The 2020 Overwatch League All-Star Games refer to two Overwatch League (OWL) All-Star Games – one from each region of the 2020 season. All-Stars Asia took place on September 26, 2020, while All-Stars North America took place on October 3, 2020. Each game was the culmination of the each region's 2020 All-Star Weekend.
Asia Region All-Star Game The 2020 All-Stars Asia Game followed a different format than that of previous years. While the first map followed the standard six-versus-six format, each team selected their opponents team composition for the second map. The third map was played using the "Tiny Overwatch" workshop mod, where each player's model began the match as a smaller version of itself than normal, but character size, damage, and healing values scaled upwards as a player put out more damage and healing.
Roster selection The rosters for the All-Star Asia Game were selected through a voting process, although Blizzard adjusted picks to ensure that at least one player from each team was represented in the All-Star Weekend. Eighteen players in the Asia region were chosen by the fans, with voting beginning on August 23 and ending on August 28. Fans were allowed to vote for a maximum of four DPS, four tank, and four support players from each region. Twenty-four players were selected for All-Stars Asia, which included players from teams in the North America region that had gone home to Asia.
Triple A Handle NameTeam Choihyobin Choi Hyo-bin San Francisco Shock Ameng Ding Menghan Chengdu Hunters Mano Kim Dong-gyu New York Excelsior Cr0ng Nam Ki-cheol Guangzhou Charge Glister Lim Gil-seong London Spitfire Haksal Kim Hyo-jong New York Excelsior Yaki Kim Jun-ki Florida Mayhem Carpe Lee Jae-hyeok Philadelphia Fusion Shu Kim Jin-seo Guangzhou Charge JJoNak Bang Sung-hyeon New York Excelsior Tobi Yang Jin-mo Seoul Dynasty Izayaki Kim Min-chul Shanghai DragonsCoach: Moon "Moon" Byung-chul (Guangzhou Charge)
Team Universe Fearless Lee Eui-seok Shanghai Dragons Void Kang Jun-woo Shanghai Dragons Guxue Xu Qiulin Hangzhou Spark Hanbin Choi Han-bin Paris Eternal Fleta Kim Byung-sun Shanghai Dragons Decay Jang Gui-un Washington Justice Myunb0ng Seo Sang-min Boston Uprising Profit Park Joon-yeong Seoul Dynasty ANS Lee Seon-chang San Francisco Shock Viol2t Park Minki San Francisco Shock Alarm Kim Kyung-bo Philadelphia Fusion LeeJaeGon Lee Jae-gon Shanghai Dragons Handle NameTeamCoach: Cho "J1N" Hyo-Jin (Guangzhou Charge)
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Game summary
All-Star Weekend In addition to the All-Star Games, the All-Stars Asia Weekend featured the Talent Takedown, Widowmaker 1v1 Tournament, Winston Skills Challenge, Genji Skills Challenge, Ana Skills Challenge, and Who is Meta? competition.
Talent Takedown The Talent Takedown was a match played by the casters and analysts of the Overwatch League. Two teams, one from China and one South Korea, of casters and analysts faced each other in the Talent Takedown. The match consisted of two maps, where at the beginning of each map, one of the teams selected a buff from various options.
Brick Movers Handle Name Vivi Huang Chuyin Jiuduo He Jiaming Peach Wang Mengyuan YXL Zhang Zhihao Roy Liu Yuanyi Time Bian Yutao
Jehong and Students Handle Name Yongbongtang Hwang Kyu-hyung Strings Hong Hyun-sung Ryujehong Ryu Je-hong Akaros Jang Ji-su Sim Ji-soo TheMarine Kim Jung-min
Widowmaker 1v1 The Widowmaker 1v1 tournament was a single-elimination tournament played by the eight top hitscan players from Asia. Players were only able to use the character Widowmaker, automatic firing was disabled, and only headshots applied damage to another player. The winner of each round was determined by which player got five eliminations, except for the finals, where the winner was determined by which player got nine eliminations.
Winston Skills Challenge The Winston Skills Challenge was a single-elimination tournament played by the top four Winston players from the region. Each map was played on Ilios, and the winner of each round was determined by which player was able to push a neutral Wrecking Ball into the well located at the center of the map two times, aside from the final match, which a player needed to complete this task three times. Each player had unlimited Primal Rage, Winston's ultimate ability.
Genji Skills Challenge The Genji Skills Challenge was a single-elimination tournament played by the top four Genji players from the region. Each map was played on Castillo, and the winner of each round was determined by which player got three eliminations, except for the final, where the winner was determined by which player got five eliminations.
Ana Skills Challenge The Ana Skills Challenge was series of deathmatches played by the top nine Ana players from the region. The first map was played on Black Forest, while the second, and final, map was played on Necropolis. A round ended when a player reached 20 eliminations or the five-minute time limit had been reached. The top four players from the first round advanced to the final round.
