Metagaming Announces Two Overwatch Contenders Trials Rosters

By Nicholas Barth ·

Metagaming has been in the professional Overwatch scene from the very beginning and has had some of the game's brightest stars play for them. Today, the organization announced two rosters that will be competing for them in the Overwatch Contenders Trials.

Metagaming Announces Two Overwatch Contenders Trials Rosters

Metagaming is best known for their Meta Athena Overwatch roster that made some waves in the professional scene before the creation of the Overwatch League. With organizations like Metagaming not being able to buy into the Overwatch League, many are forming rosters that will play in the Overwatch Contenders Trials. Contenders is the developmental league for the Overwatch League and teams in the league will often look to contenders teams for talented players to add to their rosters in the future. Now there will be two rosters bearing the Meta name competing in the Overwatch Contenders Trials, as Metagaming made an official announcement on their Twitter account.  

Meta Athena's roster will consist of Jeong "Arhan" Weon-hyeop, Kim "Shu"Jin-seo, Kim "Awesomeguy" Seong-hun, Kim " SanSam" Hyang-ki, Ha "Sayaplayer" Jeong-woo, Choi "Kris"Jun-soo and Bigbox. Meta Bellum's team will include Min-seok "AimGod" Kwon, Choi "Hoon" Jae-hoon, Lee "Na1st" Ho-sung, Cho "Hyeonu" Hyeon-woo, Jang "CCJ" Min-ki, Kim "Chara" Jung-yeon and Oh "Rio" Seung-pyo.  

Former Meta Athena Player Hyeon

Former Meta Athena Player Hyeon "EFFECT" Hwang playing for the Dallas Fuel.

Source: Overwatch League

Meta Athena has had a few very talented players play for the team in the past, such as New York Excelsior's Kim "Libero" Hye-sung and Dallas Fuel's Kim "EFFECT" Hyeon. Meta Bellum has not been as successful as their sister team in the Overwatch Apex League, the premier Overwatch league in South Korea. They will be looking to develop the same kind of superb talent that their sister team has cultivated before.  

Players for both of these rosters will now have the chance to prove that they belong in the Overwatch League if they are able to perform well in the Overwatch Contenders Trials. While the prize pool of $15,000 for Season 1 is not the most lucrative in the world of professional Overwatch, the real prize they are competing for is to be the talent that is recognized by a Overwatch League team.  

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