Shyam
@ShyamOW
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he/him discord: shyam collection: https://t.co/iIzaiPddHo
Joined January 2013
I’m bummed that the new Hero Progression system in OW2 doesn’t account for prior playtime. To play the game from release in OW1 to then start at Level 1 even on my most played heroes feels not great. When so many stats still exist, tons of the levels could have been derived.
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Worst post match tweet from a coach I’ve ever seen. This isn’t motivating for players at all, just a personal ego reaction. They need your leadership and instead you self-flagellate on twitter.
We dont deserve shit, disgusting mistakes, insulting performance toward the people that support us. GGs @TorontoDefiant.
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ok i’m gonna just vent some thoughts here, don’t know how long this thread will end up being and i’m not minding my character count. I straight up do not care about reforming this, very honestly. It is 2024 and you were a legal adult while typing your bullshit in discord.
I want to apologize to everyone that my words have harmed. I am ashamed of the things I have said in the past. There are no excuses for my ignorance and I deserve to be held accountable for it. I will be better and I hope to prove that to you going forward.
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Goes down as the definitive worst general manager in OWL history, maybe all of esports history?. Taking suggestions on literally any one person who was more legendarily incompetent than Avalla.
Thank you for building and managing our rosters and all of your help. From supporting with the transition from Paris to Vegas to recruiting players from across the World. @avalla_ow . #ForEternity #OWL2023
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Every person making this tweet would also go 0-33 in Contenders. I’d dare you to even have the bravery to try, but you’re all cowards behind keyboards.
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I just crashed mid Overwatch ranked game and my pc fully bricked, have to try resetting windows now to have a functioning computer again. @BlizzardCS your game is not safe.
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1. Loyola is ranked just 43rd in Part-Time MBA program. 2. One of the most common critiques of MBA grads is that they have “no practical experience” outside of school. 3. You’re flexing an unframed diploma, cmon bro put that shit on your wall.
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But like… how did this happen?. How do random no-name streamers find themselves in charge of the direction of a formerly franchised T1 Esports brand??. What actual skills or merit landed them here when everyone is ambivalent at best and hates them at worst?.
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It’s not even about the specific slur, though there is a huge impact of the anti-blackness specifically. It’s this overall attitude from the community that casual racism is somehow not impactful in any way, or that racism in private is fine. You fucks, THAT IS RACISM.
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me reading the email telling me i’m the GM for Overwatch World Cup Team India 2023 vs. me processing that information. So excited to represent Team India 🇮🇳
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@WinthropEsports which poor collegiate esports admin had to stay up on a Friday night to tweet this because a teenager was racist in a discord channel.
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@SamitoFPS Bastion isn’t actually the worst anymore, i think Symmetra truly has no place or viability where any other hero still has an opportunity for play. If we’re talking ranked specifically, I can see Bastion as being very bad.
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This has to be the worst usage of stats I’ve ever seen in OWL, even including the Titans/Canucks stats. Disgraceful conduct from OWL.
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I join Lordenzo’s stream for 5 minutes and he’s openly admitting to not caring about the type of content he makes to “survive in this space”. Creators who only want to be famous are so cringe. Success happens when you actually do something good for people/communities.
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“It’s a mistake from a while ago”. My bad, did I miss the memo? Is it just like a white person thing to make the “mistake” of typing the n-word? Is this such a shared experience, because I have never once in my whole life thought it would be chill to do that at any age.
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@Yaginku1 @robertobsc @IsaacWierzbicki @DanMiraski @GothamChess So Magnus’ official wording is a compliment and that warrants a 500m lawsuit, this is clearly an ez W for Hans of course 👍🏽.
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tier 3 players two weeks ago: . “I will be the best Lifeweaver player in the world”. tier 3 players after 2 blocks of objectively inting on the hero:. “Nvm hero is dogshit, this game is awful”
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I don’t care what S9MM ends up doing in his life and I wish him personal success, but I am truly tired of just accepting that some people will be awful and we have to accept that. I do not want to see this from my communities, and I do not want to see my communities condone it.
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Controversial PSA but if this happens to you, DO NOT TWEET IT OUT. If your main is ever banned and people have a record of it, they can use that information to DQ you from any competitive tourney you play in the future. If it never gets reversed, your career can be over.
