If twitch numbers are not showing the whole story then where is all the other outside interest coming from? Aside from the finals, the entirety of OWL was broadcast solely on twitch. So if that doesn’t give insight into the overall interest in OWL, what would? Am I wrong? Was it being broadcast elsewhere?
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I don't know exactly. It didn't do badly on Twitch, I mean usually 100K for 6 hours, 4 days a week, for like 5 months straight is pretty good I think.
There's a lot beside twitch viewership.
Merchandise both physical, and digital(skins), the bits donate to cheer the teams during games...they made quite a bit there. Twitch paid 90M for 2 years broadcasting, I'm not sure how much Disney/ABC, ESPN paid for the playoffs. Some teams have sponsors on their shirt. The league itself had a few sponsors. These are all source of revenue.
Rumor is the teams operated for the first season at a profit which would be amazing. We're not talking getting their 20m back here, but the yearly expanse...salary, lodging, equipment, etc...If running a team is profitable, this would be amazing for OWL.
Now if the rumors are true that spots are selling for 35M now, that means an existing team like London could probably sell for much higher considering the players they have signed already vs buying a spot with no players which would be a massive return on their investment in 1 year only.
Still 100K doesn't seem like a lot when compared to Fortnite 2-3 times all the time.
There's a lot beside twitch viewership.
Merchandise both physical, and digital(skins), the bits donate to cheer the teams during games...they made quite a bit there. Twitch paid 90M for 2 years broadcasting, I'm not sure how much Disney/ABC, ESPN paid for the playoffs. Some teams have sponsors on their shirt. The league itself had a few sponsors. These are all source of revenue.
Rumor is the teams operated for the first season at a profit which would be amazing. We're not talking getting their 20m back here, but the yearly expanse...salary, lodging, equipment, etc...If running a team is profitable, this would be amazing for OWL.
Now if the rumors are true that spots are selling for 35M now, that means an existing team like London could probably sell for much higher considering the players they have signed already vs buying a spot with no players which would be a massive return on their investment in 1 year only.
Still 100K doesn't seem like a lot when compared to Fortnite 2-3 times all the time.
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I want that Demon Hunter Sombra skin. I don't want a Blizzcon Virtual Ticket. If Blizz wants to do special Blizzcon costumes they need to keep them ugly like the ones from previous years.
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They'll eventually have something like Valve has in CSGO and DOTA2. You can watch a match in the game client and switch views as you like. It's a pretty amazing experience to be able to watch the match how you want to instead of some producer.
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Torb rework explanation here and they have some small videos to go along with it: Torbjörn Rework | Coming Soon
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Araxen
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Sadly, the good ones are still going to be good.
IIRC, This is the first change they've made to a hero due to how good they perform on consoles. Jeff said in today's video these changes are largely directed because how good she is on consoles at lower elo's. She's good at lower elo's too on PC, but I guess she's even moreso on consoles. Which makes sense because it's hard to aim with sticks for her hitscan counters.
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Penance
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Didn't they nerf Torb because of console in the beginning? Or what that a console only nerf?
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They point out that a turret will still build even if Torb dies. But it’s useless because it now won’t auto target anything so it’ll just sit there waiting to be destroyed?
Edit: Nevermind, looks like it still autotargets but you can also force it to fire on the target you’re attacking, to bring the sweet 6 second release of death.
Edit: Nevermind, looks like it still autotargets but you can also force it to fire on the target you’re attacking, to bring the sweet 6 second release of death.
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Cybsled
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Ya, and that is actually a good change in certain situations, like bursting down certain heroes. I'll be curious to see how good his ult is, though. The area it impacts seems rather small, so it seems best suited for countering dives or very narrow chokes.
Finally did my placements for this season. Landed in plat after going 7-3 playing mostly ana and offtanks. Games were really good surprisingly. The only two bad/annoying games I had were run of the mill 3 dps comps with dps who couldn’t manage to kill anyone. But no toxicity, no leavers. Pretty cool!
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So is there a point to Mercy anymore?
Every other healer has more utility and/or heals more than she does.
Every other healer has more utility and/or heals more than she does.
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Burst healing is good but sustained healing is invaluable when Moira is out of heal squirts and Ana can’t aim for shit.
