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Aaron Keller and the Overwatch team were quick to address Anran face appearance issues, but problems that actually affect gameplay are rarely acknowledged. Almost everything outlined below inhibits the ranked experience and makes Overwatch feel extremely uncompetitive.

@vagrantgoose go deadlock

here's what's happening next season: + no more 2 - worse optimization - more design crept heroes - more role passives - competitive reset - 5v5 still main mode i think i'm done with overwatch

@EvilLucio @realPigboy Can u critically think a little bit on how terribly ow classic was implemented or are u a Grok generated blizzard meat rider that is incapable of going against ur lord and savior

@realPigboy Current OW is better than OW1 gameplay wise, if everyone actually liked OW1 there would’ve been WAY more players on classic.

unless they plan to revert its gameplay back to its former glory why ruin the legacy of a good game?

"LOL"

$50 to anyone who can source full installations of Overwatch one patches. If you have an old drive you used to use for games and haven't used it, the game files will still be there. Plug it in without Internet and copy it over. Will only pay for patches I don't have. Sometime later today or tomorrow I will edit this post with a list of version numbers that are already obtained. $75 for 2018-early 2020 patches.

The game is saved

@mmx4ps1 @OWCavalry Ofc there isn't going to be a majority of people playing it. It's not the main mode that's balanced for, uses open q matchmaking, and hasn't had a patch since it came out.

@OWCavalry 20%? Shit, if I were part of the dev team I wouldn’t listen to y’all either 💀 5v5 is staying.

New 6v6 Balance Patch in #Overwatch2 🧰 With around 20% of players playing the 6v6 mode daily, it will receive its first balance update in next week’s mid-season patch. What changes are you hoping for? 💭

