2018 San Francisco Shock season

2018 San Francisco Shock season
Head coachBrad Rajani (rel. May 7)
Park Dae-hee
OwnerAndy Miller
DivisionPacific
Results
Record17–23 (.425)
Place
Stage 1 PlayoffsDid not qualify
Stage 2 PlayoffsDid not qualify
Stage 3 PlayoffsDid not qualify
Stage 4 PlayoffsDid not qualify
Season PlayoffsDid not qualify
Total Earnings$50,000

The 2018 San Francisco Shock season was the first season of the San Francisco Shock's existence in the Overwatch League. The team finished with a regular season record of 17–23 placing them ninth overall. San Francisco did not qualify for any of the Stage Playoffs and did not qualify for the Season Playoffs.

Preceding offseason

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On September 28, 2017, NRG Esports announced its official inaugural roster consisting of the following eight players:[1]

  • Daniel "dhaK" Martinez Paz
  • Dante "Danteh" Cruz
  • André "iddqd" Dahlström
  • Matthew "super" DeLisi
  • Andrej "babybay" Francisty
  • Nikola "sleepy" Andrews
  • David "Nomy" Lizarraga Ramirez Osmar
  • Jay "sinatraa" Won

On the same day, the team announced the hiring of head coach Bradford Rajani.[2] On October 30, Shock signed flex player Andreas "Nevix" Karlsson.[3]

Review

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San Francisco Shocks first regular season OWL match was a 0–4 loss against the Los Angeles Valiant on January 10, 2018.[4] The team's first victory came two days later in a 3–1 win over the Shanghai Dragons.[5] The Shock did not find much success in the 2018 Overwatch League season; they finished with a 17–23 record and placed 9th of 12th in the overall league standings.[6]

Final roster

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2018 San Francisco Shock roster
Players Coaches
Role No. Handle Name Nationality
Damage 2 sinatraa Won, Jay United States
Damage 3 Architect Park Min-ho South Korea
Damage 6 Danteh Cruz, Dante United States
Damage 13 babybay Francisty, Andrej United States
Damage 66 iddqd Dahlström, André Sweden
Tank 7 nomy Lizarraga Ramirez Osmar, David Mexico
Tank 11 ChoiHyoBin Choi Hyo-bin South Korea
Support 0 sleepy Andrews, Nikola United States
Support 10 dhaK Martinez Paz, Daniel Spain
Support 64 Moth Espe, Grant United States
Flex 1 super DeLisi, Matthew United States
Flex 9 Nevix Karlsson, Andreas Sweden
Head coach
  • Park Dae-hee
Legend:
  • (I) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • (2W) Two-way player
  • Substitute player Substitute
  • Injured Injury / Illness
  

Latest roster transaction: April 5, 2018.

Transactions

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Transactions of/for players on the roster during the 2018 regular season:

Standings

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Record by stage

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Stage Pld W L Pct MW ML MT MD Pos
1 10 3 7 .300 16 24 2 -8 9
2 10 3 7 .300 15 22 1 -7 9
3 10 6 4 .600 21 20 0 +1 5
4 10 5 5 .500 23 16 2 +7 8
Overall 40 17 23 .425 77 84 5 -7 9
  Qualified for playoffs

League

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Pos Div Team
 Pld W L PCT MW ML MT MD Qualification
1 ATL New York Excelsior 40 34 6 0.850 126 43 4 +83 Advance to season playoffs semifinals
2 PAC Los Angeles Valiant 40 27 13 0.675 100 64 7 +36
3 ATL Boston Uprising 40 26 14 0.650 99 71 3 +28 Advance to season playoffs quarterfinals
4 PAC Los Angeles Gladiators 40 25 15 0.625 96 72 3 +24
5 ATL London Spitfire 40 24 16 0.600 102 69 3 +33
6 ATL Philadelphia Fusion 40 24 16 0.600 93 80 2 +13
7 ATL Houston Outlaws 40 22 18 0.550 94 77 2 +17
8 PAC Seoul Dynasty 40 22 18 0.550 91 78 3 +13
9 PAC San Francisco Shock 40 17 23 0.425 77 84 5 −7
10 PAC Dallas Fuel 40 12 28 0.300 58 100 7 −42
11 ATL Florida Mayhem 40 7 33 0.175 42 120 5 −78
12 PAC Shanghai Dragons 40 0 40 0.000 21 141 2 −120
Source: The Overwatch League
Rules for classification: 1) winning percentage; 2) map differential; 3) head-to-head map differential; 4) head-to-head record

Game log

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Preseason

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2018 preseason game log
Preseason (0–3)
1 December 6 Florida Mayhem 1 – 3 San Francisco Shock Burbank, CA


2 December 6 Los Angeles Valiant 3 – 2 San Francisco Shock Burbank, CA


3 December 8 San Francisco Shock 0 – 4 London Spitfire Burbank, CA



Regular season

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2018 game log (Regular season record: 17–23)
Stage 1 (3–7)
1 January 10 San Francisco Shock 0 – 4 Los Angeles Valiant Burbank, CA


