The battle of the daring dreamers and the defiant band of brothers. OGN’s APEX Season 4 has shaped up to become one for the history books.   RunAway has gone from a team on the brink of elimination, with no resources to their name and become a 2-time grand finalist in the OGN APEX … Continue reading “APEX Season 4 Final’s Storylines and Other Edible Notes”

One day remains until one of the biggest tournaments worldwide in Overwatch esports begins, APAC 2017. Additional info is revealed concerning the match format for the group stages, the patch that teams will play on and more. Let’s break them down. Jason Kaplan revealed on twitter hours ago that the tournament will be played on … Continue reading “Match format and patch for APAC 2017 have been announced”

My very first articles on WinstonsLab were about the behavior of Ultimates and how some aspects of theirs felt wonky. Those analysis pieces, two in total, were titled “Ultimate Inconsistencies” and in them I explored all the differences between the various Ultimates at that time, as far as charge rates and the proper way to arrange for … Continue reading “Blizzard removing Ultimate inconsistencies is a step in the right direction [Patch notes, October 10]”

With the announcement of Runaway and GC Busan to participate in APAC 2017, suddenly the tournament has become a death trap for the only Western team invited, Envision, from NA. Unarguably, the Western regions are under-represented in this tournament due to OWL teams finalizing their rosters and the Overwatch World Cup returning in a couple … Continue reading “Will Envision make it out of the groups in APAC Premier 2017?”

With a short statement yesterday, the Immortals organization released George “Hyped” Maganzini and announced that news will follow for their OWL roster during the week of October 24th. The release came as no surprise to many since Hyped was benched for quite some time following the Immortals domination during Contenders S0 on the back of their … Continue reading “Overwatch LA Has Given a Roster Announcement Dates”

With a short tweet with flags arranged in a line, an underscore and a question mark, the coach of the OWL team Dallas Fuel, Kyle “KyKy” Souder, hinted that a new member will join the team and tempted his fans to guess his nationality. Before we discuss the new addition to the team, let’s take a moment … Continue reading “Guess the Flag [OWL Edition]”

For the last 27 weeks the Team Rankings have been dominated by a single team, Lunatic-Hai. Since they set a record for rating on August 13th (with 76.43) LH’s rating has been on a constant decline. And after dropping below 65 two weeks ago, the Koreans now finally lost the first place. After the spot … Continue reading “Lunatic-Hai loses First Place after 27 Weeks of Dominance”

People who are familiar with the CS:GO scene even a tiny bit, just watching the major tournaments and the playoffs, know that there are some French rosters who every now and then, when roster changes are needed, trade their players and they try to build the strongest French lineup possible. In Overwatch, we had such … Continue reading “The French Shuffle [OWL Edition]”

Sunday was the day of the finals for Contenders S1, with the matches to be played as Bo7 ensuring that the best team gets the win. The arrangement of the game modes in a Bo7 was as follows: Control – Hybrid – Assault – Escort – Hybrid – Assault – Control. Despite the great production of the … Continue reading “Vikings took a trophy home, PMA smashed Fazes – Contenders S1 Playoffs [Day 2]”

Hours ago, an article on over.gg informed us that there will be changes in the map pool for the playoffs of Contenders S1. Blizzard hasn’t announced anything yet officially, but if what the article reports is accurate, it can potentially upset some of the matches. Let’s break down the changes and some of the teams they … Continue reading “Map Pool changes for the Playoffs of Contenders S1”

A day ago people were made aware that on the Contenders website, in the section with team information, Seagull has been added as a substitute to the Team EnvyUs roster. The deadline for roster changes for the teams going into the playoffs ended a couple of days ago. Team EnvyUs had submitted the addition in due … Continue reading “Seagull’s added to NV’s roster in Contenders. Does FNRGFE stand a chance?”

On Sunday, October 15th, four of the best teams in Asia will compete in the Seoul Cup OGN SuperMatch. There will be two matches, each between a Korean and a Chinese team. The games will be held live in the Hanyang University olympic gymnasium in Seoul. At 2pm local time (7am CEST, 1am EDT, 10pm PDT) … Continue reading “MY and Lucky Future join C9 KongDoo and Lunatic-Hai for the Seoul Cup OGN SuperMatch”