Gamsu Leads Shanghai Dragons to First Overwatch League Win
By Nicholas Barth ·
In their 43rd Overwatch League match, the Shanghai Dragons secured their first win thanks to Gamsu.
The first 42 matches of the Overwatch League life for the Shanghai Dragons all ended in defeat for the Chinese franchise. However, history was made in the Overwatch League on Friday, February 22nd, as the Shanghai Dragons were able to snap their winless record that had spanned over two seasons with a 3-2 victory over the Boston Uprising to put the Overwatch League record of the Shanghai Dragons at 1-42.
SHANGHAI WINS! SHANGHAI WINS! The @ShanghaiDragons win their first ever Overwatch League match!!!!! #Breakthrough #OWL2019
— MLG (@MLG) February 23, 2019
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Gamsu Leads Shanghai Dragons to First Overwatch League Win
With the 42-game losing streak having been the longest losing streak in professional sports history, the entire esports world was anxiously awaiting every time the Shanghai Dragons played to see if they would finally be able to snap their winless record and secure their first notch in the victory column in their third official match of Season 2.
The historic moment was punctuated by the fact that the hashtag of #breakthrough, which was being used as a rallying cry for the Shanghai Dragons to get their first win on their Overwatch record, is now trending at the top of Twitter in the United States and Worldwide following the realization that the team had finally achieved their breakthrough moment in the global esports league for Blizzard Entertainment's first-person shooter title.
#BreakThrough is trending the top of Twitter in the US and Worldwide for a truly groundbreaking moment in esports history, as after 409 days since OWL first started and two seasons in, the Shanghai Dragons have won their first professional Overwatch game of all time. I was here.
— Rod Breslau (@Slasher) February 23, 2019
This historic esports moment was also highlighted by the fact that YoungJin "Gamsu" Noh helped lead the Shanghai Dragons to the first victory on their Overwatch League record against his former team in the Boston Uprising.
"Every time that we win I am very happy, but this one is a bit more special because I just beat my former team in Boston Uprising, and I feel like we can really keep this momentum going. Thank you guys so much," said Gamsu in a post-match interview.
While the Shanghai Dragons still have plenty of work to do to make sure that Season 2 of the Overwatch League goes much better than Season 1 did for the organization, the team's first official victory in history could possibly be the beginning of the greatest redemption story in the history of professional sports.
(cover photo courtesy of the Overwatch League)