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[GreatUniter-1402]

(OFFICAL) MCCREE's NAME IS CHANGING!

1. What will happen to your old YouTube videos with the previous hero name? Previous content will remain unaltered. This affects content moving forward, both in game and out (as soon as we’re able to implement in game). 2. Will you be send strikes to everyone for using previous hero name, ban channels and delete all community content? No. We understand that it’s going to take time to get used to Cowboy’s new identity. Heck we’ve been working through adjusting our language internally to re…

And it seems that I was right about this:

@GreatUniter-1402

I can see some casters keep avoiding saying his name, and permanently refering to him as something like “gunslinger” or “cowboy”. The same way in Street Fighter tournaments they call a character “Dictator” to avoid confusion because in the east he’s called M. Bison and in the west his name is Vega.

They are caliing him Cowboy.