2019 Florida Mayhem season

2019   Florida Mayhem season
Head coach	Vytis Lasaitis (rel. Apr 4) Oh Nam-hun (rel. Aug)
General manager	Matt Akhavan
Owner	Ben Spoont
Division	Atlantic
Results
Record	6–22 (.214)
Place	Atlantic: 10th League: 20th
Stage 1 Playoffs	Did not qualify
Stage 2 Playoffs	Did not qualify
Stage 3 Playoffs	Did not qualify
Season Playoffs	Did not qualify
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The 2019 Florida Mayhem season was the second season of the Florida Mayhem's existence in the Overwatch League and the team's second season under head coach Vytis "Mineral" Lasaitis.

The Mayhem looked to improve from their 2018 campaign, when they only amassed seven wins. After finishing Stage 1 with only one win, the Mayhem announced their intention to implement an all-Korean team and fired two coaches, including head coach Mineral. The team's struggles continued in Stage 2, as they did not win a single match. Prior to Stage 3, the Mayhem's all-Korean overhaul continued, as they made several roster changes. Florida hired Oh "Unread" Nam-hun amidst a one-win Stage 3 as the team's new head coach. The Mayhem found success in Stage 4, when the league implemented a 2-2-2 role lock, as they were able to win four of their final five matches.

Preceding offseason

Player re-signings

From August 1 to September 9, 2018, all Overwatch League teams that competed in the 2018 season could choose to extend their team's players' contracts. After a disappointing season, Mayhem retained three of their nine players, releasing Andreas "Logix" Berghmans, Tim "Manneten" Bylund, Johan "CWoosH" Klingestedt, Sebastian "Zebbosai" Olsson, Aleksi "Zuppeh" Kuntsi, and Joonas "zappis" Alakurtti. ^[1]

Free agency

All non-expansion teams could not enter the free agency period until October 8; they were able to sign members from their respective academy team and make trades until then. On September 11, when Mayhem acquired Koo "xepheR" Jae-mo from Seoul Dynasty. ^[2] Mayhem promoted HyeonWoo "HaGoPeun" Jo and Damon "Apply" Conti from Mayhem Academy on September 21 and 24, respectively. ^{[3] [4]}

Florida made three free agency signings on October 15, signing Junsu "Kris" Choe, Sangbum "bqb" Lee, and Sangwon "SWoN" Yoon. ^[5]

Regular season

The Mayhem opened their season on February 15 with a match against the Atlanta Reign; Florida was swept 0–4 in the match. ^[6] The following week, Mayhem announced the signing of flex tank Caleb "McGravy" McGarvey. ^[7] Florida struggles throughout the stage, finishing with a 1–6 record. ^[8]

One day prior to their first match of Stage 2, Florida announced its plan to implement an all-Korean roster, citing that there were "multiple issues with communication and overall team synergy, in part due to the lack of a common language among players and coaching staff." ^[9] As such, Mayhem released head coach Vytis "Mineral" Lasaitis and assistant coach Jung "Yeah" Young-su; additionally, all non-Korean players (Kevyn "TviQ" Lindström, Damon "Apply" Conti, and Caleb "McGravy" McGarvey) were inactive for the entirety of Stage 2. ^[10] The team did not perform well in Stage 2, losing all seven of their matches. ^[11] After the end of Stage 2, Mayhem made several roster moves. Mayhem traded Caleb "Mcgravy" McGarvy and Mayhem Academy players Russell "FCTFCTN" Campbell and Johannes "Shax" Nielsen to Los Angeles Valiant in exchange for Koo "Fate" Pan-seung on May 10, ^[12] signed Lee "Byrem" Seong-ju on May 13, ^[13] released Damon "Apply" Conti on May 29, ^[14] and released Kevyn "TviQ" Lindström and Kim "SNT" Sung-hoon on June 2. ^{[15] [16]}

