Overwatch

[Feline Darkmage]

11 minutes in and this is legit some of the worst smut I've ever encountered. Also earlier in the video Shadman gets some mentions.

edit: the fanfic at the end was a parody/joke but I still wish to die.

 

[ASoulMan]

I love how these events keep me coming back to the game; I'm a sucker for all the skins. If I weren't going on vacation soon, I'd be pumping hours in to obtain the costumes I want, like Mercy's greek outfit and Junkrat's cricket uniform. At least I got Soldier "Grillout Dad" 76 ("EVERYBODY DRINK UP!").

Embrace the Mayhem mode in Arcade is ludicrous. The typical match involves the Attacking side struggling to bring the payload while Defense goes LOLNOPE since everybody is souped up. Matches typically end with the Attackers winning after spending x amount of minutes in Overtime trying to push the payload onto the last checkpoint. It's the same outcome nearly every single time, but it's funny as hell.

I like to spam 76's healing ability, which if you have his Summer skin is a beer can, every three seconds. You're guaranteed to survive unless Ana or that asshole Mei decides to target your ass.

 

[The Fair Lady]

Embrace the Mayhem mode in Arcade is ludicrous. The typical match involves the Attacking side struggling to bring the payload while Defense goes LOLNOPE since everybody is souped up. Matches typically end with the Attackers winning after spending x amount of minutes in Overtime trying to push the payload onto the last checkpoint. It's the same outcome nearly every single time, but it's funny as hell.

I loathe being on attack in Total Mayhem. The defending side almost always has Mei, Ana and Zarya/Winston, which damn near makes delivering the payload impossible. Seriously, it's either a last-minute victory or you get curb stomped. It is fun watching everyone go berserk with their ults though.

 

[Michel]

Junkrat's football uniform.

Are you being fucking serious right now?

 

[ASoulMan]

Are you being fucking serious right now?

Well pardon my ignorance.

Cricket Junkrat.

There.

 

[Watcher]

 

[ASoulMan]

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METEOR STRIKE!!!

 

[SomethingWittyandBadass]

Huh. If you put Mercy as the devil skin, I wonder what happens if you do her ultimate on your home team of Doomfists?

 

[Optimus Prime]

Been playing Doomfist for a while, certainly tricky because he's arguably more melee-focused than Genji, but damn once you get the hang of him he's basically flying all over the battlefield - what was really interesting to notice is, I think, the way his rocket punch works is 50% of the total damage is dealt on contact, sending the enemy flying backwards, and then the rest of the damage is applied when they hit a wall or something.

Of course, the best part of his punch is the knockback. On Lunar Base playing attack Doomfist, I chased an enemy Hanzo out one of the airlock doors and then Rocket Punched him. It didn't kill him but he got sent flying over the edge. Watching a Hanzo helplessly drift down to his death because of the gravity physics outside the base was freakin' hillarious.

Also, FINALLY got a legendary event skin. It was Tracer's GBR sprinter outfit and not one of the new ones (Grillmaster is basically the best skin ever but I want Sombra's as well), but I'll take what I can get.

 

[samuraicrack]

Guess what Blizzard just uploaded.

 

[Water-T]

Guess what Blizzard just uploaded.

I am sooo looking forward from the torrents of salt that will be coming from the "WHY ISN'T MEI GROSSLY OBESE!?" camp.

 

[Watcher]

So Mercy is getting a HUGE rework

Basically now her ult doesn't res anyone anymore. Res is now an ability on a long cooldown, and it only works 1 at a time

now her ult is a new ability called Valkyrie. Where she basically has the ability to fly and has unlimited ammo and does more damage.

D.va's also getting a huge rework. She now has the ability to fire missiles and fire while using her jump jets. However her shield now works half as long meaning it's no longer able to consume all of Soldier76's ult.

 

[goma]

Mercy's new rework is already scheduled to get a nerf.

 

[Accel_Rider]

So Mercy is getting a HUGE rework

Basically now her ult doesn't res anyone anymore. Res is now an ability on a long cooldown, and it only works 1 at a time

now her ult is a new ability called Valkyrie. Where she basically has the ability to fly and has unlimited ammo and does more damage.

D.va's also getting a huge rework. She now has the ability to fire missiles and fire while using her jump jets. However her shield now works half as long meaning it's no longer able to consume all of Soldier76's ult.

