Good! Very proud of everyone making that tough call, and putting in the work to make it happen.
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Whatever. Weâre all still going to call him McCree. Glad I got the hard copy of the Deadlock novel before this. Theyâll probably try to rewrite it now.
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,one that weâre approaching with consideration."
same as for burning evidence?? xD
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Youâve became an absolute disgrace to the gaming world. You, Blizzard are a damn horrible company! Name change? Blaming us, gamers? Telling that we are the problem (it was in a WoW developerâs post)? Blaming Asmongold for WoWâs failure? This is the easy way, right? Instead of fixing your problems, instead of gathering yourself up and start working on your f* games youâre doing NOTHING. Just some âI pretend, I careâ things. What the hell has happened to you? Youâve completely abandoned this stupid game and us, your loyal customers for years, and now you do this? Another FFA map, which no one will play? Give us new COMPETITIVE maps, youâve already removed 2 years ago, and we got NOTHING back! And gives us new HEROES! We need tanks and supports, not renaming existing heroes. How dare you write these things after abandoning us for years???
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Well itâs not like the money is going to game production.
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Omg pls letâs just name him MacnCheese.
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I donât really think that this is the right approach, but maybe I would think different as well if I was a part of the Overwatch Team 
Not sure if I will move on to the new name or stick with the old one, but I hope that people will be respectful to each other - no matter what another person decides to call him.
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Voice lines, UI/UX elements need updated, art assets, localization, review with regional teams for cultural validation, legalâŚthereâs a very long list. Itâs an extensive effort, but one that the team agrees is the right thing to do.
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pandering to twitter slacktavists who dont even play the game. call him wokey mcwokeface
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Wow just wow, really? This is a hero from the gameâs launch with years of established lore and youâre going to arbitrarily change it because because you fired the real guy for misconduct when hardly any players knew it was named after a real person?
Stick the shredding subpoenaed legal documents and leave the fictional hero alone.
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Hmm how about McCockroach.
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I vote the new name should be âFlashroll McFanâ.
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Why they canât save him with Joel McCree?
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Is this really worth the effort?
Just put out a press release that the name is coincidentally the same as someone else.
Bam, problem solved a massively less stupid way.
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I would like to know how someone that gets offended because a fictional character has the same name as a real person, is NOT a snowflake. Honestly, curious.
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And it seems like the snowflakes have won. GG
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its trashâŚcaved in under the snowflakes
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blizzard loves to play with crap instead of serious stuff.
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Frankly, this is a good decision, you donât want your beloved community passively supporting a former sex offender.
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It turns out it will not even be a plot move. Just renaming. I am disappointed.
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