Hangzhou Spark vs. Paris Eternal

General Discussion
1

Week 4 • Day 2


VS.
Hangzhou Spark
  
Paris Eternal
3-2 -4
  
2-3 -3
6-6 -8
  
5-7 -11


Map Schedule
Control • Lijang Tower
Assault • Temple of Anubis
Hybrid • Eichenwalde
Escort • Junkertown
TB/Control • ???

Pregame

 
 
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-

WATCH LIVE: Twitch • Overwatch League • ESPN3


Click here for a summary of changes in Stage 2
  • Baptiste is eligible for play.
  • Overwatch League has switched the order of the Assault and Hybrid maps to reduce the likelihood that a match is decided part-way through the third map as draws are more likely on Assault.
  • Stage 2 will play on patch 1.34.0.1 (Baptiste Release). The current live version of the game is patch 1.35.0.1 (Archives 2018).
  • The map pool has replaced two of the three maps from Stage 1 of each map type. Here’s the map pool for Stage 1:
Map 1
Map 2
Map 3
Map 4
Lijang Tower Paris Blizzard World Junkertown
Oasis Hanamura Eichenwalde Watchpoint: Gibraltar
Busan* Temple of Anubis* King's Row* Rialto*

The tiebreaker map will be played on one of the two control maps not played in the series. *Asterisk refers to maps that appeared in Stage 1.


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
    •Killcam is off
    • •Default skins are used in the Player POV

Click here for discussion thread rules
  • This thread is intended for the discussion of this specific Overwatch League match.
  • Please be respectful to one another and follow the Forum Code-of-Conduct and the Overwatch Forum Posting Guidelines.
  • Incentivizing boycotts or invoking discussion that outright expresses hate or disinterest toward Overwatch or the Overwatch League directly in these match discussion threads of any kind will be considered trolling and flagged appropriately.
  • If you are Trust Level 3 user, you are welcome and encouraged to post your animated gifs and images in replies to support your team or be expressive, but please keep any such imagery appropriate.
  • Any user may share Twitch Clips as you clip them of the match in progress to share with everyone.
  • I, WyomingMyst, am a Forum MVP. This means I spend a great deal of time helping players with Overwatch (which is why my text is green in color). This thread is not related to my role as a Forum MVP and I do not represent Blizzard Entertainment.

Thank you for your cooperation and enjoy the match!



Playoff Scenarios in This Match

  • There are no immediate implications to Playoff Standings in this match.
2 Likes
2

Go Spark! Best OWL skins period. Been trying to collect a lot of them but have 1,078 tokens currently saved for special stuff like All-Star skins and potential emotes.

3

I promise I am awake! I know I have been putting every waking hour into my Workshop Wiki… but I am awake for this… LETS DO THIS!!

5 Likes
4

Wyoming, you can take a nap bud. No one will blame you lol.

2 Likes
5

This should be a fun match to watch.

6

i am for Paris Chikens today !

1 Like
7

Though there’s no direct playoff impications to this match, the chances are that this is a playoff eliminator match. As noted yesterday:

  • Dallas are very likely to be the 6th team to lock in a spot in the Stage playoffs
  • If Hangzhou win, Shanghai are almost certainly #7, probably joined by one of Hangzhou or Seoul
  • If Paris win, they should be #7, probably joined by one of Shanghai and Seoul

All other teams are either already in, already out, or unlikely to make Top 8.

8

This match is going to get very sloppy, as Paris and Hangzhou have been very inconsistent as of late…I’m predicting a 3-1 to Hangzhou, but really I’m not sure this match is going to produce much in the way of entertainment.

That being said, let’s pray Sombra doesn’t get loose today…I would like to get some much needed sleep before final exams…

9

Anyway, while we wait for matches to commence, I’ve got a few questions for you all:

1: Who’s going to own the worst map differential of this stage: Houston, Washington, Florida, or Guangzhou? Based on what I saw yesterday (and the fact Jake is starting to let his anger show), I’m predicting that Houston is going to walk away with the worst map differential…
2: What happened to Toronto? Last stage, they were in the Stage Playoffs, now they’re 1-4? Whatever happened to them?
3: Do you believe San Francisco will finish the stage 28-0 in map score?

10

hi gamers how we all feeling today

11

1 - Houston look a very reasonable bet to go 0-7 and have the worst map differential. Florida only has one match left, GZ are better than their record shows, and that only leaves DC to beat
2 - They’ve stuck with GOATS, which they looked good at in Stage 1. However, Stellar’s retirement and Im37’s subsequent pickup has forced Ivy to switch to Brig from Zarya, and they just don’t look settled right now
3 - 27-1. Shanghai will take a map off them to prevent the perfect stage.

12

“whats the meta of food” …girl what

13

Deep fried Coca-Cola…ok, how and why?

14

poor Kruise, even his teammates call him a Feeder

15

great pre-show :smiley:

16

One time I was eating nachos at a race and I got pelted with a packed t-shirt from a t-shirt cannon… And I was like…

My nachos… :sob:

5 Likes
17

Who on the production team trusted Bren with a t-shirt cannon?

2 Likes
18

The same production member who trusted Soe with a t-shirt cannon…

2 Likes
19

its Texas guys, everybody can be trusted with such cannon :smiley:
where i live they dont want us to have even musket replicas :confused:

20

I wish there was a way Chengdu, Shanghai and Paris could all make the playoffs this Stage. The 3 bastions of DPS comps.

I mean, there is, but it would require Dallas to lose to at least one of Houston and Florida, so it’s not happening