When The DPS Is Lacking...

Mercy is the official Mum of the group ♥️♥️

Hello folks and on today's episode of I complain about Overwatch Lore, may I present Gabriel Reyes' son?!

And his freaking wife????

We're introduced to them during the 'Code or Violence' short story and we don't really get to know much about them, other than they met after the Omnic crisis and she found another partner after Gabriel Reyes was pressured dead.

They mention a 6 year old son in the short story and that has to be the kid in the picture, no doubt.

But it bring to question, when was he referencing his sons sixth birthday? How many years before Overwatch was disbanded was that? Presuming it was the last one before Overwatch disbanded he was be 11 in the current Overwatch timeline. Why have we heard nothing about a little Reyes running around in the world? Why are there NO in game voice lines about his son?? Or wife????

And his wife! How did they meet? When were they married? How long were they together? Does she still mourn him and want him back or has she accepted things and moved on with her new partner?

Give me more Blizzard I beg 😮‍💨😮‍💨

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Then a couple of months later they released the 'Honour and Glory' short:

Then another year or so later the 'Shooting Star' short was released:

A couple of months later the 'Reunion' short was released:

The the infamous OW2 trailer 'Zero Hour' was released, casually three years before they were ready to release the thing:

The first Overwatch 2 short 'The Wastelander', was released a astounding three years later, with no filler shorts in between:

Shortly after the 'Kiriko' short was released:

And last but not least, the newest trailer, released in the summer of 2023 is the 'Calling' short:

Fingers crossed there will be more shorts in the future though and it won't be the last one for long lol

Overwatch Animated Shorts Master list!

All the Overwatch Animated shorts in release date chronological order <3

Naturally, the 'cinematic trailer' came out first :) ->

The next trailer that came out was the 'We are Overwatch' short:

The next short was the 'Recall' short:

Quickly following that short, was the 'Alive' short:

Not long after that one either, the 'are you with us' Short was released:

Following that was the 'Dragons' short:

Then not even two weeks later the 'Hero' short was released:

Then a few months later 'The Last Bastion' short was released:

A month of two later the next short, 'Infiltration' was released:

After quickly putting out so many shorts, Blizzard took a break just shy of a year before releasing the 'Rise and Shine' short:

Overwatch Custom Games are Horrible...

I don't usually spend much time queuing in overwatch 2, which I kinda miss ngl. I used to get so much done between queues in Overwatch 1. Besides the point though. The DPS queue was looking a little longer so I decided to take a gander at the custom games, since me and my duo partner are old 'the floor is lava' and 'murder mystery' pros (you don't get gems like those anymore...). To my horror, the first thing that pops up on the custom games menu is, and I quote, 'Sexual Harassment Simulator'????? Like what the actual fuck?? I knew overwatch was far gone, but this far? I am honestly terrified of overwatch men in more ways than one.

What is this account?

Basically, Overwatch 2 broke Overwatch players and it's feels like every single game I play there's something:

a. to complain about

b. to laugh about

or

c. to be surprised by

I also love delving into Overwatch Lore and picking apart the inconsistencies, and I can and will ramble for hours about it (ask my duo).

I'm gonna put it out there, I play Overwatch casually and I've been around since the first new years event so I've seen stuff. I'm not the best player ever and I'm high gold/low plat depending on how well I've done in the season. This is all MY OPINION!

The Overwatch Trap

Ok, so this game was a doozy. I load in, and we're playing competitive mystery heroes, I got Tracer. Then, the question, 'Ass or Titts?" pops into chat from someone on my team. Thankfully, I'm relieved from finding out everyone's answers because no-one does answer.

We cap the first point, and honestly I was throwing accidentally just a teeny tiny bit, because I only managed to steal 3 kills from our Hammy and wrack up a staggering total of 162 damage. BUT our Reaper was absolutely slaying, and popped off with a 4k, making someone from the opposite team leave. Naturally, we win the first point.

Second point loads in and first thing I see is, "I hate this game. GG." From the opposite team. Then the same guy who asked the ass or tits question replies, "Nah Cmon bro pull it back."

Spoiler alert. They did not pull it back. Over the course of the second round they got two more leavers... and then the first leaver joined back... Which I found entirely hilarious and a taste of his own medicine. The person who said GG, then proceeded to say, "I'm gonna K ms." Which bless them, they were the only one doing work on their team. They definitely deserved an obligatory win.

Needles to say, we won the game.

Spitting facts, Blizzard making cannon decisions whilst drunk, upside down, and spinning in circles! ;-;

The constant rolling disaster that is Overwatch's game development aside, what really perplexes me about how Blizzard is handling the broader franchise is their continual insistence that a canon narrative exists in spite of their equally continual refusal to tell anyone what it is.

Like, okay, the events of the games aren't canon. Fair enough: the games are multiplayer-only, and you can't account for player actions.

Oh, and the animated short films aren't canon either – they're properly understood as in-universe propaganda, not depictions of actual events. That's a little high concept for you guys, but fine.

But surely the comics are canon, right? Well, no; some of the comics (we're not telling you which ones) were canon at one point, but the writing team has decided to go in a different direction.

My dudes, what is left? The weird Source Filmmaker porn? Is that canon? Well, apparently it's at least as canon as anything else!

My duo calls lag non consensual movement 😂😂

I can never really tell if I'm getting complimented or insulted when I get remarks like this one...

It was made from the enemy Wrecking Ball towards me after we won.

Like that has to be a compliment right? 😂

It just throws me off when people use the word diff and then follow it with something that's not hate 😂😂