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The dust has settled, and the Redbirds SOAR above the rest!
After winning 4 national titles this month, it's no surprise that Illinois State is the committee's UNANIMOUS
#1
pick to end the semester!
How did the rest of the rankings shake out, and what do you think? Let us know!
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Here are all the schools with at least 1 undefeated team through week 1 of the
@owpathtopro
collegiate homecoming swiss stage!
Do you see your school here? Shout them out if you do!
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OWCRA is proud to present the first of our monthly collegiate Overwatch rankings!
What do you think about our top 20? Was there a school we missed? How will OW2 shake things up? We'd love to hear from you!
#SeeYouOnTheOtherSide
#Collegiate
#Esports
#Overwatch
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The Fall 2022 season is in full swing, and with it come some shakeups in our collegiate OW2 top 20!
What do you think? Were there any schools we missed? Will anyone be able to knock off ISU at the top? Let us know!
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OWCRA is proud to present our Collegiate Overwatch 2 rankings after February 2023!
While February is the shortest month of the year, a lot has happened in the collegiate OW space.
What do you think of our rankings? Would you make any changes? Let us know!
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The
@owpathtopro
collegiate homecoming starts TODAY! Out of the 300+ teams participating, who should you be looking out for?
OWCRA is happy to present our Preseason Power Rankings for Fall 2023!
Who is too high? Who is too low? Who isn't on the list but should be? Let us know!
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The Fall Semester has come to an end, finals played both on the field and the classroom.
Where do the collegiate Overwatch rankings stand at the end of fall 2022 semester? We've got the answers!
What do you think of our rankings? Let us know in the replies!
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A new semester has arrived, with old and new friends alike joining the chase for the Collegiate OW championship!
We are happy to present the OWCRA top 20 for the Spring 2023 Preseason!
What do you think of the rankings? Is there anyone we missed? Let us know in the replies!
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It's CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON in collegiate Overwatch! What teams should you be keeping an eye out for? Our pre-championship rankings have all the answers!
A special congrats to
@Redbird_Esports
for achieving the first perfect score in OWCRA history! Can anyone take them down??
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OWCRA ALL STAR 2ND TEAM - Fall 2023
Our second team of all stars also deserves tons of recognition for their achievements last semester!
🛡️-
@CLEAR_OW
⚔️-
@TR33_OW
⚔️-
@ChopperOW1
💉-
@squ2d
💉-
@ALargeBagel
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Here are all the schools with at least one team undefeated after week 2 of the
@owpathtopro
collegiate homecoming!
Shout out your school if they still have a spotless record!
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OWCRA ALL STARS - Fall 2023
Thanks to the 400 Collegiate OW2 community members who voted on our first ever All Star Poll! Were happy to introduce our first ever community voted All Star Team!
🛡️-
@imp_romani
⚔️-
@Playtomegalul
⚔️-
@s9mmow
💉-
@Landon_OW
💉-
@VegaOverwatch
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THIS IS YOUR 3 HOUR WARNING FOR THE START OF THE OVERWATCH COLLEGIATE HOMECOMING PLAYOFFS!
ITS ALSO AN UPDATED OWCRA RANKING!
Let us know your thoughts and best of luck to everyone competing this weekend!
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The Overwatch Collegiate Championship Groups have been confirmed by
@OW_Esports
!
Did your school make the cut? Who do you have getting to the main event? Let us know?
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The final rounds of OW Collegiate Homecoming swiss stage were played last weekend, and we want to give HUGE shoutouts to the top 32 teams that emerged!
These schools will compete for the championship starting on December 2nd! Who are you rooting for?
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...and then there were six...
Shout out if your team is still spotless through 3 weeks of the
@owpathtopro
collegiate homecoming!
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With playoffs and championships around the corner, let's see the OWCRA rankings update for April 2023!
The Redbirds are still the
#1
ranked team, but with only 11 points separating them from Northwood, this is the closest vote in OWCRA history!
What do you think? Let us know!
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BREAKING: LA Valiant's
@KrawiOw
joins
@OaklandEsports
!
