Ready to compete in our Overwatch tournament? Check out the resources below to make sure your Club is prepared for the season!

This page covers:

• Overwatch IT Resources - Everything your IT Administrator needs to know about playing Overwatch at your Club Site!

• Overwatch Game License Resources - How to access the free Cafe licenses and troubleshoot any problems!

• Overwatch Compensated License Resources - How to access the free compensated licenses and troubleshoot any problems!

Overwatch IT Resources

System Requirements

List of Ports to Forward

Is your game still lagging?

Check out the Blizzard Tech Support articles below:

• "Overwatch is Lagging/I have high ping"
• "I can't connect/I keep getting disconnected"
• FPS/Performance Issues
• Running a Traceroute - Diagnose your Connection
• Running a Pathping - Diagnose your Connection
• Looking Glass - Network Diagnostic Tool
• Port Forwarding/NAT info
• General IT info
• Game Spec Requirements
• Network Diagnostic Tool
• Game is running but not launching issue
• Overwatch Not Launching

Keeping Up-To-Date

Follow the Blizzard Customer Support Twitter Account to stay updated on outages and other maintenance updates.

Cafe Game License Resources - For Clubs playing at their Club Site

To access the licenses, all you have to do is:

1. Log into your NASEF Club Dashboard and Opt-in for one of our main season Overwatch Tournaments
2. Complete all steps in the Tournament Management page
3. Under Step 3, click "Request Blizzard Cafe Licenses" and read the instructions 

After submitting your request, you'll receive an email upon approval, letting you know your licenses are ready to use at your Club site.

Have your students follow the directions below to make sure their accounts can access the free licenses on your Club site computers:

1. Create Battletag accounts (most probably have one already)
2. Attach an authenticator to those accounts, which is needed for accessing the free game licenses (we created guides for this linked below!)
3. Make sure the computers you submitted IP Addresses for have the Blizzard App downloaded (covered in our How to Install Overwatch guide below)
4. Log on to play Overwatch on one of the computers you submitted IP Addresses for

Need help with access our free Overwatch Game Licenses? Make sure you've read the resources below to make sure your Club is able to access them!

• Creating a Battle.net account - This is needed to access Overwatch
• Securing your Battle.net account - You need to secure your account to use our free Overwatch Licenses. This will show you how to add an authenticator to your account!
• How to Install Overwatch

Licenses Still Not Working?

If the licenses are still not working, we recommend this solution, which typically resolves the issue:

• Step 1: Have someone who already owns Overwatch on their account log into the Blizzard App on one of your computers
• Step 2: Have them download Overwatch on that computer. Wait for the download to completely finish
• Step 3: Have them log out of the Blizzard App
• Step 4: Have someone who does NOT own Overwatch on their account (AND has an authenticator attached to their Blizzard account) log in and try to play the game

Compensated Game License Resources - For teams playing from home

To access the licenses, all you have to do is:

1. Log into your NASEF Club Dashboard and Opt-in for one of our main season Overwatch Tournaments
2. Complete all steps in the Tournament Management page
3. Under Step 3, click "Request Compensated Overwatch® Licenses" and read the instructions 

After submitting your request, you'll receive an email upon approval, with instructions for distributing licenses to your students playing from home.

Have your students follow the directions below to make sure their accounts can access the compensated licenses on their home computers:

1. Create Battletag accounts on the Blizzard website (most probably have one already)
2. Attach an authenticator to those accounts, which is needed for accessing the free game licenses (we created guides for this linked below)
3. Have your students download the Blizzard App on their home computers (covered in our How to Install Overwatch guide below)
4. Log on to the Blizzard App using the Battletag accounts created in Step 1 to play Overwatch

Extra Guides:

• Creating a Battle.net account - This is needed to access Overwatch
• Securing your Battle.net account - You need to secure your account to use our free Overwatch Licenses. This will show you how to add an authenticator to your account!
• How to Install Overwatch