Shanghai Dragons Show Their Training Schedule to Alleviate Fan Concerns

Fans of the beleaguered Shanghai Dragons might rest easier today, with the team using Twitlonger to reach out and give an update on their current situation. The team’s struggles have been well documented, and it seems that despite their best efforts, fans are still showing concerns about the level of work the team is putting forth.

“Our last two losses must have disappointed and hurt you. Here I offer my apology to all the fans for letting you down again. We are sad as well and are even hating ourselves for not having seized the opportunity to win. As two matches ended up in losses, we received many questions, criticisms, and blame from you. We understand that we have to take those after we lost these two games.” Reveals the Twitlonger post. “We have the most intensive training scheme among all the teams, ever since we arrived last December. Our daily schedule starts at 10:30am as we leave for training facilities and return to our houses around 10:30 to 11:00pm, with a possible training extension to 12:00am; we train six days a week with one day off. During mid-stages, we have 3-4 days off depends on other teams’ schedule (if we can have scrims with them).”

The post goes on to talk about specific concerns that some fans have raised online, such as the perception that some players are spending too much time playing other games. “Many fans have been questioning and were confused that why several Shanghai Dragons players were playing other games. To make a serious investigation into the matter, we checked every player’s game records with their respective in-game IDs. We can confirm that most games happened during off days, which are four days of 6th, 7th, 9th, and 13th of May. Except some particular players of the team, most players, in all players that fans have questioned about, played other games between 0.5 to 3 hours during off days.”

While the news may help fans understand the situation, the fact of the matter is that while the team has shown improvement since adding Korean players Kim "Geguri" Se-Yeon, He "Sky" Junjian, Lee "Fearless" Eui-Seok, and Chon "Ado" Gi-Hyeon, the team still has a ways to go before they earn their first victory, and time is running out. You can see when the Shanghai Dragons will be playing next, by visiting the Official Overwatch League Schedule page, here.