Jacob Brawders

@Jesse_Twinsalty Love you bro, amazing casting from you two

I'll have more to say tomorrow about the OWC LAN event as a whole, but what a weekend for Collegiate Overwatch. Unreal viewership, fantastic games and storylines, and a great reminder that the OW community is such a magical place. Love you all 🧡

Let's crown a new champion for Collegiate Overwatch! @TinyShiny19 and I will take you through the OWCC Open and Varsity Grand Finals live from Orlando! ttv / OW_Esports

It’s a great day for Collegiate Overwatch ☀️ Live with #NACEGF2026 in Orlando for the Varsity Playoff bracket with @Jesse_Twinsalty!! ttv / ow_esports

We are live in Orlando for Day 1 of the OWC / NACE LAN!! We got five games today as we will go from eight teams down to our two finalists. And did I mention !drops???

Sadly, at no point in the process of my potential return as talent do I believe that CSMG handled things correctly or professionally. Here is the timeline from my perspective: -Post CECC 2025, payment issues arise, forcing talent to demand payments or deal with the legal consequences of breached contracts. -Payment issues are solved with CSMG promising not to have this problem in the future. -The cycle restarts, CSMG reaches out to me and other talent to help with preliminary work like seeding for qualifiers, as I have done for them every year in the past. -CSMG then posts an announcement, "Looking for student talent", blindsiding me and all other talent. -I asked for clarification on the post and am told definitively that student talent would not be replacing industry talent and "official talent positions" would still remain. -Time passes, qualifiers continue, and eventually, I am given an offer for CECC 2026. -In said offer, rates do not change, but additional work is asked for, and no late fee or guarantees of timely payments are included. I ask for clarification and am put into a group DM with the talent manager to ask questions. -After almost a week without response, I get a meeting with the talent manager for CECC 2026, only to have my meeting cancelled 2 hours later, citing "internal adjustments to our planning". -Over 2 weeks pass by without any update. I ask multiple times for clarifications or updates, without any given. -Finally, my offer is officially rescinded, over a month after the initial offer was made. The primary reason cited is "to focus primarily on providing work opportunities for collegiate students", something I asked about at the very beginning of this process almost 2 months prior, and was assured would not happen. I am devastated to not return to CECC, as I have worked at every single CECC since 2022. This event is one of the most important and prestigious LANs in collegiate esports, and the honor of working on it yearly is not lost on me. So, to be so uncemoniously left off the roster of talent this year is painful beyond words. CSMG and the CECC staff showed almost no professionalism throughout this process. Again, to say I am disappointed and frustrated is an understatement; I am appalled by how this entire process was handled.

I will not be casting CECC this year. After 3 years of working an event I look forward to every year, a request for a late fee added into a contract was a step too far, apparently Tier 2 is sparse in RL Esports as the market adjusts from admittedly inflated event budgets. Amongst all of that, CECC was a well-funded machine that was an oasis in the desert: an event emblematic of what collegiate esports can become at scale To know my tenure is over has devastated me. I wasn't prepared for how much I'd be affected by knowing I won't see the fellow talent I adore, the players I revere, and the production crew I respect for putting on this show the past 3 years I've assisted This has been a brutal year for me, I won't lie. I can handle that, but not seeing my friends in Waco really stings. I wish them the best, and hope we can be connected again soon 💙

I will not be returning for CECC 2026. I asked for structure. I asked for accountability. I asked for something sustainable. They chose not to build it. Hopefully one day they can.

After a brief break from the ASIA and AMER Conference Cups, the packed EMEA Conference Cup for the 2026 Overwatch World Cup has kicked off! 🧵Here's what you need to know about the 18 teams competing to be one of the five teams that make the EMEA Online Qualifier:

Stoked to be heading down to Full Sail next weekend for the end of the OWCC Open and Varsity seasons! For the first time since 2019, OW Collegiate will crown its champion on LAN!

The 2026 OW World Cup - Conference Cups begin tonight! In the Americas region, nine teams will battle for three slots in the next phase. But who will survive? 🧵Here's what you need to know about each team before the action kicks off tonight:

It's an honor to be one of your casters for the Team USA OWWC trials! Massive thank you to the entire USA committee for the opportunity, and Tiny and I will see you on the broadcast next week!

OWCC OPEN SUPERWEEKEND DAY 1 WINNERS AND LOSERS! - #2 Northwood take down #1 Winthrop - Northeastern continue fantastic run against fellow bubble teams - Forfeits galore cast shadow over event - #19 Oakland's rough week continued Honorable mentions are below!

MASSIVE DAY 1 OF OWCC OPEN SUPERWEEKEND! - #2 Northwood sweep #1 Winthrop - #3 Fisher, #4 St. Clair, #5 BSCVA round out 6-0 teams - #8 Utah, Warner in trouble of possibly missing the knockout stage - Upsets galore in mid-field set up chaotic end to swiss stage tomorrow

@AnnieAgar As a Raider fan who is living in Wisconsin, this is truly my worst nightmare if this ends up being true.

my twitter rn is basically every bears fan ever and some new rumor about getting maxx crosby.

FRESH WINNERS AND LOSERS! - Arcadia shock everyone with sweep over #6 NC State - #15 BCU continue to roll, win CECC Midwest Regional - #17 GT continue to slide - #19 Warner drop OWCC Open game to Texas Tech (Dis)honorable mentions are below!

Early fireworks in OWCC Open, chaos brewing in Varsity Everything you need to know from the first month of collegiate Overwatch. 👇👇👇 owtv.gg/news/owcc-open…

NEW COLLEGIATE WINNERS AND LOSERS! - Winthrop Acad make major Top 25 push with sweep over #17 GT - #9 Utah remain consistent, put away Syracuse and #14 UT Dallas - Georgia Tech, CSUDH have slow starts to OWCC Open (Dis)honorable mentions are below!

If you're just getting into OW Collegiate and don't know who to root for, here's the story for you! It is easily the longest story I've ever written and I hope everyone enjoys it!

A new era of Overwatch Collegiate has arrived... 👑 @TinyShiny19 and @Jesse_Twinsalty fill you in on winter roster moves & which teams are poised to take the throne this semester. Link to the full video ⬇️