We’re a better version of Fusion now.<\/aside>Applying this to Overwatch<\/em> and Philadelphia Fusion, it\u2019s looking at their losses in a new way. Instead of letting a hard fight overwhelm their emotions, it\u2019s trying to see what was done well, instead. It\u2019s a way of giving a player permission to move on.<\/p>
Philadelphia isn\u2019t going to rely on their proclivity for emotional play in the grand finals\u2014unless it\u2019s riding the success from the playoffs. Instead, they\u2019re focused on the preparations they\u2019ve made to ensure success. Earlier in the season “we weren\u2019t of the same mind,\u201d EQO said. \u201cWe overcame that in the playoffs. It\u2019s all in the past. We\u2019re a better version of Fusion now.\u201d<\/p>
Philadelphia Fusion don\u2019t think they\u2019re the underdogs, really. (Snillo thinks they\u2019re the better team, naturally.) But Overwatch<\/em> pundits disagree. Many have pointed to London with the advantage. To win, Philadelphia needs to show up as the best version of themselves\u2014the emotional challenge-driven team that thrives in the chaos of battle. Philadelphia is a scrappy team that can\u2019t forgo emotion entirely, but no team can.<\/p>
Emotion isn\u2019t bad. Philadelphia just can\u2019t become a victim of it if they\u2019re to become the Overwatch<\/em> League\u2019s first champions.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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Philadelphia\u2019s shown that they ride hot streaks; it boosts team mood and impacts performance. But the team falls apart after a tough fight. Emotion takes over.Related: Paris and Guangzhou will reportedly have OWL slots next season\u201cWe\u2019ve proven that [we\u2019re an emotional team] throughout the inaugural season,\u201d Josue \u201cEQO\u201d Corona told Dot Esports during the Overwatch League media day in Brooklyn, New York. \u201cBut I think at this point emotion can only get us so far.\u201dPhoto by Robert Paul via Blizzard EntertainmentBeing emotional isn\u2019t a bad thing, but it\u2019s the ups and downs that can hurt. Sports psychologist Jim Taylor outlines the impact of emotionality in sports in a Psychology Today piece called \u201cSports: The Power of Emotions.\u201d He breaks emotion down into two pieces: emotional threat and emotional challenge. Emotional threats are the moments that keep players feeling discouraged\u2014tilting. An emotional challenge is in relation to the enrichment of sport, taking excitement and harnessing it into experience. It\u2019s facing challenges with nerve, but in a more excited, positive light.Sometimes we've suffered from that.Taylor points to a gymnast he coached that would get emotional during practice, beating herself up over small mistakes. Her emotion turns this tiny instance into a day of problems\u2014it\u2019s the definition of tilting in Overwatch, which is something Philadelphia often contends with.\u201cIt\u2019s hard not to be emotional when you\u2019re as competitive as some of these guys,\u201d Philadelphia Fusion head coach Yann Luu said. \u201cThey just really want to prove they\u2019re the best. Sometimes we\u2019ve suffered from that.\u201dThat suffering was most evident when Philadelphia played against the Los Angeles Gladiators in the Overwatch League\u2019s first stage. \u201cWe got reverse-swept by Gladiators in front of their crowd,\u201d Luu said. \u201cThat got to our head.\u201d The energy in Blizzard Arena Los Angeles was palpable; it\u2019s hard to be the enemy in that environment.Taylor wrote that emotional players don\u2019t always attach the correct \u201cpunishment\u201d to the \u201ccrime.\u201d Something relatively inconsequential\u2014like a particularly rough teamfight\u2014can be the trigger for an extreme emotional response. The players end up under more stress than they need to be; failure is all they can think about. Luu said the team has learned a lesson from the Gladiators match in stage one, despite the team\u2019s continued ups and downs over the inaugural season. (Philadelphia ended up in seventh place in stage one, third place in stage two, eighth place in stage three, and then sixth in stage four\u2014a serious rollercoaster.) They may not be able to mitigate a raucous crowd, but if they can manage the tilting it causes, that works, too.Photo by Robert Paul via Blizzard EntertainmentBut the team\u2019s attitude seems to reflect Luu\u2019s statement. They want to have a new mentality, keeping the rolling positive emotions while ridding themselves of the emotional threats.\u201cWhen you get into a bad rut, it\u2019s important to keep going and remember that it\u2019s 40 games,\u201d Simon \"snillo\" Ekstr\u00f6m said. \u201cEven if we lose or do badly one week, it\u2019s alright. We just have to focus on improving.\u201dGael \u201cPoko\u201d Gouzerch agreed. \u201cIt\u2019s a marathon,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s in the long-term. One match doesn\u2019t really matter.\u201d He stopped himself. \u201cExcept in the playoffs.\u201dThe team is reframing the narrative around a loss so that the emotion attached to it isn\u2019t as devastating\u2014a loss isn\u2019t failure, it\u2019s a learning moment\u2014one that can be overcome, as Philadelphia showed fans in the Overwatch League\u2019s playoffs. Psychology professor Marc V. Jones discusses the nature of reframing emotions in The Sports Psychologist\u2019s \u201cControlling Emotions in Sport.\u201d His example relates to a soccer player critiquing their own performance mid-match, upset with their goal-scoring. (They didn't score.) Beyond scoring goals, the player, a striker, is valuable to their team in other ways.Related: Philly Fusion owner inks deal with local amateur gaming network N3rd Street GamersWe're a better version of Fusion now.Applying this to Overwatch and Philadelphia Fusion, it\u2019s looking at their losses in a new way. Instead of letting a hard fight overwhelm their emotions, it\u2019s trying to see what was done well, instead. It\u2019s a way of giving a player permission to move on.Philadelphia isn\u2019t going to rely on their proclivity for emotional play in the grand finals\u2014unless it\u2019s riding the success from the playoffs. Instead, they\u2019re focused on the preparations they\u2019ve made to ensure success. Earlier in the season \"we weren\u2019t of the same mind,\u201d EQO said. \u201cWe overcame that in the playoffs. It\u2019s all in the past. We\u2019re a better version of Fusion now.\u201dPhiladelphia Fusion don\u2019t think they\u2019re the underdogs, really. (Snillo thinks they\u2019re the better team, naturally.) But Overwatch pundits disagree. Many have pointed to London with the advantage. To win, Philadelphia needs to show up as the best version of themselves\u2014the emotional challenge-driven team that thrives in the chaos of battle. Philadelphia is a scrappy team that can\u2019t forgo emotion entirely, but no team can.Emotion isn\u2019t bad. 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