Luxury Watch: Korean Tournaments with Style

Tyler Simpson comes to GosuGamers to discuss a new tournament taking place in the Korean Overwatch scene.

At GosuGamers we have events tailored more for the NA and EU players, such as GosuGamers Weeklies and Alienware Monthly Melee. Across the globe in South Korea, Tyler Simpson and HQ Overwatch introduce us to “제1회 고급대회,” or--roughly translated to English--“Luxury Watch".

This tournament will provide the first time a Korean event will have an English cast. And should be a more accessible look into the Korean scene because of it.

Luxury Watch Rules and Format
 

• Bo3 matches, where each round will reward 1 point 

• Tiebreaker (both teams attacked or defended succesfully) goes to a random Control map.

• Finals are Bo5 with two random Assault, Escort, or Hybrid maps.

• No hero limitations

If you’re curious about the day and time of this tournament, it is June 25th at 14:00 KST (05:00 UTC). There is a prize pool of 200,000 Korean Won ($174.38 USD) up for grabs as well for the winning team!

For Korean viewers: the stream is available at http://live.tvpot.daum.net/hq_overwatch.popup.

For English viewers: the stream is available at https://www.twitch.tv/hqoverwatch.

Teams

Eight teams have been invited to play in this tournament, and the organizers interviewed them to give fans a chance to get to know them. Below are the teams, and some insight into their mindsets:

Absolute Crown
In response to ‘Which sport do you want to play as an Overwatch mod?’ Absolute Crown replied “genji ping pong.”

Roster: 선비, anfield, 송하나, 해결사, denny, haren

Adela
"Our team [consists] of clan members who want to play on various tournaments and we want to get an experience from this tournament." - Adela

Roster: Soukai, 소히츠, 구수구숙, 세금기동대디바, Linby, 붓따공쓴다

ALOS
"We formed our team in overwatch open beta service period. Each team member has great abilities so we hope you watch us playing." - ALOS

Roster: 첨으려, 까덜스, 다딘, 고기, 최달달, 윤사장

Dummy
"We were in the round of 16 of Overwatch blizzard showmatch. Our players are the members of an overwatch clan '#Dummy'. We found the advertisement on Inven, and we get to participate in the tournament to get some experience and play with other good teams." - Dummy

Roster: Holly, 초리랜드, SIROKITSUNE, 샤쿤, 블라디미르, 암운

Excel
"Our team is not a professional team but we formed it to participate in tournaments. We want to get an experience and learn from other teams." - Excel

Roster: 바람, 손녀, 송군, 갓애넬, 핑키, 메르시

HOS
"Some of our players have won in other game tournaments. We are enjoying games steadily and we are ambitious. We got to participate [in] this tournment to get an experience and improve our skills." - HOS

Roster: 너누구냐, 준샥, 포커포키, 골루그, 김치, Diadalos, LAPIDSTAR

Unplugged
"We formed this team a week ago but we are confident. We want to get lots of experience." - Unplugged

Roster: 사자왕, BAMBOO, Ribbon, NUBBET, M3RCY, pavane

WAVE
"We want to improve our team with seriousness and skill better than any other team. Our players will work together and adjust opinions and make our team professional." - WAVE

Roster: Frozen, NYAO, BLUEBERRY, KESSLER, 디우이사, 고급시계

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