#lore-discussion

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ivory garnet
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widow wouldnt have had her brain anymore if ana didnt hesitate

peak escarp
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Ana hesitating shows that she's a better person

worthy rose
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That’s what I’m saying

wind portal
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There is a reason Ana's bounty was higher than Mccree's lol

rare trail
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bc talon is after her

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talon has more money

ivory garnet
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all of overwatch and ex overwatch agents have a bounty placed by Talon

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Ana is high due to her marksmanship and info on Talon members

zinc halo
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rein could beat mauga in 1v1

ivory garnet
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not easily, or maybe he loses

past copper
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Rein almost died to an OR-14

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Mauga is probably tougher than that unit

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Especially since he’s using mini-guns and apparently a barrier himself

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ivory garnet
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that was also a younger and much egotistical reinhardt that didnt take his job seriously

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he is obviously old now

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but also more wise and has better strategy

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it would be a close fight imo

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and what will a barrier do to his hammer, and 2 miniguns do to his shield?

sharp trench
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rein’s shield already proved it can withstand extended fire

past copper
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Rein’s barrier only stayed up a few minutes after the bastions used their turrets tho

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Mauga can potentially do the same thing

wind portal
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Mauga is also smarter than OR-14

past copper
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But then again, seems he’s more or less like a mix between Rein and Orisa

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If I had to guess

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A barrier like Rein’s, guns like Orisa’s, and given he’s based off Talon Heavy Assault probably a charge like Rein or something

wind portal
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what omnic model inspired Orisa again?

past copper
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OR-14

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They were from the Crisis

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Then came the OR-15

ivory garnet
past copper
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Made to protect Numbani

ivory garnet
past copper
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This shows his shield has it’s limits

ivory garnet
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and their shields not failing shows he can easily hold back gunfire

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its a huge laser vs gunshots

past copper
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Maybe. But remember Null Sector units aren’t preprogrammed to do things

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Mauga can think things through in a fight

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I’m sure he can quickly strategize a way to take out Rein

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At least in a 1v1

ivory garnet
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Reinhardt could do the same

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he has better battle iq and is more strategic

past copper
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Maybe. But the kicker is we still don’t know what to expect from Mauga

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We’ve seen everything Rein can do while we’ve only read about the few things Mauga can do

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Not to mention, one would probably have more info on the other

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Which could put one at a disadvantage

zinc halo
past copper
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Literally a heated sword penetrated his master’s armor

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Bullets have more power to them then a heated blade

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At the most, those bullets were hitting the tech used to build the thruster

zinc halo
zinc halo
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also this armour has been ugpraded by torb so it is most likely way stronger

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also i dont really see anyone else going against mauga apart from winston who willl most likely be fight doom

ivory garnet
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i could see D.VA fighting Mauga

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or Zarya

worthy rose
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More skilled with a bow yeah

Arrows only go so far in a straight line.

If the opponent is far enough he's gonna have to start factoring in drop as well

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winton overwach

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Walking Zenyatta solos everyone tho

karmic turret
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dumbass decision if so

vocal marsh
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Ana’s story is mostly over

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It’s more about Overwatch…well 2

ivory garnet
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she is literally a side quest giver in lore

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she was only used for pharah and cassidy’s latest mission

worthy rose
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So who's the oldest current Overwatch member

ivory garnet
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mmm

worthy rose
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By oldest I mean has been part of Overwatch the longest

ivory garnet
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Soldier, Reaper, Ana

worthy rose
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All ex

ivory garnet
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but have all been there the longest

worthy rose
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I mean current overwatch

ivory garnet
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Reinhardt

worthy rose
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hmmmmmmm

ivory garnet
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he’s been there from early overwatch to current

worthy rose
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He's basically retired tbh

ivory garnet
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he’s apart of overwatch?

worthy rose
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The only thing holding him together is his suit

ivory garnet
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he still goes on missions

worthy rose
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He gon die soon

ivory garnet
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and the only thing D.VA is a game girl in a mech

worthy rose
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Dude looks 80

ivory garnet
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he’s barely 61

worthy rose
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Bro didn't age well

ivory garnet
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Reinhardt is the oldest current ow member

worthy rose
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Or maybe it's the facial hair

ivory garnet
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aged fine tbh, still very muscular and strong at 61

worthy rose
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Roids

ivory garnet
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no

wind portal
# worthy rose Roids

Considering Zarya has a lot of muscles and doesn't appear to have any signs of steroids in her it's reasonable to assume Reinhardt is also naturally muscular

worthy rose
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hm

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Ok let's talk Zarya

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Does she have friends?

ivory garnet
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yeah

wind portal
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I'd assume she's more focused on defending Russia but I would assume so

ivory garnet
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her ex soldiers, overwatch, and people of russia

wind portal
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I'm pretty sure her opinion on Overwatch is mixed

ivory garnet
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not really

worthy rose
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She joined them tho

wind portal
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especially Torbjorn

worthy rose
ivory garnet
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she only hesitated because she didnt want to leave Russia

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Torbjorn isnt apart of overwatch

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he is former

wind portal
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Brig is taking his place but his inventions will still be a part of current overwatch

ivory garnet
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only inventions in overwatch, are mercy’s staff and rein’s armor

wind portal
# ivory garnet

also there should be a 'lunar colony' for Hammond since he isn't really a Junker anymore

ivory garnet
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PvE will change if he comes apart of overwatch again

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no

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no one is placed twice

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and he is junker

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junkertown is his home, he just travels the world

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and dont see why Zarya would dislike torbjorn

wind portal
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I meant that Lunar Colony should be it's own section for Hammond, we know Winston is now overwatch

wind portal
ivory garnet
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not that i can find

shadow parcel
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Don’t think so

worthy rose
karmic turret
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He's current overwatch though

worthy rose
# ivory garnet

Members who answered to the overwatch recall:
Mercy, Genji, Reinhardt (with Brigitte), Tracer, Mei
Members who were recruited to overwatch by McCree:
Baptist, Dva, Echo, Pharah, Zarya

vale knoll
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Think you mean cassidy

ivory garnet
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and members who came to overwatch a different way wouldnt matter in a group list

worthy rose
worthy rose
ivory garnet
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McCassidy🤷‍♂️

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or just say cowboy

limpid agate
worthy rose
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Guys

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Did Winston answer the Overwatch recall?

summer tulip
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He initiated it

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I hope i typed it right

worthy rose
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So he didn't answer

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What a douchebag

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Also, Kiriko isn't Shimada, right?

summer tulip
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She trained with them

worthy rose
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As in she isn't from the Shimada clan

summer tulip
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I dont think so

worthy rose
worthy rose
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I think I heard from a video that she was genji’s cousin?