In todays press release, the Michigan-based program confirmed that Krawi headlines three new signings for their Overwatch 2 team.
Krawi was a member of Bellevue before joining OWL, and now he makes his return.
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Overwatch Collegiate Homecoming may be over, but there's still plenty of time for teams to prove their dominance this semester!
Special shoutout to
@NorthwoodEsport
for EARNING the
#1
spot after their victory!
Do you agree with these rankings? Let us know!
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It's time for another edition of the OWCRA top 20!
The
@owpathtopro
Collegiate Homecoming Swiss Stage comes to an end today! Who should you be looking for in the playoff bracket?
There are some big risers and fallers this week. Do you agree? Who should be here? Let us know!
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It's time for the first OWCRA rankings of the fall 2023 season!
There are some movers and shakers, but
@MaryvilleGG
remains on top...for now...
What do you think of these rankings? Let us know!
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It took an entire year, but there's FINALLY a new team at the top of the OWCRA rankings!
After an incredible performance in the OWCC,
@NorthwoodEsport
takes their rightful place as the best team in collegiate Overwatch!
What do you think? Let us know in the comments!
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THE GRIM REAPERS OF COLLEGIATE!
@RutgersEsports
continued their run through the collegiate championship swiss with a 2-1 win over Maryville today!
@NorthwoodEsport
and
@UCIEsports
should have their head on a swivel...
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The
@owpathtopro
Collegiate Homecoming playoffs start 1 week from today!
Do you see your school among the 32 teams still fighting for the championship? Shout them out if you do!
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Look at this team, we're gonna do great!
Please welcome your OWCRA ranking committee for the Fall 2023 Semester!
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We here are OWCRA hope that you are having a happy holiday and a restful Winter Break!
It's time to reveal our FINAL power rankings for the Fall 2023 semester!
What do you think about these rankings? Who is going to break out this spring? Let us know and keep an eye out for All
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AND DOWN GO THE REDBIRDS!
From our understanding, this is the first collegiate match that ISU have lost since last years OWCC Losers Semifinals vs Harrisburg on April 9th, 2022.
It has been 330 days since then. Insane.
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Introducing: The 21 person OWCRA Ranking committee for Spring 2023!
These collegiate OW experts are hard at work preparing the next edition of rankings within the next 2 weeks. We'll see you soon™️!
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Registration for the
@owpathtopro
2023 Collegiate Homecoming has closed, and there are 341 teams competing!
This is about a 32% increase from last falls homecoming - which saw 258 teams.
Collegiate Overwatch is THRIVING!
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"Surely, the OWCRA discord server is a place of serious discussion and analysis on collegiate Overwatch!"
Meanwhile, the OWCRA Discord Server:
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OWCRA is a team of 16 collegiate Overwatch experts who have come together to provide a central monthly ranking to the community.
Follow us for our first ranking next month and more!
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Shoutout to the 8 teams who qualified for the
@nacestarleague
OW final showdown this weekend!
Who will win the LAST major event for collegiate Overwatch 1??
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The Fall 2023 semester is winding down, and it's time to win or go home.
What teams should you be looking our for in your playoff bracket? Here is OWCRAs penultimate ranking for the semester!
What do you think of these rankings? Let us know!
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We just went through an incredibly chaotic weekend, and with that comes a TON of ranking uncertainty.
A few of our committee members gave us their top 10 collegiate OW2 teams as of right now, and NO ONE can agree on almost anything!
Who do you think has it right? Let us know!
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Welcome to "Meet the OWCRA Member!" every Monday we will tell you a little about one of the collegiate OW experts who make our rankings possible!
We're starting off this series with a banger - here's
@UTDEsports
main tank extraordinaire,
@lueyow
!
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Is it time to go BACK TO BACK?
@NorthwoodEsport
sure thinks so!
After an impressive 4-0 victory over Illinois State in the
@neccgames
finals, the Wolves leap back into first place!
What do you think about the risers and fallers going into the end of the swiss stage? Let us
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...and those are your
@owpathtopro
OWCC groups!
It's going to be an exciting two weeks as 64 teams gets whittled down to 16. Here are our predictions from the OWCRA podcast earlier this week!
