OT: Vancouver Titans | Overwatch ESports League

Rowlet

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Why is this video game thread in the Canucks forum?

Game day thread for a competitive esports team, owned by the Aquilinis, team is named for Vancouver, we also have threads for the Lions and the White Caps

the real question is why are you in here if you don't care?
 

Indiana

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Is it better to learn as a absolute newbie 1v1 or 6v6
An individual can play. You don't need a team. The game will find a team for you to play in.

Once you're in a team, you can play any character (hero), and switch to another hero any time.

And definitely play 6v6.

The beauty of Overwatch is that it has elements for casual players as well as serious gamers.

Some heroes are aim-intensive ---> caters to gamers.

Some heroes require no aim at all ---> caters to casual players.

In general:

2 big fat 'tanks' tend to be in front shielding their team or absorbing hits.

2 medium-sized 'shooters' stays behind them & shoot.

2 small skinny 'healers' try to keep everyone alive from the back.

(which is not easy since enemy shooters can sneak around your team to bypass the beefy tanks & kill vulnerable healers)

All 3 'roles' have heroes that require minimal or no aim at all.

Example:

That big monkey tank, shoots electricity that follows the enemy no matter where they move.

You do not have to aim your crosshair at the enemy, you just have to keep them in your screen.

If you can see them, they get hit. Sounds too easy?

That ease comes with a trade-off:

The monkey only shoots at short-range. So you have to be smart at staying safe until you can get close enough to shoot.

Meanwhile, the enemy wants to shoot your monkey from afar before you can get close and shoot back.

It's a strategic dance between you & your target.

Sure, it's easy to kill them once you're in range (no need to aim.)

But first you gotta get close.

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Whether you like to contribute by healing your team...

Or by shielding your team...

Or by shooting enemies...

There's something for every play style.

The game is $20. No monthly subscription.

playoverwatch.com

You can buy at the official site above.








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Pip

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Game day thread for a competitive esports team, owned by the Aquilinis, team is named for Vancouver, we also have threads for the Lions and the White Caps

the real question is why are you in here if you don't care?

No kidding. I ignore the fantasy hockey, Lions and whitecaps threads no problem. It’s not that hard
 
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Rowlet

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An individual can play. You don't need a team. The game will find a team for you to play in.

Once you're in a team, you can play any character (hero), and switch to another hero any time.

And definitely play 6v6.

The beauty of Overwatch is that it has elements for casual players as well as serious gamers.

Some heroes are aim-intensive ---> caters to gamers.

Some heroes require no aim at all ---> caters to casual players.

In general:

2 big fat 'tanks' tend to be in front shielding their team or absorbing hits.

2 medium-sized 'shooters' stays behind that & shoot.

And 2 small skinny 'healers' try to keep everyone alive from the back.

(which is not easy since some shooters like to sneak around the outskirts of your group in order to bypass your beefy tanks & catch your vulnerable healers unawares)

All 3 'roles' have heroes that require minimal or no aim at all.

Example:

That big monkey tank, shoots electricity that follows the enemy no matter where they move.

You do not have to aim your crosshair at the enemy, you just have to keep them in your screen.

If you can see them, they get hit. Sounds too easy?

That ease comes with a trade-off. The monkey only shoots at short-range. So you have to be smart at staying safe until you can get close enough to shoot.

Meanwhile the enemy wants to stay far enough to safely shoot your monkey before you can get close and shoot back.

It's a strategic dance.

______________


Whether you like to contribute by healing your team instead of shooting the enemy..

Or by shielding your team and shooting the enemy..

Or by just plain ol' killing enemies..

There's something for every play style.

It's $25 ($13 on sales week) one-time payment, no subscription. Pretty cheap.






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you have to pay for online on console but on pc its a one time deal
 

Rowlet

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Titans take on an expansion brother in their second game today at 3PM, this is Guangzhou's third game of the season, a 3-2 loss to Chengdu Hunters that went to an extra map and a 4-0 victory against the Dallas Fuel, a very powerful team that hit their stride towards the end of last season.

The maps will be Nepal, Hollywood, Volskaya and Route 66. The starting 6 likely won't change for the Titans, Slime, Twilight, and Haksal on Support and Seominsoo, JJANU, and Bumper on Tank.

Yesterday's match which saw the Charge decimate Dallas Fuel began with a team composition that is heavily focused on diving the backline instead of the death ball style the Titans play. Guangzhou's opening roster was Happy and Hotba on DPS, Rio on Tank, Shu and Chara on Support and Eileen on flex-Support, on the same opening 6 heroes as their first game of the season. The Charge play a very aggressive style and they matched up well vs the Fuel who played a 3/3 composition the entire match. The Charge opted to match Dallas playing 3/3 in the second half of the match.

Notes for the game:

- Guangzhou has led on their very aggressive dive comp in both of their matches so far and both times it's succeeded, they've taken the first game both times. It will be key for the Titans to take the first game.

- The hybrid map is Hollywood and we saw the Titans' dominant performance there last week against Shanghai, it's one of their most favourable maps. They held the Dragons to a full hold at point one and they will need to show up again today.

- Last week's loss to the Chengdu Hunters was a very close series of games. The Charge lost 3-2 and outside of their dominant first game they also took Volskaya, which is where we will play today. Of note, Guangzhou played 3 Support, 2 Tanks and the flex-support hero Sombra who tore through Chengdu's main tank, Hammond. If Bumper plays Reinhart, they could fare better than the Hunters did.

- Last week, the Charge lost the extra game to Chengdu on Nepal, which is today's opening stage, that could be the Titans opening to clutch the match early. The Charge lost 2 maps on Nepal badly, the map they won was very close.

- Guangzhou's 4-0 slaying of the Fuel had a win on Route 66, that's one of the maps we will see today.

I'll be around for game time, as usual if you have any questions post them in here and I'll get back to ya! Go Titans!
 

Rowlet

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as usual, game is viewable here and will start around 3, maybe 3:15 if Dallas/Philadelphia goes long
 
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Rowlet

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Charge did opt to open with their dive comp, looks like the Titans brought Stitch in to play instead of Seominsoo as an attempt to counter their team
 

Rowlet

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Stitch on McCree last game looks like it forced the Charge to play vancouvers 3/3 matchup which drastically favours us.

McCree deals with flankers like the Charge use, Tracer and Sombra in particular
 

Rowlet

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both of the Titans games this season they have held their opponents to point 1 on the hybrid map
 

Rowlet

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yep, Titans are just so good on these hybrid maps, they attack well together but their defense is so strong
 

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So are the Titans just godlike on certain types of maps but suck at the ones they played in the first set?
 

Rowlet

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So are the Titans just godlike on certain types of maps but suck at the ones they played in the first set?

Kinda, the way the team is built, their best players are hyperfocused on the 3/3 team comp, which is probably the best way to play however it's susceptible to flanking heroes like Sombra in particular. That means that the maps which support 3/3 best are so favoured for the Titans because they're one of the best teams in the league at 3/3.

Nepal is a great map for both Sombra and Widowmaker, that's why we saw Stitch in for Seominsoo, he got to play McCree who's the natural counter to the flanking heroes who give 3/3 teams a lot of trouble.
 
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