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They were trouble makers when they were kids

opaque scroll
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(As I understand she is the Asa-sensei Hanzo mentions in that one voiceline to Kiriko)

tropic shoal
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Bro how did D.va the least important character in lore get her own animated short

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But we don't get one for Sigma, Ramattra, ana, reaper etc

ivory garnet
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she is now important in lore

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as has future lore for her

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Reaper has been in 3 animated shorts

ivory garnet
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cousins you could say

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they saw her as one of their own due to their relationship to her family

ivory garnet
tropic shoal
ivory garnet
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we know alot abt him…

tropic shoal
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The most interesting part of overwatch is how it collapsed and what happened between jack and reaper

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D.va fought a big robot

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Oh how riveting

ivory garnet
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ex cop of LAPD pretty sure, had a wife and child, went into the same soldier enhancement program as Soldier, was named code named “Soldier 24”, was one of the founding members with Jack and Ana, has so many foils with Soldier, became commander of his own division inside of Overwatch known as “blackwatch”, and is one of Talon’s most important members

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he has some of the most lore out of any character in overwatch

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you should be saying junkerqueen shouldnt have had her own cinematic due to her not having any important to lore rn

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there is also no way to make an Ana cinematic right now

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she does nothing to lore rn

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and cinematics arent supposed to show a singular character’s lore (except kiriko and junkerqueen due to them being new characters and Reinhardt because best tank)

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its usually to show whats happening at that current timestamp

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so I agree we should get more origin stories of older characters

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but Reaper doesnt need his own cinematic

shadow marsh
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I heard the Sojourn cinematic is yet to come

ivory garnet
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yeah

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we are still waiting tor that

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maybe it comes out in late January patch

shadow marsh
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Could be expected before PvE comes?

ivory garnet
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maybe

limpid agate
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Saying that not every hero would be in the story.

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Unfortunately, like most streams from 2019

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The source doesnt exist anymore

patent harness
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But since 2019 a lot of things changed by Blizzard so who knows

ivory garnet
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not much has changed in PvE as far as we know

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Ana and Soldier have no reason of being in the PvE

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hence its main importance is Overwatch vs Null Sector uprising with a hint of Talon

wooden sleet
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What's talon up 2 at the moment

ivory garnet
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PvE shows Sombra and Widow goingto kill Zen or something along the lines of that

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right now they might just be backing up Null Sector and killing ow members still

wooden sleet
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We saw doomfist talking to someone in his formal skin

ivory garnet
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that was in Storm Rising

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in Ow1

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he was talking to Ramattra

wooden sleet
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Wasn't there a specific part in the pve trailer

ivory garnet
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not that I saw in any of the clips

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unless you can find it

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then no

wooden sleet
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He is talking to a omnic

ivory garnet
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thats Maximillien

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he’s apart of Talon

wooden sleet
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Mhm. But atleast I was not mistaken

twin umbra
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overwatch characters and their sentences if they were tried in court

livid sand
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overwatch is a vigalante group or suicide squad?

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is that what im getting?

limpid agate
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No

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The original Overwatch was an official government institution

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It got shut down, and Overwatch activity was made illegal

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The current Overwatch led by Winston is doing Overwatch activity

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Its not quite a vigilante group

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But its also not quite legal either

limpid agate
twin umbra
limpid agate
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Tried for waht

twin umbra
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if they were ever tried for their crimes

limpid agate
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What crimes

twin umbra
# limpid agate What crimes

junkrat has probably murdered people in his crime sprees, doomfist is a tyrant who starts war, reaper straight up murders people, widow killed her own husbalnd, moira is experimenting beyond human eithics in horrible experiements, rammatra has probably killed innocent humans, roadhog has outright murdered, DO I NEED TO GO ON

worthy rose
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What did Hanzo and Ana do

twin umbra
limpid agate
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Sigma, Junkerqueen, Hammond, and Torbjorn for starters have never broken a law.

twin umbra
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Ana was a vigilante who probably killed lots of people

limpid agate
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You keep using probably

worthy rose
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What did Kiriko do?

limpid agate
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Ana is equally guilty of vigilantism as Soldier 76.

twin umbra
limpid agate
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And unlike Soldier, Ana doesnt kill anymore

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They specifically say she doesnt in New Blood

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While Soldier literally kills people on screen in his appearances

twin umbra
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I suppose i could fix ana and soldier then

shadow marsh
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I do quite agree for Junkrat,Doomfist, Reaper, Widowmaker etc etc

limpid agate
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Junkerqueen is not a leader of a bunch of raiders who steal and plunder

twin umbra
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AND OTHER STUFF

limpid agate
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And Wrecking Ball is not destroyed property.

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From who

twin umbra
# limpid agate From who

junker queen is seen travelling around the world visiting places, and most likely committing crimes in them

limpid agate
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No she isnt

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That is just straight up untrue

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We have never seen her outside Australia

twin umbra
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YES WE HAVE

limpid agate
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Yes. Also you do not need to ping every message.

