2020 Atlanta Reign season

The 2020 Atlanta Reign season was the second season of the Atlanta Reign's existence in the Overwatch League and the team's second under head coach Brad "Sephy" Rajani. Atlanta planned to host two homestand weekends in the 2020 season, with the first at the Coca-Cola Roxy in late March and the second at a different, undetermined location in mid-June,[1] but all homestand matches were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

2020 Atlanta Reign season
Head coachBrad "Sephy" Rajani
General managerPaul Hamilton
OwnerAtlanta Esports Ventures
ConferenceAtlantic
DivisionSouth
RegionNorth America
Results
Record10–11 (.476)
Place
May MeleeQuarterfinals
Summer ShowdownQuarterfinals
Countdown CupQuarterfinals
Season PlayoffsNA Lower Round 2
Total Earnings$85,000

The Reign finished in the quarterfinals in each of the three midseason tournaments of the 2020 season.[2][3][4] After advancing through the North America play-ins to the season playoffs, Atlanta was eliminated from North America playoff bracket by the Florida Mayhem.[5]

Preceding offseason

Organizational changes

In late October, the Reign announced the departure of player development coach Cas "Casores" van Andel.[6] The following month, Atlanta picked up GC Busan Kim "Mentalist" Chung-in as an assistant coach.[7]

Roster changes

The Reign enter the new season with no free agents, nine players which they have the option to retain for another year, and one player under contract.[8] The OWL's deadline to exercise a team option is November 11, after which any players not retained will become a free agent. Free agency officially began on October 7.[9]

Acquisitions

The Reign's first signing of the offseason was announced on October 31, when the team promoted tank Xander "Hawk" Domecq from their academy team ATL Academy. In addition, the team also announced that tank Blake "Gator" Scott would no longer be on a two-way contract with ATL Academy and would strictly play for the Reign.[10] On November 12, the team announced the signing of GC Busan Wave DPS Kim "Edison" Tae-hoon.[11] The team added another DPS three days later when they signed Hugo "SharP" Sahlberg from Team Envy.[12] The Reign announced their full roster for the 2020 season on January 31, which included the promotion of former Reign support player Steven "Kodak" Rosenberger from ATL Academy and signing of support player Anthony "Fire" King.[13]

Departures

The Reign's first departure was on October 30, when it was announced that support player Daniel "FunnyAstro" Hathaway had been signed to the Philadelphia Fusion.[14] The following week, on November 8, the team announced that they would not pick up off-tank Seo "Daco" Dong-hyung's option for another season of play.[15] The following day, the team also elected not to exercise their option to retain DPS Ilya "NLaaeR" Koppalov.[16]

Roster
2020 Atlanta Reign roster
PlayersCoaches
RoleNo.HandleNameNationality
Damage 7 Edison  Kim Tae-hoon  South Korea 
Damage 9 SharP  Sahlberg, Hugo   Sweden 
Damage 10 Erster  Jeong Joon  South Korea 
Damage 18 Saucy  Roland, Garrett   United States 
Tank 1 Gator  Scott, Blake   United States 
Tank 4 frd  Goebel, Nathan   United States 
Tank 6 Pokpo  Park Hyeon-jun  South Korea 
Tank 8 Hawk  Domecq, Xander   United States 
Support 0 Fire  King, Anthony   United States 
Support 11 Dogman  Bowerman, Dusttin   United States 
Support 20 Lr1s  Kim Seung-hyun  South Korea 
Support 66 Masaa  Kantanen, Petja   Finland 
Head coach
  • Brad "Sephy" Rajani
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (2W) Two-way player
  • (I) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injury/Illness

Latest roster transaction: July 31, 2020.

Transactions

Transactions of/for players on the roster during the 2020 regular season:

  • On July 17, DPS Andrej "Babybay" Francisty retired.[17]
  • On July 18, support Steven "Kodak" Rosenberger retired.[18]
  • On July 24, the Reign signed DPS Garrett "Saucy" Roland.[19]
  • On July 31, the Reign signed support Kim "Lr1s" Seung-hyun.[20]

