A few people said to me ‘you guys are sandbagging, you’re not putting everything into it’ – I don’t know about that. “I think people will be surprised by how strong the entire league is, bar maybe one or two teams that might struggle to start with just because they’ve had less preparation time and they’re a bit more eclectic in terms of nationalities and what-have-you. That means only two were good enough to make it into the Overwatch League in any capacity whatsoever. Which then gives Code Red a different set of challenges. He has six years experience as a games journalist, using that time to analyze the positives and negatives of any new content he sees. What that doesn’t mean is that Cloud9 and Spitfire are abandoning the Overwatch players of this country. Jack Etienne, the owner of Cloud9 and the London Spitfire, teased “significant” changes to the Spitfire for the 2021 season after two years of mediocre results. Shop London Spitfire Team Gear at the Official Overwatch League Store. Spitfire got a bit of a shocker on day one of preseason when they lost to the LA Gladiators, a team on paper they should have beaten extremely easily with their experienced squad of Korean all-stars. I’m sure that there are some amazing D.Va players sitting at home right now, in the UK, thinking ‘I don’t even know what that Overwatch League is. Redeye also denies any claims that Spitfire weren’t giving it their all, even in the games they lost. “Hold the front page, we’ve got 12 Koreans in our team,” he jokes. LEAGUE STANDING #19. I think the majority of them are very well prepared, well drilled, these are the best players in the world and there’s no doubt that they want to win at every opportunity.”. The name and shield-like logo were selected to pay homage to the British military plane Supermarine Spitfire, whose use during World War II by the Royal Air Force (RAF) reflected the spirit of bravery the team hoped to identify with. in Overwatch | Oct, 1st 2020. In preparation for the 2020 Overwatch League Season, the London Spitfire parted ways with Jihyeok 'Birdring' Kim, who went on to the Los Angeles Gladiators, Junyoung 'Profit' Park, Jaehui 'Gesture' Hong and Seungtae 'Bdosin' Choi, who all went to the Seoul Dynasty, Junho 'Fury' Kim, who went to the Philadelphia Fusion, Jongseok 'NUS' Kim, who went to Lucky Future in Overwatch Contenders Korea, and Heedong 'Guard' Lee and Song 'Quartermain' Ji-hoon who both retired as players, with Quartermain moving to a coaching role with the Shanghai Dragons, leaving their roster with only Yunghoon 'Krillin' Jung. “Look at Tottenham [Hotspur, English Premier League soccer team] 10 years ago, no British players, look what they’ve got now – Dele Alli, Harry Kane, it’s fantastic what they’ve done, right? On 15 February 2018, the Spitfire formally announced that their academy team for Overwatch Contenders Europe would be called the British Hurricane, and revealed their all-European Season One squad. No matter how things were for the original London Spitfire lineup (OWL Grand Champions in 2018), that’s not how things are looking right now. RECENT MATCHES. Redeye wants to fill Spitfire’s with British talent. The Overwatch League offseason bloodbath is continuing with the London Spitfire. The Spitfire won the OWL’s Grand Championship in the league’s inaugural 2018 season, ran it back for a top-10 finish in 2019, and subsequently scrapped their entire roster and rebuilt for 2020 with a team full of mostly rookies. London Spitfire Reveals the NEC Birmingham as venue for second Homestand weekend. There are some elements of play that we probably didn’t show yet and that’s to be expected, I think some teams held some stuff back, but ‘we didn’t try’? The team also dropped flex supports Lee “Highly” Sung-hyeok and Jeong “Krillin” Young-hoon, who was the only non-rookie on the 2020 roster. While the team parted ways with Bishop later that season, the team went on win the inaugural season Grand Finals. The Spitfire roster is made up of the players from two of the strongest teams from the Korean APEX League – GC Busan and Cloud9 KongDoo. The team ended the season in last place in the APAC region and 17th place overall in the Overwatch League. “But we do have to put it into perspective – it is preseason. To stay up to date with the latest PC gaming guides, news, and reviews, follow PCGamesN on Twitter and Steam News Hub. His response to Dexerto when talking 1v1 Widow matches “I actually don’t know how to lose Widow 1v1s,” and if that’s not confidence, we don’t know what is. Photo by Robert Paul via Blizzard Entertainment, Riot removes ARAM's Oracle's Extract to open up "more fun play and counterplay" for invisible and trap champs in League's preseason PBE, TSM Doublelift: "The entire Worlds experience after the first week, we probably had a 10-percent win rate in scrims", Riot reveals top 100 VALORANT players in NA and EU with ranked leaderboard, Respawn stands by suspension of Apex Legends player who claimed "killing streamers" got them banned, League of Legends pros react to Bjergsen's retirement announcement. Like we mentioned before, there are a total of 128 teams participating in the first NA Open Qualifiers. London relocated to South Korea amid the COVID-19 crisis, joining the APAC division alongside teams like the New York Excelsior and Seoul Dynasty. Even when the industry was much smaller there were large competitions and talented players coming out of those countries. This will whittle down the pool to 16 teams, who will then compete in the first closed qualifier. [20][21], Looking to repeat their results from the previous season, London began their 2019 season winning only three of their matches in Stage 1. “We saw some of that in preseason. The name and shield-like logo were selected to pay homage to the British military plane Supermarine Spitfire, whose use during World War II by the Royal Air Force (RAF) reflected the spirit of bravery the team hoped to identify with. #AcesHigh pic.twitter.com/vOfvZ7aOAm, — London Spitfire (@Spitfire) August 16, 2020, A capable and incredibly confident hitscan damage-dealer who is known for his Widowmaker, Ashe, McCree, and Tracer, Glister will easily be the most coveted of the Spitfire’s roster should they all get released. The team announced today that its entire coaching staff has been released, bringing validity to reports that London may be going for a new look in 2021. [38][39] The team colours were also announced as blue and orange: blue inherited from parent organisation Cloud9, and orange in recognition of British Overwatch character Lena “Tracer” Oxton who was a former RAF pilot in the game's lore.

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