#lore-discussion | Overwatch | Page 299

limpid agate Jun 25, 2018, 8:53 PM

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Still rolling on

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The two being one and the same

cerulean widget Jun 25, 2018, 8:53 PM

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jetapack cat never had any ground tho. that was just community hype

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hammonds name is all over stuff and literally a picture of asmall monkey was the leak

limpid agate Jun 25, 2018, 8:53 PM

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What leak

cerulean widget Jun 25, 2018, 8:54 PM

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the teaser from ow twitter

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go look at it

limpid agate Jun 25, 2018, 8:54 PM

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Thats not a leak

cerulean widget Jun 25, 2018, 8:54 PM

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excuse my verbage but you know what i mean

limpid agate Jun 25, 2018, 8:55 PM

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No, I dont. People like bringing up fake Hammond leaks often enough

cerulean widget Jun 25, 2018, 8:55 PM

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plus the changes to horizon and the secret monkey compartment?

lean silo Jun 25, 2018, 8:56 PM

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Jetpack Cat was a joke iirc

cobalt cipher Jun 25, 2018, 8:56 PM

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There are too many clues pointing to Hammond to think that Queen will be next

limpid agate Jun 25, 2018, 8:57 PM

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Yes, Jetpack Cat was a joke, where they said "We had this concept, but it was too silly to fit in the universe"

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Solution

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Make Hammond the concept

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Now it fits

cobalt cipher Jun 25, 2018, 8:57 PM

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Although I wish Blizz does something with her, I really liked her posters

limpid agate Jun 25, 2018, 8:58 PM

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Especially in two ways:
1 - We don't know what animal Hammond is.
2 - Jetpack Cat doesn't have to be a cat.

cobalt cipher Jun 25, 2018, 8:58 PM

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We do know

limpid agate Jun 25, 2018, 8:58 PM

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Oh we do, what animal is he

📎 Jetpack_Animal_Concept.png

cobalt cipher Jun 25, 2018, 8:59 PM

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Chimpanzee if I remember correctly

limpid agate Jun 25, 2018, 8:59 PM

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Nice guess

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But we dont know

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We have never seen hammond or been told what animal he is

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He could just as easily be a different type of monkey or ape

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Or not a primate at all

ebon laurel Jun 25, 2018, 9:00 PM

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Yeah, everyone just assumes he's a chimp

cerulean widget Jun 25, 2018, 9:00 PM

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he is refferenced as one of the smaller test subjects in the horizon document and they are specifically testing on primates

limpid agate Jun 25, 2018, 9:00 PM

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Interestingly

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The mural in the teaser shows a dog

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A dog is a smaller test subject as well

cerulean widget Jun 25, 2018, 9:01 PM

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and two chimps? one depicted in space

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?

ebon laurel Jun 25, 2018, 9:01 PM

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I just don't think a dog would eat bananas

limpid agate Jun 25, 2018, 9:01 PM

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Its not two chimps

cerulean widget Jun 25, 2018, 9:01 PM

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i think youre pulling at hairs

limpid agate Jun 25, 2018, 9:01 PM

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Its 1 chimp and 1 ape

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One has a tail 1 doesnt

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Its again

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2 different animals

cerulean widget Jun 25, 2018, 9:01 PM

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both primates, neither dogs or cats

cobalt cipher Jun 25, 2018, 9:01 PM

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Hammond escaped through vents

cerulean widget Jun 25, 2018, 9:02 PM

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i appreciate your devils advocacy buy you are just being a naysayer for the sake of naysaying at this point.

limpid agate Jun 25, 2018, 9:02 PM

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All I am saying is

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We dont know what he is

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Most likely some kind of primate

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But its not impossible for him to be something else

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Furthermore, he could be a chimp, and just as easily still be Jetpack Cat

lean silo Jun 25, 2018, 9:02 PM

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I would think he's a primate but for one detail

limpid agate Jun 25, 2018, 9:02 PM

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Which was my original point

cerulean widget Jun 25, 2018, 9:03 PM

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its possible for them to ship mcree/hanzo but not at all likely

limpid agate Jun 25, 2018, 9:03 PM

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Hammond and Jetpack Cat are, I believe, the same character

lean silo Jun 25, 2018, 9:03 PM

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And that's the cage

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Well then he would be Jetpack Chimp

limpid agate Jun 25, 2018, 9:03 PM

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Thats fine

lean silo Jun 25, 2018, 9:03 PM

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PLOT TWIST IT WAS BRIGITTE'S CAT

limpid agate Jun 25, 2018, 9:03 PM

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Jetpack Cat doesnt have to be a cat

lean silo Jun 25, 2018, 9:03 PM

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That would be terrifying

limpid agate Jun 25, 2018, 9:03 PM

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They've shown us concepts of Jetpack Cat being other animals

lean silo Jun 25, 2018, 9:03 PM

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Having Hammond be the pet of another character

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Just lurking unseen

limpid agate Jun 25, 2018, 9:03 PM

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Posting it again.

📎 Jetpack_Animal_Concept.png

cobalt cipher Jun 25, 2018, 9:03 PM

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It is suggested that he escaped through ventilation system, and one would need thumbs to do that

lean silo Jun 25, 2018, 9:03 PM

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The entire time

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i mean a different animal could easily possess some sort of augmentation

cerulean widget Jun 25, 2018, 9:04 PM

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2/6 of those are chimps, again making your outcome less likely

limpid agate Jun 25, 2018, 9:04 PM

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Which outcome

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You need to be more specific

cerulean widget Jun 25, 2018, 9:04 PM

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I appreciate the stimulation of your idea but at this point we are coming too close to assume anything else.

limpid agate Jun 25, 2018, 9:04 PM

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Im not sure if you are stil ltalking about hammond being a non-primeate

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Which I dont give a shit about, really. He can be anything but is probably some kind of monkey

cerulean widget Jun 25, 2018, 9:05 PM

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That hammond is indeed- 1 a chimp 2 the next hero and 3 modeled after a mobile jetpack like kit

limpid agate Jun 25, 2018, 9:05 PM

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Or if youre talking about jetpack hammond not being likely

lean silo Jun 25, 2018, 9:05 PM

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I just badly want another animal because I dislike chimps.

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...

limpid agate Jun 25, 2018, 9:05 PM

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Okay. Why do you disagree with taht

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That Hammond cant be a jetpack wearing animal

lean silo Jun 25, 2018, 9:05 PM

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So you say Jewvia is playing devil's advocate when there is ample evidence to it?

cerulean widget Jun 25, 2018, 9:06 PM

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Those are the facts we have to work with and saying hammond could be a dog at this point is moving away from logical forethought

limpid agate Jun 25, 2018, 9:06 PM

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Fuck the dog

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Move off from the dog

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I dont care about the dog

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The important thing

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Is Jetpack Hammond

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What is wrong with Jetpack Hammond

cerulean widget Jun 25, 2018, 9:06 PM

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Jetpack monkey hammond

ebon laurel Jun 25, 2018, 9:06 PM

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Was about to ask why this discussion is so serious, then I remembered the channel description

cerulean widget Jun 25, 2018, 9:06 PM

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we basically have monkey confirmed

limpid agate Jun 25, 2018, 9:06 PM

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So whats wrong with Jetpack Hammond

lean silo Jun 25, 2018, 9:07 PM

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I doubt the character itself would have that in the design but it would be a gameplay element either way

limpid agate Jun 25, 2018, 9:07 PM

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It doesnt need to be specifically one of those 2 monkeys

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As long as Hammond has a jetpack

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Congratulations

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You inherited Jetpack Cat

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He doesnt need to be a cat

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He doesnt need to be some free flying flamethrower chimp

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So long as Hammond is a small animal with a jetpack

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He is jetpack cat

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So whats the problem with my theory

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Which Ive been saying for a long time now, not just since recent things. Ive been saying Jetpack Hammond for 28 ever since Brig dropped

lean silo Jun 25, 2018, 9:09 PM

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Bit like they introduced Efi then kinda proxied her through Orisa instead, even though in this case Orisa is her own char

limpid agate Jun 25, 2018, 9:09 PM

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And the past month has only further pushed me towards thinking its gonna be Hammond

peak escarp Jun 25, 2018, 9:10 PM

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if they decided a cat with a jetpack was too silly for Overwatch, why would a chimp/monkey/whatever with a jetpack be any better?

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we already have an ape with a jetpack

limpid agate Jun 25, 2018, 9:10 PM

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@lean silo The thing is, Efi's debut explicitly had her talking about her inspiration of the OR15s, her being a genius robotics girl, and how she had a secret project she was gonna build

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Whereas Hammond is just

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Small missing animal

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@peak escarp The silly part is the cat aprt

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There is no precedent

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For a second animal hero

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Hammond is the second animal hero

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If Hammond is 28

peak escarp Jun 25, 2018, 9:11 PM

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which is why I don't think they'll give us another animal hero

limpid agate Jun 25, 2018, 9:11 PM

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He will most likely be given that kit

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BUT, lets say they did.

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And lets say

peak escarp Jun 25, 2018, 9:11 PM

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Winston is human enough to work

limpid agate Jun 25, 2018, 9:11 PM

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It was Hammond

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Would you then agree

peak escarp Jun 25, 2018, 9:11 PM

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and any animal too much like Winston would be redundant

limpid agate Jun 25, 2018, 9:12 PM

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IF we were explicitly told, we are getting Hammond as a hero. Would you then agree he would most likely inherit Jetpack Cat's concept?

peak escarp Jun 25, 2018, 9:12 PM

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no

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why should he have a jetpack? other people argued for him to have a mech

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they've got about as much credibility as the jetpack idea

lean silo Jun 25, 2018, 9:13 PM

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i mean people are arguing that Queen should have a mech so having two mechs in a row would be weird

limpid agate Jun 25, 2018, 9:13 PM

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Why should he have a mech? There is:
A: No known Mech Cat concept
B: Junkerqueen on the horizon, another mech champ

lean silo Jun 25, 2018, 9:13 PM

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^

peak escarp Jun 25, 2018, 9:13 PM

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or maybe Hammond was found by Talon and given upgrades like the Heavy from Retribution?

lean silo Jun 25, 2018, 9:14 PM

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Is the Heavy even a person

valid shell Jun 25, 2018, 9:14 PM

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Wuh.

peak escarp Jun 25, 2018, 9:14 PM

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or Sanjay made him a hard light suit

valid shell Jun 25, 2018, 9:14 PM

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Why do people keep trying to put Hammond into Talon.

lean silo Jun 25, 2018, 9:14 PM

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Is Hammond even Talon? That's all judt speculation

peak escarp Jun 25, 2018, 9:14 PM

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those ideas have as much credibility as anything else

valid shell Jun 25, 2018, 9:14 PM

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It's not even speculation, it's a crack theory.

lean silo Jun 25, 2018, 9:14 PM

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Answered my own question

peak escarp Jun 25, 2018, 9:14 PM

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we know nothing about what Hammond could be

limpid agate Jun 25, 2018, 9:14 PM

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Those ideas have 0 background

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Jetpack Hammond admittedly has low ground

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But low

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Is still some

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And its ground is a year of Blizzard memeing about Jetpack Cat

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And how it being a literal cat would be too silly

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Solution: Its not a cat its a second monkey

valid shell Jun 25, 2018, 9:15 PM

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It's mostly the fact that both Hammond and Jetpack cat are unresolved teases within the same bracket that could be combined.

