#lore-discussion

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river quiver
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Goose I’m straight up ignoring you now you’re legit mouth breather

upbeat violet
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they sent machines to space

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to test first

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if I’m not stupid

river quiver
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And they still had no idea if they’d make it home

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But they went

rare trail
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if the tracer experiment succeeds then the subject is still going to have been gone for months and if it doesnt they probably die

rare trail
river quiver
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They had no idea they’d make it home or if there was even any reason to make it into space but they went there anyway

rare trail
upbeat violet
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sigma and tracer’s result were by chance

river quiver
upbeat violet
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no one knows if it could’ve gone other ways

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like death

river quiver
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People would still randomly throw themselves at it in order to find out if you really could

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Or if not themselves

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Animals

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Hence the space station on the moon

rare trail
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tracer and sigmas thing arent replicable and even if they were they arent something anyone wants to do

river quiver
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Goose ain’t know what history is 💀

peak escarp
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it's possible that other groups may have tried to replicate Tracer/Sigma's accidents, but so far they have not succeeded

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as far as we know

river quiver
rare trail
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that doesnt make any sense

river quiver
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Nothing on sigma yet obv but he’s also very not well known in the world

rare trail
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why would the effect be so different

river quiver
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However, tracer and Genji, if theyctried to replicate tracers idea it’s entirely possible that they could’ve tried to put something like that into him

rare trail
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its not possible

river quiver
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As a prototype experiment

rare trail
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that didnt happen

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you can write fanfiction about if it happened but it didnt

river quiver
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Goose I ain’t talking to you homie you can go bye bye now

peak escarp
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keep it civil

river quiver
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I’m trying but homie is so unlogical im about to mute

peak escarp
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unlogical

river quiver
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There’s nothing that states exactly what they put in genjis suit

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There’s literally nothing anywhere that states every part and process they put into his body

upbeat violet
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if he had anything like tracers device im sure they’d have mentioned

peak escarp
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there's no evidence they gave him a prototype of Tracer's powers

rare trail
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tracers blinks are only possible because of her chronal disassociation

quasi sparrow
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True

rare trail
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his dash stops because he stops putting energy into it to continue it

quasi sparrow
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And the help of the iron man thingy to control it

rare trail
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yeah

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the anchor

river quiver
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But instead I’m getting “nuh uh it didnt say that here here and here”

rare trail
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that idea doesnt make sense

peak escarp
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how can we discuss it if there's no evidence?

river quiver
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Because there’s the possibility

rare trail
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there isnt

hushed spire
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Extremely unlikely

rare trail
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you need to have chronal disassociation to even blink in the first place

river quiver
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They didn’t state a single thing about genjis body other than “it’s cybernetic”

rare trail
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what are you talking about

quasi sparrow
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Yes

rare trail
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they've gone more into detail than that

peak escarp
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given what we know about Tracer's abilities, it's impossible for Genji to have them

upbeat violet
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ever considered the possibility he’s not blinking and just going really fast and then stopping really fast

quasi sparrow
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Her blink is literally her moving through time

river quiver
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But it’s entirely possible for someone to want to recreate tracers abilities.

rare trail
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possible

peak escarp
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want to, sure

rare trail
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never shown

peak escarp
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be able to, not likely

quasi sparrow
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Yes genji doesnt blink tf you mean

river quiver
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And if a man is on deaths door anyways why wouldn’t he agree to have some kind of prototype put in him

quasi sparrow
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How would he hit people in his dash if he teleports behind them

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He goes through them

river quiver
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Tracers ability isn’t teleportation

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It’s accelerating their state of matter

hushed spire
river quiver
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Like little bits of time travel

quasi sparrow
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Ik but she doesnt phsically move the distance

rare trail
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like you're jsut writing fanfiction of what if genji had tracer powers

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its not supported by anything

river quiver
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Goose you still don’t even have the original point I put across. Once again I ain’t talking to you

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Actually none of the new people really do 🤔

rare trail
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none of the point you've brought up make sense

peak escarp
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I have no idea what point you're trying to make

rare trail
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genji doesnt have tracers powers

quasi sparrow
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Genji doesnt blink

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He moves really fast

rare trail
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genji cant have tracers powers

quasi sparrow
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Tracer teleports through time and space

upbeat violet
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again, what if, Genji is moving really fast, and then stops really fast

hushed spire
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Cause u sound dumb putting a idea with nothing to support it here

upbeat violet
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and that’s how it happens

river quiver
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I give up on this community. Y’all literally room temperature iq 🫠

fossil chasm
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genji is scout tf2, tracer is a teleporter

quasi sparrow
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My room is 9999 degrees

upbeat violet
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you’re saying the same thing over and over and getting the same answers

peak escarp
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this is a channel for discussing the canon of Overwatch, not hypotheticals

rare trail
river quiver
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Exhibit A

fossil chasm
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so help me GOD I will switch off autocorrect

upbeat violet
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and then including certain insults in between

river quiver
rare trail
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you're just ignoring the evidence

fossil chasm
river quiver
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I’ve given many many many many many reasons behind why it’s possible and entirely reasonable

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YALL are ignoring the evidence

rare trail
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chronal disassociation and the harness is what lets tracer blink

peak escarp
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we've given plenty of counterarguments

river quiver
peak escarp
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which you choose to ignore

river quiver
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It was simply an idea

rare trail
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an impossible idea

river quiver
rare trail
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no

upbeat violet
rare trail
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no one has talked about jeff

river quiver
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Or “this character is special in their own way :D”

rare trail
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what are you talking about

river quiver
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Goose you’re slow af

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It’s a joke

rare trail
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keep attacking strawmen ig

hushed spire
river quiver
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It means “it’s not written down specifically here”

rare trail
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its not a possibility

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genji doesnt have chronal disassociation

river quiver
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Keep up goose

rare trail
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you're wrong

hushed spire
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Anything is a possibility is ur evidence

river quiver
rare trail
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tracer can blink because of chronal disassociation genji doesnt have that so he cant blink

peak escarp
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arguments against replicating Tracer's condition:

  • it was a unique accident that is impossible to replicate
  • it used proprietary technology that only Overwatch has access to
  • it relies on a unique condition for it to function
river quiver
hushed spire
fossil chasm
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ok here’s my idea: clover was dropped on the sidewalk as a young child and it affects their mental state to this day

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disprove it

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I want logical arguments

rare trail
peak escarp
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please don't resort to personal attacks

rare trail
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theres nothing showing genji can blink

upbeat violet
fossil chasm
river quiver
# peak escarp arguments against replicating Tracer's condition: - it was a unique accident tha...

Here’s my evidence.

Winston found a way to anchor tracer to the present. So they naturally must have some idea as to how it works.

Genji and tracer both shoot forward rapidly and stop instantaneously.

Angela and Winston both worked to help tracer AND Genji. Tracer possibly before Genji.

Tracers ability is a very powerful ability that if possible anyone would want to recreate in persuit of power. If Genji is about to dye anyway, why not test some kind of prototype while rebuilding him.

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There’s more but I don’t want to take up the whole page with one comment

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Also, not evidence. I forgot what it’s called

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Thesis? Hypothesis

upbeat violet
river quiver
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One of the two

upbeat violet
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There’s no evidence it’ll work exactly the same each time

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Let alone work

peak escarp
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Winston being able to provide a solution doesn't mean he knows how it happens or how to replicate it, same goes for Mercy

fossil chasm
river quiver
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That’s science for you

analog niche
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Where is the lore about why widowmaker is sexy and not tactical?

fossil chasm
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Keep your story straight

river quiver
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Just enough to replicate the idea so they can somehow counteract it

peak escarp
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Genji and Tracer do both shoot forward and stop suddenly, but the visuals are different, indicating that the mechanism for it is different

analog niche
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Her outfit being hyper sexualized makes no sense since she’s a sniper

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She she be like that talon sniper

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From archives

peak escarp
river quiver
analog niche
river quiver
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So for Genji, if he were to replicate it, they’d need to find a way to essentially force it

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And what better way to test things like that then with robotics

analog niche
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She wore that one outfit in the comic where she blasted Ana’s ass

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Which was tactical

peak escarp
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Genji's dash is explained canonically as cyber-agility... something his cybernetics allow him to do

river quiver
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But what exactly IS cyber agility?

fossil chasm
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oh my god

river quiver
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Is it super strength into his legs?

quasi sparrow
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Diffetent

river quiver
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What gives him that “agility”

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Agility isn’t a one thing

quasi sparrow
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Hes a robot?

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Tf you mean

river quiver
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Agility is a description

quasi sparrow
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He has no limits

fossil chasm
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cyber legs from EYE divine cybermancy

quasi sparrow
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In terms of agility

fossil chasm
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his legs are OK

river quiver
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Neither Genji nor tracer hold momentum after dash

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Or blink

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If genjis dash was just a jump, wouldn’t he hold momentum like doom fist?

rare trail
river quiver
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Instead he slows waaaay down instantly

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Like tracer

quasi sparrow
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Ok?? Genji uses cybernetic stuffness to physically move forward fast

river quiver
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All momentum is gone besides that of moving forward in a regular walk

quasi sparrow
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Tracers is instant because she doesnt use any physical strength

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She teleports through time and space

river quiver
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He can use it midair

quasi sparrow
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He is using robot magic

river quiver
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Last I checked air doesn’t exactly give af about your strength

river quiver
quasi sparrow
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Yes but he literally moves forward

peak escarp
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same way he can double jump

quasi sparrow
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On the screen you move forward fast

rare trail
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genji stops because he stops putting energy in to keep the dash going

quasi sparrow
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Tracer doesnt move she teleports essentiallu

river quiver
peak escarp
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because it's fiction and double jumps and speedy dashes are something ninja can do in fiction

river quiver
rare trail
river quiver
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Then again it’s also possible cause Hanzo can too

river quiver
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With his air hop thingy

quasi sparrow
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Yes they are ninjas

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Its fictional

rare trail
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you have to like actually point out whats wrong about my statement instead of making a vague "you're dumb!" response

quasi sparrow
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It doesnt need to apply to the laws of physics

rare trail
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is lunge canon?

river quiver
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You can’t just “stop putting energy” into a jump and instantly slow down

fossil chasm
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monkeys don’t talk and beams don’t heal

quasi sparrow
rare trail
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theres a deceleration period

fossil chasm
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oh ffs do you need regular to react too?

river quiver
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There really isn’t though

analog niche
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Bro a hamster rides around in a giant ball with a grappling hook

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Physics?

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My guy

rare trail
river quiver
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He stops his momentum instantly and then falls if you throw it in the air forward

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There’s no flying through the air like doom fist

quasi sparrow
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And???

rare trail
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not instantly

quasi sparrow
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its not instant

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He moves physically

river quiver
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Yes instantly have you played him? Or watched the newest clip

rare trail
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regardless unless you have a canon scenario where that happens it doesnt matter

quasi sparrow
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On your screen you move forward fast

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Not instantly teleport like yracer

river quiver
quasi sparrow
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Watching a genji dash you can hit him while he dashes because it isnt instant. He moves through the air

warped latch
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What the hell are we arguing abt I can’t keep up

river quiver
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Even though in game it is a teleport cause you can’t be hit with it. But her thing is all about time travel

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That’s why she can reload so fast and go back in time to heal herself etc etc

quasi sparrow
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Im saying teleport bc in game she teleports

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Did you even read it

river quiver
quasi sparrow
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I understand tthe lore

rare trail
quasi sparrow
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And i explained I understand that tracer doesnt teleport 2 times before

river quiver
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Okay well either way she rewinds herself in time

quasi sparrow
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I know

river quiver
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She heals in game and she literally goes back to a place she was in time

quasi sparrow
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Tf

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IK

river quiver
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I’m responding to goose

rare trail
river quiver
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Bro did the “uhm acktually”

analog niche
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I wish I could humbly take death rn

rare trail
peak escarp
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when she recalls in Alive, she is able to get un-gassed by Widowmaker's venom mine

river quiver
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With an “uhm acktually” 🤡

peak escarp
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that's the closest we have to her healing

rare trail
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i kinda thought it just didnt last that long

analog niche
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And technically that’s not healing per se

river quiver
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People don’t just “heal” from bullets anyway

analog niche
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But debatable

river quiver
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The robot dude died to one widow shot

analog niche
quasi sparrow
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She goes back in time

river quiver
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So we can all say that lore wise bullets still do bullet things

analog niche
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Wtf

peak escarp
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if Tracer could canonically heal by Recall, she could have recalled when she got shot in London Calling 5

river quiver
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Great I don’t even know wtf were arguing about at all anymore now everyone’s just attacking me because “NO UR CLAIM BAD”

river quiver
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That bullet would have destroyed it like when doom fist caught her

river quiver
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But she could have maybe blinked?

rare trail
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she might've been out of blinks

quasi sparrow
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She was tired

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That takes energy

river quiver
rare trail
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museum shows that theres a limited amount

river quiver
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?

rare trail
river quiver
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Oh shit fr? I gotta rewatch that

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Oh yea when she was behind the casing

peak escarp
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they weren't aimed at her chronal accelerator

rare trail
river quiver
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In the animation it went for that circle thing on her chest

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That’s the accelerator isn’t it?

peak escarp
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I'm talking about the comic, not the short

river quiver
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They’re the same though..

peak escarp
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Tracer got shot in the chest

river quiver
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That’s like saying “manga over anime”

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But wait then why did iggy die in the short?

peak escarp
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Iggy didn't die

river quiver
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Oh no I was talking about when widow shot at tracer and it killed that dude getting into the limo

warped latch
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That was Mondatta

river quiver
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Yeaaaa that guy

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My bad

peak escarp
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goose mentioned Tracer being able to heal by recalling, I said she got shot and couldn't recall

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so I'm following up on that

river quiver
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Oh yea I followed up on that too

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Said in game you can heal bullets but bullets kill people in reality of both comics and the shorts so naturally tracer didn’t want to take the shot in the short

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But it ended up hitting mandatta

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Mondotta

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I can’t type

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Fingers are cold

peak escarp
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she didn't know that Mondatta was in the line of fire

river quiver
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Right I know

peak escarp
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she does express regret and says she would have taken the shot if she knew

river quiver
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But she couldn’t recall either at the time cause a bullet like that would’ve killed her

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Unless she knew of course

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But at the time if she’s fighting she’s rather dodge a bullet and keep fighting

peak escarp
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and by the time she realized what had happened, recalling would not have done anything

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she can't un-shoot Mondatta

river quiver
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Obviously

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That’s not what I was saying lol

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I was saying she wouldn’t take the hit just to tank it and recall

peak escarp
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correct

river quiver
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Yea no this is a completely different tangent without a point lmao

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It was all to explain how tracers “healing” recall is different from real recall

peak escarp
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this statement has me interested

river quiver
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Oh wait

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So maybe she could tank the bullet and recall out had it not been going for the accelerator?

peak escarp
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it means a few things:

  • Emily knows how the accelerator works, and its limits
  • there's a limit to the injuries Tracer can recall out of
  • the chronal accelerator can function damaged, but with limited effectiveness
river quiver
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So she can infact heal herself to some extent

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Autocorrect would@you please stop being a prick

peak escarp
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it also seems like if she blinks through the path of a bullet, it will strike her multiple times

river quiver
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So yes it’s not an actual teleport

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It’s literally moving forward in time very fast

peak escarp
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Emily says the bullet hit her over and over, because she was moving faster than the bullet

rare trail
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the way tracers powers work remind me of mih

river quiver
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Again. Showing it’s pretty similar to Genjis very fast dash js >_>

rare trail
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no

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they arent similar

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other than theyre both moving in a direction

peak escarp
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I'll agree that they are functionally similar

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but the mechanisms are different

river quiver
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Of course

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And I brought up that point too. Obviously they aren’t the exact same

rare trail
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like they both move someone forward in a direction but like its basically reins charge

river quiver
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Genji never had the disassociation

rare trail
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reins charge genjis dash and tracers blink are all similar in that sense

river quiver
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Not entirely. Tracer and Genji are about the same weight so that supports your theory on genjis simply overpowering speed

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Rein has a lot more weight carry so he has to have a fuckin badass jet on his back

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And hammer

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But like. Functionality wise Genji and tracer are both very similar in speed and they way they cooperate. They even talk like they run missions together because they are very similar in fighting style

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So. Even though it’s not specifically said. Why wouldn’t it be possible for Genji to simply have some type of forced, experimental, prototype chrono disassociation and accelerator built into his new body?!

peak escarp
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possible, but unlikely

river quiver
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That’s the discussion I was TRYING to bring

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Is that it’s POSSIBLE

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Not that it is that absolutely

peak escarp
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because they would not force an experimental tech on him, even if it was possible to replicate it

river quiver
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But literally everyone took it as me making some kind of claim that this is how it works

peak escarp
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Overwatch (at least publicly) is an ethical organization

river quiver
peak escarp
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Mercy in particular has strong ethics, and would not participate

river quiver
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What if that was how@they saved Genji? Cause in the short it looks like Genji was basically split in half

peak escarp
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Mercy's medical tech is more than enough to heal Genji of his injuries

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we don't know the details of his injuries, only that he was left unable to walk

river quiver
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I wish I knew exactly what kind of injuries Genji had

peak escarp
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it's likely that his limbs were replaced as part of the cyberization process

river quiver
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Right. If mercy’s tech can save someone on the brink of death though, why even rebuild his body in the first place?

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Cause they literally rebuilt his entire body

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He only has his upper body from the looks of it

peak escarp
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saving someone's life isn't the same as restoring function

river quiver
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That’s true

peak escarp
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and he didn't need the cyborg body to be saved

river quiver
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But it sounds like that was forced on him

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Because it took him time to grieve over his body

peak escarp
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the cyborg body was an offer from Overwatch in exchange for his help taking down his family

river quiver
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He didn’t know what he became

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It was an offer? Is that in a comic?

