2020 Florida Mayhem season

The 2020 Florida Mayhem season was the third season of the Florida Mayhem's existence in the Overwatch League and the team's first season under head coach Kim "KuKi" Dae-kuk. The Mayhem planned to host two homestand weekends in the 2020 season at the Watsco Center at the University of Miami and the Full Sail Live Venue at Full Sail University,[1] but all homestand matches were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

2020 Florida Mayhem season
Head coachKim "KuKi" Dae-kuk
General managerAlbert Yeh
OwnerBen Spoont
ConferenceAtlantic
DivisionSouth
RegionNorth America
Results
Record14–7 (.667)
Place
May MeleeFinals
Summer ShowdownSemifinals
Countdown CupKnockouts
Season PlayoffsNA Lower Round 3
Total Earnings$120,000

The Mayhem opened the season going 7–4 heading into the May Melee tournament, where they reached the finals before being defeated by the San Francisco Shock.[2] Florida finished the season with 14 wins, 3 bonus wins from midseason tournaments, and 7 losses to claim the fourth seed in the North America season playoffs.[3] A 0–3 loss to the Washington Justice on September 12 eliminated the Mayhem from the North America bracket.[4]

Preceding offseason

Organizational changes

In early October 2019, Florida released assistant general manager Scott "Bearhands" Tester and promoted assistant general manager Andrew "yeHHH" Yeh to general manager.[5] Assistant coach Kim "KH1" Hyung-il was released from the team a few days later.[6] On November 20, Florida announced the signing of former RunAway coach Kim "KuKi" Dae-kuk as their head coach and former MVP Space coach Kim "Dox" Min-seok as an assistant coach.[7]

For the 2020 season, the Mayhem debuted new colors, trading the yellow and red color scheme that the team had used for two years in favor of a 1980s Miami color scheme, featuring pink, teal, and black.[8]

Roster changes

The Mayhem enter the new season with no free agents, ten players which they have the option to retain for another year, and two players under contract.[9] The OWL's deadline to exercise a team option is November 11, after which any players not retained will become a free agent. Free agency officially began on October 7.[10]

On October 7, Florida announced that they would not pick up the team option for flex support Jo "HaGoPeun" Hyeon-woo, tank Yoon "Swon" Seong-won, substitute off-tank Koo "Xepher" Jae-mo, substitute support Park "RaiN" Jae-ho, and substitute DPS Choi "DPI" Yong-joon.[6] Florida's first acquisitions of the offseason were announced on November 20, when the team announced the signings of DPS Kim "Yaki" Jun-ki and support Gang "Gangnamjin" Nam-jin from Korean Contenders team RunAway.[11]

Roster
2020 Florida Mayhem roster
PlayersCoaches
RoleNo.HandleNameNationality
Damage 4 Sayaplayer (I)  Ha Jeong-woo  South Korea 
Damage 22 BQB  Lee Sang-bum  South Korea 
Damage 7 Yaki  Kim Jun-ki  South Korea 
Tank 1 Fate  Koo Pan-seung  South Korea 
Tank 20 Karayan  Choi San-ha  South Korea 
Tank 18 Gargoyle  Lee Beom-jun  South Korea 
Support 24 Byrem  Lee Seong-ju  South Korea 
Support 11 Gangnamjin  Gang Nam-jin  South Korea 
Support 96 Kris  Choi Jun-doo  South Korea 
Head coach
  • Kim "KuKi" Dae-kuk
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (2W) Two-way player
  • (I) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injury/Illness

Latest roster transaction: June 6, 2020.

Transactions

Transactions of/for players on the roster during the 2020 regular season:

  • On May 29, the Mayhem signed DPS Josh "Sideshow" Wilkinson on a 14-day contract.[12]
  • On June 6, the Mayhem DPS transferred Josh "Sideshow" Wilkinson to the Los Angeles Gladiators.[13]

