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2018  San Francisco Shock season
Head coachBrad Rajani ( rel. May 7)
Park Dae-hee
Owner Andy Miller
DivisionPacific
Results
Record17–23 (.425)
Place
Stage 1 PlayoffsDid not qualify
Stage 2 PlayoffsDid not qualify
Stage 3 PlayoffsDid not qualify
Stage 4 PlayoffsDid not qualify
Season PlayoffsDid not qualify
Total Earnings$50,000

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

2018 San Francisco Shock roster
Players Coaches
Role No. Handle Name Nationality
Damage 2 sinatraa Won, Jay United States
Damage 3 Architect Park Min-ho South Korea
Damage 6 Danteh Cruz, Dante United States
Damage 13 babybay Francisty, Andrej United States
Damage 66 iddqd Dahlström, André Sweden
Tank 7 nomy Lizarraga Ramirez Osmar, David Mexico
Tank 11 ChoiHyoBin Choi Hyo-bin South Korea
Support 0 sleepy Andrews, Nikola United States
Support 10 dhaK Martinez Paz, Daniel Spain
Support 64 Moth Espe, Grant United States
Flex 1 super DeLisi, Matthew United States
Flex 9 Nevix Karlsson, Andreas Sweden
Head coach
  • Park Dae-hee

Legend:
  • (I) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • (2W) Two-way player
  • Substitute player Substitute
  • Injured Injury / Illness
  

Latest roster transaction: April 5, 2018.

Transactions

Transactions of/for players on the roster during the 2018 regular season:

Standings

Record by stage

Stage Pld W L Pct MW ML MT MD Pos
1 10 3 7 .300 16 24 2 -8 9
2 10 3 7 .300 15 22 1 -7 9
3 10 6 4 .600 21 20 0 +1 5
4 10 5 5 .500 23 16 2 +7 8
Overall 40 17 23 .425 77 84 5 -7 9
  Qualified for playoffs

League

Pos Div Team Pld W L PCT MW ML MT MD Qualification
1 ATL New York Excelsior 40 34 6 0.850 126 43 4 +83 Advance to season playoffs semifinals
2 PAC Los Angeles Valiant 40 27 13 0.675 100 64 7 +36
3 ATL Boston Uprising 40 26 14 0.650 99 71 3 +28 Advance to season playoffs quarterfinals
4 PAC Los Angeles Gladiators 40 25 15 0.625 96 72 3 +24
5 ATL London Spitfire 40 24 16 0.600 102 69 3 +33
6 ATL Philadelphia Fusion 40 24 16 0.600 93 80 2 +13
7 ATL Houston Outlaws 40 22 18 0.550 94 77 2 +17
8 PAC Seoul Dynasty 40 22 18 0.550 91 78 3 +13
9 PAC San Francisco Shock 40 17 23 0.425 77 84 5 −7
10 PAC Dallas Fuel 40 12 28 0.300 58 100 7 −42
11 ATL Florida Mayhem 40 7 33 0.175 42 120 5 −78
12 PAC Shanghai Dragons 40 0 40 0.000 21 141 2 −120
Source: The Overwatch League
Rules for classification: 1) winning percentage; 2) map differential; 3) head-to-head map differential; 4) head-to-head record

Game log

Preseason

2018 preseason game log
Preseason (0–3)
1 December 6 Florida Mayhem 1 3 San Francisco Shock Burbank, CA


2 December 6 Los Angeles Valiant 3 2 San Francisco Shock Burbank, CA


3 December 8 San Francisco Shock 0 4 London Spitfire Burbank, CA



Regular season

2018 game log (Regular season record: 17–23)
Stage 1 (3–7)
1 January 10 San Francisco Shock 0 4 Los Angeles Valiant Burbank, CA


