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Atlanta Reign, undefeated champions of Overwatch Mid-Season Madness
The Atlanta Reign took home their first trophy since their founding, with an undefeated victory at the Overwatch League's Midseason Madness.
The Overwatch League's first global tournament of the season, Midseason Madness, concluded its three-day journey on the 18th at KINTEX in Ilsan, South Korea. This is the first time the Overwatch League has held a large-scale offline event in the Asia-Pacific region, where the strongest teams from the East and West meet.
Midseason Madness is a global on-site event that marks the highlight of the Spring Stage (held for three months from April to June), which corresponds to the first half of the regular season. A total of six teams, four from the West and two from the East, including the Seoul Dynasty and Infernal, competed for a total prize pool of $900,000 (approximately 1.2 billion KRW). The tournament was conducted in a double-elimination format.
The final was between the Atlanta Reign (ATL) vs. Houston Outlaws (HOU). ATL reached the final first with an undefeated record at this Midseason Madness. HOU defeated the Florida Mayhem 3:1 in the loser's final to advance to the final. Until the final, ATL met HOU three times in Midseason Madness and won all of them.
Until the second game of the final, ATL easily won in Ilios and Blizzard World. In the third game, Shambali Monastery, Fearless' Ramattra and Pelican's Mei showed good performance, and HOU caught up with one game.
In the 4th game, Esperanca, ATL won, leaving only 1 match point. ATL Lip's Sombra contributed to the victory by showing impressive EMP usage. In addition, Fielder showed impressive back support using Ana.
HOU, with nowhere to retreat, chose Antarctica Peninsula as the 5th map. However, ATL firmly defended the position and confirmed the victory as it was.
The tournament was broadcast online and watched on-site simultaneously. All online viewing rewards were provided to fans who visited the site at once, and limited-edition chicken and beer sprays and League Tokens were additionally provided for each day. On Friday the 16th, Boston Uprising, Atlanta Reign, Florida Mayhem, and Houston Outlaws from the Western region, and Seoul Infernal held exclusive fan meetings with fans on Saturday the 17th.
In addition, 'Photoism Booths' where you can take unique photos in frames with Eastern and Western themes, 'Goods Sharing Tables' where fans with golden hands can freely show off goods made by themselves, 'Scratch Coupon Event with No Blanks', and 'Photowall Hashtag Event' and other various types of participatory events were constantly operated during the period.
Blizzard will hold the 'Overwatch World Cup' online qualifiers from June 23 to July 2 as the next tournament schedule. This Overwatch World Cup is the first tournament to be held since 2019. 40 teams from all over the world will be divided into 6 groups to compete. This fall, 16 teams will compete on-site to determine the Overwatch World Cup champion.
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2023-06-18