Even at Blizzard, you can’t just accept everything. The head of Overwatch shows a forum troll where Reinhardt’s hammer hangs.
Those who are active in Blizzard’s forums are used to some posts being pure provocation. Many players want to vent their frustration over a game or simply disparage one game to cast another in a better light. Developers are often accused of not knowing their own game at all.
This also happened again in the Overwatch forum. The player SharkyMarky created the provocative post with the title “Does Blizzard even play their own game???????” and only the statement “Enough said” – the title speaks for itself.
Normally, such posts are ignored, but Jeff Kaplan, the Game Director of Overwatch, didn’t seem to be in the mood for that. He countered with arguments and explained:
“We play the game a lot. Looking at your profile, I notice that I’ve won about 800 more games than you. And I’m not even counting all the games I played during our daily testing phases and in Alpha and Beta.”
To maintain at least a bit of politeness, he added:
“Do you have a specific question or are you just here to troll?” – The question really doesn’t need an answer. Well, those who want to dish it out must also be able to take it. And the developers of Overwatch do not have to tolerate every nonsense.
Or to put it in the words of a legendary YouTuber: Wrestle with Jeff, prepare for death!
What do you think about it? Should developers engage in such discussions and posts at all? Or would it be wiser to simply ignore and block them?
By the way, there will soon be a new map in Overwatch – the Moon Colony Horizon!
