New York Excelsior vs. Washington Justice - FINAL


Week 2 • Day 1


VS.

New York Excelsior
 
Washington Justice
2-0 +7
 
0-2 -4
9-0 +23
 
1-8 -15


Map Schedule
Control • Lijang Tower
Assault • Hanamura
Hybrid • Eichenwalde
Escort • Junkertown
TB/Control • ???

Final Score

 
 
2
3
3
3
4
Victory!
0
1
2
1
0

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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 which is the current live version of the game.
  • 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

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Thank you for your cooperation and enjoy the match!



In related news, it was revealed earlier this week that Justice team manager Kate Mitchell will be retiring after the end of stage 2 for mental health reasons.

https://twitter.com/KateMitchellOW/status/1116006567109742592


Fl0w3r will make his OWL debut…

My thoughts on that:

Does anybody know if we will be seeing anything from Archives today? They revealed the Retribution trailer last year at OWL

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There are no official announcements at this time. Last year there was a very short developer video update announcing the announcement. This year has had no such DUV.

we finally get to see flow3r tonight… but we still havent seen pine or sbb so far… anyway this is an easy 4-0 for nyxl

oh boy…hoping the Justice aren’t massacred…too much…

When is All-Star weekend? I have 488 tokens saved and they are REALLY burning a hole in my pocket. Want … to… continue… collecting… SPARK SKINS!

I am a fan of both teams…but my blood was forged blue by the Blue and Gold Forge in my high school…therefore, LET’S GO NYXL!

4-0 this Justice squad…but do it mercifully, NYXL.

definitely not gonna miss kate.

Florida and Washington in back-to-back matches is so ResidentSleeper. Ugh…

Late May…

/20chars

ARK PICTURE. Lmao!!!

i cant (i can) believe nyxl held that point 100-0…

Geez, that was just sad to watch. When you get two picks and can’t take the point, you are out matched.

Dang. Real good try by the Justice there

Did I mention that the Justice CHOKED?

Did I mention that the Washington Justice CHOKED?

Thought Justice were actually gonna get that…it was a pretty good try there!

Me too. As dominant as NYXL looks, they were pushed back by the Justice more than my Outlaws could.

Yeah that was close, I was really hoping they’d take it to a 3rd point :[

jjonak actually just killed 5/6 of the justice by himself

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