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Despite missing out on securing a title this season, Overwatch League released a video of the playoffs process on Tuesday. The video wasn’t made for everyone, but for some, it was informative, informative enough to have them watch two playoff matches.

Because of the frequent criticism and criticism they’ve received about the “tension,” the Overwatch League PR department felt the need to produce a 40-minute documentary to show the maturity and team cohesion, helping players and their communities overcome their issues, and basically growing.

The title, “Everything’s Going to Be Alright,” references the slogan from the “Ready, Steady, Go” mini-documentary the league released about a month ago, but the video was directed entirely by the team to “more authentically reflect what we’re doing and the fan base’s expectations,” Senior Vice President of Business Development and General Manager of Los Angeles Valiant, Fred D’Aguilar said.

During the playoffs, Blizzard Entertainment co-founder and CEO, Mike Morhaime sat in with Emily Hite, founder of WatchESPN and Reel, to give some insights into how the league is evolving and shaping up for the future.

During the Q&A session, Morhaime mentioned that of the 20 million season passes sold, $10 million went to charity. Since last season’s grand finals, there has been an increase in donations to charities that aim to put a better value on veterans, mentorship, homeless veterans, and veterans’ health care.

More specifically, the charities the second-year OWL gets donations from are American Education Initiative, Bethesda Survival Education Center, Victory Warrior, Good Boy Foundation, and Give Back Veterans.

Dave Avella, who serves as the General Manager of the Boston Uprising, gave insight into how the games have grown.

“People grew to love Overwatch and we grew to see that people wanted to play it and get involved,” he said. “Our community — we’re actually starting to form a community. People are actually friends of each other’s team, we have allies on our team. We are very organized, working on strategy, and we’re also very passionate and that’s all you can ask for.”

This team spirit was formed and strengthened even more by Overwatch League clinching the Overwatch League world championships on Wednesday.

“This world championship means so much to our league and to our team,” Valiant’s D.Va and Winston Guilford said. “We brought back our hometown title. As a team, our goals always were to win, and we felt like we could. We feel like this world championship really validates everything that we’ve been doing all year.”

One fan quipped that maybe the game was good, and maybe it was bad, but we were all still good.

“It was a difficult season and there were a lot of things that got thrown at us and we had to figure it out, and it wasn’t easy,” said Noorbay: Renken. “You wouldn’t expect it to be easy because it’s different from any other industry, and it’s really hard. You’re a part of a team, you’re competing against someone who comes out and has the same aim that you do. You’re also competing against yourself and your teammates because people sometimes forget where you came from. People forget what you’ve been through, and you have to prove yourself every time you go out on the field.”

“It’s taken a toll on me over the course of the season,” said Clint: Hammer. “As a competitor, it’s really hard. I competed in college, I won the state championship, I lost on purpose [a year later]. But this league was the most stressful, because at times, my goal was to simply compete. We all understood we were going to be successful, but we just wanted to win.”

You can watch the video below.

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