The Tonight Show to feature San Francisco Shock players Super, Sinatraa

The 2019 Overwatch League champions San Francisco Shock are coming to late night. It was announced that two of the team’s players, main tank Matthew “Super” DeLisi and DPS player Jay “Sinatraa” Won, will appear on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon on Oct. 7.

Hey @JimmyFallon and @questlove how about a little 2v2?

Don't miss @Sinatraa and @super_OW on @FallonTonight Monday 10/7 pic.twitter.com/3BMm0z1i5T

— San Francisco Shock? (@SFShock) October 4, 2019

The Tonight Show

Sinatraa first revealed the announcement on Twitter. Sinatraa is the 2019 Overwatch League Most Valuable Player. After the Shock lost to the Atlanta Reign in the Playoffs Quarterfinals, the team decided to practice extra hard. As a result, the team breezed through the losers’ bracket undefeated and won every match with the same 4 – 0 record.

The Shock took home $1.1 million in prize pool earnings and the Overwatch League trophy. With this momentous occasion, the two Overwatch stars will appear on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon to talk about their journey. Other talk show hosts have looked down upon esports, such as Jimmy Kimmel who has repeatedly made fun of gamers and called them losers. However, Jimmy Fallon has instead supported those in the space. This can be seen in a recent episode with Fortnite World Cup winner Kyle “Bugha” Giersdorf, as well as with Tyler “Ninja” Blevins. 

Sinatraa and Super

Andy Miller, the Chief Executive Officer of NRG Esports and Owner of the San Francisco Shock, stated they based the team around Sinatraa and Super because they could see their skills and knew Super’s personality would bring the whole team together.

While Super didn’t play in the Grand Finals, he has contributed to the team throughout the season. Both players joined the Overwatch League franchise when they were ineligible to compete because of their age, but this turned out to be a great decision. Miller later emphasized this point at a post-game press conference that he wanted to “[build] a dynasty” with the Shock. 

The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon episode featuring Super and Sinatraa will be shown at 11:35 p.m. EST on Monday, Oct. 7. Will you be checking out the live episode or watching the recorded version? Let us know what you think about the news and keep up with Daily Esports for all of your Overwatch coverage.

Rick Fox files lawsuit against Echo Fox partners

Echo Fox founder Rick Fox has filed a civil complaint against the esports organization’s business partners. He has alleged that the organization’s investors have committed acts of fraud. Fox is seeking damages of over $10 million USD in his lawsuit against Amit Raizada and Stratton Sclavos in Los Angeles County court.

Rick Fox lawsuit

In the civil complaint, Rick Fox accuses Amit Raizada of misusing investor funds for his own personal benefit. He brings up the man’s racist comments as well as deceptive business practices in the 162-page complaint. It further discusses how Raizada used investor money to lease a Beverly Hills home that cost more than $20,000 a month, along with other expenses and a salary amount that wasn’t approved.

Amit Raizada’s attorney, David Swift, responded to this. “Rick Fox’s lawsuit is a transparent attempt to divert attention from the train wreck he left behind at Echo Fox.” Swift also describes this as a way for Rick Fox to draw attention away from the fact that Echo Fox has collapsed in recent months. This lawsuit comes almost a week after the Echo Fox organization voted to expel Rick Fox, with 80 percent of the organization’s partners agreeing that Rick Fox did not act in the best interest of the business.

The lawsuit also targets Stratton Sclavos, a name that hasn’t been brought up much in the conflict thus far. The former San Jose Sharks co-owner and VeriSign Chief Executive Officer is an Echo Fox partner who reportedly took a $2 million personal loan from the company after helping raise funds. However, there is no proof that Sclavos actually misused any of the funds either.

“Contrary to Fox’s propaganda, Sclavos nor Raizada misappropriated or misused any company funds. No monies paid to or for Raizada for his services were paid by Echo Fox or depleted any Echo Fox resources,” said Linda McFee, the attorney for Stratton Sclavos. “Rather Sclavos, Raizada, and their affiliates infused millions of dollars into Echo Fox over several years just so it could survive. Fox cannot say the same.”

Echo Fox vote

This whole ordeal started when Rick Fox came out into the public and accused Amit Raizada of using racial slurs toward Echo Fox Chief Executive Office Jace Hall. Raizada would later confirm these accusations, but they still impacted the esports organization’s core business. Echo Fox’s League of Legends Championship Series slot was forcefully taken by Riot Games after Echo Fox failed to resolve the issue.

During this conflict, new information came to light about the actions between Rick Fox and the organization’s investors. The investors originally wanted to accept an offer for the LCS slot, which offered supposed greater financial gains. However, Rick Fox rejected this stance and wanted to sell to another party.

Rick Fox still remains in control of the esports organization until Oct 21, when the shareholder majority vote will take effect. Despite this going on, Rick Fox has stated that he plans on remaining a part of the esports industry afterward. Will the organization still operate as normal after this ordeal ends? What will happen to the fighting game esports players still with Echo Fox? Let us know what you think, and keep up with Daily Esports for all of your League of Legends coverage.

Call of Duty New York and Andbox to host Modern Warfare tournament

While the launch of Modern Warfare is already hype enough, the New York Call of Duty team just made it even more exciting. Sponsored by Andbox, the NYC team is throwing a $10,000 Modern Warfare tournament. Slated to run from Nov 1-3, this tournament is free to play and will presumably focus on Search and Destroy.

Though this tournament is free to enter, there’s no word on if there is a maximum team count. If you want to secure your spot in this tournament, click this link and sign up!

New York starting Modern Warfare off right

After NYC announced their starting roster for the 2020 CDL, they quickly got to work on capitalizing the hype surrounding them. This $10,000 tournament is the first large prize pool we’ve seen in Modern Warfare. Though there will be some happening sooner than this one, this is possibly the biggest online tournament for Modern Warfare before 2020.

Kicking off the launch of New York's #CallofDuty team with a $10,000 #ModernWarfare tournament.

Sign up to be first in line:
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— Call of Duty NYC (@CWL_NYC) October 3, 2019

Assuming this tournament runs similarly to others, this will likely be a single-elimination bracket. Teams of five will face off in Search and Destroy with either the best of 1 or 3 formats. Mapsets will be decided beforehand, and hosting will go to the higher-ranked seed. However, some teams might find it difficult, as professional teams will be allowed entry.

We still don’t have any competitive ruleset for Modern Warfare, so we don’t know any restrictions for this tournament. Most likely, the competitive ruleset will release a week or so before the game comes out. Last year, Black Ops 4 held a stream where they revealed the competitive rules and format a week before launch.

Make sure to sign-up as soon as possible to secure your spot in the NYC open tournament

Once the competitive ruleset releases, the format for the tournament will become clear. For now though, like with the release of Modern Warfare, we’ll have to wait a little longer.

Will you be entering this tournament? Let us know, and keep up with Daily Esports for all of your Call of Duty coverage.