After a disastrous first season, the Shanghai Dragons have introduced they’re releasing eight of their 11 professional Overwatch gamers. The group made the announcement over Twitter this morning.
The group has launched the next gamers: Yage “Altering” Cheng, Peixuan “Freefeel” Xu, Zhaoyu “Fiveking” Chen, Wenhao “Roshan” Jing, Junjie “Xushu” Liu, Gi-hyeon “Ado” Chon, Junjian “Sky” He, and Dae-min “Daemin” Kim.
“The entire SHD crew thank you for your dedications and contributions throughout the first season of the Overwatch League,” the group tweeted.
It’s a fairly important shakeup to the roster, however not an surprising one. The Dragons misplaced game after game throughout within the inaugural season of the Overwatch League, ultimately ending up at 0-40.
That’s regardless of – or maybe, partially as a consequence of – a brutal 72-hours-per-week training schedule, which group supervisor Van addressed early within the season in a prolonged assertion.
The group isn’t calling it quits although. Last month, the Dragons confirmed followers their new, high-tech headquarters in Shanghai, which boasts futuristic lighting, a gymnasium, and naturally, loads of Overwatch workstations.
Here’s a peek:
180801 SHD Weibo new replace
08월 03일에 상하이드래곤즈연습실 공개 관련 영상이 올라왔는데
이거완전 흑역사각….?https://t.co/aGMHbpszkE pic.twitter.com/hd7wYANeg2— suave⁸ (@ow_suave) August 1, 2018
And right here’s the group’s follow-up message for his or her departing gamers:
You will all the time be a part of the Dragons household.?We want you better of luck in your future endeavors.❤️
— Shanghai Dragons #TeamPacific (@ShanghaiDragons) September 2, 2018
The Shanghai Dragons had been the one Chinese group within the first season of the Overwatch League. In season two, they’ll be joined by a brand new enlargement group primarily based in Guangzhou.
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