Unlabelled Overwatch - Weekly Quick Questions Thread - February 15, 2017

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Overwatch - Weekly Quick Questions Thread - February 15, 2017

Weekly Quick Questions Thread - February 15, 2017

Posted: 14 Feb 2017 09:04 PM PST

In this thread you can ask all kinds of questions you always wanted to ask without feeling like a total fool.

No matter if it's short Google-able stuff or a setting/skill in-game that you don't understand or a hardware recommendation, feel free to try your luck in here.

Trolling or making fun of people in here will be punished extra harshly! Please report such behavior.

For the purpose of helping people, make sure the comments are sorted by "new" in this thread.

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Overwatch Twitter: "Season 3 of Competitive Play ends February 21 @ 4PM PT (February 22 @ 00:00 UTC)"

Posted: 15 Feb 2017 04:08 PM PST

New Zenyatta POTG?

Posted: 15 Feb 2017 11:19 AM PST

I denied a Reinhardt ult

Posted: 15 Feb 2017 09:17 AM PST

Thanks for waking me up roadhog.

Posted: 15 Feb 2017 10:01 AM PST

Jeff Kaplan gift for Valentine's Day

Posted: 15 Feb 2017 11:30 AM PST

Overwatch Hakuna Matata *amazing fanart*

Posted: 15 Feb 2017 01:09 PM PST

You reposted in the wrong teamcomp

Posted: 15 Feb 2017 01:27 PM PST

Working on a little custom skin for Tracer

Posted: 15 Feb 2017 03:18 PM PST

[META] MonteCristo is attempting to pressure /r/overwatch into being more strict on content.

Posted: 15 Feb 2017 02:35 AM PST

I haven't seen this appear at all today on the sub so i think this is really important that it gets spread around.

Earlier today MonteCristo posted on /r/Competitiveoverwatch , a subreddit designated for competitive overwatch discussion, about a petition he is trying to push on how /r/overwatch should have more serious discussion and less humour/light content on the front page. To sum it up he believes the sub needs to be more "stringent" and strict with how content goes through and he wants to get his way by having some big name pros pressure the mods of this sub into what they want rather than what WE the users want.

Now here's the problem, we have several overwatch subreddits on reddit already dedicated towards this and while yes, this subreddit is most likely the largest OW themed one here, we commonly link back and refer to /r/Competitiveoverwatch and /r/OverwatchUniversity from time to time.

This is also not /r/leagueoflegends , /r/leagueoflegends has become notorious for inconsistent mods and rules that have ended up making the sub worse instead of better. Hell most people i know despise the sub because of the fact they're so strict on content yet let some incredibly bad trends go through all the time.

Also the remark about images being self posts is pointless, it's better to be straight forward and just post the damn thing rather than have to jump through multiple hoops, i've never understood this method since they changed the karma to count self posts.

We have 770k+ users, we didn't obtain them by being strict on content, we obtained them naturally by letting people post content that mattered to the game and was fun to watch. Hell most of the art and plays ive found have been through this sub, cutting it back/putting restrictions on it would be the complete opposite and honestly make the sub shrink.

I personally get where you're coming from Monte but this sub is a fun sub that has a lot of accessability to compared to other subs, we have 3 subreddit's dedicated to competitive talk. If all you want is more competitive talk? just ask the mods to have better accessability to the competitive subs, don't attempt to force the mods to change this one simply because it doesn't line up with your views.

TL : DR: MonteCristo is trying to use big names to pressure the mods of the sub into being more strict on content despite having 3 major competitive subs, easy solution is to just have easier access to the competitive subs.

Edit: After mulling this over, i am still greatly against a professional commentator using his postion to pressure this sub 100%, thats what happened with riot games and /r/leagueoflegends and look where that got them. That being said, i am fine if POTG's get toned down, that is fine. However, forcing other creative content to be culled or changed would greatly impact how people can grow their posts and perhaps them selves on this subreddit. McCreamy is a really fine example, i doubt he would've skyrocketted if all of his videos were self posts only.

Edit 2: Okay so after going through the comments this is what i see people want to happen.

  • POTG posts to be toned down significantly

  • Better quality control with video and image content.

