I don't know about you but I am so excited for the growth of professional esports today! It is truly awesome to be able to experience the creation of a new competition based sporting event. It's like being there when professional baseball or football was formed.
Activision Blizzard announced in November 2016 their new Overwatch competitive esports league, Overwatch League. As we speak they are working hard putting it all together looking to launch the league sometime next year with scouting and preliminary competitions already stating.
Just to give your some perspective on the rise of esports today. More people watched the League of Legends championship than watched the NBA Finals. That is crazy!!!
Overwatch League is such a big deal right now. Several professional sports team owners from teams like the LA Rams, New England Patriots, LA Clippers, Memphis Grizzly, and many more are already putting bids in to buy the rights to major cities across the U.S. to host Overwatch teams. At a price tag of $20 million and up these are some big commitments to the growth and success of Overwatch League.
This is a great video describing Overwatch League posted on the Overwatch League website overwatchleague.com
Also this is the krusher99 hype video they showed at Blizzcon 2016 for the official announcement of Overwatch League.
You can tune into Overwatch Contenders finals to watch what many are considering the Overwatch League minor leagues. Finals start tomorrow. You can also keep up with my latest posts as I follow one of the top teams, Immortals.
Well, that's it for now.
-Dwelling