Cole Cassidy….. I Love It!

[NighthAwk-13514]

Not gonna lie, I’m not really a fan. I think it’s far worse.

[DRUNKINJEDI-11320]

sounds like a salad dressing but hey its a name i never would have come up with. i would have named him after a real outlaw like johnny ringo but that would probably create problems with peeps too

[Cennixx-2900]

might as well turn him into a girl at this point

[HaydeN-14720]

What about all the interactions between 32 characters that have to be changed and/or re recorded? No one is talking about it

[Electro71-1835]

Pretty sure all of them that directly referred to him as Jesse or McCree were removed entirely from the game with the Halloween patch.

[StrwbrySound-1805]

I will definitely be referring to him as Coleslaw.

[AndyB-11735]

@DRUNKINJEDI-11320

i would have named him after a real outlaw like johnny ringo but that would probably create problems with peeps too

A real outlaw you say…

Cassidy is a pretty well established outlaw name

[DRUNKINJEDI-11320]

hah yea “butch casisidy” and the sundance kid (Harry Alonzo Longabaugh). maybe his great geat great great grandfather? be some nice lore-bits there

[Onesickchef-1131]

Doesn’t work. It would have to be Cole Parker. As Butch Cassidy’s real name was Robert Leroy Parker

[Dasaries-11327]

It works…

(Type 20 characters or so).

Also, we’d like to hear the story behind this please. (Not the one thing.)

Was there a game, a voting contest, a role of the dice or spin the wheel?

[Zergotto-2668]

I dunno, “Cassidy” is just about the blandest name you could give to a cowboy. I wish they kept the “Mc”.

[Kaedi-11739]

@AndyB-11735

Cassidy is a pretty well established outlaw name

To expand on Andy’s point, the reference is to Butch Cassidy a known historical outlaw from the 19th century American west. Ironically, Ashe’s nickname “Calamity” comes from a person who was never an outlaw but actually an American folklore heroine.

Robert LeRoy Parker (April 13, 1866 – November 7, 1908), better known as Butch Cassidy,[1] was an American train and bank robber and the leader of a gang of criminal outlaws known as the “Wild Bunch” in the Old West.

Parker engaged in criminal activity for more than a decade at the end of the 19th century and the early 20th century, but the pressures of being pursued by law enforcement, notably the Pinkerton detective agency, forced him to flee the country. He fled with his accomplice Harry Alonzo Longabaugh, known as the “Sundance Kid”, and Longabaugh’s girlfriend Etta Place. The trio traveled first to Argentina and then to Bolivia, where Parker and Longabaugh are believed to have been killed in a shootout with the Bolivian Army in November 1908; the exact circumstances of their fate continue to be disputed.

Parker’s life and death have been extensively dramatized in film, television, and literature, and he remains one of the most well-known icons of the “Wild West” mythos in modern times.

Martha Jane Cannary (May 1, 1852 – August 1, 1903), better known as Calamity Jane , was a well-known American frontierswoman, sharpshooter, and raconteur.[1][2][3] In addition to many exploits she was known for being an acquaintance of Wild Bill Hickok. Late in her life, she appeared in Buffalo Bill’s Wild West show and at the 1901 Pan-American Exposition. She is said to have exhibited compassion to others, especially to the sick and needy. This facet of her character contrasted with her daredevil ways and helped to make her a noted frontier figure.[4] She was also known for her habit of wearing men’s attire.[5]

(from Wikipedia)

[CoolUsername-11445]

I like it. Obviously the community is going to say it’s terrible at first, because they’d naturally say that about any name change. If his original name were Cole Cassidy and it were just changed to Jesse McCree, people would have the same reaction.

As for the weird complaints that Cassidy can be a girl’s name, that might be a deliberate effort to retain a gender-neutral portion of his name LIKE JESSE.

[AndyB-11735]

@Dasaries-11327

Was there a game, a voting contest, a role of the dice or spin the wheel?

Nothing quite so complicated.

Names were able to be submitted by the entirety of the team, expectations around community thoughts were communicated, the narrative team and Team 4 leads narrowed it down to a few candidates. After that we had to check with Legal, regional teams (for any unintended cultural significances), and other business partners within the organization.

[Criminal-11481]

That would be kinda funny

[SnowManMan11-1206]

So is the story retconned so that the name was always Cole, or is it that McCree changed his name for some story reason?

[Ijekiel-2635]

I’m ecstatic because I have even more reasons to make fun of McCree mains now.

[Dasaries-11327]

Very historical…

Okay so onto the new CHANGE for the game.

Time to fix Widowmaker and Tracer again. She does need a shirt-top for that jumpsuit and the poor gal needs a back brace too. I can’t imagine the pain her back has.

[AndyB-11735]

@SnowManMan11-1206

So is the story retconned so that the name was always Cole, or is it that McCree changed his name for some story reason?

He assumed his true identity with this announcement.

[DoctorSix-11373]

Seems like Cole Cassidy abandoned his name when he was young, and took up the name Jesse McCree. Now that he’s trying to redeem himself, he’s dropping the name he used as a criminal and going back to his birth name.