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I know I didn’t get through reading all of them but I read most

peak escarp
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As Genji's injuries left him clinging to life, Overwatch offered to rebuild his body in exchange for his help.

river quiver
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That sounds more like they offered everything at once

peak escarp
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    Genji: Pain and agony. And what am I? Man or machine?
    McCree: Then why did you agree to it?
    Genji: I wanted to be able to walk again.```
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from Retribution

river quiver
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Like they offered to save him and rebuild him at the same time

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Not just to save him

peak escarp
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if he was on death's door, I doubt he was able to consent to having his life saved

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it seems more likely that he was saved, then given the cyborg offer

river quiver
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His injuries left him clinging to life

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That sounds like he still has those injuries

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Like he’s about to die

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It’s all the way it’s perceived though

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And naturally it’s a comic so they can’t put in true reality like when you’re about to die you can’t really talk or move. But in comics you can irk out your last words and walk to the last place you needed to go

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But it seems to me like it was almost a “we’ll save you but in exchange we need your help”

peak escarp
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I would really like to see (or read I guess, since I'd like it to be in a short story/novel so we can get internal thoughts) their fight

river quiver
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Me too

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It would be so nice to see some more actually lore from overwatch

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It’s all just little clips and snippets

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I still don’t know what Murphy looks like

peak escarp
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Murphy appears to be a black and tan corgi with cybernetic hind legs

river quiver
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But yea I wasn’t trying to be a know it all “this is how Genji works” before i was just bringing up an idea to be discussed in the lore discussion channel since it would be a really cool idea if it were true. And it’s not exactly impossible for it to be a possibility either

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Is that from overwatch? It looks a little unfinished

peak escarp
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it is unfinished

river quiver
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Oh yea that’s the update video

peak escarp
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it's a Sojourn cinematic that's in production

river quiver
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Bro when the fuck

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Do we get zen

peak escarp
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we first learned about it over a year ago

river quiver
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I want to see a zen cinematic

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Bro had very very little lore on him whatsoever and he’s still so fuckin interesting

rare trail
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there is some animation with him being attacked by sombra and widow

river quiver
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There is?

rare trail
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it was a peek at wip animation

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a gif of it has been posted here a few times

river quiver
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Thank god. I’m tryna figure out how he can kick Reinhardt to Neptune

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Still the greatest buff in ow history

peak escarp
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Zenyatta will play a major role in the Story Missions of the PvE

twilit patrol
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Amélie is mad Widowmaker

wind portal
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smh when talon training is enough to just barely shoot 3 shuriken's away

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it's already off to a bad start

peak escarp
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I like the Talon trooper who drops his gun when Genji shows up

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oh there's two of them

wind portal
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he's like, "Oh shit we fucked up."

peak escarp
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lol

wind portal
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They KNOW what's about to happen

worthy rose
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"Ain't that the guy from Venice?"

wind portal
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Venice is the hotspot for all things crime appearantly lmao

worthy rose
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Yeah lol

analog niche
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ZEN IS STANDING

dense nebula
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Kind of cursed actually

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We never see him stand so causally

worthy rose
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There's a reason his "stretch" emote is a Halloween emote

river quiver
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Drops his gun and fuckin BAILS

wind portal
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I just love how Zenyatta just chills when the talon agents arrive lol

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like he's also got something up his sleeve

peak escarp
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Zenyatta keeps calm

wind portal
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by focusing on his breathing

river quiver
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But.. he don’t breath?

worthy rose
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"Exactly"

analog niche
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🤨

river quiver
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Coming from a Genji one trick. This makes me happy

analog niche
river quiver
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already did

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id say im pretty decent with it too. im not a shadder or a necros but i can hold my own

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anyway back to lore

peak escarp
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Zenyatta only floats when he's meditating

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otherwise he walks

river quiver
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wait so hesmeditating the entire fight

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ow2 zen is just built different

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i badly wanna see a proper reunion of zen v rammatra. cause in games on the same team they talk to each other like they are still friends but if rammatra is seen as a bad guy (ish) then would they fight or simply agree to disagree

peak escarp
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I think they respect each other enough to talk first

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but neither will agree with the other's position

wind portal
#

I had an idea in my head of how I'd expect that to happen but Ram doesn't trust mondatta's teachings

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I do think Zen would be able to get through Ram though

river quiver
#

it seems almost like ram would agree with zen but in the "it should be that way but it isnt"

#

it sounds like rammatra wished for peace but now simply feels that humans must be punished for refusing to be peaceful"

peak escarp
#

Ramattra: I have suffered so everyone else should suffer.
Zenyatta: I have suffered so nobody else should suffer.

river quiver
#

exactly

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"experience tranquility" over "suffer as i have"

#

its interesting too how similar their ultimates are

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ramatra has an aoe of damage while zen is an aoe of healing

peak escarp
#

completely intentional on the part of the designers, I'm sure

river quiver
#

very true to their character

peak escarp
#

it also makes Zen a great counter to Ramattra's ult

analog niche
#

When hanzo and McCree ship confirmed

peak escarp
#

until the Ana nade comes along

analog niche
#

I don’t get it

wind portal
analog niche
#

I’m dumb tho

river quiver
#

only problem is zen's ult is a set duration

#

rams was infinite for a bit there

#

i still cant beleive that passed overwatchs nose like "oh yea. defense and stopping ult timer. sounds good to me"

upbeat violet
#

it might relate to how violence keeps on while peace is only there for a set amount of time

river quiver
#

i still wanna understand what zen means by "planting a tree in a volcano"

#

its almost like zen agrees with rammatra but stays true to the peace thing

upbeat violet
#

maybe he means to try and introduce peace even in places where the chances seem dire

river quiver
#

but then doomfist is like "exactly!"

