Who is The Dallas Fuel?
(We) Assembled a roster that features some of the most skilled, the most competitive players from around the world. That being said, this team's got one goal for this season, and that's to bring a championship home to Dallas later this summer.

OWL Media Day
What do we look forward to in Season 1?
"Playing on stage against top teams."
"The sheer number of matches, I think it's what I'm excited by, it's a marathon of who is the best team over the course of 5 or 6 months over these 40 matches. I'm really looking forward to seeing how teams perform and how teams develop over the course of the season."
"How to beat all of the other teams"
xQc, Custa, chipshajen


Method
How will we get there?
My plan is basically get everyone more synergized with each other, especially the newer players and maybe rekindle some synergy with the older players, and basically just scrim, grind it out, make sure everyone's got a healthy schedule, just do some more self-evaluation, have some more team meetings, where we could look at each other and just give each other our full honesty or full opinions of what everyone thinks about what went wrong, what went right after every match, something like that; I think those things will really push us forward.

KyKy


First Matches
Things were different after the first couple of losses.
In a way, we kinda needed to lose, we were just too comfortable, to relaxed and losing allowed us to see like... ok, the teams are actually catching up to us now, we're not the best right now, we need to try harder, we need to stop letting this team walk all over us. It's kinda eye opening that we just needed to wake up and try harder, because I have no doubt that I'm gonna be able to take this guys to be in top shape by playoffs and hopefully win the season. But, we really just really need to get where we all wanna be.

KyKy


Discussion
What's Going on?
"Most of us have good energy but then we had a lot of tilting going on during the game too."
"So we did exactly what we said not to do, that was the frustrating thing about that is like yeah, we had a plan set out and it was just like it went out the window as soon as the game started."
"Yeah, we make a plan and we didn't follow the plan."
"Like I think everyone knew what they were supposed to do, it just didn't happen."
"There was a mixed idea of what was going on, a mixed idea of what to do at that time."
"It's not one person's loss, it's a shared loss in the end."
The Team
How are we going to overcome this for future matches?
We're really trying to make a stronger core and really focus as a team on building up that teamwork. I think we're still really trying to put it together but, there's a very visible growth cohesion when it comes together to the squad.

Custa
However...
We practiced our whole week on communication and I felt like our practice went really well but, we didn't really account for the stage, stuff wasn't working out. I kept listening and pretty much i get everything we have been working on the entire week started to break down entirely and all communications stopped.

KyKy
This is not only from a coaching perspective, but also inside the players minds.
Stuff we noticed the most during the week of practices is we got really really really good at setting up team comms between everyone, but once we get on stage certain people talk a lot more and then essentially what ends up happening is everyone ends up talking too much, and you don't have an effective leader who you know who to follow. It's not necessarily team comms as in people not talking as much as it is people not listening or having a very clear structure on who to talk to; And that's what we started working on.

Seagull
Things are not looking good, we need to change.
"We're basically changing a lot of our practice strategies, we just wanna be more efficient, be more optimal on how we practice."
"We made some decisions that's gonna directly affect how we play as a team and as a unit."
KyKy, Custa


Conclusion
Stage 1 ended, things could have gone better.
Based on the way we came in that (The Seoul Game) was accurate and then after that we've just kinda been going on a downhill slope of seemingly confidence, moral, and everything like that and trying to boost it back up is much more difficult than anyone can imagine. We still have so much to work on and improve because we really got into a hole that we need to find ourselves out of and we just need to basically realign our whole team and maybe just reevaluate our strengths and where we need to put them. I think our biggest concern for all of us, specially myself is just winning the entire overwatch league and winning every game counts but stage 1 is just 25% of it so, we'll get there.

KyKy
To go from winning almost everything to "Wow, we took a map" is a very hard mental roller coaster for the rest of the team.

Seagull
People say it was a closer match, I would say we still underperformed a lot, I guess we were ok with winning that map but still, I don't think that really means anything to us.

KyKy
It's disappointing to lose but still an improvement. I guess the biggest improvement was that in the previous matches we had a lot of communication and teamwork issues, but a lot of them were alleviated in this matches. I think everyone is a little happier with our play, I think we sort of realized how we wanna play the game and just trying to make it work and hopefully with some more practices, more time, we can refine what we're doing because it looks a little sloppy at times, it looks a little unorganized, it looks like we don't know what we're doing which is all of the above honestly at times but, hopefully we can get rid of some of that and start winning some games

Custa
We Won 3 matches
Good but, not enough.

EFFECT
We have failed to fulfill our commitments.


Presentation
Who am I?
I am a Dallas Fuel fan.
I'm the one that cheers for you.
I'm the one that after every map won says: "That's it my doggies!"
I'm the one that yells POGGERS after every Team Kill.
But also...
I'm the one who hates to see the team lose.
I'm the one that still believes after finishing 3-7. 10th on the League.

