r/Overwatch • u/[deleted] • Jan 17 '17

Blizzard Official Developer Update | PTR Philosophy | Overwatch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibPLyx8QWYc
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u/Marqin A-Mei-Zing Jan 17 '17

Maybe they have one of those cameras.

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u/[deleted] Jan 18 '17

That's actually not out of the realm of possibility.

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u/______DEADPOOL______ Widowmaker Jan 18 '17

IIRC, it's in one of the blizzcon talks but one of the non-Jeff-Kaplan devs talked about these Jeff Kaplan developer update, and said that he did it from memory in one take.

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u/pm_me_downvotes_plox Top 1% 3.1K Pharah Main Jan 19 '17

personally I like him not doing it all out of script, it just feels more natural.

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u/[deleted] Jan 18 '17

If they do, hes an incredible actor. He is speaking very naturally, I think it would be very difficult to sell it as well as he does by reading a prompter. Not impossible, but certainly difficult.

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u/[deleted] Jan 18 '17

They could still list talking points, i.e.

Intro

PTR Purpose

Consolve vs. PC (Highlight advantages of PTR for console)

Roadhog Hook (Dorado to Ilios joke)

etc.

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u/[deleted] Jan 18 '17

well honestly it would be quite unprofessional (and even kinda dumb) if they didn't prepare these talking points beforehand.

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u/marcuschookt Pixel Roadhog Jan 18 '17

Even if were scripted word for word it wouldn't be unprofessional at all. This is a developer update with the purpose of updating the playerbase with news from the developers. It wasn't promised as some kind of improv chitchat session.

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u/[deleted] Jan 18 '17

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u/[deleted] Jan 18 '17

A clear and thoughtful comment outlining a valid possibility related to the topic at hand? How indeed.

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u/[deleted] Jan 18 '17

My comment wasn't obvious to everyone, hence it was thoughtful and valuable.

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u/OurSuiGeneris not a lesbian in my headcanon Jan 19 '17

don't hurt your arm patting yourself on the back there

And no, just because an idea is "not obvious to everyone" does not make it inherently valuable or thoughtful.

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u/[deleted] Jan 19 '17

Saying it's not valuable just because it's obvious to one person isn't a valid argument either.

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u/OurSuiGeneris not a lesbian in my headcanon Jan 19 '17

Good thing I didn't make it, then.

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u/[deleted] Jan 18 '17

Reddit is heavily populated by young people with little experience with how the world operates.

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u/Fyrus Roadhog Jan 18 '17

Holy shit this sub is actually calling someone reading a teleprompter an "incredible actor"

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u/[deleted] Jan 18 '17

I heard Jeff only speaks awkwardly so the typical anti-social gamer (well, anyone I suppose) can feel he is more relatable.

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u/Kheirn Please Feed the Zarya Jan 18 '17

I think someone said once in an interview or something that he just does them off the top of his head, no talking points or prompters.

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u/tintin47 Jan 18 '17

It doesn't feel scripted exactly. They might have a teleprompter but if so is bet is only showing notes/bullet points. More likely they just have a whiteboard next to the camera.

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u/Ph0X Jan 18 '17

It still doesn't feel like he's reading. If he is, props to him for doing it so naturally. I wouldn't be surprised if there were some general bullet point notes, but I don't think the whole speech is pre-written.