2018 Florida Mayhem season

The 2018 Florida Mayhem season was the first season of the Florida Mayhem's existence in the Overwatch League. The team ended the 2018 regular season with a 7–33 record, second-to-last in the League, and did not qualify for any of the playoffs.

2018 Florida Mayhem season
Head coach	Vytis Lasaitis
Owner	Ben Spoont
Results
Record	7–33 (.175)
Place	Atlantic: 6th League: 11th
Stage 1 Playoffs	Did not qualify
Stage 2 Playoffs	Did not qualify
Stage 3 Playoffs	Did not qualify
Stage 4 Playoffs	Did not qualify
Season Playoffs	Did not qualify
OWL All-Stars	1 Sayaplayer (Ha Jeong-woo)
Total Earnings	$25,000

Preceding offseason

Head coach Vytis "Mineral" Lasaitis.

The Misfits rebranded to the Florida Mayhem on November 2, 2017; therefore, the team had the following six players already signed.[1]

• Kevin "TviQ" Lindström
• Andreas "Logix" Berghmans
• Aleksi "Zuppeh" Kuntsi
• Sebastian "Zebbosai" Olsson
• Johan "CWoosH" Klingestedt
• Tim "Manneten" Bylund

Regular season

Review

On May 2, head coach Vytis “Mineral” Lasaitis temporarily stepped down from his position, citing that he had been experiencing "various health issues” and burnout since stage two. Assistant coach Choi “r2der” Hyun-jin and analyst Albert Yeh lead the team in his absence until his return at the beginning of Stage 4.[2] The team ended the 2018 regular season with a 7–33 record, second-to-last in the League (ahead of only the winless Dragons).[3] Florida did not qualify for any of the Stage Playoffs, and did not quality for the Season Playoffs.

Final roster

2018 Florida Mayhem roster
Players	Coaches
Role No. Handle Name Nationality Previous team Damage 2 TviQ  Lindström, Kevin   Sweden  Misfits  Damage 4 Sayaplayer  Ha Jeong-woo  South Korea  Meta Athena  Damage 22 Logix  Berghmans, Andreas   Belgium  Misfits  Tank 13 aWesomeGuy  Kim, Sung-Hoon   South Korea  Meta Athena  Support 7 Zuppeh  Kuntsi, Aleksi   Finland  Misfits  Support 56 Zebbosai  Olsson, Sebastian   Sweden  Misfits  Flex 3 CWoosH  Klingestedt, Johan   Sweden  Misfits  Flex 9 Manneten  Bylund, Tim   Sweden  Misfits  Flex 19 zappis  Alakurtti, Joonas   Finland  Team Gigantti	Head coach Vytis Lasaitis Legend (C) Team captain (2W) Two-way player (I) Inactive (S) Suspended Injury/Illness Latest roster transaction: February 13, 2018.

Transactions

Transactions of/for players on the roster during the 2018 regular season:

• On February 1, Mayhem signed Joonas "zappis" Alakurtti.[4]
• On February 13, Mayhem signed Ha "Sayaplayer" Jeong-Woo and Kim "aWesomeGuy" Sung-Hoon.[5]

Standings

Record by stage

Stage	Pld	W	L	Pct	MW	ML	MT	MD	Pos
1	10	1	9	.100	9	31	1	-22	11
2	10	3	7	.300	15	27	1	-12	10
3	10	2	8	.200	11	28	2	-17	10
4	10	1	9	.100	7	34	1	-27	11
Overall	40	7	33	.175	42	120	5	-78	11
Qualified for playoffs

League

2018 Overwatch League standings
#	Team	Division	W	L	PCT	P	MR	MD	STK
Division leaders
1	New York Excelsior	ATL	34	6	.850	40	126–43–4	+83	W1
2	Los Angeles Valiant	PAC	27	13	.675	40	100–64–7	+36	L1
Wild cards
3	Boston Uprising	ATL	26	14	.650	40	99–71–3	+28	W4
4	Los Angeles Gladiators	PAC	25	15	.625	40	96–72–3	+24	W5
5[lower-alpha 1]	London Spitfire	ATL	24	16	.600	40	102–69–3	+33	L1
6[lower-alpha 1]	Philadelphia Fusion	ATL	24	16	.600	40	93–80–2	+13	W1
Did not qualify for playoffs
7[lower-alpha 2]	Houston Outlaws	ATL	22	18	.550	40	94–77–2	+17	L1
8[lower-alpha 2]	Seoul Dynasty	PAC	22	18	.550	40	91–78–3	+13	L1
9	San Francisco Shock	PAC	17	23	.425	40	77–84–5	-7	W1
10	Dallas Fuel	PAC	12	28	.300	40	58–100–7	-42	W1
11	Florida Mayhem	ATL	7	33	.175	40	42–120–5	-78	L3
12	Shanghai Dragons	PAC	0	40	.000	40	21–141–2	-120	L40
Tiebreakers
London placed ahead of Philadelphia based on map differential. Houston placed ahead of Seoul based on map differential.

