{"id":62273,"date":"2017-11-28T15:18:39","date_gmt":"2017-11-28T20:18:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leonin.ca\/2017\/11\/28\/annonce-overwatch-path-to-pro\/"},"modified":"2025-03-15T17:55:18","modified_gmt":"2025-03-15T21:55:18","slug":"announcement-overwatch-path-to-pro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leonin.ca\/en\/2017\/11\/28\/announcement-overwatch-path-to-pro\/","title":{"rendered":"Announcement: Overwatch Path to Pro"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The path for those who want to become a professional Overwatch player is becoming clearer and clearer!<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Note: This article is an automated translation. For the original article, click on Fran\u00e7ais in the menu.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qEa2a2b7Bys\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The first major change is the integration of existing leagues into this system, which closely resembles that of traditional sports.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Starting in March, Overwatch Contenders will be revamped to accommodate a more ambitious project. First, we want to &#8220;upgrade&#8221; the existing regional leagues: Overwatch APEX, Overwatch Premier Series, and Overwatch Pacific Championship will become Contenders Korea, Contenders China, and Contenders Pacific, respectively. In addition, we will be launching Contenders leagues in two new regions: Australia and South America. Combined with the existing regions of Europe and North America, this will bring the total to seven regions with their own Contenders league. Three seasons per year in seven different regions will offer players maximum opportunities to excel and shine, as well as plenty of chances to be spotted by Overwatch League agents.<\/p>\n<p>At a minimum, the top 6 teams from existing tournaments (Contenders North America and Europe, APEX, Premier and Pacific Championship) will be invited to participate in their region&#8217;s Contenders in 2018.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"word-spacing: normal;\"> [\u2026]<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Additionally, adding the Open Division to this ecosystem will help those without a team to still get noticed.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The Overwatch Open Division will also return in January, across the same seven regions as Contenders. If you&#8217;re a lone hero looking to try your hand at organized competitive play, now&#8217;s your chance!<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, teams that dominate the Open Division will now have a chance to advance even further. At the end of each Contenders season, the top four Open Division teams from each region will be invited to that region&#8217;s Contenders Trials, an eight-team promotion\/relegation tournament for Overwatch Contenders. The first round of Contenders Trials will be held in February. During these tournaments, teams will compete for a share of the total prize pool as well as a spot in the following Contenders season. If possible, other teams from existing regional leagues and the Open Division will be invited to participate in their region&#8217;s first Contenders Trials.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Much more detail will be revealed in December. I&#8217;m looking forward to seeing in 2018 if Blizzard&#8217;s stance on amateur leagues, like the Montreal Overwatch League, will change and, if so, what the impact will be on local communities.<\/p>\n<p><em>Official announcement :<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/overwatchleague.com\/en-us\/news\/21293459\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/overwatchleague.com\/en-us\/news\/21293459 <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The path for those who want to become a professional Overwatch player is becoming clearer and clearer!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":59983,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[206,205],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-62273","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exploratory","category-gaming-blog","category-206","category-205","description-off"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/leonin.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62273","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/leonin.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/leonin.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leonin.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leonin.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62273"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/leonin.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62273\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62275,"href":"https:\/\/leonin.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62273\/revisions\/62275"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leonin.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59983"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/leonin.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leonin.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leonin.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}