Wasn't that in Overwatch and removed or did I imagine that?
It's always been a topic of conversation but unless I'm mistaken I don't think they've ever actually implemented anything to try and "redeem" lost ult for switching, no.
I was scrolling through match history out of curiosity, so here's some
Philly Phun Phacts
Since moving to the East region in 2021, Philly has been 2:3d by every team except the Guangzhou Charge (and New York who were in East for 2021 but moved back to West for 2022; they have 3:2d Philly in previous seasons though).
The last time Philly won a 3:2 was in 2020 vs the LA Gladiators. This was also their best season for map 5 win rates, winning 5 of them and losing only 1 (plus losing a 3:4 vs Paris).
Overall, Philly has won 22 map fives and lost 16.
Gosh this was not a good week for perfect predictions. I ended up going 12-4 but of my 12 wins, only 3 were perfect preds and didn't include either of the double points games. This last day especially, I had one 3-0 and two 3-1 preds, every one of them I'd waffled between 3-0 and 3-1, and every one of them went the other way. Somehow I've made up a good bit of ground though, to the point where I'm back in the hunt for a top spot.
Most of the games in the west next week seem pretty straightforward and the east is currently the Chaos Zone so hopefully I can do better on perfect preds to keep clawing my way back to the top.
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5-2 for APAC and 6-3 for NA, despite some blunders (rerolled a couple scorelines at the last minute) i had 5 perfect preds including a double pointer to keep me in the game
Alright I'm all beta'd up because I am a corporate patsy.
First impressions on Junker Queen: KILL KILL KILL
She's super chaotic and her optimum flow might take a bit to figure out but she's super fun to brawl with. The knife is a great play making tool although it's not nearly as powerful as Roadhog's hook. It is basically just a Lucio boop but in reverse. I did make a pretty sick play in one game where I pulled a Soldier off high ground and dunked him with a meatshot to the head to open the fight up.
I've literally only played a few games so I can't make any good assertions about compositions (not that I know what I'm talking about anyway). I'm not sure if diving her will be effective since she just doesn't really die if you're proccing bleed damage but we'll see in the coming games. Long range poke will absolutely be her undoing. Shout is ok for closing the distance but she'll probably need a Lucio to be effective at the pro level. Reinhardt might just beat her anyway without her did get a slight health nerf (-50 armor, +25 health).
I've been watching Emongg mess around with her in a private game to test stuff out, and while she definitely doesn't seem OP or anything, she does seem like a whole lot of fun
I'm not sure she'll fit into any kind of OWL level comps, but as a ladder hero she seems pretty cool and viable
This is the first time Houston has beaten Atlanta. Which makes sense, given Houston's history of being a garbage team (aside from last year, but Atlanta was one of the best teams in the league).
whoa hey hot damn, did not expect to be up there! only went 3-2 today, but I guess it helps that all three were perfect preds
I'm torn on Philly vs Shanghai tomorrow. Philly has already 3-0'd them twice this season and SHD already doesn't look good this stage, but they have so much talent and Philly is so capable of throwing any match, I really want to go with Shanghai. But ultimately that's probably just the afterglow from last season, and the smart money is probably on Philly at this point. But predding Philly to beat Shanghai just feels dirty...
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whoa hey hot damn, did not expect to be up there! only went 3-2 today, but I guess it helps that all three were perfect preds
I'm torn on Philly vs Shanghai tomorrow. Philly has already 3-0'd them twice this season and SHD already doesn't look good this stage, but they have so much talent and Philly is so capable of throwing any match, I really want to go with Shanghai. But ultimately that's probably just the afterglow from last season, and the smart money is probably on Philly at this point. But predding Philly to beat Shanghai just feels dirty...
I think Shanghai will finally start running Fate on ball, which should help them a lot (apparently Fate was the shot caller last year). However, it sounds like Belosrea had a good showing on ball this morning, so who the fuck knows. I think it'll be close game. I currently have Philly winning 3-2, but I keep swapping them. APAC is so hard to predict unless Seoul or Guangzhou are involved...
yeah I'm in the same boat, I had Shanghai 3-2 to start, then changed it to 3-2 Philly after today's match, then changed it back to Shanghai after some more thought, and now I'm not sure what I want to do
whichever one I pick, it'll probably end up being a 3-0 going the opposite way
Whew, thank god I didn't switch back to Philly! Very nearly fulfilled my own prophecy, but like I said you can always count on Philly to drop the ball when it counts. Shanghai looking back to their expected form, thank goodness.
I really don't get why some teams are still trying to run Sombra. I don't know the stats, but I suspect Sombra's only wins this season have been against other Sombras.
Yeah Sombra just seems like a worse pick than any other meta hero, and as far as I know it's not like there are any teams out there stuck with only a Sombra one-trick. Everyone should be able to make something better work! Stop trying to make Sombra happen!
If the Washington Justice want a new coach, I just want them to know I'm available.
