Chapter 2
July 28, 2018
3100, Diamond rank.
Yun Yun stared dejectedly at the rank he was placed in and thought that this time, his rank was much lower compared to last season.
When converted to last season’s ranking, his current rank was in the medium-lower level, which was exceedingly different from what he anticipated.
Blizzard completely updated the competitive numeric ranking from the first season. There were significant differences between each rank in the higher levels; bronze and silver were barely even worth mentioning. From highest to lowest it went: Top 500, Grandmaster, Master, Diamond, Platinum, Gold, Silver, and Bronze.
Last season, Yun Yun had a smooth climb to Top 500, so he assumed that in this new season, he could directly get rank 3500 and attain Masters. However, he got the impression that the system god was ridiculing his ignorant way of thinking.
“Well, I did lose two games and this rank isn’t that bad,” he consoled himself, stretching his arms over his head.
The environment in his games had been irritable this season. As a previous McCree main, he would face skepticism once he picked up Hanzo or Widowmaker.
It was a pity that the people in these Asian servers were so displeased when others didn’t conform to their standards, that they immediately started criticizing teammates before the game even started. Their aggravating questions of “This hero isn’t that good?” “This hero seems to be inappropriate?” and “Are you sure?” were disregarded.
Due to the language barrier, the majority of players kept to themselves and rarely communicated, which coincided with his tendency of playing games quietly.
At 7 o’clock, Yun Yun turned on the microphone and visited a dainty, pink website. “Hello babies, good evening!” He greeted.
On the webpage arose various cute words and expressions with cheery attitudes. Short greetings from his fans brushed by.
For most people, 7 o’clock in the evening was the time they finished up work. For Yun Yun, it was the opposite; it was time for him to start his daily job.
He was a streamer who had been livestreaming for a year on a website that was originally a video sharing site. It had only been four months since he began streaming Overwatch.
Video website Bilibili, referred to as B station, had a cute and charming theme layout with a subtitle feature that had spectator comments directly pass over the screen. The subtitle feature, called a barrage, could be edited to have amusing or adorable animation effects. This website attracted countless of girls. Thus, a year ago to spread his awareness, he accessed his live broadcast software and grew into a successful streamer. With his voice, he was able to ascend the ranks and sign a contract with B station.
Yes, voice.
His voice was eminently unique. It hadn’t been trained, yet it was magnetic, almost comparable to a TV host. If it weren’t for his lack of music sense, he could’ve possibly competed in the music industry.
As he logged in to his Overwatch account, he observed the audience’s subtitle barrage.
“Did gay Shadow eat barbecue today? = w=.”
“Yes.” Yun Yun entered his account password and logged in. “But, it’s better to eat chicken wings.”
“Last night I had to attend class so I couldn’t watch your stream QAQ, ShadowBlade you should choose to stream longer today QAQ.”
The Overwatch client displayed his account: ShadowBlade, level 165, 3600, Master rank.
He clicked on the practice range to commence his daily routine of practicing his aim and replied, “No problem, I’ll turn off my stream at 11 o’clock again tonight.”
Yun Yun regularly stopped his stream at 10 o’clock, so after promising to delay it for an hour, his barrage channel bursted with cheers. The adorable 2D text resembled a little angel jumping up and down, producing a smile on his face.
He very much enjoyed streaming on B station. The audience were very sweet and their style was cute, probably due to the fact that Bilibili’s large community were made up of all girls. The questions on the barrage were always friendly and there were never any mean comments. This was the main reason why he used this site to stream.
It had been a year since he started broadcasting.
At the very beginning, few people streamed games. There were only a few dozen people watching CSGO. Nowadays, streaming Overwatch had stabilized an audience of two thousand to three thousand viewers. Yun Yun could stream the game he was fond of everyday. Each month, he received a guaranteed minimum allowance from B station plus several permanent viewers. His viewers were lively and kind, lacking in any malice. Yun Yun was content.
