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The Overwatch League (OWL) was a professional esports league for the video game Overwatch, produced by its developer, Blizzard Entertainment.From 2018 to 2023, the Overwatch League followed the model of other traditional North American professional sporting leagues by using a set of permanent, city-based teams backed by separate ownership groups.
Overwatch League: Premier professional esports league for Overwatch. Competition and team structure mimics North American sports league with city-based teams and regular season play. United States, China, Canada, South Korea, United Kingdom, France: 2017-2023
Overwatch and Overwatch 2 are team-based first-person shooter games developed by Blizzard Entertainment. Overwatch was released in May 2016 for several platforms. The game features a number of gameplay modes that support casual play, ranked play, and competitive modes used for professional esports events, such as the Overwatch League.
Overwatch initially showed promise for an esports scene during its beta phase in 2015, attracting teams from around the world to compete upon its full release. While an open ecosystem for its esport was quickly established, its publisher Activision Blizzard elected to create the Overwatch League, a franchised league akin to that of North America's NBA, with slots being sold for a reported US ...
Kim Ji-hyeok (Korean: 김지혁), better known by his online alias Birdring, is a South Korean professional Overwatch player who played for several teams in the Overwatch League (OWL). He is best known for playing hitscan damage heroes, such as the sniper Widowmaker and highly-mobile Tracer. Prior to the OWL's inception, he played for KongDoo ...
Prior to the start of Stage 4, Overwatch underwent a balancing update, as well as the introduction of the new hero Brigitte, which significantly reduced Kwon's effectiveness on Tracer. [3] At the end of the regular season, Kwon accounted for 27% of his teams kills when playing as Tracer and 33% of his team's kills when playing as Pharah. [4]
Florida Mayhem was an American esports team founded in 2017 that competed in the Overwatch League (OWL). The Mayhem began playing competitive Overwatch in the 2018 season . All rostered players during the OWL season (including the playoffs) are included, even if they did not make an appearance.
The Vegas Eternal, formerly the Paris Eternal, is an American professional Overwatch esports team based in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Eternal compete in the Overwatch League (OWL) as a member of the league's West region. Founded in 2018, Paris Eternal began play as an OWL expansion team in 2019 and is one of two professional Overwatch teams based ...