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!!loreOrigin

twilit nacelleBOT
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Origin Trailers:
Tracer: http://bit.ly/2fDNQxI
Soldier 76: http://bit.ly/1FpWpDB
Ana: http://bit.ly/29zamjl
Sombra: http://bit.ly/2fMt3aJ
Orisa: http://bit.ly/2liKFy8
King's Row Uprising: http://bit.ly/2p2pukK
Doomfist: http://bit.ly/2tWoWzZ
Moira: http://bit.ly/2hF7GXZ
Brigitte: http://bit.ly/2GSto50
Hammond: https://bit.ly/2lKVlU9
Ashe: https://bit.ly/2F2SPor
Baptiste: https://bit.ly/2TeM1Kq
Sigma: https://bit.ly/2JJTVWE
Echo: https://bit.ly/2IYIwRq
Sojourn: https://bit.ly/3KH4lmY
Junkerqueen: https://bit.ly/3tKMPrA
Kiriko: https://bit.ly/3qTLZXv
Ramattra: https://bit.ly/3U5M47C

For Cinematic Shorts, use !!loreShorts
For other videos, use !!loreVideos

twin umbra
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THERES A PICTURE OF HER IN MEXICO

limpid agate
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You can share the picture

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It doesnt exist but you can share it

twin umbra
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GIMME A MOMENT

limpid agate
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Also watch the caps

twin umbra
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what the hell, did someone gaslight me

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Im gonna slap the person who told me that was that one mexico map from overwatch

limpid agate
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A lot of the stuff you wrote is just baseless speculation.

twin umbra
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not really

limpid agate
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Yes really,

twin umbra
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most of it was engrained in fact

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I said most

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i did not mean all

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you asked why sigma was in a mental institution, when he littearly was put into one in the lore

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so believe me if i dont take you seriously

limpid agate
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I dont think you understand Sigma's back story.

twin umbra
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yes I understand his backstory

limpid agate
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Then you understand that he hasnt done a single crime and was not institutionalized for madness.

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Which is the opposite of what you said

twin umbra
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even if he had not commited a crime

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he was still a danger to others

limpid agate
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he was detained because he was dangerous and couldn't control or understand what was happening.

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He can do that now

twin umbra
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look its still a sentence regardless

shadow marsh
limpid agate
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There is no reason for him to be detained in an institution again.

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The reason he was put there is no longer relevant

twin umbra
shadow marsh
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In the lore, right now, he hasn't hurt anyone yet despite his condition

wooden sleet
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What use does he serve then?

twin umbra
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controlling gravity while not being sane is a bad combo

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seriously Sigma could be the most powerful character in the overwatch universe

shadow marsh
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That's why he's kept by Talon, keeping away from the outside world

limpid agate
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He could be the most powerful character

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So could Winston, Orisa, or Symmetra

twin umbra
wooden sleet
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How is talon any better? Especially under doomfist philosophy

shadow marsh
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He hasn't stepped out yet, Talon knows how dangerous he is and that's an opportunity they'd take

limpid agate
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Yes really.

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The most powerful character is one of Winston, Orisa, Sigma, or Symmetra

twin umbra
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you think a monkey could defy gravity

limpid agate
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We dont know the extent of Sigma's power or limits

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So yes.

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He potentially could

wooden sleet
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Honestly after that marvel episode where they beat the man thatcan control gravity. I think Winston has a chance beating him

twin umbra
limpid agate
twin umbra
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he could probably crush winston with gravity

wooden sleet
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XD

limpid agate
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It is possible he may be able to do that, and it is possible he is not able to do that.

shadow marsh
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Just a speculation, but nobody probably knows what happened Dr. Kuiper besides Talon and the organization who got him out of his lab

twin umbra
limpid agate
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We dont know the extent of his power

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So based on nothing

wooden sleet
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First episode of earth's mightiest heroes avengers

limpid agate
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Gameplay != Lore

twin umbra
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littearly during his ult you can hear wispers in his head

limpid agate
wooden sleet
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XD

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God we were thinking the same thing

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Glad*

twin umbra
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marvels gravity logic is dumb

limpid agate
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Gameplay != Lore. In gameplay, Lucio can speedboost and heal his team with music. In universe, he can't.

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In gameplay, Mei can heal in her cryofreeze. In lore, it actually harms her

wooden sleet
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Discord orb isn't canon. Resurrect isn't cannon

limpid agate
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!!loreText

twilit nacelleBOT
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News Reports:
Fading Glory; Jack Morrison: http://bit.ly/2f9TPq4
Experimental Weapon Stolen: http://bit.ly/2fMrKsj
Lucio's Synaesthesia World Tour: http://bit.ly/2flja2U
LumériCo: http://bit.ly/1XAJfd1
Overwatch is Back: http://bit.ly/1TAWebT
LumériCo Revealed: http://bit.ly/2e6P5oj
Portero Steps Down: http://bit.ly/2fk8Bes
Efi Oladele Interview: http://bit.ly/2miMZkT
Horizon Lunar Colony: http://bit.ly/2reMSKx
Attack on Helix: http://bit.ly/2tn45mk
Oslo Attack: https://bit.ly/2uHKXUr
Don Rumbotico: https://bit.ly/2VtzZKX

Documents:
Mei's Adventure: http://bit.ly/2fMxRg4
Torb's Letter: http://bit.ly/2HK4CWa
Venice Declassified: https://bit.ly/2Hs807B
Cuerva: https://bit.ly/2BHEqd9
Yamagami: https://bit.ly/2XJC9Jr

Travel Guides:
Oasis: http://bit.ly/2iPTM4K
Paris: https://bit.ly/2GEyOoq

Short Stories and Novels:
Use !!loreStories to see short stories and novels

limpid agate
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Mei's Adventure

twin umbra
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im not clicking on those links

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discord has made me scared of links

limpid agate
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Ok.

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Your loss. But that's the source.

twin umbra
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Look its quite clear sigma is capable of controlling gravity, he almost made a full on black hole

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which could indicate he may have some ability to even control black holes

wooden sleet
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A couple of abilities are not canon and some are not even as powerful as we think they are. For example. Zayra ult that is said to be a Blackhole is not that dangerous

twin umbra
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now think about it for a moment

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do you think

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an ape would win against a fight against a black hole

limpid agate
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Sigma can't make black holes

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So that's not relevant

twin umbra
limpid agate
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No, he can't.

twin umbra
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EVEN IN HIS GAMEPLAY HE MAKES A SMALL BLACK HOLE IN HIS HAND THAT HE USES TO SUCK PROJECTILES IN

limpid agate
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Uh huh.

twin umbra
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AND IN THE LORE VIDEO ITS CLEAR HE WAS HARNESSING A BLACK HOLE

limpid agate
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Which lore video showed he had a black hole

twin umbra
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bro

limpid agate
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Not a black hole

twin umbra
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yes it is, thats how a black hole looks

limpid agate
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If it was a black hole, then the Earth would be gone.

