Changes are coming next week with Stage 2
Last Saturday was such a great day for competitiveOverwatch.
The Overwatch Leagueheld its Stage 1 Finals and as a fan of London Spitfire, there sure were some highs and lows. The team lost to New York Excelsior early in the day only to grind it out, topple the Houston Outlaws, and face NYXL again that evening. During the best-of-five title match, London was down two maps. It was looking grim. But in a show of endurance, they rallied. Some exceptional Widowmaker play by Birdringsnowballedinto back-to-back-to-backwins on Horizon Lunar Colony, Numbani, and finally Dorado. London Spitfireended up takingthe Stage 1 title along with $100,000.
It was a memorable event, don’t get me wrong, but boy did it stretch on.
For Stage 2 of the Overwatch League, Blizzard is making a few much-needed scheduling changes:
It’s a tricky thing scheduling for viewers around the world, but I think this is an improvement.
I’m stoked for Stage 2 next week. New players are entering the fold, the incoming meta shift should put less emphasis on Mercy, and there aregreat rematchescoming up. I wanna see shakeups.
