In the Lab this week we’re kicking off a new series called “Strat Brewing” where Andres and Rob break down key strategies that come up throughout the year for when guests aren’t on the show! Additionally this week’s topic is going to be called Reading a Battle! TIMESTAMPS:  NYXL vs SEOUL Discussion 00:10:17 STRAT BREWING - Reading the battle 00:20:38 Heads Update: Game Night -- Jan 26th Recap Omnic Meta: (Homepage) PC Meta: Jan. 17th 2018 OWL Rankings: Computer Generated (S1:St1:W2) OWL Recap now up on it’s own feed! Twitter Main Feed Aidmaro’s Twitter SPONSOR: Top Score Solutions Ben aka “INeedPeeling” is offering free business consulting in the eSports field. If you are aspiring to coach, starting a team, developing an app or service, trying to boost your subscriber base, or just want to work in eSports, you can visit his website at topscoresolutions.com, get him on Twitter @topscoreEsports, or join his Discord server. Special Thanks to Diamond Sponsors & New Patrons: Chrisdaplaya, Good Apollo, GoldenSoldierA, GreatRootBear, Kippppp, Lisome, Magic, JanJinkle, NeverClutch, RickyTicky, Shazear, & TragicZac. Strat Brewing: Reading Battles Tools: Kill Feed Chevrons above player heads Sounds Comms Hitting Tab//Checking Ultimates Reacting to different moments in battles: Approaching the battle. Losing a player before the fight. Losing a player as the fight starts. Losing players during the fight. High risk, high reward plays. After the battle has been won (Def and Attack) Blue Posts & News: Blizzard World Map now in Quickplay and Arcade. Will not come to Competitive play until Season 9. Developer Update (Community Topics) Toxicity update around 17% more actions and 20% more reports Actioning some players through being proactive through looking through toxic behaviors on youtube and like platforms before reports are filed in some cases. Mercy & Junkrat changes still slated for next patch If Mercy is too far on the roster she will be brought back up Hanzo, Mei, Symmetra named as plans to look into the heroes Sombra & Doomfist are looking at minor tweaks In-Depth Explanation of the Movement Update from Geoff Goodman Update to the known bugs page Omnic Lab Links: Omnic Lab is now a Twitch Affiliate! Sub now with Twitch/Amazon Prime! Twitter, Facebook, Patreon Twitch, Youtube, MERCH Discord: discord.me/omniclab Email: omniclabpodcast@gmail.com Website: http://www.omniclab.com iTunes, Google Play Music, RSS -->Full Extended Show Notes Rob: Twitter, Twitch, Velen's Chosen Podcast, Concept Craft Podcast Andres: Twitter, audioblender.studio, soundcloud