Jeff Kaplan from Overwatch sat in front of the fireplace again in 2019. Fans are speculating about a message in the Overwatch Yule Log 2019. What’s behind it?
What is the Yule Log 2019? Since 2017, Jeff Kaplan, the head of Overwatch, has sat in front of a fireplace every year on December 24. This year, he sat in the chair again and looked into the camera. The stream has lasted around eight to ten hours in the past years.
Since Kaplan did this for the first time, a kind of cult has formed around the stream: Players are waiting for Kaplan to give “some hint about Overwatch 2,” some hidden clue.
Can I still watch the stream? You can watch the entire stream on the official Twitch channel of Overwatch.
What is the secret message that everyone is talking about?
Those who watch the Overwatch stream get the feeling at one point that Kaplan is acting extremely unnaturally, suddenly sitting upright and blinking unusually often.
In the following Twitch clip, you can observe this closely:
Some users on Twitch and Reddit discovered Kaplan’s strange behavior and recognized the blinking as a Morse code of “short and long”.
And indeed, Kaplan sent a signal to the players.
This is what the mysterious message means: The Twitch user southstanly translates the Morse code.
The Morse code means “I need Healing,” which in German means “Ich brauche Heilung”. The legendary “Overwatch” line that is always attributed to Genji.
The Morse code is a clever gag from Kaplan to engage with the fans who have been searching for secrets in the “Yule Log” stream for years.
Kaplan gives fans food for speculation
What else was in the Twitch stream? In one passage, Kaplan also talks about the “Junker Queen,” a character that has been haunting the lore of Overwatch since 2017. Here he wonders what the Queen would be like if she came into the game.
Here, too, Kaplan seems to enjoy playing with the expectations of Overwatch players. Kaplan now knows how meticulously players are dissecting this Christmas stream for hidden clues.
What do you think about the Yule Log 2019 of Overwatch?