Who do you think got closest to the truth? Who are we underrating? Let us know!
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The
@EsportsUGaming
CECC May Madness roster was just announced!
20 teams travel to Texas next week to battle for collegiate OW glory!
Who are you rooting for?
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Introducing the OWCRA Podcast!
The day after we release rankings, four committee members will go LIVE to talk through the rankings and the state of collegiate Overwatch!
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The ISU
@Redbird_Esports
have been the undisputed
#1
ranked team in collegiate OW so far this year. Will that change this week?
Our
#1
ranked team faces
#2
@HUStormEsports
AND
#3
@NorthwoodEsport
in the OW collegiate homecoming this Friday. They'll have to earn their title!
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BREAKING: A new esports conference enters!
Esports programs from the Big 10 + USC & UCLA will compete in the Big Esports Conference over the next 16 weeks!
The conference will be managed by
@neccgames
but will not impact their already existing leagues.
The Big 10 has
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Yep...it's
@owpathtopro
homecoming game day.
Shout out to all the teams and players streaming their games today!
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New friend alert!
Please welcome
@zhulanderow
from
@Illini_esports
as our newest ranking committee member for the spring 2024 semester!
See you soon with our preseason rankings 👀
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The collegiate championship group stage starts TOMORROW! Lets meet the 64 teams who will fight for a spot in the final 16.
In Group A, Northwood is the favorite to win after going 10-0 in Swiss, but it's anyone's guess who comes in second.
Who are you rooting for? Let us know!
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BREAKING: On "Banter with Antor",
@CoachAntor
&
@SquirtisMv07
revealed some teams that will participate in the new & improved NECC Legends Division for Overwatch! 🔥
This division comes with more prize money...and the risk of relegation.
Who are you rooting for?
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St. Clair's new look roster has paid off, earning them the top spot in group D!
However, teams like Converse and UC San Diego bring massive upset potential.
Which two teams advance to the final 16? Let us know!
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This year OWCRA has two goals:
1. Provide the wider community with consistent, informative and entertaining content surrounding collegiate Overwatch.
2. Become a hub for the collegiate Overwatch community to meet and engage with each other.
We hope to be effective at both!
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Next up is group B, headlined by our most recent
#1
ranked team in the Redbirds!
However, this group has several schools that were ranked in the past, like SCAD, Northeastern, Florida, and Kennesaw!
Who will reclaim their former glory? Will another team rise up? Let us know!
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When you spend time leading one of the best esports programs in the country, you learn a thing or two. Thats what makes our next OWCRA member so valuable!
Everyone please give
@TheParadoxMuse
some love!
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We're just ONE HOUR away from the inaugural episode of the OWCRA podcast!
Come join
@Dividing_by_0
,
@lueyow
,
@ChefBilly__
, and
@CLEAR_OW
as they talk about yesterdays rankings and the current landscape of collegiate Overwatch! (link below)
A new semester has arrived, with old and new friends alike joining the chase for the Collegiate OW championship!
We are happy to present the OWCRA top 20 for the Spring 2023 Preseason!
What do you think of the rankings? Is there anyone we missed? Let us know in the replies!
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GOOD MORNING EVERYONE! IT'S COLLEGIATE CHAMPIONSHIP DAY!!
Which of our top 16 programs are you cheering to victory?
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On behalf of everyone who has worked on this project, thank you for supporting OWCRA. It was a massive success beyond what we could have hoped for.
We are going to take some time off to rest, but get ready for big things in year 2! We hope you will be there when they happen.
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One championship remains this semester, and 16 teams are left to fight for the ultimate title!
Who do you have winning the
@OW_Esports
Collegiate Playoff Bracket that starts TONIGHT? Let us know!
🎨-
@Soraxjm
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The NECC Legends Division has been announced!
13/16 of the teams participating are within our top 20! Who are you rooting for?
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OWCRA ALL STAR VOTING IS OPEN!
While teams battle for trophies throughout collegiate Overwatch, which players are making the biggest impact?
OWCRA members have nominated their favorites, but the final decision is up to the community!
