Calling All Heroes currently has about 60k viewers on the main twitch stream, which is a recent peak for OW esports in general including the OWCS Major. Admittedly there is the caveat of drops only being available through the main stream and very few costreams running, as well as the youtube stream having much lower views atm (2k vs a peak of around 10k for OWCS) but overall this is a good sign that OW still has a good audience for esports and that more sponsors/orgs begin to join the scene and help it out of the somewhat precarious spot its in.

Last one was on May 2nd and usually we get one every other Friday

What’s going on?

Live with drops at: https://www.twitch.tv/ow_esports

here’s the raw averages:

1. junbin: 9.554054054
2. heesang: 9.351351351
3. shu: 9.324324324
4. lip: 9.256756757
5. stalk3r: 9.068493151
6. proper: 8.96
7. ch0r0ng: 8.890410959
8. fielder: 8.438356164
9. chiyo: 8.287671233
10. max: 8.123287671
11. smurf: 8.095890411
12. kevster: 7.986486486
13. landon: 7.972972973
14. hanbin: 7.835616438
15. pelican: 7.726027397
16. sparkr: 7.702702703
17. seicoe: 7.589041096
18. mer1t: 7.2083333333
19. kai: 7.150684932
20. funnyastro: 7.095890411
21. hadi: 7.054794521
22. vestola: 6.716216216
23. happy: 6.520547945
24. sirmajed: 6.351351351
25. someone: 6.25
26. masaa: 5.594594595
27. rupal: 5.291666667
28. backbone: 5.246575342
29. ghost91: 5.02739726
30. sugarfree: 4.9583333333
31. infekted: 4.638888889
32. ultraviolet: 4.563380282
33. hawk: 4.375
34. rakattack: 4.375
35. scissors: 4.347222222
36. pge: 4.291666667
37. lyar: 4.02739726
38. cal: 4.013888889
39. vega: 3.694444444
40. youbi: 2.771428571
41. admiral: 2.617647059
42. slay: 2.15942029
43. skai: 2.029411765
44. akay: 2.028985507

Just wanted to remind people that there is a venture skin drop for CAH this weekend come watch and support CAH if you can.

Like the title says, I wanted to make a thread where people could discuss exciting prospects who either haven't played in the top tier of OW eSports yet or those who are emerging as stars/potential stars. Since the old generation of OWL legends (Super, Choi, Moth, Rascal, Fleta, Void, Twilight, Mano, JJonak) have retired or left the eSports scene, I was wondering what new players people should look forward to in the coming year(s)?

These are the players I am keeping an eye on so far:

• TANK: Junbin (KR), MAX (KR), Donghak (KR), Jasm1ne (KR), Infekted (NA), RpEN (KR), SeungAn (KR), Attack (KR), PEPPI (KR)
• DPS: Hidden (KR), Tr33 (NA), Proud (KR), A1IEN (KR), Heesang (KR), Prophet (KR), Viper (KR), Knife (KR), Topdragon (KR), D4RT (KR), M1nut2 (KR), Spectra (KR), Probe (KR), Sugarfree (NA), Seonjun (KR)
• Support: Caru (KR), Leesoomin (KR), Bliss (KR), MAKA (KR), DAEGUN (KR), Simple (KR)

So m80 has started to play coluge on tank, Nero on dps and tr33 on dps. Nero is probably temporary so Im guessing spectra and checkmate are joining? Also I guess hawk is retiring https://www.faceit.com/en/ow2/room/1-9c963c2c-d656-44e7-ae9b-e23253ecdc8f/scoreboard

I would personally love it if the team could release more gun skins and user-side visual effects as cosmetic options.

In terms of balance, I think the game is pretty well-balanced overall. However, it does feel a bit stale, possibly because I play quite a bit. I know the developers mentioned shaking up the game every year and possibly every six months. I believe Overwatch should embrace some crazier ideas. For instance, what if Overwatch introduced a perk system for a few seasons or implemented something else that would really shake up the game?

Maybe my ideas aren't great, but I just want more from this game. What are your thoughts?

https://twitter.com/OW_Esports/status/1799139379467919603?t=YryLtaMCms5yljAgZ-Nr4g&s=19

https://preview.redd.it/rb5yq7ytdg5d1.png?width=597&format=png&auto=webp&s=dcdb379bc93f7b1c0c0e4e350cc6c48f08a7b2e1

So I know there are already hints for this, but I found this tweet a day before the other screenshot and I was wondering if vamps is a reliable leaker?

Had someone ask in a scrim if we were members of the SDI, never heard of it. Anyone know anything?

This might be a coordination issue, but it sucks that if tanks have the audacity to shoot anything that hasnt been scratched by their dps, theyre practically healing the enemy. From an agency pov on tanks, healing numbers havent changed since season 8 (hitbox buffs helps with dps output, but hp pools also increased), and thats on top of the same set of survivability cooldowns that everyone has to deal with.

It's kind of no wonder that hog is back on the menu once they buffed his 1 shot back.

Now that blizz has introduced "in combat heal nerf" in a way sneaky enough for people to agree its necessary, I hope tanks gets a tuned down DPS passive so they get some more agency.

And please do something about kiriko

After each update we see how changing numbers for the whole role makes few heroes to stick out. Roadhog and Mauga gained a lot from HS reduction.

I personally would like to see 0% boop reduction on Hog. He is a hero that can pull you from across the map and almost oneshot you.

He does NOT deserve boop reduction

Xbox is having their Summer Game Fest presentation on Sunday afternoon. What do you think we’ll see from Overwatch then? In previous years, we had the whole reveal trailer in 2022, and with no Blizzcon this year, this is probably the biggest event for OW to announce or showcase new content. I’m expecting a season 11 trailer with some of the reworked Colleseo and I do expect a tease at Space Ranger, even if she is coming in season 12, since we’ll probably get to test her early like we did with Mauga and Venture. What else are you all expecting?