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[Plywood]

I swear, there are times when I die in a match to a Mei blizzard, rush back out to my team and proceed to get ult'ed again. :/

Her self healing goes a long way in charging ult on top of her other shenanigans.

 

[hbkajshdvfbkjhvgkahsgdfka]

I swear, there are times when I die in a match to a Mei blizzard, rush back out to my team and proceed to get ult'ed again. :/

Tell your team to stop eating icicles.

 

[Vegetable Lasagna]

Mei gets her ult extremely fast. I'm surprised it hasn't been nerfed a bit yet.

 

[konjak]

Mei gets her ult extremely fast. I'm surprised it hasn't been nerfed a bit yet.

It was sped up, actually

 

[AbortedWalrusFetus]

The reason I play Zarya so much now is because she counters Mei's ult decently well. If you bubble yourself and another person they have time to escape the freeze pretty easily and then you can kill Mei while she tries to icicle people.

 

[Spirited]

So they started up the wild goose chase again? Fun times ahead until blizzcon...

I'm just dissapointed that they are so bad at making args that actually are fun or interesting to follow.

 

[Piers]

So they started up the wild goose chase again? Fun times ahead until blizzcon...

I'm just dissapointed that they are so bad at making args that actually are fun or interesting to follow.

Real talk: Who thinks the ARG will get boo'd at during Blizzcon?

 

[Ploid 3.0]

This coulda been so cool if the countdown was 2 days instead of 2 months

Totally different games companies, and development stage, but I'm loving how Epic are revealing their characters. Yesterday they released a teaser image, today they released a teaser trailer, and tomorrow they will release a reveal trailer. Each 3 weeks a new character is their goal.

Oh snap the trailer is out now haha (Not Sombra).

 

[TheCongressman1]

Real talk: Who thinks the ARG will get boo'd at during Blizzcon?

I'm expecting more of an awkward silence.

 

[AaronMT86]

I didn't see this posted, but there's more stuff going on right now.

e.g, https://lumerico.mx/TAKECONTROL/index.html

http://wiki.gamedetectives.net/index.php?title=Sombra_ARG#Sombra_vs._Lum.C3.A9riCo

 

[ivanthebearable]

C'mon Blizzard. Just release her on PTR today... It would make a nice birthday gift to me

 

[Hellshingu]

I didn't see this posted, but there's more stuff going on right now.

e.g, https://lumerico.mx/TAKECONTROL/index.html

http://wiki.gamedetectives.net/index.php?title=Sombra_ARG#Sombra_vs._Lum.C3.A9riCo

I wonder if they'll just end up releasing her on Dia de Muertos. Would make the most sense at this point especially with the emphasis on calaveras for the image name.

I would think they would release her on the actual Dia de los Muertos which is November 2 and not on November 1 which is Dia de los Inocentes. November 1 is a Tuesday though so that might work out better.

It would be cool if they put ofrendas, calacas, and whatnot around the dorado map inside the open buildings and stuff around that time.

 

[Sai-kun]

C'mon Blizzard. Just release her on PTR today... It would make a nice birthday gift to me

i like your avatar bro :>

also i'm convinced that nothing's coming until blizzcon at this point. no reason for them to do it any earlier, unless they're gonna go with the day of the dead route which would be cool but i get the vibe that no one at blizz would actually care enough to know about it and do that.

 

[pizzacat]

Real talk: Who thinks the ARG will get boo'd at during Blizzcon?

Hahahahaha you really think the people going to blizzcon think blizzard is doing something wrong

 

[TheRedSnifit]

Real talk: Who thinks the ARG will get boo'd at during Blizzcon?

"You think you didn't want it, but you did."

 

[KLoWn]

Hahahahaha you really think the people going to blizzcon think blizzard is doing something wrong

Lol of course there is people who think that... Are you serious?

I like to think that the people going there won't be dumb enough to start booing developers on stage for something they might not even been a part of. Or are we suggesting that every person working on Overwatch was a part of this?

 

[Tovarisc]

Hahahahaha you really think the people going to blizzcon think blizzard is doing something wrong

There is Blizzard fans and then there is those who go to BlizzCon.

Spoiler

I kinda want to go too

 

[DarkKyo]

As much as I want to see the new character in the game I think it's pretty fun watching this ARG unfold as the community figures it out. Blizzard did a creative job with some of the clues. However the super long countdown thing still sucked and kind of ruins it because it's a step that people participating in the ARG had no control over.

 

[labx]

damn, if the unveiling of Sombra is THIS long, just imagine how much time would take to fill her ultimate.

 

[dave is ok]

I think the community got through every puzzle today in like two hours.

 

[Risev1]

I think the community got through every puzzle today in like two hours.

Blizz will need to set up another 2 months timer to prepare more clues then.

 

[Tregard]

Do you have to let it linger?

Do you have to? Do you have to?

Do you have to let it linger?

 

[Kor of Memory]

If anyone wants to actually catch up on all the stuff thats happened, here you go:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/10SPcW_AF_AyvddfeKmDsTFC1xBA8S6IbU4osnoHGEns/preview

I should go ahead and tell you that we still haven't really learned anything about Sombra here, other than she seems to be a "Power of the People" type of character.

