Turin Turambar
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Look Blizzard, I'm in the Gigantic alpha, in the Battlebord closed beta and in the Fable Legends closed beta. How I can compare the games without having access to Overwatch? Gimme a key.
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Overwatch Beta Thread: Cheers Love, The Beta's Here!
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... :-(
Yup ( ._.)
And of course, watching stream isn't cutting it anymore.
Good guy Blizzard just didn't want you to drown in alphas/betas~
That feel when Overwatch streamers can't even get in full matches with the drip-feed invites Blizzard has sent out. Literally watching someone at this hour in a match with 4 people waiting for 8 others to join...
Oublieux
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Smooth Operator
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How's the game running for you guys ? Heroes of the Storm still have some issues (Low framerate...) for no reason sometimes on some pc's.
My PC is trash and the game runs beautifully. I get rock solid framerates even while streaming (I can't even stream stuff like Borderlands 2 without some hitching from time to time).
http://www.twitch.tv/theyanger/v/22759095 Can skip like halfway into see some actual matches going (first I did tutorial) and although the stream quality was hit or miss you can tell the game isn't hiccuping at all.
I bought WoW and every expansion (some of them collectors editions).
I bought Starcraft 2 and Heart of the Swarm (both collectors editions).
I bought Diablo 3 too, and have been on Battle.net since the early early days.
Still no key. I think it's completely random, well, expect all the major streamers that get their keys no matter what. :/
Yes I'm a bit salty here...
This reads like every post on the Overwatch subreddit. Well, except for the self-aware part.
That's the added NeoGAF maturity.
Sir Abacus
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This was by design. Blizzard was contacting major streamers offering keys if they'd stream the game.
Goes almost without saying tho. It's no coincidence that big variety streamers and big streamers of Blizzard game X/Y/Z seem to always get access on first wave of invites, when beta for new Blizzard game starts. Extra help is provided by being part of F&F of Blizzard, and knowing someone from inside.
Sir Abacus
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This is the first game to go a big push on streamer. They definitely got notice that they'd be in ahead of everyone else, even F&F.
GwyndolinCinder
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I am so jealous of anyone playing right now
HotS also got a lot streamer and youtuber exposure early on into the beta, or do I remember wrong?
With Overwatch I think Blizzard really wants to push their new IP into spotlight so it gets exposure and traction among gamer communities. Personally I don't mind it that they are prioritising streamers over everyone else, but I know some people have gotten very salty about it.
Sir Abacus
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HotS got a lot of Blizzard pro exposure early in the alpha. Hearthstone had a fairly strong streamer presence but also opened up extremely early into the process. Neither were nothing like the all out multi-game streamer blitz like we're seeing this time around.
Dead Prince
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the streamers they picking i hope they at least played some games from blizzard. i mean don't blizzard actually want genuine feedback though.
CommandThrower
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Looks like no beta access for me.
Oh well. Back to Dragon Quest VIII.
Oh well. Back to Dragon Quest VIII.
Hari Seldon
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Any good youtube vids on this up yet? I am highly skeptical of this game personally.
Xamtheking
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I didn't get into the beta
However, I only have a Macbook Pro, so in retrospect, Blizzard not flagging my account makes sense
Still salty though
However, I only have a Macbook Pro, so in retrospect, Blizzard not flagging my account makes sense
Still salty though
Xamtheking
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Overwatch be coming to consoles
Battleborn and Overwatch are similar in the fact that there are bullets and different characters
Basically Battleborn is Borderlands + MOBA and Overwatch is Blizzard's version of TF2
ah, i thought overwatch was MOBA-esque too?
Not at all, it's pretty much TF2.
I don't see many streamers bothering with posting feedback sheets and doing posts to forums. Blizzard employees most likely watch when people like itmeJP, Ellohime, inControl etc. stream, and they tend to talk about likes & dislikes during gameplay so Blizzard gets their feedback that way.
Also I'm kinda surprised if Lirik keeps coming back to Overwatch after first few days, he doesn't usually play any game that long excluding DayZ and Life mods as those are what established most of his viewer base.
I was in the room last year at Blizzcon when they announced the game, am attending Blizzcon next week, and put several hours into Blizzard games every week. The beta really must be limited and random. Ah well, can't wait to get in. The hype.
Turin Turambar
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In the end, Battleborn is as mobaesque as Overwatch.
In other words, not a lot. There is no mode that plays like Dota/Lol, not even close.
Each character has a set of moba-like abilities.
No, but they're using Enlighten, which several UE4 games do, which is why it has that same shiny lighting look for non-photorealistic rendering.
No, afaik. Blizzard tends to use in-house made engines, exception being HS as it apparently runs on Unity.
Chaos2Frozen
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Has that cyborg ninja character been announced yet? I haven't been following since the reveal event.
No, but IIRC they implied he will be one of the heroes getting unveiled at Blizzcon.
Chaos2Frozen
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Awesome, more reason to look forward to Blizzcon this year.
Fine Ham Abounds
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haha
Keeping an eye on my bnet account, but I'm thinking early HOTS alpha will be the lone time I'll ever win the lottery
I've never managed to get an actual email invite for any Blizz betas, I won keys for Diablo 3 and Hearthstone in contests Blizzard had. I'm happy they've done away with those, or I'd be f5'ing pages for days on end again, only to find they went up/out while I was at class or work. It was maddening.
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