An Overwatch podcast from The Benchmob.
Episodes
Thursday May 23, 2019
Thursday May 23, 2019
With Overwatch League's 3rd Stage two weeks out, I asked Kenobi (Caster, Contenders China) and Vowels (ex-coach Square One) to join me to talk about the Game of Thrones series finale, how the show stacks up against other all-timers, why no one cared enough to give first aid to Ghosts' missing ear, and much more.
Friday May 17, 2019
Friday May 17, 2019
Tanizhq (Coach/Analyst for Team Gigantti) and Opti (Head Coach for Angry Titans) joined me to preview the Atlantic Showdown and discuss the lack of EU players getting OWL trials in-season, the state of Tier-2 Overwatch, and the 2019 Overwatch World Cup.
1:45 Brief conversation on Shock v. Titans
5:50 Atlantic Showdown preview
13:10 Showdown/Gauntlet format
26:46 EU players not getting OWL Trials
35:14 Tier-2 Landscape and State of Overwatch
45:20 Overwatch World Cup
Friday Apr 26, 2019
Friday Apr 26, 2019
Noukky (Manager of British Hurricane and GM of 2018 OWWC Team Germany) joined me to look back at British Hurricane's run through Contenders over the last two years and talk about her involvement with building that team for C9.
Timestamps
2:40 A look back at Hurricane's 2018 S1 title
8:58 Dropping out of Contenders and rebuilding
16:56 Season 3 Contenders, and preparing for 2019
22:52 The Hurricane/Eagle Gaming meme
25:45 OWL prospects for Hurricane players
29:01 Building OWL teams and Noukky’s future plans
33:04 Atlantic Showdown, New Contenders tournaments, OWL scouting
38:02 Relative strengths of different T2 regions
Wednesday Apr 10, 2019
Wednesday Apr 10, 2019
I solo'd Episode 2 to cover the Valiant, Mayhem, and Justice, and propose solutions for fixing these teams as soon as possible.
Timestamps
02:05 – Valiant
04:28 – Justice
18:20 – Mayhem
Wednesday Apr 03, 2019
Wednesday Apr 03, 2019
For the show's first episode, we had Sideshow on to discuss some of the top performing teams from Stage 1, project how the new meta could impact their form, and try to fix the Florida Mayhem. Sideshow then rants about American cuisine and shares his ideal OWL housemates in 6-stack.
Timestamps
01:09 – Tuesday’s player transfers
10:30 – Vancouver Titans
19:52 – San Francisco Shock
26:45 – Los Angeles Valiant
30:41 – Guangzhou Charge
34:29 – Florida Mayhem, Washington Justice
43:19 – Rapid Fire
45:54 – Housemates