ALSO: The Current Experimental Card Is For April Fools Day And It Is Hilarious! Like Hanzo Has Scatter

ALSO: The current Experimental Card is for April Fools Day and it is hilarious! Like Hanzo has scatter arrow again, Mei has like 400 HP, and Zenyatta can fly. 

Overwatch Events: April Fools

It’s April Fools and that means that the googly eyes are back. I’m not sure how far back the Overwatch team has done this for, since I started playing Overwatch in December 2019, but on April Fools day all of the Overwatch character get googly eyes. This year, though, the Overwatch team also added googly eyes on the payloads. It’s awesome! I got photos of my favorite characters with googly eyes.  Sorry for the quality of the photos.

Also, if you haven’t gotten the Midas Roadhog skin or the Good vs. Evil Echo skin, you have until April 6th to get them. Finally, I’m going to work on my post about an ex-Blackwatch tank and it should hopefully be out soon. Hope you all have a good April Fools! ~ Nova

Overwatch League: Season 4 Opening Weekend, April 16th - April 18th

Tomorrow, Friday, April 16th, is the first day of Western(NA/EU) Overwatch League Season 4 matches. I'm really excited because the off-season between Season 3(2020) and Season 4(2021) was the longest off-season. Since this weekend is really important, I'm going to go over all of the matches in chronological order, who I think is going to win, and what you will get from watching. All of this under the cut! (Heads up, this is all going to be listed in EST, the time zone in the US that I live in, so just go to the Overwatch League website if you want to see what time the matches are in your time zone). Now, to the info!

Quick TLDR: Just go to the Overwatch League website to look at all of this information; superficially about rewards and the schedule.

Matches - if the team is highlighted, then I think they will win.

April 16th, 2021

Houston Outlaws vs. Dallas Fuel - 3:00 pm.

Los Angeles Gladiators vs. San Francisco Shock - 4:30 pm.

================================================April 17th, 2021

Guangzhou Charge vs. Shanghai Dragons - 5:00 am.

Los Angeles Valiant vs. Chengdu Hunters - 6:30 am.

Philadelphia Fusion vs. Seoul Dynasty - 8:00 am/12:30 pm.

Toronto Defiant vs. Vancouver Titans - 3:00 pm.

Atlanta Reign vs. Florida Mayhem - 4:30 pm.

Dallas Fuel vs. Los Angeles Gladiators - 6:00 pm.

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April 18th, 2021

Guangzhou Charge vs. Seoul Dynasty - 5:00 am.

Chengdu Hunters vs. Shanghai Dragons - 6:30 am.

Philadelphia Fusion vs. Los Angeles Valiant - 8:00 am/12:30 pm.

Houston Outlaws vs. San Francisco Shock - 3:00 pm.

Florida Mayhem vs. Vancouver Titans - 4:30 pm.

Toronto Defiant vs. Atlanta Reign - 6:00 pm.

Also, the April 17th Philly vs. Seoul and April 18th Philly vs. LA Valiant matches are "encore" matches meaning that they will be broadcasted live the first time, then rebroadcasted a second time for viewer convenience. I am not sure if you will get tokens while watching the "encore"/rebroadcasting, I will let you all know in the future.

Rewards!

While watching the live matches, on YouTube, the Overwatch League Website, or Overwatch League App, you will be able to get rewards as long as your Blizzard Battle.Net account is linked. (Check out my post on linking your YouTube and Battle.Net account, ignore the stuff about the Experiment Card Tournament tho). Also, for the opening weekend, you can win a spray that Soe, a desk host, drew as well as 5 Overwatch League tokens per hour like normal.

Anyways, I will be post more normally after this and the next week or so, life has been kicking my ass recently. I do plan on talking more about the Overwatch League because I really do enjoy it, but I'll make sure I go back into theories and other analysis. Hope you all are doing well and have a good day!

Overwatch League(OWL): MM Mei Legendary Skin

Breaking News! With the May Melee coming up soon, the Overwatch League announced that through April 28th(today as I am posting it) to May 11th you will be able to get the MM Mei Legendary skin for 200 Overwatch League tokens. So, I'm not a Mei main, but I love it! Mei is wearing an MMA-style outfit with Snowball looking like a punching bag and bell. I also like that she isn't wearing any glasses and I like her hair. You can get tokens from watching the Overwatch League or pay $10 USD. I know I will definitely be buying it with the tokens I've gotten from watching OWL. Also, Jon Spector, the Overwatch League VP posted on Twitter saying that if you watch OWL next week you will get the White and Grey Overwatch League Ana skins.

Anyways, I hope you guys are excited, I was worried that with Jeff Kaplan leaving we wouldn't be getting content for a while, but I was wrong and I am very happy about it. Also, go check out my post about another cut-map, The Bayou.

Edit: You will be able to get the Ana OWL White and Grey skins during the actual May Melee which is starting on May 7th, not the Week 3 matches(May Melee Qualifiers) which are starting April 29th.

Overwatch League: Week 3 - May Melee Qualifiers

Alright, I forgot to do a post about the Week 2 matches... so... I just want to say shout out to the Washington Justice, doing me proud(Assassin and Decay were so good)! Now, onto the important stuff. ~ Nova

Important note: this week is going to be the May Melee(the May tournament) qualifiers, so there are more matches this week than normal. So, instead of starting Friday, April 30th, it is starting tomorrow, Thursday, April 29th, then ending Sunday, May 2nd. Although, like my post on the Season 4 Opening Weekend, I'm going to list the matches and highlight which team I think is going to win.

Quick TLDR: Just go to the Overwatch League website to look at all of this information; the schedule and the info. about the MM-Mei skin, also check out my MM-Mei skin post.

Thursday, April 29th

Paris Eternal vs. Atlanta Reign - 3:00 pm.

Washington Justice vs. Boston Uprising - 4:30 pm.

Friday, April 30th

Los Angeles Valiant vs. Guangzhou Charge - 5:00 am.

Seoul Dynasty vs. New York Excelsior - 6:30 am.

Shanghai Dragons vs. Hangzhou Spark - 8:00 am.

Seoul Dynasty vs. New York Excelsior - 12:30 pm(Encore).

Boston Uprising vs. London Spitfire - 3:00 pm.

San Francisco Shock vs. Florida Mayhem - 4:30 pm.

Toronto Defiant vs. Washington Justice - 6:00 pm.

Saturday, May 1st

Seoul Dynasty vs. Los Angeles Valiant - 5:00 am.

Guangzhou Charge vs. Hangzhou Spark - 6:30 am.

Shanghai Dragons vs. New York Excelsior - 8:00 am.

Shanghai Dragons vs. New York Excelsior - 12:30 pm(Encore).

Florida Mayhem vs. Paris Eternal - 3:00 pm.

London Spitfire vs. Toronto Defiant - 4:30 pm.

San Francisco Shock vs. Atlanta Reign - 6:00 pm.

Sunday, May 2nd: We have only been given the times for these matches, since this is the qualifiers, we will eventually learn who is going to play on Sunday, but here are the times.

5:00 am, 6:30 am.

3:00 pm, 4:30 pm, 6:00 pm, 7:30 pm.

Rewards: For every hour you watch of OWL, you get 5 Overwatch League tokens. Also, you will be able to get the Ana Overwatch League White and Grey skins during the actual May Melee, next week, starting Friday, May 7th.

So, that's it. I am the most excited about the SF Shock vs. FLA Mayhem match and both of the Washington Justice matches. Bye!

OWL: Overwatch League Teams Tier List

Since the 2021 Overwatch League Season is starting in a couple of days(April 16th), I want to talk about my opinions on the teams. Even though OWL doesn’t get as much attention as it did when it first started, I still really enjoy watching it and want to talk about it. I’ll get back to theories soon, but I want to write about this so, I’m going to go over each team from the top to bottom of my tier list.

S Tier - Most Likely to make Playoffs

San Francisco Shock: They are obviously at the top for winning the Overwatch League two times in a row. I think they might become even more aggressive with FDGod replacing Moth as main support and with Nero kind of taking over Rascal’s place for flex DPS. I’m interested in seeing how Glister does since he is replacing the god on Widowmaker that Ans was or if Striker is going to be playing more Widowmaker.

Shanghai Dragons: They did really good, being top four, but they didn’t look great during the playoffs. I have no doubt they will do good since they have Fleta, the 2020 MVP, but I still think SF Shock is better.

A Tier - Might make Playoffs

Washington Justice: I’m from D.C. so I am biased, but they looked really good just before the playoffs. They also have Decay who is an amazing player overall, and they picked up Assassin, Fury, and Mag over the offseason which I think is definitely a good thing.

Seoul Dynasty: So, they made playoffs and top two, so I think that they definitely have a chance to get to playoffs again, but they weren't as consistent as Shanghai which is why they are lower.

Philadelphia Fusion: Like I said, I'm biased toward the Justice, but the Fusion did make it to playoffs and I think had the most stable run through the 2020 season, but they looked awful in the playoffs even with Carpe playing.

Los Angeles Gladiators: They have looked good last season and have picked up Moth and Shu, so they got some upgrades. They also picked up MuZe and skewed who have decent records in Overwatch Contenders.

Dallas Fuel: They picked up most of the Paris Eternal roster from last season, so MAJOR UPGRADES. They also got Fearless from Shanghai which is also good.

B Tier - Middle of the Pack

Florida Mayhem: They did decent last year, with Yaki and BQB looking really good, but they never did anything amazing. They didn't win any major tournaments and acted slightly as gatekeepers between the best and decent teams. Also, they traded Fate and got Oge which seems more like a sidegrade, not an upgrade. They did get Slime though, so I'm not sure.

New York Excelsior: They did alright last year, but never looked as good as they used to. With that said, they got a bunch of contenders talent who look really good and they still have JJoNak and BiaNcA who looked good last season.

Boston Uprising: They looked like trash last year, but they got some major upgrades. They were able to get Valentine who is a really good DPS player, so I think that there is a good amount of potential.

Atlanta Reign: Like Florida, they are gatekeepers, but they got Kai, formerly known as KSP, and Pelican which makes their DPS lineup look a lot scarier.

C Tier - Has Potential

Toronto Defiant: Toronto didn't look that good last year and I haven't seen them play in any offseason tournaments, so I'm not sure how much they have improved. Though, they got players from Philadelphia Fusion and LA Valiant, so they might be better.

Guangzhou Charge: They did alright last season, but not super consistently. They also didn't look great in the skirmish they did against the NYXL and they traded Happy and Nero, two of their best players in my opinion, but you never know.

Houston Outlaws: They have some really good talent, with Happy, KSF, and JAKE, but I'm not sure how good they will do. They could go higher up on this list though.

Chengdu Hunters: I would put them in the middle of the pack tier if they weren't as inconsistent as they were last season. They won matches when the meta was good for them, but it wasn't that often a good meta for them came up.

Hangzhou Spark: They weren't great last year. They didn't win much, but I think they have potential since they have players like Architect or GodsB who looked alright.

D Tier - Ehhhh

Vancouver Titans: They were like the worst team last season and they traded sHockWave to the Philadelphia Fusion who was like their best player, but they got LiNkzr who is amazing, so they might be ok.

Paris Eternal: So, they got rid of three of their FRENCH players, SoOn, NiCOgdh, and BenBest which I think isn't great for their reputation, and in the matches, we have seen the new team in, they didn't look great.

London Spitfire: They looked pretty bad last year in APAC and lost what we have seen them play in so far.

F - Abandoned their old team

Los Angeles Valiant: Like the title suggests, they dropped their whole team and move to China. So, they dropped McGravy, Agilities, KSF, KSP/Kai, Adam, RaiN, Lastro, Dreamer, and Shax. Most of them were picked up by other teams like Kai going to Atlanta and Lastro and Agilities going to Toronto, but some of them decided to quit like McGravy and RaiN. Also, the new team was just thrown together; some Chinese Contenders players were offered to join and they declined. Check out PlatChat's podcast episode on it.

Anyways, I'll post my Archives 2021 Skin review soon, I just felt like posting this earlier than planned. Also, if you have the time, you should check out PlatChat's power rankings, it's really long, like almost 3 hours, but from what I have watched it's really funny and informative.

TLDR: Look at the image below or read the full post, please, and thank you!

Overwatch Events: First 2 Archives 2021 Skins

The Overwatch team's Twitter announced the first two Archives Event 2021 skins. They showed us Bushi Genji and Mousquetaire Widowmaker.

Check out the videos showcasing the skins on the Overwatch team's Twitter; Bushi Genji and Mousquetaire Widowmaker.

Also, I saw a tweet that said Genji's belt looks like a twisted oversized Cheeto and if I am going to suffer seeing that then so are all of you. Once the event officially starts, I'll post my skin review and before the 2021 OWL season starts, I'll post my OWL teams tier list. ~ Nova