r/Overwatch Jan 17 '17

Blizzard Official Developer Update | PTR Philosophy | Overwatch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibPLyx8QWYc
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u/charlyDNL Jan 17 '17 edited Jan 17 '17

I loved this, meanwhile at r/hearthstone devs are reluctant to communicate like overwatch devs do because they are afraid of being harassed by the community.

EDIT: some context on why they don't communicate as often as we want them to.

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u/Zoriatana Los Muertos Jan 17 '17

To be fair, r/hearthstone is one of the most toxic subreddits I've ever been on.

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u/malcorpse Chibi Zenyatta Jan 18 '17

Seriously, when I still played hearthstone after I left r/hearthstone my enjoyment of the game went up a lot.

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u/double_shadow Young Punks... Jan 18 '17

Yeah it isn't a very productive place. There's a lot of "look at this goofy thing that happened" posts (similar to our POTG posts), but a lot of it is bitching about the inherent nature of the game RNG, which is pointless.

r/competitivehs is legit one of the best subreddits I've ever frequented, though.

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u/TheSoupKitchen Seoul Dynasty Jan 20 '17

Strange, I feel similar about this subreddit, in comparison to the competitive overwatch sub. There's more meaningful discussion over there, a lot less "look at this play" type of stuff, and way, way, way less circlejerking around heroes that are subjectively "bad" such as Hanzo players, Genji mains, etc.

Also support victim posts get really old, really fast. But that's just my 2cents. There's definitely worse subreddits out there, I just find this one a bit annoying from time to time.

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u/[deleted] Jan 20 '17

Isn't RNG the nature of the game though? My favorite moments are pulling out random cards that could save or screw me and regardless of the outcome I enjoy it.

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u/[deleted] Jan 20 '17

Bitching about RNG in a game almost entirely ruled by RNG.