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 “?1? ????,” 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
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Bo3 matches, where each round will reward 1 point
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Tiebreaker (both teams attacked or defended succesfully) goes to a random Control map.
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Finals are Bo5 with two random Assault, Escort, or Hybrid maps.
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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: ??, anfield, ???, ???, 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, ???, ????, ???????, Linby, ?????
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: ???, ???, ??, ??, ???, ???
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, ????, SIROKITSUNE, ??, ?????, ??
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: ??, ??, ??, ???, ??, ???
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: ????, ??, ????, ???, ??, Diadalos, LAPIDSTAR
Unplugged
"We formed this team a week ago but we are confident. We want to get lots of experience." - Unplugged
Roster: ???, 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, ????, ????
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