Rent a private healer in Overwatch for $5? The offer is booming at the moment.
Fiverr is an American platform where you can offer just about any legal service. For mostly $5, $10, or $15, artists sell single images as a “sample” in the hope of being hired for longer-term projects. Other people promise “For $5, I’ll dance your name” and others offer tutoring in a school subject. In short, on Fiverr, there is basically everything.
A few ladies who are also passionate Overwatch players have found a business idea for themselves in this. They offer to be your private healer (“pocket healer”) or coach in Overwatch for $5 for 5 matches. Or for $10 for 10 matches – and so on.
The “Girls usually play healers” cliché – here it holds true
At Kotaku, they used these services and referred to a truly entertaining time. But besides the gaming success it brought, the healer also served another purpose: She gave the player recognition. She praised him when he did something well, warned him about enemy ultimates, and laughed at his jokes.
The player KawaiiDesu explained that she actually does not hold with the cliché of always being a healer. “I play what the team needs, usually a tank or healer. I hate being the cliché that plays healer, but that’s exactly what I do. But it’s not a choice I make. No one wants to do that.”
Whispering seductively in the ear? That doesn’t work
However, there have been some negative experiences so far – from the perspective of the providers. Two of the ladies reported being contacted by a man who wished for them to “whisper seductively in his ear while playing” – everyone found that pretty disgusting.
What do you think of this? Would you rent a “pocket healer” or a coach on Fiverr yourself? Or is that completely out of the question for you?
Cortyn says: Basically, I think it’s a cool idea to earn a little extra while having fun at the same time. And the customer gets exactly what everyone wishes for in Overwatch – a private healer or game tutoring, depending on the offer. Such training offers also existed back in the times of Warcraft 3. Now that the topic has gained such attention, it is only a matter of time before it turns negative. But… oh well. That’s just how the internet is.
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