The only crucial change was he transformed from an introverted, silent player to a brazen flirt.
His voice was pleasant to hear and after practicing the audience’s way of speaking, he was able to imitate it without any difficulty.
Until now, he kept a notebook to attentively record his viewers’ messages of “gay ah,” “gao ji ah,” “baby ah,” and “cutie ah.” When those profound words first brushed past the screen, he couldn’t help being flustered. Looking back at it now, Yun Yun ridiculed his past timid self.
Originally, when he heard his voice being praised, he would end up as a blushing mess for a long time. Luckily, he was fully immune to provocative messages at the moment.
The game entered the shooting range and Yun Yun chose Hanzo.
Yun Yun appreciated the feeling he got from killing the training robots one by one. “Ding ding ding.” The melodious headshot sound effect was music to his ears. The refreshing sensation lasted until he gained his ultimate.
Sure enough, after playing Hanzo for a while, he felt much better.
Yun Yun was satisfied with his aim so he decided to play competitive.
“Hey Shadow! You’re on the recommended list! QwQ.”
Upon reading this comment barrage, his hands trembled. He refreshed the live broadcast.
He hadn’t been recommended in a long time.
The reason was because he courted disaster.
Once the comment barrages on the screen increased and the number of people watching soared, he would be reluctant to talk. Yun Yun, although he possessed a teasing and flirty persona, refused to open his mouth at this time.
He always felt that there were plenty of people in his stream’s chat that he was unwilling to confront.
His voice was very special and whoever listened to it wouldn’t be able to forget it. Thus, he was put in the most prominent position on the recommended list by Bilibili and was promoted to hundreds of thousands of viewers, triggering his shyness.
Who would watch a mute’s livestream? Even if his skill was first-class, Bilibili was a website that focused on entertainment and he attracted an insufficient amount of viewers on his stream.
Therefore, the recommended position wasn’t as effective, and the administrator responsible for the recommended list seldom gave him a spot.
Although he was given up on, Yun Yun still neglected to fix his habit of being silent when more people began watching.
He didn’t wish for attention. He only needed two thousand to three thousand viewers to meet his contract standard criterion. There were dozens of barrages on the screen that made him feel like he wasn’t boring, and that alone was sufficient enough.
This kind of hopeless idea lasted for a whole year, and B station didn’t even try to kick him out. Even he knew that it was a miracle.
The streamer minimized the Overwatch client and recognized the recommended banner at the head of the homepage. Hanzo fiercely drew an arrow from his bow, imitating the shape of a rainbow.
“B station’s Hanzo: ShadowBlade.”
I guess tonight was destined to be a sleepless night playing as Hanzo.
Overwatch had an odd type of development. The more unpopular the hero was, the easier it was to take the blame. The hero could be eliminating countless of enemies and fulfilling their role, yet still be accused for bringing the team down.
Hanzo was one of them.
“Brother, you are Hanzo. Don’t you think this plan is unsuitable?”
Yun Yun refused to reply to him. If he was his usual self, he would’ve turned on the mic and assure his teammates, “Baby, don’t be afraid, my Hanzo skills are top notch.” Too bad he was on the recommended list today. The unfathomable feeling of not wanting to talk took over his heart again.
Barrages constantly fired across the screen with messages like “Here we go again TvT.” and “I feel sorry for Shadow QwQ.” with crying emotes to convey the audience’s concern.
Not appeasing his teammates wasn’t a problem, but not consoling his little angels was a sin.
He hurriedly promised, “Everyone, wait for me to shoot one dead, they will shut up right away.”
But he continued to avoid communicating with his dubious teammates.
The player who disliked Hanzo and was questioning, “Why do we have a Hanzo in Lijiang Tower?” cursed in his heart when he found another thorn in his side.
Ana.
There was an Ana on their team.
This new hero, who appeared at the end of last season and was currently avoided by various professional players, was a healer + sniper-type support.
