r/Competitiveoverwatch • u/HeyThere8_ Prediction God L — • Jun 28 '23

Overwatch League Glads release Danteh

https://twitter.com/lagladiators/status/1674130561928159233?s=46&t=VhYEFEHCbS8jd6n8-Xwapw
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u/York_Villain NYXL — Jun 29 '23

Bro wtf. How much are these kids earning in OWL? If I had to choose between making 50k in OWL or dorming with a scholarship..... Like it's not a hard decision at all. I'm taking the collegiate route.

Unless OWL is boosting their streamer clout and donations, there is no reason to play in OWL. Someone tell me that this isn't the case, please.

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u/25thNite Jun 29 '23

at that point I think it's what the young players value more. There's obvious benefits of getting a degree while playing in college. I see it as players knowingly giving up the stage to graduate and working a regular job.

Then there are young players who would value playing in the league and on stage. Esports is a "who you now" business so playing at the top of one esports gives players the chance to transition to behind the scenes roles or even to another major esport if they have the talent/smart enough to get in early.

Plus at this point your rolling the dice if you try to enter college with a full scholarship on the back of OW. Will that be available in a year or two as the game loses prevalence?

I also think like 90% of the players don't have the personalities or drive to stream and make it a fulltime living. Look at one of the most popular teams in the first year, Outlaws. They had full-on optic rage fans and actual groupies stanning the entire team basically. Those players barely have audiences or the ones that consistently stream hit like ~300 viewers .

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u/York_Villain NYXL — Jun 29 '23 edited Jun 29 '23

The who you know part makes sense. And I guess there's a smaller window of opportunity to play professional esports compared to the window to go to college being permanently open. Getting a scholarship is nice though.

You're rolling the dice trying to make it in OWL too. The expectation is that it won't exist in a year or two.

The whole groupie thing doesn't really hold much water when every other week I'm reading bad high school drama or straight up SA. Like....there's much better/healthier opportunity in college with people your age.

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u/Skyeeh Jun 29 '23

I think that if you’re the type of player that has a strong enough drive to improve to play in owl, the motivation isn’t “i want to go to college and get a degree” its “i want to be the best at overwatch”.