The 2020 Overwatch League All-Star Games refer to two Overwatch League (OWL) All-Star Games – one from each region of the 2020 season. All-Stars Asia took place on September 26, 2020, while All-Stars North America took place on October 3, 2020. Each game was the culmination of the each region's 2020 All-Star Weekend.
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| Date | September 26, 2020 (A) October 3, 2020 (NA) |
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| Venue | Online |
| Purse | $225,000 |
| Live Broadcast | |
| Broadcast(s) | YouTube |
Asia Region
editAll-Star Game
editThe 2020 All-Stars Asia Game followed a different format than that of previous years. While the first map followed the standard six-versus-six format, each team selected their opponents team composition for the second map. The third map was played using the "Tiny Overwatch" workshop mod, where each player's model began the match as a smaller version of itself than normal, but character size, damage, and healing values scaled upwards as a player put out more damage and healing.[1]
Roster selection
editThe rosters for the All-Star Asia Game were selected through a voting process, although Blizzard adjusted picks to ensure that at least one player from each team was represented in the All-Star Weekend.[2] Eighteen players in the Asia region were chosen by the fans, with voting beginning on August 23 and ending on August 28.[3] Fans were allowed to vote for a maximum of four DPS, four tank, and four support players from each region.[4] Twenty-four players were selected for All-Stars Asia, which included players from teams in the North America region that had gone home to Asia.[5]
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Game summary
edit| Asia All-Star Game | September 26 | Triple A | 1 | – | 2 | Team Universe | Online | |
| 5:00 pm PDT | ||||||||
| 0 | Blizzard World | 2 | ||||||
| 2 | Rialto | 3 | ||||||
| 2 | Lijiang Tower | 1 | ||||||
All-Star Weekend
editIn addition to the All-Star Games, the All-Stars Asia Weekend featured the Talent Takedown, Widowmaker 1v1 Tournament, Winston Skills Challenge, Genji Skills Challenge, Ana Skills Challenge, and Who is Meta? competition.[5]
Talent Takedown
editThe Talent Takedown was a match played by the casters and analysts of the Overwatch League. Two teams, one from China and one South Korea, of casters and analysts faced each other in the Talent Takedown. The match consisted of two maps, where at the beginning of each map, one of the teams selected a buff from various options.[1]
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| Talent Takedown | September 26 | Brick Movers | 2 | – | 0 | Jehong and Students | Online | |
| 2 | Lijang Tower | 0 | ||||||
| 2 | Busan | 1 | ||||||
Widowmaker 1v1
editThe Widowmaker 1v1 tournament was a single-elimination tournament played by the eight top hitscan players from Asia. Players were only able to use the character Widowmaker, automatic firing was disabled, and only headshots applied damage to another player. The winner of each round was determined by which player got five eliminations, except for the finals, where the winner was determined by which player got nine eliminations.[4][5]
| Quarterfinals Castillo | Semifinals Ecopoint: Antarctica | Final Necropolis | ||||||||||||
| GodsB | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Happy | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Happy | 2 | |||||||||||||
| ANS | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Baconjack | 0 | |||||||||||||
| ANS | 5 | |||||||||||||
| ANS | 5 | |||||||||||||
| diem | 9 | |||||||||||||
| Carpe | 4 | |||||||||||||
| diem | 5 | |||||||||||||
| diem | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Glister | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Glister | 5 | |||||||||||||
| FITS | 3 | |||||||||||||
Winston Skills Challenge
editThe Winston Skills Challenge was a single-elimination tournament played by the top four Winston players from the region. Each map was played on Ilios, and the winner of each round was determined by which player was able to push a neutral Wrecking Ball into the well located at the center of the map two times, aside from the final match, which a player needed to complete this task three times. Each player had unlimited Primal Rage, Winston's ultimate ability.[5]
| Semifinals | Final | ||||||||
| Fearless | 0 | ||||||||
| Gesture | 2 | ||||||||
| Gesture | 2 | ||||||||
| guxue | 3 | ||||||||
| Mano | 0 | ||||||||
| guxue | 2 | ||||||||
Genji Skills Challenge
editThe Genji Skills Challenge was a single-elimination tournament played by the top four Genji players from the region. Each map was played on Castillo, and the winner of each round was determined by which player got three eliminations, except for the final, where the winner was determined by which player got five eliminations.[7]
| Semifinals | Final | ||||||||
| Profit | 3 | ||||||||
| JinMu | 2 | ||||||||
| Profit | 4 | ||||||||
| Sp9rk1e | 5 | ||||||||
| Sp9rk1e | 3 | ||||||||
| Haksal | 1 | ||||||||
Ana Skills Challenge
editThe Ana Skills Challenge was series of deathmatches played by the top nine Ana players from the region. The first map was played on Black Forest, while the second, and final, map was played on Necropolis. A round ended when a player reached 20 eliminations or the five-minute time limit had been reached. The top four players from the first round advanced to the final round.[5]
| Place | Player | First round | Final round |
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| 1 | JJoNak | 20 | 18 |
| 2 | Highly | 16 | 16 |
| 3 | Izayaki | 16 | 14 |
| 3 | Viol2t | 19 | 14 |
| 5 | Shu | 15 | – |
| 6 | Alarm | 14 | – |
| 7 | BeBe | 13 | – |
| 8 | Molly | 10 | – |
| 9 | Creative | 8 | – |
Who is Meta?
