2018 San Francisco Shock season

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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[]

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
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
  • (2W) Two-way player
  • (I) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured Injury / Illness

Latest roster transaction: April 5, 2018.

Transactions[]

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

Standings[]

Record by stage[]

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[]

2018 Overwatch League standings
  • v
  • t
# Team Division W L PCT P MR MD
Division leaders
1 New York Excelsior ATL 34 6 .850 40 126–43–4 +83
2 Los Angeles Valiant PAC 27 13 .675 40 100–64–7 +36
Wild cards
3 Boston Uprising ATL 26 14 .650 40 99–71–3 +28
4 Los Angeles Gladiators PAC 25 15 .625 40 96–72–3 +24
5[a] London Spitfire ATL 24 16 .600 40 102–69–3 +33
6[a] Philadelphia Fusion ATL 24 16 .600 40 93–80–2 +13
Did not qualify for playoffs
7[b] Houston Outlaws ATL 22 18 .550 40 94–77–2 +17
8[b] Seoul Dynasty PAC 22 18 .550 40 91–78–3 +13
9 San Francisco Shock PAC 17 23 .425 40 77–84–5 -7
10 Dallas Fuel PAC 12 28 .300 40 58–100–7 -42
11 Florida Mayhem ATL 7 33 .175 40 42–120–5 -78
12 Shanghai Dragons PAC 0 40 .000 40 21–141–2 -120
Tiebreakers
  1. ^ a b London placed ahead of Philadelphia based on map differential.
  2. ^ a b Houston placed ahead of Seoul based on map differential.

Game log[]

Preseason[]

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[]

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[]

  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.
Retrieved from ""