Mercy's new ult sounds like Willo's from Paladins and Ruckus recently gained the ability to fire missiles too. Oh boy, I can already hear the fanboys arguing

 

[Watcher]

Mercy's new rework is already scheduled to get a nerf.

To be entirely fair the PTR is designed for this sort of experimentation.

 

[Puukalikka]

I feel like female Mercy mains get a lot of hate both in game and on stream.

Yes, I am a female mercy main. Because of this, I admit that I may be biased or overreacting. I just thought I'd share some of my experiences and let you guys tell me what you thought.

Most of my time spent on voice comms has been positive. Usually my teammates are cool-headed and motivated to win, and if any raging happens it's targeted towards gameplay, not identity. 30% percent of the time I get comments that are related to me being a girl mercy. It's usually said with a condescending tone, like I'm somehow inconveniencing them just by existing.

A few weeks ago I made it to diamond, in one of my first games while there a guy told me how every girl in this elo was a mercy one trick, how he'd started making a poll just to prove it, and how I needed to switch off of Mercy if I died. Never mind that I also play other supports and that he was actually the first to die, costing us the first point. The next round he said the same thing, even though I died the least amount of times.

Another game we were in the end screen after a victory. A guy, after staying silent the entire match, decided to type in all chat, "every single girl in this game plays mercy, not trying to hate, just saying the truth." I guess this was some sort of hidden piece of information that the higher-ups have been concealing from the community, and that it was this guy's job to say it so we could be free from lies.

Other guys will ask it like a question, "why do all girls play mercy?" I'm not against having a discussion about it, but when I enter the queue I don't want to have to be the spokesperson for the psychological workings of my entire gender. I just want to play a video game.

This always seemed extremely ironic to me because you always hear guys complaining about how girls make every thing about their gender, or how all girls feel the need to explain that they're a "girl gamer". That mentality is so common it's become a meme (mercy main btw), and sure it's a funny one, but the only times my gender has ever been brought up is when it's done by a guy, not by me. In fact, I play games with girls all the time both online and irl, not a single one has ever called attention to their gender. It's always a guy, specifically a guy who doesn't know me but who immediately feels like judging me because of the character who I'm playing.

This doesn't even touch on the amount of times that I've gotten sexual comments. It's always gross and uncomfortable. Sometimes it just lasts during champ select where a guy's like "Hey baby, why don't you tell me your kik," but there have been several times when guys have done this to me throughout the entire match. One time I got a guy two games in a row who, for the entirety of both games, made comments about having sex with me while making moaning noises. Another time a guy who I friended after a game asked for my social media, saying that he bet "my body matched my voice." I told him I didn't want to give it to him because it made me uncomfortable. Every time I logged on he would ask me for it, and eventually I just blocked him. This is the kind of stuff every girl goes through, not just mercy players.

Most of the time I just laugh it off or joke along with them because I'm afraid of standing up for myself. In the past when I've seen other girls speak up guys will say that they're overreacting or getting too offended or being "triggered." I think this is part of the whole, "toughen up" mentality that's been circulating throughout the internet lately, it's the idea that people can be mean and that other's should just learn to deal with it and stop complaining, that it's the nature of online interaction for guys to act this way. I think that part of this came from the whole gamergate thing, where gamers were accused of being sexist and they fought back against the accusation. I don't think gamers are sexist, again, most of my time in voice is positive, but I don't think that it's wrong to point out sexism or just general doucheyness when someone sees it. One time a guy actually did stand up for me when this was going on, but he got accused of "white-knighting." I think that phrase is a load of shit and that people use it as a deflect when they get called out for being assholes.

One of my favorite streamers is TimtheTatman, he's a seriously funny dude. But the reaction that people have when a girl shows up in his game makes me want to vomit. It starts off with the endless parade of "GRILL" comments. Then the others come, "another girl mercy LUL" "hah girls can only play healer," "Tim ask for her kik".

For the rest of the game that girl's every move will be scrutinized. If she makes a mistake and dies with rez she gets flamed. If she doesn't heal Tim and he dies she gets flamed.

