My “special permissions”, that is, my forum level 3 privileges, were achieved by automatic algorithm (basically being active on the forums without being suspended) and are accessible to anyone. No Blizzard employee has given me special treatment or endorsement.
Scott has published this kind of information himself, his most recent post being here: Groups and Matchmaking in Overwatch. My effort is to curate and organize various developer statements, as well as gather and analyze data to expand upon what developers have said. But if you ignore everything I’ve said and just read Scott’s last post, you’ll get most of the system.
Well, it’s not handicapped. So nothing they say is going to confirm that it is handicapped.
Just because you don’t like something, doesn’t mean that it should be illegal. The government should focus on important and serious problems that it is best equipped to handle, not video games.