power Rankings: Excelsior Dominates, Uprising Contends for Top 3
Welcome to this week’s power rankings! At this point, we’ve officially put the mid-season behind us. Even so, the Playoffs are still a ways down the road, and the winner of the Grand Finals could still be anyone. While there are teams that dominate the…
The Omnic View: Positive Community Impacts
It’s true that news about the Overwatch community hasn’t been all positive recently. A while ago, there was a community outcry following an influx of toxicity among players, which got so big that Jeff Kaplan discussed it on a developer update. After the start of…
The Omnic View: Poor Pro Behavior Leads to a Disrespect of Esports
Welcome to the first edition of the Omnic View! Every month, I’ll be bringing you a more serious look at something that’s affecting Overwatch and its community. Today, I examine a possible result of Overwatch League players’ poor conduct. It was recently reported that the…
Behind the Hero: Matthew Mercer as Jesse McCree
Welcome to Behind the Hero, a new series that takes a look at the voice actors working so hard to bring our favourite heroes to life. The voice cast of Overwatch is so varied and talented that many of the artists have similarly amazing roles…
Apparently, the pros hate Mercy…
Gaming website IGN recently asked professional Overwatch players who their most hated hero was within Overwatch. The results seemed surprisingly conclusive, with the general consensus being Mercy. IGN News Host James Duggan visited the Overwatch League arena last week and had the chance to talk…
Toxicity in Overwatch: An issue of culture
In this month’s issue of GameInformer magazine, Overwatch game director Jeff Kaplan is quoted as saying, “If you’re a bad person doing bad things in Overwatch, we don’t want you in Overwatch.” This quote can also be heard in a recent developer update video in…
Blizzcon 2017: Our predictions
In about two weeks Blizzcon will be taking place in sunny California. During the weekend of November 3rd and 4th we’ll be bathing in Blizzard related news, living on a rush of excitement and drinking one too many coffee. But all in the name of information,…
What can we expect from this year’s Halloween event?
While we haven’t gotten any official confirmation, it is pretty certain that we’ll see the Halloween Terror event return this year. A Reddit leak suggests the event might kick off in about two weeks, which is very likely since the event was released around the…
Jeff Kaplan talks about the Overwatch developer team
The Overwatch community is a very passionate group of people. As a developer, dealing with people that consider your product their own, is a bit of a double edged sword. On one side you’ll get immediate feedback on any change you make. But on the…