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Its not a black hole

twin umbra
limpid agate
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That's a singularity

twin umbra
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thats it im not arguing with you anymore, your extremly stubborn in a way that makes zero sense

shadow marsh
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I get the impression here that speculations aren't quite taken as facts here until it was truly shown canon

limpid agate
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They arent. Especially when it comes to gameplay

twin umbra
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it isnt speculation, Sigma was harnessing the power of a black hole

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because gravity is a harness

limpid agate
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That's a singularity, not a black hole.Two different things.

twin umbra
limpid agate
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You are mixing them up because there is a singularity at the center of a black hole

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But not all singularities are black holes

twin umbra
shadow marsh
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Interesting

twin umbra
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please just stop talking now

shadow marsh
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I've only known that today

twin umbra
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im done with it

limpid agate
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You keep using that word.

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I dont think it means what you think it means.

twin umbra
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gaslighting means to make someone think that something is true when it is now

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its essentially a form of lying

shadow marsh
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Uh

twin umbra
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design to make you believe something became true

limpid agate
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Yeah thats wrong too

shadow marsh
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Can we calm down

twin umbra
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like if i said that your ballon was suppost to be green instead of red, thats gaslighting

twin umbra
limpid agate
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Gaslighting is to make you question your sanity and your mental state, not lying. Otherwise all lying is gaslighting.

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Nonetheless

twin umbra
ivory garnet
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singularities are events that cant be explained pretty sure, not 100% certain tho

limpid agate
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Yeah, and the Overwatch devs arent really physicists either

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They just take something that sounds cool and use it

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Like Hard Light

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Which is also physically impossible

twin umbra
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the fuck is hard light anyways

limpid agate
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Hard Light

ivory garnet
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physical light

limpid agate
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Exactly what it sounds like

ivory garnet
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green lantern esc stuff

limpid agate
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They will never tell us

twin umbra
shadow marsh
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Solid light..

limpid agate
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But yeah basically Green Lantern shit

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Also again, you dont need to ping every message

twin umbra
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okay okay

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anyways

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lets just move on

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lets just be chill now

limpid agate
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But if you want to come in here and post lore lists, you cant just have it filled with incorrect or speculative information and get overly defensive when people tell you otherwise.

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That is how misinformation spreads.

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And why 7 years later people still think Mercy resurrected Reaper

shadow marsh
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Yeah

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And the misinformation that people think Widowmaker is "brainwashed"

limpid agate
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Like you said, someone told you that Junkerqueen was in Dorado

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And then you continued that with your list

ivory garnet
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Junkerqueen hasnt been out of the outback ever pretty sure

twin umbra
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its hard to confirm everyones crimes in the overwatch universe

limpid agate
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Before Zero Hour, most people had no crimes

twin umbra
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because the Dev team refuses to share anyhting

wooden sleet
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Well the overwatch wiki says he was attempting to harness a black hole but failed

twin umbra
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infact I rarely do

worthy rose
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I’m pretty sure sigma was very chaotic and insane when he failed he must’ve killed someone

ivory garnet
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the overwatch wiki is good to read from my understanding

worthy rose
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Didn’t they take him in because he was too dangerous?

limpid agate
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I dont think they said anyone died

shadow marsh
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At least in gameplay, some of it is 50% canon.. while the other 50% is for gameplay mechanics

wooden sleet
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I don't think the overwatch wiki has ever posted large misleading information

limpid agate
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It has, but I usually removed it

ivory garnet
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all game abilities are in the pins if thats what ur referencing then centipede

wooden sleet
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Oh

twin umbra
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I never really liked the concept of phsyical light you can touch, if it was it would probably burn you

wooden sleet
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We can always go with magic

limpid agate
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We cannot

twin umbra
limpid agate
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The only magic in universe is in Japan

ivory garnet
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only magic based character is Kiriko

twin umbra
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and not try to make it like its our universe

wooden sleet
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I still remember people going crazy over magic being confirmed

shadow marsh
keen summit
twin umbra
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I dont like magic

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well i do like it and i dont also

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its weird

wooden sleet
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From magic to gamer mechs. What's next

ivory garnet
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Crusaders are cooler imo

twin umbra
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the dutch get a gravity version of magneto

wooden sleet
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That's because they are all buff and tall

twin umbra
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so im happy

limpid agate
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Terrorism - Baptiste, Doomfist, Ramattra, Reaper, Sombra, Widowmaker
Moira - Moira
Organised Crime - Ashe
International Crime Spree - Junkrat, Roadhog
Vigilantism - Ana, Cassidy, Kiriko, Soldier 76
Theft (from Vishkar) - Lucio
Nondescript Crime - Hanzo
Crimes for Vishkar - Symmetra
Feared symbol of the Crisis - Bastion
Minor assault in Binary that no one seems to care about anymore - Torbjorn

Post Zero Hour Overwatch - Brigitte, Echo, Genji, Mei, Mercy, Reinhardt, Tracer, Winston
Post New Blood Overwatch - D.Va, Pharah, Zarya

No Crimes - Junkerqueen, Orisa, Sigma, Sojourn, Hammond, Zenyatta

worthy rose
#

Junker queen has no crimes because she lives in a town with little rules

limpid agate
#

She lives in a town where she makes the rules

wooden sleet
#

I love how moira is her own category

shadow marsh
#

Far as I know Mauga was supposed to be the one with the Gravity powers, it was given to Sigma instead because it doesn't fit him

limpid agate
#

mauga was supposed to have Sigma's kit

twin umbra
limpid agate
#

But they didnt fit his personality, so they made Sigma and turned it into Gravity powers

wooden sleet
#

Wasn't it also that sigma kit was to passive for mauga personality

twin umbra
#

for once we agree taiga

wooden sleet
#

He was supposed to be like a crazy version of rien but with less restraints

ivory garnet
#

mauga is a much more aggressive fighter than sigma will ever be

twin umbra
#

Mauga looks like maui from Moana

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but more evil

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seriously

worthy rose
#

Who the hell is mauga

twin umbra
#

they both got that giant body type, big heads, crazy hair

wooden sleet
#

I pray the rock does not voice act him

twin umbra
#

and they both samoan i think, mauga im not sure if he samoan or not

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although maui was also mainly a Maori legend

wooden sleet
ivory garnet
limpid agate
#

he is a Heavy Assault

#

He was in What You Left Behind

shadow marsh
#

Quite unfortunate he didn't make it at the roster

wooden sleet
#

I really hope the next tank is him. I've been waiting for so long

limpid agate
#

The devs said they still wanted to make him a hero, so we will see him pop up eventually

twin umbra
#

Maui is pretty much the Loki of Maori mythos, hes a trickster god who can turn into animals, hes actually my favorite god because he beated up the sun with his mothers bonejaw (or demi god i think i cant remember that bit)

worthy rose
#

Tank yeah?

