Professional Overwatch Players Go on Strike Mid-Game After Tournament Rules Confusion
The Overwatch Contenders is the Tier 2 farm system for the Overwatch League where players hone their skills and get used to the professional system in the hopes of one day making it to the League. The current Summer Series: A-Sides tournament started this month in during the gaps at the start and end of the Overwatch League Midseason Madness tournament, so fans could still see Overwatch 2 gameplay in between Betas.
The tournament is reaching its conclusion with matches that would decide who would play in the tournament Grand Final. The European division's upper bracket Final was a match between Munich eSports and 01 Esports. Up until this point, all Overwatch 2 matches were First-to-3 games. In past tournaments, Finals matches (Upper bracket Final, Lower bracket Final, Grand Finals) switched to Best-of-7 rules.
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After Munich eSports went up 3-0 in the first half, 01 Esports began a comeback and won the next 2 games. The match was suddenly ended by tournament administrators, claiming that this match was intended to be a First-to-3 wins ruleset and declared Munich eSports the winners. This reportedly contradicted what team players and staff members were told in the days and hours leading up to the match. Screenshots from Overwatch Contenders players shared to social media showed that when they asked for clarification, tournament administrators confirmed the First-to-3 rules.
As it stood, the losers of this game, now 01 Esports, were set to play Ex Oblivione in the Lower Finals to continue the tournament, but members of both teams protested the match. The game was started with both teams engaging in a Torbjorn 1v1 and the remaining members idle and not fighting for the
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