#

but he seems to only want chaos

analog niche
#

I feel like Doomfist used to be much more interesting in his goals and now is kinda cartoon villain

#

I’m not sure why I feel this way

river quiver
#

i still dont really understand it

worthy rose
#

I mean his goal is still to plunge the world into a new conflict to strengthen humanity

analog niche
#

I get that, but it used to seem more nuanced

worthy rose
#

I mean yeah, his hero select voice line used to literally be: "Only through conflict do we evolve"

analog niche
#

Like I feel like his goals felt as sympathetic as Ramattra’s, but then OW2 came out and even before Ram, he felt off to me

upbeat violet
#

the tank role changed him

worthy rose
#

For me personally, he was made a little less menacing with the change to his ability voice lines ngl. Like how he says "wait for it", "ready for a knockout?" when charging punch, instead of just grunting menacingly

analog niche
#

Yeah I don’t like almost any of the changes to voice lines

#

I prefer the originals almost every time

#

Like with doom, rein, sombra, pharah

#

Just off the top of my head

river quiver
#

overwatch went too far on the casual gaming side and not enough with the serious competitive "hey theres actually lore btw"

worthy rose
#

I don't mind the seismic slam lines because they're fine imo, since he doesn't say anything that seems slightly out of character, unlike with punch

analog niche
#

I don’t mind that either, never did

wind portal
analog niche
#

I used to live brig, but now I resent her because of her in game character

#

She has no personality imo

#

I’m open to hear your thoughts though

upbeat violet
#

the skip day dialogue makes my heart ache

upbeat violet
#

The one with Mei I think it is

analog niche
#

I don’t think I’ve heard it

upbeat violet
#

I’ll look it up quickly

peak escarp
#
    Brigitte: No way! Today's my cheat day. I'm going to eat a whole apple pie and sleep.
    Mei: Cheat day? Is that allowed?
    Brigitte: Of course! My workout, my rules.```
river quiver
#

zen calls soldier a fool

#

thats great

peak escarp
#

Brigitte's personality went from "naive beginner hero" to "gym rat"

upbeat violet
#

Turns out it’s cheat day

#

oh

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you beat me to it

#

😔

livid elbow
#

Is the Yokai Omnic with the eye a girl or boy?

peak escarp
#

we don't know

livid elbow
#

Bummer, we hardly know anything about them when they were introduced individually.

peak escarp
#

we don't even know their names

#

we know three of them are Ryota, Nobuto and Sakura, but we don't know which ones

river quiver
#

you think sakura is ghonna be useless like in naruto?

peak escarp
#

she seemed pretty useful in the short story

river quiver
#

sakura did too in shonen jump lmao

upbeat violet
#

do you guys think pve will add more flesh to the characters

#

like sym will do more with hard light than just create walls

limpid agate
#

Yes

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Maybe not in gameplay but at least in stories

upbeat violet
#

wish they did it in gameplay

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i'd take some spinoff games like league did

fathom canyon
#

PvE been in development for god knows how long

#

i dont know how much I could take if they did it with spinoff games

upbeat violet
#

wait no

#

not that way

analog niche
#

Proper grammar is important

#

Just look at what happened to grandma

hollow tinsel
#

Fr

#

Based

analog niche
#

On a loosely related note, will a character ever use fire as a main part of their kits?

#

Or is that too much for a teen rated game?

#

Ashe has dynamite, torb has molten core, but I think that’s it

upbeat violet
#

i dont think its about it being a teenrated game

#

it'd be really broken if its anything like ashe's status effect on dynamite

#

and if it wasnt then people would just complain that its the same fire and that theres no reason for it to do different dmg

ivory garnet
peak escarp
#

it would have to be pretty low damage

deep umbra
silk lark
analog niche
silk lark
#

Its the easy route

#

and the most logical one imo

#

flamethrower, napalm, ult is like an inferno ring. Just mei w fire

silk lark
upbeat violet
#

maybe we could have a character whose ult is a giant flamethrower

#

mauga is a nice bet for it

#

I’m not sure how it could be balanced to fit into the game though

potent briar
#

Fuck balancing

#

Just give me a flamethrower

#

If they gave a fuck about balancing, cassidy's nade would've gotten an actual nerf by now

opaque scroll
#

stay on topic

potent briar
#

Was I talking to you?

potent briar
#

The devs even said they wanted to make a flamethrower hero

#

And Mauga's psycho ass would go great w/ that

opaque scroll
gray kayak
gleaming echo
#

i want more moira lore

potent briar
#

When Mauga comes there's probably gonna be something

silk lark
#

I mean I could also see him having burt guns

#

one sice shoots nades and the other shoots burst fire

river quiver
#

istg if it burns like ash's dynamite imma be pissed

silk lark
#

May not

#

given that ashes dynamite is the first fire they added

#

they probably refine it for the next hero

#

Lore wise though id assume that they would have some sort of fire hero to disable mei

#

in terms of story

potent briar
#

It would be funny to see her shit melt

dense nebula
#

Based on the fact he’s a heavy assault trooper and those guys had miniguns in the Archives PvE missions they are in

silk lark
#

oooo

#

Neat

#

they may change it for when hes a hero tho

dense nebula
#

I doubt he’d be the same as he looks now

#

He’s def gotta be part cybernetic.

#

When we see him again

#

Considering Bap blew him the fuck up

#

And he was right next to the explosion

fresh rock
# silk lark

No, Mauga is paired with duel wielded miniguns, he's a heavy assault talon trooper

rare trail
fading rampart
#

nade cannon projectile, flame cannon upclose, mega cannon ultimate that combines the two yo

silk lark
#

seeing as he is a tank

#

he could create space

#

and seeing as him and bap seemed to work together

#

a medic needs space to work

rare trail
#

yeah that would be cool

#

I wonder what he uses in no one left behind

#

Seems like just energy shield and guns

serene crystal
#

.

upbeat violet
analog niche
upbeat violet
#

do you guys think hanzo would be directed to zen by Genji

#

so that he could finally forgive himself

analog niche
#

I mean maybe, I imagine it will be mostly a hanzo struggle and zen will have only one interaction with him that he can reflect on

upbeat violet
#

would make sense

analog niche
#

I’m not going to punch your dog

#

Bc you said please

viscid flame
worthy rose
#

L

analog niche
#

Also wtf

#

That’s so many

#

For Soldier, Reaper, and Ana they were like

viscid flame
analog niche
#

Fr, you can kinda tell how it messed him up with Ana a little

analog niche
#

Or how mercy didn’t just turn into a vigilante and start fighting big pharma with her caduceus staff

