Here's How, Where, And When To Watch Overwatch League - Season 1 Schedule Detailed

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The inaugural season of the Overwatch League begins on January 10. 12 teams split into 2 divisions will play for the next six months to see who is the ultimate Overwatch champion, while competing for a prize pool totaling $3.5 million. Unless you're fortunate enough to make it to Blizzard Arena in Burbank, California, you're going to have to watch the matches online.

Here are the details on where, when, and how you can keep up and follow your favorite teams during this first week of the Overwatch League regular season. In the meantime, you can start getting your hands on new Overwatch League skins in-game.

How and Where: Simply go to overwatchleague.com where live matches play out through an embedded Twitch livestream. Past matches will be archived under the site's Videos tab. You can also catch the matches directly on Twitch.com and at mlg.tv.

How can I get tickets? You can buy tickets here.

How much are the tickets?

  • $20 for the weekday (half day) events; begins at 4PM
  • $30 for the weekend (full day) events; begins at 11AM

You track your favorite teams, keep up with league news, and set alerts using the Overwatch League app. You can even customize spoiler settings so you can watch completed matches without knowing the outcome in advance.

The Overwatch League and Twitch are also developing innovative rewards and other programs for fans, which will bestow the league’s most steadfast viewers with unique Overwatch League in-game items with exclusives. More details about insider content and additional rewards for the biggest fans, as well as Cheering with Overwatch League Cheermotes, will be announced as they become available. The matches will be broadcast on multiple channels with three different languages: English, French, and Korean.

When: Here is the schedule for the first week of the first stage, which runs from January 10 to January 13 (times are in PST).

January 10, Wednesday

  • 4PM - San Francisco Shock versus Los Angeles Valiant
  • 6PM - Shanghai Dragons versus Los Angeles Gladiators
  • 8PM - Dallas Fuel versus Seoul Dynasty

January 11, Thursday

  • 2PM - London Spitfire versus Florida Mayhem
  • 4PM - Philadelphia Fusion versus Houston Outlaws
  • 6PM - Boston Uprising versus New York Excelsior

January 12, Friday

  • 4PM - Los Angeles Valiant versus Dallas Fuel
  • 6PM - Florida Mayhem versus Boston Uprising
  • 8PM - San Francisco Shock versus Shanghai Dragons

January 13, Saturday

  • 11AM - London Spitfire versus Philadelphia Fusion
  • 1PM - New York Excelsior versus Houston Outlaws
  • 3PM - Seoul Dynasty versus Los Angeles Gladiators

Replies • 8
RockNRolla

 Question: Is Watching people play the game really that popular now?





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wx-395 said:

 Question: Is Watching people play the game really that popular now?

Well, for example watching CS:GO tournaments on Twitch will make you eligible for an ingame drop. The drop may be valuable. Anyway, even basic drops cost some money, therefore a lot of folks watch these matches + because of online betting.