In contrast to her official description in Overwatch, her status was on the same level as Hanzo, maybe even less.
Hanzo at least had sonic arrow to see the enemy team’s position behind walls, but Ana?
The heals couldn’t keep up, the output damage couldn’t keep up, her only use except to give the enemy heroes ult charge was to watch as her teammates died.
Cancer.
The bothersome teammate overlooked Hanzo, currently directing his attention onto the Ana and commanded, “Ana, swap to Zenyatta or don’t play.”
Yun Yun sympathized with Ana. He opened up her career profile and noted that the person mained Widowmaker in season one, barely having playing time on any other heroes. In season two, this person picked up Ana.
“He mains Ana. Don’t fight, you shouldn’t force him to switch ah…” Yun Yun spoke into the mic, “I can see that his data is not bad.”
“If Ana was truly so easy to play, then why do pros play Zenyatta instead?” The man justified as he picked McCree. “Switch to Zen, switch to Zen.”
The atmosphere in the Asian server was off putting. People stuck to the standard team comp, never trying anything new. They loathed heroes who weren’t meta.
Yet they didn’t bother paying attention to what maps were best for certain team comps, which was more important.
Nonetheless, Ana remained stubborn, not saying anything at all and treating the McCree as air.
At this point, Yun Yun also chose to stop talking. Some people were just too unreasonable. They always assumed that their views were correct and were arrogant to others.
It didn’t matter what rank it was, everyone will encounter such teammates, even if they reached Top 500.
Generally speaking, there was a high probability that this person was a noob.
Yun Yun clicked on McCree’s career profile stats, concluding that his hit accuracy was indeed a bit low. Apparently, this was another Diamond ranked player who thought too highly of themselves.
In spite of everything, the two-person group firmly stuck to the hero that they were good at.
Yun Yun predicted that if the McCree lost with three gold medals, he would have to quickly leave.
Otherwise, the McCree would target both of them.
The first round started at Lijiang Tower Night Market.
The Chinese styled map was covered with walls, suitable for Hanzo and his wall climb ability. Yun Yun relied on walls to escape or give him a better view to shoot at people.
Following the first team battle, he believed that they would win this game.
Reaper teleported then promptly died.
Genji came to harass Ana and got slept.
Zarya was stunned by McCree and collected ult energy.
The enemy team instantly lost three people.
The start of the round went smoothly. Yun Yun sensed Ana’s concern and favoritism for him. If he was hurt and needed healing, Bang! She threw her biotic grenade and he was fully healed in seconds.
Yun Yun felt touched at this moment. He and his viewers were thinking the exact same thing, without any errors.
“I love this Ana QAQ!” The little angels commented words of adoration and affection for Ana. But of course, the spectators cheered with the most enthusiasm when Yun Yun sent the newly resurrected Genji back to the spawn room.
“The younger brother is suffering.”
“Family education scene.”
“Younger brother…” The messages had brushed past the screen wildly. The audience loved the way Hanzo incited the Genji to teach him a lesson.
“He resembles a child.” Hanzo had triggered Genji’s death voice line over and over again; everyone watching couldn’t stop laughing.
The enemy Genji was a little bit… weak? He felt that no adjective could describe the feeling of killing Genji at that moment.
He could only say that his opponent’s luck was too bad.
Meanwhile, he charged up his arrow as he crept to the night market food stall. He found the Genji he had headshotted twice in the corner of the wall.
[Match] Coming: hanzo
It was only until after he released his arrow that he noticed the sentence in the match chat that he had formerly ignored. The Genji from the chat stood still, his actions puzzling Yun Yun. As a result of remaining motionless, the Genji was easily headshot by him.
– ELIMINATED GENJI –
The elimination game prompt surprised him. He moved both his hands to the keyboard and started typing-
[Match] ShadowBlade: ?