 

[Plywood]

I think the November 1st notice on the Lumerico website is the Sombra release date. RIP needle emoji skull emoji gun emoji

 

[Brazil]

Jesus Christ, Blizzard, just announce the freaking character already. What a snoozefest.

 

[Tovarisc]

If anyone wants to actually catch up on all the stuff thats happened, here you go:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/10SPcW_AF_AyvddfeKmDsTFC1xBA8S6IbU4osnoHGEns/preview

I should go ahead and tell you that we still haven't really learned anything about Sombra here, other than she seems to be a "Power of the People" type of character.

Che Guevara of OW?

 

[Plywood]

I see you have been able to infiltrate in your mail.

Do not worry, he can not see this email, I've hidden from view if you connect from one of the known IP addresses.

I need a little more time to set the next group of potocolos. Stay tuned early next week. I'll take a few dirty rags in their emails to be filtered to the public "accidentally". We'll see how they react to the media.

 

[--R]

It says that we did a good job to hack into the president's account and that we should wait until next week to see more.

Jesus christ Blizzard, just release her.

 

[Dimitri LH]

This has to be more then just Sombra, I'm predicting 2-3 heroes and a new map. Months of teasing just for 1 character seems off (at least with how badly run this ARG has been). So yeah expect big reveal at blizzcon probably.

 

[NeatoKuni]

what are the chances she'll show up during the halloween event? she has her logo on the lootbox, i feel like its laughing at my face. :<

 

[Ricerocket]

I think the November 1st notice on the Lumerico website is the Sombra release date. RIP needle emoji skull emoji gun emoji

This. The website pretty much confirms Sombra won't be showing up until Nov. Everything else is just hints of her prep work.

 

[Canucked]

The worlds worst hacker better come in riding a unicorn or something with this drawn out crap.

 

[Fersis]

So the month long timer plus all the cypher stuff is just for a :Wait for next week lol message?

Jeff Kaplan... you're a monster.

The devil itself.

 

[dave is ok]

"Early next week" means Wednesday at the earliest probably knowing Blizzard

 

[Vault Dweller 111]

This has to be more then just Sombra, I'm predicting 2-3 heroes and a new map. Months of teasing just for 1 character seems off (at least with how badly run this ARG has been). So yeah expect big reveal at blizzcon probably.

No chance

 

[ColdDeckEd]

This. The website pretty much confirms Sombra won't be showing up until Nov. Everything else is just hints of her prep work.

That's how it was with Ana though right? They released her shortly after the Olympic event, or am I thinking about Eichenwald?

 

[Fersis]

This has to be more then just Sombra, I'm predicting 2-3 heroes and a new map. Months of teasing just for 1 character seems off (at least with how badly run this ARG has been). So yeah expect big reveal at blizzcon probably.

During the early betas, the community complained about releasing several characters at once so Blizz now releases 1 hero at a time.

 

[Mik317]

yeah no.

fuck this. you can't have people wait for a month only to tell them to wait for a week....for what will more than likely be fluff telling them to wait until November.

this is bad

 

[Hellshingu]

I think the November 1st notice on the Lumerico website is the Sombra release date. RIP needle emoji skull emoji gun emoji

It is the start of Dia de Muertos like I said above so it does make sense. Especially after that email says wait until next week.

yeah no.

fuck this. you can't have people wait for a month only to tell them to wait for a week....for what will more than likely be fluff telling them to wait until November.

this is bad

Well we did wait 2 months so.....

 

[Tovarisc]

That's how it was with Ana though right? They released her shortly after the Olympic event, or am I thinking about Eichenwald?

Ana had extremely short teases to release cycle. Sombra is getting destroyed by this milked and overextended joke of an ARG.

 

[Doop]

That's how it was with Ana though right? They released her shortly after the Olympic event, or am I thinking about Eichenwald?

Ana was pre-olympics. Her release was super short, though. Only a few weeks.

 

[pizzacat]

You can't have your things end on a Tuesday when most of your things release on that day is what I'm saying

 

[Prelude.]

Ana was pre-olympics. Her release was super short, though. Only a few weeks.

One week from the twitter tease to the PTR release.

 

[Nudull]

Jesus shit, this ARG is still going?

I love Overwatch with all my heart, but this is getting ridiculous.

 

[Permanently A]

This is stupid at this point.

 

[Acerac]

During the early betas, the community complained about releasing several characters at once so Blizz now releases 1 hero at a time.

If they're going to release characters this rarely perhaps that'd be the lesser of two evils.

 

[belushy]

Jesus shit, this ARG is still going?

I love Overwatch with all my heart, but this is getting ridiculous.

Not only is it still going, its also not gonna end until at least next week (assuming it doesn't send people on another random ride for no reason.)

BliZzzZzzz

 

[Odrion]

it's great that blizzard put in loot crates because it means we'll get all this free content such as more loot crates and bad args

 

[Whales]

this is such an hype way to introduce a new character

said no one ever

 

[ChaosZeroX]

this is such an hype way to introduce a new character

said no one ever

It was at first, but now its just annoying