It doesn't help that Tim just dislikes mercy as a character so he'll sometimes talk shit because of that. It pissed me off immensely a few weeks ago when a mercy was carrying the game but he gave her shit because she died with rez once. I heard him call a girl a whore (not to her but still on stream) and chat went wild over it. A few days ago there was a girl mercy on stream who couldn't play any other healers. Now, this isn't good, when you get to a higher elo it's best to try to learn extra characters so you can switch if you need to, but she DID switch to Lucio and wasn't doing well on him. Tim and chat made fun of her because of everyone's idea that he's an easy hero (he's really not).

This isn't me trying to hate on Tim. I get that everyone gets frustrated in game and that the persona he shows on stream is largely for entertainment because he know's it's funny. I also get that chat is full of trolls and people who just join in with the crowd because they think it's silly, but it just hurts to be a girl watching and seeing everyone say things like that. It's not just in Tim's stream, it's really in any stream where there's a girl. I remember during a hearthstone tournament there was a female interviewer, and the entire time she was speaking chat was spamming comments about her body. Same deal with female casters. Like, yes people joke and yes people make fun of guys too, but what am I supposed to feel sitting there and watching this happen? I don't know.

I honestly feel bad for every girl that finds herself on a guy's stream. Maybe less so the ones who choose to because they know what they're getting into, I'm talking about the ones who just queue up for a game and wind up in another streamer's match with chat constantly talking shit about her. I hit masters last week and it's honestly become a fear of mine that that this might happen to me. Pathetic? Maybe. Egotistical? Sure. The odds of me running into a streamer are low, especially one who's popular. I probably won't ever make it beyond low masters so it's very unlikely, but every time I watch a stream and see stuff like this happen to a girl I can't help but put myself in their shoes and think that it could be me.

Yes, many girls play mercy. Ok fine, most girls play mercy. You know something? Most guys play dps. In fact, if I remember correctly, a few weeks ago a Redditor released a poll that showed that most guys play genji and hanzo, and that sounds about right to me. You wanna talk about female mercies, how many games have you had with 4 dps and a roadhog? How many games have you had when the junkrat wouldn't swap to tank? How many of those players do you think were guys? Both genders have preferences, it just so happens that there aren't that many girls who play overwatch so the trends are more apparent for them when they show up.

I don't like entering a game with a target immediately put on my back. I don't like feeling anxiety and wondering if I should speak early on so people get used to me being a girl or wait until the middle of the match so they're less likely to comment on it. I don't like coughing and trying to deepen my voice in order to sound less feminine. I don't like knowing that in some way I'm contributing to a stereotype that people make fun of and wondering if I should feel guilty about that.

If you're in a game and have a girl mercy on your team, please consider how she might feel before you say anything. What you run into from time to time and feel like commenting on just this once, she gets constantly. Stuff likes this makes girls wonder if it's worth using a mic or if they should just communicate by typing. I personally will continue speaking, but I know girls who don't anymore because they hated how guys would treat them. There have been days when I wanted to play ranked but just decided not to because of how much of a chore it can be to be a girl in a game while using your voice.

Am I exaggerating or overreacting? Do I have a point? Have you guys noticed what I've noticed during Twitch streams? Maybe there are girls in here who can relate to what I've experienced, or maybe there are guys who go through something similar who would like to share. Let me know, and thanks for reading.

Grow some balls and get over it. Tumblr is that way if you want everything in bubblewrap and rainbow colored, people joke no matter gender, color, religion, culture or political views. Maybe you should just learn some real hero if you want the joking to stop.

 

[ASoulMan]

So Mercy is getting a HUGE rework

Basically now her ult doesn't res anyone anymore. Res is now an ability on a long cooldown, and it only works 1 at a time

now her ult is a new ability called Valkyrie. Where she basically has the ability to fly and has unlimited ammo and does more damage.

So Mercy's now a Support/DPS type character? The changes sound interesting

 

[Watcher]

So Mercy's now a Support/DPS type character? The changes sound interesting

This is basically a way they can combat how Mercy feels very dissatisfying to play against because she can rez the entire enemy team. It's something people have been clamoring for a while, especially since it's lead to a lot of things like Mercy being the most played hero in competitive and something called "One trick Mercys" where people exclusively play the character and get to a rank much higher than they should be, and they can't play anything else.

 

[Medici]

So Mercy is getting a HUGE rework

Basically now her ult doesn't res anyone anymore. Res is now an ability on a long cooldown, and it only works 1 at a time

now her ult is a new ability called Valkyrie. Where she basically has the ability to fly and has unlimited ammo and does more damage.