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Hammond somehow falling into Talon and getting??? turned into a Heavy?????????

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Is baseless.

lean silo Jun 25, 2018, 9:15 PM

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I mean it's a small animal

peak escarp Jun 25, 2018, 9:15 PM

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Jetpack cat has been resolved

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it was used as a nod in Brigitte's release

valid shell Jun 25, 2018, 9:16 PM

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Like how Doomfist was used as a nod in Orisa's release?

limpid agate Jun 25, 2018, 9:16 PM

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^

valid shell Jun 25, 2018, 9:16 PM

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And then we got Doomfist anyways?

peak escarp Jun 25, 2018, 9:16 PM

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Doomfist was a thing since the 2014 trailer

limpid agate Jun 25, 2018, 9:16 PM

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And Jetpack Cat was a thing since 2015 Blizzcon

valid shell Jun 25, 2018, 9:16 PM

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Just a name and a glove.

limpid agate Jun 25, 2018, 9:16 PM

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Whats your point

lean silo Jun 25, 2018, 9:16 PM

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But I mean he was always just a background character

limpid agate Jun 25, 2018, 9:17 PM

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The time frame is identical

lean silo Jun 25, 2018, 9:17 PM

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He turned into basically a glove in the Numbani payload

limpid agate Jun 25, 2018, 9:17 PM

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Just shifted 1 year over

valid shell Jun 25, 2018, 9:17 PM

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Doomfist was never intended to ever be playable when he was first mentioned.

lean silo Jun 25, 2018, 9:17 PM

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Then they released him

valid shell Jun 25, 2018, 9:17 PM

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Listen - nobody wants a fucking jetpack animal less than me, but pretending that Jetpack Cat has 0 precedent to become playable is just foolishness.

limpid agate Jun 25, 2018, 9:17 PM

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I dont even want Jetpack Hammond

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Believe it or not

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Im saying, I believe that is the most likely outcome to come out of the July hero

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And I've been saying that for 4 months now

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Im sure everyone here is sick of hearing me repeat myself on this shit. I know I am

white cobalt Jun 25, 2018, 9:18 PM

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Changing a bit the topic, the telescope in the PTR changed locations?

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i mean in Horizon

peak escarp Jun 25, 2018, 9:18 PM

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then why do you keep saying it?

limpid agate Jun 25, 2018, 9:18 PM

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What am I supposed to do

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NOT speculate hero 28

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Discuss new lore

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@white cobalt Did it?

lean silo Jun 25, 2018, 9:19 PM

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It's still in attacker spawn.

white cobalt Jun 25, 2018, 9:19 PM

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Im asking, because i'm remembering the landing points

limpid agate Jun 25, 2018, 9:20 PM

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Ill check ptr

valid shell Jun 25, 2018, 9:20 PM

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That's proactive!

limpid agate Jun 25, 2018, 9:20 PM

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I think its the same though.

valid shell Jun 25, 2018, 9:20 PM

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Much more helpful than "how old is mercy?????" when there's multiple sites that can tell you.

limpid agate Jun 25, 2018, 9:24 PM

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📎 unknown.png

white cobalt Jun 25, 2018, 9:26 PM

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Oh, they're the same, i was expecting a change on it. Like Hammond landing in another site or if he was stickied to Winston

white cobalt Jun 25, 2018, 10:02 PM

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Also the footprints are 2 different sizes right?

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https://i.imgur.com/BBo44Z1.jpg

peak escarp Jun 25, 2018, 10:03 PM

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hands and feet

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large apes walk on their knuckles

white cobalt Jun 25, 2018, 10:03 PM

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Yeah

peak escarp Jun 25, 2018, 10:03 PM

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yeah, there's two sets of prints there

white cobalt Jun 25, 2018, 10:03 PM

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a pair of feets are big like a gorilla

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and the others are more tiny

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Im wondering if those are from Winston and Hammond or maybe the other specimens which are shown in their security cameras.

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Winston doesn't have a cage like Hammond.

worthy rose Jun 25, 2018, 11:14 PM

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rank. zarya

valid shell Jun 25, 2018, 11:14 PM

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@worthy rose ?

peak escarp Jun 25, 2018, 11:22 PM

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Zarya is a sergeant, if that's what you're asking

peak escarp Jun 26, 2018, 12:05 AM

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Someone said it would be Wrecking Ball?

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Looks like they might have been right

worthy rose Jun 26, 2018, 12:07 AM

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does this make the dog hero joke possible

shell stream Jun 26, 2018, 12:16 AM

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lorewise, do the scrapyard mechs have pilots? Or are they autonomous?

untold cradle Jun 26, 2018, 12:16 AM

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pilots

swift loom Jun 26, 2018, 12:16 AM

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theres a frame which you can see a slight glimspe of something that may look like a spacesuit curled up

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hammond = armadillo confirmed

worthy rose Jun 26, 2018, 12:17 AM

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Could be pangolin

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Or a robot hedgehog/echidna

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Cuz those animals go on a ball like form

swift loom Jun 26, 2018, 12:19 AM

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hm

worthy rose Jun 26, 2018, 12:20 AM

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@worthy rose gotta go fast m8

swift loom Jun 26, 2018, 12:20 AM

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https://imgur.com/a/kSz9xJj

scenic vale Jun 26, 2018, 12:21 AM

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Is it not wrecking ball?

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Idk I just assumed it was

swift loom Jun 26, 2018, 12:22 AM

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it doesnt seem like it

untold cradle Jun 26, 2018, 12:22 AM

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looks too small and too advanced tbh

shell stream Jun 26, 2018, 12:22 AM

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that was my first reaction too, that's actually a weapon rolling by, not the champion

swift loom Jun 26, 2018, 12:23 AM

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the weapon does seem quite large though

scenic vale Jun 26, 2018, 12:23 AM

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I’m gonna go watch it a few more times

shell stream Jun 26, 2018, 12:23 AM

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could be an ult, sends a big ass wrecking ball across the map

untold cradle Jun 26, 2018, 12:24 AM

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the lights on the ball look like some sort of door

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ejection for whatever is inside?

swift loom Jun 26, 2018, 12:24 AM

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i have a feeling it might be hammond related

untold cradle Jun 26, 2018, 12:24 AM

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it has to be

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small chimp is the only thing that could fit into that

swift loom Jun 26, 2018, 12:24 AM

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hammond could pilot the ball like the balls in jurassic world

untold cradle Jun 26, 2018, 12:25 AM

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if we are assuming that this is some sort of pod/mech

swift loom Jun 26, 2018, 12:25 AM

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another dva style character perhaps?

untold cradle Jun 26, 2018, 12:26 AM

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i mean that's what many people suspected JT queen to be

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it might be that this is just what hammond uses

valid shell Jun 26, 2018, 12:26 AM

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Queen is confirmed to be a mech pilot.

scenic vale Jun 26, 2018, 12:27 AM

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So guys hear me out. The teases we are getting could be set in the past and the thing rolling by is Winston’s escape pod rolling by and the big reveal ks Hammond

valid shell Jun 26, 2018, 12:27 AM

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Though looking at the mechs idling in Junkertown, it's likely more of a Ripley from Alien-style exosuit over a D.Va-esque MEKA.

lean silo Jun 26, 2018, 12:27 AM

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Why would an escape pod with visible blueprints roll

untold cradle Jun 26, 2018, 12:27 AM

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i don't suspect this to be a mech pilot; its probably just what the character inside the sphere uses to traverse

lean silo Jun 26, 2018, 12:27 AM

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And yeah I don't think Junkertown would have such smooth mechs like South Korea does

worthy rose Jun 26, 2018, 12:27 AM

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@valid shell I thought its a bit like the one which was in elysium

swift loom Jun 26, 2018, 12:28 AM

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jeff did state a while back that there would be news for korean viewers

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perhaps hammond lands in korea?

valid shell Jun 26, 2018, 12:28 AM

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https://c-7npsfqifvt34x24e2v6q4m5x78qbz4lx2edmpvegspoux2eofu.g00.gamepedia.com/g00/3_c-7pwfsx78budi.hbnfqfejb.dpn_/c-7NPSFQIFVT34x24iuuqtx3ax2fx2fe2v6q4m5x78qbz4l.dmpvegspou.ofux2fpwfsx78budi_hbnfqfejbx2f3x2f3cx2fKvolfs_Nfdit.kqhx3fwfstjpox3dg06c3b0efbbcd414b12d3d48b8f2f5c7_$/$/$/$/$?i10c.ua=1&i10c.dv=14

swift loom Jun 26, 2018, 12:29 AM

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i dont think it's junkerqueen related

scenic vale Jun 26, 2018, 12:29 AM

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Me either

untold cradle Jun 26, 2018, 12:29 AM

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its just not JTQ related

sweet flicker Jun 26, 2018, 12:29 AM

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plot twist: its someone nobody knows abt

untold cradle Jun 26, 2018, 12:29 AM

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another moira?

swift loom Jun 26, 2018, 12:29 AM

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@sweet flicker you have a point

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jeff hasnt stated anything about the hero

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he hasnt said that they have been hinted at

sweet flicker Jun 26, 2018, 12:30 AM

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just a 100% random

scenic vale Jun 26, 2018, 12:30 AM

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When do you guys think the character will be revealed?

untold cradle Jun 26, 2018, 12:30 AM

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i still think that signs are pointing to hammond being the next hero

