Boston Uprising vs. Toronto Defiant - NOW LIVE

General Discussion
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Stage 1 • Week 3

VS.
Boston Uprising
  
Toronto Defiant
2-2 0
  
2-2 -2
2-2 0
  
2-2 -2

Map Schedule
Control • Busan
Hybrid • Hollywood
Assault • Temple of Anubis
Escort • Rialto
TB/Control • ???

Final Score

 
 
0
2
4
1
0
2
3
2
2
3
Victory!

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  • The Atlanta Reign, Paris Eternal, Toronto Defiant, and Washington Justice will join the Atlantic Division.
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  • The map pool for each stage has been expanded to 12 maps. Here’s the map pool for Stage 1:
Map 1
Map 2
Map 3
Map 4
Busan Hollywood Temple of Anubis Rialto
Ilios King's Row Horizon Lunar Colony Dorado
Nepal Numbani Volskaya Industries Route 66

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I’ve been looking forward to this match all day. Both teams seem like they are about the same level. If Boston has the full roster I think they will have the edge though. So let’s go Boston!

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go toronto!!!

4

I’m sitting like directly in front of the players I can’t believe it!

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so, yea got banned on twotch chat because i used cmonbruh emote… how in the hell am i able to tell what can i use and what i cant use and WHY?

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I myself have been in the Blizzard Arena…it’s a legendary experience, let me tell you.

Also, if Custa is in the building, make sure you have cough drops ready…Custa hates it when fans aren’t engaged, and he will make sure the crowd is hyped up, whether for his team or another team. As I remember someone saying, “If you haven’t lost your voice after a match where Custa is on stage or in the crowd, you didn’t do your job as a fan.”

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Toronto have been getting results, but I really don’t rate them. Expecting a Boston W, they have looked good.

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oh jeez I didn’t realise NYXL are playing yet again today, means they’ll have 1 game overall in the last 2 weeks. Also means they can officially confirm their spot in the Stage playoffs TODAY, and depending on the other matches, Vancouver could lock their spot up before they play again.

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Announcer: Travelling to Busan

Me: PLAY SNOATS YOU COWARDS

10

The multiple comp changes before the match starts lol. Trying to psych each other out.

11

That was a mean tease. For a moment we thought we would get a non-33 comp

12

I get running DPS comps on Meka Base, but why the heck do teams insist on going pure GOATS instead of SNOATS. It dominates in Contenders on Meka Base, it dominated the one time an OWL team used it on a different, Mei friendly control map, just go for it.

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Toronto looked really good that map and Boston did not, they seemed to be struggling.

14

I feel like Toronto is hard-focusing the Zarya.

Either that or Colourhex is just feeding, one or the other.

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Yeah Toronto did look good, making me eat my words. Most teams have been putting Discord on the enemy Rein, but it wouldn’t surprise me if Neko has been putting it on Colourhex, he’s going down so quick every fight.

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Hello beautiful people…I have finally arrived! :sunglasses:

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Okay it doesn’t look like Neko is specifically focusing Zarya, so it was probably just Colourhex being out of position. What I will say I’ve noticed though is that without fail, in a lost fight Neko will put Discord on D.Va and try and get the demech before he dies

18

Anyone going to comment that it literally said 0.00m? Nice game, Bliz.

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b0.st0n 0, but seriously, that was really close

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That’s what I came here to comment…

Blizzard, I demand you take a look at this, cos if it’s 0.00 away from finishing, then why is the 3rd point not awarded? Really, Blizzard…fix that crap.

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