But I'm not the only one...
Just wanna start by saying hope you guys are doing ok in practice right now and everybody is still ok, nothing is wrong in our end, we're still happy that you guys are working hard so thank you for trying to keep your heads together that's really important and like I said, come back strong I think you guys will see results immediately once you guys just figure out the game plan and you stick to it, even if we try this next game plan and it doesn't work out, you just gotta keep going to the drawing board man and eventually it will click I promise.
Obviously we need to get some wins on the board and go out and win matches 'cause going to the games and have fun and just be confident 'cause you guys are all amazing players, and I know that the wins will come and I really do still believe that we're gonna be contending for a championship by the end of the season. Just really try and get some good practices and go hard on the matches so we can have fun.

Hastr0


Addressing the issues:


KyKy's original plan for this team:

Synergy between each other. (specially the newer players).
Scrim.
Grind it out.
Everyone gets a healthy schedule.
Self-evaluation.
team meetings.


Problems that got in the way:

Tilting.
No proper plan.
Communications stopped.
Lack of an effective leader to follow.
Lower Confidence, moral, etc.
Teamwork issues.
Unorganized approach to the game.


Fixing the Issues


I think the best way to get over this moment is to re-arrange all of the team's schedule.
Focus it into a more Team-based Lifestyle. Healthier, more active, and productive.

Here's how I propose to you the new Schedule should run:



Calendar


Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
19	20	21	22	23	24	25
Heavy	Medium	GameDay	Medium	GameDay	Review	Light
‎26	27	28	1	2	3	4
Heavy	Medium	GameDay	Medium	GameDay	Review	Light
5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Heavy	Medium	GameDay	Heavy	Medium	GameDay	Review
12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Heavy	Medium	GameDay	Heavy	Medium	GameDay	Review
19	20	21	22	23	24	25
Heavy	Heavy	Medium	GameDay	Medium	GameDay	Championship
‎

Legend

Heavy
Heavy days should be High Intensive days, the next day there shouldn't be any Important.

Medium
Medium applies to the days previous to any Game Day or similar schedule. This are to end early so the Team can get a good night sleep.

Light
This applies to Every Sunday, Team needs a time to relax, de-stress, Healing. On these days, minimal training should be done and they should enjoy the day.

GameDay
On Game Days, Light training should be done in the morning, followed up by a "Preview" of their match for the day. Strategies previously practiced should be reviewed to strengthen team concentration.
Quick Warm-up just before being called to play.

Summary
This is to be the following day after the last game of the week. On this day we should review:

Mistakes made.
How we performed compared to the previous week.
Important notes if any.


Daily Schedule
A day for the team should be(Hours may vary, I hold no information so I'm not able to provide an accurate Time):



Heavy Days
7:00 AM - Wake up
Team get 30 mins to get up of bed and make their bed.

7:30 AM - Morning Exercise
Team should do a quick walk, run, yoga, cardio, etc. to start their bodies working.

8:00 AM - Shower and Breakfast
Team gets 1 hour to shower, get ready and eat breakfast.

9:00 - Morning Meeting
Team gets together and evaluates:

Who they will play against in the week.
What maps are to be played.
What players play with these teams.
How will we approach the matches.
Personal opinions.
Before we setup the plays for the week, we need to review who we play and how they play.
Some teams are popular for their Genjis, some because of their Snipers, others for Tracers, or even Tank Heavy comps.
Every team plays differently, they use multiple techniques, and a simple cookie cutter approach won't be enough to compete against them.
The team should discuss and form a strategy against every team.

We play against "x" team. maps are "a" "c" "d" "g".
On "c" map we know they might play "a" "b" and "d" players.
If this is true, we might want to approach them by countering them with "Play 1" "2" or "3".
We can use our own "Z" "y" "x" players for these roles and go against them.
If this doesn't work, we should go to "this" approach.
For map "d" do we need to change something? ok, switch our player "x" for "v".
Does everyone agree? Yes, No, Why? Do we need to change something? Another comp or strategy?

Team communication is important, so everyone gets a chance to make a contribution to the play.
Once everyone agrees with their position, it's time to work it out.

9:30 AM - Morning Scrims
Team practices the plays agreed on each map, including various "Possibilities" the enemy might throw into the game.

1:00 PM - Lunch Time
Team gets an hour of Relax and food to recharge energy.

2:00 PM - Personal Growth
Players work on their personal performance. Training Headshots, certain characters, new roles, etc.

3:00 PM - Evening Scrims
Same as morning.

6:30 PM - Daily Challenge
Every day after evening scrims, the team must separate into 2 teams. Each day a different player is to be chosen as captain for each team. The losing team must prepare/buy Dinner for the whole team.

