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@TheCSA
to help push my professional goals forward in the coming years!
If you'd like to get in touch regarding work—freelance casting/desk/interviews in the OWL offseason, writing opportunities, stream/YT sponsorships, etc.—then please send an email to:
📧 josh
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Last week, my little brother died by suicide. Caleb was such a sweet, active teenager with a close and loving family but depression made him feel he couldn't share what he was going through.
I love him so much. I'm gonna take a break and need some privacy. I'll post more later.
Bren & I currently do not have an agreement for 2022 with Overwatch League, marking the end of our four years as broadcast talent. We wish the league and our colleagues the best of luck for OW2.
Love this woman with all my heart.
Thankfully she's agreed to the rest of our lives together so I can abandon this plan of kidnapping her out in the Dales...
Now it's just a beautiful holiday with my FIANCÉÉÉÉ
We've been there since day one, called some incredible moments, and made the broadcast better where we could.
We'll still be around the scene with Plat Chat or co-streams, and working other freelance broadcast work in esports. You won't be rid of us just yet.
I am in the middle of rehearsing a VALORANT cast about to close it out, and my bra-less co-caster brings me a sandwich (not asked for) as I get a Prime Gaming Flawless.
So how is your day going?
A true legend retires today.
super has been a cornerstone to not only the Shock but also Overwatch esports as a whole. As of today, he will be stepping away from our competitive roster. Thank you, for 4 incredible seasons.
#ShockFam
forever 🧡
Why are two supports banned?
Is there any rhyme or reason to the hero rotation in Overwatch ranked? At least OWL is transparent, even if convoluted and random.
Banning 2 out of 7 supports is egregious. That's like banning 4 or 5 DPS heroes in a week.
That's sports.
The elation of the winner matched with the heartbreak of the loser.
Success means so much to the OWL players, and we've never seen it in such a raw way as there with the legendary support duo of ryujehong and tobi.
Just got DMed: "curious whether you throw for content...it's a question I've had for a while so I felt like asking. no hate from me"
I'M JUST FUCKING BAD AT VIDEO GAMES ALRIGHT?! IT'S NOT UNUSUAL TO BE SHIT.
IF I WAS FAKING IT, WOULDN'T I BE GOOD SOMETIMES?? EVEN ACCIDENTALLY??
Already had a super weird Blizzcon experience...
Was taking a shit in the hotel toilets because my room isn't ready, and some dude walked in, put his phone over the stall and took a photo of me, then ran away
what the fuck people
no
You can give MVP to Happy, and he definitely deserves it, but the most impressive player to me was JJANGGU.
What a beast to go toe-to-toe with Fearless, Super, and Smurf in his opening week.
Thank you to all the Florida Mayhem fans who have been so kind and supportive of their newest player.
It is an honour to serve underneath Yaki as his Pharah protégé. I'm sure I'll learn a lot. I just hope
@yeHHH
doesn't keep me on the bench.
We are... thrilled... to welcome our newest flex DPS
@SideshowGaming
to the Florida Mayhem on a 14-day contract. He's ready to
#LightItUp
and bring his... "talents"... to South Beach.
#BringTheMayhem
What the fuck is this trade???
I need more context and info here, simply baffled.
Definitely wins the "most confusing roster move of 2022" award so far
My sister has an irrational fear of broccoli
I gave her a gift wrapped broccoli for Christmas and she screamed when she opened it
We all thought it was funny but now she won't talk to me
Am I the bad guy here for trying to get her to eat more healthily?
If
@KRUesports
qualify for Copenhagen, they will be the most consistent international attendees in the game's history, attending 5/5 Masters level events albeit from a weak field.
Every other team and player has failed to qualify for at least one event.
Fabulous match to end the season on.
Thank you Seoul and Shanghai for a clash that will echo in Overwatch history.
Gesture & Profit still the greatest duo of all time in Overwatch. Profit with some strong GOAT arguments after this weekend, no matter how the finals ends.
I want to eat 🍽 outrageous😮 amounts of raw 🤤 fish 🐟 tonight 🌙 just the rawer the better 💦 🎣 and I want to be surrounded 🧑🤝🧑 by boys 👨❤️💋👨 or men 💪 preferably men 😍🤩
Actually disgusting that this was allowed to happen to the RunAway roster.
No team lasts forever, but it's a travesty that this one exploded so intensely.
Rascal's story is my favourite in the whole scene.
He came so close in APEX, joined a superteam but was forgotten, had drama on Dallas, sought redemption in Contenders, and finally achieved back to back championships for the Shock.
The next chapter better be just as good.
He got me,” Bumper said of Ameng’s shatter over him. “That f***ing Ameng boomed me.” Bumper added, “He’s so good,” repeating it four times. Bumper then said he wanted to add Ameng to the list of players he works out with this summer.
Thank the sweet American gods, I've somehow avoided getting stuck in the UK after a trip back home that lawyers called "inadvisable", "risky", and "maybe you'll get stuck in germany this time"
Can't catch me, visa goblins, I'm headed back home to make CONTENT
Stop arguing about who the best player on Titans is
Haksal is PHENOMENAL
Seominsoo is CLUTCH
Stitch is EXPLOSIVE
Hooreg is LUCKY
Tizi is CONSISTENT
Jjanu is OMNISCIENT
Bumper
Twilight is a CARRY
Slime is UNDERRATED
Rapel is BENCHED
This match will likely be the best we've had in OWL
The culmination of an intense 2019 rivalry. Two of the most skilled rosters ever seen. Players who thrive under pressure. Elite coaches who've prepped them for weeks.