editThe Who is Meta? match was a deathmatch played by the eight players in the region with the most "Fleta Deadlifts" in the season (a player achieves a Fleta Deadlift if they claim over half of their team's final blows in a match). Each player began the match as the character McCree. After a player obtained a kill, they were automatically changed to another character. The first player to get kills on all 22 characters won the match.[8]
| Place | Player | Elim |
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| 1 | Rascal | 22 |
| 2 | Haksal | 21 |
| 2 | leave | 21 |
| 4 | Glister | 20 |
| 4 | birdring | 20 |
| 6 | ANS | 19 |
| 7 | Sp9rk1e | 18 |
| 8 | Fleta | 15 |
North America Region
editAll-Star Game
editThe North America All-Star Game followed the same ruleset as its Asia counterpart. While the first map followed the standard six-versus-six format, each team selected their opponents team composition for the second map. The third map was played using the "Tiny Overwatch" workshop mod, where each player's model began the match as a smaller version of itself than normal, but character size, damage, and healing values scaled upwards as a player put out more damage and healing.[9]
Roster selection
editThe roster for the All-Star North America Game were selected through a voting process, although Blizzard adjusted picks to ensure that at least one player from each team was represented in the All-Star Weekend.[2] Eighteen players in the North America region were chosen by the fans, with voting beginning on August 23 and ending on August 28.[3] Fans were allowed to vote for a maximum of four DPS, four tank, and four support players from each region.[4] Twenty players were selected for All-Stars North America.[1] The players were then drafted into two teams by the coaches of the All-Star Game.[9]
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Game summary
edit| North America All-Star Game | October 3 | Team D.Va | 1 | – | 2 | Team Reinhardt | Online | |
| 3 | Blizzard World | 4 | ||||||
| 3 | Rialto | 2 | ||||||
| 1 | Lijiang Tower | 2 | ||||||
All-Star Weekend
editIn addition to the All-Star Games, each region's All-Star Weekend featured a Talent Takedown and a Widowmaker 1v1 Tournament.[1]
Talent Takedown
editThe Talent Takedown was a match played by the casters and analysts of the Overwatch League. Two teams, both from North America, of casters and analysts faced each other in the Talent Takedown. The match consisted of three maps. On the first map, each team must have had Genji and Mercy on their team, on the second map, they must have used the GOATS composition, and on the third map, each team must have had Widowmaker and Tracer on their team.[1]
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| North America Talent Takedown | October 3 | Team Custa | 1 | – | 2 | Team Jake | Online | |
| 2 | King's Row | 3 | ||||||
| 2 | Rialto | 3 | ||||||
| 3 | Lijiang Tower | 0 | ||||||
Widowmaker 1v1
editThe Widowmaker 1v1 tournament was a single-elimination tournament played by the eight top hitscan players from the region. Players were only able to use the character Widowmaker, automatic firing was disabled, and only headshots applied damage to another player. The winner of each round was determined by which player got five eliminations, except for the final match, where the winner was determined by which player got nine eliminations.[1][4]
| Quarterfinals Castillo | Semifinals Ecopoint: Antarctica | Final Necropolis | ||||||||||||
| sHockWave | 2 | |||||||||||||
| LiNkzr | 5 | |||||||||||||
| LiNkzr | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Dalton | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Dalton | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Colourhex | 3 | |||||||||||||
| LiNkzr | 9 | |||||||||||||
| SoOn | 8 | |||||||||||||
| KSP | 1 | |||||||||||||
| SoOn | 5 | |||||||||||||
| SoOn | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Onigod | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Logix | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Onigod | 5 | |||||||||||||
Prize Pool
editPlayers competing in the All-Star Weekend competed for a total prize pool of US$225,000, with the payout division detailed below.[4][10]
| Event | Asia | North America | ||
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| Team/Player | Bonus | Team/Player | Bonus | |
| All-Star Game winner | Team Universe | $90,000 | Team Reinhardt | $75,000 |
| Widowmaker 1v1 winner | diem | $15,000 | LiNkzr | $15,000 |
| Widowmaker 1v1 runner-up | ANS | $7,500 | SoOn | $7,500 |
| Winston Skill Challenge winner | guxue | $4,000 | – | – |
| Genji Skill Challenge winner | Sp9rkle | $4,000 | – | – |
| Ana Skill Challenge winner | JJoNak | $4,000 | – | – |
| Who is Meta? winner | Rascal | $3,000 | – | – |
Broadcasting
editThe entire All-Star Weekend was broadcast live on YouTube and Overwatch League website.[2]
References
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- ^ a b c Lugris, Mark (September 21, 2020). "Asia, North America Overwatch League All-Star Weekends To Go On Before 2020 Grand Final". TheGamer. Retrieved September 21, 2020.
- ^ a b Richardson, Liz (August 13, 2020). "Overwatch League's 2020 Grand Finals to be held in October". Dot Esports. Retrieved September 16, 2020.
- ^ a b c d e "2020 All-Stars". The Overwatch League. Retrieved September 20, 2020.
- ^ a b c d e Holt, Kris (September 25, 2020). "This Weekend's Overwatch League All-Stars Asia Event Sounds Like A Blast". Forbes. Retrieved September 29, 2020.
- ^ Amos, Andrew (September 18, 2020). "How to watch Overwatch League 2020 All-Stars: players, events, more". Dexerto. Retrieved September 20, 2020.
- ^ Searl, Nate (September 18, 2020). "Overwatch All-Star Weekend dates and events announced". Daily Esports. Retrieved September 29, 2020.
- ^ Richardson, Liz (September 25, 2020). "Everything you need to know about the 2020 Overwatch League Asia All-Stars event". Dot Esports. Retrieved September 29, 2020.
- ^ a b Richardson, Liz (October 2, 2020). "Everything you need to know about the 2020 Overwatch League North America All-Stars event". Dot Esports. Retrieved October 4, 2020.
- ^ Alford, Aaron (September 17, 2020). "Overwatch League Announces 2020 All-Stars Weekend". Hotspawn. Retrieved September 21, 2020.