Packed Overwatch News Roundup today, new PTR Buffs the reliability of two movement based characters Lucio and Hammond get significant reliability and skill ceiling and floor buffs. PTR also brings a minimum latency option for team play & a host of Workshop improvements. Also covered today, Blizzard's method of concept art for Overwatch, community memes and conversations about the game as well as discussion the Overwatch Leagu Grandfinals viewership and mass release of players from pro teams.
Timestamps
00:00 Intro
00:28 Minimum Latency Option
01:23 Workshop Green Screen Map
01:45 Lucio Wall Jump Buffs
03:54 Wrecking Ball Grapple Buff
04:43 Workshop Buffs
05:45 Blizzard Concept Art Process
06:38 Community Memes & Posts
08:24 Should Blizzard Force Voice Chat in Ranked?
13:00 Overwatch League Grandfinals Viewership
14:06 OWL Grandfinal Widowmaker Stats
15:33 OWL 2021 Player Contract Status
Sources:
NEW PTR
https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/overwatch/t/overwatch-ptr-patch-notes-%E2%80%93-october-20-2020/559003
Green screen PTR
New PTR update (1.54) is adding... green screen map from Overwatch
https://twitter.com/OverwatchNaeri/status/1318685725567582208?s=20
Concept art
https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/overwatch/t/what-it%E2%80%99s-like-to-work-on-overwatch-as-a-concept-artist/558684
Winston Without Glasses Skin
Please just give Winston one skin without glasses. Please Jeff. from Overwatch
Dev team signatures
This is my (one-of-a-kind?) Overwatch collectible. It was given to me by someone at Blizzard, and is signed by the development team. There are more signatures on the back. from Overwatch
LOL Flying DUTCH Man
I love that the literal flying Dutch man gets a flying Dutchman skin from Overwatch
OWL Grandfinal viewership
https://twitter.com/FishStix/status/1316056358093905920?s=20
OWL WIDOW MATCHUP GF
Out of VC debate
Effort for sure, there’s a big difference between adapting your personal playstyle to things than the guy clearly throwing a game because he has 3 streamers on his team then laughing about it at the end of the lobby in voice
— Samito (@SamitoFPS) October 20, 2020
DVA CAR
Passed this car on my way to class. Classic D.Va mains from Overwatch
Tuxedo Hammond
Hammond fan art! I've been wanting to do some Overwatch fan art for a while, so I had to make time for this little bad boy.
Took a lot of inspiration from the origin story art by @nesskain #hammond #overwatch @PlayOverwatch pic.twitter.com/kWfnh8JdtM
— Hunter (@hntrluc) August 6, 2018
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