limpid agate
#

yes

ivory garnet
#

its only confirmed that that will be one of the mini bosses though right Taiga? its the same in Retribution right?

ivory garnet
#

looks similar

limpid agate
#

The picture is just a comparison gif to show that he is a Heavy Assault

#

The enemies in Retribution were heavy assaults

twin umbra
#

I really wonder whos gonna voice him

limpid agate
#

Its like how Widowmaker is a Talon Sniper

ivory garnet
#

ahh okay

twin umbra
#

Imagine if they actually got dwayne the rock to voice him lmao

ivory garnet
#

yeah i get it

wooden sleet
limpid agate
#

Not really.

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Roadhog would be.

#

He's the terrorist

shadow marsh
#

It's up to the devs to change him ig

ivory garnet
#

no, the outback/junkertown is its own place now

limpid agate
#

Junkrat and Junkerqueen were born and raised in Junkertown

wooden sleet
#

Like even though she makes the rules the UN can call then out on abusing things

limpid agate
#

Its not their fault its the way it is

shadow marsh
ivory garnet
#

Australia doesnt care about the outback anymore

twin umbra
#

bro he is so cool looking tho

ivory garnet
#

is he also now part cybernetic Taiga?

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due to the explosion

limpid agate
#

We dont know

#

I think the explosion is being overrated

keen summit
#

We dont know no

wooden sleet
#

I hope not

twin umbra
#

YES I GOT IT RIGHT MAUGA IS SAMOAN

limpid agate
#

Most likely

#

We dont know his ethnicity

#

But based on his name, he is probably Samoan

twin umbra
limpid agate
#

Yes.

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I said that

keen summit
#

It could be partly but we've seen people survive a ground crushing punch to the face like with genji

limpid agate
#

We still dont know his Ethnicity

twin umbra
#

even if hes not Maori id still love him to be in the game

limpid agate
#

Roadhog is speculated to be Maori

limpid agate
#

But he is Australian

#

In the same vein, Mauga is speculated to be Samoan

#

But he could be Canadian or something else

twin umbra
keen summit
ivory garnet
#

yeah ig

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also Mauga is definitely from an islander family either way

keen summit
#

Cuz leveling skyscrapers is never shown with doom but putting huge craters has

twin umbra
#

what proves it for me is this taunt, the cup hes holding has a Maori cultural symbol often seen in their culture

limpid agate
#

Doomfist cant level skyscrapers

#

We've seen him try

twin umbra
limpid agate
#

Or well, not quite try

#

Because its a kid

shadow marsh
#

Merely an exaggeration

twin umbra
limpid agate
#

Again

#

Stop pinging

twin umbra
#

press do not distrub then

#

it stops the ping noise

limpid agate
#

Im not going to press do not distrub

twin umbra
#

why not

limpid agate
#

Because one person pings every message shouldnt prevent me from hearing notifications in every other server

ivory garnet
#

you can also just turn off the “@ on” when u reply to someone

#

cthulu ^

limpid agate
#

I used to moderate this server, yes.

twin umbra
#

in any of those servers

limpid agate
#

And I do in others, yes.

twin umbra
#

alright then fair enough

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if you didnt moderate in other servers id just tell you to stop making excuses because why should you care about people pinging you in other servers

#

but i respect discord mods so ill stop pinging you

limpid agate
#

You should respect people for asking, it shouldn't matter if they are staff or not on any server

bitter island
#

is Echo english?

ivory garnet
#

her primary language is english yes

bitter island
#

she has a very english accent

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i mean is she from England

twin umbra
#

not every person is gonna respect that

ivory garnet
#

no

twin umbra
#

thats why the do not disturb feature was made

bitter island
#

what nationality is echo

ivory garnet
#

omnic

twin umbra
#

ill stop pinging you

bitter island
#

omnics can have nationality too like zen is nepal

limpid agate
#

Echo is not an omnic

shadow marsh
#

She's an advance robot, I wouldn't say multilingual but she can probably speak language other than English

twin umbra
#

because im not like those discord dinguses

limpid agate
#

But she also doesn't have an ethnicity really

bitter island
#

no whats her home country

limpid agate
#

She was made in Switzerland

bitter island
#

she has a english accent

gray kayak
#

@twin umbra you've expressed your point, that's enough. Focus on lore discussion.

ivory garnet
twin umbra
#

technically shes a singapore citizen

limpid agate
#

But she emulates the personality of her creator, Mina Liao, who was Singaporean

#

She isnt

limpid agate
#

Technically and literally she isn't a Singapore citizen

#

Echo isn't a citizen anywhere in the world

twin umbra
#

she is a singapore citizen, says so in the lore

limpid agate
#

No, it doesnt

ivory garnet
#

Mina Liao is yes

limpid agate
#

If you want to say it says so in the lore, provide a source

bitter island
#

i just hope we get a British character one day that isn't a Charles Dickens mega stereotype

ivory garnet
#

Echo isnt

limpid agate
#

Mina Liao, her creator, was a Singaporean citizen

twin umbra
#

she was created by a singapore person, making her a citizen of singapore

shadow marsh
#

Well she's created by a Singaporean scientist but.. yeah she's a robot

ivory garnet
#

no

limpid agate
#

That's not how that works

shadow marsh
#

Not the robot that has sentience

ivory garnet
#

citizenship doesnt work like that

bitter island
#

i thought she's a sentient AI not a robot

twin umbra
#

think of echo as her baby

limpid agate
#

If a man from Singapore goes to America, impregnates someone, then dies.