In Stage 3, Florida's all-Korean roster overhaul continued. The team signed support Park "RaiN" Jae-ho from Overwatch Contenders team O2 Blast on June 17, ^[17] and two days later, they signed three players from Korean Contenders team Armament Esports: off-tank Lee "Gargoyle" Beom-jun, flex DPS Choi "DPI" Yong-joon, and main tank Choi "Karayan" San-ha. Additionally, the team signed three staff members: head coach Oh "Unread" Nam-hun, assistant coach Kim "KH1" Hyung-il, and analyst Daumantas "RyuuTsubasa" Krugliakovas. ^[18] Florida defeated the Houston Outlaws, 3–1, in the third week of Stage 3 to claim their second win of the season and snapped their 15-game losing streak. ^[19] Looking to carry that momentum into week four, Florida took on the Hangzhou Spark on June 29. The match saw the debut of Florida's Gargoyle and DPI, but the team was ultimately swept 0–4 by the Spark, who set the record for the fastest completion of Eichenwalde at 4 minutes and 12 seconds in the process. ^[20] The team ended Stage 3 with a 1–6 record. ^[21]

Although not announced at the time, the team mutually parted ways with head coach Unread at some point in Stage 4. ^[22] The Mayhem's first match of Stage 4, along with the first match with an enforced 2-2-2 role lock by the League, was against the Vancouver Titans on July 28, and were swept 0–4. The loss marked the fourth match in a row in which Mayhem had failed to secure a map win. ^[23] Florida defeated the Washington Justice and Toronto Defiant to claim their first back-to-back victories of season. ^{[24] [25]} The Mayhem ended the Stage with a 3–4 record. ^[26]

Final roster

2019 Florida Mayhem roster
Players	Coaches
Role No. Handle Name Nationality Damage   4 Sayaplayer  Ha Jeong-woo  South Korea  Damage   22 BQB  Lee Sang-bum  South Korea  Damage   99 DPI  Choi Yong-joon  South Korea  Tank   1 Fate  Koo Pan-seung  South Korea  Tank   15 Karayan  Choi San-ha  South Korea  Tank   16 Swon  Yoon Sang-won  South Korea  Tank   32 xepheR  Koo Jae-mo  South Korea  Tank   98 Gargoyle  Lee Beom-jun  South Korea  Support   24 HaGoPeun  Jo Hyeon-woo  South Korea  Support   41 Byrem  Lee Seong-ju  South Korea  Support   77 RaiN  Park Jae-ho  South Korea  Support   96 Kris  Choi Jun-doo  South Korea	Head coach Oh Nam-hun
Legend: (I) Inactive (S) Suspended (2W) Two-way player Substitute Injury / Illness	Latest roster transaction: June 19, 2019.

Transactions

Transactions of/for players on the roster during the 2019 regular season:

• On February 22, Mayhem signed Caleb "Mcgravy" McGarvy. ^[27]
• On May 10, Mayhem traded Caleb "Mcgravy" McGarvy, Russell "FCTFCTN" Campbell, ^{[lower-alpha 1]} and Johannes "Shax" Nielsen ^{[lower-alpha 1]} to Los Angeles Valiant in exchange for Koo "Fate" Pan-seung. ^[12]
• On May 13, Mayhem signed Lee "Byrem" Seong-ju. ^[13]
• On May 29, Mayhem released Damon "Apply" Conti. ^[14]
• On June 2, Mayhem released Kevyn "TviQ" Lindström and Kim "SNT" Sung-hoon. ^{[15] [16]}
• On June 17, Mayhem signed Park "RaiN" Jae-ho. ^[17]
• On June 19, Mayhem signed Lee "Gargoyle" Beom-jun, Choi "DPI" Yong-joon, and Choi "Karayan" San-ha. ^[18]

Standings

Record by stage

Stage	Pld	W	L	Pct	MW	ML	MT	MD	Pos
1	7	1	6	.143	9	21	1	-12	19
2	7	0	7	.000	6	21	1	-15	19
3	7	1	6	.143	4	23	1	-19	18
4 [lower-alpha 2]	7	4	3	.571	17	10	2	+7	6
Overall	28	6	22	.214	36	75	5	-39	20
Qualified for playoffs •  Qualified for play-in tournament