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there's just been too much stuff pointing at his reveal such as the changes and hints on horizon

sweet flicker Jun 26, 2018, 12:31 AM

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i could see that. what did the blueprints for hammonds pod look like again?

swift loom Jun 26, 2018, 12:32 AM

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we get to see winstons pod but not hammonds

shell stream Jun 26, 2018, 12:32 AM

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Wrecking Ball being a scrapyard contender (and reigning champ?) is too much of a coincidence to me for this to be hammonds pod

sweet flicker Jun 26, 2018, 12:32 AM

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tbh i like the idea of the wrecking ball

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i imagine they would be highly mobile

swift loom Jun 26, 2018, 12:33 AM

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the concept seems a little rough

untold cradle Jun 26, 2018, 12:33 AM

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https://dotesports-cdn-prod-tqgiyve.stackpathdns.com/thumbor/exuLmrz0ayzfMjPO8vYyqs9wO-E=/1200x0/filters:no_upscale()/https://dotesports-cdn-prod-tqgiyve.stackpathdns.com/article/b2ebd3a0-5dde-423b-b995-ab7a1e083b98.png

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messy link but that's the blueprints right there

scenic vale Jun 26, 2018, 12:34 AM

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Would the wrecking ball be an omnic or controlled by a human though

untold cradle Jun 26, 2018, 12:34 AM

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notice on the right

shell stream Jun 26, 2018, 12:34 AM

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https://d1u5p3l4wpay3k.cloudfront.net/overwatch_gamepedia/1/1c/Wrecking_Ball_poster.png?version=a9816569162d671bc6645f28ec84a198

sweet flicker Jun 26, 2018, 12:34 AM

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ok so you know the rocketship and rubix cube thing

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is the rubix cube spherical enough for us to assume thats like

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the example hammond used for his pod

worthy rose Jun 26, 2018, 12:35 AM

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it's rubik's cube

sweet flicker Jun 26, 2018, 12:35 AM

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bc it was the closet thing to a circle he could find

shell stream Jun 26, 2018, 12:35 AM

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judging by the poster, the mech itself looks like its a ball shape. Even has lights on it

sweet flicker Jun 26, 2018, 12:35 AM

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but like its more than 6 sides on the cube

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so not exactly cube

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but

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shape?

worthy rose Jun 26, 2018, 12:35 AM

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it's a 3x3 cube

sweet flicker Jun 26, 2018, 12:36 AM

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5O1QeTyEc4

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go to 2:10

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and pause

untold cradle Jun 26, 2018, 12:36 AM

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tbh it just seems like it's hammond's time

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unless he is another red herring, i strongly believe that its gonna be hammond

worthy rose Jun 26, 2018, 12:36 AM

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It's probably a jebait

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Cuz every other hero is a bait

scenic vale Jun 26, 2018, 12:37 AM

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Imagine if they threw 2 heroes at us at once to truly through us off haga

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I’d love that

valid shell Jun 26, 2018, 12:37 AM

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@worthy rose ?

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How so.

scenic vale Jun 26, 2018, 12:37 AM

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Throw*

sweet flicker Jun 26, 2018, 12:37 AM

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that would throw the meta off so much tho i think

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2 at once

scenic vale Jun 26, 2018, 12:37 AM

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True

sweet flicker Jun 26, 2018, 12:37 AM

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the chaos

untold cradle Jun 26, 2018, 12:38 AM

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even the sticky note design that hammond put near winston's blueprints is similar to what we see in the teaser

dense estuary Jun 26, 2018, 12:38 AM

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So a big metal ball in the latest tweet.

scenic vale Jun 26, 2018, 12:38 AM

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Lucioball 3

sweet flicker Jun 26, 2018, 12:38 AM

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i didnt even see the sticky note

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thats a good point

untold cradle Jun 26, 2018, 12:39 AM

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its hammond's time folks

sweet flicker Jun 26, 2018, 12:39 AM

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inb4 hammond is a rip off winston, just the same everything but tiny

lean silo Jun 26, 2018, 12:39 AM

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lmfao

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even the same model

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discount Winston

sweet flicker Jun 26, 2018, 12:39 AM

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his ult "primal anger"

valid shell Jun 26, 2018, 12:40 AM

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Less memes please guys.

dense estuary Jun 26, 2018, 12:41 AM

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I’d rather see the junker queen if anything because of all the Mad Max shoutouts they could do.

worthy rose Jun 26, 2018, 12:42 AM

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People thought sombra then it was ana then it was sombra then they show of EFI and they brought beetle then we get df and then we were like who is the next hero and we were looking at sanjay

valid shell Jun 26, 2018, 12:42 AM

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But.

worthy rose Jun 26, 2018, 12:42 AM

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And so on

untold cradle Jun 26, 2018, 12:42 AM

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so hammond primarily uses his pod for traversal?

valid shell Jun 26, 2018, 12:42 AM

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We already have two Mad Max Australians.

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Why would Queen change anything.

untold cradle Jun 26, 2018, 12:42 AM

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or is that just a tease?

valid shell Jun 26, 2018, 12:42 AM

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@untold cradle There's no uses. He used his pod to hitch a ride on Winston's.

worthy rose Jun 26, 2018, 12:42 AM

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Not gonna fix all the autocorrect

untold cradle Jun 26, 2018, 12:42 AM

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so just a tease

valid shell Jun 26, 2018, 12:43 AM

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Moreso an explanation to how he got onto earth.

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Because reentry from the moon is a complex process, and they can't just handwave it when Winston's escape is so significant.

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So they rolled both their escapes into one.

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A good move on Blizz's part.

shell stream Jun 26, 2018, 12:43 AM

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looks like maybe hammond's pod landed near junkertown, and somehow ends up being repurposed into a fighting mech - Wrecking Ball

untold cradle Jun 26, 2018, 12:43 AM

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makes sense

valid shell Jun 26, 2018, 12:43 AM

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@shell stream I doubt it.

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Australia and Europe are hardly close.

untold cradle Jun 26, 2018, 12:44 AM

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at this point JTQ is probably 29

reef river Jun 26, 2018, 12:44 AM

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oh dang. y'all see the new teaser from today?

untold cradle Jun 26, 2018, 12:44 AM

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the sphere we see in the teaser is too advanced for JT technology

shell stream Jun 26, 2018, 12:45 AM

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hammond's pod could have detached at any point during the ride back to earth

worthy rose Jun 26, 2018, 12:45 AM

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that ball is similar to the kugelpanzer (spherical tank)

untold cradle Jun 26, 2018, 12:45 AM

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but wrecking ball is the champion of the JT mech fights, and its been confirmed that JTQ is a mech champion

dense estuary Jun 26, 2018, 12:45 AM

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Main problem is if the pod detached before the entry burn it would probably have been going too fast

untold cradle Jun 26, 2018, 12:46 AM

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so its assumed that WB is her mech

sweet flicker Jun 26, 2018, 12:46 AM

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but in the teaser it landed in like rialto (thats where the scene is, right?)

valid shell Jun 26, 2018, 12:46 AM

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Nope.

sweet flicker Jun 26, 2018, 12:46 AM

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the pod

valid shell Jun 26, 2018, 12:46 AM

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Queen is a previous mech champion. Wrecking Ball is the CURRENT champion.

untold cradle Jun 26, 2018, 12:46 AM

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yikes

dense estuary Jun 26, 2018, 12:46 AM

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Then again the setting antigravity so maybe returns no longer have scheduled burns.

untold cradle Jun 26, 2018, 12:46 AM

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i still think its unlikely that hammond dropped into JT though

valid shell Jun 26, 2018, 12:46 AM

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Same.

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https://clips.twitch.tv/CrazyGrossCardBrainSlug

Twitch

Twitch Playing Gamescom 2017 - Twitch Clips

A Charismatic, former Gladiatorial Mech Champion: The Queen - Clipped by sektumsempraa

▶ Play video

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FORMER gladiatorial mech champion.

untold cradle Jun 26, 2018, 12:47 AM

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ah

valid shell Jun 26, 2018, 12:48 AM

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Of course, Wrecking Ball having the moniker 'THE Champion' might also be because it was a champion at some point, but that's less likely.

shell stream Jun 26, 2018, 12:49 AM

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@sweet flicker I don't think the teaser is actually rialto... I think they just took a section of wall they thought no one would recognize and put some new objects on it specifically for this teaser

valid shell Jun 26, 2018, 12:49 AM

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Honestly, all the heroes on deck don't make sense for Blizzard's established pattern. They all have too much exposure.

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This next hero should be an Orisa or a Moira, an unknown hero with very little teasing used to fill gameplay or story niches.

sweet flicker Jun 26, 2018, 12:50 AM

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i just remember hearing smth abt it was like from rialto so i just assumed that. my bad.

untold cradle Jun 26, 2018, 12:50 AM

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yeah its just a section from one of rialto's walls

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doesn't necessarily mean that it is rialto

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as an area

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or setting

valid shell Jun 26, 2018, 12:51 AM

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Honestly, they likely didn't have a stretch of wall in King's Row big enough for all these teasers, so they retextured a Rialto wall and hoped nobody would notice, but everybody noticed.

shell stream Jun 26, 2018, 12:51 AM

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it definitely is a section of rialto, but I'm assuming that lore-wise it has nothing to do with it

untold cradle Jun 26, 2018, 12:51 AM

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more likely wanted to portray KR since anti-omnic stuff

hollow tree Jun 26, 2018, 1:08 AM

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so... Hammond is a small monkey inside a ball?

white cobalt Jun 26, 2018, 1:10 AM

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Could be the ball for Hammond? His ship

hollow tree Jun 26, 2018, 1:11 AM

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that's what i'm thinking

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in Lunar Colony, Winston seems to make a plan to escape in an escape pod, and tie a ball behind it to carry something/someone else

white cobalt Jun 26, 2018, 1:14 AM

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Is Hammond the one with the idea to attach a ball/ship to Winston rocket

modest cove Jun 26, 2018, 1:14 AM

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I'd rather have queen than a little monkey dude

ionic socket Jun 26, 2018, 1:16 AM

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Yes hammond made a model of his escape plan with toys by attaching a hook to winstons escape pod

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@white cobalt

golden urchin Jun 26, 2018, 1:17 AM

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did anyone else notice the queen doesn't talk anymore on junkertown???