This will not be one-sided.
Prepare for greatness.
#OWL2019
Insanely successful stream today, we raised $17,033.72 for NAACP!
I'll add another $1,000 to create the total below, and
@dpei_ow
, the absolute trooper, is going to donate another $5000 to take us beyond the $23k mark together!
Thank you so much to everybody who donated today!
LMFAOO imagine thinking the Genji was 1v6ing the whole team
He's playing into bash, immortality field, rock, halt, and all that damage.
You have to be truly ridiculous at Genji to get THAT value in this meta. Don't get your salty ranked knickers in a twist, Sp9rk1e is a god.
Our father who rolls in heaven, Ameng be thy name: GOATs may come, they will be shattered, on Earth as it is in Heaven. Give us this day our daily cheese & forgive us our throwing as we forgive those who throw against us. And lead us not into Mayhem, but deliver us from Justice.
Freddie, my beautiful doggy buddy, went downhill over the last 24hrs and died this morning. He was the cutest little thing in the world, loved him very much. He had a great life.
San Francisco Shock are the best team in the world. If you don’t think so you’re delusional (and/or not watching North America). Quote tweet me and own me if this gets proven wrong. Don’t worry, I’ll wait.
Despite the loss, I think today's performance showed that Sentinels still can be elite with this roster.
It's a prep/mentality shift that can be helped by coaching, not a player quality or agent pool problem.
Started a series of articles on explaining basic concepts for newer viewers.
If you've heard the desk use words like "peel", "poke", "tempo", "anti-dive", "counter-dive", etc. and just thought:
"WHAAA?!?"
...then this is for you!
I was shooting OpTic serious bail for their Champs performance, but this is a recurring underperformance issue now at big events against international competition.
Scared to swing / punish, giving all the space and tempo away.
Tomorrow is not going to be much easier vs KRU.
Unbelievable final match for the APAC May Monthly Melee.
That's one for the history books.
I absolutely loved that series, it had everything: C9s, Tracer duels, Widow sprees, rush, dive, double shield...
incredible
From now on we get to see:
How many people will watch VALORANT without the most popular region in the tournament?
How many people are fans of the game, the competition, the championship itself, rather than NA players they watch on stream?
If it still peaks >1M, I'd be amazed.
Such a shame that Haksal is retiring. Legend of the scene that we only got to experience in OWL for 2 years, but I'll always remember the insane plays he's given us since 2016.
Thanks for being the greatest Genji (and Brigitte) we've ever seen.
I've tried today to entertain & distract from the horrific recent events, but distracting from reality is not the same as ignoring it.
We must not ignore the death of George Floyd and the others before him. Systemic racism in America NEEDS action, NEEDS change
#BlackLivesMatter
Cooking curry, offered some to
@xQc
and he's like "what is curry?"
WAT
Had to explain the concept of rice, chicken, spices in the sauce etc. Eating his first ever curry now. Decent reviews. Man has taste.
Flight attendant: Is there a doctor on this flight?
Dad: *nudging me* that could've been you
Me: Not now Dad
Dad: Glad they aren't asking for you to help actually, seems like way more stress than streaming
Me: Thanks Dad
Dad: I do wish you had eyebrows though you dumbass
Official party line for Valiant is that "visa issues" caused the dropping of their roster, despite the org's timing being the cause.
Presumably this is how they can get around league mandates to have 7 minimum players after January 4th, as part of emergency rules added in 2020.
OpTic have the quality to snack on XERXIA and prove that Champions was a blip in the road due to illness.
Their map pool is deep, matches up incredibly well against XERXIA, and I have yet to see that flair or unique tactical side from the old X10.
2-0 to feed NA hopium.
ALSO if you put this performance down to Glister's Tracer not being good enough to replace Striker, or blaming FDGod in general, then you're not watching the game.
Don't let narratives overrule your eyeballs, please.
Sinatraa deserves tournament MVP completely. He's a god-tier, utterly selfless entry player, arguably best in world right now.
Sentinels are the best team in NA.
Titans release all their players, giving no real details beyond "it was hard to coordinate with them in Korea".
Tragic end to the RunAway story. I hope this extreme situation, made worse by COVID, does not sour the players to the OWL experience overall.
We've seen orgs make horrible decisions like this in the past, but they never seem to learn from each other.
Justice fans had so much hope coming into 2020. Adiós.
I thought the viewers could not see the match chat because everyone was typing in it. I wrote it as a joke, although I should not have done it regardless of whether the viewers could see the match chat or not. I will make sure something like this never happens again.
We will definitely be bringing back some Overwatch League couch companion streams this year, but tomorrow I'm just gonna kick back and enjoy without being on broadcast.
There's only one opening day per year and I wanna chill out and enjoy it before the craziness kicks off.
That SBB considered quitting his entire career after only a couple months on the bench shows the slightly insane dedication the top pros have.
They hate the inability to compete. Their life's drive is the pursuit of greatness. Nobody is happy taking a paycheck.