{"id":85824,"date":"2022-10-03T17:29:09","date_gmt":"2022-10-03T17:29:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/players-say-goodbye-to-overwatch\/"},"modified":"2022-10-03T17:29:09","modified_gmt":"2022-10-03T17:29:09","slug":"players-say-goodbye-to-overwatch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/players-say-goodbye-to-overwatch\/","title":{"rendered":"Players say goodbye to Overwatch"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Players have been taking to social media to say their goodbyes to Overwatch.\n<\/p>\n<p>After six years of being one of the most popular multiplayer shooters, Overwatch has been retired ahead of Overwatch 2&#8217;s launch tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p>The official Overwatch Twitter account invited players to share their memories and fan creations with the hashtag <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PlayOverwatch\/status\/1576603653971922944\" target=\"_blank\">#SeeYouOnTheOtherSide<\/a> to say their farewells, and plenty of fans have been getting involved online.\n<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>Overwatch 2 launch trailer.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On Twitter, artists Hikari Toriumi and PetiteCreme shared the fanart they&#8217;ve made to celebrate Overwatch.\n<\/p>\n<p>Master Ian Gamer had a slightly different approach, and made a bittersweet tribute &#8220;to every fellow tank player&#8221; they&#8217;ve played with in Overwatch.\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter_wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">To every fellow Tank player I&#8217;ve ever had the honor of pairing with in Overwatch, I wish you all the best in Overwatch 2. There is no greater camaraderie than that which exists between two Tanks on the field of battle. <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SeeYouOnTheOtherSide?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">#SeeYouOnTheOtherSide<\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Ehe7765vKJ\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/Ehe7765vKJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Master Ian Gamer (@masteriangamer) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/masteriangamer\/status\/1576605947853557761?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">October 2, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span class=\"embed_placeholder\" data-type=\"targeting\" style=\"display: none;\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"message\">To see this content please enable targeting cookies.<\/span><br \/>\n<button class=\"ot-sdk-show-settings\" id=\"ot-sdk-btn\">Manage cookie settings<\/button><br \/>\n<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<p>On the game&#8217;s subreddit, many fans shared their favorite memories of playing the game.\n<\/p>\n<p>Others shared clips and shots of them in-game celebrating the game&#8217;s final day together with the other players in their lobbies.\n<\/p>\n<p><iframe data-src=\"https:\/\/www.redditmedia.com\/r\/Overwatch\/comments\/xtxx7b\/celebrating_the_last_day_of_overwatch_with_kind\/?ref_source=embed&amp;ref=share&amp;embed=true\" height=\"410\" id=\"reddit-embed\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"640\"><\/iframe><span class=\"embed_placeholder\" data-type=\"targeting\" style=\"display: none;\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"message\">To see this content please enable targeting cookies.<\/span><br \/>\n<button class=\"ot-sdk-show-settings\" id=\"ot-sdk-btn\">Manage cookie settings<\/button><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe data-src=\"https:\/\/www.redditmedia.com\/r\/Overwatch\/comments\/xu7trb\/my_lobby_thought_it_would_be_cool_to_take_a_photo\/?ref_source=embed&amp;ref=share&amp;embed=true\" height=\"448\" id=\"reddit-embed\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"640\"><\/iframe><span class=\"embed_placeholder\" data-type=\"targeting\" style=\"display: none;\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"message\">To see this content please enable targeting cookies.<\/span><br \/>\n<button class=\"ot-sdk-show-settings\" id=\"ot-sdk-btn\">Manage cookie settings<\/button><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe data-src=\"https:\/\/www.redditmedia.com\/r\/Overwatch\/comments\/xuc0z4\/the_last_clip_i_got_on_ow1_worth_it\/?ref_source=embed&amp;ref=share&amp;embed=true\" height=\"410\" id=\"reddit-embed\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"640\"><\/iframe><span class=\"embed_placeholder\" data-type=\"targeting\" style=\"display: none;\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"message\">To see this content please enable targeting cookies.<\/span><br \/>\n<button class=\"ot-sdk-show-settings\" id=\"ot-sdk-btn\">Manage cookie settings<\/button><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Redditor ZenUntil5v5 is known on the Overwatch subreddit for their daily Zenyatta drawings, which began in March.  Their day 216 drawing depicts Zenyatta reading a goodbye message \u00e0 la MASH\n<\/p>\n<p><iframe data-src=\"https:\/\/www.redditmedia.com\/r\/Overwatch\/comments\/xu8pld\/drawing_zenyatta_every_day_until_the_release_of\/?ref_source=embed&amp;ref=share&amp;embed=true\" height=\"546\" id=\"reddit-embed\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"640\"><\/iframe><span class=\"embed_placeholder\" data-type=\"targeting\" style=\"display: none;\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"message\">To see this content please enable targeting cookies.<\/span><br \/>\n<button class=\"ot-sdk-show-settings\" id=\"ot-sdk-btn\">Manage cookie settings<\/button><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Finally, this stunning painting by user cbollaz recreates that very recognisable Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion artwork with Mercy, D.Va and Genji.\n<\/p>\n<p><iframe data-src=\"https:\/\/www.redditmedia.com\/r\/Overwatch\/comments\/xtxqjx\/it_all_comes_tumbling_down_art_by_me\/?ref_source=embed&amp;ref=share&amp;embed=true\" height=\"528\" id=\"reddit-embed\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"640\"><\/iframe><span class=\"embed_placeholder\" data-type=\"targeting\" style=\"display: none;\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"message\">To see this content please enable targeting cookies.<\/span><br \/>\n<button class=\"ot-sdk-show-settings\" id=\"ot-sdk-btn\">Manage cookie settings<\/button><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed_placeholder\" data-type=\"targeting\" style=\"display: none;\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"message\">To see this content please enable targeting cookies.<\/span><br \/>\n<button class=\"ot-sdk-show-settings\" id=\"ot-sdk-btn\">Manage cookie settings<\/button><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script>\n    function appendFacebookPixels() {\n      if (window.facebookPixelsDone) return;\n      !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n      {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n      n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n      if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n      n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n      t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n      s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n      'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');<\/p>\n<p>        fbq('init', '560747571485047');\n        fbq('init', '738979179819818');<\/p>\n<p>      fbq('track', 'PageView');\n      window.facebookPixelsDone = true;<\/p>\n<p>      window.dispatchEvent(new Event('BrockmanFacebookPixelsEnabled'));\n    }<\/p>\n<p>    window.addEventListener('BrockmanTargetingCookiesAllowed', appendFacebookPixels);\n  <\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Players have been taking to social media to say their goodbyes to Overwatch. After six years of being one of the most popular multiplayer shooters, Overwatch has been retired ahead of Overwatch 2&#8217;s launch tomorrow. The official Overwatch Twitter account invited players to share their memories and fan creations with the hashtag #SeeYouOnTheOtherSide to say &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/players-say-goodbye-to-overwatch\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Players say goodbye to Overwatch<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":105534,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/overwatch-2-fans-are-suffering-as-no-one-wants-to-play-support\/","url_meta":{"origin":85824,"position":0},"title":"Overwatch 2 Fans Are Suffering As No One Wants To Play Support","date":"October 23, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Image: Blizzard \/ Kotaku \/ Gemenacom (Shutterstock)some people's Overwatch 2 queue times are getting bad\u2026really bad. 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