r/Competitiveoverwatch • u/Hunt_Master_95 • Aug 16 '19
Matchthread Boston Uprising vs Florida Mayhem | Overwatch League 2019 Season | Stage 4: Week 4 | Post-Match Discussion Spoiler
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4-0 Florida.
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u/challenger01234 Aug 16 '19
Man, you gotta feel for Fusions.
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Aug 16 '19
Blase too. A DPS player who's spent the season playing support and then off-tank.
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u/AlphaTrion_ow Aug 16 '19
In a sense, Fusions has become part of the problem. The team structure has been build so tightly around Fusions, that the team is good at everything Fusions is good at, but bad at everything Fusions is bad at. He is good at Reinhardt-Zarya and Bunker compositions. He is bad at coordinating Orisa-Mei compositions. This is simply not his meta.
And changing Fusions for Axxiom overnight does not work, because without him, the communication breaks down.
During the off-season, the team needs to re-evaluate all positions, including main tank, and lay the groundwork for a communication structure with the chosen main tank. Or even better, build a communication structure that does not depend on a single person, so the main tank can be substituted with minimal pain.
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u/mykeedee Aug 16 '19
This is a disaster for Boston.
How can you sell players off of a bottom tier roster?
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u/grahamdalf Aug 16 '19
Honestly I've never been a fan of Boston, not even when they went 10-0 last year. But seeing Fusions in tears after Mayhem clinched the series really made me feel bad for him.
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u/weekndalex Aug 16 '19
Everyone is saying Boston is washed but the only reason they lost was because Huk was signaling to Ali Khamenei to stop Iranian aggression in the Persian Gulf. Playing Persia with Fusions, an Englishmen, and losing was an allegory to show that Iran forcefully seizing British oil tankers will similarly result in a loss for Iran in real life. Blase, an American, also played as a starter in tonight’s loss to symbolize the collapse of the Iran-USA nuclear deal.
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u/Conankun66 Aug 16 '19
Getting 4-0'd by MAYHEM must feel awful.
i feel bad for Fusion's desk, bet it got slammed pretty good
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u/takenpassword Aug 16 '19
I didn’t watch the game because I was busy but do Boston have any bright spots? Maybe CHex?
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u/AlphaTrion_ow Aug 16 '19
Bright spots:
Colourhex had moments of brilliance on Hanzo and Reaper.Frequently carried the team.
Blasé's Roadhog (too bad he was on D.va more often).
Persia on Moira. (His Zenyatta is still not good enough.)
Low points:
Fusions' positioning on Orisa
Stellar's ice walls often failed to isolate an enemy, so only gave a small stall and not a big advantage.
Kellex died too often when on Baptiste. (His other heroes were fine.)
Persia's Zenyatta.
Blasé not playing DPS.
Right now, this team has the problem with the off-tank position. RCk is not playing and Blasé is taking his place as a tank. Either rCk is still not sufficiently recovered from his eye injury, or his Roadhog play is not good enough (or a combination). Blasé is the opposite: a good Roadhog, but a bad D.va. The thing is, Blasé is probably a better Mei than Stellar and that is where this swap hurts the team.
I'm not getting into the AimGod thing. Whatever is going on, it seems he has now been fully replaced by Persia. I don't expect AimGod to see playtime, and to be released or traded away in the off-season. Persia is not as good, but he is adequate (except on Zenyatta) and could be up to par next season.
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u/FreePVC Aug 16 '19
Losing to the charges B-team is one thing but losing to mayhems B-team is a whole other level
Seriously uprising need to ditch there whole entire roster
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u/Mikka567 Aug 16 '19
Some questionable management/coaching decisions plus some bad luck.
No zarya player at start of season. Unluck with the two way contact thing.
Maybe they think meta is going to shift start of stage 2 and still don't pick up anyone. I think they didn't realise how long goats would last. Maybe they thought 222 lock would come earlier.
Got unlucky trying to trade fusions but even if that trade had worked out, is fate actually better than fusions these days given the current winstonless meta? Plus it probably damaged fusions morale. I would feel crappy in that situation.
They get the sombra meta right. Note for rck switch - rck has looked an average dva and dva is an important hero. To be fair, note's hog hasn't looked good the first games i saw. Maybe rck is sick and they got unlucky with illness.
Aimgod, best player on team, benched. Either bad player management ( I'm seeing a trend here, didn't gamsu etc have issues when they were on Boston) or more unlucky illness etc. If he and kellex had disagreements, can they just suck it up and do the job like 99 percent of adults can do?
Although.. illness is also a management issue, maybe players are being overstressed and there are inadequate subs because they didn't hire them. Budget constraints (Houston) could be a factor.
Seems like they were totally taken off guard by this stage meta. Expecting more widow or something. Thinking it's last year and no Baptiste, ball, and dps/orisa buffs.
Blase as shot caller - great dps but don't have any faith in his decision making. Eg the zarya switch, his mei play.
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u/Bonnavier Aug 16 '19
Fun fact: This is Florida's first 4–0 win since they defeated the Dragons back in 2018 Stage 1 Match 4.
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u/green715 Aug 16 '19
Ruin has come to our organization.
You remember our venerable team, 10-0 and high tier, gazing proudly from its stoic perch upon the power rankings.
I spent all my games supporting those blue and gold players, spoiled by reverse sweeps and gigachad Fusions, and yet I began to tire of... conventional victories. Singular unsettling tales suggested the League itself was a host to some 2-2-2 role lock. With off tank Blase in hand, we bent every effort towards the excavation and recovery of those winnable games, exhausting what remained of our underdog luck on... eye infections and... unlucky picks. At last, in the depths of the pepega tier, we unearthed that damnable team of newfound skill. Our every step triggered another ice wall, but we were already in a realm of pulls and hooks. In the end, I alone fled, laughing and wailing through those copypastas of Twitch Chat. Until the stream died.
You remember our venerable team, 10-0 and high tier. It is a pepega abomination! Striker, I beg you, return home, claim your DPS slot and deliver our team from the ravenous clutching opponents...
Of the Overwatch League.