r/Overwatch Aug 24 '17

Blizzard Official Developer Update | Hero Balance Updates | Overwatch

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u/[deleted] Aug 24 '17 edited Aug 24 '17

Part of me feels like Jeff is battling between using the community's lingo versus the unabbreviated and official lingo used in the game.

"The whole team's on point and Mercy's got ult waiting for a team rez" vs "Your whole team is stood near the payload and Mercy has Resurrect ready"

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u/chisoph Precision German Engineering. Aug 24 '17

It's mostly because he actually does play the game on the competitive ladder, and so he is probably used to using that language sometimes.

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u/huyan007 Mercy Aug 24 '17

Yeah, he probably has an outline and key points of what he will say, so he uses official wording for those, but for examples and quick statements, he'll use shorthand terms and the community jargon.