Main account got banned for "cheating". I've played this game competitively for years and no high level player has thought I was cheating. I applied for a ticket to get unbanned and got a generic ass response. Great game. @Blizzard_Ent @BlizzardCS
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I will also say I really dislike this. I respect Wheats a lot as a coach, but you were their coach for how many years? Of course you knew they behaved like this. If your appraisal is that S9MM is a genuine person then it tracks he’s “genuinely” racist.
all of the people saying the screenshots are recent for s9mm are wrong, his were from 2022. if we as a community are who we say we are we should value rehabilitation over trying to totally remove someone. I can say personally that Sam is one of the most genuine guys I have (1/2).
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Fun stat for the Lucio players today -. This is the famed "ratio" of heal song vs. speed song among OWL Lucio players. Each Lucio has their different playstyle - where do you think you fall?
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.@Rakattack is the only quirked up white boy I still trust after today, this shit is too crazy.
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Any artist available who can draw/make a banner for me? Happy to pay for commission.
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On stats from this past season, Team SK could look something like:. Hanbin.MuZe .Proper.LIP .Profit/Doha.ChiYo.Fielder.Viol2t.
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@Hkeebroke Shots 1-5: Clearly missed. Shots 6-9: Missed due to recoil (bad spray control). Shots 10-11: Very close, but recoil and inaccuracy make these reasonable misses. Shot 12: Likely didn't actually fire because SNOTTYFINGA was already dead.
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Stop making excuses for the failings of other people, and stop trying to assuage people from experiencing the consequences of their actual actions. You are not obligated to let it slide, and quite frankly we should all let a lot of this shit slide way less.
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@mizliz_ Valid critiques of Saudi influence and low female representation. But seeing a room of foreigners makes you hate OW esports? Diversity is only allowed when it's USA-centric but a room full of brown men is not acceptable, as though we are a majority population in OW esports?.
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I love Overwatch, and I wouldn't spend so much time on this game if I didn't. To those of you who dedicate yourselves to it too, thank you. It's a beautiful thing.
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This doesn’t make sense to me anymore, because it’s not a case where he didn’t realize the behavior was hurtful. He knows it’s racist, he types it out and presses send anyway. That is not a “needs more education” teachable moment, that is bullshit.
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So incredibly proud of @TeamIndiaOW. While we won’t qualify for LAN, I know that every single one of us gave it everything we had. Being able to come together and bootcamp was a dream come true and I’ll remember this for the rest of my life. #BackTheBlues #OWWC2023.
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every high ranked player the last few days is complaining about cavernous creatures in their lobbies so I went to check it out. 3 games in a row I had some absolute specimens. Someone get a bio researcher because these are not carbon-based life forms.
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so a young adult with his own time and energy decides to bring MORE broadcast games to the Contenders audience (which desperately needs eyes and attention). and the main criticism is that it's undermining broadcast security and is predatory for being unpaid/volunteer?.
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@kothari_arya @DanielFenner Except when I anti 3 people and my team decides to afk the choke because they don’t realize they can push it :) the worst is when you trust your team, hit the nade, but your team doesn’t move and then you don’t have nade when their flanker is on you.
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After collecting close to 65 mousepads, I’ve finally written my comprehensive thoughts on selecting the PERFECT mousepad for you. MOUSEPAD THEORY - this should answer any question you’ve ever had about choosing a mousepad, I hope you enjoy!.
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#ContendersStrike is a brutal reminder that Blizzard does not care about you or your legacy if you impact their precious product. We in P2P are just pawns in their money machine, and they can and will disrespect us. Shameful.
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Rakashits ur the most boosted 4700 players ive ever seen and its crazy how fast u lose sr when ur not getting boosted by some rank 1 player.
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For all T3 Players:. Yes, I am solely evaluating your skill level based on your clip dump music choice. Choose wisely.
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NON-PLAYERS IN THE COMPETITIVE OW COMMUNITY: Stop policing players’ reactions to 5v5. It’s not your place to tell a tank player whose role is going through massive changes to just “be excited for the future” or other similar garbage. Let players process change how they want to.