  • Links directing to /r/Competitiveoverwatch and /r/OverwatchUniversity so that way people who want to discuss esports can discuss esports.

If anything that's fine, that's not forcing esports content on here. A lot of people seem to also agree that they dont want this sub ending up like /r/leagueoflegends where only esports content ever makes the front page most of the time.

I also really need to push this point forward but: please mods, for the love of god do not cave to what he wants. It would be setting a terrible precedent to change things simply because 1 big name commentator wasn't happy with how things were going. Just say no and make the changes that are more friendly towards the user base.

Edit 3: last edit for the night since I'm heading to bed but monte has responded: https://www.reddit.com/r/Overwatch/comments/5u6o56/meta_montecristo_is_attempting_to_pressure/dds0djy/?utm_content=permalink&utm_medium=front&utm_source=reddit&utm_name=Overwatch

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Weird interaction; i just animation canceled Bastions ult!

Posted: 15 Feb 2017 10:37 AM PST

"Masters requires mechanical skill, as well as exceptional situational awareness." "Okay."

Posted: 15 Feb 2017 07:48 AM PST

Looking up is overrated

Posted: 15 Feb 2017 07:51 AM PST

The most original joke in Overwatch

Posted: 15 Feb 2017 09:29 AM PST

Mercy's Achievement has No Mercy

Posted: 15 Feb 2017 10:33 AM PST

When Junkrat slides into your DM's

Posted: 15 Feb 2017 10:43 AM PST

When you're a Lucio born in a Reinhardt's body

Posted: 15 Feb 2017 12:39 PM PST

Winston could be buffed by being able to detonate his shield, just like from the animated short.

Posted: 15 Feb 2017 09:28 AM PST

I think this would be a cool way to buff Winston, by allowing him to detonate the barrier, dealing knockback and minor damage to enemies, as well as to let him start the cooldown on his shield earlier if he makes a bad placement. The detonation could be used to push heroes like Reaper (those that do lots of damage up close) away from Winston, giving him a chance to escape if needed, as well as another source of damage from him.

Also, it would be awesome to see a brilliant scientist like him somehow integrate that little problem he faced while inventing the shield in the animated short into an advantage he can use. It worked on Reaper the first time.

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Get down here.

Posted: 15 Feb 2017 06:45 AM PST

Posting this a day late, but here's my Valentine's day contribution

Posted: 15 Feb 2017 04:55 AM PST

Walking my new pet.

Posted: 14 Feb 2017 10:58 PM PST

How to properly Sombra

Posted: 15 Feb 2017 10:49 AM PST

Ready to go Whole Ho-... Oh.

Posted: 15 Feb 2017 04:34 AM PST

Whew, glad I enabled backwards wallride

Posted: 15 Feb 2017 01:49 PM PST

Never give up !

Posted: 15 Feb 2017 03:27 PM PST

Update your Battle.net Security Options!

Posted: 15 Feb 2017 12:28 PM PST

Hey all, just a friendly reminder to update your battle.net security settings! The launcher update from 2/14/2017 added a "suggested friends" function so you can connect with people you may know. However, if you have friends that have your Real ID, and not just your battle tag, your real name becomes available (as well as your btag) to those looking. This means that people you aren't personally friends with can see your real name.

You can change this from your browser or from the client:

To change from the client, log in and click the settings widget by your friends list. Select Privacy Settings and then uncheck "suggest me to friends of friends."

From your web browser, use the drop down under your name (top right) and go to Account Settings. Select the Settings option near the top of the page and then select Communication Preferences. Here's a screenshot of what you should see. And the Real ID page from Blizzard.

Even if you disable Real ID, you will remain friends with the people on your list. Only your battle tag will be shown.

Edit: Adding this b.net forum post. Looks like your real name should only show through connections done by Real ID and not just battle tags - From what I saw last night, it was recommending me people who I KNOW are not Real ID friends of my Real ID friends and that shouldn't happen. New update might be buggy with what it is/isn't supposed to show.

Edit 2: As /u/Quackingbird has pointed out, you can turn off getting suggestions as well, but you need to go to the general settings > friends & chat and uncheck "show friend suggestions in the friends list"

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No Boop For You

Posted: 15 Feb 2017 09:19 AM PST

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