#

That child isn't a citizen of Singapore

twin umbra
#

then shes swedish

ivory garnet
limpid agate
#

She isn't Swedish

twin umbra
#

WHEREVER

limpid agate
#

Switzerland

bitter island
#

nationality is where you're from

twin umbra
#

sorry

limpid agate
#

Echo isn't viewed as a person

#

Echo is an object

bitter island
#

she doesn't have rights?

limpid agate
#

Evidently not

ivory garnet
#

doesn’t necessarily need them

twin umbra
#

you have no idea how much i want to slap you for saying that, no offence

shadow marsh
twin umbra
#

especially after playing detroit becomes human

wooden sleet
limpid agate
#

Well if she was a person

twin umbra
#

Echo is not an object

limpid agate
#

She wouldn't have been on an American Military freight train on her way to an airplane graveyard

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She is legally an object

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She's not an omnic

twin umbra
#

she shouldnt be legally an object

bitter island
#

yeah a lot of Overwatch characters would get really mad if you called Echo an object and not a person

limpid agate
#

America is a country that gives Omnics rights

bitter island
#

Winston would primal rage

limpid agate
#

Echo isn't an omnic

twin umbra
#

nor should she be counted as an object

#

how is she not an omnic

#

that makes no sense

ivory garnet
#

she wasnt built as an omnic

shadow marsh
#

She's an adapting robot

limpid agate
#

Omnics are made from Omniums

#

They're a specific brand

twin umbra
#

she was built by the inventor of omnics wasnt she

limpid agate
#

So was Athena

twin umbra
#

or someone who made omnics

ivory garnet
#

doesnt make her an omnic

wooden sleet
#

Isn't she just an advance ai

twin umbra
#

so shes excluded because she was not built to be an omnic

#

but was made by the same person who made omnic for a company hence their name omnic

#

and I thought the racism in harry potter was bad

ivory garnet
#

omnics are made at an omnium

#

which were built around the world

limpid agate
#

Well, here is a real world example

#

What is this

ivory garnet
#

Echo was Mina Liao’s own project/property

bitter island
#

i thought Athena was Echo

twin umbra
#

thats a car

ivory garnet
limpid agate
#

This is a Volskwagen Beetle.

#

This is not a Porsche

twin umbra
#

im not a car expert sorry

limpid agate
#

But it was created by Ferdinand Porsche

#

Same creator

#

Not a Porsche

twin umbra
#

i get your point

#

dont go into a car expanation here please

limpid agate
#

Echo is not an omnic

twin umbra
#

look

wooden sleet
#

Clever analogy

twin umbra
#

yes i get that echo is not an omnic, but she shouldnt be an object either

limpid agate
#

Talk to the American military

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Not me

twin umbra
#

she is capable of thoughts, like the rest of the omnics

limpid agate
#

Im not arguing based on my opinion. Im arguing based on what was shown in universe

twin umbra
#

even if she is just copying people, she clearly just copys what she finds to be useful or what she enjoys

wooden sleet
#

Echo is echo. It doesn't matter what other people think. What she thinks o herself should matter

twin umbra
#

we all copy things we like

#

its a human thing

ivory garnet
#

she cant shapeshift

twin umbra
#

im sorry i just love echo as a character, she is my favorite

limpid agate
#

The point is that this started with someone asking about what ethnicity or nationality Echo is

#

She doesn't have one

twin umbra
#

well shes singapore in my eyes

limpid agate
#

She's emulating the personality of her Singaporean creator

#

But she herself is not Singaporean

twin umbra
#

even if the lore does not say it

ivory garnet
#

she would be swedish if she was a human

limpid agate
#

No she wouldnt

twin umbra
#

can she even get citizenship in a country

limpid agate
#

Echo has been known to be in 3 countries

bitter island
#

i think she's English because of her accent

ivory garnet
#

i mean swiss btw, not swedish

limpid agate
#

its a Singaporean accent

#

But the VA is British

twin umbra
#

echos voice is inconsistant

#

in the overwatch 2 trailer

#

she has a completely diffrent voice

#

or the voice actor

ivory garnet
#

she had 3 different VA if im not mistaken

twin umbra
#

forgot how to voice her

shadow marsh
#

In the Rio de Janeiro PvE too

twin umbra
#

i dont like what blizzard has done to echo

#

its like they dont really care about her

#

they didnt even model a overwatch 2 skin for her

limpid agate
#

Reunion
Zero Hour/Gameplay Demo
Release Echo

#

Are the 3 VAs

ivory garnet
#

^

limpid agate
#

Widowmaker and I think Mercy also had 2 VAs

shadow marsh
#

Although that's who she is right now in lore, she's a favorite to me still despite the inconsistency

limpid agate
#

But they got replaced before launch

ivory garnet
twin umbra
ivory garnet
#

the other characters are able to change their gear

limpid agate
#

The only reason Echo released in OW1 was because they promised her back at Blizzcon 2018

twin umbra
ivory garnet
#

echo, someone who was in a case all until right before Zero Hour, would have time to change

shadow marsh
#

All I've known is she's an adapting robot that learns. She understands everything but probably not like how humans do in social norms

#

Unless, there's a better explanation than that

twin umbra
#

echo just reminds me of myself in some aspects

#

i say some aspects

#

i wouldnt be so arrogant to claim i am littearly her

ivory garnet
twin umbra
ivory garnet
#

because…they can change how they look and were able to..

shadow marsh
#

Though gameplay isn't entirely canon, one of her hero spray shows she's wearing an apron

twin umbra
ivory garnet
#

or like they cant change her because the lore wouldnt be right…

twin umbra
#

bro her overwatch 2 look could come from after she meets the gang from reunion

#

like winston upgrades her look

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to make her function even better then before

ivory garnet
#

she didnt see winston until zero hour…

twin umbra
#

whatever its calle

#

Idk

#

look

ivory garnet
#

ow2 skins are from zero hour+

twin umbra
#

its really not that hard to just give her some changes

ivory garnet
#

it is…

twin umbra
#

no

#

stop pretending like its some major lore problem

ivory garnet
#

you can tell by the amount of skins she has how hard it is to give her a canon look

shadow marsh
#

I doubt Echo needed more upgrades, she herself is far advanced than an average omnic

