{"id":180462,"date":"2019-12-03T03:00:44","date_gmt":"2019-12-02T19:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.geek.com\/featured\/-1812357\/"},"modified":"2019-12-03T03:00:44","modified_gmt":"2019-12-02T19:00:44","slug":"im-bad-at-overwatch-heres-what-i-want-from-overwatch-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/2019\/12\/03\/im-bad-at-overwatch-heres-what-i-want-from-overwatch-2\/","title":{"rendered":"I\u2019m Bad at \u2018Overwatch,\u2019 Here\u2019s What I Want From \u2018Overwatch 2\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.geek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/overwatch-2-650x366.jpg?resize=640%2C360&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n<p>Perhaps you have heard of the video game <a href=\"https:\/\/www.geek.com\/games\/witcher-3-overwatch-and-the-beauty-of-the-impossible-nintendo-switch-port-1807867\/\"  rel=\"noopener\"><em>Overwatch<\/em><\/a>. For the uninitiated, it is the game in which a bunch of delightful Pixar-esque superheroes murder the absolute shit out of each other with big guns and swords and ninja stars. That\u2019s it, that\u2019s the game. It\u2019s a billion dollar industry at this point. It is played competitively on national television. Truly a time to be alive, this is.<\/p>\n<p>I play <em>Overwatch<\/em>. I am not particularly good at playing <em>Overwatch<\/em> as it is literally the only video game I play (my friend gave me his old Xbox this year and it is the one game I bought for it), but I play it and I enjoy it and if you try to take that away from me my feelings will be deeply hurt. I love my blue murder sniper lady and the yee-haw twins and the jetpack cop with a proton cannon. They are my friends.<\/p>\n<p>As you can imagine, I was quite excited when I saw the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.geek.com\/games\/blizzard-hopes-diablo-iv-will-distract-you-from-china-1808133\/\"  rel=\"noopener\">announcement for <em>Overwatch 2<\/em><\/a> earlier this year. Like many other fans of the game I\u2019m stoked to see where the game goes, which new characters are added, and if they finally give us a story mode. However, there\u2019s more I want from <em>Overwatch 2<\/em> than a few new player skins and a proper story to play through. I\u2019ve put a great deal of thought over the last few weeks into what I think would make <em>Overwatch 2<\/em> as great a game as possible for everyone but mostly for me. Here\u2019s what I\u2019ve got:<\/p>\n<div class=\"flex-video widescreen embed\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yBeWUYvE-iU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h3>EVERYONE ON THE VOICE CHANNEL HAS TO BE NICE TO ME<\/h3>\n<p>A great woman once said, \u201cEverybody makes mistakes, everybody has those days, everybody knows what, what I\u2019m talkin\u2019 bout, everybody gets that way.\u201d Reader, I make mistakes often when playing <em>Overwatch<\/em> and oftentimes I am berated for it by strange children via the voice channel. It hurts me. It hurts me to be told that I \u201csuck shit\u201d and need to \u201cstop playing like a little bitchass\u201d by people who have never met me and don\u2019t know that I\u2019m actually really cool (I own two leather jackets and a Force FX lightsaber) and do not in any way suck shit. I cannot help it if engaging too directly in the game\u2019s combat makes me nervous and yes, I know I\u2019m not very good at playing as Widowmaker, we are in agreement on that but she is blue and cool and has a grappling hook so I am going to keep doing it.<\/p>\n<p>I would posit that <em>Overwatch 2<\/em> would be a more enjoyable video game experience for everyone if it were explicitly forbidden to say mean things to me in the voice channel. I wouldn\u2019t go so far as to say that you aren\u2019t allowed to talk shit because hey, I get it, talking shit is integral to the modern video game experience. I\u2019m simply suggesting that it not be permitted for players to talk shit to me. I am trying my best and would encourage players to follow the golden rule: if you can\u2019t say anything nice to me and me specifically don\u2019t say anything at all but also please say nice things to me when I do good because I\u2019m fueled by the validation of strangers.