As it’s off-season in the ESL UK League of Legends Premiership right now, the memes have been pretty scarce this month – either that or our meme-hunting skills are drying up.
So with all the buzz around Overwatch right now, we thought why not round up some of the strange memes and ‘Play of the Game’ parodies that have been swarming the web instead? Introducing the eSports News UK Memes of the Month Overwatch Special.
Disclaimer: Some adult/disturbing/NSFW content. Any tilting this article causes is not the responsibility of eSports News UK; any grievances should instead be taken up with Blizzard Entertainment immediately.
To start us off, a few guys from the UK League scene made a couple that got really popular on Twitter (Cody’s was retweeted by Doublelift):
— Cody (@Coodywoo) May 26, 2016
RYUU GA WAGA TEKI WO KURAU pic.twitter.com/bbmXCgW5H4
— Sasha (@toffee) May 31, 2016
Here are 14 other general ones we found:
I’M CRYING pic.twitter.com/h83XxyeBOj
— Clemps (@MrClemps) May 23, 2016
pic.twitter.com/Bx5J7XRPUC
— Ray Von (@Howsonn) May 30, 2016
Best Overwatch play ever ???????????? pic.twitter.com/X3AUbBcGjF
— Dari (@DariuskiS4) May 29, 2016
I’m fucking done pic.twitter.com/8guWskusgp
— Pathetic Blue (@SeclusiveBlue) May 27, 2016
— waylonz (@wazhlon) May 29, 2016
Make sure you turn your sound down for this one.
I warned you pic.twitter.com/zLKlSNAiDf
— Overwatch.TXT (@OverwatchTXT) June 5, 2016
Pharah’s leaked skin looks nice pic.twitter.com/hN1fD74uue
— Overwatch.TXT (@OverwatchTXT) June 3, 2016
What the fuck is this pic.twitter.com/lZaulklJk9
— Overwatch.TXT (@OverwatchTXT) June 2, 2016
And a few more random bits we found nicked from OverwatchTXT:
pic.twitter.com/amSMLIb1Xa
— Overwatch (@PlayOverwatch) June 3, 2016
pic.twitter.com/cOJk0zKQDd
— Overwatch.TXT (@OverwatchTXT) June 1, 2016
If you need even more Play of the Game clips, Kotaku has really gone to town in this article. Feel free to share more of your favourites in the comments box below.
Oh go on then, here are a couple of UK League ones we couldn’t ignore:
@AlicusOfficial pic.twitter.com/FE4qzrGu6j
— Alicus (@AlicusOfficial) May 9, 2016
Happy to announce that I will be joining the EU broadcast team as their new Colour Caster for the Summer CS + LCS 🙂 pic.twitter.com/WxGgOudNxq
— Andy Day (@VediusLoL) May 18, 2016
The RedEye Rekt Award
Finally, our award for the best banter, inspired by eSports caster legend Paul “ReDeYe” Chaloner, highlights a particular piece of savagery this month.
Competitive UK League player Impaler burnt Misfits’ new ADC Hans Sama this month, only for Misfits’ manager Alicus to jump in and defend his new player with some banter:
@HanssamaLoL @MisfitsGG so talented 🙂 if only you could win scrims xoox
— Matt Taylor (@Impalerlol) June 4, 2016
@Impalerlol @HanssamaLoL @MisfitsGG if only you could win real games :^)
— Alicus (@AlicusOfficial) June 4, 2016
Our meme aggregation articles are just supposed to be a bit of fun, so if anything has upset you, please let us know.
Did we miss anything? Have your say in the comments section below or tweet us @eSports_News_UK
Dom is an award-winning writer and finalist of the Esports Journalist of the Year 2023 award. He graduated from Bournemouth University with a 2:1 degree in Multi-Media Journalism in 2007.
As a long-time gamer having first picked up the NES controller in the late ’80s, he has written for a range of publications including GamesTM, Nintendo Official Magazine, industry publication MCV and others. He worked as head of content for the British Esports Federation up until February 2021, when he stepped back to work full-time on Esports News UK and offer esports consultancy and freelance services. Note: Dom still produces the British Esports newsletter on a freelance basis, so our coverage of British Esports is always kept simple – usually just covering the occasional press release – because of this conflict of interest.