2 January 12 San Francisco Shock 3 – 1 Shanghai Dragons Burbank, CA


3 January 17 San Francisco Shock 1 – 2 Philadelphia Fusion Burbank, CA


4 January 20 Boston Uprising 2 – 3 San Francisco Shock Burbank, CA


5 January 24 San Francisco Shock 1 – 3 London Spitfire Burbank, CA


6 January 26 Dallas Fuel 3 – 0 San Francisco Shock Burbank, CA


7 January 31 Houston Outlaws 3 – 1 San Francisco Shock Burbank, CA


8 February 02 San Francisco Shock 4 – 0 Florida Mayhem Burbank, CA


9 February 07 San Francisco Shock 1 – 3 Los Angeles Gladiators Burbank, CA


10 February 09 Seoul Dynasty 3 – 2 San Francisco Shock Burbank, CA



Stage 2 (3–7)
11 February 21 Los Angeles Gladiators 4 – 0 San Francisco Shock Burbank, CA


12 February 23 San Francisco Shock 1 – 3 Seoul Dynasty Burbank, CA


13 February 28 Los Angeles Valiant 3 – 1 San Francisco Shock Burbank, CA


14 March 03 Shanghai Dragons 0 – 4 San Francisco Shock Burbank, CA


15 March 07 San Francisco Shock 3 – 0 Dallas Fuel Burbank, CA


16 March 10 New York Excelsior 4 – 0 San Francisco Shock Burbank, CA


17 March 16 London Spitfire 3 – 1 San Francisco Shock Burbank, CA


18 March 17 San Francisco Shock 3 – 1 Houston Outlaws Burbank, CA


19 March 21 Florida Mayhem 3 – 2 San Francisco Shock Burbank, CA


20 March 22 San Francisco Shock 2 – 3 Boston Uprising Burbank, CA



Stage 3 (6–4)
21 April 04 San Francisco Shock 3 – 1 Los Angeles Gladiators Burbank, CA


22 April 06 Seoul Dynasty 4 – 0 San Francisco Shock Burbank, CA


23 April 11 San Francisco Shock 0 – 4 Los Angeles Valiant Burbank, CA


24 April 13 San Francisco Shock 3 – 1 Shanghai Dragons Burbank, CA


25 April 18 Dallas Fuel 0 – 4 San Francisco Shock Burbank, CA


26 April 20 Philadelphia Fusion 1 – 3 San Francisco Shock Burbank, CA


27 April 26 San Francisco Shock 1 – 3 New York Excelsior Burbank, CA


28 April 28 San Francisco Shock 0 – 4 London Spitfire Burbank, CA


29 May 02 Houston Outlaws 2 – 3 San Francisco Shock Burbank, CA


30 May 03 San Francisco Shock 4 – 0 Florida Mayhem Burbank, CA



Stage 4 (5–5)
31 May 16 Los Angeles Gladiators 3 – 1 San Francisco Shock Burbank, CA


32 May 18 San Francisco Shock 3 – 1 Seoul Dynasty Burbank, CA


33 May 24 London Spitfire 3 – 2 San Francisco Shock Burbank, CA


34 May 25 San Francisco Shock 4 – 0 Houston Outlaws Burbank, CA


35 May 31 San Francisco Shock 3 – 1 Dallas Fuel Burbank, CA


36 June 01 Boston Uprising 1 – 3 San Francisco Shock Burbank, CA


37 June 07 San Francisco Shock 1 – 2 Philadelphia Fusion Burbank, CA


38 June 09 New York Excelsior 2 – 1 San Francisco Shock Burbank, CA


39 June 13 Los Angeles Valiant 3 – 1 San Francisco Shock Burbank, CA


40 June 16 Shanghai Dragons 0 – 4 San Francisco Shock Burbank, CA



References

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  1. ^ Wolf, Jacob (September 28, 2017). "Lynch, Strahan, J.Lo part of $15 million investment in NRG Esports". ESPN.
  2. ^ "San Francisco Overwatch Roster Reveal". NRG.gg. NRG Esports. 28 September 2017. Archived from the original on 9 July 2018. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
  3. ^ Carpenter, Nicole (October 30, 2017). "Former Misfits, Cloud9 EU player joins San Francisco Shock". Dot Esports.
  4. ^ Wood, Austin (January 11, 2018). "The Overwatch League Day One Results are in". IGN. Retrieved March 20, 2019.
  5. ^ Fuller, Garrett (January 13, 2018). "Overwatch League – San Francisco Shock vs Shanghai Dragons". IGN. Archived from the original on March 21, 2019. Retrieved March 20, 2019.
  6. ^ Mejia, Ozzie (June 16, 2018). "Here are the Final Standings for the First Overwatch League Regular Season". Shack News. Retrieved March 20, 2019.
  7. ^ Carpenter, Nicole (March 13, 2018). "San Francisco Shock signs two new players, underage signings to debut "soon"". Dot Esports.
  8. ^ Choi, Soobin; Park, Kyung Yin (April 5, 2018). "San Francisco Shock recruits ChoiHyoBin as a new Flex Tank". Inven Global.
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