<\/p>\n<h3>A \u2018HORSESHOES AND HAND GRENADES\u2019 RULE<\/h3>\n<p>Sometimes when I\u2019m playing <em>Overwatch<\/em> this thing happens where I very nearly get a perfect killshot lined up but then the player I\u2019m trying to kill moves or my finger slips and suddenly a perfect kill turns into a waste of ammo. It\u2019s frustrating! Effort has to count for something and I\u2019ve always found it ludicrous that my efforts at being good at <em>Overwatch<\/em> aren\u2019t better rewarded outside of my girlfriend disinterestedly muttering from across the room, \u201cHuh? Oh, uh, you\u2019ll get them next time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To remedy this I suggest a \u201chorseshoes and hand grenades\u201d rule, which is to say that if I only miss a shot by a certain small margin, the opponent takes damage anyway. Think of it as an incentive; if an opponent takes a little bit of damage when I do sort of kind of good, it will only motivate me to play even better and not miss my shot next time. I see zero downside to this rule being enacted and only want to clarify that I am the only player to whom it would apply &#8211; if you want to kill ME in <em>Overwatch<\/em> maybe you should play <em>Overwatch<\/em> better.<\/p>\n<div class=\"flex-video widescreen embed\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IzB_6GMz6_w?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h3>YOU CAN\u2019T MAKE FUN OF ME FOR WHO I MAIN<\/h3>\n<p>A few weeks ago I was lucky enough to speak to some <a href=\"http:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/index.php\" title=\"\u672c\u7db1\u9801\u63d0\u4f9b\u4e00\u500b\u65b9\u4fbf\u7684\u5e73\u53f0, \u70ba\u5927\u5bb6\u914d\u5c0d\u96fb\u8166\u88dc\u7fd2,IT freelance, \u79c1\u4eba\u8001\u5e2b , PHP\u88dc\u7fd2, HTML\u88dc\u7fd2, CSS\u88dc\u7fd2, JavaScript\u88dc\u7fd2, XML, Java\u88dc\u7fd2,Server\u88dc\u7fd2, MySQL\u88dc\u7fd2, \u4e2d\u5b78\u96fb\u8166\u79d1\u79c1\u4eba\u88dc\u7fd2, \u5728\u8077\u4eba\u58eb\u96fb\u8166\u63d0\u5347\u88dc\u7fd2,\u5c08\u696d\u8003\u8a66\u96fb\u8166 \u88dc\u7fd2,\u96fb\u8166\u5716\u50cf\u8a2d\u8a08\u96fb\u8166\u88dc\u7fd2, gra\">class<\/a>es at my old high school. There was a point where I was talking with about 150 students who were packed into the library and somehow the subject of <em>Overwatch<\/em> came up. I was asked who I main and when I told them I main Ashe a student informed me that, \u201cAshe sucks.\u201d I stumbled, caught off guard by a teen wrecking me in front of over a hundred other teens, and stammered, \u201cWell, I mean, I\u2019m not very good, sometimes I play Bastion,\u201d to which yet another teen yelled, \u201cBASTION\u2019S OVERPOWERED.\u201d at which point my body collapsed like a dying star under the weight of my shame.<\/p>\n<p>I recognize that taking a rule in a video game and trying to apply it to real life is likely impossible but the folks at Blizzard have worked their magic before and I\u2019m sure they can find a way. As such, I\u2019d like to suggest that it be fully illegal under federal law to make fun of me for who I main in <em>Overwatch 2<\/em>. If I would like to main the girl yee-haw twin because she has cool hair and throws grenades I should be able to do so without being subjected to public shaming. If I would like to compensate for my inability to play the game well by playing as a little robot who can fire approximately 10,000 bullets per second I am entitled to and will continue to do so and no teen may mock me for this.<\/p>\n<p>Those who do shall be sentenced to play 1v1 with me for half an hour as Torbjorn.<\/p>\n<h3>MY ULTIMATE IS ALWAYS CHARGED<\/h3>\n<p>Ultimates in <em>Overwatch<\/em> are so rad, y\u2019all. Whenever giant dragons cut through the playing field and just murk anyone and everyone in their path, often including me, I can\u2019t help but think like, damn, what if the whole game was like this? And that\u2019s dumb because if the whole game were like that every match I played would just be a constant loop of me dying and respawning because I\u2019m bad at <em>Overwatch<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The solution? My Ultimate is always charged. Everyone loves to watch a cool Ultimate pop off, especially if it\u2019s one of their teammates using it. I\u2019d wager that everyone would enjoy playing the game a little bit more if my Ultimate were always ready to go. For example, a great way to start a Payload game when you\u2019re playing Defense is for the whole team to position itself strategically so that the group will be ready when the Attack team is released. An even better way to start a Payload game would be to have the jetpack cop rain hellfire from above the second the Attack team walks out the door and then once more when they respawn and try to walk out the door again. Can you say Play of the Game?<\/p>\n<h3>EVERYONE ON THE VOICE CHANNEL HAS TO BE NICE TO ME<\/h3>\n<p>Please.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.geek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/overwatch-2-650x366.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"366\"><\/figure>\n<p>Perhaps you have heard of the video game Overwatch. 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