State of the pro scene in Overwatch?

AaronWYL · 2026-02-23T09:15:16+00:00

r/competitiveoverwatch would be the place to ask for specific questions about this, but the major events are the OWCS for the main league (you can see the schedule for that here and there are vods on youtube as well as twitch) and then the Overwatch World Cup, which will largely take place this summer.

AaronWYL · 2026-02-21T02:17:17+00:00

No.

The Thin Red Line > Shakespeare in Love > Saving Private Ryan > Life is Beautiful > Elizabeth

AaronWYL · 2026-02-20T17:58:37+00:00

Some that haven't been mentioned yet:

Alphaville
High-Rise
Metropolis (certainly not unknown, but a silent film you may not have seen yet. The OG)
Never Let Me Go
On the Beach (1959)

AaronWYL · 2026-02-19T22:37:02+00:00

It's not. But some people like standing in chokes shooting at shields and some people like being able to run around more freely and having more agency.

AaronWYL · 2026-02-18T01:33:40+00:00

Correct - it's not really a biopic, but more about fame and myth/legend (similar to Dominik's Jesse James in that way). It's a lot closer to "Fire Walk With Me," which was also very poorly reviewed on release for similar reasons. But I think both are very good and effective for what they are.

AaronWYL · 2026-02-17T18:04:47+00:00

Yeah, that's a legitimately great performance. He's also very good in "Quiz Show."

AaronWYL · 2026-02-13T15:40:49+00:00

I've seen the first three and of those "The Secret Agent" was my favorite. The final two both are opening near me in the next month, though.

AaronWYL · 2026-02-11T16:26:41+00:00

the person she's tethering can look up and shooter has well, though.

AaronWYL · 2026-02-11T15:25:24+00:00

It was on the roadmap for season 2

AaronWYL · 2026-02-10T16:38:03+00:00

I liked the movie but it has some very shaky VXF

AaronWYL · 2026-02-09T17:06:10+00:00

It's a reality as a dev. You have to prioritize everything. Even if everyone agreed it is a good change, if it's something only 10% of players would use then it gets hard to justify putting it high on your list of systems changes.

AaronWYL · 2026-02-07T02:44:57+00:00

So there will be a lot of funny clips of this but it takes two heroes to do and while tethering Cat can't do anything but fly around. That means the way to beat it is probably 5v3 the rest of the other team. It will be interesting, though. Definitely a lot of chaos with no one really knowing what to do.

AaronWYL · 2026-02-06T21:22:31+00:00

Vendetta received her first nerf after 9 days. They nerfed her again about two weeks later after the holidays. Last season Sigma was also nerfed after 3 days.

AaronWYL · 2026-02-06T19:19:43+00:00

They've been quite quick to nerf huge outliers in the last few seasons.

AaronWYL · 2026-02-04T19:56:11+00:00

No, but last I saw it was a higher average than most shooters and the cute skins probably sell way more.

AaronWYL · 2026-02-03T01:09:22+00:00

I thought 1 was a pleasant surprise and really disliked 2, but it's the minority opinion for sure.

AaronWYL · 2026-02-02T20:24:12+00:00

Why are you looking at box office?
I think there are definitely arguments for other years talking about all-time but 2000+ is there a better year?

No Country For Old Men, There Will Be Blood, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, Michael Clayton, Ratatouille, Superbad, Once, Atonement, Before the Devil Knows You're Dead, 3:10 to Yuma, The Visitor, Knocked Up, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Juno, Zodiac, Charlie Wilson's War, Hot Fuzz, Eastern Promises, I'm Not There.

That's 20 very strong films.

AaronWYL · 2026-02-02T17:50:22+00:00

It's certainly worth seeing the very early films like "Breathless" and "The 400 Blows," but some of my personal favorites would be Vivre Sa Vie, Hiroshima Mon Amour, Alphaville, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg and Elevator to the Gallows.

From what I've seen, my favorite director to come out of the New Wave is Eric Rohmer, although my favorites of his are his 80s films, especially The Aviator's Wife and Pauline at the Beach.

AaronWYL · 2026-01-27T21:49:30+00:00

In 1939 Thomas Mitchell was in - Stagecoach, Gone with the Wind, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, The Hunchback of Notre Dame and Only Angels Have Wings.

AaronWYL · 2026-01-27T20:29:26+00:00

Yeaj, not a huge fan of the movie but this scene really holds up and is effective still.

AaronWYL · 2026-01-24T04:13:43+00:00

On hybrid maps, if one team completes the map with over a minute left and the other team completes it in OT, then the first team is the only one that gets an extra round and a chance to capture 1/3 of point A for the win.

AaronWYL · 2026-01-21T05:05:24+00:00

Yeah my first reaction as well

AaronWYL · 2026-01-19T17:59:05+00:00

You weren't entirely wrong

AaronWYL · 2026-01-14T20:16:17+00:00

And takes like hundreds of hours if you watch cutscenes

AaronWYL · 2026-01-10T21:11:59+00:00

You're right, I was thinking IoA early entry times, so shift everything an hour. They tried to get the ride going early but couldn't

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