#

Hey, maybe emre faked his death too 👀

viscid flame
#

Maybe balderich faked his death too lol

analog niche
#

Gigachad dilf

#

Best rein skin

#

I bet the 2nd Doomfist faked his death too

#

Same with mondatta

#

And all of mei’s friends

#

And Dr. Winston

#

Death isn’t real in overwatch, they just get sent back to spawn

upbeat violet
analog niche
#

People wanted to punch doggo?

upbeat violet
#

for some reason

white kernel
#

Someone will die when PVE comes out

peak escarp
#

me

#

I will die of excitement

upbeat violet
#

lol

analog niche
#

(It has been 96 years since they announced overwatch 2 pve)

analog niche
#

prepare for the artists :(

twilit patrol
twilit patrol
#

I'm not hero

upbeat violet
analog niche
#

Worse

slate mantle
#

Wish for more animal-hybrid heroes, like jet-pack cat or something cause they do exist in the lore. But not sure players would enjoy blasting a cat or dog in the face with a shotgun or solo shatter PogChimp

peak escarp
#

they only exist in one place

#

and it's pretty isolated from the story

dense nebula
analog niche
#

I want a bear

#

Or a bird like hero, with flapping wings

dense nebula
#

If we can have Japanese heroes call upon Yokai to assist them, then give me a hero who calls on a bear spirit

analog niche
#

Or a lycanthrope of some kind that would fit within the overwatch universe

viscid flame
#

I still want the Velociraptor hero concept someone made

peak escarp
#

we're not going to get any more animal heroes

analog niche
#

Why not

#

Do you hate animals

#

Probably

iron plume
white kernel
#

That was lore

iron plume
#

!!shitposting @white kernel

twilit nacelleBOT
#

@white kernel Shitposting will result in a loss of access.

white kernel
#

Tracer is gay

#

I’m confuse

iron plume
#

How is it "scary" exactly?

white kernel
#

For herself and not others

iron plume
#

uh huuh

peak escarp
# analog niche Why not

because intelligent animals are not really a thing that exists in the world outside of the Horizon Lunar Colony, and it's very unlikely we'll get a third Horizon hero

analog niche
#

You’re completely right tho

twilit patrol
peak escarp
#

rude

analog niche
#

Even Hammond is pushing it

iron plume
#

Can you tone down the hostility a notch or five

analog niche
#

Can i?

iron plume
#

Well you'd better

analog niche
white kernel
#

Jet pack cat should be next legend

iron plume
#

Having animal heroes has nothing to do with what any of us do in this channel
But if you keep being antagonistic you will be muted

analog niche
#

Ok fine

#

Jeez

twilit patrol
#

We don't need else animal heroes

analog niche
#

I want a lycanthrope hero

#

That can get you around the animal thing

white kernel
#

Ya notice each hero has a connection with someone else

iron plume
#

Those are even less likely to exist

analog niche
#

Why

peak escarp
#

closest you'd get is a human spliced with animal genes, but they wouldn't be full on werewolf

analog niche
#

They can absolutely exist

white kernel
analog niche
white kernel
#

Like lifeweaver has a connection with sym

analog niche
white kernel
iron plume
#

Not canonically, at least not yet

analog niche
#

Or else most won’t care

white kernel
#

Fr

#

Solider having a gay pride skin

analog niche
#

They’ll probably do an slapdash recolor of the ow2 default skins for tracer, soldier, etc. unfortunately it will be the progress flag which is a bad flag design

analog niche
#

that would be cool if it changed tracer’s trail

#

To be rainbow

#

Instead of blue

white kernel
#

Rainbow trail mystic skin

#

If the new character is jet pack cat I think they’ll have a connection with Winston Hammond and Brigitte

iron plume
#

Well it's not going to be

#

and even then, we know what connections jet pack cat has
It's brig and torb

peak escarp
#

updated the relationship web for Lifeweaver

iron plume
#

It has nothing to do with the Horizon animals

white kernel
#

I Said if

iron plume
#

and I said even if that, it's not going to be those connections

white kernel
iron plume
#

seeing how the yokai gang sank their shit

peak escarp
#

oh yeah I should add that

#

I should also shift Cassidy and Genji around so that the line connecting Cassidy to Blackwatch doesn't go through Genji

white kernel
#

We might get something from Helix in the future

peak escarp
#

I'd like to see Helix as one of the enemy factions in the PvE

white kernel
#

When is PVE coming out

peak escarp
#

since we'll need someone to fight if we get Talon missions

white kernel
#

They lying to us

peak escarp
white kernel
#

I can’t wait for it

peak escarp
#

game dev takes time

#

I'd rather have them do it right than have it rushed out

rain shoal
twilit patrol
gentle lagoon
safe oriole
#

Aren’t they not friends though, talon is using sigma not befriending him on righteous terms

peak escarp
#

I just didn't think of it

gentle lagoon
#

Oh, so their friendship is canon? I thought it would be as it seems Sombra is the only talon member that isn’t interested in using Sigma.

peak escarp
#

it has only been shown in the voice lines, but I like to believe it's canon

gentle lagoon
#

It would make sense tho, as Sombra would probably be able to relate to Sigma in some way and probably not like how the other members are treating him.

peak escarp
#

voice lines are hypothetical, based on the characters personalities, so it's plausible

fallen juniper
dense nebula
peak escarp
#

yes that

#

not all family is blood related

upbeat violet
#

interesting statement

upbeat violet
#

any of you guys want a comic about relationships

#

like Lena and her girlfriend

#

and maybe mercy and genji

ivory garnet
#

no

rare trail
#

reflections was kinda about stuff like that

#

just not strictly romantic relationships

ivory garnet
#

just keep it in regular stories like Reflections and London Calling

upbeat violet
#

it was a weird question to make

#

my bad

ivory garnet
#

nah its a good question to ask

#

just imo they shouldnt make any comics directly towards a relationship

fathom canyon
merry mason
#

Do you think sigmas apparent dementia is due to the experiment or just old age

peak escarp
#

it's brain damage caused by the accident

upbeat violet
#

who has the most potential right now?

