2018 Florida Mayhem season

The 2018 Florida Mayhem season was the first season of the Florida Mayhem's existence in the Overwatch League. The team ended the 2018 regular season with a 7–33 record, second-to-last in the League, and did not qualify for any of the playoffs.

2018 Florida Mayhem season
Head coachVytis Lasaitis
OwnerBen Spoont
Results
Record7–33 (.175)
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
OWL All-Stars
Total Earnings$25,000

Preceding offseason
Head coach Vytis "Mineral" Lasaitis.

The Misfits rebranded to the Florida Mayhem on November 2, 2017; therefore, the team had the following six players already signed.[1]

  • Kevin "TviQ" Lindström
  • Andreas "Logix" Berghmans
  • Aleksi "Zuppeh" Kuntsi
  • Sebastian "Zebbosai" Olsson
  • Johan "CWoosH" Klingestedt
  • Tim "Manneten" Bylund

Regular season

Review

On May 2, head coach Vytis “Mineral” Lasaitis temporarily stepped down from his position, citing that he had been experiencing "various health issues” and burnout since stage two. Assistant coach Choi “r2der” Hyun-jin and analyst Albert Yeh lead the team in his absence until his return at the beginning of Stage 4.[2] The team ended the 2018 regular season with a 7–33 record, second-to-last in the League (ahead of only the winless Dragons).[3] Florida did not qualify for any of the Stage Playoffs, and did not quality for the Season Playoffs.

Final roster
2018 Florida Mayhem roster
PlayersCoaches
RoleNo.HandleNameNationalityPrevious team
Damage 2 TviQ  Lindström, Kevin   Sweden  Misfits 
Damage 4 Sayaplayer  Ha Jeong-woo  South Korea  Meta Athena 
Damage 22 Logix  Berghmans, Andreas   Belgium  Misfits 
Tank 13 aWesomeGuy  Kim, Sung-Hoon   South Korea  Meta Athena 
Support 7 Zuppeh  Kuntsi, Aleksi   Finland  Misfits 
Support 56 Zebbosai  Olsson, Sebastian   Sweden  Misfits 
Flex 3 CWoosH  Klingestedt, Johan   Sweden  Misfits 
Flex 9 Manneten  Bylund, Tim   Sweden  Misfits 
Flex 19 zappis  Alakurtti, Joonas   Finland  Team Gigantti 
Head coach
  • Vytis Lasaitis
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (TW) Two-way player
  • (I) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injury/Illness

Latest roster transaction: February 13, 2018.

Transactions

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

  • On February 1, Mayhem signed Joonas "zappis" Alakurtti.[4]
  • On February 13, Mayhem signed Ha "Sayaplayer" Jeong-Woo and Kim "aWesomeGuy" Sung-Hoon.[5]

Standings

Record by stage
StagePldWLPctMWMLMTMDPos
11019.1009311-2211
21037.30015271-1210
31028.20011282-1710
41019.1007341-2711
Overall40733.175421205-7811
  Qualified for playoffs

League
# Team Division W L PCT P MR MD STK
Division leaders
1 New York Excelsior ATL 34 6 .850 40 126–43–4 +83 W1
2 Los Angeles Valiant PAC 27 13 .675 40 100–64–7 +36 L1
Wild cards
3 Boston Uprising ATL 26 14 .650 40 99–71–3 +28 W4
4 Los Angeles Gladiators PAC 25 15 .625 40 96–72–3 +24 W5
5[lower-alpha 1] London Spitfire ATL 24 16 .600 40 102–69–3 +33 L1
6[lower-alpha 1] Philadelphia Fusion ATL 24 16 .600 40 93–80–2 +13 W1
Did not qualify for playoffs
7[lower-alpha 2] Houston Outlaws ATL 22 18 .550 40 94–77–2 +17 L1
8[lower-alpha 2] Seoul Dynasty PAC 22 18 .550 40 91–78–3 +13 L1
9 San Francisco Shock PAC 17 23 .425 40 77–84–5 -7 W1
10 Dallas Fuel PAC 12 28 .300 40 58–100–7 -42 W1
11 Florida Mayhem ATL 7 33 .175 40 42–120–5 -78 L3
12 Shanghai Dragons PAC 0 40 .000 40 21–141–2 -120 L40
Tiebreakers

  1. London placed ahead of Philadelphia based on map differential.

  2. Houston placed ahead of Seoul based on map differential.

Game log

Preseason
2018 preseason game log
Preseason (0–2)

Regular season
2018 game log (Overall record: 7–33)
Stage 1 (1–9)
Stage 2 (3–7)
Stage 3 (2–8)
Stage 4 (1–9)

References
  1. "Florida Mayhem is Overwatch League's newest team". Dot Esports. November 2, 2017.
  2. Carpenter, Nicole (May 2, 2018). "Florida Mayhem coach temporarily steps down from Overwatch League team". Dot Esports. Retrieved March 17, 2019.
  3. Nash, Anthony (28 June 2018). "Good, bad, and ugly from the Florida Mayhem regular season". Overwatch Wire. Archived from the original on 10 July 2018. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
  4. Carpenter, Nicole (February 1, 2018). "Florida Mayhem sign tank player Zappis to Overwatch League team". Dot Esports.
  5. Breslau, Rod (February 13, 2018). "Florida Mayhem to pick up Sayaplayer and aWesomeGuy, sources say". ESPN.
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