OverActive Media

Owl 2022 Summer Showdown

September 2022
Event Type
Esports Tournament
Venue
Mattamy Athletic Centre, Toronto, ON
Event Size
800+

SUPPORTING THE SHOWDOWN

We worked with events company Waveform Entertainment, supporting them with lighting, audio and video as the Toronto Defiant faced off against the Houston Outlaw in an Overwatch League tournament.

Challenge

BALANCING THE ACTION

Esports events are wild. Pulsing lasers, blistering graphic packages and booming audio. But the action of the match is really what's important. Our planning for this event focused on how to use our tools to generate excitement in the crowd when it was needed and when to pull back so as not to upstage the action in the game.

Results

A FIRST FOR ESPORTS IN CANADA

Esports is a big deal globally, and the Overwatch League is North America's most prominent professional league, so standard for the first high profile tournament for this emerging sport to occur in Canada was high. We helped Waveform execute a world-class 4 day event that sets the bar for all events to come.