League

2019 Overwatch League standings v t e
#	Team	Division	W	L	PCT	P	MR	MD
Division leaders
1	Vancouver Titans	PAC	25	3	.893	28	89–28–0	+61
2	New York Excelsior	ATL	22	6	.786	28	78–38–3	+40
Wild cards
3	San Francisco Shock	PAC	23	5	.821	28	92–26–0	+66
4	Hangzhou Spark	PAC	18	10	.643	28	64–52–4	+12
5	Los Angeles Gladiators	PAC	17	11	.607	28	67–48–3	+19
6	Atlanta Reign	ATL	16	12	.571	28	69–50–1	+19
Play-in tournament
7	London Spitfire	ATL	16	12	.571	28	58–52–6	+6
8	Seoul Dynasty	PAC	15	13	.536	28	64–50–3	+14
9	Guangzhou Charge	PAC	15	13	.536	28	61–57–1	+4
10	Philadelphia Fusion	ATL	15	13	.536	28	57–60–3	-3
11	Shanghai Dragons	PAC	13	15	.464	28	51–61–3	-10
12	Chengdu Hunters	PAC	13	15	.464	28	55–66–1	-11
Did not qualify for playoffs
13	Los Angeles Valiant	PAC	12	16	.429	28	56–61–4	-5
14	Paris Eternal	ATL	11	17	.393	28	46–67–3	-21
15	Dallas Fuel	PAC	10	18	.357	28	43–70–3	-27
16	Houston Outlaws	ATL	9	19	.321	28	47–69–3	-22
17	Toronto Defiant	ATL	8	20	.286	28	39–72–4	-33
17	Washington Justice	ATL	8	20	.286	28	39–72–6	-33
19	Boston Uprising	ATL	8	20	.286	28	41–78–2	-37
20	Florida Mayhem	ATL	6	22	.214	28	36–75–5	-39
Tiebreakers [lower-alpha 3]
Traded from Mayhem Academy. No stage playoffs were held for Stage 4. The first tiebreaker for teams of the same record is map differential.