twin umbra
ivory garnet
#

she doesnt have many skins…

#

all of which arent canon mess with her whole model…

twin umbra
ivory garnet
#

they cant prioritize everybody…

twin umbra
#

and not every character has a canon version skin either

ivory garnet
#

yeah

#

everyone does

twin umbra
#

no

shadow marsh
twin umbra
#

i think you are biased against echo

ivory garnet
#

ur biased for echo…

twin umbra
#

then we are both fighting based on bias

#

and we should stop

ivory garnet
#

im not…im stating how hard it’d be to give her another canon skin…

twin umbra
#

and whats with the ... btw

ivory garnet
#

and how she wouldnt have had time to change her look between reunion and zero hour

twin umbra
#

it makes you look nervous, like your afraid what your saying is gonna made me tear you apart limb from limb

ivory garnet
#

because everything ur saying is based off of bias

twin umbra
#

so is u

ivory garnet
#

no

twin umbra
#

yes

ivory garnet
#

nothing i have said has been anti-bias from echo

#

i have nothing against her

twin umbra
#

your explanations behind why blizzard refuses to do much with echo makes no logical sense, every hero was given fair amounts of attention exept echo, and i believe its because they do not really care for her character, they essentially forgot her

ivory garnet
#

zenyatta has 0 to no lore

shadow marsh
#

Can we calm down, this Lore discussion

twin umbra
#

if blizzard focused on echo better she may have had more skins or content

twin umbra
#

okay lets just sotp

#

stop

#

move on

#

new topic

ivory garnet
#

if they forgot her she wouldnt have been in zero hour

twin umbra
#

I like reinheart

#

reinhardt

#

i forget to spell his name

#

it sounds like heart

#

lore discussion just died lmao

wooden sleet
#

So like anyone hyped for the pve story this year

shadow marsh
#

Been waiting for it since ow2 was released, Just lowering my expectations and hope it won't go to a stalemate so quickly

ivory garnet
#

we had a peak at what the PvE will look like in the halloween event

#

its not exactly like it

#

but it has that hud

limpid agate
#

I hope that its not like the Halloween event

#

And they learn from that

#

That event had no replayability

#

For PvE to be successful, and for them to continue expanding it

#

It needs to be good

#

And for it to be good, it needs to have replayability

rare trail
#

when did echoes creator die?

peak escarp
#

unknown

rare trail
#

it was after anubis right?

peak escarp
#

yes

#

it was during the golden age of Overwatch

rare trail
#

so like around 25ish years ago

peak escarp
#

probably more recent than that

rare trail
#

how long after the omnic war did overwatch collapse?

#

the first one

peak escarp
#

20 years

rare trail
#

when is the golden age?

peak escarp
rare trail
#

when do the novels take place?

#

specifically hero of numbani

shadow marsh
#

Does anyone have an image of Aurora with Symmetra in it?

peak escarp
#

post-Recall

rare trail
#

when did the doom attack take place?

peak escarp
rare trail
#

i dont like the idea of orisa joining overwatch

#

i really like her current lore of defending her city and i wouldnt want overwatch to have another big doom counter

peak escarp
#

it probably wouldn't be permanent

shadow marsh
#

I doubt she would join

rare trail
#

like having 2 of the 4 most powerful in overwatch seems kinda op

peak escarp
#

she'd join them temporarily, like Zarya and D.Va

peak escarp
rare trail
#

yeah all orisa cares about is numbani

peak escarp
#

what's wrong with the title group having powerful characters?

rare trail
#

it kinda lowers the stakes if the main characters are really really powerful

peak escarp
#

I don't expect high stakes from the story mode

rare trail
#

is the staff rework canon?

peak escarp
#

also, Winston is a top 4 strongest hero yet we all feared he would die in Zero Hour

rare trail
#

yeah

peak escarp
#

so having powerful heroes doesn't really affect the stakes because they're only as powerful as the plot requires

wooden sleet
#

you know its hilarious how many people miss this in other forms of media

signal ore
#

Yup

bitter island
#

are the Omnic statues in Nepal and Shambali technically "AI generated art"?

peak escarp
#

lol depends if omnics made them I guess

bitter island
#

oh i assumed the omnics definitely made them which i also thought was weirdly vain for monks

#

had a lot of time to think about them with all my running back from spawn💀

rare trail
bitter island
#

i think they're sentient but they must qualify for "artificial intelligence"

rare trail
#

why?

#

we dont really know whats happening inside

bitter island
#

because they are intelligent and created artificially

#

Zenyatta is defo sentient

rare trail
#

well not really

#

like their intelligence isnt artificial

#

their sentience happened after aurora ascended

#

her ascension caused the omncs to become sentient

#

or ig sapient is a better word

#

omnics as robots arent natural they are created by humans

#

but their intelligence isnt artificial

peak escarp
#

intelligence and sentience aren't the same thing

#

their intelligence is artificially made

#

their sentience/sapience came from Aurora

#

and we don't know how she achieved it

rare trail
#

if liao was still alive could they replicate aurora?

silent schooner
#

has sigma technically ascended in the same way Aurora did? he has a voice line with zenyatta where he tells zen he met with the iris

#

or could that just be sigma being insane

rare trail
#

hes probably just crazy

#

you cant "meet" a state of being

#

so it doesnt make sense to meet the iris

peak escarp
zinc halo
zinc halo
zinc halo
ivory garnet
wind portal
#

the fight wasn't fair regardless

rare trail
wind portal
#

Winston would definitely win a second time if they ever encountered each other again, since Winston is also smarter and probably has more battle IQ than their first encounter

#

also the one thing I hate about the Zero Hour cinematic is that it literally takes place at the end of Storm Rising, and Mercy was definitely still with them so idk why she just up and left

rare trail
#

Winston has a better chance but it’s not 100%

wind portal
#

Winston was able to out-smart Reaper a few years after that fight went down, Reaper is significantly stronger than Doomfist at this point in time so I'd place my bet on Winston winning again

rare trail
#

Outsmarting reaper doesn’t mean he could outsmart doom and he didn’t really outsmart reaper it was just reapers arrogance that lost him that fight

peak escarp
#

Winston would win because he's the main character

rare trail
#

Yeah

wind portal
rare trail
#

I mean he’s genetically stronger but without plot armor doom has a chance

#

Do you think genjis armor could take a bullet?

