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**Overwatch League Recap**

A podcast covering the news, matches, and results for the Overwatch League. Join Andres, BlazzinBob, and Mel as they guide you through the Overwatch League with summaries, analysis, interviews and more!

Latest Episodes:

113 - OWL Recap - Dallas Finally Won a Game Apr 09, 2020

Show notes

This week @MelOverwatch and @Blazzin_Bob are joined by @Shazear to talk about week 10 of the Overwatch League.

Week 8 general impressions

Online differences
Number of games
Quality of games
Desk and casters

News:

OWL Recap is one of the first Overwatch League podcasts and one of the few to have a female host's perspective. We often have guests such as casters, coaches, journalists and more. The show is hosted by Mel (MelOverwatch) and Bobby (BlazzinBob).

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112 - OWL Recap - Games happened, or did they? Apr 01, 2020

Show notes

This week @MelOverwatch and @Blazzin_Bob talk about Overwatch League after weeks of game cancelations and the news of online only games for the rest of the season.

Week 8 general impressions

Online differences
Number of games
Quality of games
Desk and casters

News:

Game Discussion:

Discuss varying meta
Teams that looked strong vs weak teams
Standout players?
Anyone that did not impress?
Overall strategy?
Home crowd impact?

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111 - OWL Recap - Hero Bans... Were They Any Good Though? Mar 10, 2020

Show notes

This week @MelOverwatch and @Blazzin_Bob talk about the first week of hero bans in the Overwatch League, last weeks matches and look at next weeks matches.

Week 5 general impressions

Homestand venue
Quality of games

News:

What the Pros think of hero pools
- Coaching difficulty
- Too quick of a turn around
- Ranked vs. OWL bans
- 2 matches vs 1 match

Axxiom takes leave of absence from Boston for medical procedure

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110 - OWL Recap - The Outlaws Did Something Mar 04, 2020

Show notes

This week @MelOverwatch and @Blazzin_Bob are joined by special guest @LoBosco to talk about the Outlaws homestand and all that went down.

Week 4 general impressions

Homestand venue
Quality of games

News:

Hero Bans Week 5:

- DPS: McCree and Widow

- SUPPORT: Moira

- TANK: Rein

- Impressions

- Potential metas

- Team impact

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109 - OWL Recap - History was made... TWICE! Feb 25, 2020

Show notes

This week @MelOverwatch and @Blazzin_Bob are joined by special guest Freedo, from @Your Overwatch (@YourOverwatchYT), to talk about history being made in some absurd Overwatch League matches.

News:

OWL Games in South Korea Cancelled due to coronavirus
Hero pool selection
- Based on weeks 3 and 4
- Heroes with 10% play rate

Game Discussion:

Discuss varying meta
Teams that looked strong vs weak teams
Standout players?
Anyone that did not impress?
Overall strategy?
Home crowd impact?

Join our discord - https://discord.me/omniclab

Support us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/owlrecap

Subscribe on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/OWLRecap

108 - OWL Recap - Good Philly is BACK! Feb 18, 2020

Show notes

This week @MelOverwatch and @Blazzin_Bob are joined by special guest @Shazear, Overwatch League Recap producer, to talk about everything that went down in week 2.

News:

VP, Jon Spector, discusses possibility of tournament format in future
McCree Stats (first 2 weeks)

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107 - OWL Recap - Crunch Time With OWL2020 Feb 11, 2020

Show notes

This week @MelOverwatch and @Blazzin_Bob talk about everything that was the season 3 opening week of the Overwatch League.

News:

Week 1 broadcasting mishaps
- Inconsistent awkward transitions
- Initial broadcast quality
- Confusion on multiple channels broadcasting
- CRUNCH TIME!
Overall thoughts on analyst desk?
- Soe hosting
- Reinforce and Custa
- Guest analyst
Casting impressions?
- New casters
- Casters doing player interviews
OWL Stats Lab
- 4 major categories: Players, heroes, matches, and records
Top hero picks for Week 1
- Tank- Rein, Dva, Orissa
- Support- Lucio, Ana, Moira, Baptiste
- DPS- McCree, Mei, Reaper, Symmetra

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106 - OWL Recap - Hero Pools and Fast Paced Balancing Feb 04, 2020

Show notes

This week @MelOverwatch and @Blazzin_Bob discuss the implications of introducing hero pools to the Overwatch League.

News:

5 days until OWL 2020 starts!
Chinese homestands cancelled due to Coronavirus
- Cancelled all Feb. and March Chinese homestands for now
- Charge and Dragons announced relocation to South Korea for now
- No word on Hangzhou Spark
- Chengdu Hunters will stay in China for now
Hero pools in OWL
- Starting March 7
- One tank, one support, and two damage heroes unavailable for selection
- Randomly selected from a group of eligible heroes based on play-rate data from the previous two weeks of Overwatch League matches
- No hero will be unavailable two weeks in a row
- Not be used for midseason tournaments, the play-in tournament, playoffs, or Grand Finals
- Teams will be informed of each week's Hero Pool approximately one week in advance of matches
Overwatch League Patching and Game Updates
- Whenever the live game receives a new patch, the Overwatch League will begin playing on that patch two weekends later
- Any mid-patch updates to the game that go into effect during a match weekend will be deployed for Overwatch League matches the following weekend

Casting:

Reinforce added back to the analyst desk

Teams:

Mickie moves to content creator for Dallas Fuel

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105 - OWL Recap - The Good, The Bad and The Edanar Jan 28, 2020

Show notes

This week @MelOverwatch and @Blazzin_Bob are joined by special guest @EdanarOverwatch to talk about all the major changes to The Overwatch League in season 3.

News:

Casting

Teams:

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104 - OWL Recap - Talent Fleeing and Hero Bans Jan 22, 2020

Show notes

This week @MelOverwatch and @Blazzin_Bob talk about the recent drama in the Overwatch League featuring Dafran and Malik as well as the possibility of hero bans coming to Overwatch.

News:

Overwatch starts in a little over 2 week! Feb 8, 2020
New 2020 jerseys

Follow-up Questions:

Reason for so many changes going into 2020?
How will travel effect teams/players?
Will homestands have an impact?
Will the country of the roster players have an impact on fans? (e.g., Korean players playing for a Chinese team)

Bonus Topics: