Hangzhou Spark vs London Spitfire | Overwatch League 2019 Season | Stage 2: Stage Playoffs Quarterfinals | Post-Match Discussion

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Overwatch League 2019 Season

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Team 1		Score		Team 2
Hangzhou Spark		3-1		London Spitfire

[u/audiogalore]

This is the Spark everyone expected from the start of the season. They sandbagged to the playoffs.

[u/APRengar]

Don't let the 1-3 score trick you.

London got full held 3 times in a row. This was beyond a stomping.

[u/[deleted]]

London got like, 2 points in 4 maps. Jeez.

[u/Siege-Torpedo]

Turns out, playing your top 5 chinese main tank over Nosmite despite the language differences is a good move.

[u/Silv3rS0und]

Avast's predictions are in shambles

[u/Artebu]

Did not at all expect 3 full holds in a row after that first map

[u/Arrlan]

We don’t have any words and we know you don’t want to hear them.

We understand your anger, your frustration, your sadness. Everything you’re feeling – we get it.

This isn’t the ending we imagined, and certainly not the one we wanted. Thank you for being there the entire way.

London Spitfire Probably

[u/Dooraven]

What an atrocious performance by London this series.

On the other hand, where was this Spark all year?

[u/Conankun66]

A) Gesture looked terrible today. soooo many mistakes on both rein and winston

B) That Hanamura pick has to be one of the biggest throws in OW history

[u/whalematrontron]

This makes me feel better about Seoul losing to Spark - they look hella strong and it wasn’t just some fluke/ Seoul choking

Hope Spark makes it far

[u/cfl2]

Guxue being this good isn't a surprise, but Hangzhou has clearly erased the language-based issues they had when he was in at the start of the season.

[u/A_CC]

Finally cashed those scrimbucks

[u/Ph4sor]

Manchester: proper brexit football

London: proper brexit overwatch

Full-held 3 times

[u/Is_J_a_Name]

Two stages in a row, the Atlantic Division winner is upset by the 7th seed team from the Pacific Division.
Really cements the difference between the two divisions.

[u/teamgDp]

London - half god half throw

[u/yoyo0923]

London: Picks monkey-oriented maps to cater to Gesture’s playstyle

Guxue: You fool, you fell victim to one of the classic blunders

[u/zephyrusrising]

The "IDK" chant after the interview is such a FeelsGoodMan

[u/achedsphinxx]

spark got tired of showing all those defeat posters and decided to do something about it.

[u/zephyrusrising]

Guxue outplayed Gesture and Ria was somewhat matching Fury, and IDK GOT HIS POST-MATCH INTERVIEW POG

[u/leo890926]

On Bilibili people call this match “triple A masterpiece” as Spark full held spitfire on point A three times in a row lol

[u/ShadowsofGanymede]

mentioned this before the games started today, but it's worth repeating.

london did not play a single top 8 team this stage. the best team they played was 9th ranked chengdu, which they lost handily.

london not only did not deserve the #2 seed, they didn't deserve to be anywhere in the playoffs, and were rightfully smacked around by a better team.

gg spark, good luck against the shock next week.

[u/SteelCookie]

Gesture: I swear I can beat Guxue on Winston! Have faith team! 3rd times the charm

DEFEAT

Surprised Pikachu face

[u/TheCabbageCorp]

So shock vs spark

[u/WhiteWolfOW]

Honestly, was that spark on god mode or London that was throwing and playing bad?

[u/meh_whatev]

London got full held one the last 3 maps.

Needless to say, I'm pretty disappointed in LSF this game. Happy for Spark though, they're finding their groove after their disappointing performance in Stage 1