The cowboy change isn't made for you or for twitter

#1 - Aug. 27, 2021, 2:50 p.m.

It’s for the dev team itself. They don’t want to be working on a character that reminds them of the that used to work down the hall.

They have no financial incentive to change it, and can very clearly get away with it given how many people don’t want the change, which leaves the dev team as the only real reason behind doing this. So complaining about catering to SJWs isn’t going to do much because that wasn’t the point of the change to begin with.

AndyB

Community Manager

#50 - Aug. 27, 2021, 9:16 p.m.

It’s a keen observation that this decision was made with the people who work on Overwatch in mind. At the same time, I don’t want to diminish the fact that we also considered how players would respond to this change. We knew that this would be a polarizing choice.

For the last 5+ years we’ve all created a personal connection to the heroes of OW, Cowboy being no exception. It’s understandable that emotions are high, and feelings are strong.

AndyB

Community Manager

#64 - Aug. 27, 2021, 9:46 p.m.

Your feedback about the way we’ve chosen to roll this out is noted, understood, and something we can convey as we continue work on the rename rollout.

I understand not wanting to have frequent reminders of a difficult conversation. I’ll be sure to explain that sentiment.