One solution to the GOATs meta comes from an unlikely source
We’ve discussed what the GOATs meta is in Overwatch and some probably causes.
The Queue: Cool guys don’t look at explosions
When Adam asked me to cover The Queue for this morning, even though I stream pretty late in the night for the site on Wednesday, and even though my toddler and I are both sick, and even though my daughter has short school days this week, I said I would. It’s usually not too tough to pull questions, even with the heated discussions going around lately — worst case, I’ll just pull stuff off our Discord or Twitter. I didn’t realize that literally as I was streaming, he would drop the post about the five year plan for the site the staff first started discussing internally 3 weeks ago.
Adam, please.
So! While I’ll definitely direct y’all’s attention over to that post, because it’s important to the site and we want to hear your thoughts and concerns, I’m definitely just… not looking at the explosion this morning. Nope. I have some herbal tea with honey, and I’m just gonna… do the thing. Please, for poor little Rossi’s sake, put some questions in a place where he can find them easily. Whew.
Off Topic: AI aren’t good enough to win arguments (yet), but they’re already smart enough to be a little scary
Several years ago, the world watched IBM's Watson AI defeat the best Jeopardy players in the world.
How do you think the worlds and characters of Blizzard smell?
With their noses, of course.
A five year plan for Blizzard Watch
Hello Friends and Readers, Over the last few weeks we've been busy behind the scenes at Blizzard Watch, rolling out Off Topic posts and plotting away as we always do.
Redditor turned Overwatch sprays into easy-to-follow pixel patterns for crafting
If you've ever wanted to turn one of the 29 Overwatch heroes into a craft project, be it cross-stitching or bead art, you can do that thanks to this meticulous Reddit user.
Off Topic: We’re impressed and crying over the Kitbull Pixar short
Kitbull is a departure for Pixar -- with its 2D, animated kitten and pit bull characters -- but it's no less charming.
Blizzard outsourced Overwatch League jerseys, and they’re kind of terrible
Since one of the departments hit heavily by the Activision-Blizzard layoffs earlier this week was merchandising, you'd think that the third-party vendors Blizzard hired to take care of merchandise immediately following that would be above and beyond the standard we're used to.
The Queue: It is not actually the Year of the Dog
No, really. I checked.
How do you want Overwatch’s 30th hero to be revealed?
For all the mystery and uncertainty surrounding the identities of Overwatch's unannounced heroes, the actual timing of their reveals follows a pretty clockwork schedule.