7:00 PM - Exercise
Members are to train to be more fit. Physical and Mental health are important to the player.
Training for higher endurance, more energy, and agility will help the player Expand the time for his peak performance, reduce exhaustion and have better reflexes.
It's good that Timou started working with a PT, he shouldn't be the only one.

8:00 PM ~ - Dinner & Personal Time
Eat, talk, refresh. At the end of the day, players are left to Stream, practice or other.

~ 12:00 PM - Sleep
Players need a good night rest so that they can continue their top performance the next day.



Medium Days
Players go to bed 1 or 2 hours earlier than on heavy days in order to get more rest before GameDay.



Light Days
Sundays are to be free to the team, it's the time we can use to go on a local trip, go to an amusement park or something to get Fresh Air.
This is to increase Team morale and get a proper refresh for next week.
Any training is to be at minimum level, enough to keep the muscle memory going.

If Review Days land on this day, First is Review, then Light scrimm, then free time.



GameDay
On GameDays, the team will do a quick scrim in the morning, get ready for the match and the proper warm-up before the Game.



Review Day
On this day, we analyze our performance for the week, we see what went good and bad, and throw some feedback on it. Constructive criticism is Highly Encouraged here.

For example:



Stage 1, Week 4, Fusion, Eichenwalde
After losing A to the Fusion, we set up our defences around the corner. Cocco on the small roof and the rest of the team on top of bridge.
Carpe sees Cocco and dives with Hotba, Cocco uses jump to go back to Chips. Meanwhile EFFECT and Mickie drop down to fight the point, rest of the team joins fight and we manage to take the fight. But then...
We go back to the same positions, this time Mickie stands behind the cart.
When they come to start the fight Cocco initiates by dropping to them, use bubble and escapes the fight.
Mickie stands there and can't join him.
By initiating too early we had to back up and refresh, meanwhile the fusion got their comms ready and this time, they moved.
Dived Taimou and Harry. Down.
Chips dies in the back.
Cocco and EFFECT get on point but EFFECT falls to Carpe, Hotba and ulting BoomBox.
Probably we initiated because Cocco was spotted, so he decided to engage. They already saw us waiting for them, and now they were expecting us there, our reaction was to go in earlier than we should have. They got on our mistake and used it to engage their fight. Losing this fight took them all the way to almost get point 2.
So maybe xQc could say something to him, like tips for better positioning, or Q's for when to engage.
xQc is still a part of the team, active or suspended, so he should also be active on practice.



Another Example:
Same match, now we attack.
After pushing them to back and getting the kill on Fragi, Taimou goes inside the left house.
The fusion is inside the back house.
We see Fragi being ress'd, so we know Mercy is there too. Notice we are hidden, since they focus on the rest of the team in the middle of the map.
We shoot at the D.va and she acknowledges our position using Matrix to repel the shots if Taimou were to continue. Then Neptuno Shows himself for about 11/2 secs.
By shooting a little too early we gave our position and missed the chance to kill Mercy.
By having patience and keeping to the plan (assuming the plan was to counter PharMercy with Widow) we could have snowballed from the Mercy pick.
Neputo flies away, uses Valk and ShaDowBurn kills Taimou.

By figuring out where we messed up and improving, we are able to strengthen our weakest link. Therefore becoming a stronger team.



Addressing Leadership.


When it comes to the team leader, there are different opinions on the team:



Playing without Timou in the starting line-up makes it really difficult to have decisive calls on the game because he's such an in-game leader.

Seagull
Custa is more of the nice leader, where Timou is the Hard leader. Having someone who does that just really gets people going in a certain way on stage and it keeps people focused. You don't want to listen Timou say "Why didn't you do this?".

KyKy


First of all, we need to know difference between a Team Captain and a Team Leader.

A Team Captain tells the team what to do to achieve victory.
A Team Leader works with the team to be victorious.


Keeping this in mind, we need to find out who is the one that makes the plays, who "calls the shots"?. But more importantly...
Who is willing to give everything for the team?
Sacrifice everything so that the team may succeed.

If we get players just because they can play a position they will perform for the money.
If we get players that believe what we believe they will perform with blood, sweat and tears.
Maybe Dennis had this position. Maybe he's the missing part of the puzzle.



Team Building
The most important part of our team, is our core.
We ride together, we die together.
And consistency is how we make it.

We make a plan, we stick to it.
We do something, we do it together.
We need to trust our teammates, trust the fellow coaches.
If we don't go through it together, we will never achieve victory.
Here punctuality is very important.
Members who lack of this consistency are to receive some sort of punishment for letting the team down.
Team is the #1 Priority.
Working out together.
Playing together.
Eating together.
Spending time together.
Are some examples of how a Relationship is built, and trust gained.



