Philadelphia Fusion
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Philadelphia Fusion
Team Information
OWL City:
Location:
Region:
Manager:
TheLonious, Voyager
Coaches:
ChrisTFer, Hayes, NamedHwi
Colors:
Total Earnings:
$575,000
Championships:
0
Division titles:
0
Stage titles:
0
Links
Player Breakdown
Number of Players
9
History
Created:
2017-09-20
Philadelphia Fusion is the team representing Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, in the Overwatch League.
The team is owned by Comcast Spectacor, a sports and entertainment company that manages hundreds of stadiums in North America and Singapore.
Timeline[edit]
- September 20th - Franchise is officially announced, as part of the final three franchises of the Inaugural Season of the Overwatch League.[1]
- November 1st - The Philadelphia franchise officially reveal their new name, the Philadelphia Fusion.[2][3]
- November 3rd - The team announces their 12-man roster in a video.[4]
- November 4th - The team announces their Coaching staff.[5]
- November 29th - SADO is suspended for the first 30 games of Season 1 for account boosting before being signed to the organization.[6]
- March 1st - Support staff for the Fusion is announced.[7]
- March 30th - The Philadelphia Fusion announce Kabaji and Hoonmaru have joined the organization as streamers. [8]
- April 4th - Eqo was fined $1,000 for behavior on his personal Twitch stream by Overwatch League and additionally fined $2,000 and suspended for three matches by the Philadelphia Fusion.[9][10]
- September 2nd - The Philadelphia Fusion announce the release of ShaDowBurn, Joemeister and DayFly.[11]
- September 25th - Elk is promoted from Fusion University to Philadelphia Fusion. [12]
- October 8th - The Fusion announce that their coaching staff for 2019 will be lead by Co-Head Coaches Hayes and NamedHwi, who were previously Assistant Coaches for the team.[13] Kirby's new position is not announced at this time.[14]
- October 17th - The Philadelphia Fusion announce that they have traded HOTBA to Guangzhou.[15]
Player Roster[edit]
Active[edit]
| Active Squad | |||||
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| # | ID | Name | Role | Join Date | |
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18 | Carpe | Jaehyeok Lee | DPS | 2017-11-03 [4] |
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15 | Eqo | Josue Corona | DPS | 2017-11-03 [4] |
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3 | snillo (Two-way) | Simon Ekström | DPS | 2017-11-03 [4] |
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21 | Poko | Gael Gouzerch | Flex | 2017-11-03 [4] |
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54 | fragi | Joona Laine | Tank | 2017-11-03 [4] |
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9 | SADO | Sumin Kim | Tank | 2017-11-03 [4] |
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42 | Boombox | Isaac Charles | Support | 2017-11-03 [4] |
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8 | Neptuno | Alberto González Molinillo | Support | 2017-11-03 [4] |
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17 | Elk (Two-way) | Elijah Hudson Gallagher | Support | 2018-09-25 [12] |
Former[edit]
| Former Players | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | ID | Name | Role | Join Date | Leave Date | New Team | |
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7 | HOTBA | Hongjun Choi | Flex | 2017-11-03 [4] | 2018-10-17[15] |  Guangzhou Charge
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13 | ShaDowBurn | George Gushcha | DPS | 2017-11-03 [4] | 2018-09-02[11] |  Paris Eternal
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10 | DayFly | Jeonghwan Park | Support | 2017-11-03 [4] | 2018-09-02[11] | |
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23 | Joemeister | Joe Gramano | Support | 2017-11-03 [4] | 2018-09-02[11] |  HU Storm (Head Coach)
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Organization[edit]
Active[edit]
| Organization | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | ID | Name | Position | Join Date | |
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TastyBLT | Tucker Roberts | President | 2017-09-?? [19] | |
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Joe Marsh | CFO | 2017-??-?? | ||
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12 | Kirby | Yann Luu | Director of Overwatch Operations | 2017-11-04 [5][16] |
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TheLonious | Roston Yoo | Team Manager | 2018-03-01 [7] | |
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Voyager | Becca Stadtner | Team Manager Assistant | 2018-03-01 [7] | |
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Heidi | Heidi | Chef | 2018-03-01 [7] | |
