Announcing the One Nation of Gamers Overwatch Invitational
The best teams in the beta face off for the biggest prize pool yet. Double elimination. Every. Match. Broadcasted.
NOTE: prize pool has been increased to $3,000 thanks to our newest sponsor, Infiniscene!
Been sitting on this for a while, so I gotta be admit, feels damn good to finally put this in writing.
I’ve been working behind the scenes for some months to organize the next chapter to the FishStix Overwatch Invitational which took place all the way back in November. As with the first Invitational, the goal from inception was to push the boundaries for what’s been done in the scene — to organize something fresh, unlike anything else thus far. And, with the help of One Nation of Gamers, GEICO Gaming, and the Video Game Voters Network, we may have done just that.
We want to show just how competitive and exciting Overwatch can be at a high level. We want to make the best possible show for the community.
With further ado…
Let’s get to the details
Invited teams
North America:
- EnVyUs
- Cloud9
- Luminosity Gaming
- Life of Hanzo
Europe:
- IDDQD
- Reunited.GG
- #FlatEarth
- Melty
Tournament format
- 8 team invitational (4 NA / 4 EU).
- Double elimination bracket.
- Round 1–4 (bo3) → WB/LB finals (bo5) → grand finals (bo5)
- Day 1: play thru ‘till WB/LB finals.
- Day 2: WB/LB finals & grand finals.
Brackets
Live brackets will be updated on GosuGamers.
Rules/scoring
- Payload and Capture Point maps will be decided by traditional Stopwatch rules — after taking turns attacking and defending, the quicker time set or the furthest progression wins the point.
- If both teams get stuck on the same objective soon then the map will be counted as a tie, and no points awarded to either team.
- A win on a Control map counts as a point.
- NO hero limit. 6 D.vas all day, if you want.
Map selection process
- Use OWDraft.com to select maps — higher seed picks first. Loser picks next.
- Bo3 up until WB/LB finals
- Bo5 for WB/LB and Grand Final. Grand final bracket can be reset by LB.
Servers
Higher seed picks first. Loser picks next.
Prize pool
$3,000 USD base (subject to change to do additional sponsorships or community support)
- $1500
- $900
- $600
Broadcast logistics
Dates: April 9th-10th from 10am PDT — 6pm PDT
Channel: twitch.tv/onenationofgamers
Shoutcasters: FishStix & AskJoshy
Secondary EN channels / Foreign language channels:
- English: Hex & ZP at twitch.tv/gosugamers
- English: Jason Kaplan & ToD at twitch.tv/esl_overwatch
- French: twitch.tv/esl_alphacast
Credits
None of this would be possible without these folks…
- Lynnea “Shayed” Tabatha Rose — lead admin
- Daniel “Imagine” Tompos — stream producer
- Markus “Mysca” Gur — graphics designer
- Deric Ortiz — One Nation of Gamers
Phew. Glad to finally get this out there. If you have any questions you probably already know how to get ahold of me. In the mean time, why don’t you go watch the FishStix Invitational 1? It was pretty sweet, and I’m almost over 10k views on YT. ;)