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if you play an omnic, roadhog, or junkrat she doesn't even comment on them

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it's like shes missing

ionic socket Jun 26, 2018, 1:18 AM

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Yeah its athenas voice now

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Idk but im putting my money on junkertown queen as next hero or someone from there

shell stream Jun 26, 2018, 1:26 AM

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I'm 100% certain the teaser is Wrecking Ball that we can see in the posters on JT, so definitely connected

golden urchin Jun 26, 2018, 1:27 AM

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theres no chain or rope tho

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could have broken off though

ionic socket Jun 26, 2018, 1:27 AM

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🤔

golden urchin Jun 26, 2018, 1:27 AM

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i don't believe hammonds escape pod would be circular

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because it was the ships escape pod

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why would it not be able to fit a human

white cobalt Jun 26, 2018, 1:31 AM

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https://streamable.com/74sgz

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This is the same video but slowed a bit

valid shell Jun 26, 2018, 1:31 AM

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Hm.

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I had no idea that existed.

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That's totally Wrecking Ball.

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It even has the grippy bits from his poster.

rain flame Jun 26, 2018, 1:32 AM

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maybe another omnic?

valid shell Jun 26, 2018, 1:32 AM

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Definitely not.

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Junkers wouldn't let an Omnic compete.

worthy rose Jun 26, 2018, 1:32 AM

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Why does the original video have to be so low res NotLikeThis

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But a monki 🤔

valid shell Jun 26, 2018, 1:32 AM

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I can't not think of: https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/robotsupremacy/images/c/cd/Omnidroid.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20160123225802

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When discussing Wrecking Ball.

golden urchin Jun 26, 2018, 1:32 AM

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ok, not going to lie

worthy rose Jun 26, 2018, 1:33 AM

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What about bigweld from robots Thonk

golden urchin Jun 26, 2018, 1:33 AM

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it does have hexagon shapes like hammonds escape pod in his room

untold cradle Jun 26, 2018, 1:33 AM

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the omnidroid pogchimp

golden urchin Jun 26, 2018, 1:33 AM

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i don't believe it will be hammond

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but we won't know until next week or tomorrow

untold cradle Jun 26, 2018, 1:33 AM

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imagine if there was an omnidroid like omnic in universe

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would be sick

valid shell Jun 26, 2018, 1:34 AM

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I've never been the biggest Queen fan, since she'd just be a reflavoring of Junkrat/Roadhog's aesthetic, but I'd be fine with the third Australian hero not being Australian at all, and actually a second moon hero.

golden urchin Jun 26, 2018, 1:34 AM

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but,,, think about the voice interactions between the queen and junkrat and roadhog

worthy rose Jun 26, 2018, 1:34 AM

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Well mako isn't exactly Australian

golden urchin Jun 26, 2018, 1:34 AM

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like junkrat would try to be nice and be like "isn't it great we are working together"

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and then the queen would STAB HERSELF

valid shell Jun 26, 2018, 1:35 AM

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Sure, the lore would be fun, but the diversity of the cast would suffer with another Mad Max Aussie.

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I doubt that they have the best quality steel in Junkertown, considering everything is salvaged scrap, so an escape pod from a state-of-the-art moon colony that survived re-entry would have a significant advantage if turned into a mech.

limpid agate Jun 26, 2018, 1:36 AM

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What the actual fuck is this

golden urchin Jun 26, 2018, 1:36 AM

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she won't be fighting in a mech

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at all

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we will not have 2 mech heroes

valid shell Jun 26, 2018, 1:36 AM

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Who, Queen?

limpid agate Jun 26, 2018, 1:36 AM

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The tweet

valid shell Jun 26, 2018, 1:36 AM

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It's literally her modus operandi.

limpid agate Jun 26, 2018, 1:36 AM

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Fuck is this

valid shell Jun 26, 2018, 1:36 AM

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Why wouldn't she have some kind of mech element.

golden urchin Jun 26, 2018, 1:36 AM

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shes too boss for that

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she's a bad b

valid shell Jun 26, 2018, 1:37 AM

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Nice meem.

shell stream Jun 26, 2018, 1:37 AM

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we know the queen is a pilot, but...do we know she doesn't control her mech remotely?

valid shell Jun 26, 2018, 1:37 AM

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Because then it ceases to be a mech.

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And becomes a battlebot.

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A second mech hero wouldn't hurt D.Va. We have multiple shotgun heroes, and they're all different enough to not step on each other's toes.

golden urchin Jun 26, 2018, 1:38 AM

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i just feel like

worthy rose Jun 26, 2018, 1:38 AM

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Who do you think would win in a fight

golden urchin Jun 26, 2018, 1:38 AM

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why a mech with the junkertown queen

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we wouldn't have another hero that pops out of their mech

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its just wasted potential if she has a mech

untold cradle Jun 26, 2018, 1:39 AM

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because she was the former mech gladiatorial champ

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makes sense

golden urchin Jun 26, 2018, 1:39 AM

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she seems so good with hand to hand combat and her gun and spear

valid shell Jun 26, 2018, 1:39 AM

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That's not the only way a mech hero could work.

worthy rose Jun 26, 2018, 1:39 AM

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Reinhardt or Orisa

white cobalt Jun 26, 2018, 1:39 AM

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@limpid agate did you saw the slowed version i linked? https://streamable.com/74sgz

valid shell Jun 26, 2018, 1:39 AM

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@worthy rose Later.

worthy rose Jun 26, 2018, 1:39 AM

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K

rain flame Jun 26, 2018, 1:39 AM

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what if hammond used his escape pod then when he got back to earth lands in junkertown, reuses his pod into a mech and fights the queen, kills her (which explains why her voiceover is gone) and steals her weapons and implements them in his mech

golden urchin Jun 26, 2018, 1:39 AM

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it's wasted potential if she doesn't pop out of her mech

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then again its just rehashing

rain flame Jun 26, 2018, 1:39 AM

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just a thought

valid shell Jun 26, 2018, 1:39 AM

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Doubtful.

golden urchin Jun 26, 2018, 1:39 AM

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that is the worst theory i have ever heard

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literally the worst

rain flame Jun 26, 2018, 1:40 AM

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thanks

valid shell Jun 26, 2018, 1:40 AM

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@golden urchin Why not fight on foot and her mech is her ultimate?

untold cradle Jun 26, 2018, 1:40 AM

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@worthy rose i mean if we're talking about present day rein then orisa would just use fortify to migitate his attacks and then shoot him

golden urchin Jun 26, 2018, 1:40 AM

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omg

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wait

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that would be so hot

worthy rose Jun 26, 2018, 1:40 AM

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I mean both at their peak of power

valid shell Jun 26, 2018, 1:40 AM

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The OR-series was pretty much created to defeat the Crusaders.

golden urchin Jun 26, 2018, 1:40 AM

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her mech would function like winstons angr mode

valid shell Jun 26, 2018, 1:40 AM

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Watch Honor and Glory.

golden urchin Jun 26, 2018, 1:40 AM

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as in it gives her more health

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but it would take a while to get into it

untold cradle Jun 26, 2018, 1:41 AM

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if peak then rein could probably still lose

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orisa is an upgraded OR-14

golden urchin Jun 26, 2018, 1:41 AM

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and she would fight close combat gladiator style

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in her mech

untold cradle Jun 26, 2018, 1:41 AM

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rein got absolutely clapped by just one of those things

valid shell Jun 26, 2018, 1:42 AM

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Anyways. As much as I fffucking hate Hammond, I'm putting my money on Hammond in his souped up escape pod and rebranded Wrecking Ball in Junkertown.

untold cradle Jun 26, 2018, 1:42 AM

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i guess rein would have more battle experience, but orisa is just a counter to him in-universe

limpid agate Jun 26, 2018, 1:42 AM

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I dont know what is going on.

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But I agree on Binge's opinion

untold cradle Jun 26, 2018, 1:43 AM

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the monkey ball actually wasn't a joke huh

limpid agate Jun 26, 2018, 1:43 AM

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Hammond in his orb shaped escape pod

valid shell Jun 26, 2018, 1:43 AM

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@limpid agate https://streamable.com/74sgz This is what's going on.

Streamable

Slow Teaser - Streamable

▶ Play video

limpid agate Jun 26, 2018, 1:43 AM

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Im trying to load it but my internet sucks

valid shell Jun 26, 2018, 1:43 AM

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It looks very similar to Wrecking Ball, down to the grippy bits, and seems to have the hatch on Hammond's escape pod.

untold cradle Jun 26, 2018, 1:44 AM

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so hammond actually landed in JT somehow

valid shell Jun 26, 2018, 1:44 AM

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Landed, washed up, something.

untold cradle Jun 26, 2018, 1:44 AM

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can't wait to see the lore on this

golden urchin Jun 26, 2018, 1:44 AM

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where is the wrecking ball in junkertown

worthy rose Jun 26, 2018, 1:44 AM

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So I watched a bit of honor and glory

golden urchin Jun 26, 2018, 1:44 AM

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i wanna go look for it

ionic socket Jun 26, 2018, 1:45 AM

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Probably never LUL

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Cant wait til they do something with the storyline other than character intros...

worthy rose Jun 26, 2018, 1:45 AM

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So Orissa technically is an omnic

untold cradle Jun 26, 2018, 1:45 AM

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she is an omnic

golden urchin Jun 26, 2018, 1:45 AM

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not gonna lie, her weapon lowkey looks like a sniper

valid shell Jun 26, 2018, 1:45 AM

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@worthy rose It depends.

limpid agate Jun 26, 2018, 1:45 AM

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tfw the Lucioball was the teaser.

golden urchin Jun 26, 2018, 1:45 AM

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or like a saw

shell stream Jun 26, 2018, 1:45 AM

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https://i.imgur.com/MGCrBWC.png

golden urchin Jun 26, 2018, 1:46 AM

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its not lucioball

valid shell Jun 26, 2018, 1:46 AM

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Orisa was built from the parts salvaged from robots that are based on Omnics. Does that make her an Omnic?

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It's subjective.

golden urchin Jun 26, 2018, 1:46 AM

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thats a different mech

valid shell Jun 26, 2018, 1:46 AM

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But she's considered an Omnic in-universe.

golden urchin Jun 26, 2018, 1:46 AM

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or is that her mech

worthy rose Jun 26, 2018, 1:46 AM

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Is she sentient though

limpid agate Jun 26, 2018, 1:46 AM

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Yes

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Okay I see the hatch

valid shell Jun 26, 2018, 1:46 AM

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Sentient or sapient?