Translater Notes:
once again, if you see any errors, please tell me!
idk how his rank went from 3100 to 3600 unless he won some games before he streamed but i think it was a typo?
Genji and Hanzo are brothers in the game, so that’s why his audience were commenting stuff like “family education scene”.
“gao ji” is the lifestyle of a gay man
Vocabulary
gold medals=in the game if you have he highest/most kills, healing, time spent on point, etc. you would get a gold medal
comp=team composition, the specific heroes in a group.
meta=what’s popular and currently strong
noob=a new person at the game/bad skills
Overwatch Guide
(feel free to skip past if you’re already familiar with the game)
Overwatch is a team-based first person shooter where two teams either attack or defend on maps.
There are four types of maps: capture point, payload, hybrid, and king of the hill.
A cp map is where the attacking team has to gain control over two points in succession while the other team defends it.
A payload map is where the attacking team escorts a payload (a vehicle) through checkpoints to eventually reach the opposite end of the map.
A hybrid map is as it sounds: a mix between both payload and cp. The attacking team first captures a point then escorts the payload while the defending team tries to stop them.
A koth map is where both teams attempt to gain control over a point and hold on to it as it charges up to 100%. It can be taken by the other team at any time, but whoever gets to 100% first wins.
There were 4 types of heroes (before the update): tank, offense, defense, and support.
Tank heroes have a ton of health and some type of shield to protect their teammates. Their job is to lead the team in fights and engage the push.
Offense heroes are supposed to get kills and disrupt the enemy team.
Defense heroes are similar to offense heroes but they aren’t as mobile and they focus more on preventing the enemy team from pushing in.
Support heroes heal and make it easier for their teammates to get eliminations.
Every hero has their own ultimate, a strong ability that they can use after doing damage or having a certain amount of time pass. They’re important for winning team fights.
That’s just my brief explanation on the game, if you’re interested, you should check it out. Blizzard, the company who made Overwatch, has really cool animation shorts on some of the character’s background history and they have some comics on the storyline.
Chapter 2
July 28, 2018
3100, Diamond rank.
Yun Yun stared dejectedly at the rank he was placed in and thought that this time, his rank was much lower compared to last season.
When converted to last season’s ranking, his current rank was in the medium-lower level, which was exceedingly different from what he anticipated.
Blizzard completely updated the competitive numeric ranking from the first season. There were significant differences between each rank in the higher levels; bronze and silver were barely even worth mentioning. From highest to lowest it went: Top 500, Grandmaster, Master, Diamond, Platinum, Gold, Silver, and Bronze.
Last season, Yun Yun had a smooth climb to Top 500, so he assumed that in this new season, he could directly get rank 3500 and attain Masters. However, he got the impression that the system god was ridiculing his ignorant way of thinking.
“Well, I did lose two games and this rank isn’t that bad,” he consoled himself, stretching his arms over his head.
The environment in his games had been irritable this season. As a previous McCree main, he would face skepticism once he picked up Hanzo or Widowmaker.
It was a pity that the people in these Asian servers were so displeased when others didn’t conform to their standards, that they immediately started criticizing teammates before the game even started. Their aggravating questions of “This hero isn’t that good?” “This hero seems to be inappropriate?” and “Are you sure?” were disregarded.
Due to the language barrier, the majority of players kept to themselves and rarely communicated, which coincided with his tendency of playing games quietly.
At 7 o’clock, Yun Yun turned on the microphone and visited a dainty, pink website. “Hello babies, good evening!” He greeted.
On the webpage arose various cute words and expressions with cheery attitudes. Short greetings from his fans brushed by.
For most people, 7 o’clock in the evening was the time they finished up work. For Yun Yun, it was the opposite; it was time for him to start his daily job.
He was a streamer who had been livestreaming for a year on a website that was originally a video sharing site. It had only been four months since he began streaming Overwatch.