Standings
2020 Overwatch League North America standings
# Team Conference W BW L PCT P MR MD STK
Playoffs
1 Philadelphia Fusion ATL 19 5 2 .905 21 59–19–0 +40
2 San Francisco Shock PAC 18 7 3 .857 21 56–17–2 +39
3 Paris Eternal ATL 15 4 6 .714 21 50–31–0 +19
4 Florida Mayhem ATL 14 3 7 .667 21 48–30–0 +18
5 Los Angeles Valiant PAC 11 1 10 .524 21 41–41–0 ±0
Play-ins
6 Los Angeles Gladiators PAC 11 0 10 .524 21 43–39–5 +4
7 Atlanta Reign ATL 10 0 11 .476 21 43–35–0 +8
8 Dallas Fuel PAC 9 0 12 .429 21 35–44–0 -9
9 Toronto Defiant ATL 7 1 14 .333 21 32–48–0 -16
10[lower-alpha 1] Houston Outlaws ATL 6 0 15 .286 21 32–50–3 -18
11[lower-alpha 1] Vancouver Titans PAC 6 0 15 .286 21 23–48–0 -25
12 Washington Justice ATL 4 0 17 .190 21 21–54–1 -33
13 Boston Uprising ATL 2 0 19 .095 21 14–61–4 -47
Tiebreakers

  1. Houston placed ahead of Vancouver based on map differential.

Game log

Regular season
2020 game log (Regular season record: 10–11)
February–April: 4–3
May Melee qualifiers: 1–2
Summer Showdown qualifiers: 2–1
Countdown Cup qualifiers: 3–1
August: 0–4

Midseason tournaments
2020 midseason tournaments game log
May Melee: 1–1
Summer Showdown: 0–1
Countdown Cup: 1–1
Bonus wins awarded: 0

Postseason
2020 playoff game log
North America Play-ins: 1–0
North America Bracket: 1–2
Upper Round 1 September 06 Atlanta Reign 3 – 2 Paris Eternal Online
1:00 am UTC    
Upper Round 2 September 07 Atlanta Reign 1 – 3 San Francisco Shock Online
1:00 am UTC    
Lower Round 2 September 11 Atlanta Reign 0 – 3 Florida Mayhem Online
7:00 pm UTC    

References
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  2. Field Level Media (May 24, 2020). "Top seeds all reach semifinals at May Melee America". Reuters. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
  3. Field Level Media (July 4, 2020). "Defiant upset Reign, reach OWL Summer Showdown semis". Reuters. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
  4. Field Level Media (August 8, 2020). "Shock, Fusion, Mayhem cruise at OWL Countdown Cup". Reuters. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
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  7. Snivy (November 20, 2019). "Reign pick up Mentalist as assistant coach". over.gg. Retrieved November 20, 2019.
  8. Morello, Matt (July 30, 2019). "2020 Team Needs and Player Contract Status". Overwatch League. Retrieved October 19, 2019.
  9. Richardson, Liz (October 4, 2019). "Overwatch League reveals player contract status for entire league". Dot Esports. Retrieved October 10, 2019.
  10. Scrubasaurus (October 31, 2019). "Gator and Hawk promoted to Reign". over.gg. Retrieved November 1, 2019.
  11. Richardson, Liz (November 12, 2019). "Edison joins Atlanta Reign". Dot Esports. Retrieved November 13, 2019.
  12. Richardson, Liz (November 15, 2019). "Atlanta Reign sign SharP". Dot Esports. Retrieved November 15, 2019.
  13. Richardson, Liz (January 31, 2020). "Atlanta Reign adds Fire, promotes Kodak". Dot Esports. Retrieved January 31, 2020.
  14. "Fusion, Fuel, Defiant and more make Overwatch League roster moves". ESPN. Reuters. October 30, 2019. Retrieved December 6, 2019.
  15. Field Level Media (November 9, 2019). "Atlanta Reign release 'Daco'". Gwinett Prep Sports. Retrieved November 9, 2019.
  16. Knudsen, Connor (November 10, 2019). "Sources Confirm that both SharP and Edison have Signed with the Atlanta Reign". The Game Haus. Retrieved November 10, 2019.
  17. Richardson, Liz (July 17, 2020). "Atlanta Reign DPS Babybay retires from the Overwatch League". Dot Esports. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
  18. Lopez, Jalen (July 18, 2020). "Atlanta Reign support Kodak moves to coaching role". Dot Esports. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
  19. Howard, Brandon (July 26, 2020). "Former ATL Academy Player Saucy Joins Atlanta Reign". TheGamer. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
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