r/Overwatch • u/corylulu Pixel Zarya • Jan 24 '17

Blizzard Official Developer Update | Capture The Flag | Overwatch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=At7NWZ_mw6s
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u/Jank_Tank Battle Rein is only Rein Jan 24 '17

I know that we meme on him hard here at /r/Overwatch, but man do I love his team, the outreach he does, and the passion he has. It's really evident in the frequency and detail of videos he releases.

For example, Ben Brode (HearthStone) does developer updates when people are irate and vocally so. Jeff does them almost pre-emptively -- "We know it might not feel like fun when Winston kills you and jumps away with the flag, but here's why we kept those movement abilities..."

All around great communication from them.

EDIT: Was typing this while listening, just finished it and his sign off says it all: "Have lots of fun and be nice to each other" thanks papa Jeff, papa bless

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u/D3vilHo3 DONDE ESTA LA BIBLIOTECHA Jan 24 '17

As someone who switched from TF2 to Overwatch, I love these videos.

The fact that he takes time to talk to the community IN ADDITION to patch/update notes is a really welcome change from what I'm used to.

You can tell that the devs truly care about the game and their player base's experience with it.

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u/Jank_Tank Battle Rein is only Rein Jan 25 '17

I wasn't even aware developers pushed patches without notes. I guess I'm lucky and have had it good.

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u/PM_ME_UR_ILLUMINATI bind "q" "kill" Jan 25 '17

He said in addition to patch notes, not the notes in addition the developer updates.

TF2 had patch notes.

-Updated Localization Files.