#

besides sigma

twilit patrol
#

Winston

ivory garnet
#

Winston is at his peak

#

dont see how he can go much further

rare trail
#

lifeweaver i think

#

we dont know much about his powers

ivory garnet
#

both of the hardlight/bio-light users have the best potential

rare trail
#

sym story will probably reveal a lot about their powers

upbeat violet
#

ooo

austere lodge
#

Wait soldier is actually straight. He revealed he lied

peak escarp
#

!!shitposting @austere lodge

twilit nacelleBOT
#

@austere lodge Shitposting will result in a loss of access.

austere lodge
#

: (

#

It’s head cannon

peak escarp
#

this isn't the place for headcanon

austere lodge
#

What channel is

peak escarp
#

idk

austere lodge
#

: (

cosmic juniper
#

I hope sigma betrays talon in the pve

#

Would be cool to see

worthy rose
#

oh look! theres an ant on the cieling!

warped latch
#

What do you think will happen with Ramattra. Will he be defeated/killed? Jailed? Join forces with Overwatch? Could Zenyatta talk him down?

#

is this the right place to wonder

twilit patrol
#

In my view, he doesn't care about being in prison, as long as he sees that the world is evolving as he wants it to, that's what matters to him, he's not fighting for himself.

#

I really don’t want him to die, it wouldn’t make sense.

warped latch
#

right, i do agree. i'd rather he not die either, so i just cant help but wonder what other options there are for him, and i can't wait to see it all go down 😅

twilit patrol
#

Yeah i can’t wait too

#

I love this character

warped latch
#

i'll be in my 40's with kids by time we get to that point of the story though smh

#

especially at the pace we're going

warped latch
#

i wonder if any of the playable characters we have are projected to die in the story. think it'd bee too much of a miracle of none of 'em do

twilit patrol
#

I think Reinhardt could die yes

warped latch
#

that's a good bet

fresh rock
warped latch
#

same

#

i think later voice line interactions in pvp would be interesting too, if one of the characters was technically deceased.

fresh rock
#

An original idea, I love it.

twilit patrol
#

Yes cube_perfect

warped latch
#

i'd probably argue its symmetra

#

its kinda hard to compare i think. the "smart" characters are sorta in different fields

upbeat violet
#

I think she’s in the better side compared to how some other ow2 characters got done

worthy rose
#

Winston

rotund obsidian
#

Junkrat

#

Serious

upbeat violet
#

I think Moiras just gotten further because she isn’t held back by ethics

fallen juniper
#

sigma is the smartest bro learned how to use a black hole

cerulean harbor
#

we don't know what treasure junkrat hold aswell

iron plume
#

Smartest isn't really comparable, because once again, different fields
Soldier and Doomfist are likely the best strategists
Sigma, Mercy and Moira the top academics
Winston, Torb and Lifeweaver are brilliant inventors
and then there's Echo

wind portal
dense nebula
#

Ain’t no way Ramattra’s joining Overwatch

potent briar
#

I'm pretty sure he'd rather die than join up or be imprisoned

#

tho I doubt they'd kill him off

worldly anchor
worldly anchor
#

he'd rather become an air fryer

#

there is no way he's joining overwatch

white kernel
upbeat violet
twilit patrol
#

Wtf

#

Ramattra in OW ?

#

He is a criminal, a killer.

warped latch
# twilit patrol He is a criminal, a killer.

Yeah so was reyes and Cassidy and Genji came from an empire of criminals and Moira is extremely unethical with her experiments and Lucio stole the tech he has and Ana is a world renowned sniper (has killed just as many people as she’s saved) and that list goes on

warped latch
#

No yeah, I just think “he’s a criminal” isn’t exactly the best reasoning just considering most of the roster has committed crime of some sort 😂
I agree that, for the moment, Ramattra would rather suffer as he has before joining overwatch

upbeat violet
#

I don’t think they have anything like that on Ram

warped latch
#

But I wouldn’t rule out the possibility of an unlikely/brief alliance between null sector and OW against talon much later down the line

#

But Ram joining OW doesn’t seem likely

wind portal
#

I see it as a likely possiblity considering Overwatch has Zenyatta, who is probably the only person capable of talking with Ramattra in getting him to either join overwatch or help them take down talon

#

and we know Ram wouldn't hurt Zenyatta in either case

viscid flame
#

I am big Rammatra fan, but

Even if Rammatra changed his stance on Over-Watch and came to see his position as wrong, his incursion on London is seen as a terrorist attack, and he started a new Global war. Even if the wider world never learned he was the leader of Null-Sector, I couldn't see most of the team-members vibing with his presence very well. And having him in the organization would lead to a lot of questions and be easily exploited by Talon

The story path I see Rammatra going on, if Null Sector is rendered defunct by the end of its story, is he goes off on his own once again with new purpose, perhaps reunite with his former Omnic friends

warped latch
#

That would be nice

shadow marsh
#

Really excited to see how much the playable Rammattra differs from boss fight Rammattra that will probably happen in pve

wind portal
# viscid flame I am big Rammatra fan, but Even if Rammatra changed his stance on Over-Watch an...

the problem I see with this is Genji was literally a part of a criminal organization known for their bad deeds, and Overwatch gladly took him in for exchange with his help, and he was able to reform into a much better person. the whole Idea of this whole 'oh bad guys can't join overwatch' is pretty messy since most overwatch members have a previous history of criminal activity, and on-top of that Ram is the closest with Zenyatta who is expected to join overwatch

upbeat violet
#

yeah but Genji has a history of not being involved with his family and his injuries came literally because of it

opaque tundra
#

I don’t think Zenyatta will actually join Overwatch but I can see him helping them out. He’s a pretty neutral character