Place Player First round Final round 1 JJoNak 20 18 2 Highly 16 16 3 Izayaki 16 14 3 Viol2t 19 14 5 Shu 15 – 6 Alarm 14 – 7 BeBe 13 – 8 Molly 10 – 9 Creative 8 –
Who is Meta? The Who is Meta? match was a deathmatch played by the eight players in the region with the most "Fleta Deadlifts" in the season (a player achieves a Fleta Deadlift if they claim over half of their team's final blows in a match). Each player began the match as the character McCree. After a player obtained a kill, they were automatically changed to another character. The first player to get kills on all 22 characters won the match.
Place Player 1 Rascal 22 2 Haksal 21 2 leave 21 4 Glister 20 4 birdring 20 6 ANS 19 7 Sp9rk1e 18 8 Fleta 15
North America Region All-Star Game The North America All-Star Game followed the same ruleset as its Asia counterpart. While the first map followed the standard six-versus-six format, each team selected their opponents team composition for the second map. The third map was played using the "Tiny Overwatch" workshop mod, where each player's model began the match as a smaller version of itself than normal, but character size, damage, and healing values scaled upwards as a player put out more damage and healing.
Roster selection The roster for the All-Star North America Game were selected through a voting process, although Blizzard adjusted picks to ensure that at least one player from each team was represented in the All-Star Weekend. Eighteen players in the North America region were chosen by the fans, with voting beginning on August 23 and ending on August 28. Fans were allowed to vote for a maximum of four DPS, four tank, and four support players from each region. Twenty players were selected for All-Stars North America. The players were then drafted into two teams by the coaches of the All-Star Game.
Team D.Va Handle NameTeam SPACE Indy Halpern Los Angeles Gladiators BenBest Benjamin Dieulafait Paris Eternal McGravy Caleb McGarvey Los Angeles Valiant Hydration João Pedro Goes Telles Houston Outlaws sHockWave Niclas Jensen Vancouver Titans KSP Kai Collins Los Angeles Valiant Agilities Brady Girardi Toronto Defiant KariV Park Young-seo Toronto Defiant moth Grant Espe San Francisco Shock FDGoD Brice Monsçavoir Paris EternalCoach: Kim "Kuki" Dae-kuk (Florida Mayhem)
Team Reinhardt Handle NameTeam Super Matthew DeLisi San Francisco Shock Nevix Andreas Karlsson Toronto Defiant Poko Gael Gouzerch Philadelphia Fusion SoOn Terence Tarlier Paris Eternal Danteh Dante Cruz Houston Outlaws NiCOgdh Nicolas Moret Paris Eternal Dogman Dusttin Bowerman Atlanta Reign Crimzo William Hernandez Dallas Fuel Jecse Lee Seung-soo Houston Outlaws FunnyAstro Daniel Hathaway Philadelphia FusionCoach: Kim "KDG" Dong-Gun (Philadelphia Fusion)
Game summary
All-Star Weekend In addition to the All-Star Games, each region's All-Star Weekend featured a Talent Takedown and a Widowmaker 1v1 Tournament.
Talent Takedown The Talent Takedown was a match played by the casters and analysts of the Overwatch League. Two teams, both from North America, of casters and analysts faced each other in the Talent Takedown. The match consisted of three maps. On the first map, each team must have had Genji and Mercy on their team, on the second map, they must have used the GOATS composition, and on the third map, each team must have had Widowmaker and Tracer on their team.
Team Custa Handle Name ZP Andrew Rush Frankie Frankie Ward Reinforce Jonathan Larsson Mr X Matt Morello Hexagrams Robert Kirkbride Custa Scott Kennedy
Team Jake Handle Name Bren Brennon Hook Jaws Jack Wright Jake Jake Lyon Sideshow Josh Wilkinson Uber Mitch Leslie Soe Soe Gschwind
Widowmaker 1v1 The Widowmaker 1v1 tournament was a single-elimination tournament played by the eight top hitscan players from the region. Players were only able to use the character Widowmaker, automatic firing was disabled, and only headshots applied damage to another player. The winner of each round was determined by which player got five eliminations, except for the final match, where the winner was determined by which player got nine eliminations.
Prize Pool Players competing in the All-Star Weekend competed for a total prize pool of , with the payout division detailed below. Event Asia North America Team/Player Team/Player All-Star Game winner Team Universe $90,000 Team Reinhardt $75,000 Widowmaker 1v1 winner diem $15,000 LiNkzr $15,000 Widowmaker 1v1 runner-up ANS $7,500 SoOn $7,500 Winston Skill Challenge winner guxue $4,000 – – Genji Skill Challenge winner Sp9rkle $4,000 – – Ana Skill Challenge winner JJoNak $4,000 – – Who is Meta? winner Rascal $3,000 – –
Broadcasting The entire All-Star Weekend was broadcast live on YouTube and Overwatch League website.
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