Washington Overwatch League Team Teases Announcement

The new Overwatch League team operating out of Washington D.C. have today posted something of a teaser on their Twitter account. The Tweet itself simply states “Tomorrow, court is in session” and features a gif of what appears to be the Supreme Court with some patriotic red, white, and blue lines flowing across the building.

Tomorrow, court is in session... pic.twitter.com/3TSgMhd1NB

— Overwatch DC (@OverwatchDC) December 3, 2018

This would normally be good news for fans of the Overwatch League, a new team promising to potentially release some new information about the roster, or maybe announce the branding or logo. Unfortunately for the Washington team, todays tweet comes amidst a small wave of complaints and misgivings about the organization. The real kicker, most of the complaints are about how the team hasn’t revealed anything yet.

It has been 73 days since DC's last announcement. from r/Competitiveoverwatch

A post made earlier in the day talked about how the Washington team had not announced anything for 73 days. Despite hinting at news several times, no actual revelations were forthcoming. This has led to more than a few commenters in the Reddit thread speculating that perhaps the team isn’t yet complete, despite the deadline for fielding a roster being yesterday, or possibly that the team is simply failing already, only months after it was announced that they even were a team.

Offical DC website accidentally leaks they're own name from r/Competitiveoverwatch

To make matters worse for the Washington organization, a leak appeared revealing what is apparently the branding and name for the team. According to this leak, the team will be the Washington Justice, and feature a shield-based logo in red, white, and blue. Whether or not this will turn out to be true remains to be seen, after all, something has to be revealed tomorrow. However, given the fan reaction to news about the other expansion teams, such as the roster reveal for the Vancouver Titans, it doesn’t look like Washington is getting off on the best footing. One must hope that their actual performance as a team inspires more confidence than their announcement schedule.