The last few days of early October are the key nodes in the construction of the 2022 season lineup, and the league teams must complete the renewal of their players by October 3. In response to the concerns of fans and supporters, the Shanghai Dragons officially announced their player contract status yesterday, staying in the 2021 season eight players, and the players and the coaching team will challenge the upcoming OWL 2022 season.
According to the team building plan and guidance specifications formulated by the league, each team needs to determine that it contains at least 5 official players covering the full season contract by January 4, 2022. The Shanghai Dragons immediately confirmed the eight players in the squad, which also means that the Shanghai Dragons have reached the lineup specifications specified by the league rules for the 2022 season. Here, borrowing from Shanghai Dragon's excellent team building work, I will briefly introduce the rules of OWL's lineup construction.
At present, the shanghai dragon team's player contract is divided into two states: the contract period and the execution team option. During the contract period, that is, the player has at least one year of team contract, Fate, who joined Shanghai Dragon last season, and IZaYaKI, the earliest player in the current lineup of players, are both contract periods, which shows that Shanghai Dragon's long-term trust in the players has long been established. The execution team option is that according to the previous agreement between the player and the team, the team can unilaterally execute the option to extend the original contract between the two parties, and the Shanghai Dragon Team will negotiate with the players immediately after the end of the season, and determine that it will complete the extension of the contract with five players, Void, Fleta, Lee JaeGon, Molly and WhoRU. The other day, It was announced that The departing Dewerop will be a free agent, that is, the status of players with whom other teams can sign contracts for the 2022 season after October 11. This season, the Shanghai Dragons have no short-term contract players and two-way players.
In addition to the dynamics of the players, Shanghai Dragon also announced the personnel adjustment of the coaching team yesterday, and assistant coaches Dongsu and Jfeel left the team for personal development. It should be noted that the rules for the construction of the player lineup formulated by the league do not limit the construction of the coaching team, and Shanghai Dragon head coach Moon still has enough time to add coaching staff to prepare for the upcoming 2022 season.
The Shanghai Dragons were able to continue their strong momentum in the 2021 season and win the championship of the year in one fell swoop, which is inseparable from their excellent player management model. 2020-2021 has been a period of intense turmoil for all league teams, with even last season's championship team, the San Francisco Shock, having to face a significant player change. The painful memories of breaking the stakes at last year's finals did not dispel the self-confidence of the Shanghai Dragons, giving the players full confidence and further consolidating the advantage of the squad in the 2021 season. Fate, a reloader who joined the Shanghai Dragons this season, withstood the storm of doubts to prove his worth to us, and from Fate's contract status, it can also be seen that the Shanghai Dragons have high hopes for him, rather than filling the vacant firefighters.
Another reloaded player, Void, stayed in office, which was expected but quite topical. Next year, Void, who will turn 26, will be one of the league's top big brother players, and after entering the Overwatch 2.0 version, the single tank battle mode puts forward higher requirements for each reloaded player. The Shanghai Dragons and Void team chose in both directions and decided to continue to fight in the 2022 season, and had to praise the efforts of the Void players to maintain excellent competitive form for a long time, and the shanghai Dragons' unlimited trust in Void is extremely valuable.
Looking back at the OWL 2021 season, the Shanghai Dragons have become the most dominant OWL team, winning Grand Slams in the last season of the Overwatch 1.0 era. The 2022 season has been fighting together for three years and will continue the extraordinary achievements of the champion division, and we have reason to believe that the Shanghai Dragon Team can regain its glory in the new era.