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They also gave some insight into the development of a championship team and how much the emotional win meant to the entire Shock family.\u00a0 While the San Francisco Shock and Vancouver Titans built an electric rivalry over the second season of the Overwatch League, the Shock came out ahead in the final match. Multiple players on the team attributed the win to the deep talent and flexibility of San Francisco\u2019s roster. While Vancouver kept the same DPS duo in for the entirety of the match, San Francisco swapped players in and out on different maps.\u00a0 \u201cWe tried to maximize each roster for each meta,\u201d head coach Park \u201cCrusty\u201d Da-hee said. \u201cI think we could win the final because we tried to maximize the strategy.\u201d said Andy Miller, owner of NRG Esports and the San Francisco Shock. \u201cI\u2019m not,\u00a0no pun intended, shocked that we won. I think this team was the best team before we got the season started. [Other teams] were just waiting for our team to fall apart and we never did.\u201d The start of the postseason was rough for the San Francisco Shock. The team lost to the Atlanta Reign in the quarterfinals, dropping to the losers bracket. The Shock managed to 4-0 every team that stood in their way throughout the losers bracket and made it to the grand finals, but not without learning something from their mistakes.\u00a0 \u201cThat match was really emotional for us,\u201d Crusty said. \u201cAfter that match, all of our players cried because we could have won that match.\u201d Main support Grant \u201cMoth\u201d Espe said that the loss positively motivated his team. \u201cI definitely think it made us work harder immediately after that match,\u201d Moth said. \u201cWe worked a lot more to better our understanding of the meta and refine our teamwork as much as we could.\u201d\u00a0 Both the players and coaching staff echoed how hard they worked in the weeks leading up to finals, putting in hours of practice and analysis. This championship obviously meant a lot to them. \u201cPrior to me joining this team, I got into a lot of fights with my parents because they weren\u2019t too supportive of my gaming career,\u201d flex support Park \u201cViol2t\u201d Min-ki said. \"Not only them, but my peers also. They told me, \u2018why would you play games for a living?\u2019\u201d This win allowed Viol2t to prove that he's \u201cthe best.\u201d\u00a0 \u201cIt\u2019s just incredible... that all of our hard work has paid off. That\u2019s really what I was thinking of in the moment,\u201d Moth said, about the moment the team hoisted the Overwatch League championship trophy in the air. \u201cFor me, I just can\u2019t believe that two years ago I didn\u2019t expect to go pro. I was playing Overwatch on the side in college, trying to be a software developer, and now we\u2019re here.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 After a lackluster inaugural season of the Overwatch League, not many people expected the astronomical rise of the San Francisco Shock. But Miller did, and the NRG Esports CEO openly admitted that the team focused on long-term success instead of instant gratification. Miller knew as soon as the Shock signed 2019 MVP Jay \u201cSinatraa\u201d Won and main tank Matthew \u201cSuper\u201d DeLisi before either of them were 18 and eligible to play in the Overwatch League.\u00a0 \u201cOnce we knew that we had Jay... we said \u2018hey, he\u2019s not gonna start until halfway through the year.\u2019 We need to build a team for 2019, not for 2018,\u201d Miller said. \u201cJay was a known quantity, but young. Super was not a known quantity... the day we met him we could see this \u2018chad personality\u2019 emerging and we knew we would have the big toe of this team.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 The San Francisco Shock ended the year with a championship title, $1.1 million in prize money, a stage championship win, and a host of awards for their players. But the question on everyone\u2019s mind was about the likelihood of continued success in 2020 when the team moves to San Francisco for the third season of the Overwatch League.\u00a0 \u201cWhen season three comes around, it\u2019s grind time again,\" Super said with his usual level of confidence. \"We\u2019ll just do what we did this year.\u201d Miller was a bit more practical in his forecast. \u201cWe do have pretty much the whole team coming back next year,\" Miller said. \"But it\u2019ll be very different because we\u2019ll be on the road the whole time, aside from some home matches in San Francisco. It\u2019ll be very complicated and hard from a health standpoint and a travel standpoint. The flexibility of having a big roster may disappear. 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They also gave some insight into the development of a championship team and how much the emotional win meant to the entire Shock family.