Video website Bilibili, referred to as B station, had a cute and charming theme layout with a subtitle feature that had spectator comments directly pass over the screen. The subtitle feature, called a barrage, could be edited to have amusing or adorable animation effects. This website attracted countless of girls. Thus, a year ago to spread his awareness, he accessed his live broadcast software and grew into a successful streamer. With his voice, he was able to ascend the ranks and sign a contract with B station.
Yes, voice.
His voice was eminently unique. It hadn’t been trained, yet it was magnetic, almost comparable to a TV host. If it weren’t for his lack of music sense, he could’ve possibly competed in the music industry.
As he logged in to his Overwatch account, he observed the audience’s subtitle barrage.
“Did gay Shadow eat barbecue today? = w=.”
“Yes.” Yun Yun entered his account password and logged in. “But, it’s better to eat chicken wings.”
“Last night I had to attend class so I couldn’t watch your stream QAQ, ShadowBlade you should choose to stream longer today QAQ.”
The Overwatch client displayed his account: ShadowBlade, level 165, 3600, Master rank.
He clicked on the practice range to commence his daily routine of practicing his aim and replied, “No problem, I’ll turn off my stream at 11 o’clock again tonight.”
Yun Yun regularly stopped his stream at 10 o’clock, so after promising to delay it for an hour, his barrage channel bursted with cheers. The adorable 2D text resembled a little angel jumping up and down, producing a smile on his face.
He very much enjoyed streaming on B station. The audience were very sweet and their style was cute, probably due to the fact that Bilibili’s large community were made up of all girls. The questions on the barrage were always friendly and there were never any mean comments. This was the main reason why he used this site to stream.
It had been a year since he started broadcasting.
At the very beginning, few people streamed games. There were only a few dozen people watching CSGO. Nowadays, streaming Overwatch had stabilized an audience of two thousand to three thousand viewers. Yun Yun could stream the game he was fond of everyday. Each month, he received a guaranteed minimum allowance from B station plus several permanent viewers. His viewers were lively and kind, lacking in any malice. Yun Yun was content.
The only crucial change was he transformed from an introverted, silent player to a brazen flirt.
His voice was pleasant to hear and after practicing the audience’s way of speaking, he was able to imitate it without any difficulty.
Until now, he kept a notebook to attentively record his viewers’ messages of “gay ah,” “gao ji ah,” “baby ah,” and “cutie ah.” When those profound words first brushed past the screen, he couldn’t help being flustered. Looking back at it now, Yun Yun ridiculed his past timid self.
Originally, when he heard his voice being praised, he would end up as a blushing mess for a long time. Luckily, he was fully immune to provocative messages at the moment.
The game entered the shooting range and Yun Yun chose Hanzo.
Yun Yun appreciated the feeling he got from killing the training robots one by one. “Ding ding ding.” The melodious headshot sound effect was music to his ears. The refreshing sensation lasted until he gained his ultimate.
Sure enough, after playing Hanzo for a while, he felt much better.
Yun Yun was satisfied with his aim so he decided to play competitive.
“Hey Shadow! You’re on the recommended list! QwQ.”
Upon reading this comment barrage, his hands trembled. He refreshed the live broadcast.
He hadn’t been recommended in a long time.
The reason was because he courted disaster.
Once the comment barrages on the screen increased and the number of people watching soared, he would be reluctant to talk. Yun Yun, although he possessed a teasing and flirty persona, refused to open his mouth at this time.
He always felt that there were plenty of people in his stream’s chat that he was unwilling to confront.
His voice was very special and whoever listened to it wouldn’t be able to forget it. Thus, he was put in the most prominent position on the recommended list by Bilibili and was promoted to hundreds of thousands of viewers, triggering his shyness.
Who would watch a mute’s livestream? Even if his skill was first-class, Bilibili was a website that focused on entertainment and he attracted an insufficient amount of viewers on his stream.
Therefore, the recommended position wasn’t as effective, and the administrator responsible for the recommended list seldom gave him a spot.
