Sorry for this blog post for being late. I wanted to write this blog earlier but I wasn't really motivated to write recently. Anyways, Overwatch League Season 2 is now over. The Vancouver Titans, who I have been cheering for the entire season, finished second. They lost the Grand Finals to the San Francisco Shock in Philadelphia. I wanted to cover some of the OWL season and what happened in the playoffs for this blog. The last time I wrote about the Vancouver Titans, they were playing the GOATS comp pretty good but now with the role lock introduced in Stage 4, things began to change. Even though they won most of their matches in Stage 4 (they only lost to the Washington Justice and the San Francisco Shock), the Titans looked less dominant than the other 3 stages. They managed to go 5-2 for Stage 4 and they also managed to lock up the number 1 seed for the playoffs.
The playoffs for the Overwatch League was real interesting to watch. The playoffs were still in the same 2-2-2 role lock meta but this time a new character was available to play, which was Sigma. Even though the Titans had to wait a week before to find out who they were going play, the Titans looked really sharp playing this meta. The Titans first took on the Seoul Dynasty and they beat them 4-2. Their next match was against the LA Gladiators and they also won 4-2. Their next match after that was against the NY Excelsior. This match was super important because who ever won this match, went directly to the Grand Finals. The match against the Excelsior was super intense but the Titans managed to win 4-3. In the Grand Finals, the Titans were set to face the San Francisco Shock. Before this match, I kind of predicted that the Shock were going to win based on the way each team were playing. I was real shocked at how easy it was for the Shock to beat the Titans. The Shock beat the Titans 4-0 but it also was pretty close during each map. I was kind of disappointed at the score but I knew the Titans were facing an uphill battle. Maybe if the Titans were a bit more lucky, they could have won a few more maps. Overall, I am real happy that the Titans did very well in their first season of the Overwatch League.
Even though there is some time before Season 3 of the Overwatch League starts again, I am really looking forward to the next season. In Season 3, all of the Overwatch League teams will have some "home" dates, meaning that each team will play games in their own city. Previously, all of the Overwatch League games were played at the Blizzard Arena in Los Angeles. The Vancouver Titans will be hosting 2 "home" series for season 3. One is on May 16 and 17 and the other is on July 4 and 5. I managed to get floor seats for the first series in May and I am still waiting to get seats for the one in July. I am real excited for this because it will be the first time I will be attending an esport event in my home city. I remember the first ever game the Vancouver Grizzlies played in Vancouver and being at that arena when they won at the buzzer. That is all for now but in a few days I will be attending BlizzCon and I can't wait for all the news and excitement surrounding it. I hope I can write a detail report of all the things at BlizzCon in the next blog.
