Episode 11 - This is Halloween

OPENING

• Just the two of us
• What has pulled us out of Overwatch...and back in?
• Been playing for a year - what will Blizz do to keep us for another year?

MAIN

• Halloween event is here! Patch Notes: http://us.battle.net/forums/en/overwatch/topic/20749875377

  • Lootboxes available for purchase

  • 12 new skins; 4 legendary

  • New voice lines

  • New R.I.P. Victory Poses

  • New emotes

  • Map changes

  • New: Event skins purchasable with credits...but at 3x regular??

  • The Brawl - first co-op yet!

• Sombra: What a freaking disappointment.

  • JB’s done with it and apparently so are a lot of people:

    • http://kotaku.com/overwatch-players-are-getting-fed-up-with-the-sombra-ar-1785765307

    • http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2016-10-19-arg-overwatch-community-fed-up-with-sombra-teasing

    • HOWEVER! There was apparently a lot more going on that we suspected...but still leads us ultimately nowhere. http://www.overpwn.com/news/233-sombra-recap-for-october-19th-2016

      • Won’t be holding my breath for 11/1. It’ll be cool to see what happens, but nothing major is happening until BlizzCon.

• Anything we should keep in mind with the patch notes from Halloween or on 10/18?

• Is it bad for something to be overpowered?
  • Neat article on Really Bad Chess that refers to Overwatch and the concept of game balance. http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/gaming/2016/10/really_bad_chess_proves_that_games_don_t_need_to_be_fair.html

 

CLOSING

• Cool community stuff last week:

  • Wronchi Animation: What happens in the spawn. https://youtu.be/eMZoFlQw0jo

  • Tips for BlizzCon interations: https://twitter.com/KT_Deathope/status/790249705326333952

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• Thanks to everyone and bye