The out of nowhere announcement that Overwatch League would be moving from its previous home of Twitch to YouTube caught everyone off-guard. Not only did it mean a massive shift from a beloved platform to one in YouTube Gaming that is unproven, but it also meant a loss of certain Twitch-specific features for the dedicated viewer. Gone was the ability to watch individual players and their stream, as well as numerous camera options and emote options. Perhaps the biggest loss in translation and one that has continued to hover over this new season of OWL is the loss of token drops. We?ve talked about Twitch drops that players earn simply from watching streams before, but the OWL drops are different in that this was the only way to get tokens without paying real money. Well, Overwatch League token drops now return but in the most user-unfriendly, stupidest possible way.
 Tokens are HERE
This is not a drill, you can now earn free league tokens for every hour you spend enjoying #OWL2020 live matches
Check out the full details right here  https://t.co/AvQ4gAIOfQ pic.twitter.com/V5xN6RCep0
? Overwatch League (@overwatchleague) May 20, 2020

Announced today by Blizzard, the new system for OWL token drops requires viewers to watch either on the Overwatch League official website or app while logged in, not on YouTube directly. According to the post, the restrictions are as follows:

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