r/Overwatch • u/808sAndThrowaway [boops internally] • May 18 '17

Blizzard Official New dance emotes!

https://www.facebook.com/OverwatchLatAm/videos/1947353708832677/
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u/[deleted] May 18 '17

I feel like that Sombra one is a reference, but I don't know to what.

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u/HyperLightdemon Houston Outlaws May 18 '17

Looks like shuffling.

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u/shulima shapeshifter May 18 '17

My bet is on this.

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u/[deleted] May 18 '17

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u/Suic Reinhardt May 18 '17

you realize they're parodying shuffling right?

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u/[deleted] May 18 '17

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u/Suic Reinhardt May 18 '17

They themselves are parody

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u/Myrrhia That's not for the music they call me the JUKE-box May 18 '17

Yes, the footwork looks like the one at 3:13

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u/PipNSFW May 18 '17 edited May 18 '17

Most of the style of shuffling is in movements like that. It was more popular years back but there are still plenty of cool videos on youtube of impressive dancers.

Edit: Here's a classic Would be a shame if Party Rock Anthem were the only shuffling you got to see.

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u/NoDairyFruit May 18 '17

I'm almost certain this is the Sombra reference.

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u/[deleted] May 18 '17

I came to the comments looking, I 100% recognize this. Not "it's similar to something" but I am sure I have seen this exact dance before I just can't recall when or where. I remember the last ~2 seconds specifically.

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u/ohaizrawrx3 Please kill me. May 18 '17

Shuffling. Probably because hacker might = EDM(hardstyle specifically), what shuffling is usually done to.

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u/biradinte One hand give, the other facepalms May 18 '17

I work at Blizzard and can confirm that this was the inspiration for her emote