{"id":22979,"date":"2022-08-20T20:05:04","date_gmt":"2022-08-21T00:05:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/?p=22979"},"modified":"2022-08-20T20:05:04","modified_gmt":"2022-08-21T00:05:04","slug":"london-spitfire-signs-kaan-to-its-overwatch-roster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/london-spitfire-signs-kaan-to-its-overwatch-roster\/","title":{"rendered":"London Spitfire signs Kaan to its Overwatch roster"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\nThe London Spitfire recently added Emir \u201cKaan\u201d Okumus to its already completed roster in preparation for the <a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/overwatch-league\/\" title=\"Overwatch betting guide\" >2022 Overwatch League Season<\/a>. Earlier, the team announced that it had concluded its lineup moves for the anticipated tournament. However, the new addition seemed too good an opportunity to ignore.<\/p>\n<div class=\" embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We know you guys Kaan hardly wait another minute &#8211; but we&#39;re finally ready! Welcome <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Kaan_ow?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Kaan_ow<\/a> to the Spitfire! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ClearTheSkies?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ClearTheSkies<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gxOx3bvjYS\">pic.twitter.com\/gxOx3bvjYS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; London Spitfire (@Spitfire) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Spitfire\/status\/1560699367954300928?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 19, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>Kaan\u2019s introduction to the team will enable some of the London Spitfire\u2019s older players to cut back on taking on multiple roles. The team&#8217;s flex DPS, Jamie \u201cBackbone\u201d O\u2019Neil, previously had to take up the extra responsibility of the squad\u2019s flex support occasionally.<\/p>\n<p>While the player is efficient in both roles, having Kaan relieve him would enable him to put more effort into dealing damage in his usual role. The team\u2019s previous flex support was Owen \u201cProv1de\u201d Warner. However, the player was let go in April after participating in an act that breached the organization\u2019s code of conduct.<\/p>\n<p>The player was previously known as Slur and, in 2019, was a well-known name in the European Overwatch Contenders scene. After being a part of the Los Angeles Valiant team before the 2020 season, Prov1de was dropped after a controversial issue.<\/p>\n<p>He retired from professional play in August of that year, but returned earlier this year after being cleared to be a part of the Contenders Circuit. The London Spitfire parted ways with the player barely a month before the Overwatch League season started and revealed the decision was reached mutually.<\/p>\n<p>Kaan previously played with the Paris Eternal as the team\u2019s flex support. However, his move to the London Spitfire would be effective for the rest of the season. The Paris Eternal released four of its players earlier this week, barely a day after the conclusion of the first weekend of the Summer Showdown qualifier matches.<\/p>\n<p>The players dropped included Kaan, Dani\u00ebl \u201cDaan\u201d Scheltema, the team\u2019s main tank, and the support players, Emir \u201cKaan\u201d Okumus and Arthur \u201cdridro\u201d Szanto. Only the DPS duo of Jesse \u201cDove\u201d Palermo and Cameron \u201cwub\u201d Johnson were left after the drop.<\/p>\n<p>The players were released in the middle of the OWL season, and several new players from Odyssey, the North American Overwatch Contenders team, were signed to the Paris Eternal. The new players include Domenic \u201cKrawi\u201d Akrawi, Josh \u201cMaltheL\u201d Gonzales, Luke \u201cLukemino\u201d Fish, and Kyle \u201cRakattack\u201d Rakauskas.<\/p>\n<p>OWL players who were not on active contracts with Overwatch League teams were reportedly free to be signed on by other organizations in the league. The London Spitfire\u2019s general manager, Ysabel \u201cNoukky\u201d M\u00fcller, revealed that soon the team\u2019s newest player, Kaan, would physically be a part of the training held in the franchise\u2019s Los Angeles facility.<\/p>\n<p>While in Paris Eternal, the flex support did not particularly show impressive gameplay. However, he was an integral part of the organization in the 2021 season during their continuous improvement.<\/p>\n<p>Despite this, the team will carry a 1-13 record into the upcoming games this weekend. Shortly before taking off its previous players, the Paris Eternals recorded an additional loss at the hands of the Vancouver Titans.<\/p>\n<p>The London Spitfire will face off with the Houston Outlaws in its next outing in the Overwatch League 2022 &#8211; Summer Showdown Qualifiers. The game will be played later today, with Spitfire as the underdog with odds of $3.08 at <a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/sites\/ggbet\/app\/\" title=\"GG Bet betting review\" >GG.BET<\/a> and the Outlaws as the favorite with odds of $1.35. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The London Spitfire recently added Emir \u201cKaan\u201d Okumus to its already completed roster in preparation for the 2022 Overwatch League&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":22980,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ghostkit_customizer_options":"","ghostkit_custom_css":"","ghostkit_custom_js_head":"","ghostkit_custom_js_foot":"","ghostkit_typography":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[2530,4,2529,118,85],"class_list":["post-22979","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-emir-okumus","tag-featured","tag-kaan","tag-london-spitfire","tag-overwatch-league"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22979"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22979"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22979\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22981,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22979\/revisions\/22981"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22980"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22979"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}