I won't be good, but I'll definitely be better than the shit they tried to pull today. Like how could you possibly think that was gonna work?
Haha we fought back to a map 5! Lets take out the players that finally started winning us maps so we can try to beat London in a rush mirror on control!
A trap is for fish: when you've got the fish, you can forget the trap. A snare is for rabbits: when you've got the rabbit, you can forget the snare. Words are for meaning: when you've got the meaning, you can forget the words.
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i almost big brained that last match, but like i said, no trust in either of them to be good
not as many bonus points but still went 6-1 for APAC and 7-2 for NA
Florida seems to be the gatekeeper team of this year, I knew I could count on them to beat Boston, and also count on Boston to make it close (although I definitely didn't count on Boston to go up 2-0 lol). All of the matches I expected to be close went 3-0 and all the matches I expected to be 3-0 ended up being close so not a lot of bonus points, but I'll take what I can get!
The only APAC matches I'm interested in next week are the Chengdu ones because of course. For the West, there aren't a whole lot of compelling matches. Dallas-London might be good depending on what Dallas team shows up, and NYXL-Boston is only interesting because it's the double points match and I could see either of them throwing the match to the other team. Other than that I don't see a whole lot of close match or upset potential.
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It's always been a topic of conversation but unless I'm mistaken I don't think they've ever actually implemented anything to try and "redeem" lost ult for switching, no.
He's struggled with serious mental health issues in the past. I hope he's ok.
me 3 years ago re: the very same teams:
Philly Phun Phacts
The last time Philly won a 3:2 was in 2020 vs the LA Gladiators. This was also their best season for map 5 win rates, winning 5 of them and losing only 1 (plus losing a 3:4 vs Paris).
Overall, Philly has won 22 map fives and lost 16.
Edit: Very Chengdu way to end that match.
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Most of the games in the west next week seem pretty straightforward and the east is currently the Chaos Zone so hopefully I can do better on perfect preds to keep clawing my way back to the top.
First impressions on Junker Queen: KILL KILL KILL
She's super chaotic and her optimum flow might take a bit to figure out but she's super fun to brawl with. The knife is a great play making tool although it's not nearly as powerful as Roadhog's hook. It is basically just a Lucio boop but in reverse. I did make a pretty sick play in one game where I pulled a Soldier off high ground and dunked him with a meatshot to the head to open the fight up.
I've literally only played a few games so I can't make any good assertions about compositions (not that I know what I'm talking about anyway). I'm not sure if diving her will be effective since she just doesn't really die if you're proccing bleed damage but we'll see in the coming games. Long range poke will absolutely be her undoing. Shout is ok for closing the distance but she'll probably need a Lucio to be effective at the pro level. Reinhardt might just beat her anyway without her did get a slight health nerf (-50 armor, +25 health).
Edit: also competitive rules in QP is nice.
I'm not sure she'll fit into any kind of OWL level comps, but as a ladder hero she seems pretty cool and viable
edit: Oh also London is rumored to be signing Lukemino. About time he got a spot.
Edit 2: Someone else in the league said the Lukemino signing is not true and that Halo is getting trolled.
Sadly it blew up my pred but tbh a Houston/Atlanta game really couldn't end any other way
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I'm torn on Philly vs Shanghai tomorrow. Philly has already 3-0'd them twice this season and SHD already doesn't look good this stage, but they have so much talent and Philly is so capable of throwing any match, I really want to go with Shanghai. But ultimately that's probably just the afterglow from last season, and the smart money is probably on Philly at this point. But predding Philly to beat Shanghai just feels dirty...
I think Shanghai will finally start running Fate on ball, which should help them a lot (apparently Fate was the shot caller last year). However, it sounds like Belosrea had a good showing on ball this morning, so who the fuck knows. I think it'll be close game. I currently have Philly winning 3-2, but I keep swapping them. APAC is so hard to predict unless Seoul or Guangzhou are involved...
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whichever one I pick, it'll probably end up being a 3-0 going the opposite way
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put in my preds for the west games today but i won't be surprised if i get boomed in two of them, i have no faith in these teams
I won't be good, but I'll definitely be better than the shit they tried to pull today. Like how could you possibly think that was gonna work?
not as many bonus points but still went 6-1 for APAC and 7-2 for NA
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Florida seems to be the gatekeeper team of this year, I knew I could count on them to beat Boston, and also count on Boston to make it close (although I definitely didn't count on Boston to go up 2-0 lol). All of the matches I expected to be close went 3-0 and all the matches I expected to be 3-0 ended up being close so not a lot of bonus points, but I'll take what I can get!
The only APAC matches I'm interested in next week are the Chengdu ones because of course. For the West, there aren't a whole lot of compelling matches. Dallas-London might be good depending on what Dallas team shows up, and NYXL-Boston is only interesting because it's the double points match and I could see either of them throwing the match to the other team. Other than that I don't see a whole lot of close match or upset potential.