text me back full vid: youtube.com/watch?v=P9PH8a…

@vagrantgoose Entire lobby would be private profiles tho

hero bans should be one per team and you should see both teams beforehand

I first met @GmNaroditsky Daniel Naroditsky, “Danya,” in 2008 on a cruise ship, of all places. He was the reigning World Under-12 Chess Champion and was on the front page of Chess Life. My mom, who can’t tell a knight from a bishop, pulled me aside after randomly passing the Naroditsky family and said, “Isn’t that the boy from your chess magazines?” and quickly ran to introduce us. Danya was probably already twice my rating despite being a couple years younger, and that may have been the last time that I was taller than him. As two introverted boys (some things never change), we let our parents do all the talking, and soon said our goodbyes. I’ve never told anyone this cruise story until now. I’d always assumed there would be a time and place to laugh about it with him. Or maybe I was too shy to admit that someone who was such a hero to me would become one of my best friends more than a decade later. Fast forward to 2015, when Jennifer Christianson had the brilliant instinct to bring Danya on as an instructor at the Castle Chess Camp, which I had attended for years. Watching Danya teach chess was something like watching Mozart in front of a piano. He was simply the most talented and passionate chess educator I’ve ever seen – generous with his time, and so damn thorough. Over the next couple years, my future boss @PeterGiannatos also started teaching at the camp, and we all became great friends (shoutout to Magesh Panchanathan too). We were all obsessed with chess, food, jokes, politics, ping pong, and staying up late. Danya taught at Castle Chess annually since 2015 until he took a break this year. He had promised me to return in 2026, and a promise from Danya is worth its weight in gold. Peter stayed in touch with Danya, always asking him whether he was going to attend grad school after Stanford or pursue chess in some way, shape, or form. To make a long story short, Danya was torn, but he eventually made the decision that we all love him for today. It was courageous of him to turn his back away from academia and the “traditional route” to which he had already devoted so many resources (and he was equally talented there as well), especially as the Charlotte Chess Center was much less of a powerhouse institution than it is today. And what a decision it was - everyone in Charlotte was so thrilled that he had chosen to move here, but no one was happier than I was. During COVID, Danya’s decision and subsequent hard work paid off in ways no one could have imagined. Not only was he a top online chess player, but his talent in teaching and speaking about chess led him to build a very successful brand with Twitch streaming, Youtube content, and Chesscom commentary. Meanwhile, he became an integral part of the Charlotte Chess core friend group during those unique lockdown days when us young professionals really needed each other socially. Danya was America’s childhood chess sweetheart, all grown up and succeeding in all walks of life - playing online blitz vs. Magnus and Hikaru by day, and watching “Billions” with his buddies and some Thai food in Virginia's apartment by night. After the pandemic, Danya’s trajectory kept climbing, as he did everything from writing a New York Times chess column to being the “go-to” commentator, along with inseparable content partner Robert Hess, on elite World Championship events. His family was proud. His friends were proud. The Charlotte Chess community was proud. He loved his life in chess and everyone around him. Through it all, the most impressive thing to me is how genuine Danya remained considering his fame. If anything, his success made him value his family, friends, and relationships even more. He was so down to earth – the most willing Grandmaster to host a party at his place or go on a coffee run for his colleagues. Though he remained an introvert throughout his life, he still loved coming to all of our homes for dinner or to the CCC to play in a Blitz tournament no matter the level of competition – 800, 1800, or 2800. When Danya would leave a party early, it would be to go play some online blitz and bullet – he loved chess more than anyone, and played virtually every day of his adult life. We all loved him for that and loved following his career. I remember walking into a movie theater when Danya had an advantage against World #3 Fabiano Caruana at the 2021 U.S. Championship, and could not put my phone down during the movie. He won that game. I also remember texting @MayaBMyers for minute-by-minute updates on Danya during the American Cup Blitz in which he had incredible results in his favorite format, over-the-board blitz. Finally, I remember calculating tiebreaks for him during the recent World Blitz Championship in New York – I informed him that he should play for a win to have a shot of qualifying to the final stage, but he secured an early draw to ensure a strong tied-for-first result to appease certain prying eyes of the chess community. Danya confided many things to me, and one that I can share is that he had concrete plans to make a return to classical chess in the next year and push towards the top 50 players in the World. He had just played the U.S. Open, and had his eyes on the 2026 Reykjavik Open and other events. For a player of his talent not to achieve his full potential had always nagged him, and to me, there was little in the way of him achieving his goals. All of these friendships, memories, and chess goals are what makes it so hard to say goodbye to you, Danya. No more fireside chats. No more blitz battles with @BortnykChess or time odds with Dominique. No more all-nighter ping pong duels. To those who have reached out with heartfelt condolences and questions about the circumstances of his passing: no one has answers for you right now. Please stop asking. Any speculation is likely far from the truth. I implore everyone to trade their curiosity in for compassion, and sincerely think of those most affected by Danya’s passing. The Naroditsky family needs privacy, and I urge everyone to honor that. I can tell you two things with absolute certainty: 1) Danya’s support group never faltered. We loved him for every moment of his life, and will continue to love and miss him forever. 2) There will be time in which we, amongst others I’m sure, take concrete steps to forever enshrine Danya’s legacy in the chess world. There will be a time and place to show your support. When that time comes, actions will speak louder than words. It is beautiful to see the countless articles, posts, and messages celebrating Danya’s life. Have you ever seen someone so universally loved by millions of people? I wish he could have understood that when he was still with us. He admired his colleagues in the professional chess world and sought the validation and respect of his fellow Grandmasters in an obsessive but endearing way. To those who seek retribution against certain members of the chess community, I personally ask you to remember that this time is about Danya Naroditsky and no one else. Over the past few days, I have found that positivity, however impossible, is what gives me solace during this time. Danya would never want such negative energy expelled on his behalf. Savor your favorite memories of him. Over the past few days, I’ve found myself asking myself the same questions repeatedly: How is it fair for such a beautiful family to endure such a painful loss? How is a young friend group supposed to heal after having a key member cruelly taken at the age of 29? How will the Charlotte Chess community ever recover from this? Why was Danya not at least able to enjoy the fruits of marriage and things outside of chess before departing? When will I wake up from this nightmare and have one more Barbecue or Mediterranean dinner with him? Of all the paths that fate could take, why this one? I’ve come to realize that I simply have no answers to these questions. Many of you will remember Danya as an eloquent commentator, passionate teacher, and formidable opponent. Of course, you’d be right about all of that. But I will remember him differently. Danya, you were an amazing friend and the best person I've ever known. I’m so sorry it ended this way. I am truly thankful that you chose to do what your heart wanted to do during your short life, and that you were able to find true love in your final years. I’ve always tried to keep emotion to a minimum. I now realize how stupid that is, and today, it is simply not possible. Today, I am simply broken. Today, I don’t know how to say thank you to you enough, Danya. Today, I hope that this goodbye will suffice. A huge part of me, of us, of chess, is gone forever. Rest in peace, Danya Naroditsky. I know you are already up there blitzing with the legends. Hope you brought your chess clock.

