Rob Zacny Posted February 10, 2016 Esports Today February 10, 2016: Overwatching a New Esport Rob and Andrew take a hopeful yet reserved look at the nascent Overwatch professional scene as some important new investment enters the young esport. They also ponder the necessity of individual celebrity star power in both League of Legends and Counter-Strike. Counter-Strike, League of Legends, Overwatch Listen on the Episode Page Listen on Soundcloud Listen in iTunes Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sclpls Posted February 10, 2016 Super interesting hearing about how Blizzard has been in communication with top tier players from the TF2 community. Blizzard and Valve have such a weird relationship. DOTA 2 was able to happen because IceFrog, the modder who updated and maintained DOTA 1, wanted to make an official game. Blizzard knew how popular DOTA 1 was but they had their hands full with the explosive popularity of World of Warcraft to be able to commit the proper resources to that sort of project. Now TF2 is the game that is popular but has been neglected by Valve as they are busy with DOTA, CS:GO (and Steam, VR, and whatever other crazy projects they might be working on). So now it is Blizzard's turn to swoop in and eat Valve's lunch. I love it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Twig Posted February 10, 2016 TF2 is getting competitive matchmaking in the [Valve-]near future. It's currently in closed beta. It's also received multiple huge balance patches of late, as well as new maps, new game modes, and junk. It's still more neglected than I'd personally like, but this past year has been really, really good for TF2. Hope they keep it up! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