Although he was given up on, Yun Yun still neglected to fix his habit of being silent when more people began watching.
He didn’t wish for attention. He only needed two thousand to three thousand viewers to meet his contract standard criterion. There were dozens of barrages on the screen that made him feel like he wasn’t boring, and that alone was sufficient enough.
This kind of hopeless idea lasted for a whole year, and B station didn’t even try to kick him out. Even he knew that it was a miracle.
The streamer minimized the Overwatch client and recognized the recommended banner at the head of the homepage. Hanzo fiercely drew an arrow from his bow, imitating the shape of a rainbow.
“B station’s Hanzo: ShadowBlade.”
I guess tonight was destined to be a sleepless night playing as Hanzo.
Overwatch had an odd type of development. The more unpopular the hero was, the easier it was to take the blame. The hero could be eliminating countless of enemies and fulfilling their role, yet still be accused for bringing the team down.
Hanzo was one of them.
“Brother, you are Hanzo. Don’t you think this plan is unsuitable?”
Yun Yun refused to reply to him. If he was his usual self, he would’ve turned on the mic and assure his teammates, “Baby, don’t be afraid, my Hanzo skills are top notch.” Too bad he was on the recommended list today. The unfathomable feeling of not wanting to talk took over his heart again.
Barrages constantly fired across the screen with messages like “Here we go again TvT.” and “I feel sorry for Shadow QwQ.” with crying emotes to convey the audience’s concern.
Not appeasing his teammates wasn’t a problem, but not consoling his little angels was a sin.
He hurriedly promised, “Everyone, wait for me to shoot one dead, they will shut up right away.”
But he continued to avoid communicating with his dubious teammates.
The player who disliked Hanzo and was questioning, “Why do we have a Hanzo in Lijiang Tower?” cursed in his heart when he found another thorn in his side.
Ana.
There was an Ana on their team.
This new hero, who appeared at the end of last season and was currently avoided by various professional players, was a healer + sniper-type support.
In contrast to her official description in Overwatch, her status was on the same level as Hanzo, maybe even less.
Hanzo at least had sonic arrow to see the enemy team’s position behind walls, but Ana?
The heals couldn’t keep up, the output damage couldn’t keep up, her only use except to give the enemy heroes ult charge was to watch as her teammates died.
Cancer.
The bothersome teammate overlooked Hanzo, currently directing his attention onto the Ana and commanded, “Ana, swap to Zenyatta or don’t play.”
Yun Yun sympathized with Ana. He opened up her career profile and noted that the person mained Widowmaker in season one, barely having playing time on any other heroes. In season two, this person picked up Ana.
“He mains Ana. Don’t fight, you shouldn’t force him to switch ah…” Yun Yun spoke into the mic, “I can see that his data is not bad.”
“If Ana was truly so easy to play, then why do pros play Zenyatta instead?” The man justified as he picked McCree. “Switch to Zen, switch to Zen.”
The atmosphere in the Asian server was off putting. People stuck to the standard team comp, never trying anything new. They loathed heroes who weren’t meta.
Yet they didn’t bother paying attention to what maps were best for certain team comps, which was more important.
Nonetheless, Ana remained stubborn, not saying anything at all and treating the McCree as air.
At this point, Yun Yun also chose to stop talking. Some people were just too unreasonable. They always assumed that their views were correct and were arrogant to others.
It didn’t matter what rank it was, everyone will encounter such teammates, even if they reached Top 500.
Generally speaking, there was a high probability that this person was a noob.
Yun Yun clicked on McCree’s career profile stats, concluding that his hit accuracy was indeed a bit low. Apparently, this was another Diamond ranked player who thought too highly of themselves.
In spite of everything, the two-person group firmly stuck to the hero that they were good at.
Yun Yun predicted that if the McCree lost with three gold medals, he would have to quickly leave.
Otherwise, the McCree would target both of them.
