2020 Seoul Dynasty season explained

Team:Seoul Dynasty
Year:2020
Conference:Pacific
Region:Asia
Division:East
Record:9–12
Region Place:5th
Coach:Park Chang-geun
Gm:Lee Ho-cheol
Owner:Kevin Chou
Tournament1name:May Melee
T1playoffs:Finals
Tournament2name:Summer Showdown
T2playoffs:Semifinals
Tournament3name:Countdown Cup
T3playoffs:Quarterfinals
Playoffs:Grand Finals
Earnings:$795,000

The 2020 Seoul Dynasty season was the third season of the Seoul Dynasty's existence in the Overwatch League. The Dynasty planned to hold two homestand weekends in the 2020 season at the Dongdaemun Design Plaza in Seoul; however, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all homestand events were cancelled.

Preceding offseason

Organizational changes

In October 2019, head coach Kim "KDG" Dong-gun's contract expired, and he did not re-sign with the team.[1] Later that month, Seoul promoted assistant coach Park "changoon" Chang-geun to head coach and brought up Mun "MMA" Seong-won from Gen.G Esports as an assistant coach.[2] The team released assistant coach Lee "WhyNot" Ju-hyeop in early November.[3] On November 8, Seoul signed former Washington Justice head coach Kim "WizardHyeong" Hyeong-seok as a strategic coach.[4]

Roster changes

Free agents
Role Player Contract
status
Date signed 2020 team
Handle Name
Free agent November 27 Vancouver Titans
Tobi Free agent October 29 Seoul Dynasty
Zunba Free agent
Legend
  • Re-signed/Retained by the Dynasty.
  • Departed from the Dynasty.
  • The Dynasty enter the new season with three free agents, one player which they have the option to retain for another year, and six players under contract.[5] The OWL's deadline to exercise a team option is November 11, after which any players not retained will become a free agent. Free agency officially began on October 7.[6]

    Acquisitions

    The Dynasty's first acquisition of the offseason was on October 22, when they agreed to acquire tank Hong "Gesture" Jae-hee and DPS Park "Profit" Joon-yeong from the London Spitfire.[7] A week later, support Kim "Creative" Young-wan was promoted from Seoul's academy team Gen.G Esports.[8] On January 12, the Dynasty announced the signing of former London Spitfire support player Choi "Bdosin" Seung-tae.[9]

    Departures

    The first player to depart from the Dynasty was main support Lee "Jecse" Seung-soo, as he was released from the team on November 1. Two weeks later, it was announced that Seoul transferred DPS Kim "Fleta" Byung-sun to the Shanghai Dragons.[10] On November 23, it was announced that support Lee "Highly" Sung-hyeok had been signed to the London Spitfire.[11] On November 27, veteran support player Ryu "ryujehong" Je-hong was signed to the Vancouver Titans,[12] and three weeks later, Seoul parted ways with off-tank Kim "zunba" Joon-hyeok.[13]

    Homestand events

    In December 2019, the Dynasty announced that they would hold two homestand events; both were to be held the Dongdaemun Design Plaza in Seoul.[14] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea, the league cancelled the Dynasty's March homestand event that was initially set to be held from March 7 to 8. The game will be made up, with exact dates and times to be announced later.[15]

    Game log

    Midseason tournaments

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    Postseason

    Notes and References

    1. News: Dua . Phoebe . Head coach KDG leaves Seoul Dynasty . October 14, 2019 . GINX Esports TV . October 14, 2019.
    2. News: Miller . Chris . Overwatch League’s Seoul Dynasty Announces Roster Update, Likely Blew Signing Budget On Profit and Gesture Signing . October 30, 2019 . Happy Gamer . October 29, 2019.
    3. News: Peres . Pedro . Seoul Dynasty release Jecse and WhyNot . November 1, 2019 . Dot Esports . November 1, 2019.
    4. News: Borja . Ryan . Seoul Dynasty Adds WizardHyeong as Strategic Coach . November 8, 2019 . DBLTAP . November 8, 2019.
    5. News: Morello . Matt . 2020 Team Needs and Player Contract Status . October 19, 2019 . Overwatch League . July 30, 2019.
    6. News: Richardson . Liz . Overwatch League reveals player contract status for entire league . October 10, 2019 . Dot Esports . October 4, 2019.
    7. News: Richardson . Liz . Seoul Dynasty acquire Gesture and Profit from London Spitfire . 23 October 2019 . Dot Esports . 22 October 2019.
    8. News: Lyons . Ben . Seoul Dynasty resign tobi and add Creative to roster . October 30, 2019 . Gamereactor UK . October 30, 2019.
    9. News: Seoul Dynasty sign former Spitfire support Bdosin . January 13, 2020 . ESPN . Reuters . January 13, 2020.
    10. News: Richadson . Liz . Fleta joins the Shanghai Dragons . November 13, 2019 . Dot Esports . November 13, 2019.
    11. News: Almughrabi . Zakaria . London Spitfire Announces 2020 Roster . 23 November 2019 . Hotspawn . 23 November 2019.
    12. News: Overwatch League's Vancouver Titans sign ryujehong, release Bumper . December 2, 2019 . ESPN . Reuters . November 27, 2019.
    13. News: Samples . Rachel . Seoul Dynasty part ways with zunba ahead of 2020 Overwatch League season . December 21, 2019 . Dot Esports . December 21, 2019.
    14. News: Hollingsworth . David . Seoul Dynasty Reveal Overwatch League Homestand Venue . December 11, 2019 . ESTNN . December 11, 2019.
    15. News: Richardson . Liz . Overwatch League cancels Seoul Dynasty homestand, studio games due to coronavirus . February 28, 2020 . Dot Esports . February 24, 2020.