{"id":8646,"date":"2019-11-11T23:45:34","date_gmt":"2019-11-11T23:45:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/?p=8646"},"modified":"2019-11-11T23:45:34","modified_gmt":"2019-11-11T23:45:34","slug":"hangzhou-spark-part-ways-with-revenge-and-re-sign-bazzi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/hangzhou-spark-part-ways-with-revenge-and-re-sign-bazzi\/","title":{"rendered":"Hangzhou Spark part ways with Revenge and re-sign Bazzi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hangzhou Spark announced on Monday that they will part ways with their support player Hyeong-Geun &#8220;Revenge&#8221; An, who has been with the team since November 2018.<\/p>\n<p>The departure of Revenge was unveiled on Hangzhou&#8217;s official Twitter page, where the Chinese <a href=\"\/overwatch-league\/\" title=\"Overwatch League esports betting\">Overwatch League<\/a> team thanked the 21-year-old support for all his hard work and dedication as a player and streamer.<\/p>\n<div class=\" embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Today, we part away with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Ow_Revenge?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Ow_Revenge<\/a> . Thank you for your hard work and dedication to the team. You are known as a workaholic with your constant practice and streaming. You are always be part of Spark and we wish you the brightest future. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IkEMiV9g6Y\">pic.twitter.com\/IkEMiV9g6Y<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Hangzhou Spark (@Hangzhou_Spark) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Hangzhou_Spark\/status\/1193817983371497473?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 11, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>Revenge played for Hangzhou Spark throughout Overwatch League Season 2, where he helped his team claim a third-fourth place finish in stage two playoffs, a fourth-place finish in the regular season and fourth-place finish in OWL S2 playoffs.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, he could not aid Spark in winning their first OWL title, as they had to admit defeat to the eventual champions San Francisco Shock in the third round of the losers&#8217; bracket (0-4).<\/p>\n<p>Revenge\u2019s results with Hangzhou Spark in the OWL S2 playoffs are also his career-best, far surpassing what he achieved with Seven in the Overwatch Contenders league.<\/p>\n<p>That said, Revenge\u2019s departure from the team is not viewed as a shocking move, as he was often benched in favour of Yoon \u201cBeBe\u201d Hui-Chang, who soon became the regular support in the starting lineup alongside Park \u201ciDK\u201d Ho-jin.<\/p>\n<p>The news surfaced on the official end date of all 2019 Overwatch League contracts and was followed by Hangzhou Spark&#8217;s announcement on the future of Park \u201cBazzi\u201d Jun-ki.<\/p>\n<div class=\" embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">*\u2605,\u00b0*:.\u2606(\uffe3\u25bd\uffe3)\/$:*.\u00b0\u2605* \u3002 <br \/>We are delighted to say <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Bazziow?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@bazziow<\/a> will be staying in Spark. His performance means a lot to the team. Let\u2019s make some noise for him! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/bang?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#bang<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YT3lyWjP7K\">pic.twitter.com\/YT3lyWjP7K<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Hangzhou Spark (@Hangzhou_Spark) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Hangzhou_Spark\/status\/1193846511328608258?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 11, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>In the post, Hangzhou praised Bazzi for his contribution to the team and his excellent performances in the 2019 <a href=\"\/overwatch\/\" title=\"Overwatch betting sites\">Overwatch esports<\/a> season, where he finished ranked eighth in eliminations per 10 minutes (15.82) and 15th in least deaths per 10 minutes (5.85).<\/p>\n<p>Bazzi is signed as a two-way player for Hangzhou Spark and their academy team Bilibili, meaning he can compete in both Contenders and Overwatch League as long as he and his team follow the league rules, which state:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The designated two-way players will lose their Contenders eligibility for a 60-day period if they appear in more than two Overwatch League matches within any 30-day period.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Unlike most other Overwatch teams, Hangzhou Spark have kept most of their old roster intact, with Revenge being the first player to leave the team this offseason.<\/p>\n<div class=\" embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Today we say goodbye to coach <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Master7supreme?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Master7supreme<\/a> . You are always helpful and supportive. We wish you the best of luck moving forward. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/h2VondjXYE\">pic.twitter.com\/h2VondjXYE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Hangzhou Spark (@Hangzhou_Spark) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Hangzhou_Spark\/status\/1189495243214733313?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 30, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>Spark also announced in October the departure of their assistant coach Han \u201cSup7eme\u201d Seung-jun, who left to take up a development coaching role at Washington Justice.<\/p>\n<p>The Hangzhou Spark roster for the 2020 OWL season will look as follows:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tank:<\/strong> Qiulin &#8220;guxue&#8221; Xu, Daun &#8220;NoSmMite&#8221;Jeong, Sungwook &#8220;Ria&#8221; Park<\/p>\n<p><strong>DPS:<\/strong> Jaehwan &#8220;Adora&#8221; Kang, Kyeongbo &#8220;GodsB&#8221; Kim, Park \u201cBazzi\u201d Jun-ki<\/p>\n<p><strong>Support:<\/strong> Park \u201ciDK\u201d Ho-jin, Yoon \u201cBeBe\u201d Hui-Chang<\/p>\n<p><strong>Flex:<\/strong> Sanghyun &#8220;SASIN&#8221; Song<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hangzhou Spark announced on Monday that they will part ways with their support player Hyeong-Geun &#8220;Revenge&#8221; An, who has been with the team since November 2018.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":8647,"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":[7,4,759,31,85],"class_list":["post-8646","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-cn","tag-featured","tag-hangzhou-spark","tag-overwatch","tag-overwatch-league"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8646"}],"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\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8646"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8646\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8648,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8646\/revisions\/8648"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8647"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8646"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8646"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}