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0 | NamedHwi | Sehwi Go | Co-Head Coach | 2017-11-04 [5] |
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11 | Hayes | Elliot Hayes | Co-Head Coach | 2017-11-04 [5] |
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ChrisTFer | Christopher Graham | Assistant Coach | 2019-01-31[17] | |
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15 | Beezy | Ethan Spector | Analyst | 2017-11-04 [5] |
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5 | Kabaji | Emre Dincer | Streamer | 2018-03-30 [8] |
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Emongg | Jeff Anderson | Streamer | 2018-05-25 [20] | |
Former[edit]
| Former Organization | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | ID | Name | Position | Join Date | Leave Date | New Organization | |
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Hoonmaru | Ji Hun Lee | Streamer | 2018-03-30 [8] | 2019-02-12[18] | ||
Achievements[edit]
| Date | Placement | Tier | Tournament | Results | Prize | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | |||||||
| 2019-03-24 | 3 - 4th | Major |  |
Overwatch League - 2019 Stage 1 Playoffs | 0 : 4 | 
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$50,000 |
| 2018 | |||||||
| 2018-07-28 | 2nd | Premier | |
Overwatch League - Inaugural Season Playoffs | 0 : 2 | 
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$400,000 |
| 2018-06-17 | 6th | Premier | |
Overwatch League - Inaugural Season | 24/16 | Grp. S. | $100,000 |
| 2018-03-25 | 2nd | Major | |
OWL - Inaugural Season Stage 2 Title Matches | 2 : 3 | 
|
$25,000 |
| About achievementsComplete Results in any Tournament | |||||||
Gallery[edit]
Team Uniform[edit]
Philadelphia Fusion Team Uniform Inaugural Season
Additional Content[edit]
Announcements[edit]
- 2017-12-01 | A Letter To Our Fans by Su-min "SADO" Kim of Philadelphia Fusion (trans.
by Se-Hwi Go and Ethan Spector)
Interviews[edit]
- 2017-11-13 | Fusion Joemeister: "This year's OWWC Arguably had the biggest stage and audience most [...] of us had the privilege to play for." by Volamel of Esports Heaven
Videos[edit]
- 2017-11-01 | Game on Philly by Philadelphia Fusion
- 2017-12-22 | Fusion Journeys: Joemeister by Philadelphia Fusion
- 2017-12-29 | Fusion Journeys: Boombox by Philadelphia Fusion
- 2018-01-02 | Fusion Journeys: Poko by Philadelphia Fusion
- 2018-01-04 | Fusion Journeys: Carpe, Dayfly, and Hotba by Philadelphia Fusion
- 2018-01-08 | Fusion Journeys: NeptuNo by Philadelphia Fusion
References[edit]
- ↑ THE OVERWATCH LEAGUE™ WELCOMES FINAL TEAMS FOR INAUGURAL SEASON
- ↑ PRESENTING THE PHILADELPHIA FUSION
- ↑ Comcast Spectacor Presents the Philadelphia Fusion
- ↑ 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11 4.12 This Is How We Do It In Philly
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 Philadelphia Fusion Coaching staff.
- ↑ SADO SUSPENSION ISSUED
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 "Meet the Fusion support staff!"
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Welcome the Fusion Stars Hoonmaru and Kabaji!
- ↑ "Eqo Fined". Overwatch League. 2018-04-04.
- ↑ "The Philadelphia Fusion has suspended Josh "EQO" Corona three games...". Philadelphia Fusion. 2018-04-04.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 "The Fusion have released Georgii "ShaDowBurn" Gushcha, Joe "Joemeister" Gramano, and Jeong-Hwan "DayFly" Park". Philadelphia Fusion. 2018-09-02.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 "Elk called up to main Fusion roster". Philadelphia Fusion. 2018-09-25.
- ↑ "Staffing Announcement - The 2019 Fusion team will be led by Co-Head Coaches - @Hayez and @NamedHwi.". Philadelphia Fusion. 2018-10-8.
- ↑ "Hey guys, just wanted to let everyone know @followkirby is alive and well.". Tucker Roberts. 2018-10-8.
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 "Trade Alert: The Fusion have traded @HOTBA_OW to @OWL_TeamGZ, the new expansion team of the @overwatchleague.". Philadelphia Fusion. 2018-10-17.
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 "Staffing Announcement - We're happy to finally announce @followkirby's new role within the Fusion!". Philadelphia Fusion. 2019-01-12.
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 "We're happy to announce that ChrisTFer is joining the squad as an Assistant Coach!". Philadelphia Fusion. 2019-01-31.
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 "Hoonmaru no longer with the Philadelphia Fusion"
- ↑ Comcast CEO's son and gamer, Tucker Roberts, to head company-owned esports team
- ↑ Excited to welcome Emongg to the Fusion Stars
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