\u00a0 While the San Francisco Shock and Vancouver Titans built an electric rivalry over the second season of the Overwatch League, the Shock came out ahead in the final match. Multiple players on the team attributed the win to the deep talent and flexibility of San Francisco\u2019s roster. While Vancouver kept the same DPS duo in for the entirety of the match, San Francisco swapped players in and out on different maps.\u00a0 \u201cWe tried to maximize each roster for each meta,\u201d head coach Park \u201cCrusty\u201d Da-hee said. \u201cI think we could win the final because we tried to maximize the strategy.\u201d said Andy Miller, owner of NRG Esports and the San Francisco Shock. \u201cI\u2019m not,\u00a0no pun intended, shocked that we won. I think this team was the best team before we got the season started. [Other teams] were just waiting for our team to fall apart and we never did.\u201d The start of the postseason was rough for the San Francisco Shock. The team lost to the Atlanta Reign in the quarterfinals, dropping to the losers bracket. The Shock managed to 4-0 every team that stood in their way throughout the losers bracket and made it to the grand finals, but not without learning something from their mistakes.\u00a0 \u201cThat match was really emotional for us,\u201d Crusty said. \u201cAfter that match, all of our players cried because we could have won that match.\u201d Main support Grant \u201cMoth\u201d Espe said that the loss positively motivated his team. \u201cI definitely think it made us work harder immediately after that match,\u201d Moth said. \u201cWe worked a lot more to better our understanding of the meta and refine our teamwork as much as we could.\u201d\u00a0 Both the players and coaching staff echoed how hard they worked in the weeks leading up to finals, putting in hours of practice and analysis. This championship obviously meant a lot to them. \u201cPrior to me joining this team, I got into a lot of fights with my parents because they weren\u2019t too supportive of my gaming career,\u201d flex support Park \u201cViol2t\u201d Min-ki said. \"Not only them, but my peers also. They told me, \u2018why would you play games for a living?\u2019\u201d This win allowed Viol2t to prove that he's \u201cthe best.\u201d\u00a0 \u201cIt\u2019s just incredible... that all of our hard work has paid off. That\u2019s really what I was thinking of in the moment,\u201d Moth said, about the moment the team hoisted the Overwatch League championship trophy in the air. \u201cFor me, I just can\u2019t believe that two years ago I didn\u2019t expect to go pro. I was playing Overwatch on the side in college, trying to be a software developer, and now we\u2019re here.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 After a lackluster inaugural season of the Overwatch League, not many people expected the astronomical rise of the San Francisco Shock. But Miller did, and the NRG Esports CEO openly admitted that the team focused on long-term success instead of instant gratification. Miller knew as soon as the Shock signed 2019 MVP Jay \u201cSinatraa\u201d Won and main tank Matthew \u201cSuper\u201d DeLisi before either of them were 18 and eligible to play in the Overwatch League.\u00a0 \u201cOnce we knew that we had Jay... we said \u2018hey, he\u2019s not gonna start until halfway through the year.\u2019 We need to build a team for 2019, not for 2018,\u201d Miller said. \u201cJay was a known quantity, but young. Super was not a known quantity... the day we met him we could see this \u2018chad personality\u2019 emerging and we knew we would have the big toe of this team.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 The San Francisco Shock ended the year with a championship title, $1.1 million in prize money, a stage championship win, and a host of awards for their players. But the question on everyone\u2019s mind was about the likelihood of continued success in 2020 when the team moves to San Francisco for the third season of the Overwatch League.\u00a0 \u201cWhen season three comes around, it\u2019s grind time again,\" Super said with his usual level of confidence. \"We\u2019ll just do what we did this year.\u201d Miller was a bit more practical in his forecast. \u201cWe do have pretty much the whole team coming back next year,\" Miller said. \"But it\u2019ll be very different because we\u2019ll be on the road the whole time, aside from some home matches in San Francisco. It\u2019ll be very complicated and hard from a health standpoint and a travel standpoint. The flexibility of having a big roster may disappear. 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Photo by Robert Paul via Blizzard Entertainment<\/figcaption><\/figure> <\/div>

\u201cWe tried to maximize each roster for each meta,\u201d head coach Park \u201cCrusty\u201d Da-hee said. <\/p>

\u201cI think we could win the final because we tried to maximize the strategy.\u201d said Andy Miller, owner of NRG Esports and the San Francisco Shock. \u201cI\u2019m not,\u00a0no pun intended, shocked<\/em> that we won. I think this team was the best team before we got the season started. [Other teams] were just waiting for our team to fall apart and we never did.\u201d<\/p>