The 2023 Grand Finals could very well be the end of the esports league, and the vibes were both sad and strange
On Sunday, October 1, the Florida Mayhem defeated the Houston Outlaws in the 2023 Overwatch League Grand Finals in Toronto, Canada. It was the team’s very first championship, and it could very well be their last—as well as the last championship awarded in the once massively popular esports league, period.-based global competition, from viewership to revenue, have been dwindling.
From 2018 onward, the heart of the Overwatch League remained strong, even if ticket sales and viewership waxed and waned, and its format suffered from both organizational inconsistency and the side effects of the covid-19 pandemic .
the last four teams to win the biggest prize in the sport were the bottom four teams in the inaugural season As the Mayhem trounced the Outlaws, fans were in one breath bemused and in the other bummed out. Esports journalist Liz Richardsonthat an old tradition held true: “an OWL grand finals is always fundamentally disappointing.” Connor “Avast” Prince, director of esports content at Misfits Gaming,that shows Will Smith standing in an empty room in the iconic house from the series after everyone’s moved out.
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