{"id":1114,"date":"2025-07-24T16:18:45","date_gmt":"2025-07-24T16:18:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.declareitspiritwear.com\/?p=1114"},"modified":"2025-08-07T13:57:28","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T13:57:28","slug":"blockchain-company-sign-enters-overwatch-2-through-ntmr-joint-venture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.declareitspiritwear.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/24\/blockchain-company-sign-enters-overwatch-2-through-ntmr-joint-venture\/","title":{"rendered":"Blockchain company Sign enters Overwatch 2 through NTMR joint venture"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"602\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" alt=\"Sign Esports Club logo for Overwatch 2 team in OWCS 2025, featuring Ramattra, Lucio, and Cassidy\" class=\"wp-image-197909 lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.declareitspiritwear.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/NTMR-Sign-Esports-Club-OWCS-team-large.png\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Image credit: Sign<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-6894a898b7953\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n<p>Blockchain company <strong>Sign <\/strong>has <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ethsign\/status\/1948382926367760812\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">officially announced <\/a>that it has entered a &#8216;strategic partnership&#8217; with esports club <strong>NTMR <\/strong>to launch the <strong>Sign Esports Club<\/strong> for Overwatch 2.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-6894a898b7fb5\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n<p>NTMR&#8217;s team for the hero shooter will now compete under Sign in the upcoming <strong>Overwatch Champions Series<\/strong> (OWCS) <a href=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/2025\/07\/owcs-2025-midseason-championship-preview-crazy-raccoon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mid-Season Championship<\/a> this year.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"keep-reading \" id=\"kr-6894a898b8da2\">\n<div class=\"heading section__title \"><span>Keep Reading<\/span><\/div>\n<ul class=\"d-flex flex-column\">\n<li id=\"post-197620\"><a href=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/2025\/07\/overwatch-2-season-17-midseason-update-wuyang-trial-flashpoint\">Overwatch 2 Season 17 midseason update: Wuyang hero trial date, Flashpoint map rework<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"post-197444\"><a href=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/2025\/07\/owcs-launches-new-team-packs-ahead-of-midseason-championship\">OWCS launches new Team Packs ahead of Midseason Championship<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"post-197046\"><a href=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/2025\/07\/blizzard-reveals-how-overwatch-2-matchmaking-works\">Blizzard reveals how Overwatch 2 matchmaking works<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-6894a898b9b1e\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Sign_Esports\/status\/1948382502604931188\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Further details<\/a> shared by Sign Esports reveal that the Overwatch 2 team will be competing in new Sign orange jerseys and will officially play as Sign Esports in the <strong>Esports World Cup<\/strong> (EWC) at Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-6894a898ba157\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n<p>This follows <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NTMRgg\/status\/1945906369686561125\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">NTMR&#8217;s announcement online<\/a> that it will be loaning its Overwatch 2 team to Sign, which will then return the roster to the organisation once <a href=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/2025\/07\/which-teams-have-qualified-for-owcs-stage-3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">OWCS Stage 3<\/a> begins. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-6894a898ba747\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Fl4kDrift\/status\/1945911398367699117\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">response on X<\/a>, <strong>Jack &#8216;Fl4k&#8217; Ketchum, General Manager and CEO of NTMR<\/strong>, said: &#8220;I am really sorry to the NTMR supporters. Had to do what was best for the team, their performance at EWC, and their future as pros. I will be continuing to support them during this loan. I hope they have a great time practising in Korea and kill it at the event!&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-6894a898bad56\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n<p>He also clarified in a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Fl4kDrift\/status\/1946012865762079216\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">comment <\/a>that the Overwatch 2 roster will be travelling to Korea for a bootcamp to practice ahead of the EWC tournament.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-6894a898bb34a\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n<p>What will happen to Sign Esports after the international competition was not revealed in the post. However, Sign Esports stated that this was &#8216;the beginning of a new frontier,&#8217; and that it was looking to achieve &#8216;ambitious objectives in multiple areas.&#8217;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-6894a898bb948\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n<p>Whether the organisation will continue to compete in esports post OWCS Mid-Season, or expand to other competitive games, remains to be seen. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"esi-paragraph-6894a898bbf50\" class=\"esi-paragraph \">\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/2025\/07\/owcs-stage-2-midseason-format-schedule-teams-and-more\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">OWCS Mid-Season Championship<\/a> is scheduled to take place during EWC from July 31st to August 3rd, 2025. The top teams that qualified from Stage 2 will go head-to-head for the lion&#8217;s share of a $1m (~\u00a3739,000) prize pool and earn the champion title. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\/2025\/07\/sign-ntmr-overwatch-2-joint-venture\">Blockchain company Sign enters Overwatch 2 through NTMR joint venture<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/esportsinsider.com\">Esports Insider<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image credit: Sign Blockchain company Sign has officially announced that it has entered a &#8216;strategic partnership&#8217; with esports club NTMR to launch the Sign Esports Club for Overwatch 2. NTMR&#8217;s team for the hero shooter will now compete under Sign in the upcoming Overwatch Champions Series (OWCS) Mid-Season Championship this year. Keep Reading Overwatch 2 Season 17 midseason update: Wuyang [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1119,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1114","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.declareitspiritwear.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1114","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.declareitspiritwear.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.declareitspiritwear.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.declareitspiritwear.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.declareitspiritwear.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1114"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.declareitspiritwear.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1114\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1120,"href":"http:\/\/www.declareitspiritwear.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1114\/revisions\/1120"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.declareitspiritwear.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1119"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.declareitspiritwear.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1114"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.declareitspiritwear.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1114"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.declareitspiritwear.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1114"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}