My son is still going strong with OW, and just keeps getting better. He is top 500 in all three roles each season with support being his best. He is now 17 and spends more time with discord OW community. THey run non official tournaments and leagues etc. Starting to be an increasingly possible chance that he could make a run at OWL when he turns 18 but will have to see if he can make some headway in contenders this fall.
Been so many years of him playing keep waiting for him to tire of it but he doesn't seem to for any length of time. At the highest rank it's a pretty small community they start knowing each other pretty well. He has had some nice matches for and against Emongg during streams. I'll have to post next time that happens so that the four of you who still play OW can watch my boy while I beam with pride at his skill and trolling.
That's awesome.
I'm sure you don't really want to put your hands too far into it, or maybe he's already doing it.. but push him to start looking at scrims/teams, if he isn't already. The networking provided is too valuable, and a good way to get recognized. Even collegiate leagues/teams have connections to orgs. I think the bus set sail for random tryouts for organizations due to establishment, and a lot of these people that are getting picked up by teams.. if its anything like most other games, isn't because of matchmaking merit; unless you're a freak of nature and more than likely a twitch streamer.. its more about minor teams making a name for themselves and getting "scouted." Think HS football > college football > NFL.
Ultimately, i'm projecting because I did not do this and it stunted my options in CS. I was too introverted, I didn't want to poke around and try out to random teams.. so I settled to friends and friends of friends.. which caused me to have to "carry" teams out of lower divisions constantly. 2006 was a different time, but I managed to be a ringer in some higher end teams, which helped paved my second wind w/ CSGO 10years too late.. accolades and such, so I was able to jump into higher divisions, play with some big names but no stage.. by that time, its too late lol.. I am no papa bicep.
eitherway, he probably a smart kid.. I definitely didn't have the foresight of it being a possibility of any sort of profit and/or reality.
With OW2 coming, there could possible be a massive paradigm shift.. so getting in those hours and connections now could be fruitful when the game hits, and there is an influx of "inconsistent" players who believe it doesn't take much to be where your kid has put in the effort.. and the more that know that effort.. the better. Using CS, CSS, CSGO, and Valorant as a point of reference. All of their Tier 1, aside from maybe original CS, didn't come out of no where technically.
