Summary of stream from caster/team owner Chen

Original post: http://nga.178.com/read.php?tid=16247120&rand=479



Regarding OWL:

1. Production for the OWL Chinese stream is basically complete but not allowed to be revealed (I guess this isn't really relevant for the English community)

2. There should be a preseason, but the schedule is unknown. All casters have been are to return to Shanghai by Feb 8, probably for a preseason.



Regarding Contenders:

1. Production for Contenders is currently unknown.

2. How many teams will qualify for Contenders from Trials will be confirmed and informed to the teams by today.

3. There is a region lock in 2019, where teams can have at most 3 foreign imports. For the Chinese region, HK/TW/Macau players *do not* count as imports.

4. All Trials matches will be streamed.

5. All casters will stream on their own sites (not the official site). All casters will observe on their own.

6. Zhanqi will be hosting another tournament in 2019, other than LanStory Cup.



Regarding Laboratory (the team that he owns):

1. They found a sponsor (HAS T1W FOUND ONE YET?????) and will be moving their entire team to an offline base (previously only some members were at the offline base). If they don't make it out of Trials, they will grind their way through Open Division at the offline base. Their offline base located in Shanghai is currently undergoing some renovations.

2. Their goal in 2019 is to produce results after scouting for talent in 2018. They will have foreign imports. They might continue scouting for players, but these players will play online in a separate team.

3. To improve team stability, the online team might be contracted and be paid a salary. This is to prevent some problems from re-occurring back in 2018. (I think I know what situation he's referring to, but I won't mention it here)

4. 4 members from ReStart have been transferred to LAB due to the new region lock rules: WonZ, Raphael, Azt2c, WinWinQ.

5. Their Trials roster is: WonZ, Raphael, Azt2c, WinWinQ, Xushu (ex-SHD and LYB), YouNai (ex-Team CC and caster), izumi (ex-LGE), Fengyan (ex-LYB, RS, MSC). This is only their Trials roster. There will be roster changes in the future.

6. If scheduling permits, YouNai will be both a caster and a player. Otherwise, he will leave the team and be a full-time caster.

7. Legend Young Beyond has disbanded after not qualifying for Trials.

8. Chen will not stay as LAB's coach. He will remain as owner and look for a new coach.

9. LAB will not conduct any more open trials due to the change in goals for 2019.

10. Their sponsor is not known by many people.

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