Join our discord to make your voice heard!
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It's time to meet the rest of your
@owpathtopro
collegiate groups!
Picking up where we left off, Group E is the biggest question mark of all. St. Thomas is on top but they have strong competition to fend off.
We're keeping a close eye on this one! Who do you think advances?
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Shout out to all of the teams competing in the SECs first Overwatch season!
We are looking forward to watching all of these amazing collegiate teams compete in the SEC Fall '23 Overwatch season!
#eSports
#Overwatch2
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The OWCRA committee has voted to wait for another weeks worth of OWCC matches to be played before we submit our next set of rankings.
See you soon, and best of luck in your matches!
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Coming to you all the way from Contenders China, our next OWCRA member is always on the lookout for news and updates. (And is great at keeping a podcast on track.)
Everyone please give
@BiggHungryPhill
some love!
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NECC announces a promotion/relegation system for its Legends Division, the top level of competition that they offer.
It's the first system of its kind in collegiate OW2.
Do you like this change?
Breaking: 𝗡𝗘𝗖𝗖 𝗟𝗘𝗚𝗘𝗡𝗗𝗦 𝗗𝗜𝗩𝗜𝗦𝗜𝗢𝗡
We're proud to announce our newest division for the best of the best across four of our core titles
• League of Legends
• Overwatch2
• Rocket League
• Valorant
Read More ⇢
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As an OW collegiate coach and content creator, our next OWCRA member has been regarded as one of the best minds in the field! He brings a lot to our rankings!
Everyone please give
@TemporalOW
some love!
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Wouldn't it be crazy if the first collegiate rankings of the season dropped this week?
And then the first episode of our podcast happens the next day?
That would be crazy wouldn't it?
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This OWCRA member has worn several hats in the collegiate OW space! (And might be able to tell you about that melody that Sigma's asking about.)
Everyone please give
@Tanger1ne_OW
some love!
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It's time to prove that YOU have the biggest brain in Collegiate OW! (and win some money while you're at it)
To enter the OWCRA bracket challenge:
- Follow
@0WCRA
(so we can DM you if you win!)
- Create a bracket prediction on the link below this tweet by 4/15 @ 2 PM ET
GL HF!
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Congrats to our committee members
@TinyShiny19
and
@Jesse_Twinsalty
! You are going to kill it!
Introducing your
#OverwatchCollegiate
Championship Playoffs talent 🎙️
⭐️
@Septilence
⭐️
@TheN3rdyBird
⭐️
@TinyShiny19
⭐️
@Jesse_Twinsalty
⭐️
@KenobiCasts
⭐️
@RichRadLive
⭐️
@Door_Casts
⭐️
@Reinforce
📺 Matches begin Friday at 5PM PT on
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Collegiate Overwatch Stocks are ⬆️!!!
After another Overwatch Collegiate registration the Spring 2024 Championship has broken records with 354 teams, passing the 2023 Fall season's previous high of 341.
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The time has come once again!
Who are you rooting for this fall?
Registration for Overwatch Collegiate Homecoming is now LIVE!
Need the scoop? Check out our blog!
📣
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How I think I look calculating everyone's scores vs how I really look...
Hope you're ready, because our preseason rankings are coming this weekend!
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Get ready to rage at our takes! We're aiming to release our first rankings on October 3rd as a final send off to collegiate OW1.
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OH
OKAY
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The time has come once again.
If you're involved in collegiate Overwatch and would like to become a member of the OWCRA committee for our BIWEEKLY rankings this fall, this week is your chance!
Are you with us?
The application form is linked 🔽BELOW🔽
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We’re super excited to learn that
@ShenUesports
will be running the production for CAH Minor 2!
It’s great to see collegiate Overwatch programs support Calling all Heroes!
Stay cool with our
#CallingAllHeroes
Summer Update 😎
🔸 Midseason Standings
🔸 Minor 2 hosted by
@washjustice
and
@ShenUesports
🔸 Minor 3 hosted by
@TorontoDefiant
🔸And more!
🏖️ Read more
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The OWCRA public Discord Server is now LIVE!
