Every day is Christmas at the Philadelphia Fusion esports mansion. The team's marketing and content director Hung Tran gestured to the towering decorated pine tree to the right of the front door by way of explaining the joke: The pro gamers who live here get whatever they want and do whatever they want. But Christmas wouldn't seem as exciting if it happened every day.
The Philadelphia Fusion's Overwatch Contenders team, University, is playing without jerseys in today's season one finals, not due to a laundry mishap or lost luggage but apparently the giant "FU" emblazoned on their game wear.
At a recent Philadelphia Fusion watch party, a man proposed to his girlfriend by asking her to "be the Mercy to my Genji". I am very happy for this couple, but I must have a word with them about their taste in Overwatch ships.
The Overwatch League's leaked code of conduct gives Blizzard and the OWL an incredible amount of control over players, including anything that happens on their own streams, so part of the latest punishment for a heated gaming moment comes as no surprise. After the Philadelphia Fusion's Josh "Eqo" Corona made a slant-eye gesture and said "I am Korean" on a recent stream, the team announced his punishment today.
Josh "Eqo" Corona of the Philadelphia Fusion is in hot water with his team and maybe the Overwatch League after making a slant-eye gesture about Korean players during an Overwatch stream last weekend.
After five weeks of games, the New York Excelsior found itself in the stage title match again, this time against the Philadelphia Fusion. This time though, it was New York who would pull off the reverse sweep, taking the stage 2 title and prize in an exciting 3-2 finish.
Many teams debuted their fresh new players at the kickoff for stage two of the Overwatch League, but the one that made arguably the biggest impact had been on the roster for a while. It just wasn't until these last few days that he got to show why he earned a spot on the Philly Overwatch squad.
One team in the Philadelphia Hometown Heroes showcase had some pretty slick moves ready for the tournament.
I'm too old for this.
When it launches tonight, Overwatch League will become the biggest undertaking in the history of esports. Backed by massive investments from sports billionaires and tech companies, esports, if you choose to believe the hype, has finally grown up.
The Philadelphia Fusion, the Comcast-owned Overwatch League team, just pulled out of their pre-season matches, citing "player logistics issues". The Fusion had been scheduled to play the debut match of the OWL pre-season against the Florida Mayhem tomorrow.