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Dogs are sentient.

limpid agate Jun 26, 2018, 1:46 AM

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And what looks like

valid shell Jun 26, 2018, 1:46 AM

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Do you mean does she feel?

limpid agate Jun 26, 2018, 1:46 AM

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Hex plating

golden urchin Jun 26, 2018, 1:46 AM

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ewww if hammond has a mech and is a tank that would be so yucky

worthy rose Jun 26, 2018, 1:46 AM

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Yes

golden urchin Jun 26, 2018, 1:46 AM

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i don't want 2 monkey tanks

untold cradle Jun 26, 2018, 1:47 AM

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i'd assume she has some sort of feelings

shell stream Jun 26, 2018, 1:47 AM

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I'm starting to think that tread pattern on the outside is armor around the escape pod

untold cradle Jun 26, 2018, 1:47 AM

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preprogrammed or not

valid shell Jun 26, 2018, 1:47 AM

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@worthy rose It's unclear. She didn't undergo some miraculous awakening, Efi programmed her from scratch.

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So Orisa might not be sapient.

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https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/overwatch/images/a/a0/Telescopeshot_unobscured.png/revision/latest?cb=20170604203306

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Where the fuck even is this on a map.

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I've been looking.

golden urchin Jun 26, 2018, 1:48 AM

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wait

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theres 3 potential landing spots?

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i thought there was only 2

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i vividly remember only 2

limpid agate Jun 26, 2018, 1:48 AM

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What do you mean where is it

golden urchin Jun 26, 2018, 1:48 AM

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am i dumb

limpid agate Jun 26, 2018, 1:48 AM

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Its what you see through the telescope

valid shell Jun 26, 2018, 1:48 AM

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I mean I can't find that landmass.

limpid agate Jun 26, 2018, 1:48 AM

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Oh

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That's Spain

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📎 unknown.png

ionic socket Jun 26, 2018, 1:49 AM

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O

golden urchin Jun 26, 2018, 1:49 AM

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thank u

limpid agate Jun 26, 2018, 1:49 AM

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Winston considered Zaragoza, Lisbon, Algiers, and Gibraltar

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As landing spots

ionic socket Jun 26, 2018, 1:49 AM

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Isnt junkertown in australia?

untold cradle Jun 26, 2018, 1:49 AM

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yep

ionic socket Jun 26, 2018, 1:49 AM

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Welp

golden urchin Jun 26, 2018, 1:50 AM

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watch overwatch pull a moira and just have the hero literally be dr. winston

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and hes the one that set up the possible locations to look for winston

limpid agate Jun 26, 2018, 1:50 AM

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Gonna launch Overwatch and look at Winston's pod

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For comparison

untold cradle Jun 26, 2018, 1:50 AM

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pulling a moira

golden urchin Jun 26, 2018, 1:50 AM

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yeah

worthy rose Jun 26, 2018, 1:50 AM

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We have seen that most of the omnics in the game are peaceful when you play as either bastion or zenyatta

golden urchin Jun 26, 2018, 1:50 AM

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moira came outta nowhere

valid shell Jun 26, 2018, 1:50 AM

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📎 afsafafafasfafafasfaf.png

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That's a bit of a leap.

untold cradle Jun 26, 2018, 1:51 AM

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hmm

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anything is possible for OW's lore team

golden urchin Jun 26, 2018, 1:51 AM

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hammond landed whereever winston landed

limpid agate Jun 26, 2018, 1:51 AM

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There are 3 details on the ball

golden urchin Jun 26, 2018, 1:51 AM

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unless he 1. broke off during the approach to space

shell stream Jun 26, 2018, 1:51 AM

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I still thinks its possible hammond's pod detached before landing

golden urchin Jun 26, 2018, 1:51 AM

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yeah

limpid agate Jun 26, 2018, 1:51 AM

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Red - A valve
Blue - A hatch?
Not circled - The hex pattern on the orb

📎 unknown.png

worthy rose Jun 26, 2018, 1:52 AM

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Any violent omnic would be violently put down

golden urchin Jun 26, 2018, 1:52 AM

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and, jewvia

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the hexagon pattern all over it

shell stream Jun 26, 2018, 1:52 AM

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tire tread

golden urchin Jun 26, 2018, 1:52 AM

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kind of like the toy hammond had attached to the escape pod

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ThinkingSombra

limpid agate Jun 26, 2018, 1:52 AM

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Yeah

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PTR is down

valid shell Jun 26, 2018, 1:52 AM

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That's still an insane distance for Hammond's pod to veer off from Winston's trajectory.

limpid agate Jun 26, 2018, 1:52 AM

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Someone got apicture of the toy

golden urchin Jun 26, 2018, 1:52 AM

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the toy is on live servers

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is it not

limpid agate Jun 26, 2018, 1:53 AM

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What

golden urchin Jun 26, 2018, 1:53 AM

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wait nevermind

limpid agate Jun 26, 2018, 1:53 AM

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No

golden urchin Jun 26, 2018, 1:53 AM

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im dumb

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please no buly

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im gonna look up overwatch and click on every conspiracy theory

coarse yacht Jun 26, 2018, 1:53 AM

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oh my god i just saw the rolling through video holy gUYS

untold cradle Jun 26, 2018, 1:54 AM

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kinda off topic, but mercy would probably beat medic since superior technology

valid shell Jun 26, 2018, 1:54 AM

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@worthy rose TF2 isn't relevant to OW lore.

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Let's not discuss this.

white cobalt Jun 26, 2018, 1:55 AM

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@limpid agate https://i.imgur.com/sR6VaN9.jpg

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this toy?

limpid agate Jun 26, 2018, 1:55 AM

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https://i.imgur.com/sR6VaN9.jpg

Imgur

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Yes

ionic socket Jun 26, 2018, 1:56 AM

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Yea

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That looks like it

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The ball thing

limpid agate Jun 26, 2018, 1:56 AM

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Winston's pod looks clean

📎 unknown.png

ionic socket Jun 26, 2018, 1:56 AM

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In that blueprint

limpid agate Jun 26, 2018, 1:56 AM

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Compared to the hex armor orb

white cobalt Jun 26, 2018, 1:57 AM

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And under is fine? https://i.imgur.com/hxgS1id.jpg

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like his plan

limpid agate Jun 26, 2018, 1:57 AM

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Under looks fine

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This is also live not ptr

ionic socket Jun 26, 2018, 1:57 AM

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Ooo thatd be cool to see a hook

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O tru

golden urchin Jun 26, 2018, 1:57 AM

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its hammond

white cobalt Jun 26, 2018, 1:58 AM

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yeah, ptr is closed

limpid agate Jun 26, 2018, 1:59 AM

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There is no hex armor on Horizon

📎 unknown.png

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But the glass has the pattern

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Probably nothing important though

valid shell Jun 26, 2018, 1:59 AM

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Please, enlighten us.

limpid agate Jun 26, 2018, 1:59 AM

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If its a shitpost, we don't want to hear it

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If you're serious

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Go on

valid shell Jun 26, 2018, 2:00 AM

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Links.

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Upload it to imgur and post the link.

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Or your preferred image hosting site.

shell stream Jun 26, 2018, 2:00 AM

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pretty sure the hex pattern - or tread - was put on after the fact. Looks like a junker style thing

limpid agate Jun 26, 2018, 2:00 AM

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Probably

golden urchin Jun 26, 2018, 2:01 AM

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i was positive it was junkertown queen

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but now i feel like its gonna be hammond which disapoints me

valid shell Jun 26, 2018, 2:01 AM

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Source?

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Be interesting if the Junkers have no idea it's a chimp inside and thinks he's just a mystery mech pilot.

ionic socket Jun 26, 2018, 2:01 AM

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Well they wanted to release elfi and we got doomfish

white cobalt Jun 26, 2018, 2:01 AM

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...

ionic socket Jun 26, 2018, 2:01 AM

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Maybe this hammond thing is a red herring

limpid agate Jun 26, 2018, 2:01 AM

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@kindred pier What did I say about shitposting

valid shell Jun 26, 2018, 2:01 AM

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@kindred pier Jew explicitly said not to shitpost.

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Why did you intentionally break the rules.

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Why do you do this thing.

ionic socket Jun 26, 2018, 2:02 AM

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Oh dear NotLikeSoldier

valid shell Jun 26, 2018, 2:02 AM

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Let me guess: Bigweld from Robots.

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It'll make us all ecks dee.

weak narwhal Jun 26, 2018, 2:02 AM

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If its a mech its literally bakugan

valid shell Jun 26, 2018, 2:02 AM

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Stop being so predictable.

ionic socket Jun 26, 2018, 2:02 AM

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Inb4 everyone gets a keylogger on their computer from random links

prisma wren Jun 26, 2018, 2:03 AM

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So that teaser just came out?

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the one with wrecking ball?

white cobalt Jun 26, 2018, 2:03 AM

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Btw, speaking of the ball isn't a bit tiny?

limpid agate Jun 26, 2018, 2:03 AM

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Wrecking Ball and Hammond Escape Pod are the two best cases right now

white cobalt Jun 26, 2018, 2:03 AM

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Maybe more or less like Hammond's cage

valid shell Jun 26, 2018, 2:03 AM

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Honestly, I'm warming up to this.

prisma wren Jun 26, 2018, 2:04 AM

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I think its pretty cool

coarse yacht Jun 26, 2018, 2:04 AM

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maybe its like a wrecking ball junkertown queen controls if it is her?

golden urchin Jun 26, 2018, 2:04 AM

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its hammond.

prisma wren Jun 26, 2018, 2:04 AM

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it does look a bit like hammonds escape pod

golden urchin Jun 26, 2018, 2:04 AM

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its his escape pod.

valid shell Jun 26, 2018, 2:04 AM

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I didn't want just a funni monkee with a le epic jetpack, but if he's got Junker elements applied to him, it softens the blow.

golden urchin Jun 26, 2018, 2:04 AM

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his escape pod is circular.

