Hangzhou Spark vs. New York Excelsior - FINAL


Week 3 • Day 2


VS.

San Francisco Shock
 
New York Excelsior
14-9 +4
Play-In Tournament
Advancement Round

 
20-4 -42
Clinched Atlantic
Division #1 Seed


Map Schedule
Control • Ilios
Hybrid • Volskaya Industries
Assault • Hollywood
Escort • Junkertown
TB/Control • Lijang Tower

Final Score / Tiebreaker

 
 
0
3
3
3
0
2
2
2
2
4
2
3
Victory!

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Summary of Changes in Stage 4
  • A 2-2-2 Role Lock is now enforced for each team.
    • Players must be designated to play Damage, Tank, or Support and is restricted to the heroes of that selected role throughout the duration of that map.
    • Each team must have 2 Tanks, 2 Damage, and 2 Support roles in their team composition.
    • Players must be seated in order from left to right of 2 Tanks, then 2 Damage, and then 2 Support. If during a map change a player changes role for the next map, they must disconnect and move from one player station to another player station and reconnect.
  • Stage 4 will play on patch 1.38.0.2 Summer Games/Subtitle Release which is the current live version of the game.
  • There is no Stage Playoffs tournament in Stage 4.
  • The map pool has replaced two of the three maps from Stage 3 of each map type. Here’s the map pool for Stage 4:

Click here for overall 2019 Overwatch League Changes
  • The Atlanta Reign, Paris Eternal, Toronto Defiant, and Washington Justice will join the Atlantic Division.
  • The Chengdu Hunters, Guangzhou Charge, Hangzhou Spark, and Vancouver Titans will join the Pacific Division.
  • All teams will play a 28-match schedule this season, down from 40 from the 2018 season.
  • The All-Star Game and other skills competitions will be held between Stages 2 and 3.
  • Stage Finals will be held after Stages 1, 2, and 3. Eight teams will qualify, including the two division leaders in that stage, along with the next six teams in the stage standings regardless of division.
  • For the postseason, the two division winners along with the next best four teams by record, regardless of division, will automatically qualify. Two additional teams will qualify through a play-in tournament between the seventh- through 12th-place teams. Those final eight teams will compete for the league championship in a double-elimination bracket.
  • The prize pool for the 2019 season is $5 million, up from $3.5 million in 2018.
  • Stage Playoffs Prize Pool (for each of Stage 1, 2, and 3):
    •Winner gets $200K
    •Runner-up gets $100K
    •3rd and 4th place teams get $50K each
    •5th through 8th place teams get $25K each
  • Season Playoffs Prize Pool:
    •Champion gets $1.1M
    •Runner-up gets $600K
    •3rd place team gets $450K
    •4th place team gets $350K
    •5th and 6th place teams get $300K each
    •7th and 8th place teams get $200K each
  • The map pool for each stage has been expanded to 12 maps.
  • For more details see the official 2019 Competition Rules here.


Click here for Match Rules
  • Each Overwatch League Regular Season match will play a minimum 4 maps.
  • Maps to be played in each match are predetermined by the league and posted on the official schedule in advance.
  • After the fourth map, the team with the most map wins will be the winner of that match.
  • In the event of a tie, a fifth Control tiebreaker map will be played.
  • Scoring for the league season and stage is based on match record, followed by map record, followed by head-to-head map differential, followed by head-to-head match differtial. If a tie still persists a tiebreaker match will be played before the start of the stage or season playoffs.
  • Overwatch League matches plays with the following game mode options:
    • Competitive Play Ruleset
    • Roles are restricted to 2 Tanks, 2 Damage, and 2 Support (starting in Stage 4).
    • Killcam is off
  • • Default skins are used in the Player POV

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  • Please be respectful to one another and follow the Forum Code-of-Conduct and the Overwatch Forum Posting Guidelines.
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Thank you for your cooperation and enjoy the match!




Playoff Scenarios for this match

  • Hangzhou Spark can win this match to clinch at least a Top 12 Play-in Tournament Spot
  • New York Excelsior has already clinched the Atlantic Division, but need to win this match to remain competitive for the overall #1 against the Shock and the Titans

Spark vs. Excelsior - Which team will win the match?

  • Hangzhou Spark
  • New York Excelsior

Spark vs. Excelsior - Map 1 (Ilios) - Which team will have the most eliminations?

  • Hangzhou Spark
  • New York Excelsior

Spark vs. Excelsior - Map 2 (Volskaya Industries) - Which of the following Support players will have the most healing done?

  • Anamo
  • BEBE
  • iDK
  • JJONAK
  • Revenge

Spark vs. Excelsior - Map 3 (Hollywood) - Which of the following Damage players will have the most solo kills?

  • Adora
  • Bazzi
  • Fl0w3R
  • GodsB
  • Krystal (Krystal is indefinitely suspended by the team. Do not pick this option.)
  • Libero
  • Nenne
  • Pine
  • Saebyeolbe
  • SASIN

Spark vs. Excelsior - Map 4 (Junkertown) - Among active players this map, which of the following Tank players will have the fewest deaths?

  • Guxue
  • Mano
  • MekO
  • NoSmite
  • Ria

As much as I want to say Spark can take this, they have been struggling just as much as NYXL this stage. I still think NYXL will take it in the end.

Let’s go NYXL!!!

spark is bad

90% of their fans are just in it because they want a pink skin

That and the poster artwork…

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They are 5th in the league for a reason. They are a very strong team.

They were strong, they can’t play 222 and krystal is dead.

Still too soon… Doa… still too soon…

Spark rank 21 this meta

LOL! When Overwatch League is burning their top competing game’s most stupid decision to date…

I’m going to refrain from NY choke jokes. I hope they win this one. For Jjonak’s sake.

What context am i missing here?

where was godsb hiding? he tricked me…

In Fortnite, a new “weapon” is available in their Battle Royale mode called the B.R.U.T.E. which two players can mount into and be extremely dominating in the game. This mech has been heavily despised by the Fortnite community and the hashtag #RemoveTheMech has been trending as they plead Epic Games to vault the Mech.

https://cnet4.cbsistatic.com/img/r0Ir5K8sU84kESA7UywZa_qbfvQ=/1092x0/2019/08/01/eb6c9c92-fc0d-4262-9175-3fc9a39bf395/fortnite-patch-notes-v10-00-patch-notes-br-header-v10-00-patch-notes-10br-mech-patchnotes-1920x1080-30ada9e73d283d3dbdbf73bd86738e597aa939d4.jpg

Broken pick for Shock win over the Dragons. I got it correct but it’s not giving the credit.

Ah I see. It looks cool at least, I guess.

I am wishing for some mech games like armored core…but not as a addition that breaks balance…

Indeed… after all we had Brigitte last year.

Too soon?

Yeah that’s what spark did, lure the enemy team into a “false sense of security” with whiffed ults.