#ECHO OVERWATCH MOD#
“I think a lot of the players who practice on our mod agree that this will help them more for next season,” said AVALLA. But, according to AVALLA, this strategy of incorporating the mod doesn’t just help the Eternal build a smarter roster it also gives the players practicing for 2022 a stand-in game to prepare with until Overwatch 2 comes out. A good portion of teams already have a possible starting five signed to their roster, and the Eternal are only a couple of signings away from that, too. In preparing for the 2022 Overwatch League season, teams have to sign players for a game they don’t have access to yet. I thought, ‘why wouldn’t we do tryouts in 5v5 over 6v6? We can at least get used to the feeling of it, even if it isn’t a perfect representation of Overwatch 2.’” Echo for the Paris Eternal, flying on Numbani | Photo provided by Robert Paul for Activision Blizzard “As far as I know, other teams are practicing in 6v6, probably because it’s easier to judge a player for them that way. “It made sense, in my mind, to practice in 5v5,” said AVALLA. This included changing the teams to 5v5 and adding as much of the announced hero changes as possible, as well as taking some creative liberties with unannounced changes.ĪVALLA said using workshop game mode for the team’s offseason tryouts was something that she thought of around mid-Sept. While still playing on the original Overwatch, Paris Eternal’s General Manager Kim “AVALLA” Kyoung Ey worked alongside EloHell’s mod developers to make the closest workshop approximation to Overwatch 2 for their tryouts and practices. But the Paris Eternal, in particular, are using resources unlike any other to get ahead.
In the race to an Overwatch League championship, and in light of confirmation that the 2022 season will play out on Overwatch 2, every single team is making significant roster changes in an effort to secure an early advantage in uncharted territory.