#kongdoo

[txttletale]

tying an esports team to a region is a great idea for more reasons than just the blind aping of trad sports that i can only assume was the reasoning behind the OWL's decision. like, look at what happens at international esports events: korean, chinese, european, and north american fans will all rally behind whatever teams from their regions end up making it through the brackets, to say nothing of how fervently vietnamese, latam, etc. fans will cheer when their regions so much as win a match.

having a team represent a place makes for fantastic marketing and provides pre-packaged narratives: new york and philadelphia, liverpool and manchester, city-based rivalries are as old as sports is. the reason the overwatch league fucked this easy win up is because they, very foolishly, declined to do what every other esport ever has done and institute a system of regional leagues, instead wanting to boast a "global league". but apart from the obvious logistical issues that the morons who came up with should thank their lucky stars COVID obviated immediately, this undercuts all the aforementioned benefits of tying your teams to cities!

a san francisco-LA match has immediate meaning to anyone, whether they're familiar with the esports histories and players of the teams or not. a shanghai-atlanta match, or a london-seoul match, or a vancouver-florida(?! not a city lads) match all mean basically nothing. plus, the way the OWL did it, making orgs set up teams with no branding connection to themselves, also made it hard to get invested in preexisting esports narratives: the lunatic-hai kongdoo panthera rivalry faded into memory when those teams became the 'seoul dynasty' and 'london spitfire', CoD fans eager for the envy/optic rivlary had to overcome the barrier to investment that was those teams being the 'houston outlaws' and 'dallas fuel'. actiblizz's own call of duty league would later rectify this awful decision by letting teams go by names like 'atlanta faze' and 'optic texas', but by then the OWL's fate was already sealed.

so what i'm saying is that a franchised, city-based model could have worked for an esports league, if it hadn't been for the boneheaded, institutionbally embedded blizzard mantra that they're the specialest boys alive and need to reinvent the wheel every time they do anything at all

overwatch leaguye was doomed from the start but NOT because of the idea of city baesd teams as many people claim that idea could have been great it was just the execution of it within the owl framework that was unworkable

[akshonesports-blog]

Will Junkrat become part of the meta? Find more at our highlights and interview (http://bit.ly/2wOVNne) Image Credits: Blizzard Entertainment

Overwatch Gameplay | Birdring Jumps on Junkrat Hype Train - Kongdoo Panthera VS CONBOX | OGN APEX S4

This Overwatch gameplay highlights Kongdoo Panthera Birdring on the Junkrat hype train versus CONBOX Spirit at the OGN APEX S4. Usually a top tier Tracer and...

[vave-lol-blog]

KDM Roach

Welcome back to LCK!

omg he is adorbs

Source: Fomos

[teamkongdoo-blog]

ㅋㅋ

[kyuhyungallerybrazil]

- 17.05.19 - ENG -  iamsonstar IG: Super Junior Kyuhyun x Kongdoo Avenger. Starcraft Dream Team!!! -

- 17.05.19 - PT - Atualização Instagram iamsonstar: com Kyuhyun do Super Junior X Kongdoo Avenger. A tão sonhada equipe de Starcraft. -

Via: IAASJS

[owldesk]

it’s been so long since apex my nostalgia is slowly leaking into owl s1.... i just long for the past....... the last vestige of apex is officially dead as of today and i’m in mourning

[nennechus]

birdring for anon

[shaztracer]

[wtfgamersonly]

SK Telecom Gaming: Twitch Deal.

SK Telecom Gaming: Twitch Deal.

For the past couple of years, Korean solo Que, at a professional level, has been pretty much non existent in the eyes of the western world. ‘League of Legends championship Korea’ teams have pretty much all had consistent deals with Azubu.tv; a Korean origins e-sports media company who focuses on Pro gamers and their streaming potential. However, by November last year, rumors were confirmed that…

[actuallydyinglol]

dont judge a book by its cover

this soft boy

actually screams

into his mic

at his team

-but i still fxckin love him.

[evilroachindustrial]

No idea what’s going on with Fearless and I hope he gets better quickly but man, I hope they’ve been practicing with somebody else at main tank ahead of this cause switching up your tank line a week out from the season?

That’s rough buddy.

[audvidis]

bdosins allegations have been known since around apex s4/preseason of owl. c9 had the chance to take action but didn’t either due to ignorance or indifference.

[meme-dreams]

london spitfire bring rascal back i am begging you

[pdomjnake]

New episode of GTFO just dropped, check it out!

Today’s episode is a sort of response to some of the comments made by fans as well as community members such as Mykl and Jayne about the addition of more Korean players and full Korean teams. (Spoiler alert, I don’t share their views on the subject.)

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Thanks!

[scllysdana]

SCREAMING CRYING THROWING UP

[leeb0m]

Watch retired, and he is going to start streaming at KONGDOO.

here is interview video link > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZmoFwfjSp0 (Eng sub)