The first round started at Lijiang Tower Night Market.
The Chinese styled map was covered with walls, suitable for Hanzo and his wall climb ability. Yun Yun relied on walls to escape or give him a better view to shoot at people.
Following the first team battle, he believed that they would win this game.
Reaper teleported then promptly died.
Genji came to harass Ana and got slept.
Zarya was stunned by McCree and collected ult energy.
The enemy team instantly lost three people.
The start of the round went smoothly. Yun Yun sensed Ana’s concern and favoritism for him. If he was hurt and needed healing, Bang! She threw her biotic grenade and he was fully healed in seconds.
Yun Yun felt touched at this moment. He and his viewers were thinking the exact same thing, without any errors.
“I love this Ana QAQ!” The little angels commented words of adoration and affection for Ana. But of course, the spectators cheered with the most enthusiasm when Yun Yun sent the newly resurrected Genji back to the spawn room.
“The younger brother is suffering.”
“Family education scene.”
“Younger brother…” The messages had brushed past the screen wildly. The audience loved the way Hanzo incited the Genji to teach him a lesson.
“He resembles a child.” Hanzo had triggered Genji’s death voice line over and over again; everyone watching couldn’t stop laughing.
The enemy Genji was a little bit… weak? He felt that no adjective could describe the feeling of killing Genji at that moment.
He could only say that his opponent’s luck was too bad.
Meanwhile, he charged up his arrow as he crept to the night market food stall. He found the Genji he had headshotted twice in the corner of the wall.
[Match] Coming: hanzo
It was only until after he released his arrow that he noticed the sentence in the match chat that he had formerly ignored. The Genji from the chat stood still, his actions puzzling Yun Yun. As a result of remaining motionless, the Genji was easily headshot by him.
– ELIMINATED GENJI –
The elimination game prompt surprised him. He moved both his hands to the keyboard and started typing-
[Match] ShadowBlade: ?
Translater Notes:
once again, if you see any errors, please tell me!
idk how his rank went from 3100 to 3600 unless he won some games before he streamed but i think it was a typo?
Genji and Hanzo are brothers in the game, so that’s why his audience were commenting stuff like “family education scene”.
“gao ji” is the lifestyle of a gay man
Vocabulary
gold medals=in the game if you have he highest/most kills, healing, time spent on point, etc. you would get a gold medal
comp=team composition, the specific heroes in a group.
meta=what’s popular and currently strong
noob=a new person at the game/bad skills
Overwatch Guide
(feel free to skip past if you’re already familiar with the game)
Overwatch is a team-based first person shooter where two teams either attack or defend on maps.
There are four types of maps: capture point, payload, hybrid, and king of the hill.
A cp map is where the attacking team has to gain control over two points in succession while the other team defends it.
A payload map is where the attacking team escorts a payload (a vehicle) through checkpoints to eventually reach the opposite end of the map.
A hybrid map is as it sounds: a mix between both payload and cp. The attacking team first captures a point then escorts the payload while the defending team tries to stop them.
A koth map is where both teams attempt to gain control over a point and hold on to it as it charges up to 100%. It can be taken by the other team at any time, but whoever gets to 100% first wins.
There were 4 types of heroes (before the update): tank, offense, defense, and support.
Tank heroes have a ton of health and some type of shield to protect their teammates. Their job is to lead the team in fights and engage the push.
Offense heroes are supposed to get kills and disrupt the enemy team.
Defense heroes are similar to offense heroes but they aren’t as mobile and they focus more on preventing the enemy team from pushing in.
Support heroes heal and make it easier for their teammates to get eliminations.
Every hero has their own ultimate, a strong ability that they can use after doing damage or having a certain amount of time pass. They’re important for winning team fights.
That’s just my brief explanation on the game, if you’re interested, you should check it out. Blizzard, the company who made Overwatch, has really cool animation shorts on some of the character’s background history and they have some comics on the storyline.