Game log

Preseason

2018 preseason game log
Preseason (0–2) 1 December 6 Florida Mayhem 1 – 3 San Francisco Shock Burbank, CA 2 December 9 Florida Mayhem 1 – 3 Dallas Fuel Burbank, CA

Regular season

2018 game log (Overall record: 7–33)
Stage 1 (1–9) 1 January 11 London Spitfire 3 – 1 Florida Mayhem Burbank, CA 2 January 12 Florida Mayhem 0 – 4 Boston Uprising Burbank, CA 3 January 17 Florida Mayhem 0 – 4 Seoul Dynasty Burbank, CA 4 January 19 Shanghai Dragons 0 – 4 Florida Mayhem Burbank, CA 5 January 25 Houston Outlaws 4 – 0 Florida Mayhem Burbank, CA 6 January 27 Los Angeles Valiant 3 – 1 Florida Mayhem Burbank, CA 7 January 31 Florida Mayhem 1 – 3 Los Angeles Gladiators Burbank, CA 8 February 02 San Francisco Shock 4 – 0 Florida Mayhem Burbank, CA 9 February 08 Florida Mayhem 0 – 4 New York Excelsior Burbank, CA 10 February 10 Florida Mayhem 2 – 3 Philadelphia Fusion Burbank, CA
Stage 2 (3–7) 11 February 22 New York Excelsior 3 – 1 Florida Mayhem Burbank, CA 12 February 24 Philadelphia Fusion 4 – 0 Florida Mayhem Burbank, CA 13 March 01 Florida Mayhem 1 – 3 London Spitfire Burbank, CA 14 March 02 Boston Uprising 4 – 0 Florida Mayhem Burbank, CA 15 March 09 Florida Mayhem 2 – 3 Houston Outlaws Burbank, CA 16 March 10 Florida Mayhem 3 – 2 Dallas Fuel Burbank, CA 17 March 15 Florida Mayhem 3 – 1 Los Angeles Valiant Burbank, CA 18 March 16 Los Angeles Gladiators 2 – 1 Florida Mayhem Burbank, CA 19 March 21 Florida Mayhem 3 – 2 San Francisco Shock Burbank, CA 20 March 23 Seoul Dynasty 3 – 1 Florida Mayhem Burbank, CA
Stage 3 (2–8) 21 April 05 Florida Mayhem 0 – 4 New York Excelsior Burbank, CA 22 April 07 Florida Mayhem 1 – 3 Philadelphia Fusion Burbank, CA 23 April 12 London Spitfire 3 – 0 Florida Mayhem Burbank, CA 24 April 14 Florida Mayhem 2 – 3 Boston Uprising Burbank, CA 25 April 19 Houston Outlaws 3 – 1 Florida Mayhem Burbank, CA 26 April 20 Florida Mayhem 3 – 1 Shanghai Dragons Burbank, CA 27 April 25 Dallas Fuel 1 – 3 Florida Mayhem Burbank, CA 28 April 27 Los Angeles Valiant 3 – 1 Florida Mayhem Burbank, CA 29 May 02 Florida Mayhem 0 – 3 Los Angeles Gladiators Burbank, CA 30 May 03 San Francisco Shock 4 – 0 Florida Mayhem Burbank, CA
Stage 4 (1–9) 31 May 17 New York Excelsior 3 – 0 Florida Mayhem Burbank, CA 32 May 19 Philadelphia Fusion 4 – 0 Florida Mayhem Burbank, CA 33 May 23 Florida Mayhem 1 – 3 Los Angeles Valiant Burbank, CA 34 May 24 Los Angeles Gladiators 4 – 0 Florida Mayhem Burbank, CA 35 June 01 Florida Mayhem 2 – 3 Seoul Dynasty Burbank, CA 36 June 02 Florida Mayhem 1 – 3 Houston Outlaws Burbank, CA 37 June 06 Shanghai Dragons 2 – 3 Florida Mayhem Burbank, CA 38 June 08 Florida Mayhem 0 – 4 Dallas Fuel Burbank, CA 39 June 14 Florida Mayhem 0 – 4 London Spitfire Burbank, CA 40 June 16 Boston Uprising 4 – 0 Florida Mayhem Burbank, CA

References

1. "Florida Mayhem is Overwatch League's newest team". Dot Esports. November 2, 2017.
2. Carpenter, Nicole (May 2, 2018). "Florida Mayhem coach temporarily steps down from Overwatch League team". Dot Esports. Retrieved March 17, 2019.
3. Nash, Anthony (28 June 2018). "Good, bad, and ugly from the Florida Mayhem regular season". Overwatch Wire. Archived from the original on 10 July 2018. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
4. Carpenter, Nicole (February 1, 2018). "Florida Mayhem sign tank player Zappis to Overwatch League team". Dot Esports.
5. Breslau, Rod (February 13, 2018). "Florida Mayhem to pick up Sayaplayer and aWesomeGuy, sources say". ESPN.