#

Same goes for Ramattra

wind portal
#

I believe Zenyatta is probably going to join overwatch at some point

peak escarp
#

correction

#

Reyes took him in, to be a weapon for Blackwatch

#

his criminal background was an asset to Blackwatch

upbeat violet
#

thanks lore warlord doctor_six

peak escarp
#

also with new Overwatch trying to have a better public image than old Overwatch, recruiting the mastermind behind the second omnic crisis would not be a good look

wind portal
#

Cassidy also doesn't have the best look in terms of overwatch tbf, It's not out of the realm of possibility

peak escarp
#

Cassidy isn't as bad

upbeat violet
#
  • don’t they already have experience working with Cassidy
#

taking Ram in would be much more of a risk

peak escarp
#

yeah

upbeat violet
#

how do Lucio and Orisa/Efi know each other?

peak escarp
#

they met in Hero of Numbani

#

Efi was going to Lucio's concert when the airport was attacked by Doomfist, then later Lucio comes to Numbani for another concert (which Doomfist crashes)

#

Efi, Orisa and Lucio fight him off and force him to retreat

upbeat violet
#

i see

#

is there any chance they join overwatch

peak escarp
#

probably

wind portal
#

Lucio has already joined I believe

peak escarp
#

the end of the novel implies that Orisa has been in contact with Sojourn

past copper
#

So anyone wonder this?

#

Where was the command ship in Paris during Zero Hour

ivory garnet
#

what do you mean?

ivory garnet
peak escarp
twilit patrol
#

And that's a good question

peak escarp
#

probably dropped troops and left

twilit patrol
#

That's weird CubeThink

ivory garnet
#

its essentially a dropship

#

like the ones from Star Wars Clone Wars for droids

peak escarp
#

or the writers didn't think about it

viscid flame
#

If Rammatra can land a helicarrier in a major city, Null Sector must have really good air superiority

#

Because that is one massive target

sharp trench
viscid flame
past copper
#

Well, it might depend. Surely these ships are limited in nunber

golden oak
past copper
golden oak
#

HUH, can you still play that demo?

past copper
#

I highly doubt it

peak escarp
#

nope

past copper
#

It was a demo from 2019

peak escarp
#

and it was only playable at Blizzcon

past copper
#

Mostly to test features that may no longer be used in the story

#

To be honest, that whole container of add on stuff was too Fortnite in my opinion but whatever

#

Back on track, I'd imagine Ramattra only has a limited number of command ship to send to cities

#

Hence why only one at a time can be sent to designated cities around the world

#

I only wondered where the ship was in Zero Hour

#

Probably dropped troops before along the way to it's destination

#

Which countries surround France with known maps in game?

golden oak
upbeat violet
#

eichnwalde too

quiet rune
quiet rune
upbeat violet
#

found another one

#

not bordering but pretty around

#

king's row

past copper
#

Hmm. There are other countries surrounding France

upbeat violet
#

yeah id bet

past copper
#

Such maps close to France include Gothanburg and Portugal in Europe

#

We do know Null Sector attacks Torb's hometown

#

Well, if all these ships came from Antarctica

#

They'd probably fly North for the most part

#

Which would put one that was present in Paris, France on a clear path towards Gothenburg Sweden

tame dew
#

Sup, what we talkin bout?

peak escarp
#

why would they go North?

#

why not south back to Antarctica to resupply?

past copper
#

They're flying factories. They don't need to resupply as far as we see and the invasion just started

#

You can't imagine these ships aren't going to drop some forces as they fly over random cities on their path

young lily
#

What would mauga gameplay be like

past copper
#

Althoygh, there is another possibility Ramattra could've planted units within cities too

young lily
#

they scrapped his gameplay planned for him and recycled and put it into another character so he won’t be a poke tank

#

he probably won’t be a dive tank

idle finch
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hed be a heavy brawl character probably

fluid tulip
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idk any of the lore does someone have a video that explains it or something stare

limpid agate
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The hero bios are also very good summaries too

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If you are looking for details on a specific character

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!!loreheroes

twilit nacelleBOT
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rare trail
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I would think Mauga would play like rein or orisa

vocal marsh
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Gothenburg is also not exactly close to Paris

past copper
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I said close to France. The country and Gothenburg, Sweden isn't that far from it

ornate lichen
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Why do ow heroes not like doomfist

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What he do

rare trail
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Hes a terrorist

past copper
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Akande is an international terrorist leader of Talon

rare trail
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Same reason people don’t like reaper widow sombra

dense nebula
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Wrong channel

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My b

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But yeah, Talon is a known terrorist org

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Makes you wonder if Doom has spies in the shadows besides Sombra

ornate lichen
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Ohh

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I see I see

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Why do people like sigma then

past copper
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On top of that, his personal crimes revolve solely around Numbani

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Sigma is only really known to Talon as far as we know

ornate lichen
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I think I've hears about widow's background

dense nebula
ornate lichen
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It's kinda sad

past copper
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But his mind isn't completely there. It's possible he's not completely conscious of his own actions sometimes

dense nebula
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Don’t act like she can be saved btw

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Widow is with Talon cause she wants to be

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It’s what allows her to feel the most alive

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She ain’t some brainwashed prisoner

ornate lichen
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Oh

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I thought she was

dense nebula
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Nope

past copper
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She's more like a sleeper agent that woke up

dense nebula
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She was conditioned to be a killer yes

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But she enjoys killing

ornate lichen
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I see I see

past copper
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She was tasked with killing her husband as was her mission

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But now she's apart of Talon as one of their top assassins

ornate lichen
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Doesn't Ana almost kill her or smth

past copper
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No

dense nebula
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She would’ve

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But Widowmaker’s helmet saved her life

ornate lichen
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Oh

past copper
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Ana could not pull the trigger on someone she knew

dense nebula
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She responded by shooting out Ana’s eye

ornate lichen
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Ohhhhh

dense nebula
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Well whatever the case, Ana wound up with one less eye that day

past copper
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She did until finding out who was shooting

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She made a fatal mistake of hesitating that almost cost her her own life

dense nebula
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As one funky Japanese man who crawled out of another man said: “Hesitation is defeat”

ornate lichen
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Why are there so many groups in the lore 😭