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he is not junker

valid shell Jun 26, 2018, 2:04 AM

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Well, yeah.

golden urchin Jun 26, 2018, 2:04 AM

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why does that matter

white cobalt Jun 26, 2018, 2:04 AM

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Unless Junkerqueen goes full Samus/Metroid style

prisma wren Jun 26, 2018, 2:04 AM

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So?

valid shell Jun 26, 2018, 2:04 AM

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If he's going to be a hero, he'd need a ranged ability.

golden urchin Jun 26, 2018, 2:04 AM

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why does that matter

limpid agate Jun 26, 2018, 2:04 AM

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Theres the possibility that he has ties to Junkertown

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Possibility

golden urchin Jun 26, 2018, 2:05 AM

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how

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how is that a possibility

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and laytech is getting banned

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bye!

limpid agate Jun 26, 2018, 2:05 AM

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No that time he was serious

valid shell Jun 26, 2018, 2:05 AM

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@kindred pier You're presenting it in a really cringy way, but you're not wrong.

limpid agate Jun 26, 2018, 2:05 AM

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^

valid shell Jun 26, 2018, 2:05 AM

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Just say what you want to say instead of posting screenshots and links.

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Use your words.

limpid agate Jun 26, 2018, 2:05 AM

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Youre posting pictures from movies instead of just

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You know

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Explaining it

valid shell Jun 26, 2018, 2:05 AM

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Some of us are on data and can't watch youtube videos.

weak narwhal Jun 26, 2018, 2:06 AM

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I think one of the bigger clues is those weird notches you can see in the picture

limpid agate Jun 26, 2018, 2:06 AM

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"I think it will be like the Droidekas from Star Wars"

weak narwhal Jun 26, 2018, 2:06 AM

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Those arrows

prisma wren Jun 26, 2018, 2:06 AM

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So ur saying wrecking ball if hes a hero he going to be a droideka?

valid shell Jun 26, 2018, 2:06 AM

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Again - some of us can't watch videos.

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Use your human adult words.

limpid agate Jun 26, 2018, 2:06 AM

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Then you explain.

valid shell Jun 26, 2018, 2:06 AM

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"Rolling droids from Star Wars: The Phantom Menace."

prisma wren Jun 26, 2018, 2:06 AM

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XD

valid shell Jun 26, 2018, 2:06 AM

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If they don't know that, then why even bring it up?

white cobalt Jun 26, 2018, 2:06 AM

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Anyways, back to topic

limpid agate Jun 26, 2018, 2:06 AM

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Its these droids that roll as balls, then turn into walkers with shields and shoot shit

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Im ending this argument

shell stream Jun 26, 2018, 2:07 AM

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ok wild speculation here -- but maybe he died on re-entry, was found by someone and reanimated into a cyborg ala Genji, and is now forced to pilot the mech in scrapyard battles under the command of the Queen

limpid agate Jun 26, 2018, 2:07 AM

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Sounds wild

white cobalt Jun 26, 2018, 2:07 AM

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Isn't pretty "advanced" to be from Junker?

limpid agate Jun 26, 2018, 2:07 AM

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Him landing in Australia is less wild

coarse yacht Jun 26, 2018, 2:07 AM

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imagine that backstory

limpid agate Jun 26, 2018, 2:07 AM

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And I still think thats nutty

weak narwhal Jun 26, 2018, 2:07 AM

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Where did winston land

limpid agate Jun 26, 2018, 2:07 AM

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Europe

white cobalt Jun 26, 2018, 2:07 AM

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Makes sense if lands on Australia.

valid shell Jun 26, 2018, 2:07 AM

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I can accept him landing in the ocean and washing up on Australia, at most.

limpid agate Jun 26, 2018, 2:07 AM

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Potentially Lisbon, Algiers, or Spain

shell stream Jun 26, 2018, 2:07 AM

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or even better, had his consciousness programmed into the mech

prisma wren Jun 26, 2018, 2:08 AM

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whut?

valid shell Jun 26, 2018, 2:08 AM

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Australia is a sixth of the planet away from Europe. That's an extreme angle.

white cobalt Jun 26, 2018, 2:08 AM

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Other thing is probably his hook got detached from Winston's pod

weak narwhal Jun 26, 2018, 2:08 AM

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Rialto is in italy so hammond getting detached while entering orbit

white cobalt Jun 26, 2018, 2:08 AM

#

and lands onAustralia

weak narwhal Jun 26, 2018, 2:08 AM

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and landing there is fairly likely compared to Australia

shell stream Jun 26, 2018, 2:08 AM

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its better than another monkey hero, I'm just trying to make it sound better

limpid agate Jun 26, 2018, 2:08 AM

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As much as I hate another monkey hero

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Its less realistic

valid shell Jun 26, 2018, 2:08 AM

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I'm fine with a monkey hero if he's vacuum-sealed inside a mech and only appears in highlight intros.

coarse yacht Jun 26, 2018, 2:08 AM

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wait stupid question but was hammond with winston when they entered orbit canon or is that also a theory?

valid shell Jun 26, 2018, 2:09 AM

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@coarse yacht He tethered his pod to Winston's.

golden urchin Jun 26, 2018, 2:09 AM

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it's not

ionic socket Jun 26, 2018, 2:09 AM

#

^

golden urchin Jun 26, 2018, 2:09 AM

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its literally his escape pod

coarse yacht Jun 26, 2018, 2:09 AM

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O

limpid agate Jun 26, 2018, 2:09 AM

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@coarse yacht Winston was escaping, Hammond attatched himself to his escape pod.

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Hammond's escape pod is also a ball

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Or ball shaped

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Based on his blueprints and toy model

untold cradle Jun 26, 2018, 2:09 AM

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it's hammond with advanced JT mech

valid shell Jun 26, 2018, 2:09 AM

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Not confirmed.

limpid agate Jun 26, 2018, 2:09 AM

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From his blue prints and his toy

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Its implied

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But not 100%

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We know the Junkertown Champion is named Wrecking Ball

valid shell Jun 26, 2018, 2:10 AM

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I'm guessing he'll be a reverse Reinhardt, camera pulling into 3rd person for mobile ball form, and back to first person with legs/head/gun deployed.

limpid agate Jun 26, 2018, 2:10 AM

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~~In before the ball is just his ult~~

valid shell Jun 26, 2018, 2:10 AM

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Ew.

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No thank you.

golden urchin Jun 26, 2018, 2:10 AM

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guys

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its not the junkertown queen

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or anybody from junkertown

valid shell Jun 26, 2018, 2:11 AM

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Stop thirsting homie.

golden urchin Jun 26, 2018, 2:11 AM

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its literally hammond

limpid agate Jun 26, 2018, 2:11 AM

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No one is saying its the Queen

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Theyre saying

prisma wren Jun 26, 2018, 2:11 AM

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So ur saying that he will be like you were playing a droideka in battlefront?

limpid agate Jun 26, 2018, 2:11 AM

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Hammond might also be Wrecking Ball

golden urchin Jun 26, 2018, 2:11 AM

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how

valid shell Jun 26, 2018, 2:11 AM

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Wh

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What.

golden urchin Jun 26, 2018, 2:11 AM

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why is this even a speculation

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???

valid shell Jun 26, 2018, 2:11 AM

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Have you been reading the conversation?

weak narwhal Jun 26, 2018, 2:11 AM

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Well hammond isn't dumb

golden urchin Jun 26, 2018, 2:11 AM

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there is no evidence at all.

weak narwhal Jun 26, 2018, 2:11 AM

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SO its not out of the question

limpid agate Jun 26, 2018, 2:11 AM

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Ball shaped mech
Multiple posters of Junkertown
Including a Wrecking Ball poster

golden urchin Jun 26, 2018, 2:11 AM

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hammond did not land in australia

limpid agate Jun 26, 2018, 2:12 AM

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Correct

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Probably

weak narwhal Jun 26, 2018, 2:12 AM

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But its possible he traveled\

limpid agate Jun 26, 2018, 2:12 AM

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Keep in mind

weak narwhal Jun 26, 2018, 2:12 AM

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what else is a chimp going to do

golden urchin Jun 26, 2018, 2:12 AM

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traveled all the way across the world

limpid agate Jun 26, 2018, 2:12 AM

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Winston and Hammond also landed over a decade ago

golden urchin Jun 26, 2018, 2:12 AM

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so he traveled across the world to australia

valid shell Jun 26, 2018, 2:12 AM

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There was no evidence of an Oasis hero also being Irish and also being a Talon councilman and also being ex. Blackwatch and also being an evil healer and also being potentially the Widowmakermaker, but here we are.

golden urchin Jun 26, 2018, 2:12 AM

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for no reason

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when there was a war

prisma wren Jun 26, 2018, 2:12 AM

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So he would have a lot of time to do things

limpid agate Jun 26, 2018, 2:12 AM

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What war

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There was a war 10 years ago?

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Thats news to me

untold cradle Jun 26, 2018, 2:12 AM

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hammond landed with winston and just walked to australia or he landed in the sea and eventually got to australia

limpid agate Jun 26, 2018, 2:13 AM

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Or he just went to Australia on his own accord

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For a reason we dont know

golden urchin Jun 26, 2018, 2:13 AM

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guys listen to yourself

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you just want a junker

shell stream Jun 26, 2018, 2:13 AM

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or he floated in orbit for 10 years

golden urchin Jun 26, 2018, 2:13 AM

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its not going to happen

untold cradle Jun 26, 2018, 2:13 AM

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i dunno, what reason would he have to go to australia?

limpid agate Jun 26, 2018, 2:13 AM

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I think its a stupid idea

golden urchin Jun 26, 2018, 2:13 AM

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it's not going to happen my guys

valid shell Jun 26, 2018, 2:13 AM

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Dude.

golden urchin Jun 26, 2018, 2:13 AM

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theres no reason he would go to australia

limpid agate Jun 26, 2018, 2:13 AM

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I dont like the idea of Hammond being the Junker champion

valid shell Jun 26, 2018, 2:13 AM

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Nobody here WANTS Hammond to be a Junker hero.

limpid agate Jun 26, 2018, 2:13 AM

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But its not impossible

weak narwhal Jun 26, 2018, 2:13 AM

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Collecting the junkrat and roadhog bounty

limpid agate Jun 26, 2018, 2:13 AM

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It makes sense

golden urchin Jun 26, 2018, 2:13 AM

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it doesn't make sense

limpid agate Jun 26, 2018, 2:13 AM

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All the clues are there for it to be a thing

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@golden urchin So why did Winston join Overwatch

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For no reason

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After landing on Earth

valid shell Jun 26, 2018, 2:14 AM

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But we have recent teases of Hammond in a ball-shaped pod, and a ball-shaped Junkertown mech champion, and occam's razor, homie.

golden urchin Jun 26, 2018, 2:14 AM

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winston made overwatch

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zaryalol

limpid agate Jun 26, 2018, 2:14 AM

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HAHAHHAHAHAA

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Okay Im done with this

valid shell Jun 26, 2018, 2:14 AM

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O so now you're playing "I was just pretending to be retarded".

