{"id":1707,"date":"2025-08-18T13:29:52","date_gmt":"2025-08-18T13:29:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ballpeenhammer.com\/?p=1707"},"modified":"2025-09-10T15:15:28","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T15:15:28","slug":"quick-esports-replaces-the-ultimates-in-owcs-emea-stage-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ballpeenhammer.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/18\/quick-esports-replaces-the-ultimates-in-owcs-emea-stage-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Quick Esports replaces The Ultimate\u2019s in OWCS EMEA Stage 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"718\" height=\"461\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" alt=\"Quick Esports return announcement graphic for OWCS Stage 3, including Tracer, Baptiste, Lucio, Winston, and Sojourn\" class=\"wp-image-202376 lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.ballpeenhammer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/OWCS-EMEA-Stage-3-Quick-Esports-replaces-The-ultimates.png\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Image credit: Quick Esports via X<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-68c195f8bb113\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n<p><strong>Blizzard Entertainment<\/strong> has <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/OW_Esports\/status\/1956528438938107936\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">announced online <\/a>that <strong>The Ultimates<\/strong> will be replaced by <strong>Quick Esports<\/strong> ahead of the <strong>Overwatch Champions Series<\/strong> (OWCS) Stage 3 in the EMEA region. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-68c195f8bb8bc\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n<p>The change was made after The Ultimates failed to register an \u2018eligible roster\u2019 on time, giving Quick Esports a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/QuickEsports_no\/status\/1957125256524493053\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">second chance<\/a> to potentially qualify for the <strong>OWCS World Finals<\/strong> later this year.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"keep-reading \" id=\"kr-68c195f8bc7dd\">\n<div class=\"heading section__title \"><span>Keep Reading<\/span><\/div>\n<ul class=\"d-flex flex-column\">\n<li id=\"post-199947\"><a href=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/2025\/08\/spacestation-gaming-players-owcs-na-stage-3\">SpaceStation Gaming lets go of three players ahead of OWCS NA Stage 3<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"post-201664\"><a href=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/2025\/08\/overwatch-2-hero-wuyang-esports\">Will Overwatch 2\u2019s new hero Wuyang shake up the esports scene?<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"post-200073\"><a href=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/2025\/08\/overwatch-collegiate-returns-with-nace-partnership\">Overwatch Collegiate returns with NACE partnership<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-68c195f8bdc8c\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n<p>\u201cEMEA\u2019s #4 seed, The Ultimates, are unable to field an eligible roster for Stage 3 and have thus been removed from the competition,\u201d the official Overwatch Esports account tweeted. \u201cQuick Esports, who placed third in our Stage 2 Promotion\/Relegation tournament, will take their place and compete in Stage 3 as the #8 seed.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-68c195f8be389\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n<p>The post also shared that all teams seeded fourth and below \u2018will move up one seed\u2019 in light of the change.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-68c195f8be9c5\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n<p>Quick Esports has made its way back into the competition after players from <strong>1DIPVS100GORILLAS<\/strong>, the roster that originally qualified, joined the organisation on August 17th. However, a few alterations have been made to the team heading into the tournament.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-68c195f8befe9\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n<p>This is Quick Esports\u2019 active roster playing in <a href=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/2025\/08\/owcs-stage-3-format-schedule-teams\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">OWCS Stage 3<\/a>: <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>\u2018Evil\u2019<\/strong> \u2013 Damage <\/li>\n<li><strong>\u2018Jonte\u2019 <\/strong>\u2013 Support <\/li>\n<li>\u2018<strong>SNOWDR0P\u2019<\/strong> \u2013 Damage <\/li>\n<li><strong>Lancelot \u2018Skytorr\u2019 Sergeant<\/strong> \u2013 Tank <\/li>\n<li><strong>Monty \u2018Strebor\u2019 Roberts<\/strong> \u2013 Support <\/li>\n<li><strong>Valdemar \u2018yoham\u2019 Fog von Qualen<\/strong> \u2013 Support<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u2018ZERO\u2019<\/strong> \u2013 Damage<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-68c195f8bf77c\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n<p>On the other hand, The Ultimates was originally placed fourth during EMEA Stage 2, losing in the Lower Bracket Semi-finals 3-1 to <strong>Virtus.pro<\/strong>. However, <a href=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/2025\/07\/which-teams-have-qualified-for-owcs-stage-3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">heading into Stage 3<\/a>, players representing The Ultimates have either left or joined other organisations. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-68c195f8bfe05\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n<p>For example, on August 12th, <strong>Kevin \u2018kevster\u2019 Persson<\/strong> left to join Virtus.pro as one of its damage players.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"esi-heading-68c195f8c089f\" class=\"esi-heading \">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span id=\"what_to_expect_at_owcs_stage_3_emea-2\">What to Expect at OWCS Stage 3 EMEA<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-68c195f8c103e\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n<p>Quick Esports will be facing fierce competition at OWCS Stage 3, competing against<a href=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/2025\/08\/team-falcons-win-owcs-mid-season-championship-ewc\"> Midseason Championship <\/a>teams such as <strong>Al Qadsiah<\/strong> and <strong>Twisted Minds<\/strong>. In addition, Quick Esports may potentially face off against <strong>Anomaly<\/strong>, the team that has defeated the roster in both the Upper Bracket Semi-finals and Lower Bracket Finals during the Promotion\/Relegation tournament.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-68c195f8c1682\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n<p>However, if Quick Esports can reach top three, the organisation will receive up to $30,000 (~\u00a322,100) in winnings and qualify for the OWCS World Finals taking place at <a href=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/2025\/08\/owcs-world-finals-2025-dreamhack-november\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>DreamHack Stockholm<\/strong><\/a> later this year.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/2025\/08\/quick-esports-replaces-the-ultimates-owcs-emea-stage-3\">Quick Esports replaces The Ultimate\u2019s in OWCS EMEA Stage 3<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\">Esports Insider<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image credit: Quick Esports via X Blizzard Entertainment has announced online that The Ultimates will be replaced by Quick Esports ahead of the Overwatch Champions Series (OWCS) Stage 3 in the EMEA region. The change was made after The Ultimates failed to register an \u2018eligible roster\u2019 on time, giving Quick Esports a second chance to&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1711,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1707","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-overwatch"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ballpeenhammer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1707","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ballpeenhammer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ballpeenhammer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ballpeenhammer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ballpeenhammer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1707"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.ballpeenhammer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1707\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1713,"href":"http:\/\/www.ballpeenhammer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1707\/revisions\/1713"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ballpeenhammer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1711"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ballpeenhammer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ballpeenhammer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ballpeenhammer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}