Blizzard Leisure has introduced on-line that The Ultimates will likely be changed by Fast Esports forward of the Overwatch Champions Sequence (OWCS) Stage 3 within the EMEA area.
The change was made after The Ultimates didn’t register an ‘eligible roster’ on time, giving Fast Esports a second probability to doubtlessly qualify for the OWCS World Finals later this yr.
“EMEA’s #4 seed, The Ultimates, are unable to discipline an eligible roster for Stage 3 and have thus been faraway from the competitors,” the official Overwatch Esports account tweeted. “Fast Esports, who positioned third in our Stage 2 Promotion/Relegation match, will take their place and compete in Stage 3 because the #8 seed.”
The submit additionally shared that each one groups seeded fourth and under ‘will transfer up one seed’ in mild of the change.
Fast Esports has made its manner again into the competitors after gamers from 1DIPVS100GORILLAS, the roster that initially certified, joined the organisation on August seventeenth. Nonetheless, a number of alterations have been made to the crew heading into the match.
That is Fast Esports’ lively roster taking part in in OWCS Stage 3:
- ‘Evil’ – Harm
- ‘Jonte’ – Assist
- ‘SNOWDR0P’ – Harm
- Lancelot ‘Skytorr’ Sergeant – Tank
- Monty ‘Strebor’ Roberts – Assist
- Valdemar ‘yoham’ Fog von Qualen – Assist
- ‘ZERO’ – Harm
Then again, The Ultimates was initially positioned fourth throughout EMEA Stage 2, shedding within the Decrease Bracket Semi-finals 3-1 to Virtus.professional. Nonetheless, heading into Stage 3, gamers representing The Ultimates have both left or joined different organisations.
For instance, on August twelfth, Kevin ‘kevster’ Persson left to hitch Virtus.professional as one in all its harm gamers.
What to Count on at OWCS Stage 3 EMEA
Fast Esports will likely be dealing with fierce competitors at OWCS Stage 3, competing towards Midseason Championship groups equivalent to Al Qadsiah and Twisted Minds. As well as, Fast Esports might doubtlessly face off towards Anomaly, the crew that has defeated the roster in each the Higher Bracket Semi-finals and Decrease Bracket Finals in the course of the Promotion/Relegation match.
Nonetheless, if Fast Esports can attain prime three, the organisation will obtain as much as $30,000 (~£22,100) in winnings and qualify for the OWCS World Finals happening at DreamHack Stockholm later this yr.