D.va's also getting a huge rework. She now has the ability to fire missiles and fire while using her jump jets. However her shield now works half as long meaning it's no longer able to consume all of Soldier76's ult.

Good. Mercy imo was incredibly boring and was very easy to do well with. I understand the game needs a very easy and accessible character for every category, but even heroes like soldier has things to learn and distinguish good/bad players. (rocket jumps, healing station placement, tracking) I still can't believe they let her rez from spawn for so long. making certain maps even worse than they already are.

Hopefully this will make her more interesting and give her some depth. I can already smell the one trick Mercy mains getting angry because they actually have to pay attention now.

 

[Michel]

I am currently in Bronze, so I do not feel that I have any right to speak about the balance of the game. However, as an Overwatch player, and a Mercy player in particular, I would like to share my feelings about the changes to my favorite hero.

When I started with Overwatch, it was mostly because all of my friends were playing it as well. I am not very good at shooters (as evident by my Bronze rating), but I loved the idea of working as a team together, towards an objective. Playing support felt natural to that.

In my first games, I just got used to the maps and controls, and Mercy soon became a favorite character. Soon as I started playing solo, I was met with a lot of resentment for not being very good yet. In Mercy I found myself to be at least "useful", instead of just a burden on the team. Sure, some people were never pleased (I might have boosted when I should have healed and vice versa), but I at least was doing my job. It was okay, but I didn't really have fun.

I still remember the exact game where that changed.

We were defending on Eigenwald. I was sticking to the point, healing as best I could, when the enemy team swept in as a group, killing everyone left and right. Our team tried with all their might, but one by one they fell, until it was just me, jumping from the back line back to my dead teammates in the front with Guardian Angel. We were almost at the bridge to the second doors, and would have lost that point. But then I saw it. The little icon of a skull in the triangle, with two little marks: "x4".

My frantic press of 'Q', and probably half the keyboard around it, might not have been as skillful as I imagined it to be at that time, but the call of "heroes never die" that followed was both glorious and exilerating!

And for the first time, my team was truly happy with me! I, the humble support, had saved the day! I rode the wave of emotion for days after that. That evening I must have spent an hour just walking back and forth and going over what had happened, again and again in my head. I couldn't wait to share it with my friends the next day. And even better, I had the spray paint to prove it! That was the moment I knew I loved Overwatch.

Since then, I've had many more moments with Mercy, but that one still tops all of them. I had saved the team, and they were elated about it, and about my contribution as a support, not just because I did my job, but because I saved the day.

As a support player, I want to make my team shine. And if that means taking a back seat and not being as "cool" or as important as a pro Genji or Soldier, that is fine. But I want my moment to shine and be the hero as well.

Saving one player by healing them in the nick of time is fun, it makes me feel good, but nothing compares to saving the entire team with a big Rez. And to be perfectly honest, I don't feel that players really even notice you save them with healing. After all, thats my job as a healer, so its nothing special to them. Nor should it be.

The new changes take my option to actively save the team away from me. Sure, I can Rez one player, and surely my input with that can be the deciding factor in the fight, but when that other team member, through my aid, saves the day, thats -their- glory. Not mine.

Valkery doesn't fix this. Flying around is nice, and boosting everything is lovely but it doesn't make me a hero. Just better at doing my regular job. And even if it made me a combat God, I don't want to be able to kill hundreds, I just want to save my team!

Perhaps it is greedy of me to want to shine over the more important heros in DPS or Tank roles, especially since I understand it may be at their expense. And I am sorry to take some of their limelight away or to ruin anothers play. As a support, my role is to aid and assist, not to be the champion who wins the match. Thats for the DPS, I get that, I really do.

But sometimes I want to be a hero too. Sometimes, I dont want to just be the buff-muff that stands behind the team increasing their healthpool to win us the war of attrition, no matter how well I do it. Sometimes, I want to be the one who jumps in and in one swoop changes the course of a battle. Not by being a badass DPS, but by saving my team. Rez is the epitomy of that...

With the new Mercy abilities, I don't feel I can be that hero. At best, I can be a star employee whos really good at her job when she ults. But I don't want to go back to the days where I was just a team member putting in my hours and filling in health pools until someone else inevitably did the actual heroics. I'll gladly take my back seat and wait my turn, I am fine with that, just give me a moment to shine and really make a difference...

Because while heroes never die... that does require you to be able to be a hero.