Tame_ImpalaHow is overwatch competitive at high levels?
The circle jerk is even worse than TF2, if you played in beta = you will be considered good even if you're trash (plenty of examples). Imo it feels like the only innovative players are ex-invite TF2/Moba/other reject games players while the CS players and Quake approach the game in a wrong way kinda (let's see who can aim better and tunnel vision). Nice to see that overall ex-TF2 players get to finally show up their skills and are good at it, in other news it looks like ESL is trying to monopolize the market already by throwing money out of nowhere.
Drama is levels above TF2, teams are pretty much recycling through sponsors like no tomorrow, cutting players weekly, etc. E.G.: If you beat a "top" team in one single scrim, you get offered a sponsorship on a plate by random orgs who want to pay you to stream ranked on twitch and then the org will demand you cut players/let the org lead your team or they drop the sponsorship.
Edit: Forgot to mention, some players get picked up (offered jobs/positions) solely because of their connections to sponsors and/or twitch fame so they give exposure to the team, not because they might be a good fit to the team. All in all, if your name is Star or Huk for example, you get to cast ESL Gamescom without a single drop of casting experience or in-depth knowledge of the game. Watch the VOD of Gamescom Day 1 and you will see what I mean, trash talking TF2 live (the game that literally got you where you are) must be the proper way to approach your audience. Just watch the fucking VOD and stop asking me for timestamps I don't care, Deman is a caster there too so anything is possible in ESPORTS.