2018 San Francisco Shock season

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.

2018 San Francisco Shock season
Head coachBrad Rajani (rel. May 7)
Park Dae-hee
OwnerAndy Miller
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
OWL All-Stars
Total Earnings$50,000

Preceding offseason

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

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
2018 San Francisco Shock roster
PlayersCoaches
RoleNo.HandleNameNationalityPrevious team
Damage 2 sinatraa  Won, Jay   United States  Selfless Gaming 
Damage 3 Architect  Park Min-ho  South Korea  X6-Gaming 
Damage 6 Danteh  Cruz, Dante   United States  Arc 6 
Damage 13 babybay  Francisty, Andrej   United States  Kungarna 
Damage 66 iddqd  Dahlström, André   Sweden  NRG Esports 
Tank 7 nomy  Lizarraga Ramirez Osmar, David   Mexico  Virtue 
Tank 11 ChoiHyoBin  Choi Hyo-bin  South Korea  X6-Gaming 
Support 0 sleepy  Andrews, Nikola   United States  Tempo Storm NA 
Support 10 dhaK  Martinez Paz, Daniel   Spain  Selfless Gaming 
Support 64 Moth  Espe, Grant   United States  Toronto Esports 
Flex 1 super  DeLisi, Matthew   United States  LG Evil 
Flex 9 Nevix  Karlsson, Andreas   Sweden  Cloud9 EU 
Head coach
  • Park Dae-hee
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (TW) Two-way player
  • (I) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injury/Illness

Latest roster transaction: April 5, 2018.

Transactions

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

  • On March 13, Shock signed Park "Architect" Min-ho and Grant "Moth" Espe.[7]
  • On April 5, Shock signed Choi "Choihyobin" Hyo-bin.[8]

Standings

Record by stage
StagePldWLPctMWMLMTMDPos
11037.30016242-89
21037.30015221-79
31064.60021200+15
41055.50023162+78
Overall401723.42577845-79
  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 (0–3)

Regular season
2018 game log (Overall record: 17–23)
Stage 1 (3–7)
Stage 2 (3–7)
Stage 3 (6–4)
Stage 4 (5–5)

References
  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. 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. 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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