prisma wren Jun 26, 2018, 2:14 AM

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Winston did not make overwatch

limpid agate Jun 26, 2018, 2:14 AM

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Im ending this conversation, moving on

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That is correct.

valid shell Jun 26, 2018, 2:14 AM

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Dude, you have to have 0 chill to keep this fucking shitshow on task.

limpid agate Jun 26, 2018, 2:14 AM

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New hero season brings out the worst

valid shell Jun 26, 2018, 2:14 AM

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And not post le epik Incredibles pictures.

limpid agate Jun 26, 2018, 2:15 AM

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@kindred pier Shitposting will result in a loss of access

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Keep that in mind

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Thats why I have no chill

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You entered this conversation with an Incredibles meme

ionic socket Jun 26, 2018, 2:15 AM

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Inb4 laytech disappears forever

valid shell Jun 26, 2018, 2:15 AM

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If there wasn't a mod here to keep control it would just be people posting "DAE TRACER GAY????"

ionic socket Jun 26, 2018, 2:15 AM

#

lion2aHeya

prisma wren Jun 26, 2018, 2:16 AM

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Pls

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Stop shitposting

limpid agate Jun 26, 2018, 2:16 AM

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If you have a complaint about my moderation

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DM @sullen pagoda

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DO NOT discuss it here

valid shell Jun 26, 2018, 2:16 AM

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Anyways.

limpid agate Jun 26, 2018, 2:16 AM

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Ok

valid shell Jun 26, 2018, 2:16 AM

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Moving on.

limpid agate Jun 26, 2018, 2:16 AM

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Moving swiftly onwards

ionic socket Jun 26, 2018, 2:16 AM

#

So did elfi die?

valid shell Jun 26, 2018, 2:16 AM

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What?

prisma wren Jun 26, 2018, 2:16 AM

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NO

ionic socket Jun 26, 2018, 2:16 AM

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What happened to het

#

Her

lean prawn Jun 26, 2018, 2:16 AM

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who's elfi

valid shell Jun 26, 2018, 2:16 AM

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She's a child.

ionic socket Jun 26, 2018, 2:16 AM

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Like ... orisa came out

valid shell Jun 26, 2018, 2:16 AM

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Living in Numbani.

ionic socket Jun 26, 2018, 2:17 AM

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Annd.. nothing

coarse yacht Jun 26, 2018, 2:17 AM

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you mean efi???

valid shell Jun 26, 2018, 2:17 AM

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Did you expect to see her on the battlefield?

ionic socket Jun 26, 2018, 2:17 AM

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Oh efi lol

lean prawn Jun 26, 2018, 2:17 AM

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efi's alive and well

prisma wren Jun 26, 2018, 2:17 AM

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Yeah

ionic socket Jun 26, 2018, 2:17 AM

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O okies

limpid agate Jun 26, 2018, 2:17 AM

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Efi is still alive

lean prawn Jun 26, 2018, 2:17 AM

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collecting grant money and playing mother to orisa

valid shell Jun 26, 2018, 2:17 AM

#

We haven't seen Emily since her introduction, but nobody's saying she's kill.

ionic socket Jun 26, 2018, 2:17 AM

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Wish blizz would tell us something

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O true emily

untold cradle Jun 26, 2018, 2:17 AM

#

so if we're still going with the whole "hammond is a junker" thing, then does that mean that he's current gladiatorial mech champ?

valid shell Jun 26, 2018, 2:17 AM

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@untold cradle Wrecking Ball is the current champ.

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If Hammond is the Wrecking Ball, it only makes sense.

ionic socket Jun 26, 2018, 2:18 AM

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Ew i hope hammond isnt wrecking ball that would be such a cop out

untold cradle Jun 26, 2018, 2:18 AM

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and we're assuming that WB is a modified version of the escape pod

valid shell Jun 26, 2018, 2:18 AM

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There's a reason Blizzard updated Horizon.

limpid agate Jun 26, 2018, 2:18 AM

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I hope he is not Wrecking Ball

valid shell Jun 26, 2018, 2:18 AM

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We might have found it.

limpid agate Jun 26, 2018, 2:18 AM

#

But

#

Theres a chance he is

coarse yacht Jun 26, 2018, 2:18 AM

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maybe they took the escape pod from hammond and got rid of him or something

lean prawn Jun 26, 2018, 2:18 AM

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i dont think it's gonna be a junker

untold cradle Jun 26, 2018, 2:18 AM

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yikes

valid shell Jun 26, 2018, 2:18 AM

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There's a ban.

limpid agate Jun 26, 2018, 2:19 AM

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@fading topaz No fanfiction

untold cradle Jun 26, 2018, 2:19 AM

#

ono

limpid agate Jun 26, 2018, 2:19 AM

#

Moving swiftly onwards

valid shell Jun 26, 2018, 2:20 AM

#

Blizzard updated Horizon and revealed Hammond's method of escape, which was a spherical pod attached to Winston's. Now we're seeing posters of a Junker mech gladiator called Wrecking Ball. And now we're seeing a fully modelled and animated sphere with the same grip texture as Wrecking Ball, and what looks like the same hatches as Hammond's pod.

#

This is shaping up to be a cohesive origin, as much as I dislike it.

limpid agate Jun 26, 2018, 2:21 AM

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Shitposters wasted my clipboard space.

#

There is a chance this is Wrecking Ball.

📎 unknown.png

#

Considering it has

#

An actual wrecking ball

ionic socket Jun 26, 2018, 2:21 AM

#

zaryalol

valid shell Jun 26, 2018, 2:21 AM

#

@ionic socket ?

ionic socket Jun 26, 2018, 2:21 AM

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Yesh that looks promising

limpid agate Jun 26, 2018, 2:21 AM

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They're laughing at my suggestion

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The missing arm makes it look like, you know

#

Not a champion

ionic socket Jun 26, 2018, 2:22 AM

#

True

coarse yacht Jun 26, 2018, 2:22 AM

#

okay so maybe that USED to be wrecking ball

valid shell Jun 26, 2018, 2:22 AM

#

But it could be used for parts in conjunction with Hammond's pod.

ionic socket Jun 26, 2018, 2:22 AM

#

Isnt the junkertown queens suit somewhere

#

?

shell stream Jun 26, 2018, 2:22 AM

#

doesn't look much like the poster

valid shell Jun 26, 2018, 2:22 AM

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Nah.

coarse yacht Jun 26, 2018, 2:22 AM

#

JUNKERTOWN QUEEN HAS A SUIT????

valid shell Jun 26, 2018, 2:22 AM

#

We haven't seen Queenie's mech.

coarse yacht Jun 26, 2018, 2:22 AM

#

oh aww

ionic socket Jun 26, 2018, 2:22 AM

#

Or there is some mech...

valid shell Jun 26, 2018, 2:22 AM

#

Stop riling up the thirsty boys.

ionic socket Jun 26, 2018, 2:22 AM

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Idk i saw it in someones video..

#

Poop

shell stream Jun 26, 2018, 2:23 AM

#

so what do we know about the politics of Junkertown, isn't the reigning champ the King/Queen?

coarse yacht Jun 26, 2018, 2:23 AM

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dude we can be excited for a character, even if they arent hero 28

valid shell Jun 26, 2018, 2:23 AM

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Not with misinformation.

limpid agate Jun 26, 2018, 2:23 AM

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The Queen became queen because she was champion

#

Is all we know

valid shell Jun 26, 2018, 2:23 AM

#

The current champion is apparently Wrecking Ball, but the Queen is still the Queen.

#

So who knows.

untold cradle Jun 26, 2018, 2:24 AM

#

i'd imagine its a scenario where you challenge the current queen or king in a mech battle to become the new king/queen

white cobalt Jun 26, 2018, 2:24 AM

#

Could this drop Queen like next hero, and left the next (Blizzcon) Sanjay, Max?

untold cradle Jun 26, 2018, 2:24 AM

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since it doesn't really look like JT has any in-depth poltics

limpid agate Jun 26, 2018, 2:25 AM

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Sounds very orcish

worthy rose Jun 26, 2018, 2:25 AM

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Where can I find the Hero 28 Teaser??

limpid agate Jun 26, 2018, 2:25 AM

#

@worthy rose #overwatch-news

valid shell Jun 26, 2018, 2:26 AM

#

Of course, Blizzard's pattern is unclear and is mostly our own conjecture, but does Hammond qualify as a Orisa/Moira-esque blindside hero? At least from the perspective of pig-disgusting casual normies who don't overanalyze lore.

untold cradle Jun 26, 2018, 2:26 AM

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i mean i dunno exactly what advanced politics JT would have since they all more or less has similar values (hate omnics, mech fights etc.)

lean prawn Jun 26, 2018, 2:26 AM

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those omnic posters on the left tho

limpid agate Jun 26, 2018, 2:26 AM

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Considering I read more people saying

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"Hammond is a red herring, its the Queen"

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Than I did people saying its Hammond

worthy rose Jun 26, 2018, 2:26 AM

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thank you! that shits crazy af @limpid agate

untold cradle Jun 26, 2018, 2:26 AM

#

hammonds been left out on the lore drying rack for about a year

#

it's about time they did something with him

limpid agate Jun 26, 2018, 2:27 AM

#

Every hero so far

#

Has had a different hero asked in their place

lean prawn Jun 26, 2018, 2:27 AM

#

except doomfist

#

wait no we got orisa

#

nvm

worthy rose Jun 26, 2018, 2:27 AM

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Hope we get a tank

limpid agate Jun 26, 2018, 2:27 AM

#

Ana - Sombra
Sombra - Liao (Just ARG salt)
Orisa - Doomfist
Doomfist - Hammond
Moira - Junkerqueen
Brigitte - Literally anyone else

Hammond - Queen

fringe pewter Jun 26, 2018, 2:27 AM

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We need a few new tanks and then Support

untold cradle Jun 26, 2018, 2:27 AM

#

hammond challenging the queen for the role of leader of JT

fringe pewter Jun 26, 2018, 2:27 AM

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Yes

untold cradle Jun 26, 2018, 2:28 AM

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if the whole gladiator fight for the spot theory still stands

lean prawn Jun 26, 2018, 2:28 AM

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if a new tank is gonna be introduced it'll be more for gameplay than to fill out lore

limpid agate Jun 26, 2018, 2:28 AM

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Origin short is Hammond killing the Queen