Connect with the collegiate Overwatch community, stay up to date on all our projects, and yell at us when the preseason rankings are released!
🔽🔽🔽The link is below! 🔽🔽🔽
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Put your predictive skills to the test with our new OWCC Homecoming Bracket Builder!
This tool will let you whittle the 32 qualifying teams down to just one, following the two-stage system that the tournament uses.
Hope to see lots of brackets in the leadup to playoffs!
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Warm yourself up for the Overwatch Collegiate Championship with the OWCRA podcast!
We will be going live tomorrow from 12 Noon EST up until the games start at 2 PM, and we will be talking with
@zinniasd
&
@RukhMisk
from
@UCSDesports
!
See you tomorrow!
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CONGRATULATIONS NORTHWOOD ON WINNING THE 2023 COLLEGIATE CHAMPIONSHIP!
THE NORTHWOOD TIMBERWOLVES TAKE DOWN ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY (4-1) AND ARE YOUR 2023 COLLEGIATE OVERWATCH NATIONAL CHAMPIONS!! 🏆
@cowman711
🛡️
@SZNSGOD
🛡️
@Boat_OW
🔫
@Haventhedude
🔫
@cjayow
💉
@VegaOverwatch
💉
@Faustus
🧠
@A_TubeSock
📋
@evolve
🎩
#BackThePack
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Our founder
@Dividing_by_0
will be making a return to the mic for this game! Tune in!
👑ROAD TO QCC OW WEEK 3👑
Today, 8 teams will punch their ticket to the LAN stage in Cincinnati; best of luck!
Our final qualifier match takes us to Group C as our
@UCOverwatch
Red roster takes on
@ukyesports
!
📺 @ 9pm EST
#eSports
#Catsby90
#Overwatch2
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Blinn ➡️ Converse
After two years at one of the fastest rising programs in Collegiate Overwatch, gnja2012 takes his talents to South Carolina!
🐐+ 🥷 = our latest OW player
Please help us in welcoming
@gnja2012
to Converse Overwatch!
#GoValkyries
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Thanks so much to everyone who tuned in to the first ever episode of the OWCRA podcast! We hope you had a good time.
This month, the season really kicks off, and we'll be watching...
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This OWCRA member has been a staple in amatuer Overwatch for years! Now he's taken his talents to
@JoinGenEsports
.
Everyone give
@NevinoWb
some love!
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We hear you! So there’s a FEW things you would change…
Let’s talk about it!
The next episode of the OWCRA Podcast goes live tomorrow at 6 PM EST featuring
@Dividing_by_0
,
@lueyow
,
@Lion8769OW
, and
@drUwU20
!
OWCRA is proud to present our Collegiate Overwatch 2 rankings after February 2023!
While February is the shortest month of the year, a lot has happened in the collegiate OW space.
What do you think of our rankings? Would you make any changes? Let us know!
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Get those notification bells ringing! 🔔🔔🔔
Our second collegiate OW rankings will drop TODAY at 3 PM EST!
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If you love collegiate Overwatch, we want you to join us! OWCRA is looking for more collegiate experts to join our ranking committee!
Fill out the form linked to this tweet to apply before 3 PM EST on Wednesday 12/28.
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Thanks Flutey for being a founding member of OWCRA! We wish you the best of luck in your future endeavors.
Today, we say goodbye to
@Flutey_ow
, our Overwatch Head Coach. Thank you for the work you have put in over the years to make Redbird Esports a household name in the Collegiate and Contenders Overwatch scene. We wish you nothing but the best in your next chapter!
#RedbirdProud
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#2
vs
#6
? This has match of the week written all over it!
Tune into the Northwood Stream to see what happens!
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#WinUOW
is so back.
Welcome to Winthrop,
@CucumberColuge
@lyar_ow
@rupalzaman
@s9mmow
@TR33_OW
@ultraviolet_ow
Coach:
@EricMPerez_
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Huge congrats to Maryville for qualifying for the OWCS group stage!
Movin' On
We're headed to the OWCS Group Stage after a 8-1 record in the Open Qualifiers🔥
#MUWIN
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