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i’m mad, i’m tired, i’m sick of the shit, and i’m frustration tweeting into the void hoping that for once we all actually remember why we have reached the point in history where we REALIZE racism is awful. Don’t excuse it in any form and don’t make excuses for it.
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@Unsaltedsalt__ Visual bug, likely he lost the previous game but exited out of the rank up screen too fast. He won this one and it displayed both at the same time, which is why it only shows 1%.
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ctrl+f'ing your own chat logs for every slur under the sun and then typing this sentence is top5 craziest things I've ever seen in a google doc
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We’re clowning on the org but fr support these players and this roster. All of these guys are hard workers with insane talent and potential and I really believe they can do something special this season. Good luck to my friends 🙏🏽.
Official roster announcements are so overrated 🙄. Please welcome your 2023 Los Angeles Valiant roster!. 🔫 @NosZ__ .🔫 @seeker_ow .🛡️ @KrawiOw .💊 @lyar_ow .💊 @cjayow .💊 @paintbrush . #WingsOut #OWL2023
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LFT as FS, 4.4k+. Pros:. - #62 peak this season, top 100 last two.- Too much scrim experience.- Vocal, will call my cooldowns.- Funny, silly guy (improvement mindset). Cons:.- NOT next up and not trying to be.- Will not help your team make Contenders.- Can’t double block 6x/week.
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If you’re an Overwatch player at any level and you use an Artisan mousepad, can you interact with this post?. I’m trying to see something… 👀.
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if you have to put “Coach” in your name to let people know that you’re a coach then you’re actually just a loser.
WARNING TO ALL T4/T3 ORGANIZATIONS. There is a Coach named iPRIxMAi who is verbally abusive toward players and often towards staff as well. There have been documented cases of this occurring in both NA and EU organizations. She also claims to have T2/T1 exp with no liquipedia
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Imagine if @PlayOverwatch had the @chesscom feature to track historical Wins / Losses / Draws vs. individual players, so when you hovered over someone's profile you'd be able to see your all time record vs. them. @SrslyPaladin would something like this even be possible?
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@owpathtopro NA.A: USA, Canada, Mexico.B: Brazil Colombia.EU.A: UK, France, Denmark.B: Saudi, Sweden.Asia: .A: South Korea, Taiwan, Japan.B: Australia, Inidia
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Frustration aside, I am happy to have conversations with anyone who actually has a different viewpoint to me on this. I understand where the reform mindset comes from, I just don’t think it’s correct here.
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Crazy how this is usually something the COMPANY will organize in order to help place those who were laid off. Instead we have the community once again doing more of the work, unpaid, that Blizzard should have in the first place. Fucking scumbags @Blizzard_Ent.
There have been DOZENS of talented and passionate staff that have been laid off over the last few days. We're attempting to help in just a small way, by creating a list of the now free agents impacted. This is currently being done solely based on public information, so if you
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We should look at metrics on account spend vs. account status - it’s becoming more clear w/ F2P that Blizzard may have some preferential algorithmic treatment. I’ve spent hundreds over 8 years of play, never even a silence and I’ve typed all of this. Why ban indiscriminately?.
@durpee82 From what we can see, the account was suspended for inappropriate language. I see the F word and the SH word in there as well. ^JH.
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Still frustrated by this irresponsible, career ending, unintelligent nonsense being on a live broadcast. Stats should prop players up but never at such an expense to others. Put up his performance > the average if it was so good instead of this unfair, unequal comparison.
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I finally have every single Artisan FX pad from 2023 in every softness. More Kou testing after I get back from vacation in late January, and expect a full, comprehensive Artisan guide across surfaces and softnesses in early February. AMA about the pads :)
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@InfektedOW @Crimzo We did this at lan on a collegiate setup where we would fake our fight plans and type the real ones in game. Mixed results.
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@HiiiiiiitMonke Kyky is like a distant third, I wouldn’t say he was worse than either Flame or he’s at least comparable to Kate imo. Kyky just got tons of hate for fumbling a roster that had very high fan expectations.
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@sharkosaurfps keys to a long professional career:. 1. be good at the game.2. don’t be racist. Like SURELY number 2 is not nearly as difficult as being a top 0.0000001% player of the video game and yet SOMEHOW they keep failing. Fucking incredible. Like we see how actually ridiculous that is??.
