Cole Cassidy is also the name of an irl person

[VenusArmani-1354]

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@AndyB-11735

It’s a keen observation that this decision was made with the people who work on Overwatch in mind. At the same time, I don’t want to diminish the fact that we also considered how players would respond to this change. We knew that this would be a polarizing choice.

Nope. That IS the reason.

They did this to feel better about their workplace. They didn’t work closely alongside him but he was a fellow employee at the company.