#

I wouldn’t think it could given it’s probably solely built for agility

wind portal
#

He'd deflect the bullet before it could hit him tbh

rare trail
#

Not necessarily

#

idk how good his reaction time is

#

the only things we've seen of deflect is hanzos arrows (slow compared to bullets) and the omnic from zero hours bullet which he knew was coming and was slower than a regular bullet

wind portal
#

his reaction is good enough to deflect hanzo arrows up close, and isn't afraid to fight omnics with bullets or something

wind portal
rare trail
#

something i think is odd from dragons is the amount of force that goes into hanzos arrows

#

like at 3:40 he fires an arrow which launches genji 10ish feet and puts him through a thin wall

clear kestrel
#

I don't think it's a regular bow tbf

#

it's like a futuristic compound bow

rare trail
#

compound bows are harder to pull back

clear kestrel
#

well then it's just a technologically advanced future bow

#

it fires arrow with more force

rare trail
#

but like you cant just generate energy

#

like its possible that its electric somehow but that seems kinda unlikely

clear kestrel
#

railgun disguised as a bow

rare trail
#

i mean the arrows can reorient themselves midair so it having a lot of force isnt the most unrealistic part

clear kestrel
#

I mean if we're talking about realism what the fuck is Genji's sword made of

rare trail
#

also btw do we have an explanation for how they do that?

#

wdym?

#

its just like steel i assume?

ivory garnet
#

like any other katana

clear kestrel
rare trail
#

genji got that rgb lighting

ivory garnet
clear kestrel
#

the size of a titan

rare trail
ivory garnet
#

velocity

clear kestrel
#

that makes no sense

#

that's now how that works

#

it'd just shatter

rare trail
#

its a strong sword my guy

#

it can withstand some metal in a robot

clear kestrel
#

maybe it intense vibrates and is made from some kind of exotic material so the cutting edge is
the way it is

clear kestrel
rare trail
ivory garnet
#

ur questioning a futuristic katana, but not a flail that rips through omnics like nothing

clear kestrel
#

strength doesn't equal cutting ability

rare trail
#

well like he has a dragon spirit

#

he can generate enough force

clear kestrel
#

and Hanzo has a dragon spirit

#

so there

#

you have your answer

rare trail
#

hanzo wasnt using it

#

he didnt say let the dragon flow through you or whatever he says

clear kestrel
#

no but it probably articificially enhances his strength anyway

rare trail
#

in zero hour you can hear genji saying his thing

clear kestrel
#

there is no source
we're hypothesizing

ivory garnet
#

my speculation is their dragons represent 2 different forces through their summoning tools
Genji: A striking force
Hanzo: A constant force

rare trail
#

like it might enhance his strength but we dont know

#

yeah genjis seems to like enhance his strength in short bursts

#

and hanzos

#

it uhh

#

can shoot at peopel

clear kestrel
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and the sword itself is probably special

rare trail
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and damage them maybe

ivory garnet
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Genji wouldnt have been able to cut through the hand most likely without his spirit

clear kestrel
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it's not just a regular katana

rare trail
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i mean i think it is

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its just really well made

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a really nice katana

clear kestrel
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I mean in terms of materials

rare trail
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yeah

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i think its just well amde

clear kestrel
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it's probably more akin to a vibroblade or something

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like Raidens sword

ivory garnet
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well it obviously has a good enough material and that he has enough strength to cut straight through a car with no problem

rare trail
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yeah

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its very durable

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maybe in overwatch another metal is found out or something to make reins hammer armor etc

clear kestrel
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strength of material and strength of the wielder do not equate to cutting power

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so either it's the dragon spirit that gives it the ability to cut through anything

rare trail
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i dont think it can cut through anything

clear kestrel
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or it's a vibroblade with a ridiculously fine cutting edge

rare trail
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what exactly is a vibroblade?

ivory garnet
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a strength of the material does equal to cutting power…it has to be durable enough to handle the force behind the object cutting

clear kestrel
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that's just to withstand
it doesn't dictate how sharp the object is

rare trail
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its just a really fancy durable katana probably supplied by overwatch or something and genji is really strong

clear kestrel
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omfg

rare trail
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even like unsharpened with enough force it can go through robot hand

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like are you asking how its sharp?

ivory garnet
peak escarp
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it's implied to be made by Kiriko's father

clear kestrel
ivory garnet
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no?

peak escarp
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since he was blacksmith to the Shimada family

clear kestrel
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not the strongest entirely but close to it

ivory garnet
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he isnt close wt all

rare trail
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i mean genji is strong

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but like he aint that strong

ivory garnet
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he’s like top 13

rare trail
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like doom solos him easily

clear kestrel
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you're still wrong about the sword thing though

rare trail
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bro

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its just a good katana

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it can cut things

peak escarp
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Genji got wrecked by Doomfist in one punch

rare trail
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genji is not durable but hes really strong

clear kestrel
rare trail
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if genji was a stand
power: a
speed: a
range:d
stamina:b
precision:a

merry mason
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doomfist cant be more durable than a giant metal hand

rare trail
clear kestrel
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it's the future

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it's allowed to be a cool future katana

merry mason
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nah its got sci fi magic

ivory garnet
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kiriko does

rare trail
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theres nothing hinting toward it being anything else than just a katana

peak escarp
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he's got a spirit dragon

merry mason
peak escarp
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the sword itself doesn't seem to be anything special

sharp trench
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plot balanced katana with magic spirit dragon

ivory garnet
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my theory is his dragon amps with strength

clear kestrel
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fine
then the spirit dragon is the only reason it can cut through shit the way it does
on it's own it'd just break

rare trail
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the dragon isnt a part of the sword

rare trail
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its just a really good katana

clear kestrel
ivory garnet
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? I did

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ive been saying its durable

merry mason
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there's no katana that good

clear kestrel
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what is it made of

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what is the sword made of to you

ivory garnet
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we dont know

clear kestrel
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then it wont break but it certainly wont cut on its own

rare trail
clear kestrel
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no sword is that good on its own

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that's now how it works

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doesn't matter what its made of

rare trail
ivory garnet
rare trail
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again 58 years in the future

clear kestrel
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then it's a vibroblade
it's just basic physics

merry mason
ivory garnet
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genji doesnt use magic

rare trail
merry mason
clear kestrel
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NOTHING IN OW IS REAL TECH

rare trail
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being really durable =/= vibroblade