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I mean this with 100% flame, some of the least intelligent cretins of the OW community are in these replies. Matrix does not cheat. He is just better than you and you are seething and coping. Pick him up and find out what he’ll do for your team.
LFO Contenders / Top OD, playoffs/trials, DPSer. Open to sub or specialist slot, comfortable on any DPS but prefer hitscan (Sombra/Tracer/Hanzo flex spot good too), can macro call. Still w/ Altiora. Disc: Matrix#1000. DM for references + VODs.
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Now I work my 9-5, come home to my partner, and we embark on the new journeys of cat ownership, wedding planning, and car maintenance. Today may not be the end of Overwatch or my time in it, but growing older means that things are just different. For it all, I am grateful.
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Always been my DREAM to work with @a__amir and it has come true after a year. Really excited to be on this squad :).
Sometimes you need to make sure the puzzle piece fits *just* right 🧩. Welcome our other Assistant Coach @ShyamOW!. #WeAreTheEnd
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Our hard work 🥹 . This is really special. We made our impact on the game, however small.
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There were 10 maps played in OWL 2022 where a player went James Bond - 0 Elims, 0 Assists, 7 Deaths. Only 9 players attained this prestigious title - in fact, one man did it twice.
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I will deeply regret that I never attended a Grand Finals - Overwatch as a hobby has never taken the full precedence over my life that it has for so many in this community, friends included. But what we put our time into, what we decide to invest in - that is what life is.
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@ArcusIgnium Every single GM was gunning for the EM/Runaway cores that offseason, largely they got lucky. When ownership group sold them, she assembled continually worse and worse rosters with horrible culture, backstabbing, oppressive contracts - no accountability.
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At 25, I've now cared about Overwatch for a quarter of my life. I've grown, changed, and learned so much in 7 years. I've made so many friendships and created memories that will remain through my life. I cried as I stood in front of my TV watching the final montage of OWL play.
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OWL/Contenders, we will set up a Scouted queue so you can get better practice before your matches. I’ll be sending out information soon.
So Lifeweaver is available in comp on the 25th but disabled for CAH on the 21st but enabled in Contenders on the 24th. What a nightmare for teams that play in both who can't even practice him in ladder.
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Calling OWL/Contenders Coaches and GMs 👀. Special project is cooking - reply to this tweet with the most important/highest priority micro stats you care about in scrims. Pulse Bomb stick %? Annihilation efficiency? Distance traveled by Kiriko swift step?.
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So much hate on the Overwatch timeline today. Can this be a thread for positive things to share about your friends/teammates OW accomplishments? I’ll start below.
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I think half of the OD teams that seemingly exploded in the last few weeks could have had really good top finishes if they had been able to stick through it. Such is P2P :( Good luck competing soon everyone!.
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@BadPachimari @EskayOW “Support” as if you didn’t intentionally BP curse the whole roster 🥱 we know who you really are.
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ggs, i'm sorry i failed y'all. wanted to make something positive in tier 2 but wasn't good enough. would write a longer post but don't have the strength tonight. i'll be taking a break.
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@TrickRoom_OW @SFShock @PummyOW ANUPAM clears FRAUDPER 💪🏽 TRICK ROOM 2-0 QUOTE ME WRITE IT DOWN IN THE HISTORY BOOKS.
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I can’t believe I’m going to say this but…. Tim Hortons clears Dunkin Donuts.
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I finished chopping vegetables after Florida won Blizzard World. My fiancee let me commandeer the TV tonight but she was fast asleep on the couch at this point. By the time I actually finished cooking for the night, bowl in hand, Soe was giving her speech.
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@Stalast @BlizzardCS Why do u ppl just say stuff, clear hardware problem when restoring from yesterday’s backup fixed the issue 👍🏽 my drives are fine.
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@RanahanOW To me Flame was objectively quite bad as a GM but I found some redeemable qualities in how clearly passionate he was. He also believed in his people. And won some games. Now Bearhands on the other hand, that guy was fucking awful. Avalla is worse to me but Bearhands 2nd worst.
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