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overwatch<\/em>? More like Noverwatch, amirite?<\/figcaption>Image: Activision Blizzard \/ Kotaku<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\nSome folks watch esports events for the thrill of seeing a game played at the highest possible skill level. Others tune in for promised rewards from developers. If you’re in the latter camp, and you logged a ton of hours of watching the latest Overwatch League event on YouTube, you’re probably very unhappy right now. You, like others, may be missing the skins and other cosmetics that Blizzard promised to give you for tuning in.<\/p>\n
Overwatch League, the official home for pro-level Overwatch 2<\/em> events, recently closed out its 2022 season. As an incentive to watch the event (beyond the enjoyment of the game, of course), Blizzard promised a variety of \u201cperks<\/span>,\u201d which included some League Tokens (which can be redeemed for exclusive skins and cosmetics), home and away skins for heroes, sprays, and other digital collectibles. Rewards would be doled out for every three hours of viewing time, provided your Battle.net account and YouTube accounts were linked<\/span>and were expected to hit player accounts around November 15. That day has come and gone, and some players who’ve logged as much as 30 hours of viewing time are still without all of their promised goodies. <\/p>\nKotaku<\/em> has reached out to Blizzard for comment on this story but did not hear back prior to publication. <\/p>\n\u201cIf you haven’t gotten your OWL rewards yet you never will. Thanks Blizzard\u201d starts one notable Reddit thread<\/span> cataloging unredeemed rewards from watching the event. The post includes a screenshot from a Blizzard Support correspondence expressing that the errors are likely due to the viewer not being \u201celigible\u201d for the cosmetic rewards. But the same message also indicates that \u201cCustomer Support is not able to verify eligibility for OWL drops and cannot assist with this issue. Have a great day.\u201d<\/p>\nA top reply to this post, which has now been removed by the subreddit’s moderators (but is still visible), states \u201cyea I accepted the fact that I wasn’t going to get my rewards once my League Tokens stopped incrementing once it hit 60 \u201d The reply continues \u201cI’ll probably still lurk in future events like this past one but I won’t be expecting to get what they say I will. Just a shame.\u201d<\/p>\n
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This sentiment isn’t unique. With over 500 comments, many expressing the same level of disappointment and frustration, it’s clear that this is a widespread issue, and one that seems to affect viewers who were eligible as they received some rewards, but not others. \u201cI literally watched 15 hours of this event, only got 20 tokens and no skins\u201d reads one such comment. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe Twitch drops they do have worked perfectly for me\u201d reads another comment, \u201cthe one single YouTube one they’ve done for OW2<\/em> has had nothing but problems.\u201d<\/p>\nReddit isn’t the only place where viewers are airing their frustrations over unreceived rewards. Over on the official overwatch <\/em>forums, a thread with over 700 replies catalogs similar frustrations<\/span>. \u201cI watched like 70 hours and haven’t gotten the rewards yet either\u201d reads one comment. \u201cThis is [ridiculous]\u201d states another, \u201cI have 115 tokens, I got the D.Va skin set and everything below that, and the pulse pistols. I have not received anything else and it’s almost December, like come on.\u201d <\/p>\nAnother comment laments the response from customer support, \u201cSupport is doing support things still, saying that it is the user’s fault.\u201d<\/p>\n
Though the event’s games themselves were entertaining, that so many viewers logged hours to never see all of their promised rewards is surely a sour note to end on. In the post-lootbox, live service world of Overwatch 2<\/em>it’s even more disappointing that free cosmetics are getting held up by such issues. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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overwatch? More like Noverwatch, amirite?Image: Activision Blizzard \/ Kotaku Some folks watch esports events for the thrill of seeing a game played at the highest possible skill level. Others tune in for promised rewards from developers. If you’re in the latter camp, and you logged a ton of hours of watching the latest Overwatch League …<\/p>\n
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