After a disastrous opening to Stage 3, Boston had plenty to improve on. Swept by the London Spitfire and only taking a single map from the Paris Eternal was far from how anyone envisioned last week going. Would they do the same against the Houston Outlaws and Philadelphia Fusion?
For this weeks player preview, I originally wanted to discuss Philadelphia Fusion’s star DPS Carpe. I wanted to talk about how the transition from a DPS meta to the GOATS meta has drastically affected Carpe’s play making ability. But then Houston beat San Francisco so I threw all that nonsense out to discuss Danteh and his Sombra.
With Stage 3 in full gear, the Boston Uprising look to earn what eluded them opening week - a win. After getting swept by the London Spitfire and only winning a single map against the Paris Eternal, things couldn't get much worse for Boston. Another week brings a new set of opponents and opportunities to get things going in the right direction. Here's what lays in front of them.
After a month long break to think about getting reverse swept by the lowly Washington Justice, the Uprising launch Stage 3 against the London Spitfire and Paris Eternal. One pretty great team and a fellow mid-tier team. What could go wrong? Turns out, everything.
The importance of each match can’t be understated. There are no more throw always. They have to start stockpiling wins. And that starts with this week.
"Everyone on our team is nice and easy to approach, no one has a huge ego and we all get along. We also have a great coaching staff that keep everything in order if things ever go awry" -blase
Like every team, we have a few small issues but if we work hard and we put in the time and overcome them we could be a top-5 team for sure.
We were fortunate to have Fusions answer a few of our questions about how Stage 1 went, the roster changes throughout the season so far, and how far this team can go.
Entering the last week of Stage 2, Boston's stage playoff chances were slim. To pull it off, they'd need nearly two sweeps against the LA Gladiators and the Washington Justice and a whole lot of help from the rest of the league.
What's the best thing you can hope for when you go 0-8 in week 3? A bye week - and that's just what the boys in blue got. Not having to fly out to Dallas hopefully gave the boys time to stop, reflect, and retool. Will the layoff work in their favor?