Overwatch Apex, the Glossary
Overwatch Apex, or simply Apex, was a competitive esports tournament series in South Korea for the video game Overwatch run by South Korean cable television channel OnGameNet (OGN) from 2016 to 2017.[1]
Table of Contents
30 relations: AfreecaTV, Blizzard Entertainment, Cable television, Cloud9, Doa (commentator), Double-elimination tournament, Esports, Fnatic, Hype (marketing), Ilsan, MBC TV (South Korean TV channel), Misfits Gaming, MonteCristo, MVP (esports), NRG Esports, OGN (TV channel), Overwatch, Overwatch Contenders, Overwatch League, Promotion and relegation, Rogue (esports), RunAway, Seoul, Substitution (sport), Team Envy, Team Envy Overwatch, The Chosun Ilbo, Time-out (sport), Video game, Western world.
- Defunct esports competitions
- Esports competitions in South Korea
- Overwatch competitions
AfreecaTV
AfreecaTV (아프리카TV, short for "Any FREE broadCAsting") is a P2P technology-based video streaming service.
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Blizzard Entertainment
Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. is an American video game developer and publisher based in Irvine, California.
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Cable television
Cable television is a system of delivering television programming to consumers via radio frequency (RF) signals transmitted through coaxial cables, or in more recent systems, light pulses through fibre-optic cables.
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Cloud9
Cloud9 Esports, Inc., or simply Cloud9 (C9), is an American professional esports company based in Santa Monica, California.
Erik Lonnquist, better known by DoA, is an American esports commentator.
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Double-elimination tournament
A double-elimination tournament is a type of elimination tournament competition in which a participant ceases to be eligible to win the tournament's championship upon having lost two games or matches.
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Esports
Esports, short for electronic sports, is a form of competition using video games.
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Fnatic
Fnatic (pronounced "fanatic"; also stylised as fnatic or FNATIC) is a professional esports organisation headquartered in London, United Kingdom.
Hype (marketing)
Hype in marketing is a strategy of using extreme publicity.
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Ilsan
Ilsan New Town refers to a planned city occupying Ilsandong-gu and Ilsanseo-gu of Goyang.
MBC TV (South Korean TV channel)
MBC TV (Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation Television) is a South Korean free-to-air television channel and is considered the first private company in South Korea launched on 8 August 1969 and owned by Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation.
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Misfits Gaming
Misfits Gaming is a professional esports organization based in Boca Raton, Florida, with players competing in League of Legends, Overwatch, Call of Duty, Fortnite, and Roblox.
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MonteCristo
Christopher Kjell Mykles, better known by his nickname MonteCristo, is an American esports executive and former color commentator, analyst, and organization owner.
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MVP (esports)
MVP is a professional esports organization in South Korea with teams competing in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, ''Honor of Kings'', League of Legends, ''Overwatch'', and PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds.
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NRG Esports
NRG Esports (or simply NRG) is an American esports organization based in Los Angeles, California.
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OGN (TV channel)
OGN (formerly known as Ongamenet) is a South Korean pay television channel that specialized in broadcasting video game-related content and esports matches, particularly StarCraft, Starcraft II, League of Legends, and Overwatch.
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Overwatch
Overwatch (abbreviated as OW) is a multimedia franchise centered on a series of multiplayer first-person shooter (FPS) video games developed by Blizzard Entertainment.
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Overwatch Contenders
Overwatch Contenders (OWC) was an international esports league for the video game Overwatch that is organized by Blizzard Entertainment. Overwatch Apex and Overwatch Contenders are Overwatch competitions.
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Overwatch League
The Overwatch League (OWL) was a professional esports league for the video game Overwatch, produced by its developer, Blizzard Entertainment. Overwatch Apex and Overwatch League are Defunct esports competitions and Overwatch competitions.
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In sports leagues, promotion and relegation is a process where teams can move up and down between multiple divisions arranged in a hierarchical structure, based on their performance over a season.
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Rogue (esports)
Rogue is a professional esports organization with teams competing across several different titles in Europe and the United States.
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RunAway
RunAway is a South Korean esports team, best known for their Overwatch division that competed in Overwatch Apex and Overwatch Contenders (OWC).
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Seoul
Seoul, officially Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest city of South Korea.
Substitution (sport)
In team sports, substitution (or interchange) is replacing one player with another during a match.
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Team Envy
Team Envy was an American esports franchise based in Dallas, Texas, owned by Envy Gaming.
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Team Envy Overwatch
The Team Envy Overwatch team represented Team Envy, an American esports franchise, in the video game Overwatch.
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The Chosun Ilbo
The Chosun Ilbo, also known as The Chosun Daily, is a newspaper of record for South Korea and the oldest active daily newspaper in the country.
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Time-out (sport)
In sports, a time-out or timeout is a halt in the play.
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Video game
A video game or computer game is an electronic game that involves interaction with a user interface or input device (such as a joystick, controller, keyboard, or motion sensing device) to generate visual feedback from a display device, most commonly shown in a video format on a television set, computer monitor, flat-panel display or touchscreen on handheld devices, or a virtual reality headset.
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Western world
The Western world, also known as the West, primarily refers to various nations and states in the regions of Australasia, Western Europe, and Northern America; with some debate as to whether those in Eastern Europe and Latin America also constitute the West.
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See also
Defunct esports competitions
- Championship Gaming Series
- Cyberathlete Professional League
- EGames (esports)
- GT Academy
- Overwatch Apex
- Overwatch League
- Professional Gamers League
- Smash World Tour
- Swordquest
- Tougeki – Super Battle Opera
- Treasure Master
- Video Game Masters Tournament
- World League eSport Bundesliga
- World Series of Video Games
Esports competitions in South Korea
- 2014 League of Legends World Championship
- 2022 Mid-Season Invitational
- AfreecaTV StarCraft League
- Global StarCraft II League
- KeSPA Cup
- Korea StarCraft League
- MBCGame StarCraft League
- Ongamenet Starleague
- Overwatch Apex
- StarCraft II Proleague
- StarCraft II StarLeague
- World e-Sports Games
Overwatch competitions
- 2024 Esports World Cup
- Overwatch Apex
- Overwatch Champions Series
- Overwatch Contenders
- Overwatch League
- Overwatch World Cup
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overwatch_Apex
Also known as OGN APEX, OGN Overwatch APEX.