Communications


In the mid-fight everything goes fast, at times so fast that we don't even know what we're going through.

When things get out of control we need to have Basic Consistent comms.
Comms stop -> Tilting starts

Tilting
Part of our training is to reduce tilting as much as possible, If we could, Eliminate it completely.
We should work on Expanding our trust, the more companionship we have, the more we can rely on our mates.

Every position has his own POV because of their positioning, 12 eyes looking on the match.

Together we share "tactical" comms and the enemy doesn't surprise or C9 us.



An open letter to the Team


xQc:
Félix, I know you had a rough start. Fined, Banned and "Smoked and Rolled".
As a fellow Monkey I know what you're capable of and bring to the team.
You're hyperactivity is your blade of "2" sides; Cheers the team and gets you in trouble. If you try to recognize when you're being over-reactive, you can evade problems that we had before. Don't give up.
P.S. Clean your room at least once a week, that is not the jungle of a true champ. Go get' em Doggie!



Custa:
G'day Mate,
Team looks up to you as a Leader, I can see that you provide feedback on the situation the team is going on and you do a good job.
In a way, you are the tip of the spear. G'luck mate.



Taimou:
Timo, dude something that is special to you is that you can play multiple positions depending on what the team needs. You Tank, you snipe, you bang, you've done it all.
Because of this, you know how multiple positions work and what needs to be done when.
It's good that you emphasize on what the team is doing wrong, so that it only happens ONCE.
Keep working hard, you truly make a difference in our team.



EFFECT님:
현, 저음 부터 엔비 봤을때 니 트레이서 스타일 너무 좋아서 엔비 팬 됐다.
요즘 좋은 하루 많이 없겠지만 이게 아직 시작이야~, 아직 시즌 1은데 시간 아직 많아.
앞으로도 팀처럼 같이 끝까지 가자.
우리 재일 잘하면 기모띠잖아~
ㅋㅋㅋ 맞이? 화이팅!



Seagull:
Bran "The Bird Man" Don.
Ever since Overwatch was released, you became a Legend and many people started following you like if you were the OW god.
Your experience on both inside and outside the game lets you be in the middle of everything and coordinate the perfect strat.
Keep doing Great!



Mickie:
Mickie, I'm sorry, I don't speak Thai yet.
You are the team charisma. You happy -> Team happy.
We need you to be always happy and share your positive feelings.
Thank you for always making us feel better.



cocco:
Chris, If there's something that I can admire about you is the playmaker you are. You see everything and just say to the team:

we do this that and Boom!

GG's You won the fight.

I like how you guide the team, and hopefully you can continue take care of us.



chipshajen:
Chips dude, I remember back in the day we saw you play Ana and it was Legendary, the fact that someone can pull those plays you do in the Top-Tier of the game is amazing.
Having you is a Big Asset for the team, Thank you for your Support throughout the Season, we need of you to get to the Final.



HarryHook:
Harry Carry Hook.
Hombre, te he visto en Healer y en dps, pero aun asi digo:

Este tio los trae corriendo como en Pamplona.

Tu como el capitán del equipo, los has dirigido a la Copa en APEX y en el Contenders.
Eres testigo de lo que que es capaz el equipo.
A los haters mandalos a su madre.
Confio en ti y espero verlos en la cima de nuevo.
No os preocupeis, que hoy empieza la Victoria!



aKm and Rascal:
Welcome to the team, your new home.
We hope to work together so we can become Number 1. Best of luck to all of you!



KyKy:
We could talk about game mechanics all day, but we know that what really matters is how the Team is guided Inside and Outside the Game.
You're doing a good job, this team trusts you, and it's only going to be a matter of time until we get back to the top.
Can't wait to see the Rise.



Hastr0:
The reason I follow this team is because I believe in the Vision we share.
We have an international roster because we believe that not everyone can become a Champion, but a Champion can come from anywhere.
Every part of this organization is tailored to reach that goal.
And seeing the many accomplishments we've had, there's no doubt this is the way to success.
Thank You.



Why I do this.
6 months ago, I decided to take a break from life.
I used to come home from work and play Overwatch, I fell in-love with the game and how Blizzard works around it.
I wanted to be part of The Overwatch League.
I spent this time so that I could join a team and to be honest, there's nothing else I want right now that to hold the Trophy at the end of the season.
My previous sport experience didn't transfer exactly to the game.
I can do a 3-pointer or Bend it like Beckham but, I couldn't get Aimbot-like aim or Game winning mechanics.
Soon I need to find a job to go on with life.
So if I couldn't get a chance to hold it on Season 1, at least my team would.



Thank you.



#BurnBlue

Edit: Gramar.