Lurgan1337
Banned
they can't take it down since I got it all already.
nice try though Blizzard.
better luck next time
nice try though Blizzard.
better luck next time
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Overwatch porn is being forced offline by DMCA takedown notices
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Mr. Smiley
Member
Rats Off To Ya
Banned
I looked up Overwatch porn a few days ago, but there wasn't any lesbian stuff.
I honestly don't know how you could have missed it.
slavesnyder
Member
Wait... There's also an Overwatch game?
You misunderstood. I'm aping blizzard while saying that line.
i.e. the insinuation here is that Blizzard don't want to see this because they feel particularly emotionally attached to their creations and jealously guard their chastity.
Of course once I had to explain it, it's kinda dumb, but it was a throw-away line!
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
Japan really likes Gideon and Clawhauser
Auto-Reply
Member
I don't think they ever heard of 'fair use' when they designed the DMCA system.
You're not even IN the rabbit hole yet.
Best scene out of Extras.
Herbspiceguy
Member
I wonder if we're ever going to see devs allowing (not creating or stimulating) licensed porn and receiving royalties, in our lifetime.
I can see this fan porn phenomenon only increasing in the future. Might as well stop fighting it and take profits.
I can see this fan porn phenomenon only increasing in the future. Might as well stop fighting it and take profits.
They're not "selling" anything. You're supporting them by giving them money, which allows them to continue making the art/videos. The pictures and videos usually get online to be freely viewed.
oh ok makes sense
Only 15% huh.
KiteGr
Member
Think again!...
KojiKnight
Member
It's blizzard trying to cultivate a certain image. Note every video released so far has shown absolutely ZERO blood despite this being a shooter. The only character to even die, was a robot by widowmaker, and even that they didn't actually show the bullet hit.
So when you have places like Kotaku then shining a spotlight on the porn people are making from your game...
Like it or not Overwatch has the image that it is full of hot ladies.
People want porn, other people make the porn.
Blizzard can try to hold onto their PC image as much as they want, but they can't stop people making porn.
Trying to fight against it, is like trying to hold back the tide. Impossible.
Spiritwalker
Member
lol you can't fight the internet blizz
Basically. Porn being posted to the front page of reddit on main-subs (/r/gaming) and elsewhere for Overwatch has been cringy as fuck. I got nothing against whatever you choke your chicken to, but don't be posting that shit in the open. Put it in a dedicated subreddit/section where it isn't going to be plastered all over the place for a kid or someone that doesn't want that will see it.
bone_and_sinew
breaking down barriers in gratuitous nudity
That explains why Russia tries to act hard all the time in real life. Turns out they're just insecure bronies overcompensating.Russia and Belarus are crying for help
KojiKnight
Member
I don't disagree, and I don't think Blizzard thinks it can stop it either... The point is that they put on a show about it.
When they market the game to teens, and someone cries fowl because of all the porn links that pop up when you search for it, Blizzard can say "We tried to take it down, but the internet is going to internet."
AcademicSaucer
Member
I'm sorry.
bluelightningduo
Member
Blizzard 'fights' porn involving characters from a game.
Oh Blizzard has a new game? I should check it out.
Blizzard's lawyers and marketing department are loving this.
Oh Blizzard has a new game? I should check it out.
Blizzard's lawyers and marketing department are loving this.
Triple Da G.O.D!
Member
I was a sexual deviant before the world introduced Mei-Ling Zhou to me and I'll continue being a sexual deviant long after this!
I guess what I'm saying is...VIVA LA D.VA!
In all seriousness though, Blizzard or whomever is doing this is insane to think this is going to stop.
As this thread has proven, if somebody wants it then somebody will be there to provide it because of the money involved.
I understand the stance of not wanting your IP not being a SFM haven for porn, however Tracer some Mercy to a Widowmaker and this'll happen.
This didn't become a thing for real until the whole Tracer butt fiasco and the ball's been rolling ever since just to spite Blizzard on that call anyway.
Blizzard accidently opened the door to this a whole lot sooner and maybe they could've controlled this if they didn't but it's too late.