2 January 12 San Francisco Shock 3 1 Shanghai Dragons Burbank, CA


3 January 17 San Francisco Shock 1 2 Philadelphia Fusion Burbank, CA


4 January 20 Boston Uprising 2 3 San Francisco Shock Burbank, CA


5 January 24 San Francisco Shock 1 3 London Spitfire Burbank, CA


6 January 26 Dallas Fuel 3 0 San Francisco Shock Burbank, CA


7 January 31 Houston Outlaws 3 1 San Francisco Shock Burbank, CA


8 February 02 San Francisco Shock 4 0 Florida Mayhem Burbank, CA


9 February 07 San Francisco Shock 1 3 Los Angeles Gladiators Burbank, CA


10 February 09 Seoul Dynasty 3 2 San Francisco Shock Burbank, CA



Stage 2 (3–7)
11 February 21 Los Angeles Gladiators 4 0 San Francisco Shock Burbank, CA


12 February 23 San Francisco Shock 1 3 Seoul Dynasty Burbank, CA


13 February 28 Los Angeles Valiant 3 1 San Francisco Shock Burbank, CA


14 March 03 Shanghai Dragons 0 4 San Francisco Shock Burbank, CA


15 March 07 San Francisco Shock 3 0 Dallas Fuel Burbank, CA


16 March 10 New York Excelsior 4 0 San Francisco Shock Burbank, CA


17 March 16 London Spitfire 3 1 San Francisco Shock Burbank, CA


18 March 17 San Francisco Shock 3 1 Houston Outlaws Burbank, CA


19 March 21 Florida Mayhem 3 2 San Francisco Shock Burbank, CA


20 March 22 San Francisco Shock 2 3 Boston Uprising Burbank, CA



Stage 3 (6–4)
21 April 04 San Francisco Shock 3 1 Los Angeles Gladiators Burbank, CA


22 April 06 Seoul Dynasty 4 0 San Francisco Shock Burbank, CA


23 April 11 San Francisco Shock 0 4 Los Angeles Valiant Burbank, CA


24 April 13 San Francisco Shock 3 1 Shanghai Dragons Burbank, CA


25 April 18 Dallas Fuel 0 4 San Francisco Shock Burbank, CA


26 April 20 Philadelphia Fusion 1 3 San Francisco Shock Burbank, CA


27 April 26 San Francisco Shock 1 3 New York Excelsior Burbank, CA


28 April 28 San Francisco Shock 0 4 London Spitfire Burbank, CA


29 May 02 Houston Outlaws 2 3 San Francisco Shock Burbank, CA


30 May 03 San Francisco Shock 4 0 Florida Mayhem Burbank, CA



Stage 4 (5–5)
31 May 16 Los Angeles Gladiators 3 1 San Francisco Shock Burbank, CA


32 May 18 San Francisco Shock 3 1 Seoul Dynasty Burbank, CA


33 May 24 London Spitfire 3 2 San Francisco Shock Burbank, CA


34 May 25 San Francisco Shock 4 0 Houston Outlaws Burbank, CA


35 May 31 San Francisco Shock 3 1 Dallas Fuel Burbank, CA


36 June 01 Boston Uprising 1 3 San Francisco Shock Burbank, CA


37 June 07 San Francisco Shock 1 2 Philadelphia Fusion Burbank, CA


38 June 09 New York Excelsior 2 1 San Francisco Shock Burbank, CA


39 June 13 Los Angeles Valiant 3 1 San Francisco Shock Burbank, CA


40 June 16 Shanghai Dragons 0 4 San Francisco Shock Burbank, CA



References

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  2. ^ "San Francisco Overwatch Roster Reveal". NRG.gg. NRG Esports. 28 September 2017. Archived from the original on 9 July 2018. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
  3. ^ Carpenter, Nicole (October 30, 2017). "Former Misfits, Cloud9 EU player joins San Francisco Shock". Dot Esports.
  4. ^ Wood, Austin (January 11, 2018). "The Overwatch League Day One Results are in". IGN. Retrieved March 20, 2019.
  5. ^ Fuller, Garrett (January 13, 2018). "Overwatch League – San Francisco Shock vs Shanghai Dragons". IGN. Archived from the original on March 21, 2019. Retrieved March 20, 2019.
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  8. ^ Choi, Soobin; Park, Kyung Yin (April 5, 2018). "San Francisco Shock recruits ChoiHyoBin as a new Flex Tank". Inven Global.