Seems like the community of the game is abit
split on the topic of this
noose.
a vocal minority were
for the removal while others were not and others just
questioned why.
then there were those that simply said it
wasn't racist.
Overall though it's still unclear on why the company removed it but knowing the company it's prob got something to do with a small influx of reports they received in regards to players using those sprays, it wouldn't be the first time they did something due to a report influx.
But based on the feedback I've read on the forums from users that were for the removal. I think it's pretty self evident those that were against the noose just tied in their own racially reinforced viewpoint on the world onto the spray in question and surmised that it 'must' be linked to the Lynchings in
america in 1900s instead of it's
historical usage. Which is both funny and incredibly ignorant if you ask me. This whole debate around the topic of this noose reminds me of a
video i've watched a few years ago that I believe is still relevant now. The groups that shout the loudest about representation and racism tend to be the ones that are the "bad" people they scream day and night about.
But whatever, Overwatch is a dead game anyway in my book as everyone I knew that played that back in the day just jumped back to TF2 after like a year and with Valve going through some major changes on the
hierarchy there and with the continual
decline of Overwatchs viewer and player retention, it's only a matter of time before the game gets shutdown or something an then it's back to finding work elsewhere.
as for WoW though is nearing it's end and with it's abysmal failure in BFA, The latest expansion called "Shadowlands" is no doubt going to be its 5th "make or break" moment since the cost of development and support for the product isn't worth the effort from a business standpoint as the company would earn more by just shutting the product down and releasing something new or seemingly new like WoW Classic.
none of this affects me though as I don't own a blizzard account nor play any of their products. So whatever the official reason is going to be I have no real penny to lose. I feel sorry though for those that still do play this game as it'll prob be another dramafest again.