For every one there'll be 5 more!
I'm not saying they have to sit back and accept this but I know they don't mind all the eyes on their legit product from the porn that's getting the game in faces that wouldn't care otherwise.
Now with this being the call watch how much Overwatch porn drops just to spite Blizzard!
Just have some Mei for me please!
mysteriousmage09
Member
They won't stop this. Just a desperate move to hope people don't randomly come across any of it when searching for the game. I guarantee they stop giving a shit in a month or 2.
KojiKnight
Member
Bingo.
Weltall Zero
Member
Anyone else suspecting they are doing this fully aware of the Streissand effect simply for publicity?
And also for this: plausible deniability.
The real reason gators hate Kotaku writers: envy. Wouldn't want to be them if they had to take work home and explain it to their wives, though.
OK, this cracked me up. To be fair you could also say Battleborn designs aren't cartoony and conventionally attractive (which never stopped the Internet in the past, but still).
And also for this: plausible deniability.
The real reason gators hate Kotaku writers: envy. Wouldn't want to be them if they had to take work home and explain it to their wives, though.
OK, this cracked me up. To be fair you could also say Battleborn designs aren't cartoony and conventionally attractive (which never stopped the Internet in the past, but still).
I was a sexual deviant before the world introduced Mei-Ling Zhou to me and I'll continue being a sexual deviant long after this!
I guess what I'm saying is...VIVA LA D.VA!
In all seriousness though, Blizzard or whomever is doing this is insane to think this is going to stop.
As this thread has proven, if somebody wants it then somebody will be there to provide it because of the money involved.
I understand the stance of not wanting your IP not being a SFM haven for porn, however Tracer some Mercy to a Widowmaker and this'll happen.
This didn't become a thing for real until the whole Tracer butt fiasco and the ball's been rolling ever since just to spite Blizzard on that call anyway.
Blizzard accidently opened the door to this a whole lot sooner and maybe they could've controlled this if they didn't but it's too late.
For every one there'll be 5 more!
I'm not saying they have to sit back and accept this but I know they don't mind all the eyes on their legit product from the porn that's getting the game in faces that wouldn't care otherwise.
Now with this being the call watch how much Overwatch porn drops just to spite Blizzard!
Just have some Mei for me please!
Lol no. There's has been a lot OW porn even on regular non SFM porn sites way before the Tracer butt thing.
This is not a consequence on what Blizz did or did not with their characters, or how they designed them. Sadly, every female character in a videogame has her model ripped and ready to do porn in a day, even if it's not sexualized.
It can end up being kinda creepy, but whatever turns people on I guess.
Takamura-San
Member
Russia and Belarus are crying for help
Goddamn it Puerto Rico....
texhnolyze
Banned
Good news.
So we're getting more Overwatch porn in the near future.
So we're getting more Overwatch porn in the near future.
Triple Da G.O.D!
Member
Didn't say that at all.
When the beta hit SFM's were all over the place because those artists do their thing and always were doing their thing. Those artists do that for everything that has a model so nothing new at all. Just like you said.
That night when the news hit about Tracer however, Overwatch porn became a real thing.
The phenomenon that this thread is all about.
Everywhere you could post art about Tracer's butt was being posted on en mass!
That news put that game in the crosshairs for folks to go to town and it hasn't been the same since then.
This being both the gift and the curse Blizzard is now trying to attempt to contain.
mikezilla2
Member
as predictable as this is it made my day ........... damn lol
If they ever touch that I will get my pitchfork!
TeddyShardik
Banned
Have some Mercy on porn!
ftfy
TeddyShardik
Banned
Heroes never die!
Spring-Loaded
Member
Which character would you have your SO dress up as
edit: from overwatch
edit: from overwatch
Jill Valentine
Nose Master
Member
Who makes a waifu game and then cares about fanart / porn?
Also. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oj16vfbsM9A
Also. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oj16vfbsM9A
jediyoshi
Member
I'd almost be inclined to agree, but as far as Studio FOW goes with their WoW film after Kotaku wrote an article on it, Blizzard went on Take 2/private investigator levels of attack.