{"id":1331,"date":"2016-11-24T19:52:35","date_gmt":"2016-11-24T19:52:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gamegnome.com\/esports\/?p=1331"},"modified":"2016-11-24T19:52:35","modified_gmt":"2016-11-24T19:52:35","slug":"official-talent-lineup-overwatch-mga-2016-now-confirmed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gamegnome.com\/esports\/2016\/11\/24\/official-talent-lineup-overwatch-mga-2016-now-confirmed\/","title":{"rendered":"Official Talent Lineup for Overwatch MGA 2016 now confirmed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For the first time in the history of MSI\u2019s annual international eSports tournament, the Masters Gaming Arena (MGA) Championship will hold its Grand Finals in London, as MSI brings an unprecedented, adrenaline-pumping event to the Gfinity Arena.<\/p>\n<p>The Overwatch MGA 2016 Championship, presented by MSI will have a stacked talent pool to complement the high level of competition taking place in London. Featuring some of the best known hosts, analysts and commentators in the Overwatch scene, the talent lineup consists of Soe \u201cSoembie\u201d Gschwind-Penski, Mitch \u201cUberShouts\u201d Leslie, Andrew \u201cZP\u201d Rush, Josh \u201cSideshow\u201d Wilkinson and Robert \u201cHexagrams\u201d Kirkbride.<\/p>\n<p>Competing for the top prize of $40,000 USD will be winners of their respective Regional Finals &#8211; Rise Nation, Ninjas in Pyjamas and KongDoo Panthera \u2013 who will be joined by invited guest team Fnatic.<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<br \/>\nThe final champion of MGA 2016 will walk away with a US$40,000 cash prize. Second place, third place, and fourth place will be awarded US$20,000, US$10,000, and US$5,000, respectively. The Grand Finals will be broadcast live on MSI&#8217;S Twitch channel (below).<br \/>\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<br \/>\nDon&#8217;t miss out on the chance to enjoy the live event at the arena or online.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.twitch.tv\/?channel=msigamingameu\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" height=\"378\" width=\"620\"><\/iframe><a href=\"https:\/\/www.twitch.tv\/msigamingameu?tt_medium=live_embed&#038;tt_content=text_link\" style=\"padding:2px 0px 4px; display:block; width:345px; font-weight:normal; font-size:10px; text-decoration:underline;\">Watch live video from MSIGamingAMEU on www.twitch.tv<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.twitch.tv\/msigamingameu\/chat?popout=\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" height=\"500\" width=\"350\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the first time in the history of MSI\u2019s annual international eSports tournament, the Masters Gaming Arena (MGA) Championship will hold its Grand Finals in London, as MSI brings an unprecedented, adrenaline-pumping event to the Gfinity Arena. The Overwatch MGA 2016 Championship, presented by MSI will have a stacked talent pool to complement the high &hellip; <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link btn\" href=\"https:\/\/gamegnome.com\/esports\/2016\/11\/24\/official-talent-lineup-overwatch-mga-2016-now-confirmed\/\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1331","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-esports-news","item-wrap"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gamegnome.com\/esports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1331","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gamegnome.com\/esports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gamegnome.com\/esports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gamegnome.com\/esports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gamegnome.com\/esports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1331"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gamegnome.com\/esports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1331\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1332,"href":"https:\/\/gamegnome.com\/esports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1331\/revisions\/1332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gamegnome.com\/esports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gamegnome.com\/esports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gamegnome.com\/esports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}