#

That would piss off a lot of fans

fringe pewter Jun 26, 2018, 2:28 AM

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He go ooh-ooh, the Queen fucking explodes

limpid agate Jun 26, 2018, 2:28 AM

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Or not

fringe pewter Jun 26, 2018, 2:28 AM

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He go aaah- aah, the Junkers die

limpid agate Jun 26, 2018, 2:28 AM

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I dont like the idea

#

But it would be interesting

fringe pewter Jun 26, 2018, 2:28 AM

#

It would yeah

untold cradle Jun 26, 2018, 2:29 AM

#

it'd be interesting to see what a character like hammond could do to potentially change JT

shell stream Jun 26, 2018, 2:29 AM

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I'll keep my fingers crossed for dead monkey

fringe pewter Jun 26, 2018, 2:29 AM

#

How about Monkey that kills innocent people

valid shell Jun 26, 2018, 2:29 AM

#

But we can agree that Blizzard didn't model and animate and sound design the ball in the teaser for nothing, right?

untold cradle Jun 26, 2018, 2:29 AM

#

since he most likely has extremely different ideals growing up in the lunar colony

valid shell Jun 26, 2018, 2:29 AM

#

It's obviously part of the upcoming hero.

lean prawn Jun 26, 2018, 2:29 AM

#

what if we get a null-sector hero

fringe pewter Jun 26, 2018, 2:29 AM

#

Same

untold cradle Jun 26, 2018, 2:30 AM

#

it has to be

fringe pewter Jun 26, 2018, 2:30 AM

#

Hhhh no

untold cradle Jun 26, 2018, 2:30 AM

#

i don't think blizzard would put so much detail into it just so that it would be a prop

lean prawn Jun 26, 2018, 2:30 AM

#

is hero 28 going to be more gameplay or lore

fringe pewter Jun 26, 2018, 2:30 AM

#

Probably both

untold cradle Jun 26, 2018, 2:30 AM

#

unless we're all getting severely baited, which i doubt

limpid agate Jun 26, 2018, 2:30 AM

#

Queen became Queen because she was champion
Wrecking Ball is current champion
Wrecking Ball is potentially Hammond
Employ orcish power struggles
Hammond Origin short is him killing and dethroning the Queen
New hero: Hammond, King of Junkertown

fringe pewter Jun 26, 2018, 2:31 AM

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....that makes sense

limpid agate Jun 26, 2018, 2:31 AM

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I hope none of it is true

#

Except the first two lines, obviously

hollow barn Jun 26, 2018, 2:31 AM

#

why cant wrecking ball be he queen

valid shell Jun 26, 2018, 2:31 AM

#

Or Hammond just becomes the Queen's champion.

fringe pewter Jun 26, 2018, 2:31 AM

#

Orrr

lean prawn Jun 26, 2018, 2:31 AM

#

i dont like the monkey as a new hero

#

we already have a space monkey

fringe pewter Jun 26, 2018, 2:31 AM

#

Wrecking ball is just wrecking ball

limpid agate Jun 26, 2018, 2:31 AM

#

I dont like Hammond as a hero either

#

But thats a shame

valid shell Jun 26, 2018, 2:31 AM

#

@hollow barn Because Wrecking Ball is the current champion, and the Queen is explicitly a former champion.

fringe pewter Jun 26, 2018, 2:31 AM

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It doesn't speak, breathe or anything

limpid agate Jun 26, 2018, 2:31 AM

#

It looks like we are getting Hammond

fringe pewter Jun 26, 2018, 2:31 AM

#

It just

#

Wrecks

hollow barn Jun 26, 2018, 2:31 AM

#

whre does it say that? so i can look

valid shell Jun 26, 2018, 2:32 AM

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On her wiki page.

limpid agate Jun 26, 2018, 2:32 AM

#

https://clips.twitch.tv/CrazyGrossCardBrainSlug

Twitch

Twitch Playing Gamescom 2017 - Twitch Clips

A Charismatic, former Gladiatorial Mech Champion: The Queen - Clipped by sektumsempraa

▶ Play video

valid shell Jun 26, 2018, 2:32 AM

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Godspeed.

#

Noooo don't handfeed them.

lean prawn Jun 26, 2018, 2:32 AM

#

what about the other posters?

valid shell Jun 26, 2018, 2:32 AM

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Teach them to fish.

limpid agate Jun 26, 2018, 2:32 AM

#

I wrote the page

lean prawn Jun 26, 2018, 2:32 AM

#

specifically the ones about omnic equality?

limpid agate Jun 26, 2018, 2:35 AM

#

What about them

#

They're just there for the setting

#

It's King's Row

#

The ones that were out of place were the Junker Posters

#

And the Horizon mural

lean prawn Jun 26, 2018, 2:36 AM

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i'm gonna cross my fingers for another omnic hero

#

considering that they're the only posters not covered up

#

well, besides lucio's

valid shell Jun 26, 2018, 2:36 AM

#

Maximilien is pretty much the only option for a (named) Omnic hero.

#

Lynx 17 would be a poor-man's Sombra.

#

Hal-Fred is a joke.

#

Thespion 4.0 could be interesting, maybe.

lean prawn Jun 26, 2018, 2:37 AM

#

something from null sector?

valid shell Jun 26, 2018, 2:38 AM

#

Possible, but Max is a much better option for an 'evil Omnic'.

lean prawn Jun 26, 2018, 2:39 AM

#

would more of talon's upper brass make the lore more interesting though?

valid shell Jun 26, 2018, 2:39 AM

#

At this point? No.

#

We're suffering from a bit of Talon exhaustion.

lean prawn Jun 26, 2018, 2:39 AM

#

and what would max do in game anyways?

valid shell Jun 26, 2018, 2:39 AM

#

With Sombra - Doomfist - Moira.

lean prawn Jun 26, 2018, 2:39 AM

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being a pet/summoner-based hero doesn't fit him

valid shell Jun 26, 2018, 2:39 AM

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What would Mei do in-game if you saw her first in Rise and Shine?

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What would Symmetra do if you just saw her in her Vishkar uniform?

untold cradle Jun 26, 2018, 2:40 AM

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I’m looking forward to a new junker hero

valid shell Jun 26, 2018, 2:40 AM

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Maximilien has plenty of potential.

untold cradle Jun 26, 2018, 2:40 AM

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Or something at least relating to junkers in lore

lean prawn Jun 26, 2018, 2:40 AM

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exploring junkertown politics

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sounds like a blast

valid shell Jun 26, 2018, 2:40 AM

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We already have two Australian Junker heroes.

untold cradle Jun 26, 2018, 2:40 AM

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Since they’re one of the few neutral factions that have any real relevance

valid shell Jun 26, 2018, 2:41 AM

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Why do we need a third when there's so many other countries with no heroes?

white cobalt Jun 26, 2018, 2:41 AM

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Thailand/South Asia or South America could be good

lean prawn Jun 26, 2018, 2:41 AM

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a southeast-asian hero would be nifty

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more indonesian than indian

valid shell Jun 26, 2018, 2:42 AM

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Caribbean please.

charred imp Jun 26, 2018, 2:42 AM

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I want a Laotian hero

lean prawn Jun 26, 2018, 2:42 AM

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liao-sian hero

valid shell Jun 26, 2018, 2:42 AM

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You mean Laotian?

charred imp Jun 26, 2018, 2:42 AM

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Don’t judge I’ve never seen it written out only heard it

valid shell Jun 26, 2018, 2:43 AM

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Or, hell, I know this is unexpected coming from me, but how about a Canadian hero?

charred imp Jun 26, 2018, 2:43 AM

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pogchimp

lean prawn Jun 26, 2018, 2:43 AM

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are there any other themes that overwatch can explore?

valid shell Jun 26, 2018, 2:43 AM

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Sure.

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Give us another Ecopoint that was forgotten when Overwatch fell, and the survivors went feral.

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Give us an underwater Omnium full of Omnics who didn't get the memo that the war is over.

lean prawn Jun 26, 2018, 2:44 AM

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kind of like the korean kaiju mech?

valid shell Jun 26, 2018, 2:44 AM

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Sure! Though the Kaiju is weird because we have so little info on it.

woeful coyote Jun 26, 2018, 2:44 AM

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I WAS RIGHT

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WOOO

valid shell Jun 26, 2018, 2:44 AM

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@woeful coyote You were close, I'll concede. Cx

woeful coyote Jun 26, 2018, 2:44 AM

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Best lore theorist evar

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It’s definitely monkey sized

lean prawn Jun 26, 2018, 2:45 AM

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there's a dog in the corner

valid shell Jun 26, 2018, 2:45 AM

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It's not going to be the Queen in the Wrecking Ball, like your initial theory.

woeful coyote Jun 26, 2018, 2:45 AM

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A human can’t possibly fit in that

valid shell Jun 26, 2018, 2:45 AM

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So that's shot to shit.

woeful coyote Jun 26, 2018, 2:45 AM

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It’s either a dog or a monkey

valid shell Jun 26, 2018, 2:45 AM

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...But you were right to think that Hammond's escape pod is probably connected to Wrecking Ball.

woeful coyote Jun 26, 2018, 2:45 AM

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It is a mech, so something is inside it

lean prawn Jun 26, 2018, 2:45 AM

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or a really small robot

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null sector

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please

valid shell Jun 26, 2018, 2:45 AM

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The Junkers wouldn't allow an Omnic to compete.

woeful coyote Jun 26, 2018, 2:46 AM

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^

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I hit the nail on the head with this one

valid shell Jun 26, 2018, 2:46 AM

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After a dozen swings that missed.

lean prawn Jun 26, 2018, 2:46 AM

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wait how did you confirm it was going to be on the junker side of the lore?

woeful coyote Jun 26, 2018, 2:47 AM

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The junker posters, specifically the intentionally barely visible Wrecking Ball one

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Why hide something if it isn’t connected?

lean prawn Jun 26, 2018, 2:47 AM

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to misdirect attention?

woeful coyote Jun 26, 2018, 2:47 AM

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It’s like foreshadowing an epic fight that never happens

valid shell Jun 26, 2018, 2:48 AM

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Because it might have been intentionally put behind other teases to paint a roadmap, like your initial theory.

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Don't think I'm going to let you pretend you got it in one. B3

woeful coyote Jun 26, 2018, 2:48 AM

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But it wasn’t painted over like the queen’s image