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VOD of Part 1 Unranked to Champ 3 winston only
youtube.com/watch?v=3Jz6hVmZ…
Changes that need to happen
Cat needs to be 200 (if they keep the movement speed buff)
Tether shouldn't be able to carry tanks like they weigh as much as a twink
D.mon needs a survivabilty nerf (why did they buff her without ppl learning her)
Freja needs to be reverted
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People are calling chazm schizo (schazm, W) but he's low-key right. I'm gonna rant, if you agree you agree, if you don't you don't.
I barely see any content creators actually express any disappointment about the state of the game. I'm as excited for D.mon and the map reworks as much as everybody else but Overwatch is becoming a shop Simulator and another Dress to Success rather than them actually caring about the game, the Esport, and it's ecosystem. It's not the competitive game I played as a teenager anymore.
We've gotta talk about OWCS, the reduction to 6 teams in the league has done irreparable damage to it, knocking Partner teams down to the second division, albeit temporarily. There's also nobody who cares about and wants to invest in the game, why would anybody? There's literally an OWCS team called "1234"... I'm assuming because they can't find any beneficial org or sponsor to actually fund their time, which is just sad. Do you think that would happen in Valorant Champions, League's top flight, or even RLCS?
This iteration of the world cup is also laughable, teams are literally begging for donations and funding to fund basic things like travel to bootcamps, and even the bootcamps themselves, since when was it the responsibility of the playerbase to fund such things? It works because they're passionate, but my god is it disheartening to see.
Playing competitive has no meaning anymore, people don't try to win as since the introduction of Challenger Score, the game has rewarded people who simply play the game more over people with higher winrates. I know I go on about this all the time, but it's what genuinely stops me from logging consistent hours on the game.
The ecosystem's a joke, promotion and relegation of Faceit league is INCREDIBLE, but they've announced that teams that are literally in LOWER TIERS of Faceit league can earn just as much as those above them, and players in the second division (Masters) work for MONTHS to eventually end up with something that wouldn't even fund one Manchester night out. Again, would Valorant Challengers, League Tier 2, or even Call of Duty Champions would survive with that payout? I also didn't know the OWCS Promotion/Relegation games were even happening yesterday until they started, and that's as someone who's pretty integrated into the community, imagine someone who isn't. There's next to no advertising for it.
Their priority went directly from trying to make a great game and competition, to trying to constantly advertise their shop for money. Probably to meet Activision/Xbox's financial quotas.
The fix isn't for Blizzard to simply throw money at the Esport, it'd help of course, look at EWC (infinite oil money glitch) but it starts with them approaching the game with genuine passion for the competition again.
It's becoming increasingly obvious to me that no content creators are talking negatively about any aspects of Overwatch because they're essentially on a "legal" undisclosed payroll from Blizzard, using the exclusive Twitch Drops system as a loophole.
Blizzard's exclusive OWCS co-streaming drops were given to 91 streamers and the rules say that "Co-streams will be monitored by the OWCS to ensure all guidelines are upheld, including maintaining a positive environment."
Then right after it says "We reserve the right to remove co-streamers from the program at any time."
Essentially they're saying "Maintain a positive enviroment when streaming our game or we will remove you from the program".
Now the question becomes: why wouldn't they just give Drops to everyone if they're already going to give them to 91 people?
Because they can add or remove you from that list at any time, for whatever reason they choose.
When streaming with exclusive Drops, you can see a massive increase in viewers and as a result revenue. Potentially up to 10x your normal viewership.
Blizzard doesn't necessarily have to directly pay a streamer or explicitly tell them to speak positively about the game, but they control access to something that can significantly increase a creator's revenue.
At any point, Blizzard could take away your exclusive Drops access, and your viewership and revenue could plummet as a result. Even if Blizzard never explicitly threatens to do that, the incentive is still there.
After not playing the game for a year or two, I came back and immediately noticed the blatant lack of quality, terrible ranked systems and scummy monetisation Blizzard has been pushing lately and yet I noticed almost no content creators talking negatively about it.
I'm not calling out the content creators for this or saying they're purposefully glazing the game for money. The point is that there is an inherent bias created by this system, whether it's conscious or not.
So when listening to or reading any content creator's opinion about Overwatch, do some research into whether they have access to these exclusive Drops. It doesn't automatically mean their opinion is dishonest, but it does mean there may be an undisclosed financial incentive and conflict of interest behind it.
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A Rising Star in #OWCS ⭐
At just 18 years old, @GOLDENPANTS_OW has earned OWCS promotion after standing out in FACEIT League and is now also representing his country in the World Cup!
Congratulations on the climb.
