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This is exciting! It's week two of the Overwatch League, and right in the nick of time, Blizzard announced that Twitch was going to be hosting all the games, in 720p/1080p! The games look gorgeous, the team colours are super fun to see, and the skins are out in game as well!
A lot of the teams seem to be more evenly matched than people initially thought, which makes the games way more exciting to see. Constant stomps and one-sided matches would be way more tedious to watch, so the fact that the base power level of the teams is relatively even is a pleasant surprise. Some teams are struggling more than others, and some may be concealing their true strength until the later stages, content to drop/tie a few maps but win the overall series to maintain their ranking on the leaderboards. The players from Contenders and the Overwatch World Cup are spread out through-out the teams, with only three teams having a single nationality (Korean), and there are enough star players everywhere that those watching can feel comfortable cheering for their favorite player, a team based on their geographical location, or even just their favorite team colours. Personally, I'm cheering for one of my favorite teams from Contenders, the Immortals roster that has picked up new players and turned into the LA Valiant. The colours are great, the players are fantastic, and they've already made some amazing plays. I can't wait to see what each week brings in terms of successes and challenges they'll face. Oh, also, new sprays and player icons have been released! Who to pick, who to pick, for a new player icon? I always want to pick Sombra, but ugh, her player icons are always off-centered, and this one is still no exception. I think, with all her inclusion in the Overwatch League so far, just seeing her icon or a player playing her won't cause as much immediate tilt, so I may just go for it anyway! Wish me luck!
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The Overwatch League began its inaugural preseason today, and it's already off to a rough start.The stream isn't available on popular streaming websites YouTube or Twitch, and is instead featured on MLG which has no Chromecast support. This made it extremely difficult for me to even begin watching the stream, taking me an extra 30 minutes to explore all my options to see if I could stream the matches directly from my phone (I can't), and then go, turn on my PC, get everything set and stream the full site page from MLG to my Chromecast. Yes, full site page. There's no way to remove or hide the chat unless you install an adblocker, and direct the adblocker to the chat window. Seriously? Where's the TV support? How are people supposed to easily watch this major e-sports event comfortable in their own home, attached at the hip to their PC? Does no one at Blizzard stream to their television, and they somehow didn't anticipate that watching what's supposed to turn into a huge sporting event on your couch would be something people looked forward to? Do people now watch the Superbowl on their PCs instead of in large parties? Did I miss a memo somewhere? I was really looking forward to this whole thing, but now I'm more frustrated than anything else. I don't want to have to come home and go to my PC to watch something on my television, especially when the standard for every single Overwatch event previous has been for it to livestream on Twitch. This is a huge inconvenience, and will likely impact the viewership if they don't get it figured out. I'm literally writing this post instead of watching the stream because it made me so frustrated I don't even care about watching it right now. Blizzard. Seriously. Get some Chromecast/SmartTV support going on, let your viewers watch the streams from the comfort of their beds and couches, and let us hide chat. Not everyone likes seeing POGCHAMP spammed a hundred times in a row. |
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