@VBkramnik Vile piece of shit how are you this awful of a human being to tweet this after his passing. Disappear from the chess community forever you’ve caused enough harm

x.com/VBkramnik/stat… Too high price paid, but if I was the only person shouting about obvious long term problems of Danya becoming alarming, requiring urgent measures from people around, while "friends" only cared about hiding it and erase evidence, its rotten to the core

I miss the old Overwatch 1 icons so much They had much more flair or aura and gave a glimpse into the characters personality, meanwhile the new icons look like the characters were posing at photoshoot to take pics for a job application Worst cases for me are Lucio and Junkrat..😅

@PlayOverwatch legitimately disgusting that you undo one ban for good PR because a dexerto article was written about it and don't unban the countless other people punished for the same reason and make no changes to the terrible system that causes all of this

RT @terriblemel:

@tesuals This would be the dream

make ow1 a separate client from ow2 that’s ran by community members like plutonium for black ops

@OWAnonymous_ - S9 Healthpools - OpenQ MMR / Matchmaking - Not adjusting Super Tank Abilities - Role Passives still in the game - No actual dedicated Balance Patches for the mode - Perks not adjusted for the mode They just added 6v6 to shut us up, i like it being there but it has many flaws

i should probably have clarified gameplay as in game balance. The game is great, the balance is not. 6v6 is cool but i wish it didnt have perks / s9 health pools. I also feel like the game mode needs some serious balance changes especially for some of these tanks. Also it should become the main game mode. 5v5 gotta go no cap. Bans idrc that much even though I don't think the game needs it if the balance was good. stadium is cool, needs more time though and definitely needs balance tweaks. Stadium in the future is gonna go hard af. as for perks... i highly dislike the perk system because all you do is select a perk and all of a sudden you're buffed. You didn't play better, you didn't position better you're just a "better player" for almost no additional skill output. sigma, zarya, ana, zen, doom, tracer, hazard, hog, moira etc... all these perks are just really stupid. lets take tracer, she has 2 (previously 3) blinks when recalling. Before perks you actually had to have really good blink management but now you can just pop a perk and that whole skill of mastering blink management feels non existent. Now "noobs" get more value on tracer and really good players get a huge advantage on these types of perks. Sigmas weakness on having no mobility can now reposition in ways he couldnt before which is insanely powerful same with zarya. There is a reason why non mobility heroes dont have mobility... Moiras fade perks are really dumb cause now she basically gets away for free all the time. I can probably go on and on with these perks. It puts the game on training wheels and thats the part that isn't fun. The game is heavily balanced towards casuals and its really showing with these balance changes. I understand 99% of the playerbase is casuals but this is almost the equivalent of cod players complaining about sbmm in a way. imagine if doomfist got a perk where you can punch up in the air or down in the air (free diags at any spot. That would be so stupid. Instead of getting good at the tech and getting good at utilizing it mid match you just pop a perk 🤪🤪🤪skill, effort out the window. When OW classic was out I only played that and man it's insane how much better it played when compared to 5v5 & 6v6. DPS doomfist wasn't even accurate he was actually really buggy and it felt like shit to play him but it didnt matter because the gameplay was that good. Even though it was quickplay which means matchmaking felt more casual, the gameplay was perfect. If you made a mistake in positioning you got punished if you made a mistake at all you got punished. No perks are going to save you, no passives are going to save you. You actually had to learn from your mistakes and play better. Nobody is here to hold your hand throughout the entire game like how it is right now. Early OW2 was amazing too. The lack of CC increased dive comps significantly and it felt less of this AFK poke comp that it is right now. After so many years the game felt like a real hero shooter. Tanks weren't OP af, 5v5 actually felt really good, some balance was bad but nothing a few tweaks couldnt fix.... but now the game has too much CC and its back to poke 24/7, game is on easy mode which is zzz. pic related

@ow_prime @psychotic1_

1-2 to ereus losers bracket now . . We are bums @psychotic1_

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