I’ve seen so many complaints on the forums of how bad certain skins are, when they’re genuinely just culturally influenced. An example of this is Seolbim. While people love/hate it (it seems to be a 50/50), people that don’t like it always choose to vocalize that “it’s hideous” or “disgusting”. It’s traditional Korean Lunar New Year clothing. While I would love to see Mercy in a traditional Swiss skin, it doesn’t really appeal to her playerbase, which is a breakdown for another post. Another example is the absurd amount of people insulting Lifeweaver’s Phi Ta Khon skin, a skin based off of Thailand’s Ghost festival, and ghost designs of Phi Ta Khon. It’s okay do dislike a skin. It is not okay to vocalize your disdain for a skin so heavily merely based on designs prevalent in cultures you are not accustomed to out of ignorance. This is why people are ashamed of or scared to show their culture: pure ignorance.
I mean… it’s literally just subjective. No need to get so upset about it.
Surprise surprise, other cultures don’t appeal to some people of a different culture.
They’re skins. Not everyone is gonna like them, not everyone is gonna hate them.
It is just some ugly drip, fam. I am sure the culture is fire. That does not mean it is an aesthetic I am interested in.
Some people believe Will Ramos is ugly. I feel that there has never been a more beautiful creature added to Overwatch. It is subjective.
And there is no need to berate people that use them or rant unnecessarily about other cultures. It’s basic respect.
Meh. I like it. I bought it. (even though it was marked hella down because it was in a bundle) Mercy rocks the strawberry blonde. 
wait which skin is she strawberry blonde in ?
Oh, is that not Seolbim? Am I seeing things wrong?
lemme check
Seolbim is brunette i thought
People don’t call the culture ugly, just the skin.
That’s the difference and I think you’re reading too much between the lines.
Calling a skin in a video game ugly is not berating people that use them or ranting about the culture the skin is associated with.
Oh, yeah no. She’s just plain ol’ blonde.
Her hair is shiny. 
I’m not saying simply getting called ugly, too many times I’ve literally been endlessly berated or insulted myself for using a skin…
I didn’t even know people complained about seolbim. I personally really like it, i was just mad when they nerfed the ribbons on her staff.
Trust me, that’s just classic overwatch “hospitality”. Not people hating a culture. Do i agree we need to combat said toxicity? Yes. Has anything really been done? Unfortunately not.
THEY NERFED THE RIBBONS ON HER STAFF?!
When the skin is based very heavy on culturally significant design, insulting CULTURAL ASPECTS of the skin is questionable.
Yeah last I checked they dont move around anymore when you walk around. To be fair though i haven’t played since the end of season 3.
you are referring to the Hanbok style of dress… which doesnt look at all like mercys seolbim dress… a way better example of a short-length hanbok inspired dress is dva’s palanquin skin.
seolbims dress’ length is just awkward… its longer in the front and shorter in the back…? the sleeves look too short on her and why does she have weird shoulder pads…?
its just a bad dress… has nothing to do with the culture - which again, the traditional hanbok looks pretty different than the seolbim dress…
also - they never fully fixed the physics on the staff. its like 30% the wiggle strength of the ow1 version… sad
they fixed it recently!
Oh good to hear. I was very upset about that lol
HOORAY! Maybe Overwatch 2 isn’t so bad after all!
ah-he-hem