2018 San Francisco Shock season explained
| Team: | San Francisco Shock |
| Bg1: | - FE783E
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| Color1: | - 000000
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| Bg2: | - D7C152
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| Year: | 2018 |
| Division: | Pacific |
| Record: | 17–23 |
| Division Place: | 4th |
| League Place: | 9th |
| Coach: | Brad Rajani (May 7)
Park Dae-hee |
| Owner: | Andy Miller |
| S1playoffs: | Did not qualify |
| S2playoffs: | Did not qualify |
| S3playoffs: | Did not qualify |
| S4playoffs: | Did not qualify |
| Playoffs: | Did not qualify |
| Earnings: | $50,000 |
| No Prevseason: | true |
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
Transactions
Transactions of/for players on the roster during the 2018 regular season:
Standings
Record by stage
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| 1 | 10 | 3 | 7 | | 16 | 24 | 2 | -8 | 9 |
| 2 | 10 | 3 | 7 | | 15 | 22 | 1 | -7 | 9 |
| 3 | 10 | 6 | 4 | | 21 | 20 | 0 | +1 | 5 |
| 4 | 10 | 5 | 5 | | 23 | 16 | 2 | +7 | 8 |
| Overall | 40 | 17 | 23 | | 77 | 84 | 5 | -7 | 9 |
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League
Game log
Regular season
Notes and References
- Web site: Lynch, Strahan, J.Lo part of $15 million investment in NRG Esports . September 28, 2017 . Wolf . Jacob . ESPN.
- Web site: San Francisco Overwatch Roster Reveal . 28 September 2017 . NRG.gg . NRG Esports . 8 July 2018 . 9 July 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180709185727/http://www.nrg.gg/news/sf-ow-roster-reveal . dead .
- Web site: Former Misfits, Cloud9 EU player joins San Francisco Shock . October 30, 2017 . Carpenter . Nicole . Dot Esports.
- Web site: Wood . Austin . The Overwatch League Day One Results are in . January 11, 2018 . IGN . March 20, 2019.
- Web site: Fuller . Garrett . Overwatch League – San Francisco Shock vs Shanghai Dragons . January 13, 2018 . IGN . March 20, 2019 . March 21, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190321034657/https://www.overwatchscore.com/overwatch-league-teams/shanghai-dragons/overwatch-league-san-francisco-shock-vs-shanghai-dragons/ . dead .
- News: Mejia . Ozzie . Here are the Final Standings for the First Overwatch League Regular Season . June 16, 2018 . Shack News . March 20, 2019.
- Web site: San Francisco Shock signs two new players, underage signings to debut "soon" . March 13, 2018 . Carpenter . Nicole . Dot Esports.
- Web site: San Francisco Shock recruits ChoiHyoBin as a new Flex Tank . April 5, 2018 . Choi . Soobin . Park . Kyung Yin . Inven Global.
