![]() ![]() Drop $1000 of the prize pool and allocate the budget to have every team get some form of product placement desk segment/brand activation on the main broadcast. events need to have budget set aside for direct VCT marketing that makes them more appealing to an org trying to sell to sponsors than a prize pool would be.As long as there's an open Qualifyer and the main event streams to the main VCT feeds it's all you need. tier 2 should not have an off season, no matter what it is run some cheap events from riot /3rd party run events.Stability for players is a lot harder to do achieve borderline impossible so here's some ideas. If the VCT teams stomp then ohh well that's what's meant to happen, another great example of this was the Overwatch world cup which was hype as fuck but also created the story for so many of it's biggest tier 2 players (great off season tournament) If a VCT team lose, great you have a story for the upcoming VCT season and hype for some tier 2 talent. To steal something that overwatch league actually did well this year press season to fill the gap of a long off season a bit run a pro-am VCT teams vs challengers teams. "how M80 use breach on ascent to disrupt the meta" it's clicky, throw it on tik tok for the I pad babys brings attention to the tier 2 team and highlights a playstyle or prominent figure that fans will remember. But this also needs content surrounding it, invest money into produced content surrounding tier 2 teams e.g. "VCT emea split 1 All-stars plays VCL split 1 winner Istanbul wildcats" so stakes, just exposure. Think show matches with no stakes but high profile names against tier 2 teams. To do this you need events, not necessarily big ones with massive prise pools and financial investment. You do this with event's and opportunities the break players from the tier 2 bubble into the main VCT audience. To create a history and brands you need to make story's worth giving a fuck about. provides stability for upcoming players to persue the dream of playing in VCT It creates storyline and history for new talents entering the scene giving them brands and personality that's marketable to sponsors for either a VCT team or Val in general Tier 2 brings value to the scene in 2 ways However, if Blizzard can get the early build ready in time, the next Overwatch League season could give the publisher a great opportunity to show off Overwatch 2 to fans before the game eventually arrives.I survived overwatch and heavily followed the games tier 2 scene (I know I wasted a lot of my time) but here's what you need to make it work. Plans could change and OWL might stick with the current version of Overwatch if there are any significant development hurdles. What's more, OWL players will want to practice on public servers as much as possible, so there might be an Overwatch 2 beta, at the very least, by April. If the latest release timeline reports are accurate, though, the game will be almost ready for public consumption by that point, so there hopefully won't be many bugs. Moving OWL to Overwatch 2 in this fashion has its pros and cons, especially given that it'll be an early build. ![]() That'll likely have an impact on Overwatch League rosters for next season and beyond, with fewer spots available for tank players. The sequel will herald new modes and maps, a fresh game engine, more characters, an overhaul of existing heroes and, most significantly, a shift from teams of six to squads of five, with each side fielding one tank instead of the current two. player updates will be reflected in the current game ( OW2 will have a big focus on co-op story missions too). The arrival of Overwatch 2, which Blizzard announced at BlizzCon 2019, will spell huge changes for the esport, and the Overwatch scene as a whole. In February, Activision Blizzard said it was unlikely to release Overwatch 2 or Diablo 4 this year. However, Dexerto reported this week that Blizzard is targeting a Q2 release window - in other words, around the time the next OWL season starts, or soon after. Recent reports suggested the next OWL season might not start until fall 2022, amid Overwatch 2 release date uncertainty. We will share more details about 2022 roster construction timelines soon and more info generally on our 2022 season as we get closer to April.- Jon Spector September 3, 2021 We can confirm that our plan is to begin next season in April 2022. I've seen a lot of speculation regarding a 2022 start date for OWL. ![]()
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