Sad about this. I know it's fun to hate on overwatch, but the idea of an esports league being city based was really novel at the time. Ive always enjoyed overwatch, and despite overwatch 2s monetization being absolutely atrocious, the gameplay changes I have enjoyed for the most part

[–] drmoose 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I feel the opposite. The idea felt antiquated and corporate. I dont want nationalism in my exports thanks.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I understand your point but I don't think city based teams have to be a toxic thing. Fandom for any team can be taken to the extreme, and I feel city based teams give fun ways to entice more people to care and have fun with it. Also, I mean pretty much every sport entity is corporate. Can't think of any esport team that isn't extremely corporate, city based or not.

[–] drmoose 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Nah most export teams are owned by people who are passionate about it. It's a digital medium so why limit it by some small region? Overwatch league was opposite if everything good about eaports - the international connection of a global game people are passionate about. Team Liquid (in any game) has more character than all overwatch city teams combined.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Maybe I'm wrong. And it does seem like the manager is probably passionate about it. But please correct me if I'm wrong since I don't know much about team liquid. I read the ownership section here and it just screams corporate to me.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Team_Liquid

[–] drmoose 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Nah man you're confusing semantics with the vibe. Obviously it e-sport teams have to be businesses but theres more passion and history in one team than whole overwatch league combined. That could never happen with city teams, well we've never seen it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Fair enough, but also team liquid has seemingly been around wayyyy longer than any of the city based teams. Of course there isn't as much passion and history. They've barely been given a chance. I mean I'm not that invested in esports in general, and I'm totally willing to believe city based teams aren't the way. But it's something I was more familiar with and got me, someone with 0 interest in reports to care a little when I saw my city had a team. Also, not a man btw