Ah its great to be back in action and what better to start back up with some Overwatch hype! In case some of you guys haven't noticed the closed beta for Overwatch has been up for a little more than a month starting on October 27th 2015. Beta invites rolled out slowly each week which catered primarily to the friends and family crowd of Blizzard which is pretty typical for any new game released. I know from watching my own share of streams on Twitch.tv a lot of viewers were rather distraught that it seemed only streamers were getting keys and Blizzard was only throwing a few keys towards the random masses. However there is probably more going on behind the scenes to this.
The viewers must also realize for most streamers, that are at least even mildly successful, have a ton of connections especially those that are in the thousands of concurrent viewers. Having these connections and networking at each convention they go to leads to becoming acquaintances with community managers for multiple gaming companies and when betas like this happen they are thrown into the primary pile for invites. This is done as a free way to market their game and to get some live feedback which is pretty cool in my opinion.
Anyways, I did not get a chance to test Overwatch outside of the beta weekend in which they invited just about everyone to stress test the servers. I was invited but I couldnt play that weekend because of college stuff and it was a really busy weekend.
I did manage to watch a ton of streams and had fun watching some of the tournaments that were hosted on twitch. In this time I have made my choice of a few favorite heroes but in all honesty its just a list of favorites on paper I want to play them all! Tanks, supports, dps, builders, they all look enticing and each character has their own unique flavor. I'll add a post on the hero categories later on because there is a decent amount to cover.
Other than that the Overwatch beta is gonna be on pause for about an month starting two days ago on December 10th 2015. Its sad to see it go as I had fun watching the cleverly dubbed OnlyWatch and all of the old Team Fortress 2 streamers gaining popularity off of it due to the similar playstyle. Hope you guys liked the post and if you have any questions or just want to say hey drop a comment!
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