Standings
2020 Overwatch League North America standings
# Team Conference W BW L PCT P MR MD STK
Playoffs
1 Philadelphia Fusion ATL 19 5 2 .905 21 59–19–0 +40
2 San Francisco Shock PAC 18 7 3 .857 21 56–17–2 +39
3 Paris Eternal ATL 15 4 6 .714 21 50–31–0 +19
4 Florida Mayhem ATL 14 3 7 .667 21 48–30–0 +18
5 Los Angeles Valiant PAC 11 1 10 .524 21 41–41–0 ±0
Play-ins
6 Los Angeles Gladiators PAC 11 0 10 .524 21 43–39–5 +4
7 Atlanta Reign ATL 10 0 11 .476 21 43–35–0 +8
8 Dallas Fuel PAC 9 0 12 .429 21 35–44–0 -9
9 Toronto Defiant ATL 7 1 14 .333 21 32–48–0 -16
10[lower-alpha 1] Houston Outlaws ATL 6 0 15 .286 21 32–50–3 -18
11[lower-alpha 1] Vancouver Titans PAC 6 0 15 .286 21 23–48–0 -25
12 Washington Justice ATL 4 0 17 .190 21 21–54–1 -33
13 Boston Uprising ATL 2 0 19 .095 21 14–61–4 -47
Tiebreakers

  1. Houston placed ahead of Vancouver based on map differential.

Game log

Regular season
2020 game log (Regular season record: 14–7)
February–April: 4–4
May Melee qualifiers: 3–0
Summer Showdown qualifiers: 2–1
Countdown Cup qualifiers: 3–1
August: 2–1

Midseason tournaments
2020 midseason tournaments game log
May Melee: 2–1
Summer Showdown: 0–1
Countdown Cup: 1–1
Bonus wins awarded: 3

Postseason
2020 playoff game log
North America Bracket: 2–2
Upper Round 1 September 05 Florida Mayhem 2 – 3 Los Angeles Valiant Online
9:00 pm UTC    
Lower Round 1 September 06 Florida Mayhem 3 – 0 Los Angeles Gladiators Online
7:00 pm UTC    
Lower Round 2 September 11 Florida Mayhem 3 – 0 Atlanta Reign Online
7:00 pm UTC    
Lower Round 3 September 12 Florida Mayhem 0 – 3 Washington Justice Online
9:00 pm UTC    

References
  1. Byrne, Laura (August 20, 2019). "Florida Mayhem announces details for 2020 homestand events". Esports Insider. Retrieved October 9, 2019.
  2. Richardson, Liz (May 24, 2020). "Shanghai Dragons, San Francisco Shock win Overwatch League May Melee tournament". Dot Esports. Retrieved October 15, 2020.
  3. Field Level Media (September 4, 2020). "Ailing Decay leads Justice past Fuel in OWL playoffs". Reuters. Retrieved October 15, 2020.
  4. Weyrich, Matt (September 12, 2020). "Washington Justice pull to within one win of Grand Finals in South Korea". Yahoo Sports. Retrieved October 15, 2020.
  5. Richardson, Liz (October 4, 2019). "Florida Mayhem remove Bearhands, promote yeHHH to general manager". Dot Esport. Retrieved October 9, 2019.
  6. Richardson, Liz (October 7, 2019). "Florida Mayhem release 5 players, assistant coach". Dot Esports. Retrieved October 9, 2019.
  7. Peres, Pedro (November 19, 2019). "Florida Mayhem sign Kuki as head coach". Dot Esports. Retrieved November 20, 2019.
  8. Duwe, Scott (January 6, 2020). "Florida Mayhem reveals new hot pink color scheme". Dot Esports. Retrieved January 6, 2020.
  9. Morello, Matt (July 30, 2019). "2020 Team Needs and Player Contract Status". Overwatch League. Retrieved October 19, 2019.
  10. Richardson, Liz (October 4, 2019). "Overwatch League reveals player contract status for entire league". Dot Esports. Retrieved October 10, 2019.
  11. Czar, Michael (November 20, 2019). "Florida Mayhem signs RunAway players Yaki and Gangnamjin". Daily Esports. Retrieved November 20, 2019.
  12. Miller, Chris (May 29, 2020). "Overwatch League: Joshua 'Sideshow' Wilkinson Gets Picked Up By Florida Mayhem". Happy Gamer. Retrieved October 15, 2020.
  13. Howard, Brandon (June 8, 2020). "Florida Mayhem Trade Sideshow To Los Angeles Gladiators". TheGamer. Retrieved October 15, 2020.
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