Game log

2019 game log (Regular season record: 6–22)
Stage 1 (1–6) 1 February 15 Atlanta Reign 4 – 0 Florida Mayhem Burbank, CA     Recap Blizzard Arena 2 Ilios 0 2 Hollywood 1 5 Volskaya Industries 4 2 Route 66 1 2 February 21 Philadelphia Fusion 1 – 2 Florida Mayhem Burbank, CA     Recap Blizzard Arena 0 Nepal 2 4 Numbani 3 4 Temple of Anubis 4 0 Route 66 1 3 February 23 Chengdu Hunters 3 – 2 Florida Mayhem Burbank, CA     Recap Blizzard Arena 2 Nepal 1 2 King's Row 3 2 Temple of Anubis 0 2 Rialto 3 2 Busan 0 4 February 28 Florida Mayhem 2 – 3 Guangzhou Charge Burbank, CA     Recap Blizzard Arena 0 Busan 2 2 Numbani 1 0 Horizon Lunar Colony 1 2 Rialto 1 0 Ilios 2 5 March 02 Florida Mayhem 1 – 3 Houston Outlaws Burbank, CA     Recap Blizzard Arena 1 Ilios 2 3 King's Row 5 3 Horizon Lunar Colony 4 2 Rialto 1 6 March 10 Florida Mayhem 0 – 4 Boston Uprising Burbank, CA     Recap Blizzard Arena 0 Busan 2 2 Numbani 3 4 Horizon Lunar Colony 5 2 Dorado 3 7 March 17 Washington Justice 3 – 2 Florida Mayhem Burbank, CA     Recap Blizzard Arena 2 Nepal 1 3 Hollywood 2 4 Volskaya Industries 5 4 Dorado 5 2 Ilios 1
Stage 2 (0–7) 8 April 05 London Spitfire 2 – 1 Florida Mayhem Burbank, CA 4:00 pm PST     Recap Blizzard Arena 2 Lijang Tower 0 2 Hanamura 3 3 Eichenwalde 3 1 Watchpoint: Gibraltar 0 9 April 06 Florida Mayhem 1 – 3 Philadelphia Fusion Burbank, CA 12:00 noon PST     Recap Blizzard Arena 2 Oasis 0 2 Temple of Anubis 3 3 King's Row 4 4 Junkertown 5 10 April 11 Paris Eternal 3 – 1 Florida Mayhem Burbank, CA 4:00 pm PST     Recap Blizzard Arena 2 Oasis 0 4 Hanamura 3 3 Blizzard World 2 1 Watchpoint: Gibraltar 2 11 April 14 New York Excelsior 4 – 0 Florida Mayhem Burbank, CA 3:00 pm PST     Recap Blizzard Arena 2 Oasis 0 2 Paris 1 3 King's Row 2 3 Junkertown 2 12 April 18 Florida Mayhem 1 – 3 Los Angeles Gladiators Burbank, CA 7:00 pm PST     Recap Blizzard Arena 2 Busan 0 1 Paris 2 2 Blizzard World 3 2 Junkertown 3 13 April 20 Shanghai Dragons 3 – 1 Florida Mayhem Burbank, CA 1:30 pm PST     Recap Blizzard Arena 2 Lijiang Tower 1 3 Hanamura 4 3 Eichenwalde 1 3 Rialto 0 14 May 02 Dallas Fuel 3 – 1 Florida Mayhem Burbank, CA 5:30 pm PST     Details Blizzard Arena 2 Busan 1 5 Temple of Anubis 6 3 King's Row 2 3 Rialto 0
Stage 3 (1–6) 15 June 07 Florida Mayhem 0 – 4 Seoul Dynasty Burbank, CA 5:45 pm PST     Details Blizzard Arena 0 Oasis 2 1 Paris 2 2 Hollywood 3 1 Havana 2 16 June 16 Florida Mayhem 1 – 3 Paris Eternal Burbank, CA 1:45 pm PST     Details Blizzard Arena 0 Nepal 2 4 Horizon Lunar Colony 5 1 Numbani 0 2 Havana 3 17 June 21 San Francisco Shock 4 – 0 Florida Mayhem Burbank, CA 5:45 pm PST     Details Blizzard Arena 2 Nepal 0 3 Volskaya Industries 2 5 Numbani 4 3 Watchpoint: Gibraltar 0 18 June 23 Houston Outlaws 1 – 3 Florida Mayhem Burbank, CA 3:30 pm PST     Details Blizzard Arena 2 Ilios 0 2 Paris 3 2 Hollywood 3 2 Watchpoint: Gibraltar 3 19 June 29 Florida Mayhem 0 – 4 Hangzhou Spark Burbank, CA 3:30 pm PST     Details Blizzard Arena 0 Nepal 2 1 Volskaya Industries 2 0 Eichenwalde 3 1 Dorado 3 20 July 06 Florida Mayhem 0 – 3 New York Excelsior Atlanta, GA 8:30 am PST     Details Cobb Energy Center 1 Oasis 2 2 Volskaya Industries 2 2 Eichenwalde 3 0 Havana 1 21 July 07 Florida Mayhem 0 – 4 Atlanta Reign Atlanta, GA 12:45 pm PST     Details Cobb Energy Center 1 Ilios 2 2 Horizon Lunar Colony 3 1 Eichenwalde 3 1 Dorado 2
Stage 4 (4–3) 22 July 28 Vancouver Titans 4 – 0 Florida Mayhem Burbank, CA 3:30 pm PST     Details Blizzard Arena 2 Lijiang Tower 1 2 Temple of Anubis 1 3 Blizzard World 1 3 Junkertown 2 23 August 01 Florida Mayhem 2 – 3 Washington Justice Burbank, CA 5:45 pm PST     Details Blizzard Arena 2 Busan 1 2 Volskaya Industries 0 1 King's Row 2 0 Havana 3 0 Ilios 2 24 August 03 Florida Mayhem 3 – 0 London Spitfire Burbank, CA 1:45 pm PST     Details Blizzard Arena 2 Lijiang Tower 0 1 Volskaya Industries 0 3 Blizzard World 3 3 Junkertown 2 25 August 08 Toronto Defiant 1 – 3 Florida Mayhem Burbank, CA 7:30 pm PST     Details Blizzard Arena 2 Ilios 0 1 Hanamura 2 1 King's Row 3 2 Havana 3 26 August 10 Florida Mayhem 1 – 2 Los Angeles Valiant Burbank, CA 3:30 pm PST     Details Blizzard Arena 0 Ilios 2 1 Temple of Anubis 1 1 Hollywood 0 4 Junkertown 5 27 August 15 Boston Uprising 0 – 4 Florida Mayhem Burbank, CA 4:00 pm PST     Details Blizzard Arena 0 Ilios 2 2 Hanamura 3 1 Hollywood 2 0 Route 66 1 28 August 18 Florida Mayhem 4 – 0 Toronto Defiant Burbank, CA 3:30 pm PST     Details Blizzard Arena 2 Busan 0 4 Hanamura 2 3 Blizzard World 1 6 Route 66 4

Awards

On May 8, Ha "Sayaplayer" Jeong-Woo was named as a reserve for the 2019 Overwatch League All-Star Game. ^[28]

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