Houston Outlaws vs. New York Excelsior - FINAL


Week 1 • Day 2


VS.

Houston Outlaws
 
New York Excelsior
0-0 +0
 
0-0 +0
3-11 -23
 
12-2 +30


Map Schedule
Control • Ilios
Hybrid • Horizon Lunar Colony
Assault • Numbani
Escort • Watchpoint: Giblartar
TB/Control • ???

Final Score / Tiebreaker

 
 
1
0
4
3
0
2
1
1
3
4
2
3
Victory!

WATCH LIVE: TwitchOverwatch LeagueESPN3


Summary of Changes in Stage 2

  • Stage 2 will play on patch 1.36.0.1 Anniversary/Workshop Release which is the current live version of the game.
  • The map pool has replaced two of the three maps from Stage 2 of each map type. Here’s the map pool for Stage 3:

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!



For those who have not been in the loop, Houston Outlaws’s parent company, Infinite Esports, is the center of some very disturbing news in the Esports Scene.

Apparently, the organization was losing more than $1 million a month. The fate of the Outlaws Franchise (as the Immortals cannot kept it) remains unknown.

1 Like

This will be an easy win for NYXL. Also curious to see what will happen to Outlaws, I assume nothing this season but who knows about next season.

If that stuff is true…who knows…wonder if they will still be a team by next season…:disappointed_relieved:

One of the benefits of the franchise system of Overwatch League is that franchise rights management is handled by the league. The league will not let the franchise die, but it can result in drastic changes including complete roster and coaching staff changes if needed.

Jjonak’s shoes got me dead lmao

You know who works on this map pretty well? Pharah!

Not with Brigitte SWOOCEing armor packs around

That’s still rather rough though…

Linkzr is the key. Houston must have the highest win rate with him playing.

1 Like

I dunno what it is about Mano. He’s either a god or a feeder. I don’t understand the disconnect that seems to happen between him and the rest of NYXL from time to time.

1 Like

…And Mano with the god ambush shatter :joy:

1 Like

But with Immortals now negotiating the sale of this Overwatch League franchise, part of the sales terms could include picking and keeping select Outlaw players and adding them to the Valiant roster.

Wow, you really called it.

He’s consistently inconsistent, so it’s not hard to predict lol.

I feel like sometimes it’s just him being way overconfident or cheeky and it doesn’t work out.

When it does, though…

Being an NYXL fan is taking years off my life.

Keep Muma/Linkzr. Let the rest go. Scout out some cheap contenders kids.

I would note this would depend on the approval of the Overwatch League office. Who knows what will go down in the next few months.

I just miss Pine and Ark and SBB

at least SBB is on now

1 Like

SBB! :heart_eyes: