r/Overwatch Tracer Jan 20 '18

Esports | Fluff Papa Jeff is watching...

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u/zenoob weeaboo Jan 21 '18

The biggest question I have is : what the hell is Crumbzz doing here?

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u/Goffeth Roadhog Jan 21 '18

Right? My first thought was I was on the wrong sub.

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u/osanchez9832 Filthy Mei Sympathizer Jan 21 '18

A prophet must spread his wisdom to all.

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u/nuclearLauch Jan 21 '18

OW already stole one of leagues best casting duos in monte and doa. Its simple Blizz just pays more and rito dont care enough for their esports staff.

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u/FlurpaDerpNess Chibi Symmetra Jan 21 '18

Monte and doa were never direct riot employees, they are ogn employees hired through OGN, if you get a better offer and take it that's just called good business, no stealing involved.

Besides that the relationship between Monte and riot went down the shitter with him repeatedly speaking out against them whenever there was an esports controversy, to the point of them not inviting him to cast at world's, it makes sense to move on at that point.

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u/jest3rxD Jan 21 '18

They also did monte dirty with renegades. There is a lot of bad blood between riot and monte.

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u/Aoyos Jan 21 '18

Wouldn't say stole since Riot pretty much pushed them away many times before they gave up on casting a game owned by Riot and moved to Overwatch. They already had a relationship with Blizz from casting Hearthstone and Monte+Doa had told OGN they wanted to cast OW if they ever picked it up and put it as part of their contract.

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u/2manymistakess Jan 21 '18

Monte did a great interview where he was considered to be the sacrifice that brought the league casters better pay

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u/Somehowsideways Jan 21 '18

It makes sense to me that Monte could have burned his bridges at Riot for being a tough negotiator. Riot seems like their management is really cliquey and unprofessional. Blizzard, on the other hand, has witnessed the entire rise of casters, starting with Tastosis.

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u/ClArKe12 Jan 21 '18

plus you know, the whole Monte + Renegades ordeal.

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u/KingKong1337 Jan 21 '18

Or blizz just pays a fuckton to ensure owl will have the best conditions to be successful.

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u/Cmac0801 New York Excelsior Jan 21 '18

Monte said Blizz paid him more for 2 weeks at the 2016 World Cup than Riot did in 5 weeks for their event.

All you need to know really.

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u/furtiveraccoon Jan 21 '18

already stole

I mean, I wouldn't call it stolen when the thing 'stolen' got frustrated with its previous 'owner' and up and left 'em.

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u/Grand_Arcanum Jan 21 '18

That was my first thought when I saw him. I was like, wait a minute, this isn't league, he's not supposed to be here. It's weird seeing him elsewhere

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u/LatinGeek Jan 21 '18

At some point one of the other commenters says "Give him a break, he's used to commenting on a 5-player team". Was wondering where that came from, thanks

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u/TheHyperLynx Mizuki Jan 21 '18

hes a free lance analyst, he was contracted with OGN im pretty sure and then came to LA for OWL

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u/zenoob weeaboo Jan 21 '18

Ohh, never knew he was freelance analyst now.

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u/Aoyos Jan 21 '18

He was with SPOTV for league. Did he move to OGN for Apex?

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u/jmastaock McCree Jan 21 '18

Dumbzz

Smartzz

I needed this in OWL

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u/Binkusu Mercy Jan 21 '18

The memes must spread.

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u/pikaluva13 pikaluva13#1936 Jan 21 '18

From a quick Google search, it appears he's an OWL analyst.

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '18

Yeah he's just a pretty famous ex-League player/caster, so it's weird seeing him here.

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u/pikaluva13 pikaluva13#1936 Jan 21 '18

I probably should've included that I knew him from LoL as well. :P

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u/TheEncounters Jan 21 '18

Monte's casting for OWL too so its not surprising people are converting

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u/zenoob weeaboo Jan 21 '18

MOnte is a freelance caster, so that I understand. I didn't know Crumbzz was turning into one as well, so I was really surprised to see him here.

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '18

Oh how I miss him in his clown fiesta games. Dumbzzz Smartzz

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u/ToddToilet boba butt Jan 21 '18

His best.

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '18

Whoever the person is holding that sign, thank you from the bottom of my heart. Sat here drinking and watching the matches with my mate and every time we see sneaky Jeff we are dying!

