Dr. Buni
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Gender is a psychological concept, so I don't see why not. They probably don't have sexes, though (genitalia and stuff).
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Rumor: New Overwatch hero unveiling on Monday, likely Sombra (support sniper) [Nope]
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TheChillyAcademic
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Possibly, though so far they've been drawing the female robots as more effeminate, like Athena:
Don't even get me started on Athena. She is gonna be an awesome Support, I just know it!
Though I suppose you aren't wrong. The monk in Alive quite clearly was also a male and the other Omnics we've seen have been dressed in traditionally male clothing.
BreezyLimbo
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Not only that but Bastion is a completely different type of robot than Zenyatta. It's possible that Bastion is more of an autonomous kind of robot? All the stuff they've shown of the robot wars, the robot troops looked like Bastion more than Zenyatta.
Yeah, I think Bastion's not an Omnic, but a security turret robot.
CountAntonius
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Bastion has a soul. He's the R2D2 of Overwatch.
Durrzerker
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I THINK he's still an Omnic, just a different type. As far as I can tell, 'Omnic' literally just means 'Robot' in Overwatch, so Zenyatta and Bastion are both Omnics. At least, that's what Bastion's backstory seems to suggest imo:
"Originally created for peacekeeping purposes, Bastion robot units possessed the unique ability to rapidly reconfigure themselves into an assault-cannon mode. But during the Omnic Crisis, they were turned against their human makers, forming the bulk of the omnics' rebel army. Following the resolution of the crisis, nearly all of them were destroyed or disassembled. To this day, Bastion units still symbolize the horrors of the conflict."
TheChillyAcademic
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Which honestly makes him a tragic character in my eyes. Its clear he..well, I don't know if he has a soul but he definitely is different. Well I suppose at the very least he likes birds.
BreezyLimbo
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Oh, Bastion is just what it is. It seems that the Omnic rebels were robots like Zenyatta who were more or less sentient, while the Bastion-type robot was a robot meant to destroy. So this Bastion might be one of the last few Bastion units that happens to be.....neutral?
Triggerhappytel
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Possibly a dumb question, but did this happen then, or what?
Nope. I still think Sombra exists, but Soldier 76 was the only character in his video despite the rest featuring two.
Compsiox
Banned
No. There would have been a thread for the actual announcement.
I wasn't sure but wasn't JunkRat in it?
While the guys had explosions, they were all regular gang members unless I missed something.
The Omega Man
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TF2 used to hide little hints in their shorts, we need to re-watch this a 100 times in slow motion.
#teamsombra
#teamsombra
Don't forget to reverse the audio.
Cold Lager
Banned
hear hear, they added single player content to Hearthstone so Im hopefull for something like that here too
Se_7_eN
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Are those posters in game anywhere? I haven't noticed them...
Permanently A
Junior Member
Doomfist ones are in Hollywood on the right side of the first attacker's spawn on the outside wall.
Nightmare452
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Permanently A
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Hmm, "The Successor" and "Fashion Week" both have identical letters, the sideways Y and the CC+ symbol.
Wouldn't put it past Blizzard to make an Omnic Alphabet.
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