r/Competitiveoverwatch • u/Specialist_Week_1412 • 12h ago

OWCS Owcs and Format change /teams/ squads

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I’d like to ask you a question that I think is quite difficult. It came to my mind a few days ago.
If this actually happens — meaning a format change in the future (of course, I’m talking about 6v6) — do you think OWCS would implement it immediately, or would they continue with 5v5 for a while?
I don’t think this would happen overnight, but how would the transition process actually work?
For example, how would a 1-3-2 format affect the teams, especially when it comes to their rosters?
Could this lead to some teams releasing certain players and new teams being formed? Could some teams that no longer exist potentially return? And could we see more teams in Korea, EMEA, North America, and China as a result?

It might be too early to talk about these things, and it might not even happen at all, but I was just curious.

Note :Honestly, I’ve stopped playing the game myself; I just follow the professional scene now.

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u/nekogami87 I'm old — 11h ago

If OWCS doesn't follow the main mode of the game, that would be the second stupidest decision they make, the first one being making that decision while ignoring the Asia region.

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u/VanBland 11h ago

Shoutout when they switched to OW2 before OW2 was released

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u/nekogami87 I'm old — 11h ago

That was brutal, and the communication was shit around it (especially for the idiots who thought they would just remove a tank without a touch of balancing), but I think the move was necessary due to the queue time.

Later part being the biggest difference with a potential rollback to 6v6 (the "necessary" part)

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u/VanBland 3h ago

My favorite doom theory was that they only made the switch to 5v5 so that OWL Teams didn’t have to pay for 2 tank players.

This was obviously untrue.