《鬥陣特攻》OWL聯賽因疫情導致全球主客場計畫遭重挫,20隊只能以線上賽競技,但也不是所有隊伍都順利配合開打。曾奪下去年聯賽亞軍的溫哥華泰坦隊不僅四場完賽數居聯盟之末,之前曾被知名電競部落客爆料隊伍與選手之間存有很多不愉快,上周又相繼與主教練Pajion與副坦選手Jjanu解約,過去幾個月來的隊伍舉措可說是讓外界「霧裡看花」。
We’ve made the difficult decision today to mutually part ways with head coach Hwang ‘PaJion’ Jisub. Hwang helped us grow into a championship-caliber team in a short period of time and we are grateful for the contributions he has made to our organization. We wish him all the best. pic.twitter.com/8ELVTJptlc
— Vancouver Titans (@VancouverTitans) April 30, 2020
The Vancouver Titans announce today that HyunWoo "JJANU" Choi has agreed to mutually part ways with the team. From all of us at the Vancouver Titans organization, thank you JJANU for everything you have done for the team.
— Vancouver Titans (@VancouverTitans) April 30, 2020
*https://t.co/MWg8HR1O6b pic.twitter.com/ST6W5fRv3y
作為2019賽季亞軍,溫哥華泰坦隊雖在休賽季簽下坦克選手Fissure和輔助選手ryujehong,讓粉絲十分振奮,卻沒有在新賽季轉移為實績,除最早開幕周泰坦隊以3-2、3-0擊敗洛杉磯雙雄後,經歷武漢肺炎疫情停賽後,再度回歸的二連戰竟離譜地以0-3、1-3敗給廣州衝鋒隊與成都獵人隊,自此再也沒有出賽紀錄。
I don't know the full story on this one (why I haven't shared, despite working on it for a while) there is A LOT of ongoing dissatisfaction between the players and the organisation https://t.co/vZ1iZ5kFln
— Arran “Halo” Brown (@haloofthoughts) April 19, 2020
All Vancouver Titans players have removed the team from their social media accounts.
— Arran “Halo” Brown (@haloofthoughts) April 19, 2020
This is either bait or a protest and the Vancouver Titans are in the mist of the biggest Implosion the Overwatch League has had so far.
就在結束OWL第十周的兩戰後,不確定是否因賽程安排,溫哥華泰坦隊過去近一個月並未出戰任何隊伍,且還一度轉移賽區自北美來到亞洲,但OW網路社群對於溫哥華隊內部失和的傳聞早已滿天飛,像是知名部落客Halo便曾在推特表示泰坦隊管理層與選手不合,更曾在休賽季考慮交易掉2019聯賽最佳新人Haksal,只是最後並未成行,隔日接續爆料所有隊員都已經把隊徽自個人社群帳號抹除。
直到四月底,這些傳言逐漸成真,泰坦隊於4月30日先後宣布與Jjanu、Pajion分道揚鑣,一位是帶領初登大聯賽的選手奪下冠軍的教練、另一位是多次在賽場上以D.Va打出鬼神表現的副坦選手,此舉更令粉絲一片譁然。
不僅如此,中國知名鬥陣媒體《守望烽火》更在推特以英文寫下:”According to Chinese OWL caster Roy, all players of Titans left the team.”表示整隊都將離開戰隊,假若成真,這支可說是2019賽季第二好的隊伍因各種問題拆解隊伍無疑對於OWL來說也是一大傷害。
According to Chinese OWL caster Roy, all players of Titans left the team.
— OW Beacon (@OWBeacon) May 1, 2020
許多粉絲也關心ryujehong的動向,雖然後者也在兩日前於個人IG寫下韓文「離開」兩字,不過他隨後也於直播中澄清自己並未退役。
目前溫哥華泰坦表定將在5月10日及11日對決華盛頓正義與佛羅里達狂歡。