Can you imagine Overwatch without weapons? A petition aims to achieve just that.
Overwatch without Weapons! A Strange Demand
Some time ago, Blizzard removed a controversial victory pose of the heroine Tracer from Overwatch because it was considered by some players to be too sexist and focused on Tracer’s backside. This decision has already deeply divided the game’s community before the release and led to a whole series of memes and mockery around this issue. Among these things is a new petition that takes the absurdity to the extreme and demands: Overwatch should manage without weapons. It says:
“Thanks to the noble organizers from the community, Jeff Kaplan and Blizzard have finally done the right thing and removed the terribly sexist and offensive victory pose of a female character, known as ‘The Tracer.’ While that is a good start, we still have many concerns in the gaming community regarding Overwatch, including the use of weapons to brutally kill other players, sometimes even cruelly in the form of headshots.
We, the gaming community, want to put an end to this brutality. Please sign this petition if you agree. If we clean Overwatch of all these problematic weapons and sexuality, then we finally have a first-person shooter that we can play with our whole family.”
So far (as of 01.06.2016, 6:00 AM), this petition has already gathered 13,700 supporters, who probably do not take it very seriously – at least some comments suggest so.
- “The game needs more violence, less clothing, and of course many sex scenes with a lot of variety, so we can teach our children what kind of porn exists and they can figure out faster what they actually like.”
- “Weapons ruin the game and should have been removed during the beta.”
Mein-MMO says: Silly? A bit.
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