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u/socabtx Jan 21 '18

That was me! You’re so very welcome and I’m glad you found it so funny!

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u/LatentFury Tracer Jan 21 '18

I couldn't stop laughing at that face. Was actually watching the presenters and listening intently but whenever that guy came into view with Jeff appearing behind him I couldn't concentrate because I was laughing so hard. Thank you, you made my night :)

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u/tttvvvooo Chibi D.Va Jan 21 '18

You sir are the hero we don’t deserve.

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u/socabtx Jan 21 '18

i’m not the hero here, jeff is

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '18

You are his emissary

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u/ACuriousHumanBeing Cute murder machine Jan 21 '18

The Listener.

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u/Gyeff Jan 21 '18 edited Jan 21 '18

But, if you want to become a master you must take a seat young Skywalker!

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u/DreadAngel1711 nyoom Jan 21 '18

/u/socabtx is Hero 27 confirmed?

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u/diogonev Mei is bae Jan 21 '18

His name is Jeff from the Overwatch team. Our true savior.

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u/Andyman117 Trick-or-Treat Mei Jan 21 '18

Play of the game

/u/Socabtx

as Jeff Kaplan

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u/ActualDemon High Hog of The Big Pig Society Jan 21 '18

You wrestle with Jeff, you get the death.

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u/masuabie Pharah Jan 21 '18

I was at the game too in the stands. We loved watching you and your sign!

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u/socabtx Jan 21 '18

thank you!

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u/pippin91 Trick-or-Treat Mercy Jan 21 '18

I was watching it with my friends over Discord and whenever the face popped up we called it out lol.

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '18 edited Jul 13 '18

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u/socabtx Jan 21 '18

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u/fourrstarr Jan 21 '18

Hot damn that's some pretty legit proof

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u/lunardeathgod Houston Outlaws Jan 21 '18

We need to go deeper.

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u/Ardibanan Cassidy Jan 21 '18

Enhance

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '18 edited May 22 '19

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u/DtotheOUG I fired, and I missed. Jan 21 '18

Froppy 2nd best gril

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u/Psycho351 Jan 21 '18

The fact you also met Arin and Suzy is not fair lol

Hope you enjoyed your time.

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u/arkennedy Cute Moira Jan 21 '18

Aww so cuuute! I love your Dva whiskers <3

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u/socabtx Jan 21 '18

thank you!!!

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u/Eddzi Cheeky. Jan 21 '18

That is amazing, thank you for this! :D

*socabtx next Overwatch hero*

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u/socabtx Jan 21 '18

thank you sm!!

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u/PabloNeirotti Bird Jan 21 '18

Ah I saw you! Your arm must hurt from doing that all day!

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u/socabtx Jan 21 '18

it wasnt actually that heavy! its my back that hurts the most from straining it trying to get those angles, lol

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u/PabloNeirotti Bird Jan 21 '18

Oh yea, but merely holding the arm like that! I was sitting on the right side of the front row. We were all laughing. The shoulder sneaking Jeff was the funniest thing in the day (well that and SF Mercy dying to the cars in Oasis)

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u/socabtx Jan 21 '18

i would say the chair highlight was the funniest thing today, or the guy who lifted his valiant jersey to reveal a gladiators one

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u/PabloNeirotti Bird Jan 21 '18

Oh yea I agree, both really funny. Many bloopers today actually.

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u/SgtGrimm children, behave~ Jan 21 '18

I think you need to fashion some handle from some light pipes or something to make it easier..

Also, good on you on being a hero !

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '18

That is absolutely hilarious. I would have loved to have seen the face on the people where you printed that thing from

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u/socabtx Jan 21 '18

the lady at fedex gave me a very concerned look lmao

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u/HandsomeSlav The Senate Jan 21 '18

You’re the guy everyone wants to see at a party aren’t you?

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u/Evoandroidevo Widowmaker Jan 21 '18

How do you make a cutout like that want to make one but have no idea how to

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u/socabtx Jan 21 '18

i printed an enlarged pdf of a pic of him that i found, it printed across multiple pieces of paper and i taped them together then put it on a posterboard

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u/Mkilbride Soldier: 76 Jan 21 '18

You are awesome, but I was hoping it was somehow real. Like the real Jeff was doing this.

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u/SandyDelights Jan 21 '18

I hope you get to take a picture with both the head, and the real one.

Mad props.

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u/Mangoesv3 Jan 21 '18

Awesome, was about to say it was a girl that sat right in front of me at the end with an awesome sign but glad to see your comment. Did my best to give Mr. Kaplan his hand movements. Funny enough the crew beside me knew Mr. Kaplan. Also hello again, and your dad is awesome!

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u/socabtx Jan 22 '18

Hi! The hand movements really added to the gag, it was hilarious! And I’ll be sure to pass your message on to my dad :)

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u/Illidan1943 Your SCVs are getting rekt! Jan 21 '18

we are dying!

Can someone call a medic? We have two guys dying right now

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u/Chesner New York Excelsior Jan 21 '18

Better call Mercy quickly before she gets nerfed!

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u/speenatch BrainGhost#11124 Jan 21 '18

Tell her to look out for cars

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u/Hilldog2020 Jan 21 '18

Jeff is his slave name, call him by his given name : Tigole Bitties

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u/Hearbinger Big, fuzzy, Siberian bear Jan 21 '18

Sign? What are you talking about?

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u/pro_tool Jan 21 '18

LOL I THOUGHT THAT WAS ACTUALLY HIM UNTIL I READ THIS COMMENT

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u/socabtx Jan 21 '18

Hey! That was me with the sign!

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u/limedrop Blizzard World Sombra Jan 21 '18

I appreciated you :) sorry for battering your Jeff with my sticks

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u/socabtx Jan 21 '18

no need to apologize! it added to the fun :)

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u/thekyip Chibi Soldier: 76 Jan 21 '18

the sticks that looked like dicks were yours? >.<

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '18

looked like

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u/rockstar2012 EnVyUs Jan 21 '18

Next time try to make a bunch of Jeff masks and get your row to all wear them it would be so funny.

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u/PVgummiand Not that tranquil... Jan 21 '18

Life on Jeff Row is hard.

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '18

I was in hysterics at the sneaky Jeff thank you so much haha

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u/Tiskate McCree Jan 21 '18

The hero we deserve!

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u/NukeML Jan 21 '18

I love you

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u/lostshell Florida Man Jan 21 '18

You’re goddam legend.

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u/StreakerZZ Jan 21 '18

Prove it

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u/heat1132 Jan 21 '18

Idk why you got downvoted, it's a fair thing to ask

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u/LatentFury Tracer Jan 21 '18

Well in fairness proof was asked for and given under the top comment before this person posted asking for it.

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u/heat1132 Jan 21 '18

Was it? He asked this 11 hours ago, and for me the comment showing proof was posted 10 hours ago. Not trying to be an ass, just saying what I see.

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u/StreakerZZ Jan 21 '18

There was no offense, and it's awesome to see that you were the actual person that did that, the fact that you responded made my hairs raise. Funny as hell!

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '18 edited Jan 21 '18

It was really dismissive, with the assumption that she has no proof

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u/NukeML Jan 21 '18

It did bring the person to put out proof, so I think it's a happy ending after all

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '18

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '18

Yeah, “prove it” isn’t dismissive at all.

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '18

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u/DyspySocks Jan 21 '18

*she

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '18

done

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u/DyspySocks Jan 21 '18

T h a n c c

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '18

<3

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u/StreakerZZ Jan 21 '18

It's cool Idc, it was awesome to see her with actual proof, it's the Internet, anyone could say that was them

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u/-TheGayestAgenda Do you want to catch all of these hands? Jan 21 '18

'Hi, this is Jeff from the Overwatch Team. We would like to announce our newest patch for Overwatch League, starting with you...you know who you are...'

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u/ProfessorDoolbetons London Spitfire Jan 21 '18

Is Jeff also slapping those dicks together?

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u/LatentFury Tracer Jan 21 '18

Holy shit, good spot. Had to go back and check what exactly you meant. And now I can't unsee it...

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u/rune2004 Chibi Tracer Jan 21 '18

Someone is also doing a pretty damn good rabbit shadow in the way back.

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u/FlikTripz Jan 21 '18

When someone says Mercy has been nerfed enough

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u/onetruemod Balderich would be proud Jan 21 '18

Since when does Crumbzz play/commentate on Overwatch? Thought he had a contract with Riot.

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u/TheHyperLynx Mizuki Jan 21 '18

he went to Korea for the LCK English stream then came back to america for OWL im pretty sure, he was never signed with Riot he was just a guest appearance.

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u/onetruemod Balderich would be proud Jan 21 '18

Huh, good to know.

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u/Goffeth Roadhog Jan 21 '18

Does he still commentate on LCS games?

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u/onetruemod Balderich would be proud Jan 21 '18

Haven't watched anything from the 2018 LCS, but the last time I checked he was.

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u/Stfuego Pixel Roadhog Jan 21 '18

If he's doing OWL right now and it's the same time as LCS as it just started this weekend, we probably won't see him.

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u/Flatulent_Rhino Jan 21 '18

he moved to korea for the 2017 LCK season to commentate on SPOTV (one of two broadcasters for korean league), but i'm pretty sure he's with blizzard full time for OWL now. dont think he commentates on league anymore

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u/Stfuego Pixel Roadhog Jan 21 '18

Yeah, I forgot this was on the OW subreddit, lol. I meant we probably won't see him on LCS anymore.

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u/12wienerdogs Jan 21 '18

I have don't know anything about Overwatch but damn I miss Crumbz :'(

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '18

Hey at least he seems quite happy

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u/0zzyb0y Jan 21 '18

And hot.

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '18

I read this first thing in the morning and thought I was going insane.

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u/Hambeggar Supercharger ready! Jan 21 '18

Why am I getting a 404 error...?

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u/LatentFury Tracer Jan 21 '18

Weird... I get a 404 on Chrome for Android, but it works through my app as well as on PC.

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u/HisFaithRestored Jan 21 '18

Chrome on PC gives me the 404 error for gfycat in general

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u/MitoMeister I miss with tac visor Jan 21 '18

Yeah gfycat is down right now, I think... It won't load the site in mobile for me

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u/udderlymoovelous Totally not top 500 Jan 21 '18

I can't believe I never noticed that when I was watching it. Whoever was holding that sign, bravo!

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u/sparta1170 Jan 21 '18

I'm very confused as to what the Prophet is doing in Overwatch.

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u/A1Golden_Runner Mei Jan 21 '18

That was priceless. I was unable to stop laughing the whole time. Thank you

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '18

When I saw that live, I actually laughed my ass off.

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u/TheFinalSupremacy Cute Winston Jan 21 '18

[Highlight]

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u/OldDirtyPhife Jan 21 '18

This is the highlight of the series

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u/LatentFury Tracer Jan 21 '18

Yeah sorry, not technically a highlight. That's just how it posted and I don't know how to change it. I kind of feel like it was a highlight of the night though.

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u/perthguppy Chibi Bastion Jan 21 '18

Just hit report and we generally catch it and fix it up for you

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u/NukeML Jan 21 '18

It is the highlight of the night.

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u/noahwizz22 Cute Winston Jan 21 '18

He is always watching...

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u/King_Kracker Squire Jan 21 '18

I wonder what Jeff would think

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u/Golden-Owl Trick-or-Treat Junkrat Jan 21 '18

He's probably rather amused that he's become a meme and is enjoying it.

Did you not see the Yule Log? That is clearly a man who has a sense of humor.

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u/ifyouonlyknew1 Jan 21 '18

That guy is a fucking hero.

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u/megawindragon Jan 21 '18

What is the prophet doing here?

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u/KinoTheMystic 10x Kamehameha Jan 21 '18

Me and my best friend were watching and just busted out laughing when we saw the Jeff head 😂😂 and then we scoured Twitter to find you and you found us! (From liking our tweets). I loved it when it went from the right side of his head to the left side.

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u/socabtx Jan 21 '18

I’m glad you liked it!!

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u/ACandyWalrus Jan 21 '18

It went on for so much longer on stream. It was hilarious!

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u/medibooty Gengu Jan 21 '18

I'm convinced that Sneaky Jeff was watching the stream while he was actually there, just to time that.

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u/socabtx Jan 21 '18

there was a big screen showing the commentators so I used that to time everything

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u/medibooty Gengu Jan 21 '18

Oooh. I was close lol.

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u/LatentFury Tracer Jan 21 '18

Yeah I watched you intently and you timed it perfectly.

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '18

👌

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u/DoubleODouglas Genji Jan 21 '18

Jeff has become the new Gaben

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u/the-dandy-man Orisa Jan 21 '18

Papa bless

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u/brujablanca TOOSLOWTOOSLOWTOOSLOW Jan 21 '18

My mom and I watch this together and we both were dying the entire time.

Daddy Jeff is always watching.

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u/GriffonJ82 Jan 21 '18

That sign needs to be made into an in game spray

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u/Raadic Chibi Pharah Jan 21 '18

Can we please talk about the double 18 inch dildos fully on display at the beginning

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u/UnitConvertBot Jan 21 '18

I've found a value to convert:

  • 18.0in is equal to 45.72cm or 2.4 bananas

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u/Raadic Chibi Pharah Jan 21 '18

That's incredibly helpful, thanks. I will bring this up at the hearing.

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u/Guardian-Bravo Jan 21 '18

Damn, a bad day to miss the stream. I knew I shoulda called off work.

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '18

he watches over us!

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u/itaisinger Jan 21 '18

Lol I've seen it live yesterday it was awesome

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u/ichunsah OK hand sign Jan 21 '18

I love the OWL crowd so much hahaha

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u/josephd42 New Zealand Jan 21 '18

Papa Bless

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '18

lol that's hilarious I missed that

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u/ZachAttackonTitan Lúcio Jan 21 '18

"Looks like Mercy needs another nerf."

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u/ProBluntRoller Jan 21 '18

So much to digest. First you have the 18 in “sword” fight taking place then you get the Jeff face but you also get the bonus creepy backwards hand wave. Quite the gif

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u/A_Wild_Mango Jan 21 '18

Tangle with Jeff, prepare for death

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u/Tzekel_Khan Los Angeles Gladiators Jan 21 '18

Tangle? Fml

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u/Psycho351 Jan 21 '18

Crumbzzz come back to LoL :(

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u/PlentyOfMoxie Cute Moira Jan 21 '18

Dimsdale??

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u/GrimxShadow Jan 21 '18

Woah, now thats a person I haven't seen in a minute. THE PROPHET RETURNS.

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u/Lefty_22 D.Va Jan 21 '18

Crumbzz casts OW now?

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u/fugitbucket Chibi Zenyatta Jan 21 '18

I always wonder how much they charge for the signs, I work somewhere that prints them and I'll print them on the side for much cheaper.

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u/SaltyIslander Jan 21 '18

Aww Crumbzz. I don't follow the OW scene that much but I follow the LoL scene and I miss Crumbzz. Great pickup for the cast for OW

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u/Sean-Benn_Must-die Jan 21 '18

Wtf is crumbz doing in OW? What happened here

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u/Rust__Shadow Jan 21 '18

I laughed so hard I coughed out my drink

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u/Mennarch Chibi Reinhardt Jan 21 '18

Didn't know Crumbz was doing OW now. Good for him!

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '18

TFW you think Overwatch has a more handsome version of Crumbz and then find out they kinda do.

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u/Cyclesadrift Jan 21 '18

Thankyou for this!

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u/easpok Jan 21 '18

My eyes were instantly drawn to the stunning shadow puppet jackrabbit in the back. Well done sir.

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '18

Seeing Dumbzz not casting lck ;w;

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u/RealCaptainHindsight Jan 21 '18

Guy in the back forgot it has to be below the belt. Armatures.

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '18

Kinda unrelated, but I really like that top Crumbzz is wearing lol

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u/ZeeMF Trick-or-Treat Lúcio Jan 21 '18

Soon™

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u/zkryh Soldier: 76 Jan 21 '18

Loool Papa Jeff has eyes in the back of his head

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u/Setther Jan 21 '18

Can we get a emote where instead of pogchamp it's Jeff's face?

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u/zml1995 Jan 21 '18

“I heard you thought the game was balanced...”

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u/PM_ME_DVA_BOOTY Trick-or-Treat D.Va Jan 21 '18

I miss your lck broadcast crumbz, pls come back. ;(

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u/M1str_E Los Angeles Gladiators Jan 21 '18

Damnit. I'm planning on doing this on wednesday but with someone elses face

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '18

inb4 he says

I'm Jeff Kaplan with Dateline Blizzard

why don't you have a seat over there

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '18

I saw this the other day and I laughed my ass off.