The cognitive dissonance is that if Blizzard is citing numbers such as "7 MILLION SIGNED UP FOR OW CLOSED BETA" (before flags were even handed to streamers)

then why on earth would they care about marketing an unfinished game and over saturating the airspace with 24/7 footage?

these streamers actually provide little value to them and they may of lost preorders rather than gaining them... it is not like OW twitch numbers went UP over time and you never saw the viewership of those streamers permanently crossing over to OW if there was barely any conversion then it was POINTLESS.

I could understand a game from a company that has less brand recognition than Blizzard taking this approach but in this context it makes 0 fucking sense.

Yeah mate because valve isn't retarded and used the international as the gameplay reveal of dota 2.

Obviously THE ONLY PEOPLE who had access were PEOPLE WHO SHOULD OF being ex dota 1 competitive players and not idiots like ellohime or lirik or insert completely fucking irrelevant 10k sub variety streamer.

After that invites RAMPED UP HELLA QUICKLY compared to OW because everyone who got invited also got friend invites which is how I got into the CB of Dota 2 in november.

That's how you utilize hype

there were also more invites sent out and less idiot streamers playing it

that entire scenario isn't even relevant here because the novelty of a 1 million dollar VIDEEEO GAMES(LOOK DAD AND MOM) tournament is what made it hype.

you cannot recreate it

This is literally non news..

they did this for every one of their multiplayer games

Mutual sniper kills......

yeah I use a low sens and this was really inaccurate for me

I ended up just measuring it out.

mouse input in general feels weird in the game

implying tf2 players would have any self respect :^)

if ur reading this its 2 late

There are going to be expansion packs.

$40 is whatever

They are clearly leaving their options open for either a future expansion(highly likely) or DLC packs down the line that include new content such as heroes/maps. It explains why they are using very specific wording when answering anything regarding payment models.

Obviously those will not come immediately after launch and will come at a reasonable time such as when the game is further into its lifespan.

I just don't see any other way they can possibly continue to support the game other than esports related stuff than doing the above. Well and balance patches are a given..

theres always paladins

Who said blizzard was willing to work with ESEA though(their anticheat is hella invasive also)

They straight up murdered the independent broodwar leagues due to ridic contracts

Yeah not for long though

ESEA isnt known for picking up non source games.

UI gotta be fixed

Better match format

https://www.reddit.com/r/Overwatch/comments/3r6cjr/as_a_csgo_player_invited_to_beta_this_game_is_too/

im not in yet

ugc engie main here

so its still up to chance lol...

two identical pcs arent both going to get in.

godhand #1677(gay and no access)

im a god